Background
Farouk, Bakhtier was born on December 5, 1951 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Son of Abdullah and Sophia (Sarwar) Farouk. came to the United States, 1976.
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Bakhtier Farouk, American Mechanical engineer, educator. Achievements include development of computational models for complex industrial flow problems; modeling of turbulent non-reactive and reactive flows, application of computational fluid dynamics in plasma deposition, steel casting, ladle processing, chemical vapor deposition and industrial furnaces.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Bangladesh Engineering U., 1975; Master of Science, U. Delaware, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Delaware, 1981.
Career
Lecturer, Bangladesh Engineering U., Dhaka, 1975-1976;
research assistant, U. Houston, 1976-1977;
research and teaching assistant, U. Delaware, Newark, 1977-1981;
assistant professor mechanic engineering, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1981-1986;
associate professor, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1986-1989;
professor, Drexel U., Philadelphia, since 1989. Faculty research associate Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, summer 1988. Visiting fellow Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1991.
Research fellow Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Mech. Engineers, American Institute Aeronautics & Astronautics, Iron and Steel Society, Combustion Institute.
Connections
Married Nadira Begum, August 22, 1982. 1child, Samira.
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American