2026 Fazle Hussain: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	58	754	684	324	272	377	19829

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For fundamental experiments and concepts concerning important structures in turbulence, vortex dynamics, and acoustics, and for new turbulence measurement techniques.
1998 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
1987 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Fazle Hussain is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their primary field of study is in Engineering, with emphasis on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

They have published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Fluids
Physics of Fluids
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Fazle Hussain include:

"Tumor-Associated Macrophages as Multifaceted Regulators of Breast Tumor Growth," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Flat plate drag reduction using plasma-generated streamwise vortices," 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
"Turbulence statistics and coherent structures in compressible channel flow," 2020, Physical Review Fluids
"Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence Cascade," 2021, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
"A predictive model for Covid-19 spread - with application to eight US states and how to end the pandemic," 2020, Epidemiology and Infection

Frequent co-authors of Fazle Hussain include:

Jie Yao
Zeina S. Khan
Xi Chen
Philipp Schlatter
Maliha Tabassum Munir

Throughout their career, Fazle Hussain has received several distinctions. Notable awards include:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2001) for fundamental experiments and concepts concerning important structures in turbulence, vortex dynamics, and acoustics, and for new turbulence measurement techniques
Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1987

Best Publications

On the identification of a vortex

Jinhee Jeong;Fazle Hussain

8134
Citations
Coherent structure generation in near-wall turbulence

W. Schoppa;Fazle Hussain

917
Citations
Coherent structures near the wall in a turbulent channel flow

J. Jeong;Fazle Hussain;W. Schoppa;J. Kim

892
Citations
Elliptic jets. I - Characteristics of unexcited and excited jets

Fazle Hussain;Hyder S. Husain

661
Citations
Propagation velocity of perturbations in turbulent channel flow

John Kim;Fazle Hussain

312
Citations
A large-scale control strategy for drag reduction in turbulent boundary layers

Wade Schoppa;Fazle Hussain

240
Citations
Blood flow and coherent vortices in the normal and aneurysmatic aortas: a fluid dynamical approach to intra-luminal thrombus formation

Jacopo Biasetti;Fazle Hussain;T. Christian Gasser

237
Citations
A generalized Reynolds analogy for compressible wall-bounded turbulent flows

You Sheng Zhang;Wei Tao Bi;Fazle Hussain;Zhen Su She

224
Citations
In-line recording and off-axis viewing technique for holographic particle velocimetry.

Hui Meng;Fazle Hussain

214
Citations
Rapid tumoritropic accumulation of systemically injected plateloid particles and their biodistribution

Anne L. Van De Ven;Pilhan Kim;Pilhan Kim;O'Hara Haley;Jean R. Fakhoury

202
Citations
Self‐Assembly of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes into a Sheet by Drop Drying

Rajat Duggal;Fazle Hussain;Matteo Pasquali

185
Citations
Cross‐linking of two antiparallel vortex tubes

M. V. Melander;M. V. Melander;Fazle Hussain

182
Citations
The preferential targeting of the diseased microvasculature by disk-like particles.

Giulia Adriani;Giulia Adriani;Marco Donato de Tullio;Mauro Ferrari;Fazle Hussain

181
Citations
Collision of two vortex rings

S. Kida;M. Takaoka;Fazle Hussain

178
Citations
Three-dimensionality of organized structures in a plane turbulent wake

Michio Hayakawa;Fazle Hussain

167
Citations
COLLAPSE, SYMMETRY BREAKING, AND HYSTERESIS IN SWIRLING FLOWS

Vladimir Shtern;Fazle Hussain

152
Citations
Elliptic jets. Part 3. Dynamics of preferred mode coherent structure

Hyder S. Husain;Fazle Hussain

148
Citations
Elliptic jets, part 2. Dynamics of coherent structures: Pairing

Hyder S. Husain;Fazle Hussain

147
Citations
Organized motions in a fully developed turbulent axisymmetric jet

Jin Tso;Fazle Hussain

145
Citations
Hysteresis in swirling jets

Vladimir Shtern;Fazle Hussain

123
Citations
Simulation of a piezoelectrically actuated valveless micropump

B. Fan;G. Song;Fazle Hussain

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhen-Su She Peking University

William A. Sirignano University of California, Irvine

Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist

Paolo Decuzzi Italian Institute of Technology

Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padua

Fernando F. Grinstein Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dan S. Henningson Royal Institute of Technology

Matteo Pasquali Rice University

Philipp Schlatter Royal Institute of Technology

Xiaohua Wu University of Geneva

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