Dr Sheikh Islam

• Fellowship Advance HE
• Member of International Association of Engineers

• PhD Mechanical Engineering, Robert Gordon University (RGU), Aberdeen
• MSc Space Science & Technology, University of Würzburg, JMUW, Germany
• MSc Space Technology, Luleå University of Technology, LTU, Sweden
• MEng Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University (KNU) Republic of Korea
• BSc Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Fuel cell & Energy storage device
• Renewable energy (Wind Turbine, Tidal Turbine, Power kites)
• Heat exchanger design for process heating and waste gas heat recovery
• Porous media flow, Reservoir Modelling, Hydrodynamics, and Flow assurance

My research findings, papers, and presentations by my research group members received outstanding peer reviews, and best prize awards. I have significant experience developing research projects and contributed to 21 research grant applications since 2020 including commercial work, innovation vouchers and knowledge exchange awards.

Thermofluids, Engineering Design, Renewable Energy, CFD, Reliability Analysis, Mathematical Modelling

Samaroo, K.; Awan, A.W.; Islam, S. Semi-Active Suspension Design for an In-Wheel-Motor-Driven Electric Vehicle Using a Dynamic Vibration-Absorbing Structure and PID-Controlled Magnetorheological Damper. Machines 2025, 13, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13010047

Paul Okpozo, James Njuguna, Sheikh Islam, Kindness Uyanga, Ketan Pancholi, Fabrication with magnetic-spin coating: Influence of magnetic-inertia energy ratio on gold-pickering ferrofluid droplet assembly morphology, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 611, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2024.172577

Christie, J.; Lines, T.; Simpson, D.; Asim, T.; Siddiqui, M.S.; Islam, S.Z. Numerical Investigations on the Transient Aerodynamic Performance Characterization of a Multibladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. Energies 2024, 17, 1900. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17081900

Umuteme OM, Islam SZ, Hossain M, Karnik A. Analytical modelling of the hydraulic effect of hydrate deposition on transportability and plugging location in subsea gas pipelines. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 2023;0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062231196986

Umuteme, O.M.; Islam, S.Z.; Hossain, M.; Karnik, A. Modelling Hydrate Deposition in Gas-Dominant Subsea Pipelines in Operating and Shutdown Scenarios. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13824. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813824

Oghenethoja Monday Umuteme, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, Mamdud Hossain, Aditya Karnik, Computational fluid dynamics simulation of natural gas hydrate sloughing and pipewall shedding temperature profile: Implications for CO2 transportation in subsea pipeline, Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 116, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2023.205048

Gerrie, S.; Islam, S.Z.; Gerrie, C.; Droubi, G.; Asim, T. The Impact of Ice Formation on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Performance and Aerodynamics. Wind 2023, 3, 16-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind3010003

Gerrie, C.; Islam, S.Z.; Gerrie, S.; Turner, N.; Asim, T. 3D CFD Modelling of Performance of a Vertical Axis Turbine. Energies 2023, 16, 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031144

Oghenethoja Monday Umuteme, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, Mamdud Hossain, Aditya Karnik, An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 107, 2022, 104800, ISSN 1875-5100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104800

Asiegbu, N. M., Hossain, M., Droubi, G. M., & Islam, S. Z. (2022). Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221115520

Asim T, Islam SZ, Hemmati A, Khalid MSU. A Review of Recent Advancements in Offshore Wind Turbine Technology. Energies. 2022; 15(2):579. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020579

Jack Durkacz, Sheikh Islam, Ryan Chan, Ethan Fong, Hamish Gillies, Aditya Karnik, Thomas Mullan, CFD modelling and prototype testing of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in planetary cluster formation, Energy Reports, Volume 7, Supplement 3, 2021, Pages 119-126, ISSN 2352-4847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.06.019

Asim T, Islam SZ. Effects of Damaged Rotor on Wake Dynamics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Energies. 2021; 14(21):7060. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217060

PEGG, C., SURI, Y., ISLAM, S.Z., ASTHANA, A. and HOSSAIN, M. 2020. Computational fluid dynamics modelling to design and optimise power kites for renewable power generation. International journal of design engineering [online], 9(2): energy and sustainable futures, pages 81-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJDE.2020.113057