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Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, GPA 4.00/4.00
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 91Ö±²¥, Louisiana (8/2018 – present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 91Ö±²¥, Louisiana (8/2012 – 8/2018)
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (10/2010 – 8/2012)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (12/2008 – 9/2010)
- Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Research and Engineering Education Facility, Shalimar, Florida (11/2009 – 8/2012)
- Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (11/1999 – 7/2000)

Computational and experimental mechanics of solids and structures; Multifunctional, smart/adaptive, and composite materials and structures; Fluid-structure interaction; Dynamics and control; Design

Current Research

• Finite element analysis of composite structures
• Dynamic response of composite materials and structures
• Design of biologically inspired wings of small-scale unmanned aerial systems

- Early Career Creativity, Research, and Scholarship Award, 91Ö±²¥, 2017–2018
- One Ph.D. student received the Third Prize for the Poster Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), Louisiana EPSCoR RII CIMM 2020 Symposium; Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA: July 20, 2020
- ASME Aerospace Division Best Student Paper Award, ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: November 11 – 14, 2019
- Course Affordability Transformation Award, 91Ö±²¥, 2018
- One Ph.D. student received the First Prize for the Oral Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), The 6thAnnual Texas STEM Conference; Beaumont, TX 77710, USA: November 3, 2018
- One Ph.D. student received the Third Prize for the Poster Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), Louisiana EPSCoR RII CIMM 2018 Symposium; Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA: July 23, 2018
- Nominated for Advisor of the Year, The 91Ö±²¥ Student Leadership Recognition Award, 2018
- Two Ph.D. students received the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award sponsored by the Graduate School, the 91Ö±²¥ on April 7, 2017. (A total of four Ph.D. students were awarded this fellowship in 2017.)
- The Guest Lecture, Fall 2015 PEP Colloquium; Physics and Engineering Physics Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA: October 26, 2015
- Invited Presentation, The LaSPACE 2015 Fall Council Meeting, New Orleans, LA 70122, USA: October 23–24, 2015
- One of Top Ten Papers, AMD Division, and the Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award, ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; Montreal, Canada: November 14–20, 2014
- The Best Paper Award, MEMS Division, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; San Diego, California, USA; November 15–21, 2013
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship (2010–2012), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
- Courtesy Assistant Professorship (2009–2012), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Research and Engineering Education Facility, Shalimar, Florida
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2008–2010), School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship (2003–2008), School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship (2000–2003), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
- Dean List Scholarship (1994–1999) and Merit Scholarship (1994–1999), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh