Dr. Mahtab U. Ahmmed Professor, Department of Mathematics
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Mahtab U. Ahmmed is currently serving Jahangirnagar University (JU), Dhaka of Bangladesh as Professor in Mathematics. He was also faculty of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) from 2003 to 2011. Ahmmed received Ph.D (in Mechanical Engineering and Science) under the direct supervision of Professor Dr. Hiroyuki Hirahara in Saitama University of Japan, 2011. Prior to this, he achieved M.Phil (in Mathematics) from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in 2008 supervised by Professor Dr. Md. Mustafa Kamal Chowdhury. He obtained M. Sc and B. Sc (Honors) degree in Mathematics from Jahangirnagar University. Moreover, he completed Diploma in Teacher’s training at the very beginning of teaching profession.
A very prestigious government scholarship MONBUKAGAKUSHO/MEXT under Ministry of Education of Japan funded during his Ph.D program. Ahmmed also achieved scholarship for higher education in M.Phil program. A new technique of gas exchange mechanism along real scale bronchial channel of human lung is introduced by Ahmmed in his Ph.D program. MHD flow simulation along wavy surface was examined during his M. Phil work also.
Dr. Ahmmed presented his research works in many international conferences (PIV, VOF, ICME etc.) held in different countries (viz. Japan, Australia, South Korea, France and Bangladesh). Professor Ahmmed published a good numbers of articles in reputed international and national scientific journals.
He has a research group named as Computational Fluid Dynamics Forum (CFDF) including M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D students and researchers. The above mentioned achievements lead him to the research interests: (i) Bio-flow measurement by Lab experiment (ii) Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and (iii) Mathematical modeling and simulations of PDE.
STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent 19.2, proVISION, MATLAB, FORTRAN and MATHEMATICA (for computation), EnSight and Tecplot (for visualization) SolidWorks, CorelDRAW, Inkscape (for drawing) are the research tools of Professor Ahmmed. He is also proficient in Micro particle image velocimetry (µ-PIV) measurement and analysis, Measurement of human lung compliance.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Biomechanical flow, Numerical simulation of PDE and Lumped modeling
JOURNAL PAPER
- Mazumder M, Ahmmed M. U., Molla M. M., Hasan M. F., Hasan S., Thermal transport analysis of water and MWCNT-Fe3O4 hybrid nanofluids along vertical surface with radiation effects, Applied Mechanics, Vol. 7(33), 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmech7020033
- Nilufar Yasmin, Roni Akter, Mst. Sathi Akter, Ahmmed, M.U., Numerical simulation of viscous air dynamics in emphysemic human lungs, AIP Advances, Vol. 15 (10), 2025. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0293120
- Md. Noor-A-Alam Siddiki, Saiful Islam, Ahmmed M.U., Md Farhad Hasan and Md. Mamun Molla, A study of forced convection in non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluids embedded in a heated cylinder within a hexagonal enclosure by finite element method, Mathematics, Vol. 13 (3), 445 (1-20), 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/math13030445
- Mst. Sathi Akter, Ahmmed M. U., Nilufer Yesmin Tanisa and Shakib Hossain, Deposition of nanoparticles through a cylindrical tube of human respiratory system, AIP Advances, Vol. 14, 125320 (1-8), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239676
- Roni Akter, Nilufar Yasmin, Ahmmed M. U., Numerical simulation of gas flow and nanoparticle deposition in the human lung, American J. Applied Mathematics, Vol. 12(5), 141-148, 2024. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajam.20241205.14
- Akhter Sadiya, Ahmmed M. U., Simulation of air flow along human lung for cylindrical channel of porous medium, American J. Computational Mathematics, Vol. 14(2), 2024, https://doi.org/10.4236/ajcm.2024.142006
- Md. Noor-A-Alam Siddiki, Saiful Islam, Ahmmed, M. U., Md. Mamun Molla, Numerical simulation of a non-Newtonian nanofluid on mixed convection in a rectangular enclosure with two rotating cylinders, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Vol. 45,(1), 2332525, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2024.2332525
- Mazumder M., Ahmmed M. U., Thohura S., Hasan M. F., and Molla M. M., Implicit finite difference simulation of non-similar conduction–convection interaction of magnetohydrodynamics water-Cu nanofluid flow along a vertical surface, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals Int. Journal of Computation and Methodology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2023.2298243
- Hasan, M. K., Ahmmed M. U., Arefin, M. S., A Numerical Simulation of Air Flow in the Human Respiratory System Based on Lung Model, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Vol. 11, 2205-2215, 2023.
- Akhter Sadiya, Ahmmed M. U., Study on flow behavior in terminal bronchus of human lung for porous medium, GANIT: J. Bangladesh Math. Society, Vol. 42(1), 69-80, 2022.
- M. Sultana, Ahmmed M. U., R. B. Firoz, M. Zahid Hasan, S. Nasrin, The effect of bronchial compliance along parallel channel under constant flow, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, Vol. 44, 83-94, 2022.
- Mazumder M., Roy K. C., Islam M.R. and Ahmmed M. U., Representation of Fourier and wavelet techniques for functions and the measurement of accuracy, NUB J. Applied Sci., Vol. 03, No. 1&2, 2021.
- Ahmmed, M. U. and M. Sultana, Study on Flow Behavior of Parallel Lumped-Model under Constant Flow for Bronchial Tree, GANIT J. Bangladesh Math. Soc., Vol. 40 (2), 86-94, 2020.
- S. Sultana and Ahmmed, M. U., Numerical studyof anadvanced adsorption chiller with different mass allocation-effect of cooling source, J. Math. and Math. Sci., Vol. 31, 2018.
- Munshi, M. J. H., Alim M. A., Ahmmed, M. U., A numerical study of mixed convection in a lid-driven porous square cavity with internal elliptic block and linearly heated side walls, Int. J. Statistics & appl. Mathematics, Vol. 3(3), 191-202, 2018.
- Munshi, M. J. H., Akter M., Ahmmed, M. U., Magnetohydrodynamic free convection in a triangular cavity with internal circle shape heated block, J. Hamdard Univ. Bangladesh, Vol. 4(1), 189-206, 2018.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Simulation of advection diffusion equation based on lumped parameter model, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science,Vol. 40(2), 83-94, 2017.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Khatun, M., Numerical study on advection diffusion equation for human lung model channel, Ulab J. Science & Engineering, Vol. 8(1), 29-36, 2017.
- S. Rahman, M.S.Kaiser, Ahmmed, M.U., FNN based adaptive route selection support system, Int. J. Adv. Comp. Sci. Appl., Vol. 7, No.10, 356-365, 2016.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Numerical simulation of compliance effect on RLC model for channel of human lung, J. Information Technology, Vol. 5, 16-22, 2016.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Air mixing demonstration for oscillatory flow along model channel of human lung, J. Math. and Math. Sci., Vol. 28, pp. 11-21, 2013.
- Alim , M. A., MirajAkand, Hossain, M. and Ahmmed, M. U., MHD free convection flow along a vertical flat plate with heat generation and temperature dependent thermal conductivity, Jagannath Univ. J. Sci., Vol. 1(2), pp. 27- 40, 2013.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Alim, M. A., Joule heating effect on magnetohydrodynamic natural convection flow in presence of heat generation, J. Math. and Math. Sci., Vol. 27, pp. 115-128, 2012.
- Hossain, M. S., Siddique, M. N. A., Ahmmed, M. U., Andallah, L. S., The nested logistic model as a modified population model, Jahangirnagar Univ. J. Sci., Vol. 35(2), 2012.
- Hirahara, H., Iwazaki, K., Ahmmed, M. U.,Nakamura, M., Numerical analysis of air flow in dichotomous respiratory channel with asymmetric compliance under HFOV condition, J. Fluid Sci. Tech., Vol.6(6), pp. 932-948, 2011.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Hirahara, H., Yamamoto, T., Iwazaki, K., Investigation of gas redistribution in doubly bifurcated respiratory channel of human lung, J. Biomechanical Sci. Eng., Vol.6(1), pp. 1-14, 2011.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Alam, M. M., Alim, M. A., Jesmin, T., MHD free convection flow and heat transfer along a heated vertical wavy surface with heat generation effect, Int. J. Eng. Tech., Vol. 6(4), pp. 584-590, 2009.
CONFERENCE PAPER
National Conferences,- Malati Mazumder, Ahmmed M. U., Md. Mamun Molla Magnetohydrodynamic effects on conduction- convection interaction of hybrid nanofluid along a wavy surface, Mujibur Rahman Foundation-Bangladesh Mathematical Society 3rd National Mathematics Conference 2024, Paper No. CP-060 (Feb 2025), Department of Mathematics, BUET.
- Malati Mazumder, Ahmmed M. U., Md. Mamun Molla, Conjugate effects of MHD hybrid ferrofluid (CoFe2O4+Fe3O4+H2O) along a vertical flat surface, National Conference on Physics for the 21st Century, Paper No. PHP-9 (May 2024), Khulna University, Bangladesh.
- Md. Noor-A-Alam Siddiki, Saiful Islam, Ahmmed, M. U., Md. Mamun Molla, Numerical simulation of mixed convection on non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluids embedded a rotating cylinder within a rectangular enclosure, National Conference on Physics for the 21st Century, Paper No. PHP-6 (May 2024), Khulna University, Bangladesh.
- Nilufar Yasmin and Ahmmed, M. U., Numerical study of viscous air in the human lung under emphysemic condition, National Mathematics Conference-2022, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
- Roni Akter and Ahmmed, M. U., Numerical experiment on transport of particle in the human respiratory bronchiole, National Mathematics Conference-2022, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
- Shanto Islam, Rakib Khan, and Ahmmed, M. U., Two Dimensional Flow Simulations inside Oscillatory Porous Wall in Clearance of Mucus, 3rd International Mathematics Conference-2024, Paper No. 81 , University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
- Sadiya Akter and Ahmmed, M. U., Flow behavior in 11th generation of human lung for cylindrical channel of porous medium, 1st International Conference on Frontier in sciences- 2022, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Mst. Sathi Akter and Ahmmed, M. U., Numerical experiment on transport of particle in the human respiratory bronchiole, 1st International Conference on Frontier in sciences- 2022, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Sharmin Akter, Ahmmed, M. U., Flow behaviors simulations by dint of lumped parameter model, International Conference on Advances in Computational Mathematics (ICACM), May 27-28, 2017, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- S. Rahman, N. Yeasmin, Ahmmed, M.U., M. S. Kaiser, Statistical Approach based Dynamic Route Selection Support System, 19th Int. Con. Com. Inf. Tech. (ICCIT-2016), Paper No. 273 (18-20 Dec. 2016), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- S. Rahman, N. Yeasmin, Ahmmed, M.U., M. S. Kaiser, Adaptive route selection support system based on road traffic information, 2nd Int. Con. Elec. Eng. & Inf. & Com. Tech. (iCEEiCT 2015), Paper No. 671 (21-23 May 2015), Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Hirahara,H. (22-24 December, 2011), Irreversible flow in dichotomous channel of human lung, 17th Mathematics Conference-2011, Paper No. 11163, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
- Yamamoto, T., Hirahara, H., Ahmmed, M. U., Kawahashi, M., Analysis of dynamical mixing due to asymmetric compliance in human lung, The Korea Japan Joint Seminar on Dynamic Measurements for Multi-scales & Multi-physics, Paper No. 231(26-28 February, 2010), Naha, Japan.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Hirahara,H., Yamamoto, T., Air Trajectory and gas exchange mechanism analysis for oscillatory flow in lung’s peripherals with PIV measurement, 14th International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV14) , Paper No. ISFV14-153(21-24 June, 2010), Daegu, Korea.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Hirahara, H., Redistributed gas exchange mechanism in human lung’s peripheral, 8th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME09), Paper No.ICME09- FM-21 (26-28 December, 2009), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Ahmmed, M. U., Hirahara, H., Matsumoto, K., Air path line analysis in lung’s peripherals with PIV measurement, 8th International Conference on Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV09), Paper No. PIV09-0001(25-28 August, 2009), Melbourne, Australia.
AWARD
Ph.D and M.Phil Thesis,
- Gas redistribution in dichotomous respiratory channel of human lung, PhD Thesis,Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Saitama University, Japan (2011).
- MHD free convection flow along a heated vertical wavy surface, M.Phil Thesis, Department of Mathematics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 2008).
THESIS SUPERVISION
M.Sc Thesis,
- Md Faisal Alam, Influence of Body Temperature on Buoyancy-Driven Respiratory Airflow in the Human Lung, 2022-2023.
- Rahima Akter, Inspiratory Flow Simulation for Cylindrical Model of Human Lung, 2022-2023.
- Tasnuba Farin Toma, Aging Impairs Lung Filtration by Weakening Darcy Drag Forces: A Computational Study, 2022-2023.
- Marjana Akter Nishi, Pulsatile Flow of Blood in an Elastic Tube with Wall Slip: Modeling and Analysis, 2021-2022.
- Hafsa Sultana, Pulsatile Blood Flow through Rigid Model Channel, 2021-2022.
- Most. Sumaiya Akter, Periodic permeability impact on nanoparticle deposition and filtration efficiency in porous lung tissue, 2021-2022.
- Nilufar Yasmin, Numerical Study of Viscous Air in the Human Lung under Emphysemic Condition, 2019-2020.
- Roni Akter, Numerical Simulation of Gas Flow and Nanoparticle Deposition in the Human Lung , 2019-2020.
- Sakib Khan, Study on Forced Dynamics for Lumped Parameter Model of Biological Flow, 2018-2019.
- Sathi Akter, Effect of Darcy Number for the Porosity in Lung Model Channel, 2018-2019.
- Tasneem Farid, Air Flow Simulation along Human Lung for Nonlinear Flow Model, 2017-2018.
- Ripa Ghosh, Two-Dimensional Flow Simulation along 18th Generation of Human Lung, 2017-2018.
- Alamin, Pulsatile Flow Simulation Along Artery of Human Body, 2016-2017.
- Nazneen Nahar, Flow Calculation for Forced Dynamics through Lung Model, 2016-2017.
- Md. Samsul Arefin (Anik), Study on Advection Diffusion of Two-Dimensional Flow for Constraint Channel, 2016-2017.
- Rukaia-Binte-Firoj, Compliance Effect Along Parallel Bronchial Channel Under Constant Flow, 2015-2016.
- Mitu Sultana, Effect of Inertia for Over Damped Case through Parallel Channel of Human Lung, 2015-2016.
- Mst. Monika Khatun, Flow Simulation of Breathing through Constricted Channel of Respiratory Airways, 2015-2016.
- Kamrunnahar, Flow Simulation under Constant Pressure along Parallel Channel of Human Lung, 2014-2015.
- Shamima Nasrin, Introduce of Lumped Parameter Model in PDE and Its Flow Simulation for Human Lung, 2014-2015.
- Md. Shamser Ali Javed, Simulation of Air Flow along RLC Model of High Resistance, 2013-2014.
- Sadiya Akhter, Numerical simulation of RLC model in free dynamics, 2012-2013.
- Sharmin Akter, Fluid flow simulation using RLC system through a narrow bifurcated channel of human lung, 2012-2013.
- Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Dynamics of Non-Newtonian Nanofluids in Closed Domains for Various Convection Modes (Md. Noor-A-Alam Siddiki, Student ID: 52, Registration No.: 3139, Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University).
- Simulation of Airflow through Terminal Bronchioles of Human Lung for Porous Medium (Sadiya Akhter, Student ID: 18021, Registration No.: 2916, Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University).
- Implicit Finite Difference Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Conduction-Convection-Radiation Interactions of Hybrid Nanofluids along
Vertical Flat and Wavy Surfaces (Malati Mazumder, Student ID: 61, Registration No: 2850, Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University). - Flow Simulation along Human Lung (Md. Tuhin Biswas, Student ID: 46, Registration No: 3387, Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University).
- Computational study of MHD natural convection in a square cavity with diamond shaped block (Professor Md. Monir Hossain, Student ID: 24025, Registration No: 20243455, Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University).
SEMINAR
International Symposiums/ Conference,- Iwazaki, K., Hirahara, H., Nakamura, M., Ahmmed, M. U., (2011), Redistribution mechanism attributed to inertia effect of air flow in lung’s bronchioles, Annual Conference on Visualization Society, 2011, Toyama, Japan.
- Yamamoto, T., Ahmmed, M. U., Iwazaki, K., Hirahara, H., (2010), Enhancement of fluid dynamical mixing due to asymmetric configuration of peripheral airway in lung, Annual Conference on Visualization Society ,2010, Kagoshima, Japan.
- Iwazaki, K., Ahmmed, M. U., Yamamoto, T., Hirahara, H., (2010), Air path analysis based on air flow measurement in lung’s bronchiole, Symposium on Visualization 2010, Tokyo, Japan.
- Ahmmed, M. U., The study of oscillatory flow behavior along the channel of human lung, Conference of mathematics in real life, 2015, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Project
- Numerical Study of Airflow Dynamics in the Human Lung: Influence of Airway Geometry, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2025-2026.
- Influence of Aging and Filtration Efficiency in Human Pulmonary Airways, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2024-2025.
- Numerical Simulation for Air and Dust Particles in the Respiratory Bronchiole, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2023-2024.
- Error Calculation of Numerical Schemes for Lung Model, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2022-2023.
- Simulation of gas flow mechanism in respiratory channel of human lung by lumped modeling technique, Financed by University Grand Commission (UGC), 2021-2022.
- Numerical Study of Advection Diffusion Effect for closed End Channel, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2021-2022.
- Flow simulation through human lung for porous medium, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2020-2021.
- Numerical Scheme of 2D Advection Diffusion Equation for Narrow Channel, Financed by University Grand Commissions, 2019-2020.
- Study of Flow Characteristics for Variant Compliances in Parallel Channel, Financed by University Grand Commissions, 2018-2019.
- Numerical Scheme and Error Calculation for Compliant Channel, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2018-2019.
- Fluid Flow Analysis Adjacent to the irregular surface in presence of joule heating, Financed by University Grand Commissions, 2017-2018.
- Calculation of flow dynamics for parallel resistance, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2017-2018.
- Introduce of PDE in circuit model for air flow simulation, Financed by University Grand Commissions, 2016-2017.
- Flow simulation along parallel model channel, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2016-2017.
- Introduce of Channel Dimension in RLC model, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2015-2016.
- The effect of transient flow in a lumped parameter model, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2014-2015.
- The numerical simulation of forced dynamics for series connection of channel, Financed by University Grand Commissions, 2014-2015.
- The effect of compliance in model channel of human lung, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2013-2014.
- Exchange mechanism analysis of O2 and CO2 along respiratory model channel of human lung, Financed by Jahangirnagar University, 2012-2013.
OTHER
Invited Talks,- Gas Transport Mechanisms in the Respiratory Bronchioles: The Interplay of Axial Heterogeneity and Irreversible Flow, 1st International Conference on Science and Humanities for Sustainable Development (ICSHSD-2025, 24-25 October, 2025), DUET, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
- Numerical simulation of respiratory flow in a bifurcated porous medium channel with stenosis, 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Applications in Modeling (ICMAAM-2024, 5 -7 December, 2024), Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Gas exchange mechanism in respiratory channel of human lung, Department of Mathematics, CUET, August 2021.
- Gas exchange by air particle redistribution in respiratory channel of human lung, Dept. of Mathematics, Bangladesh University, February, 2016.
- Air flow influence in junction due to compliance difference, Dept. of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University, January, 2015.
Academic Info
Period: 2008-2011
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering & Science
Period: 2005-2008
M.Phil in Applied Mathematics
Period: 1998-99
M.Sc in Mathematics
Result: 1st Class with 2nd Position
Period: 1995-1998
B.Sc (Hons.) in Mathematics
Result: 1st Class with 2nd Position
Period: 1992-1994
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Science, Board of Dhaka
Result: 1st Division (Marks-75%) with Star marks (*)
Period: 1990-1992
Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Science, Board of Comilla
Result: 1st Division (Marks-81%) with Star Marks (*)
Experience
Position: Professor of Mathematics
Period: 2018-Present
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Period: 2014-2018
Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Period: 2012-2014
Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Period: 2011-2012
Position: Guest Teacher
Period: 2008-2011
Position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Period: 2003-2011
Position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Period: 2002-2003
Position: Lecturer of Mathematics
Period: 2001-2002
Position: Trainee
Period: 2001-2002
Diploma in Teacher’s Training
Contact
Dr. Mahtab U. Ahmmed
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: (+88) 01914-919152, (+88) 01779-609903
Work Phone: (02) 7791045-51, Ext. 2175 (Office)
Email: mahtab_ahmmed@juniv.edu
, mahtab.ahmmed@gmail.com