Dr. Adnan

PhD., Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Shantou University, China

Email: adnan@stu.edu.cn

Office: Room 418, Science and Technology Building,

College of Engineering, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou University, Guangdong, China.

Profile Summary

Dr. Adnan is an Assistant Professor and Master/PhD Supervisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Shantou University. He received his PhD from Shantou University in 2020 and subsequently completed two years of postdoctoral research at the same institution. In 2021, he was awarded the NSFC-International Young Scientist Research Fund (NSFC-RFIS), and in 2022, he was recognized as an Outstanding Young Talent of Shantou City.

His research centers on numerical simulations of multiphase flows, with a particular focus on ferrofluids involving gas–liquid–solid interactions. He has strong expertise in computational techniques, including the lattice Boltzmann method, finite difference method, and finite element method etc.

Dr. Adnan has published over 27 peer-reviewed articles in leading SCI/EI-indexed international journals and holds three utility patents. He also serves as a reviewer for several international journals, such as Physics of Fluids, Physica A, International Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, International Journal of Biomedical Materials Science, and Fluid Mechanics.

Research Interests:

· Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM)

· Ferrofluids and Multiphase Flows

· Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

· Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)

· Porous Media Flow

· Heat and Mass Transfer

Education and Work Experience:

Assistant Professor – 2022.11 ~ present

· Shantou University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Postdoc – 2020.07 ~ 2022.07

· Shantou University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. – 2016.09 ~ 2020.07

· Funding: Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC)

· Research direction: Computational fluid dynamics, Numerical simulation of ferrofluid and non-Newtonian fluid flows using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

Lecturer – 2012.02 ~ 2014.01

· National University of Computer and Engineering Sciences, Pakistan.

Lecturer – 2013.09 ~ 2014.06

· SZIC, University of Peshawar, Pakistan.

Honors and Awards

· Outstanding Young Talent, Shantou City, 2022

· International Young Scientist Research Fund, NSFC, 2021

· Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS) Recipient (2016–2020)

Research Projects

· NSFC 2021: Surface instabilities in ferrofluids: Experimental and numerical analysis. Principal investigator, project approval number 2150410319, grant period 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022.

· NSFC 2017: Research on the Interface Effect and Controllable Self-Assembly Mechanism of Magnetic Fluid Multiphase Flow, CO-Principal investigator, Project Approval Number: 11772179, grant period 01/01/2018-31/12/2021.

Selected Publications

1. Zhang Y, Li X, She W, Khan A*, Niu X, Li D. A numerical study of rupture of a ferrofluid interlayer in a sandwiched fluid system. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 2025 Mar 1;139:115810. [JCR-Q1]

2. Wang ZH, He TP, Li JQ, Zeng KY, Niu XD, Khan A*, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A numerical study of stretch and breakup of a ferroliquid bridge under non-uniform magnetic field. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 2025 Mar 1;184:105105. [JCR-Q1]

3. Ya-Ping Wang, Jin-Xiang Zhou, Jia-Qing Li, Adnan Khan*, Xiao-Dong Niu, Mu-Feng Chen, Liming Yang; Magnetic field-enhanced orifice traversal of droplets: Minimizing surface adhesion for improved efficiency. Physics of Fluids 1 December 2023; 35 (12): 123324. [JCR-Q1]

4. Li XF, Wang YP, Zhang YC, He TP, Niu XD, Khan A*, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. On the Rosensweig instability of ferrofluid-infused surfaces under a uniform magnetic field. Physics of Fluids. 2023 Nov 1;35(11). [JCR-Q1].

5. Zhou JX, Xiao HW, Wang YP, Khan A*, Niu XD, Wen MF, Chen MF, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. Controlling post-impact dynamics of ferrofluid droplets with magnetic field. Physics of Fluids. 2022 Dec 20;34(12):122117. [JCR-Q1].

6. Niu XD, Khan A^∗, Ouyang YI, Chen MF, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A simplified phase-field lattice Boltzmann method with a self-corrected magnetic field for the evolution of spike structures in ferrofluids. Applied Mathematics and Computation 436 (2023) 127503. [JCR-Q1].

7. Khan A^∗, Zhang ST, Li QP, Zhang H, Wang YQ, Niu XD. Wetting dynamics of a sessile ferrofluid droplet on solid substrates with different wettabilities. Physics of Fluids. 2021 Apr 23;33(4):042115. [JCR-Q1].

8. Khan A^∗, Li QP, Niu XD, Wang YQ, Wen MF, Li DC, Yamaguchi H, Li J. Magnetic field based actuation and amalgamation of ferrofluid droplets on hydrophobic surface: An experimental and numerical study. Physics of Fluids. 2020 Nov 1;32(11):112108. [JCR-Q1].

9. Khan A^∗, Niu XD, Li Y, Wen MF, Li D, Yamaguchi H. Motion, deformation, and coalescence of ferrofluid droplets subjected to a uniform magnetic field. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2020 March 26; 10.1002/fld.4840. [JCR-Q1].

10. Khan A^∗, Niu XD, Li QZ, Li Y, Li D, Yamaguchi H. Dynamic study of ferrodroplet and bubbles merging in ferrofluid by a simplified multiphase lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 2020 Feb 1;495:165869. [JCR-Q2].

11. Zeng KY, Niu XD, Khan A, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A quantum computing-based lattice Boltzmann method with a linearized non-equilibrium collision operator and modular circuit for practical flow simulation. Physics of Fluids. 2025 Aug 1;37(8).

12. He TP, Wang ZH, Li JQ, Zeng KY, Niu XD, Khan A, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. Fission Dynamics of a Ferrofluid Droplet on a Smooth Plate under a Nonuniform Magnetic Field. Langmuir. 2024 Oct 16;40(43):22906-17.

13. Xiao HW, Zhang YC, Khan A, Niu XD, Wu J. Impact of a compound droplet on a curved surface: Effects of Weber and Reynolds numbers. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2025 Jan 5;704:135514.

14. Jinxiang Z, Yang L, Wang Y, Niu X, Wu J, Han L, Khan A. Dynamic behavior of floating ferrofluid droplet through an orifice with a magnetic field. Computers & Fluids. 2024 Jul 30;279:106341.

15. Chen M, Niu X, Yu P, Wang Y, Khan A, Yamasaki H, Yamaguchi H. Effect of fluid-particle interaction on 2D Rayleigh-Bénard laminar convection of a temperature-sensitive magnetic fluid. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 2024 Mar 1;197:108752.[JCR-Q1, IF=4.5]

16. Niu XD, Zhou JX, Xiao HW, Wang YP, Khan A, Chen MF, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A simple diffuse interface immersed-boundary scheme for multiphase flows with curved boundaries. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 157 (2022) 104266. [JCR-Q1].

17. Zhang ST, Niu XD, Li QP, Khan A, Hu Y, Li DC. A numerical investigation on the deformation of ferrofluid droplets. Physics of Fluids. 2022 Dec 9. [JCR-Q1].

18. Zhang ST, Zhou JX, Xiao HW, Niu XD, Wei H, Khan A, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A generalized conservative phase-field simplified lattice Boltzmann method for miscible and immiscible ternary flows with large density ratio. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 2022 Jan 15:103978. [JCR-Q1].

19. Li QZ, Niu XD, Lu ZL, Li Y, Khan A, Yu Z. An improved single-relaxation-time multiphase lattice Boltzmann model for multiphase flows with large density ratios and high Reynolds numbers. Adv. Appl. Math. Mech. 2021 Apr 1;13:426-54. [JCR-Q2].

20. Kahshan M, Lu D, Khan A, Faraz N. Study of Couple Stresses and Wall Permeability Effects on the Flow in Permeable Membranes. Chinese Journal of Physics. 2020 Dec 24. [JCR-Q2].

21. Mufeng Chen, XiaoDong Niu, Peng Yu, Qiaozhong Li, You Li, Xiang Li, Adnan Khan, Numerical investigation of magnetic-field induced self-assembly of nonmagnetic particles in magnetic fluids. Journal of Fluids and Structures, May 01, 2020. [JCR-Q1].

22. Li Y, Niu XD, Khan A, Li DC, Yamaguchi H. A numerical investigation of dynamics of bubbly flow in a ferrofluid by a self-correcting procedure-based lattice Boltzmann flux solver. Physics of Fluids. 2019 Aug 12;31(8):082107. [JCR-Q1].

23. Li Y, Niu XD, Wang Y, Khan A, Li QZ. An interfacial lattice Boltzmann flux solver for simulation of multiphase flows at large density ratio. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 2019 Jul 1;116:100-12. [JCR-Q1].

24. Li Y, Niu XD, Yuan HZ, Khan A, Li X. A numerical study for WENO scheme-based on different lattice Boltzmann flux solver for compressible flows. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 2018 Dec 1;34(6):995-1014. [JCR-Q1].

25. Qiaozhong L, Mufeng C, You L, Xiao-Dong N, Adnan K. Immersed boundary-simplified thermal lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interaction problem with heat transfer and its application. Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. 2019;Vol. 51(Issue (2)):392-404. doi:10.6052/0459-1879-18-278.

26. Mu-Feng C, Xiang L, Xiao-Dong N, You L, Adnan K, Yamaguchi H. Sedimentation of two non-magnetic particles in magnetic fluid. Acta Physica Sinica. 2017 Aug 20;66(16).

Published patents:

1. Niu Xiaodong, Li Xiang, Chen Mufeng, Li Yo, Adnan Khan. A switchable rotary electric micro-connector base on ferrofluid, CN 201720447198.7

2. Niu Xiaodong, Li Xiang, Chen Mufeng, Li Yo, Adnan Khan. A high-speed rotary electric micro-connector base on liquid metal, CN 201720447197.2

3. Niu Xiaodong, Li Xiang, Chen Mufeng, Li Yo, Adnan Khan. A multichannel rotary electric micro-connector base on ferrofluid, CN 201720447001.X