Dr. Rizwan Uddin

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• Dr. Rizwan Uddin
• Professor
• 108 Talbot Lab, MC-234
• 217/244-4944
• rizwan@illinois.edu
• http://virtual.ne.uiuc.edu/

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Advanced computational methods, theoretical and CFD
• Radiation transport and reactor physics
• Reactor engineering
• Multiphase flow
• Reliability and risk analysis
• Virtual reactor simulation

EDUCATION

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University 1980
• M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois 1983
• Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois 1987

ACADEMIC POSTIONS AT U OF I AND ELSEWHERE

• Research Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, 1988 - 1992
• Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, 1992-1996
• Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, June - July 1999
• Assistant Professor, 1996-2000
• Associate Professor, 2000-2006
• Professor, August 2006 - present
• NCSA University of Illinois Fellow, August 2008-August 2009

HONORS AND AWARDS

• American Nuclear Society's Mark Mills Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation, 1987
• University of Virginia's Allan Talbott Gwathmey Memorial Award for Best Graduate Research in Basic Sciences, 1988
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, UVA, 1994
• Young Members Engineering Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society, 1999
• Best Paper Award, ANS M & C Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 1999
• Second Best Graduate Student Paper Award, ANS, 2000
• Second Best Graduate Student Paper Award, ANS M & C Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN, 2003
• Ph.D. advisor to the recipient of ANS' Mark Mills Award (Allen J. Toreja) for Best Ph.D Dissertation, 2003
• Ph.D. advisor to the recipient of ANS' Mark Mills Award (Quan Zhou) for Best Ph.D Dissertation, 2005
• NCSA University of Illinois Faculty Fellow, 2008-2009

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

• R. Zboray, W.J.M. de Kruif, T.H.J.J. van der Hagen and Rizwan Uddin, "Investigating the Nonlinear Dynamics of Natural-Circulation, Boiling Two-Phase Flows," Nucl. Tech., 146, 244-256 (2004).
• A. Dokhane, D. Henning, Rizwan Uddin, R. Chawla, "Semi-Analytical Bifurcation Analysis of Two-Phase Flow in a Heated Channel," International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 15, 8 (2005).
• Quan Zhou and Rizwan Uddin, "In-phase and Out-of-Phase Oscillations in BWRs; Impact of Azimuthal Asymmetry and Second Pair of Eigenvalues," Nucl. Sci and Engg, 150, 1-19 (2005).
• Fei Wang and Rizwan Uddin, "Modified Nodal Integral Method for the Three- Dimensional, Time-Dependent, Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations," Nucl. Sci and Engg, 149, 107-144 (2005).
• Rizwan Uddin, "Turning Points and Sub- and Supercritical Bifurcations in a Simple BWR Model," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 236, 267-283.
• Suneet Singh, Prashant K. Jain and Rizwan Uddin, "Analytical solution to transient heat conduction in polar coordinates with mulitple layers in radial direction," to appear in Int. Journal of Thermal Sciences.
• Abdelhamid Dokhane, Dieter Henning, Rizwan Uddin and Rakesh Chawla, "BWR stability and bifurcation analysis using reduced order models and system codes: Identification of a subcritical Hopf bifurcation using RAMONA," to appear in Annals of Nuclear Energy (2007)
• Abdelhamid Dokhane, Dieter Henning, Rizwan Uddin and Rakesh Chawla, "Interpretation of in-phase and out-of-phase BWR oscillations using an extended reduced order model and semi-analytical bifurcation analysis," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 234(4), 271-287 (2007)
• K.D. Kim and Rizwan Uddin, "A Web-based Nuclear Simulator Using RELAP5 and LabView," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 237, 1185-1194 (2007).
• Suneet Singh, Prashant K. Jain and Rizwan Uddin, "Analytical solution to transient heat conduction in polar coordinates with multiple layers in radial direction, " International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 47(3), 261-273 (2008).
• Prashant K. Jain and Rizwan Uddin, "Numerical analysis of supercritical flow instabilities in a natural circultion loop," to appear in Nuclear Engineering and Design.
• Prashant K. Jain, Yuxiang Gu and Rizwan Uddin, "Broadcasting Engineering Laboratories -- Audio-Video and Data -- in Real-Time over the Internet," to appear in Advances in Engineerin geducation (AEE) Journal (2008).

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• F. Teruel and Rizwan Uddin, "Core design for neutron flux maximization in research reactors," in Proc. IGORR 10 Meeting, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 2005.
• K. D. Kim, Prashant Jain and Rizwan-uddin, "Web- and system-code based, interactive, nuclear power plant simulators," in Proc. 5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, control and human-machine interface technologies, Albuquerque, USA, Nov 12-16 (2006)
• Prashant K. Jain, J. Stubbins, Rizwan Uddin, "Interactive virtual laboratory for distance education in nuclear engineering," Proc. PHYSOR 2006 topical meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Sept 10-14 (2006).
• Prashant K. Jain, Rizwan Uddin, "Steady-state and dynamic analyses of supercritical CO2 natural circulation loop," Proc. ICONE 14, Miami, Florida, USA, July 17-20 (2006).
• Prashant K.Jain, Y. Gu, J. Stubbins, Rizwan Uddin, "Broadcastign nuclear engineering laboratories -- video and data -- in real-time over the internet, " Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago, USA, June 18-21 (2006).
• F. Teruel, Rizwan Uddin, "Alternative modeling for turbulent flow in porous media, " in Proc. FEDSM 2006 Meeting, Miami, Florida, June (2006).
• F. Teruel, Rizwan Uddin, "Detailed core design and flow coolant conditions for neutron flux maximization in research reactors, " in Proc. ICONE-14 Meeting, Miami, Florida, June (2006).
• Suneet Singh and Rizwan Uddin, "Modeling natural convection heat transfer in very high temperature gas cooled reactor, " Proc. of International Conf. of Nuclear Engineering, Miami, Florida, July 17-20 (2006).
• Suneet Singh and Rizwan Uddin, "Direct numerical simulation of chaotic ABC flows using parallel modified nodal integral method, " Proc. of ANS Mathematics & Computation Topical Meeting, Monterey, California, Apr. 15-19 (2007).

SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

• Member ANS, ASME, Executive Committee member of Rad. Prot. & Shielding Division of ANS

UNIVERSITY

• CSE Steering Committee; Admission Committee; Qualifying Exam Committee

IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES

• Taught NPRE 247 and currently teaching NPRE 255 in Anderson Lab (4th floor of Engineering Hall) for future internet based curriculum for NPRE
• Attended Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Retreat at UIUC, Jan 2003