Research Associate, University of applied sciences Bochum, Germany.
Dr. Mudassar Razzaq is an experienced academic and researcher with over two decades of expertise in STEM education, specializing in applied mathematics, computational modeling, and fluid-structure interaction (FSI). He has worked extensively in both industry and academia, holding various leadership roles. His research integrates high-performance computing with simulation, focused on mathematical modeling of coupled problems. Dr. Razzaq has supervised numerous graduate and Ph.D. students and contributed to several international conferences. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the International School of Management, Germany, and a Research Lead at Bochum University of Applied Sciences, specializing in multiphase flow simulations.
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Education 🎓
Dr. Mudassar Razzaq holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Computational and Applied Mathematics) from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, where his dissertation focused on fluid-structure interaction using finite element methods. He completed his M.Phil. in Applied Mathematics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, specializing in fluid dynamics. He also earned an M.Sc. in Mathematics from Quaid-i-Azam University, with a focus on applied mathematics and statistics. His academic journey began with a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Professional Experience 💼
Dr. Razzaq’s career spans academic and industry roles. He is currently a Visiting Professor in Management Information Systems at the International School of Management, Germany. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, where he taught various mathematics and engineering courses. His industry experience includes working as a Senior CFD Engineer at IANUS Simulation GmbH in Germany. He has also contributed to research at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastic in Berlin and various other institutions in Germany.
Awards & Honors 🏆
Dr. Mudassar Razzaq has received several prestigious awards and fellowships throughout his career, including a faculty travel grant for the International Multigrid Conference in China (2019) and a faculty start-up research grant in 2017. He was awarded the HEC-DAAD scholarship for his Ph.D. studies, receiving significant funding for his research. He also co-led the ExtremSimOpt research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, in 2020. In 2021, he won the first prize for a poster presentation.
Research Focus 🔬
Dr. Razzaq’s research primarily revolves around computational and applied mathematics, with a focus on fluid-structure interaction (FSI), high-performance computing, and multiphysics simulations. His work includes the development of finite element simulation techniques and numerical solvers for FSI and CFD applications in bioengineering and optimization. He is particularly interested in modeling multiphase flows, thermodynamics, and the application of statistical and machine learning models in various scientific fields such as finance and engineering. His research is highly interdisciplinary, bridging mathematics, engineering, and data science.
Publications 📚
- Numerical benchmarking of fluid-structure interaction: A comparison of different discretization and solution approaches
- Numerical simulation and benchmarking of a monolithic multigrid solver for fluid-structure interaction problems with application to hemodynamics
- Finite element analysis of bi-viscosity fluid enclosed in a triangular cavity under thermal and magnetic effects
- FEM multigrid techniques for fluid–structure interaction with application to hemodynamics
- Finite element simulations for energy transfer in a lid-driven porous square container filled with micropolar fluid: Impact of thermal boundary conditions and Peclet number
- Numerical simulation and benchmarking of fluid-structure interaction with application to hemodynamics
- Computational approach on three-dimensional flow of couple-stress fluid with convective boundary conditions
- Finite element simulation techniques for incompressible fluid structure interaction with applications to bioengineering and optimization
- The impact of variable fluid properties on hydromagnetic boundary layer and heat transfer flows over an exponentially stretching sheet
- Simulation of intra‐aneurysmal blood flow by different numerical methods
- Numerical benchmarking of fluid-structure interaction between elastic object and laminar incompressible flow
- Numerical simulation of laminar incompressible fluid-structure interaction for elastic material with point constraints
- Analysis of biomagnetic blood flow in a stenosed bifurcation artery amidst elastic walls
- Numerical techniques for solving fluid-structure interaction problems with applications to bio-engineering
- A simplified finite difference method (SFDM) solution via tridiagonal matrix algorithm for MHD radiating nanofluid flow over a slippery sheet submerged in a permeable medium
- Multi-objective optimization of a fluid structure interaction benchmarking