The 2^nd International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in Research and Industry 2017 (CFDRI 2017) organised by Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia in collaboration with Prince of Songkhla University is an event focusing solely on the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in academic and industrial research. This event, being the first of its kind in Malaysia aims at bringing together researchers from the academia and the industry from various engineering disciplines to exchange knowledge, experience and ideas in this branch of study.