The Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Dr Victor Job

Instructor in Mathematics

Qualifications

• PhD Mathematics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (2018)
• MSc Mathematics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (2014)
• BSc Mathematics with Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (2012)

Fellowships and Training

• The Instructional Skills Workshop, conducted by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: 2nd – 4th July, 2018.
• CIMPA Summer School on Current Research in Finite Element Methods, Indian Institute of Technology BOMBAY, India: 6th July – 17th July, 2015.
• Pre-School for CIMPA School on Current Research in Finite Element Methods, Indian Institute of Technology BOMBAY, India: 24th June – 4th July, 2015.

Research Interests

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Finite Element Methods)
• Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia for Cancer Therapy
• Peristaltic MHD Nanofluid Flows
• Flows through Porous Media

Featured Work

• Job, V.M. and S.R. Gunakala. 2019. “Unsteady Pulsatile Hydromagnetic Counter-Current Flows of Cu-Water and CuO-Water Nanofluids through Two Elastic Coaxial Pipes with Porous Blocks.” International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics 5(1): 4
• Job, V.M. and S.R. Gunakala. 2018. “Mixed Convective Ferrofluid Flow Through a Corrugated Channel with Wall-Mounted Porous Blocks Under an Alternating Magnetic Field.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 144: 357-381.
• Job, V.M. and S.R. Gunakala. 2018. “Unsteady Hydromagnetic Mixed Convection Nanofluid Flows through an L-Shaped Channel with a Porous Inner Layer and Heat-Generating Components.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 120: 970-986.
• Job, V.M., S.R. Gunakala, B. Rushi Kumar, R. Sivaraj. “Effects of Heat-Generating Component Size and Porous Layer Thickness on MHD Mixed Convection Flow of Ag-Water Nanofluid through an L-Shaped Channel.” In: Applications of Fluid Dynamics-Proceedings o
• Job, V.M. and S.R. Gunakala. 2017. “Numerical study of pulsatile MHD counter-current nanofluid flows through two elastic coaxial pipes containing porous blocks.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 113: 1265-1280.
• Job, V.M. and S.R. Gunakala. 2017. “Mixed convection nanofluid flows through a grooved channel with internal heat generating solid cylinders in the presence of an applied magnetic field.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 107: 133-145.

Courses Taught

• MATH 1194 - Introduction to Mathematical Software III (MATLAB)
• MATH 2273 - Linear Algebra I
• MATH 2277 - Introduction to Real Analysis I
• MATH 3273 - Linear Algebra II
• MATH 3274 - Set Theory
• MATH 3277 - Introduction to Real Analysis II
• MATH 3401 - Mathematical Modelling
• MATH 6190 - Numerical Analysis (Lab Component)
• MATH 6195 - Finite Element Analysis (Lab Component)
• BIPH 6102 - Numerical Methods for Biomedical Applications

Grants

• The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Campus Research and Publication Fund: Numerical Studies on the Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticles through Blood Vessels for Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy (2018).
• Royal Society Commonwealth Science Conference Follow-on Grant: Finite Element Analysis of Unsteady MHD Convective Nanofluid Flows (2015).