Prof. Mesbah Uddin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Williams States Lee College of Engineering. He is currently leading Charlotte’s new multidisciplinary public–private research partnership initiative, Digital Design and Optimization (DDO), which is intended to strengthen Charlotte’s connections to North Carolina defense and security-related companies interested in multidisciplinary advanced manufacturing, engineering design and optimization, computer science and cybersecurity, and manufacturing innovation. He is currently the Chair of the SAE Road Vehicle Aerodynamics Forum Committee, a committee responsible for developing and maintaining SAE standards, technical papers, and special publications related to road vehicle aerodynamics and wind noise performance and test techniques. He is an active member of various professional societies, such as the AIAA, ASME, ASEE, and American Physical Society. He is a member of the AIAA Turbulence Model Benchmarking Working Group. In the past, he served as the Director of North Carolina Motorsports and Automotive Research Center from 2012 to 2022, a member of the North Carolina Governor’s Motorsports Advisory Council from 2012 to 2017, and a senior CFD analyst at then-Chrysler in its NASCAR, NHRA, street, and passenger car computational aerothermal development programs.
