Shahid Husain

Dr. Shahid Husain serves as a Research Fellow at the University of Limerick's Department of Mathematics and Statistics under a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (2022-2024), supervised by Professor Michael Vynnycky. Previously, he held an Assistant Professor position in Mechanical Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University since August 2016.

Education:

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (awarded March 7, 2018)

Husain's research integrates Computational Fluid Dynamics with Machine Learning to solve complex thermal-fluid problems, specializing in nanofluid heat transfer, natural convection systems, and renewable energy applications. His work on multiphase flow modeling directly addresses UN Sustainable Development Goals through innovations in solar energy systems and pharmaceutical delivery mechanisms. Recent projects include developing ML-based models for microalgal bioreactors and aerosol transport in human airways.

His 2022-2024 publications reveal a strategic shift toward interdisciplinary applications, combining CFD with machine learning for biomedical and sustainable energy solutions. Key trends include nanofluid optimization in solar walls, phase change material integration, and DEM-ML hybrid modeling for particle transport - demonstrating growing emphasis on practical engineering implementations.

Scientific Awards:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (2022)
• EuroTechPostdoc2 Marie-Curie Cofund fellowship (2022) [declined]
• University Medal for First position in masters
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship [declined]
• Maulana Azad National Fellowship

Husain's primary research funding comes from his €195,000 Marie Curie fellowship supporting the 'Development of a Novel Machine Learning-based model for Multiphase flows' project. Though no formal advisees are listed, his 39 publications (including 22 in 2022-2024) reflect extensive collaboration across 15+ international institutions, with significant co-authorship from Eindhoven University of Technology and Aligarh Muslim University researchers.

He operates within Professor Vynnycky's computational modeling group at UL, leveraging high-performance computing resources for fluid dynamics simulations. His current work bridges mechanical engineering and data science, with emerging collaborations in biomedical engineering for respiratory drug delivery systems and sustainable energy applications through UL's Sustainable Energy Research Group.