Roy Koomullil

Roy Koomullil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He specializes in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), High Performance Computing, and Fluid Mechanics. His research integrates aerodynamics, biomedical flow simulation, and machine learning for fluid dynamics challenges.

Education: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University (1997). Prior to UAB, he served as an Assistant Research Professor at the NSF ERC at MSU and a Research Associate at the Naval Research Laboratory.

Research Focus:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with applications in aerospace and biomedical systems
• Machine Learning integration for wind field prediction and vehicle aerodynamics
• Morphing structures for autonomous vehicle stability under crosswind conditions
• Biomedical flow modeling, including tumor microenvironment and MRI phantoms

Administrative Roles:

• Undergraduate Program Director
• Graduate Program Director
• Mechanical Engineering Honors Program Director

Funding & Grants: Secured research projects from NASA, DoD, NIH, and industry partners. Published in leading journals and reviewed for AIAA Journal. Served as Editor for the Electronic Journal of Differential Equations.