I am an Associate Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department (MEE), at the University of Maine(UMaine), Orono, ME. Currently, I am serving as an editorial board member for Scientific Report. I earned my Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University at Buffalo (SUNY), New York.

Research goal: Study fundamental principles of manufacturing science to develop innovative solutions for advanced manufacturing challenges.
Manufacturing is a hierarchical process, and issues are often addressed by focusing on and optimizing adjacent upstream steps. This strategy is commonly known as the ‘low-hanging fruit’ approach, as it offers immediate but often ad-hoc solutions. While useful for quick fixes, such methods frequently result in narrow, localized, and machine-specific optimizations that fail to tackle deeper inefficiencies in the manufacturing process. My research shifts the focus from these surface-level interventions to a more fundamental level of investigation through the integration of design-materials-manufacturing science and digitization. This approach involves understanding and utilizing intrinsic material properties, data-driven design quantification, process analytics, and energy interactions occurring at the micro, or even atomic, levels. These interactions are then aggregated to influence the macro-scale manufacturing process outcomes as innovative advanced manufacturing solutions. Following my research philosophy, I have been granted (or in-process of securing) three patents on three distinct and novel manufacturing process.

Academic Appointments

1. Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Maine (2022-Present)
   • Graduate Concentration Coordinator, Smart Manufacturing
   • Affiliated Faculty, Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), UMaine
   • Affiliated Faculty, Bio-medical Science and Engineering, UMaine
   • Affiliated Faculty, Interdisciplinary Material Science and Engineering Program, UMaine
2. Editorial Board Member, Scientific Report (2023-)
3. Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Maine (2019-2022)
4. Assistant Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department, North Dakota State University (2013-2018)
5. Course Instructor, Full Teaching Responsibility, University at Buffalo, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department (2011- 2013)
6. Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Eng. & Technology, Industrial and Production Engineering Department (2004-2007)

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