Rate My Professor Zaman Kamruzzaman

Dr. Zaman Kamruzzaman is an Adjunct Associate Lecturer in the School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is affiliated with the Turbulence Research Group and specializes in experimental studies of turbulent flows. Kamruzzaman earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle in 2016, with a dissertation titled "On the effects of non-homogeneity on small scale turbulence," supervised by Professor Lyazid Djenidi and Emeritus Professor R. A. Antonia. He also holds a Master of Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science from Khulna University, Bangladesh. His research interests include turbulent boundary layers, channel flow, plane jets, mixing turbulent layers, grid turbulence, magnetohydrodynamics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, heat and mass transfer, building aerodynamics, computational fluid mechanics, jet turbulence, numerical analysis, and turbulent flow control. He possesses expertise in software such as ANSYS-Fluent, OpenFoam, Matlab, SolidWorks, and experimental techniques like PIV and hot-wire anemometry.

Kamruzzaman's professional career encompasses a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, from February 2019 to August 2021, where he examined the effects of inlet turbulence on helium-air mixing in turbulent channel flow using PIV. He served as Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department at American International University-Bangladesh from September 2017 to February 2019, teaching calculus, fluid mechanics, and mathematical modelling. Additional appointments include Senior Wind Engineer at Global Wind Technology Services Pty Ltd, Australia (June to November 2021), Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Newcastle (May 2016 to May 2018), and casual lecturing and tutoring roles at Deakin University and RMIT University. In 2017, he received a Pilot Strategic Grant of $20,000 from the University of Newcastle as lead investigator for a project on wall suction effects in rough wall turbulent boundary layers. Notable publications include "Experimental study of two side-by-side decaying grid turbulent fields at different mean velocities" (Journal of Turbulence, 2023), "Structure of turbulent channel flow subjected to simultaneous inlet turbulence and localized injection" (Physical Review Fluids, 2022), "The effect of inlet turbulence on the quiescent core of turbulent channel flow" (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022), "The impact of upstream turbulence on a plane jet" (Experiments in Fluids, 2021), "Study of the interaction of two decaying grid-generated turbulent flows" (Physics of Fluids, 2021), and "Self-preservation in a zero pressure gradient rough-wall turbulent boundary layer" (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016).