Experimental Fluid and Heat Transfer
Sweeping jet film cooling, impingement cooling, and double-wall pin-fin configurations for gas turbine nozzle guide vanes enabled by additive manufacturing (DMLS/SLA).
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Arif Hossain, Ph.D.
Research Engineer specializing in Fluid Dynamics · Heat and Mass Transfer · CFD · Film Cooling · Multiphase Flow · Mixing and Spray Technology
About Me
Arif Hossain
Associate Research Scientist — Fluids and Solids Engineering, Core R&D, Dow Chemical
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering · The Ohio State University
I completed my B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2012. I then worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka. I received my Master's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2015, where I worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the NASA center for Space Exploration Technology Research (cSETR), studying turbulent flow–flame interaction.
I completed my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University, working as a graduate research associate at the Aerospace Research Center (ARC) under Professor Jeffrey Bons in the Turbine Aerothermodynamics Lab. My doctoral work focused on developing innovative turbine cooling technology with micro-architectures enabled by Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), including a novel sweeping-jet film cooling scheme using fluidic oscillators for wider lateral coolant coverage.
In my current role at Dow’s Core R&D – Fluids & Solids Engineering, I lead experimental design, develop custom OEM methods, and apply high-speed imaging and spray diagnostics to optimize polymer processing. I translate hydrodynamic and thermal models into data-backed recommendations that raise product performance across multiple Dow businesses.
Academic Background
Education
2020
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Turbine Aerothermodynamics Lab · Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Bons
2018
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2015
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas, USA
NASA center for Space Exploration Technology Research (cSETR)
2012
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Expertise
Research Focus Areas
My research spans turbine aerothermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, fire dynamics simulation, and spray/multiphase flow — bridging fundamental experiments with high-fidelity numerical methods.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Unsteady RANS, Large Eddy Simulation (LES), and conjugate heat transfer modeling of fluidic oscillators, fire dynamics (FDS), and multiphase spray flows using StarCCM+, OpenFOAM, and ANSYS Fluent.
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Fire safety analysis using Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and PyroSim, spray nozzle design, multiphase VOF-to-DPM flow modeling, and thermal characterization with infrared cameras.
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Selected Work
Recent Publications
Innovative Cooling Schemes on an Additively Manufactured Engine Scale Turbine NGV
Hossain, M.A., Ameri, A., Gregory, J., Bons, J.P. — ASME J. Turbomach. 143(5), 2021.
View paper →Effects of Exit Fan Angle on Sweeping Jet Impingement Heat Transfer
Hossain, M.A., Ameri, A., Gregory, J., Bons, J.P. — AIAA Journal 59(6), 2021.
View paper →Invited Talk — DOW Chemical, Lake Jackson, TX
"Sweeping jet film cooling and impingement cooling" — October 2019, Dow Chemical; also presented at Boeing R&D and Ohio Supercomputer Center.
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I'm always open to research collaborations and technical discussions in experimental method development, CFD, heat and mass transfer, and mixing and spray.
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