A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Ph.D in Applied Mathematics, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan
Md. Fazlul Karim is a Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, East West University, Bangladesh, where he has been since 2018. He was first appointed as an Associate Professor and later on promoted to Professor. During 2010-2017, he was a Principal Lecturer at University Technology Brunei (UTB), Brunei Darussalam. He has also worked at University Science Malaysia (USM), University of Dhaka and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.
He received his BSc (Honours) and MSc in Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
In 1996, he was awarded the Monbusho Scholarship for doing PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Department of Mechano Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan and successfully awarded PhD in March 2000.
His research interests are: Turbulent flow using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS), Mathematical Modelling of Long Wave (Tsunami and Storm Surge), Heat and Mass transfer. He has developed mathematical models to simulate Tsunami and Storm Surge. He has over 55 peer-reviewed international journal publications and over 17 international conference papers. He attended different international conferences and seminars at home and abroad.
Professor (31 January 2023 to till date)
Associate Professor (8 January 2018 - 30 January 2023)
Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
East West University, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
Principal Lecturer (July 2010 - 31 December 2017)
School of Applied Sciences and Mathematics, University Technology Brunei.
Senior Lecturer (July 2009 - June 2010)
University Sains Malaysia (USM).
Assistant Professor (January 2009 - June 2009)
University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.
Senior Lecturer (July 2005 - 20 December 2008)
School of Mathematical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM).
Associate Professor of Mathematics (April 2004 - June 2005)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (April 1996 – April 2004)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Lecturer (August, 1991 - April, 1996)
Department of Mathematics
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
(Publisher: Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-025-00893-z)
2.M. Al-Amin , T. Islam , M. Shihab , A.K. Azad , A. Paul , M.M. Rahman , M.F. Karim ,”Double-Diffusive Optimization in Hybrid Nanofluid Convection Using Response Surface Method”, International Journal of Thermouids 30 (2025) 101454, 1-54 (Indexed in: Scopus, ISSN: 2666-2027, Publisher: Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101454)
( doi: 10.1063/5.0228513)
7. Roy, G. D., Karim, M. F., Ismail, A. I. M.; 2006: Formulation of an Open Boundary Condition to Compute the Effect of Distant Tsunami in the Domain of a Nonlinear Polar Coordinate Shallow Water Model. Int. Conf. on Mathematical Modelling and Computation, Univ. of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. 5 - 8 June 2006.
8. Karim, M. F., Roy, G. D., Ismail, A. I. M.; 2006: Numerical Computation of Different Aspects of 26 December 2004 Tsunami along the Penang Island Using a Cylindrical Polar Model. Proc. The 2nd IMT-GT Regional Conf. on Math. Stat. and Applications, UniversitiSains Malaysia. 13 - 15 June 2006, pp 15-25.
9. Meah. M. A., Roy, G. D., Karim, M. F., Ismail, A. I. M.; 2006: A Shallow water model for computing Tide and Surge along the coast of Bangladesh. The 2nd IMT-GT Regional Conf. on Math. Stat. and Applications, UniversitiSains Malaysia. 13 - 15 June 2006.
10. Karim, M. F., Roy, G. D., Ismail, A. I. M.; 2006: On the formulation of an open boundary condition to compute the effect of far field tsunami. Proc. Symposium on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster preparedness and Mitigation, 6th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission, Bangkok, Thailand. 7-10 November 2006.
11. Meah, M.A., Karim, M.F., Roy, G.D, Ismail, A.I.M. 2007: Numerical Modelling of the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami along Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand using Boundary-Fitted Curvilinear Grids. The 3rd IMT-GT Conf. on Math. Stat. and Applications, UniversitiSains Malaysia,5-7 December 2007.
12. Karim, M. F., G D Roy, Ahmad Izani M Ismail; 2008: Computation of Far Field Tsunami through an Open Boundary Condition using a Cartesian Coordinate Shallow Water Model, Proc. 2nd IASME/ WASES, International conference on Geology and Seismology (GES ‘08), Cambridge University, UK, 23 – 25 February 2008, pp 155-169.
13. Karim, M. F.; Ahmad Izani M Ismail; M. A. Meah; T. F. Nak; L. M. Hie2008: Use of a Nested Numerical Scheme in Solving Shallow Water Equations to Compute Tsunami along the Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, International Symposium on Mathematical Sciences, University Malaysia Terengganu, 3 – 5 June 2008.
14. Karim, M. F.; Ahmad Izani M Ismail; M. A. Meah. 2008: A one-way nested tsunami computation model for the Penang Island in Peninsular Malaysia, 7thwseas int. conference on system science and simulation in engineering, 21- 23 November, Venice, Italy
15. Karim, M. F.; Ahmad Izani M Ismail; M. A. Meah. 2008: Numerical Simulation of Indonesian Tsunami 2004 at Phuket Using a Nested Grid Model, 7th general assembly of Asian Seismological Commission, 24 – 27 November, Tsukuba, Japan.
16. Karim, M. F.; Umi, H. I.; 2009: Tsunami computation along Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand due to a time dependent source associated with Indonesian Tsunami 2004 using a Cartesian Coordinate Shallow Water Model. 5th Asian Mathematical Conference, 22-26 June, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
17. Karim, M. F., Meah, M.A; Ismail, A. I. M.; 2012: A Shallow Water Model for Computing Inland Inundation due to Indonesian Tsunami 2004 using a Moving Coastal Boundary, ICMMAC 2012, International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation,Phuket, Thailand, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, www.waset.org/Publications, volume 72, 469-477.
18. Karim, M. F.; Ahmad Izani M Ismail; M. A. Meah. 2014: A Boundary Fitted Nested Grid Model for Tsunami Computation along Penang Island in Peninsular Malaysia; ICMSSC 2014, International Conference on Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, www.waset.org/Publications, 86, 313- 320.
19. Ak Muhammad Rahimi Bin PgHjZahari; Karim, M. F. 2014: One-Dimensional Numerical Model for Tidal Waves on Estuaries, IET, 5th Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology, Conference number: CP649 (Indexed In: Scopus)
20. Sankar, D. S., Karim, M. F. 2014: Influences of Body Accelerations in Blood Flow Through Narrow Arteries with Multiple Constrictions – A Mathematical Model, IET, 5th Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology, Conference number: CP649 (Indexed In: Scopus).
21. Karim, M. F. , Esa, A. I., 2015:A boundary-fitted nested grid model for modelling tsunami propagation of 2004 Indonesian Tsunami along Southern Thailand, ICPPAM 2015: 17 International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 24 – 25, 2015, 17 (8) Part XIII, pp 2319 – 2326,World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, www.waset.org/Publications.
22. Muhaimin, I., Radiah, B. M., Kandasamy, R., Ahmad, S. A. R., Karim, M. F., 2016: Convective heat transfer of CNTs Nano fluids over a stretching surface, IET, 6th Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology (Indexed In: Scopus).
Awards:
1. Sanggar Sanjung award 2007 from University Sains Malaysia for outstanding publications.
2. Received a publication reward from the EWU authority for a article in a Q1 journal in 2024. The title of the published article is "A numerical investigation on forced convection heat and mass transfer performance in a right triangular cavity", published in international journal of thermofluids.
Achievements:
Invited talk: Title: “Numerical Computation of Some Aspects of 26 December 2004 Tsunami Along the west coast of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia Using a Cartesian Coordinate Shallow Water Model”, 1st National Conference on Advances in Science and Technology, Organized by Faculty of Science, BUET, 7-8 December 2023.
Advisory Committee: 3rd National Mathematics Conference 2024,
Organized by Bangladesh Mathematical Society, Department of Mathematics , BUET
6-7 February 2025