Mohammed Ali

Education

- Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA,

- Advisor: Prof. Malay K. Mazumder and Dissertation Title: “Physical and Computational Models of Human Lung for Optimizing Respiratory Drug Delivery.”

- MS in Computer Science, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma, USA, 2001.

- MBA in Management of Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1995.

- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, 1992.

Research Interests

Pharmaceutics; Aerobiology; Toxicology; Respiratory Drug Aerosol Generation, Sampling, Characterization, Classification and Delivery; Bioengineered Drug Discovery; Simulation of Respiratory Drug Delivery; Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology; Modeling and Simulation of Lung Airways Deposition; Computation in Biomedical Engineering; Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Publications and Conference Presentations

1. M. Ali, and M. K. Mazumder, “Electrostatic effects on the transport and dispersion of pharmaceutical powders.” Presented paper at the 2006 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Symposium, San Antonio, TX, October 29 - November 2, 2006.

2. A. Berlinski, M. Ali and M. Mazumder, “Aerosol characterization of nebulized Formoterol.” Presented poster at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society-2006, San Diego, California, May 2006.

3. M. Ali, M. K. Mazumder, R. Sharma, and P. K. Srirama, “In-vitro studies of nebulizer aerosol particles deposition as a function of aerodynamic size and electrostatic charge in an anatomical throat cast.” Presented poster at the International Conference on Frontiers of Aerosol Dosimetry, Irvine, CA, October 2005.

4. M. Ali, M. K. Mazumder, R. Sharma, K. Pruessner, P. Chowdhury, and K. D. Straub, “War of the worlds: winning the battle against extraterrestrial dusts in human missions to Mars and the Moon.” Presented paper at the International Conference on Frontiers of Aerosol Dosimetry, Irvine, CA, October 2005.

5. M. K. Mazumder, C.I. Calle, K. Pruessner, R. Sharma, P. K. Srirama, M. Ali, “Research needs in electrostatics for Lunar and Mars Space missions.” Presented paper at the IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Hong Kong, October 2005.

6. M. Ali, N. Wu and M. L. Good, “Analysis of the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive predictors on college performance: an innovative application of decision tree and association rules.” The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 21, issue 5, May 2006.

7. M. Ali, and M. W. Speece, “Competitiveness of Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garment: Technology and Marketing Perspective.” Journal of Euro Asian Management, vol.3, issue 2, 1997.
Working Papers

1. M. Ali, R. N. Reddy, and M. K. Mazumder, “Simulation of the effects of aerosol properties on the site-specific deposition in the physical (glass bead lung model) lung model.” Intended for presentation in the American Association for Aerosol Research Conference in 2007 and publication in the Journal of Aerosol Science & Technology.

2. M. Ali, R. N. Reddy, and M. K. Mazumder. “Electrostatic charging effect on workplace aerosol particle deposition in a hollow throat cast.” Intended for publication in the Journal of Electrostatics.

3. M. Ali, M. K. Mazumder, and T. B. Martonen. “Electrostatic charge effects on deposition of aerosol particles generated from metered dose inhaler and dry powder inhaler in the human oropharyngeal region.” Intended for publication in the Journal of Aerosol Medicine.

Contact Information

Department of Applied Science, ETAS 575
Office: ETAS 580
Phone: (501) 569-8004
Fax: (501) 683-7222
Email: mxali@ualr.edu (Best way to contact me)