top of page
This site was designed with the
.com
website builder. Create your website today.Start Now

Education

P.hD. in Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: “Structural Health Monitoring using Ultrasonic Guided Waves and Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors ”

GPA: 4.0/4.0

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Date of Graduation: December, 2018

Courses: Aeroelasticity (EMCH 721), Advanced Electromagnetics (ELCT 761), Composite Material for Aerospace Structure (EMCH 785), Wave Propagation (EMCH 883), Control Theory in Mechanical Engineering (EMCH 516), Mechanical Engineering Project (EMCH 764).

 

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: “Anisotropic Electrical Response of Composite Materials ”

GPA: 4.0/4.0

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Date of Graduation: May, 2016

Courses: Finite Element Analysis (EMCH 508) , Elasticity (ENCP 721), Viscous and Turbulent flow (EMCH 741), Nature of Composite Materials (EMCH 585), Engineering Analysis I (EMCH 501), Thermodynamics (EMCH 794), Continuum Mechanics (ENCP 707), Intermediate Dynamics (EMCH 532).

 

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.83/4.0 (Position: 3rd among 117 students)

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Date of Graduation: March 2009

Fellowship, Honors, and Certificates

  • Two Thumbs Up Award, University of South Carolina, 2019 (for making a significant difference in students experience as a faculty at the University of South Carolina)

  • Preparing Future Faculty Certificate (PPF), Center for Teaching Excellence, University of South Carolina, 2019

  • Breakthrough Graduate Scholar, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, 2018-2019 (Graduate Scholar Award recognizes exceptional graduate students who demonstrate excellence in the classroom, and make considerable contributions to research and scholarly activities in their field.)

  • Certificate of Recognition, International Student Service (ISS), University of South Carolina, 2018

  • Graduate Research Grant, Office of Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, 2018-2019 ($4205)

    • Title: A novel Helmholtz potential approach to predicting acoustic guided waves generated by fatigue crack

  • C. C. Royal Graduate Fellowship, University of South Carolina, 2018  (This fellowship is awarded to only one graduate student per academic year who exhibit excellence in graduate study, research, and scholarship)

  • 1 st Position in Video Category, SAMPE 2018 bridge contest

  • SAMPE’s 3rd Place Outstanding Paper Award for SAMPE Baltimore 2015 conference

  • Travel Grant Scholarship, Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund (BSTF), 2014-2015

  • Teachers Appreciation Workshop Certificate, Director of Continuing Education (DCE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh, May 2010

  • Dean’s List Scholarship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2005-2009).

  • University Merit Scholarship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. (2004-2009)

  • Technical Scholarship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004-2009)

  • Certificate of Project Completion, Renewable Energy Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development Course, UNESCO, 2010

  • Perfect Attendance Certificate, Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003

  • 2nd Position in Science Project, Second Science Festival by Notre Dame Science Club, Notredame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2002

Grant Writing Experience (Co-PI)

  • Graduate Research Grant (#15540-18-48783), Office of Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina. Title: A novel Helmholtz potential approach to predicting acoustic guided waves generated   by fatigue crack. Total requested fund: $4205 (Awarded on June 2018)

  • NASA SBIR 2019 Phase I  (Z11.01) with the collaboration of Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI). Title: NDE Sensors, Modeling, and Analysis, Total requested fund: $35000 (USC part) (Award decision pending)

  • Air Force (AF) SBIR 2019 Phase I  (DOD 2019.1) with the collaboration of Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI). Title: Nondestructive instrument to determine composite surface activation state in manufacturing environment, Total requested fund: $35000 (USC part) (Award decision pending)

Professional Affiliation

  • ASME (American Society for Mechanical Engineers) 

  • ASC (American Society for Composite)

  • SAMPE (The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering)

    • Undergraduate student advisor of SAMPE Carolina Committee

  • AIAA (The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

  • SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics)

 

Specialized and Technical Skills

Theoretical and Numerical Modeling

  • Developed a novel mathematical model to extract acoustic emission information from fatigue crack using energy approach (Helmholtz potential)

  • Developed analytical methods and graphical user interface (GUI) software for detecting crack in a complex structure

  • Developed different numerical algorithms to find complex roots of guided waves in isotropic and composite materials

 

Material Testing And Characterization

  • Electromechanical Impedance Spectroscopy (EMIS), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to evaluate the material state change

  • Developing and testing high temperature piezoelectric sensors

  • Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BbDS) and Precision LCR Meter test systemfor studying dielectric behavior of materials

  • MTS Landmark Servohydraulic Test Systems (with customized in-situ recording for multi-physical property)

  • Precision Multiferroic and Ferroelectric test system for measuring P-E loop of piezoelectric materials

 

Microscopy, Visualization and 3D Imaged based processing

  • XRADIA MicroXCT-400 for Micro focused X-ray Computed Tomography (MicroXCT) of different type of materials (i.e. composite materials, solid oxide fuel cell imaging at 1 micron spatial resolution).

  • Leica Microscope for surface visualization.

  • Electron Microscopy system to visualize and analyze Carbon Nano Fibre (CNF) composite, piezoelectrci materials, dielctric materials

 

​Modeling And Simulation

  • COMSOL multi-physics modeling for Synergy of structural, electromagnetic and thermal behavior of composite material systems (both laminate and lamina level).

  • 3D Image based modeling tool for segmentation and generation of computational FE model (COMSOL, ANSYS).

  • MATLAB for finite element analysis of Aerospace structure and optimization, analytical solution of EMIS of  Piezolectric wafer active sensors

  • ANSYS for structural modeling and analysis, free vibration, wave propagation through solids.

  • AutoCAD for developing Lab facilities and testing devices 

  • Mathematica and MathCAD for solving nonlinear PDE, analytical analysis (closed form solution), building different tools to evaluate material properties and data analysis.

 

 

Journal Review

  • Nanotechnology, IOP

  • Smart Structures and Systems

  • The Aeronautical Journal

  • Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures;

  • Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

  • Sensors, MDPI (Guest Editor)

  • Applied Science, MDPI

  • Electronics, MDPI

  • Smart Materials and Structures, IOP

  • Review of Scientific Instruments, AIP

  • Acta Polytechnica

  • Measurement Science and Technology, IOP

  • Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Journal

  • Sustainability, MDPI

  • Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (MDPI)

  • Journal of Applied Physics, AIP

  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

  • Energies, MDPI

  • Nanotechnology, IOP

  • Acoustics, MDPI

  • Entropy, MDPI

 

Publons profile: https://publons.com/researcher/1288214/mohammad-faisal-haider/peer-review/

Extra Curricular Activities

  • Serving as an Undergraduate Student Advisor in SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) USC committee (2018-2019)

  • Serving as a Mentor of undergraduate students for Capstone project funded by Boeing

  • Served as Judge of Region II Science and Engineering Fair, 2015

 

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow,  Aeronautics & Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (July 2019- Present)

Research Advisor: Professor Fu-Kuo Chang

Major Duties:

-Acousto-ultrasonic wave-based framework in conjunction with nano XCT to study the chemomechanical evolution of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for electrical vehicle applications

-Developing multi-functional intelligent systems in aerial vehicles

-Multi-functional composite structures with embedded Li-ion batteries 

-Piezoelectric sensors network to assess the in-flight condition of aerospace/defense structures

-Developing distributed networks of sensors to demonstrate multi-functional intelligent systems with structural health-monitoring (SHM) capabilities

​

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (January 2019- July 2019)

Research Advisor: Professor Victor Giurgiutiu

Major Duties:

-Developing an algorithm for calculating complex wavenumber-frequency dispersion curve for composite materials 

-Developing and characterizing piezoelectric sensors, optical fiber sensors for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications in harsh environment
-Manufacturing and detecting  (SHM/NDE method) different kind of defects and damage (e.g., wrinkle, delamination, contamination, fiber waviness, etc.) of high-performance composite materials for Aerospace applications 
-Developing SHM tools for predicting scattered Lamb waves  from damage in the composite structure

-Mentoring graduate students

​

Teaching Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (Spring 2019)

Courses offered: EMCH 354: Heat Transfer

 

Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (August 2015- October 2018)

Research Advisor: Professor Victor Giurgiutiu

Major Duties:

-Developing analytical tools for detecting crack in a complex structure

-Developing and testing piezoelectric sensors, optical fiber sensors for SHM applications in harsh environment

-Implementing SEM, XRD, EDS to characterize the piezoelectric materials

-Developing a novel method to extract acoustic emission information from fatigue crack using energy approach

-Analytical/ Numerical modeling of structural sensing and sensor method for NDE/ SHM applications

-Ultrasonic NDE/ SHM with piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS), fiber Bragg grating sensors (FBG), scanning laser Doppler vibrometry (SLDV)
-Analytical/ Numerical modeling of Structural sensing and sensor method for NDE/ SHM application

 

Graduate Research Assistant (MS), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (January, 2012-April 2015)

Research Advisor: Dr. Prasun k. Majumdar

Major Duties:

-Manufacturing of multi-scale and multi-functional heterogeneous structural composites

-Developing techniques and testing Lightning Response on Aircraft composite materials (in collaboration with Boeing)

-Developing analytic methods and protection techniques related to lightning attachment to aircraft materials

-Predicting anisotropic electrical conductivity of composite materials and evolution of damage due to anisotropic conductivity.

-The synergy of structural, electromagnetic and thermal behavior of heterogeneous material systems

-3D image-based modeling of nano-micro-structure composite and their multi-physics behavior

 

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (April 2009-December 2011)

Courses offered:

Machine Design-I, Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Engineering Drawing (CAD)

 

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering, Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (January 2010-December 2011)

Courses offered:

Industrial process Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Machinary, Engineering Drawing (CAD)

 

 

bottom of page