Professor Manosh Paul
- Professor of Thermofluids (Systems Power & Energy)
telephone:
01413308466
email:
Manosh.Paul@glasgow.ac.uk
R510 Level 5, Systems Power and Energy, James Watt Building South, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Biography
I am a Professor of Thermofluids and member of the Energy and Sustainability Research Group within the Systems, Power & Energy (SPE) Research Division of the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow. I recently held a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. I started as a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow in August 2003 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2013, Reader in 2017, and Professor in 2020. Prior to moving to Glasgow, I worked as a PDRA at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Imperial College London. In 2002, I received my PhD in Thermofluids from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath. I have first-class degrees with distinctions and gold medals in both MSc (Applied Mathematics) and BSc honours (Mathematics) from the University of Dhaka in 1999 and 1997 respectively.
I am a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and Member of the Engineering Professors’ Council, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK Combustion Institute, and International Association of Engineers (IAENG).
I am currently serving as SPE Research Division Impact Champion, Deputy Head of Energy and Sustainability Research Group and Head of James Watt Energy Lab. I have recently served as Deputy Head of Mechanical Engineering Discipline (2016 – 2018), Convenor of School of Engineering IT Committee (2013 – 2018) and Member of the IT Strategy Committee of College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow.
Other External and Leadership Roles: EDI Champion and Project Management Group of UKRI Supergen Bioenergy Impact Hub (2023 – ), UK Academic Lead of ABISURE Network (2023 – ), Hydrogen Theme Steering Committee of Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) (2022 – ), Leadership Group Member of ETP Heat Theme (2022 – ), Access Mentor of Royal Academy of Engineering (2021 – ), Directorate and Deputy of Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (2019 – ), EPSRC College Member (2020 – ), Co-Leader of Turbulent Heat Transfer Group of EPSRC UK Fluids Network (2020 – ), External Examiner for MSc Programmes, Robert Gordon University (2018 – 2023).
Research interests
My research is broadly focused on advanced thermofluids and thermal energy engineering, with my particular interest in the fundamental investigation and understanding of problems that are often associated with the complex interactions of thermo-fluid dynamics, thermochemical processes, and heat and mass transports in energy systems. Area of application of my research is interdisciplinary, but the topics are predominantly focused on:
- Hydrogen and Hydrogen-blend biosyngas/fuels production and utilisation/combustion for decarbonisation of energy end uses including heating and transport.
- Gasification (Bioenergy), Combustion, Pyrolysis, Waste-to-energy, CO2 utilisation in gasification and Net-negative emission technology, e.g., BECCUS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage). Combustion & Gasification Engineering — CombGEN.
- Solar thermal and hybrid/integrated renewable/sustainable energy systems with emphasis on efficient thermal energy storage by using nanofluids, biochar and phase change materials (PCM) composites.
- Multiphase reacting and non-reacting thermofluids with heat and mass transfer, development and application of advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD), EV battery thermal management.
- Development and demonstration of innovative, affordable, reliable and sustainable energy systems, addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for ODA Nations (e.g., SSA/SA countries).
- Physiological blood flow numerical simulation & modelling in cardiovascular diseases.
Examples of research topics and projects can be found at the ‘Grants’ tab with specific details by reading through my publications (Research publications tab below).
Expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Hydrogen and Hydrogen-blend Syngas and Fuel
- Combustion & Gasification (Bioenergy)
- Fluid Flow, Heat & Mass Transfer
- Solar & Hybrid Renewable Energy
- Battery Thermal Management
- Thermochemical Process Optimisation
- Physiological Blood Flow Modelling
Grants
- 2023 – 2027: Supergen Bioenergy Impact Hub. Co-I (EDI Champion & Hy-BECCUS Theme Lead) of Grant: £5M. Funding body: UKRI/EPSRC/BBSRC (EP/Y016300/1). Investigators: Patricia Thornley (PI) Aston University, Manosh Paul et al. 8 UK Universities and 16 other Partners.
- 2023 – 2025: An accessible green hydrogen test and demonstration facility for Scotland. Co-I (H2 End-Use Lead) of Grant: £281k. Funding body: Scottish Gov Hydrogen Innovation Scheme (EETF/HIS/APP/004). Investigators: Mark Syme (PI), Gioia Falcone, David Flynn, Manosh Paul with TÜV NEL.
- 2024 – 2025: Transformative Systems Through Partnership (TSP) – Engineering X (Improving Sustainability of Present-day Manure based Biogas Digesters through Biochar Addition). UofG PI: £65k. Funding body: Royal Academy of Engineering (TSP-2325-5-INs). Investigators: S. Balachandran (Project Lead, Visva-Bharati India), Manosh Paul, A Subramanian, with Industries (Defiant Renewables Pvt. Ltd; Suiso Ltd).
- 2023 – 2028: Non-Invasive Evaluation of Fractional Flow Reserve in Peripheral Arterial Diseases. PI of Grant: £230k. Funding body: Chief Scientist Office (CSO) Clinical Academic Fellowship (CAF/23/07). Investigators: Manosh Paul (PI), M. Tassieri, George Bruce (PhD Fellow), P. H. Barrientos (NHS).
- 2022 – 2024: SUPER-BIO-PCM: Superior Form-Stable Biochar Encapsulated PCMs for Direct Solar Absorption. PI of Grant: £225k. Funding body: EU MSCA Fellowship (101063361), EPSRC (EP/X027783/1). Investigators: Manosh Paul (PI), Dudul Das (Fellow).
- 2022 – 2025: EV Battery Novel Thermal Management and Cooling. PI of Grant: £175k (FEC)/£75k. Funding body: Daphne Jackson Trust (EPSRC sponsored). Investigators: A. S. Alzwayi (Fellow), Manosh Paul (PI), A. Busse.
- 2021 – 2024: Syndet Characterisation and Process Modelling. Co-I of Grant: £240k. Funding body: KTP/Innovate UK (UIN1875). Investigators: Manlio Tassieri (PI), Manosh Paul with Soapworks Ltd
- 2020 – 2024: GREEN-ICEs: Generation of REfrigerated ENergy Integrated with Cold Energy storage. Co-I of Grant: £1.2M. Funding body: EPSRC Decarbonising Heating and Cooling; EP/T022701/1. Investigators: Yongliang Li (PI, Birmingham) et al, Zhibin Yu & Manosh Paul (Glasgow).
- 2022 – 2023: Clean cooking by cost-effective design: a benchtop electrolyser for on-demand portable H2 production. Co-I of Grant: £20k. Funding body: NERC Discovery Research. Investigators: Alexey Ganin (PI, Chemistry), Nikolaj Gadegaard and Manosh Paul.
- 2021 – 2024: Combustion of carbon-neutral and low-carbon fuels for sustainable energy generation. PI of Grant: UoG £15k. Funding body: Commonwealth Commission
- 2018 – 2023: Negative CO2 Emissions CHP Technology. Funding body: University LKAS PhD Studentship (~£110k). Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), S. Jackson, J. Hargreaves (Chemistry) & S. Datta (Business).
- 2021 – 2022: Network-H2 Flex Transport grant – EPSRC/Durham (NH2-006). Co-PI of Grant: £50k. Investigators: E. A. Tingas (PI, Napier), Manosh Paul (Co-PI).
- 2016 – 2021: Fractional flow reserve derived through CFD: a non-invasive diagnostic measure to assess the importance of various arterial stenotic diseases PI of Grant: £135k. Funding body: Medical Research Scotland (MRS) with Toshiba LtdInvestigators: M. C. Paul (PI), A. Radjenovic & P. Mark (Medical); G. Roditi & W. Stuart (NHS).
- 2021: Panta Rhei: Syndet Characterisation and Process Modelling. Co-I of Grant: £56k. EPSRC IAA (EP/R511705/1) +GUKE+ Soapworks Ltd. Manlio Tassieri (PI), Manosh Paul with Soapworks Ltd
- 2021: Kitchen Life: Towards Clean Cooking in Bangladesh and Malawi. Co-I of Grant: £75k. SFC GCRF funded, with School of Education.
- 2019 – 2021: Sustainable and clean bioenergised cooking facility to boost resilience to climate change in Malawi. Co-I of Grant: £123k. Funding body: Scottish Government Climate Justice Fund (Int-19/670). Investigators: N. Karimi (PI), M. C. Paul with Abundance Worldwide, FAB Engineering Malawi, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Malawi).
- Development of a portable trigeneration energy system for domestic use in Kenya. PI of Grant: £100k Funding body: British Council Newton Institutional Links Project (332409407) Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI) with Technical University of Kenya.
- 2019 – 2020: Development of a hydrogen burner for industrial applications. PI of Grant: £23k. Funding body: Energy Technology Partnership - ETP (PR008-HE). Investigators: Manosh Paul (PI), N. Karimi, with Energy Technology Centre Ltd.
- 2019: Development Cost Step Change using Two Concentric Flow Stream Wells. Co-I of Grant: £70k. Funding body: Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC). Investigators: A. Cammarano (PI), N. Karimi, M. C. Paul, G. Falcone, Oilfield Innovations.
- 2016 – 2019: Thermally Driven Heat Pump Based on an Integrated Thermodynamic Cycle for Low Carbon Domestic Heating (Therma-Pump) Co-I (WP3 Leader) of Grant: £716k Funding body: EPSRC Thermal Energy challenge: EP/N020472/1 Investigators: Z. Yu (PI), M. C. Paul, N. Karimi, P. Younger; J. Rose, H. Wang (Queen Mary)
- 2018 – 2019: Next Generation Advanced Gasification Technology. Funding body: RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship, LTSRF1718%. Investigator: M. C. Paul (PI)
- 2017 – 2019: Developing and testing a new Energy from Waste Gasification Feedstock. PI of Grant: £125k (Total: £639k). Funding body: Innovate UK-Energy Catalyst 4 (TS/P006914/1, 103493). Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), I. Watson, N. Karimi, Z. Yu, with Paperback Ltd and Refgas Ltd
- 2018 – 2019: Mathematical Modelling of Downhole Tubing Disposal for Rig-less Well Plug and Abandonment. Co-I of Grant: £115k Funding body: Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC). Investigators: N. Karimi (PI), A. Cammarano & M. C. Paul, Oilfield Innovations.
- 2017 – 2018: Bio-GaTe – Advanced Biomass Gasification Technologies PI of Grant: £100k (Total: £200k) Funding body: Innovate UK- Energy Catalyst (132362, TS/N011686/1)Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI) with CMCL
- 2015 – 2018: Real time control of gasifiers to increase tolerance to biomass variety and reduce emissions Co-I (WP1 Leader) of Grant: £1M Funding body: EPSRC SUPERGEN Bioenergy: EP/M01343X/1 Investigators: I. Watson (PI), M. C. Paul, J. Sharp, N. Karimi, Z. Yu, P. Younger, P. Hastie (Glasgow); A. Bridgwater, Y. Makkawi (Aston); I. Donnison (Aberystwyth); P. Gilbert (Manchester)
- 2017 – 2018: Co-generation of energy from agricultural waste Co-I of Grant: £35k Funding body: SFC GCRF (SFC/AN/12/2017)Investigators: N. Karimi (PI), M. C. Paul, Z. Yu, N. Burnside & S. Johnston. Moi University in Kenya and Mbaula Network in Malawi.
- 2016 – 2017: Farm Waste Utilisation: Robust Thermal Engineering Approach for Generating Energy from Wastes PI of Grant: £80k (Total: £140k) Funding body: Interface Food & Drink & Glasgow KE Fund. Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), with 5 Industries and Strathclyde, Robert Gordon & UWS.
- 2013 – 2017: Scalable Solar Thermoelectrics and Photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). Co-I (WP1 Leader) of Grant: £2.5MFunding body: EPSRC SUPERGEN Solar Challenge, EP/K022156/1Investigators: A.Knox1 (PI), D.Gregory1, D.Paul1, M. Paul1, A.Subramanian1, T.Mallick2, B.Richards3, G.Min4 and R.Freer5Universities of 1Glasgow, 2Exeter, 3Heriot-Watt, 4Cardiff and 5Manchester
- 2012 – 2016: Subsurface Engineering for Underground Coal Gasification and Subsequent Carbon Capture & Storage Co-I of Grant: £100k Funding bodies: Five-Quarter Energy Ltd & School DTG. Investigators: Paul L Younger (PI) and M. C. Paul
- 2012 – 2016: Renewable heat networks: modelling for robust design Co-I of Grant: £75k Funding bodies: Scottish Funding Council (ETP) & Cluff Geothermal Ltd. Investigators: Paul L Younger (PI), M. C. Paul and Dr Stephens (St Andrews)
- 2014: Multi-condition robust biomass gasifier for power generation. PI of Grant: £200k (Total £450k). Funding body: Innovate UK (TSB): UK-India GITA (TS/M004279/1). Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), Geocapita Ltd (UK) & CHOGEN POWERS Ltd (India)
- 2014 – 2015: Combustion & Gasification Engineering (CombGEN) PI of Grant: £60k (Total: £150k)Funding bodies: Carnegie Trust & EPSRC Impact Acceleration AwardInvestigators: M. C. Paul (PI), Paul Younger, Ian Watson, Mamdud Hossain (Robert Gordon), Stephen Welch (Edinburgh)
- 2014 – 2015: Biomass Co-gasification with Carbon Capture and Storage Co-I of Grant: £73k Funding bodies: Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) studentship & Linkschina InvestmentInvestigators: Jia Li (PI, Edinburgh) and M. C. Paul
- 2014: CFD Models and Optimisation of Low NOx Burner PI of Grant: £45k Funding body: Scottish Power Ltd at Longannet
- 2012: Viscous effects of MRI/CT contrasts on vein extravasation PI of Grant: £5kFunding body: Bayer Public Ltd. Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), S. Sakellariou and G. Roditi (NHS)
- 2010 – 2011: Several FSA/Scottish Enterprise/Industry Funded Projects PI of Grant: £15k. Funding bodies: Centeo Biosciences*, Partrac, Sciencesoft Ltd. Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), Sergio Campobasso and Phillip Dobson (PI*)
- 2010: Pump Cavitation Modelling* & Hydraulic Hammer PI of Grant: £20k. Funding body: Weir Oil and Gas Ltd* & Clansman Dynamics Ltd
- 2007 – 2013: Several Funding for Conference Participations PI of Grant: £5k. Funding bodies: IMechE, Combustion Inst., EUROMECH, EPSRC, Royal Society
- 2005 – 2009: Two-stage Fan Aerodynamic Efficiency PI of Grant: £75k. Funding bodies: EPSRC-CASE & Howden Group TechnologyInvestigators: M. C. Paul (PI), Dr Ron Mulholland (Howden)
Supervision
I am keen to supervise research students wishing to undertake high quality PhD research in my specialised areas. Please see the Research interests section above for further details on the research topics/areas covered within my group. If you would also like to discuss about opportuinity in these areas and/or have your own project ideas, please feel free to contact me via my email address (Manosh.Paul@glasgow.ac.uk).
PhD research projects are offered in the following areas/topics:
- Hydrogen and Hydrogen-blend biosyngas/fuels production and utilisation/combustion for decarbonisation of energy end uses including heating and transport.
- Gasification (Bioenergy), Combustion, Pyrolysis, Waste-to-energy, CO2 utilisation in gasification and Net-negative emission technology, e.g., BECCUS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage). Combustion & Gasification Engineering — CombGEN.
- Solar thermal and hybrid/integrated renewable/sustainable energy systems with emphasis on efficient thermal energy storage by using nanofluids, biochar and phase change materials (PCM) composites.
- Multiphase reacting and non-reacting thermofluids with heat and mass transfer, development and application of advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD), EV battery thermal management.
- Development and demonstration of innovative, affordable, reliable and sustainable energy systems, addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for ODA Nations (e.g., SSA/SA countries).
- Physiological blood flow numerical simulation & modelling in cardiovascular diseases.
Examples of specific research topics and projects can also be found at the ‘Grants’ tab. Please also check the Publication list for better understanding of the current research works and impacts. Given below some exmaples of recently compeleted / ongoing PhD projects:
PhD Students (Current)
- Mohammed Al Rashdi, High pressure gasification, Lead Supervisor.
- George Bruce, Fractional flow reserve in arterial diseases. Lead Supervisor with M. Tassieri, and H. Barrientos (NHS).
- Kumar Loganathan, Co-Supervisor with A. Subramanian (Business)
- Owain Fergusson, Hy-BECCUS. Lead Supervisor with S. You
- Ahmed Radwan, Plasma-NH3 combustion. Lead Supervisor with H. Zare-Behtash
- Akshay Bagde, Gasification for hydrogen BECCUS. Lead Supervisor with S. You
- Nur Alam Mondal, Ultra-low NOx H2 Combustion. Lead Supervisor with D. Jackson and N. Karimi
- Andrea Ortolani, Novel Hybrid Combustion System, Co-Supervisor with S. Campobasso (Lancaster)
PhD Students (Completed)
- 2024: Abdulhadi Odeh, Syngas/H2 blend Combustion. Lead Supervisor with Y. Lu
- 2024: Stephan Schäfer, Multiphase flow, Co-Supervisor with G. Falcone
- 2024: Dr Meng Wang, Nanofluids for Micro heat sink. Lead Supervisor with P. Dobson
- 2024: Dr Oguzhan Kazaz, Nanofluids and PCM for Efficient Thermal Energy Storage. Lead Supervisor with N. Karimi, G. Falcone & S. Kumar
- 2024: Dr Ainul Nadhira, Gasification of Food Wastes. Lead Supervisor with S. You
- 2024: Dr Bader Alqahtani, Hybrid renewable energy. Lead Supervisor with J. Yang
- 2024: Dr Ali Saeed, Thermo-cooling of EV Batteries, Co-Supervisor with N. Karim
- 2023: Dr Michael Greencorn, Negative Emissions BECCUS-CHP Technology, Lead Supervisor with D. Jackson and J. Hargreaves (Chemistry), and S. Datta (Economics)
- 2023: Dr Amir Khfagi, Heat Transfer Enhancement, Co-Supervisor with N. Karimi
- 2023: Dr Jade Lui, Waste to hydrogen, Co-Supervisor with S. You
- 2021: Dr Simeon Skopalik, Fractional flow reserve derived through CFD, Lead Supervisor with A. Radjenovic & P. Mark (Medical School), G. Roditi (NHS)
- 2020: Dr Ahmed Salem, Investigation of biomass gasification processes for the production of high quality syngas, Lead Supervisor
- 2019: Dr Tananop Piemsinlapakunchon, Impact of diversity in syngas/producer gas composition on stable and unstable laminar diffusion flames. Lead Supervisor
- 2019: Dr Tata Sutardi, The development of coal particle gasification model with application leading to underground coal gasification, Lead Supervisor with N. Karimi
- 2019: Dr Loizos Christodoulou, Entropy wave transition, Co-Supervisor with N. Karimi
- 2018: Dr Linwei Wang, Biomass co-combustion, Co-Supervisor with N. Karimi
- 2017: Dr Fernando Martinez, Multi-physics Simulation for Geothermal Model, Co-Supervisor with P L Younger
- 2016: Dr Goutam Saha, Heat Transfer Performance Investigation of Nanofluids Flow in Pipe. Lead Supervisor
- 2016: Dr Blaid Sasi Abozeid, Numerical investigation of the combustion processes of various combustion regimes, Lead Supervisor with I. Watson
- 2016: Dr Sotirios Kyriakis, Renewable heat networks: modelling for robust design, Co-Supervisor with P. L. Younger
- 2015: Dr Ahmed Al-Waaly, The effect of heat transfer on temperature measurement and it’s applications to study microchannel heat sinks. Lead Supervisor with P. Dobson
- 2015: Dr Taiwo Oni, Numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow in tubes induced with twisted tape inserts. Lead Supervisor
- 2013: Dr Ali Saad Alzwayi, Transition of Free Convection Boundary Layer Flow. Lead Supervisor
- 2012: Dr Md Abdul Hye, Simulation of Transient Blood Flow in Models of Arterial Stenosis and Aneurysm. Lead Supervisor
- 2009: Dr Md Mamun Molla, LES of Physiological flow in the Models of Arterial Stenosis and Aneurysm. Lead Supervisor
- 2008: Dr Richard Lennox, Two-stage Fan Aerodynamic Efficiency. Lead Supervisor
- 2008: Dr Sreebash Paul, LES of Fuel Rich Turbulent Non-premixed Combustion with Radiative Heat Transfer. Lead Supervisor
Research Associate / Assistant / Fellow
- 2022 – : Dr Dudul Das, EU MSCA (EPSRC) Fellow.
- 2022 – : Dr Ali Saad Alzwayi, Daphne Jackson Trust (EPSRC) Fellow (PT)
- 2021 – 2024: Dr Simeon Skopalik, KTP with Soapworks Project, Co-sup with M. Tassieri
- 2022 – 2022: Dr Michael Greencorn, EPSRC H2-Transport Project (PT)
- 2021 – 2021: G. Ciccone & Simeon Skopalik. IAA/GUKE Project, co-sup with M. Tassieri
- 2019 – 2020: Dr Graeme Hunt, Malawi bioenergy project (Scottish Gov) Co with Karimi
- 2019 – 2020: Abdulhadi Odeh, ETP funded Hydrogen project (PT)
- 2018 – 2019: Dr Junxi Jia. CSC Fellow Biomass gasification with hybrid energy
- 2019 – 2019: Drs Prashant Kamble, Ahmed Salem, Tan Peimsinlapakunchon, Loizos (PT)
- 2017 – 2018: Dr Bijan Yadollahi, EPSRC Therma-Pump Project
- 2017 – 2019: Dr Umesh Kumar, Innovate UK EfW & Bio-GaTe Projects
- 2016 – 2017: Mr Harry Dhami, Interface & KE fund & Farm Waste Utilisation
- 2014 – 2017: Dr Wenguang Li, EPSRC SUNTRAP and Bayer Ltd MRI contrast Projects
- 2014 – 2015: Dr Jun Li, Carnegie & EPSRC IAA, CombGEN Project
- 2014 – 2014: Dr Norbert Modlinski, Scottish Power Low NOx Burner Project
- 2011 – 2011: Dr Edmondo Minisci, Partrac Ltd Project. Co-sup with S. Campobasso
- 2009 – 2010: Mr Olumide Awolaran, Project: Weir Oil and Gas & Clansman Dynamics
- Bagde, Akshay
Waste to Energy: Hydrogen production from biomass & municipal solid waste (MSW) - Mondal, Md Nur Alam
Combustion of carbon-neutral and low-carbon fuels for sustainable energy generation
Teaching
I lead the planning and curriculum development of Thermo-fluids Teaching Thread at Mechanical Engineering Division, James Watt School of Engineering. I am currently Convener and Lead teaching of the following courses.
- Thermodynamics 1: http://www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalogue/course/?code=ENG1066
- Fluid Mechanics 3: http://www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalogue/course/?code=ENG3030
- Thermal Engineering 4: http://www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalogue/course/?code=ENG4179
Research datasets
Additional information
Media Coverage & Newsletter
- Lord Kelvin Bicentenary and Thermodynamics, July 2024
- Exploring the enduring influence and impact of Lord Kelvin | The Herald, July 2024
- Supergen Bioenergy Hub Response to the Scottish Government Draft Bioenergy Policy Statement Consultation, June 2024
- Hydrogen-BECCUS - Supergen Bioenergy Hub (supergen-bioenergy.net), Nov 2023
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project - Academic overview - YouTube, August 2023
- UofG lends support to pioneering renewable energy research hub, July 2023
- United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 13: Climate action
- KTP - Soapworks Ltd - University of Glasgow - YouTube, May 2023
- Newsletter (1) "ABISURE", “Advanced Thermochemical Process Modelling of Biomass Waste”. Dec 2022
- Ultra-lean and low NOx Hydrogen Combustion – ARCHIE-WeSt
- University of Glasgow joins SCCS partnership in climate action, October 2020
- University of Glasgow research deals with net zero challenge (sdi.co.uk), Nov 2020
- Bioenergy Project - ABUNDANCE WORLDWIDE, Sustainable Clean Cooking Facilities to boost resilience to climate change in Malawi, 2021
- From local to global research - Kitchen Life: Towards Clean Cooking Services in Bangladesh and Malawi, 2021
- Agenda: Great potential to tap into source of renewable energy off our shores | Herald Scotland, May 2014
- Improved treatment for head & neck cancers could soon be on its way, May 2012
Esteem
Research Degree Examnination Committee:
- PhD External Examiner (31); Internal Examiner (14), Exam Committee Converner (11).
Editorial Board Member:
- 2022 – : Discover Energy (Springer Nature)
- 2021 – : Frontiers in Thermal Engineering (Associate Editor “Thermal Science and Energy Systems”)
- 2019 – : Sustainability (Editor: Energy Sustainability)
- 2018 – : IET Renewable Power Generation (Associate Editor: Bioenergy)
- 2011 – : Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (Part C of IMechE)
- 2024 – 2024: Frontiers in Energy Research (SI Editor “Optimizing Energy Transfer Processes: From Cavity Geometry to Entropy Generation”)
- 2022 – 2023: Royal Society of Chemistry Advances Journal (SI Editor “Advances on sustainable hydrogen energy systems”)
- 2021 – 2022: Applied Energy & Advances in Applied Energy (Guest Editor “Renewable Energy from High-value Utilization of Biomass")
- 2020 – 2021: Energies (Guest Co-Editor "Research on Hybrid Solar PVT")
- 2011 – 2021: Open Journal of Physical Chemistry (OJPC)
- 2011 – 2021: Journal of Fluids and Thermal Sciences
- 2011 – 2021: Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering
- 2012 – 2018: Journal of Electronics Cooling and Thermal Control (JECTC)
- 2012 – 2015: JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
- 2012 – 2012: Soot: Sources, Formation and Health Effects (ISBN: 978-1-61942-941-3)
External Committee & Professional Services:
- EDI Champion and Project Management Group, UKRI Supergen Bioenergy Impact Hub, 2023 –
- Academic Lead (UK) on Global Alliance for Biomass and Sustainability Research (ABISURE) Network, 2023 –
- Steering Committee, Hydrogen Theme, Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), 2022 –
- Leadership Group Member, Heat Theme, ETP, 2022 –
- Mentor, IMechE (Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers) Membership Professional Development Team, 2024 –
- Access Mentor, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2021 –
- University’s Deputy on the Directorate of Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage, 2019 –
- EPSRC College Member, 2020 –
- Co-Leader of Turbulent Heat Transfer Group of EPSRC UK Fluids Network, 2020 –
- Proposal Panel/Evaluator/Rapporteur/Reviewer:
- UKRI (EPSRC/MRC/BBSRC)
- Horizon Europe
- Research & Innovation Foundation Cyprus
- Latvian Central Finance & Contract Agency
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
- University of Sharjah
- Committee of Annual International Conference of Mechanical Engineering, World Congress on Engineering, 2015 –
- Advisory Committee of Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Areas (RAMSIA), 28-29 March 2025, GLA University, Mathura, India.
- Scientific Committee of IACC2024 – Integrated Hydrogen Production with Carbon Capture and Utilisation, 9-10 September 2024, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK.
- Advisory Committee of 4th Conference on Future Technologies 2024 (ICOFT 2024), 11-13 December 2024, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, India.
- International Expert on Researcher Selection Panel, University of Agder, Norway, September 2023.
- External Examiner for MSc Programmes. Solar Energy Systems, Renewables and Energy Transition, Robert Gordon University, School of Engineering, UK, 2018 – 2023.
- Advisory Committee of 2nd Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Areas (RAMSIA), GLA University, Mathura, India, 2023.
- External Referee for promotion applications in UK and overseas Universities
- Member of Heat and Bioenergy Working Groups, ETP, 2016 – 2021.
- Member of EPSRC Associate College & Proposal Reviewer for UKRI, 2010 – 2020.
- Session Chair. 11th Con. on Applied Energy (ICAE2019), Aug 12-15, 2019, Sweden.
- Session Chair. World Congress on Engineering, London, 3-5 July 2019.
- Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies (ICRET-2018) at CSIR-CMERI, January 19 – 20, Durgapur, India.
- Scientific Committee, International Conference on Advance of Sustainable Engineering and its Application (ICASEA), 14-15 March 2018, University of Wasit, Iraq.
- Poster Award Panel, 30th Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Strathclyde, 2017.
- Lead Organiser, Innovation in Gasification & CHP Technology (I-GATE) Event, 2017.
- Technical Programme Committee, International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT), 2016.
- Session Chair, International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structure and Mechanical Engineering (CSM 2014), 16-17 Nov 2014, University of Birmingham.
- Session Chair, Mini-symposium on Low Carbon Energy Technology, 6th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, 19-21 December 2014.
- Session Chair and Publication Committee, 12th International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilisation, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2014, Lancaster.
- Organising Committee, International Conference and Exhibition on Solar Systems and Power Generation Technologies (Solar-2014), Hyderabad, India.
- Scientific Advisory Body, International Conference on Energy Resources & Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICERTSD), 9-11 Feb 2013, Shibpur, India.
- Ambassador and helped Glasgow Convention Bureau to bring ASME Gas Turbo Expo 2010 to Glasgow.
- Technical Session Chair (XIV), 4th BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27-29 December 2008.
- Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Heat Transfer 2008, Maribor, Slovenia, 9-11 July 2008.
- Reviewer of a significant number of International Journals, Conferences and Books.
Invited Research Talks & Seminars:
- Keynote Talk. 1st International Conference on Mechanical Power Engineering. Conservation and Sustainability of Energy, CSE-2024, Egypt, 26-28 November 2024.
- Keynote Speech. 6th Int Conf on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh, December 2024.
- Research Seminars (2). University of Science and Technology Beijing, August 2024.
- Research Seminar. Department of Environmental Studies, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, India, July 2024.
- Invited Presentations. Young Energy Researchers Conference, World Sustainable Energy Days 2024 (5 – 8 March 2024) in Wels/Austria, by my PDRA and PhD student.
- Keynote Talk. 7th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICMERE 2023), Chittagong, Bangladesh, 16-18 November 2023
- Invited Talk. 3rd Webinar on Modeling Thermo-Fluids, VIT, Chennai, October 2022
- Keynote Speech. World Congress on Engineering, Imperial College London, July 2022
- Invited Talk. “Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on Sustainable Energy Technologies”, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 11th March 2022
- Invited Talk. National Tsing Hua University Sustainability Forum, Glasgow, Dec 2021
- Research Seminar. Lancaster University, 10 December 2021
- Invited Panel Talk. Biomass Energy in ICAE 2021 29 Nov – 2 Dec
- Keynote Talk. 28th SCI-CSCST Conference, Uni. of Strathclyde, September 2021
- Keynote Talk. World Congress on Engineering, Imperial College London, July 2019
- Invited Talk. Workshop on Agricultural Biomass Waste, Strathclyde, 11 May 2018
- Invited to give a keynote speech in Int. Conf. on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC), IIT, Bangalore, 31 Dec 2017 – 3 January 2018
- Invited to give a keynote speech in the 20th Mathematics Conference, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8-10 December 2017
- Invited Talk. CO2 Negative Energy Technology, Gaitherin Chamber of Commerce, 2017
- Keynote Speech. Innovation in Gasification & CHP Technology Event, Glasgow, 2017
- Invited Talk. Simulation of Biomass/Coal Gasification, IHI Workshop, Glasgow, 2016
- Invited Talk. Scottish Energy Association, Glasgow, 2016
- Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
- Chief Guest & Invited Talk. International Workshop on Aspects of Fluidized Bed Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2016
- Department of Mathematics, Visva-Bharati (a central university), India, 2016
- Invited Talk. Gasification Challenges and Opportunity, Glasgow, 9 July 2015
- Invited Talk. World Congress on Engineering, Imperial College London, 1-3 July 2015
- Keynote Speech. International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structure and Mechanical Engineering (CSM 2014), University of Birmingham, 16-17 Nov 2014
- Invited Talk. European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University, 2014
- Invited Talk. Doosan Babcock, R&D Centre, Renfrew, 2014
- Invited Talk. Scottish Power Longannet, 2013
- Invited Talk. Vascular Surgeon Seminar, Western Infirmary Glasgow, 2013
- Invited Talk. Energy Research, CeeD Initiative, December 2011
- Department of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, 2011
- Invited Talk. Cutting Edge Research, CeeD Initiative, November 2010
- Keynote Speech. 16th Mathematics Conference in Dhaka, 17-19 December 2009
- Invited to give a talk at 10th Conf. on Heat Transfer, Maribor, Slovenia, 9 July
- Invited Talk. Sustainability Research Network, University of Glasgow, 10 April 2008
- Applied Mathematics-Engineering Series, University of Glasgow, 2005
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, 2003
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2002
Awards, Distiction and Scholarship:
- Achievement of the highest grade of "Outstanding" by the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) on the collaborative project with Soapworks Limited, August 2024
- Top Downloaded Article Award from WiLEY Publisher (Study of Mixed Convection flow of Power-law Fluids in a Skewed Lid-Driven Cavity, Heat Transfer, 2021, pp1-30), 2023.
- Nominated for the University of Glasgow’s “People Make Research”, 2022.
- Second Place Winner, “British Renewable Energy Awards - Renewable Energy Association”, PhD student Akshay Bagde, Birmingham, 9 June 2022.
- Poster Award, “Supergen Bioenergy SHARE Event, Prifysgol Aberystwyth University”, PhD student Akshay Bagde, 30 March 2022.
- Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship, 2018-19.
- Conference Paper Award, 3rd International Conference of Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST'19), Ottawa, Canada, 18-19 June 2019.
- Best Paper Award, World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2018, San Francisco, USA.
- Conference Merit Award, World Congress on Engineering, London, 5-7 July 2017.
- Elsevier Certificate of sciencedirect top 25 most downloaded articles, 2015.
- Best Conference Paper Award (Saha & Paul, 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-054-5-59), 2014.
- Eminent Reviewer of Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2009.
- EU Scholarship for the 7th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, UK, 2008.
- Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) at the University of Bath, UK, 1999-2002.
- Studentship for studying PhD at the University of Bath, UK, 1999-2002.
- Travel Award from Education Ministry of Bangladesh to study in the UK, 1999.
- Ashalota Sen Gold Medal from Dhaka Uni for obtaining the highest mark in MSc, 2000.
- Ranked 1st in MSc examination, 1999.
- Ranked 1st in BSc (H) examination, 1997.
- Gold Medal Award from M. R. Foundation, Dhaka, for Excellence in Mathematics, 1998.
- Award of 10k Taka from M. R. Foundation, Dhaka, for Excellence in Mathematics, 1998.
- University Grant Commission scholarship for obtaining the highest mark in BSc, 1998.
- Gold Medal from Jagannath Residential Hall, University of Dhaka, for achieving the first position in BSc, 1998.
- Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, scholarship for obtaining the highest mark in BSc exam comparing with all the other Departments at the Science Faculty, 1998.
Professional bodies & Affiliations:
- Member of Engineering Professors’ Council, UK
- Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council, UK
- Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK
- Member of UK Combustion Institute
- Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
- Associate Member of BritGeothermal consortium
- Member of Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research (SISER) (2014-2020)
- Member of European Mechanics Society (EROMECH, 2009-2014)