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Md Amzad Hossain

Md Amzad Hossain, Assistant Professor

Dr. Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering. His research areas include aerospace propulsion, clean and sustainable energy, and digital engineering. Before joining SIUC, he served as an Associate Professor of Research at the UTEP Aerospace Center (2023–2025), Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (2021–2022), Instructor at the University of Memphis (Fall 2020), and Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) (2012-2020). At UTEP, under the supervision of the PI, he led AFRL-funded digital engineering projects on liquid rocket engines and a cold-gas lander. Additionally, as a Co-PI with collaborators from UTEP, UTRGV, and Angelo State University, he secured a $1.5 million DOE grant to develop a digital twin of a gasification system.

Research

The overarching goal of our research lab is to advance U.S. leadership in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and energy sectors through digital engineering. We build high-fidelity digital twins (DTs) of aerospace and energy systems by combining physics-based models (fluid flow, thermal, combustion, structural) with AI/ML and other data-driven approaches, all integrated within Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) frameworks to maximize fidelity and decision quality. Our aerospace research thrusts include advanced solid propellants, liquid rocket engines and SRM digital twins, and small-satellite propulsion. Our energy research thrusts include H₂ production and propulsion, critical-minerals recovery, and PFAS incineration. We couple digital engineering with experiments and legacy data to optimize system performance and to develop high-fidelity Authoritative Sources of Truth (ASTs) that accelerate rapid manufacturing and certification.

SIU Professor Md Amzad Hossain
Office: ENGR B 110
Phone: 618-453-2332
mdamzad.hossain@siu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

  • Digital Engineering- Digital Modeling, Digital Twin, Fidelity Determination
  • Chemical and Non-chemical Propulsion
  • Flow, Combustion and Propulsion Modeling and Simulation
  • Blue and Clean Hydrogen Production
  • CO2 Capture and Conversion
  • Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and PFAS Incineration

Current Research Interests

  • Digital Twin of Liquid Rocket Engine (LRE) and Solid Rocket Motors (SRM)
  • Advance Solid Propellant for SRM Applications
  • Tilt-Wing Aircraft/UAV Aerodynamic Performance Optimization
  • Hydrogen Production, Critical Minerals Recovery, PFAS Incineration, SAF

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 2020
  • MSc., Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), 2013
  • BSc., Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), 2011

Teaching

  • ME 440- Design of HVAC and Build Energy Systems
  • ME 592-Special Investigations in Engineering

Academic Job Experience

  • Assistant Professor, SIU Carbondale, 2025-Present
  • Associate Professor of Research, UTEP, 2023-2025
  • Assistant Professor, ERAU-Prescott, 2021-2022
  • Instructor, University of Memphis, Fall 2020
  • Assistant Professor, KUET, 2014-2020
  • Lecturer, KUET, 2012-2014

Selected Publications

  • Orozco, S., Zamora, C. L. R., Hossain, M. A., & Choudhuri, A. (2025). FEA-Based Thermo-Structural Modeling of Cryogenic Storage Tanks in Liquid Propulsion Systems. Aerospace, 12(6), 479.
  • Hernandez, I., Orozco, S., Hossain, M. A., & Choudhuri, A. (2025). Thermal Performance Analysis of LOX/LCH4 Engine Feed Systems Using CFD Modeling. Fluids, 10(3), 62.
  • Orozco Martinez, S., Hernandez, I., Hossain, M. A., & Choudhuri, A. (2025). Thermo-Structural Dynamics of the CROME Propulsion System: A Preliminary Study. In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (p. 2340).
  • Hossain, M. A., Morse, A., Hernandez, I., Quintana, J., & Choudhuri, A. (2024). Liquid rocket engine performance characterization using computational modeling: Preliminary analysis and validation. Aerospace, 11(10), 824.
  • Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. N. A., De La Torre, M., Zamora, A. A., & Choudhuri, A. (2023). Fundamental Study of Premixed Methane Air Combustion in Extreme Turbulent Conditions Using PIV and CX CH PLIF. Aerospace, 10(7), 620.
  • Gaglani, K., & Hossain, M. A. (2022). Fundamental Study of CH4-Air Combustion under an Axisymmetric Small-scale Rectangular Combustor using Computational Modeling. Journal of Engineering Advancements, 3(01), 29-41.
  • Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. N. A., Hossain, W., & Choudhuri, A. R. (2020). CH-PLIF diagnostics of high intensity turbulent premixed methane-air combustion. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (p. 1705).
  • Islam, M. N. A., Hossain, M. A., De la Torre, M., Acosta-Zamora, A., & Choudhuri, A. R. (2019). Laser Diagnostics of Highly Turbulent Premixed Methane-Air Flow Over a Backward Facing Step Using PIV and OH-PLIF. In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum (p. 4323).
  • Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. N. A., & Choudhuri, A. (2019, July). Flame Imaging of Highly Turbulent Premixed Methane-Air Combustion Using Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) of CH (CX). In ASME Power Conference (Vol. 59100, p. V001T01A008). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Hossain, M. A., Karoyo, A. H., Dehabadi, L., Fathieh, F., Simonson, C. J., & Wilson, L. D. (2018). Starch particles, energy harvesting, and the “goldilocks effect”. ACS omega, 3(4), 3796-3803.