Summary: My research interests lie at the intersection of fluid physics, computational methods, and data-driven science. Currently, I am focusing on integrating numerical methods and high-fidelity CFD with data-driven surrogates and differentiable physics to improve computational efficiency.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering
Cumulative GPA: 3.94 / 4.00 · Rank: 6th out of 188 students (Top 3.2%)
Mar 2018 – May 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka College, Dhaka
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) - Science
GPA: 5:00 / 5.00 (92% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, and Higher Mathematics)
Jun 2015 - Aug 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Interests
Scientific Machine Learning (SciML)Differentiable PhysicsStatistical Inference and Uncertainty QuantificationComplex Systems OptimizationMathematical and Computational Modeling of Real-World SystemsNumerical Methods (LBM, FEM, FDM, FVM, SEM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Physics of Turbulence and ConvectionChaotic Dynamical System and ControlMultiphysics Fluid FlowFluid Flow Through Porous and Subsurface Media
Research Experience
Research Collaboration
Energy Systems and Modeling (EnSyM) Research Group
Jun 2025 – Sep 2025 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Principal Investigator: Shaumik Rahman Ayon, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering, BUET. Thermodynamic optimization of a novel multistage direct expansion cycle for LNG cold energy recovery • Modeling and Optimization • Differential Evolution (DE) Optimization • LNG Cold Energy Recovery • Thermodynamic Conversion Cycle • Direct Expansion Cycle (DEC) ▸ ▸ [Manuscript ready for submission]
Research Associate
Funded Project, Hydrocarbon Unit Research Program 2023-24
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 Bangladesh
Funding Agency: Bangladesh Hydrocarbon Unit, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh. Principal Investigator: Dr. Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman, Professor, Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering, BUET. A Study of the Reservoir Fluid Properties and Phase Behavior of Titas Gas Field, Bangladesh • Reservoir Fluid Properties • Reservoir Fluid Phase Behavior • Spatio-temporal Analysis • Reserve Estimation • Field production history ▸ ▸ [Completed: Project report and presentation; Paper preprint available]
Undergraduate Thesis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
May 2022 – May 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Topic: Numerical Study of Natural and Mixed Convection in Enclosures with Porous Media of Varying Geometries. Supervisor: Dr. Sumon Saha, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET. • Computational Methods • FEM Modeling • Convection Heat Transfer • Porous Media Flow • Solution of Benchmark CFD Problems ▸ ▸ [Thesis Book; Publications]
Professional Experience
Lecturer, Dept. of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (CFDHT) Research Group
Jun 2023 – Dec 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sumon Saha , Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET.
► Research includes: Numerical Methods, Turbulence Modeling, CFD-based Control of Convection, Multiphysics Flow, Multiphase Flow, and Flow Through Porous Media
►Drafted a proposal for the Research Innovation Center for Science and Engineering (RISE) internal research grant , BUET. Theme : Visualization, Optimization, and Performance Analysis of Two-Phase Fluid Flow in a Plate-Fin Compact Heat Exchanger.
Industrial Trainee
Haripur 360 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP)
Nov - Dec 2022 (3 weeks) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hands-on exposure to power generation in a CCPP, plant unit operations (fuel gas compressor, heat recovery steam generator, steam turbine, gas turbine, water treatments), plant maintenance, and process control.
Nahid Hasan, Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. MHD Convection with Joule Heating and Internal Heat Generation in a Two-Layer Discretely Heated Chamber Partly Filled with Porous Medium. International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 2024, No. 1, Article 1720993, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha, Dr. Md Quamrul Islam. MHD Free Convective Flow along with Internal Heat Generation and Joule Heating in a Two Layer Discretely Heated Chamber Partially Filled with Porous Medium. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Md Salman Farshi, Prodip K Das, Sumon Saha. Convective flow optimization inside a lid-driven chamber with a rotating porous cylinder using Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer model. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 149, No. 12, pp. 6125–6146, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. Role of internal heat generation, magnetism and Joule heating on entropy generation and mixed convective flow in a square domain. Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 198, Article 110324, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. Comment on “Energy transfer through mixed convection within square enclosure containing micropolar fluid with non-uniformly heated bottom wall under the MHD impact” [Journal of Molecular Liquids, 249 (2018) 831–842]. Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 397, Article 124020, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. Comment on “Energy transfer through mixed convection within square enclosure containing micropolar fluid with non-uniformly heated bottom wall under the MHD impact” [Journal of Molecular Liquids, 249 (2018) 831–842]. Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 397, Article 124020, 2024.
Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. Comment on “Steady natural convection flows in a square cavity with linearly heated side wall (s)” [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (2007) 766–775]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 219, Article 124890, 2024.
Sadia Tasnim, Md Shahneoug Shuvo, Niloy Deb, Md Sadman Islam, Sumon Saha. Entropy generation on magnetohydrodynamic conjugate free convection with Joule heating of heat-generating liquid and solid element inside a chamber. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol. 52, Article 103711, 2023.
. Niloy Deb, Sakib Javed, Sumon Saha, AKM Sadrul Islam. Evaluation of heat transfer and melting process of a PCM inside a trapezoidal shape enclosure. Proceedings of the 17th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM 2023), IET Conference Proceedings CP836, Vol. 2023, No. 13, pp. 249–254, 2023.
Sakib Javed, Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha. Natural convection and entropy generation inside a square chamber divided by a corrugated porous partition. Results in Engineering, Vol. 18, Article 101053, 2023.
Technical Projects
▸ Design of a Counter-Flow Shell & Helical Coil Tube Heat Exchanger (SHCTHX)
ME-310: Thermo-fluid System Design & Practice Supervisor: Dr. AKM Monjur Morshed, Professor, Dept. of ME, BUET
CAD design · Thermo-hydraulic calculations · CFD simulation with flow & thermal field visualization · Structural integrity test · Prototype design. [Project Report]
ME-366: Electromechanical System Design & Practice Supervisor: Dr. Aman Uddin, Associate Professor, Dept. of ME, BUET
CAD design · Arduino programming · sensor integration & feedback control · hardware-software integration for stabilization and precision. [Project Report]
Apr - Jun 2021
Presentations and Talks
▸ Niloy Deb, Sumon Saha, Dr. Md Quamrul Islam. MHD Natural Convective Flow with Internal Heat Generation and Joule Heating inside a Two Layer Discretely Heated Chamber Partially Filled with Porous Medium
Technical session, presented at the 14th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2023)
Dec 2023
▸ How to Review Literature [Workshop]
Technical writing session organized by the Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Research (CFDHT) Group
Aug 2023
▸ Introduction to Porous Media and Related Mathematical Modeling for Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer [Workshop]
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation using COMSOL Multiphysics Software, workshop organized by REVA University, Bengaluru, India
Sep 2023
▸ Multi-segment Numerical Integration Method for Solution of Boundary Value Problems (Linear and Non-linear ODEs) [Tutorial]
Tutorial session on non-conventional numerical techniques for solving boundary value problems
May 2024
Technical Skills
Highlights: Scientific Writing · Exploratory Data Analysis · Quantitative Research
► Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, C
► Documentation/Scripting: LaTeX, MS Office, Markdown, HTML
Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Award: Best Paper Award at the 14th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh [ICME 2023]
University Merit Scholarship (BUET): Awarded for academic excellence in undergraduate studies [2018–2023]
Dean’s List Award (Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET) : Awarded for academic excellence in all academic levels (I–IV) of undergraduate studies [2018–2023]
Involvements
▶Co-Instructor, Short course on COMSOL Multiphysics Simulation of Thermo-fluidic Problems, Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
▶Reviewer, Scientific Reports; Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
▶Question Setter, Mechanical Olympiad [Mechanical Festival 2023], Organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
Relevant Coursework
Advanced / Graduate & Self-Learning: (listed partially) Advanced Numerical Analysis (Dept. of ME, BUET) · Advanced Thermodynamics (classical and statistical) (Dept. of ME, BUET) · Boiling & Condensation Heat Transfer (Dept. of ME, BUET) · Reservoir Engineering (Dept. of PMRE, BUET) · Well Testing Analysis (Dept. of PMRE, BUET) · Non-linear Dynamics & Chaos (S. Strogatz, Online) · Non-linear Systems (J. Slotine, MOCW) · Control Bootcamp (S. L. Brunton, Online) · Global Warming - Science & Modeling (D. Archer, edX) · Understanding Rheology (F. Morrison, Online) · Flow in Porous Media (M. Blunt, Online) · Physics of Turbulence (M. K. Verma, IITK-NPTEL) · Advanced Fluid Mechanics (S. Chakraborty, IITKGP-NPTEL) · AI Principles & Techniques (Stanford Online) · Deep Learning in Scientific Computing (ETH Zurich) · Data Analytics and Geostatistics (M. J. Pyrcz, Online) · Matrix Calculus for Machine Learning and Beyond (A. Edelman & S. G. Johnson, MOCW) · Matrix, Numerical and Optimization Methods in Science and Engineering (K. Cassel, Online) · Applied Time Series Analysis (A. K. Tangirala, IITM-NPTEL) · Probabilistic System Analysis and Applied Probability (J. Tsitsiklis, MOCW) · Data-Driven Science and Engineering (S. L. Brunton, Online) · Random Physics Lectures (classical, Statistical, Quantum Mechanics, Modern Physics - Special and General Relativity by L. Susskind, Online )- did just for fun.
Undergraduate / Core: Instrumentation and Measurement · Electro-Mechanical System Design (Project) · Noise & Vibration · Control Engineering · Engineering Mechanics (I & II) · Mechanics of Solids · Thermodynamics (Basic) · Advanced Thermodynamics (Classical and Statistical) · Fluid Mechanics (I & II) · Heat Transfer · Heat Transfer Equipment Design · Thermo Fluid System Design (Project) · Combustion · Refrigeration and Building Mechanical System · Numerical Analysis · Computer Programming
Training & MOOC Completion
Research Skill Development · DCE, BUET · Certificate· Quantitative Method · Coursera · Certificate· Evaluating Problems · Coursera · Certificate· Welcome to Game Theory · Coursera · Certificate· Intro to Data Analysis using Excel · Coursera · Certificate· Introduction to Programming with MATLAB · Coursera · Certificate· Python for Everybody (Specialization) · Coursera · Certificate· ELEN7070x: Research Methods · EdX · Certificate· 16.00x: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering · EdX · Certificate· Image Processing Onramp · MathWorks · Certificate· Solving ODEs with MATLAB · MathWorks · Certificate
