Rate My Professor Raju Chowdhury

Dr. Raju Chowdhury is a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he also serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle in 2023, with a thesis titled 'Slag splashing dynamics in basic oxygen steelmaking furnace - a fundamental study on the coating formation by molten droplets.' His doctoral research addressed a complex industrial problem for BlueScope Steel by developing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to identify wear-prone zones in basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) furnaces and evaluate coating formation via slag splashing. He investigated coating mechanisms in molten droplet-solid surface interactions using experimental and numerical methods. Previously, Chowdhury held a Casual Research Assistant position in the School of Engineering from August 2022 to December 2025 and contributed to the BHP Centre for Sustainable Steelmaking Research and the Steel Research Hub under the Sustainable Steel Manufacturing program. His earlier academic background includes Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and a Master of Philosophy in Mathematics from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in October 2016, where his thesis modeled double-diffusive natural convection in porous triangular enclosures with nanofluids under magnetic fields and heat generation. From 2011 to 2018, he advanced through roles at Stamford University Bangladesh: Lecturer in Mathematics (2011-2013), Senior Lecturer (2013-2015), and Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2015-2018).

Dr. Chowdhury specializes in multiphase flow, heat transfer, phase change phenomena, fluid mechanics, solidification, and mineral processing, with 20% focus on resources engineering and extractive metallurgy. He is proficient in CFD modeling, high-speed imaging, thermocouples, high-speed thermal imaging, image processing, data analysis, and project reporting, while collaborating with industry partners and multidisciplinary teams to solve industrial challenges using mathematical approaches. His scholarly output comprises one book, 11 journal articles, and 17 conference papers. Key publications include 'Spreading dynamics, heat transfer, and solidification behaviour of a single molten droplet impinging on a solid surface of different inclinations' (2026, International Journal of Thermal Sciences), 'Effect of Weber number and impact angle on solidification behaviour of a molten droplet on an inclined surface' (2026, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science), 'Utilising steelmaking slags as secondary phosphorus resource: Trends, current challenges, and way forward' (2025), 'An investigation of potential wear occurring on refractory lining and coating formation—a remedy of wear in a basic oxygen steelmaking furnace using CFD modelling' (2024, 12th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts), and 'Numerical modelling of slag splashing in Basic Oxygen Steelmaking furnace' (2021). He also authored the book 'Radical Classes and Semi-Simple Classes of Rings' (2012).