Bakhtier Farouk

Bakhtier Farouk is an engineer, currently the J. Harland Billings Professor at Drexel University,[1] and also a published author.[2] He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[1]

Bakhtier Farouk
Known forJ. Harland Billings Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University (appointed in 2004)
Spouse(s)Nadira Farouk
ChildrenSamira Farouk, MD (nephrologist, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York)
Academic background
EducationB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 1975; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1978 and 1981
Doctoral advisorProfessor Selcuk Guceri (University of Delaware, 1981)
Other academic advisorsProfessor Fazle Hussain (University of Houston, 1976)
Academic work
Main interestsHeat transfer; combustion; numerical methods; turbulence modeling; materials processing

Education and academic career

Farouk earned his Bachelor of Science at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) which is one of the best engineering school in South Asia ,in 1975. Employed as a lecturer in BUET's Mechanical Engineering Department from 1975 to 1976, Farouk then pursued graduate training with the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Houston, Texas in 1976, ultimately earning his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Delaware in 1978 and 1981. Subsequently, hired by Drexel University's Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department as an assistant professor, he advanced to the ranks of associate professor and professor, respectively, in 1987 and 1989, and was then appointed as Drexel's J. Harland Billings Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2004.[3]


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References
  1. "Bakhiter Farouk". drexel.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. "Farouk, B. (Bakhiter)". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. "Bakhtier Farouk," in "About: Faculty & Staff." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Drexel University, retrieved online July 3, 2019.
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