Saif Ahmad

I am a PhD candidate in the Building Physics Research Group within the Department of the Built Environment. My research focuses on natural ventilation and wind engineering, with the aim of optimizing airflow patterns in a decentralized residential ventilation concept. Under the supervision of Dr. Twan van Hooff and Dr. Stefanie Gillmeier, I am developing novel methodologies that combine Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and wind tunnel experiments to investigate airflow infiltration and unsteady pressure fluctuations in multizone buildings.

I hold a Bachelor's degree (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, India (2020), and a Master's degree (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Fluid Mechanics from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (2024).

For my MSc thesis, I focused on the verification and validation of a turbulence closure model developed in OpenFOAM, aimed at wind engineering applications under atmospheric stratification conditions.

My research interests include wind engineering, environmental aerodynamics, urban airflow, natural ventilation, turbulence modeling, and wind tunnel experimentation.