Dr.-Ing. Muhammad Usman Farid
Dr.-Ing. Muhammad Usman Farid
Professional Experience:
Since 2025: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Full Time), Chair of Thermal Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany).
2024-2025: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Full Time), Institute of Interfaces and Particle Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
2023-2024: Postdoctoral Researcher (Full Time), School of Engineering, University of Galway (Ireland).
2018-2023: Supervisor of Waste-to-Energy Research Group, Department of Structures and Environmental Engineering, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan).
2013-2023: Lecturer (Environmental Engineering, Full Time), Department of Structures and Environmental Engineering, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan).
2014-2018: Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (Full Time), Institute of Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany).
2012-2013: Assistant Executive Engineer (Full Time), Department of Farm Machinery and Power, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan).
Teaching:
Thermal Process Engineering (Seminar)
Process Engineering, CFD Modelling and Simulation, Multiphase Flows, Heat and Mass Transfer, Industrial Apparatus and Processes, Particle Technology, Fluidized Bed Technology, Energy and Environment
Farid, M. U., I. A. Olbert, A. Bück, A. Ghafoor and G. Wu. 2025. CFD modelling and simulation of anaerobic digestion reactors for energy generation from organic wastes: A comprehensive review. Heliyon. 11 (2): e41911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e41911.
Hussain, S., S. Irmak and M. U. Farid. 2025. Developing N, S-doped hierarchical porous carbon-supported Pt catalysts for hydrothermal gasification of woody biomass to hydrogen. Next Energy. 8: 100257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxener.2025.100257.
Munir, T., M. U. Farid, H. Zeb, M. A. Elkotb and R. Ghodhbani. 2025. Computational investigation of air and water flow past laminar wake characteristics behind a circular cylinder. Chinese Journal of Physics. 98:578-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2025.10.011.
Munir, T., C. Kang, H. Chen, H. Zeb, M. N. Khan and M. U. Farid. 2025. Stability, convergence, and energy preservation robust methods for fully implicit and fully explicit coupling schemes. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals. 194: 116131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2025.116131.
Hussain, S., Y. Chen, X. Yu, M. U. Farid, A. Ghafoor, S. J. Alshamali, T. Munir and J. Hu. 2025. Design optimization and aerodynamic investigations of air suction seed metering systems through CFD-DEM approach. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12: 101082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.101082.
Munir, T., H. Zeb, C. Kang, M. U. Farid and J. Ren. 2024. Chemically reactive flow of mircopolar Eyring–Powell Ferrofluid passes through stretching surface. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 108: 177-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.07.034.
Asif, M., M. U. Farid, A. Nasir and D. E. Ciolkosz. 2024. Techno-economic analysis of biomass pelletization as a sustainable biofuel with net-zero carbon emissions. Biomass Conv. Bioref. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05936-0
Hussain, S., H. Jianjun, C. Yong, A. Ali, H. Song, D. Zheng, M. U. Farid, A. Ghafoor and M. Ahmed. 2024. CFD study of self-cleaning system of multi-stage tangential roller threshing unit for precise buckwheat breeding. Heliyon. 10:e27180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27180.
Farid, M.U., A. Ullah, A. Ghafoor, S. N. Khan, M. Iqbal, F. Muhayodin, A. Shabbir, C. Arslan and A. Nasir. 2023. Air Pollution and Clean Energy: Latest Trends and Future Perspectives. IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.112226.
Irfan M., R. A. Un Nabi, H. Hussain, M. Y. Naz, S. Shukrullah, H. A. Khawaja, S. Rahman and M. U. Farid. 2023. Statistical prediction and sensitivity analysis of kinetic rate constants for efficient thermal valorization of plastic waste into combustible oil and gases. Heliyon. 9:e16049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16049.
Aman, A., N. Ijaz, I. Fatima, M.U. Farid, H. Rashid, A. Ayub, D. A. Sabur, I. T. Ibrahim, H. M. Abd El-Lateef, I. Rafique, Y. Mehmood and R. M. K. Mohamed. 2023. Facile fabrication of nano zerovalent iron and granular activated carbon for enhanced nitrate removal from water. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, DOI: 10.1080/24749508.2023.2167626
Hussain, D., D. Zheng, H. Song, M. U. Farid, A. Ghafoor, X. Ba, H. Wang, W. Wang, A. Sher and S. J. Alshamali. 2022. Computational fluid dynamics simulation and optimisation of the threshing unit of buckwheat thresher for effective cleaning of the cleaning chamber. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. LIII:1230. https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2022.1230.
Farid, M. U., A. Bück, W. Heineken, M. Gohla and N. Zobel. 2017. Study on nozzle design for combustion of solid materials with low melting points. Applied Thermal Engineering.115:832-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.01.006.