Rate My Professor Zahabul Islam

Zahabul Islam, Ph.D., serves as an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering program within the School of Engineering at Bowling Green State University since 2022. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University (2020), along with a Master of Science (2013) and Bachelor of Science (2010) in the same field from the same institution. His professional journey includes a Post-doctoral Research Associateship in Additive Manufacturing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020-2022), Lab Manager position at the Thermal Characterization Lab in the Material Research Institute at Penn State (2015-2016), Graduate Teaching Assistant at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) (2014-2015), and Lecturer at BUET (2011-2014).

Islam's research is centered on advancing additive manufacturing technologies, particularly optimizing process parameters for polymer and metal 3D printing, and developing functionally graded materials (FGMs) for applications in energy, aviation, and biomedical sectors. His expertise spans advanced techniques such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Direct Energy Deposition (DED), and Stereolithography. Further interests encompass bio-inspired design, fabrication and characterization of MEMS/NEMS devices, sensors, and actuators, as well as investigating material behavior under radiation in extreme environments. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including "Tensile and Compressive Response of Tungsten g-TPMS Lattice Structures" in Materials Today Communications (2024), "Process Optimization and Scaling of Molybdenum and Tungsten in Additive Manufacturing Techniques" in International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials (2024), "Reactive Synthesis in Additive Manufacturing of an Ultrahigh Temperature MoSiB Alloy" in JOM (2023), "A high-throughput method to define additive manufacturing process parameters: application to Haynes 282" in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (2022), and "Characterization of multi-material 316L-Hastelloy X fabricated via laser powder-bed fusion" in Materials Science and Engineering: A (2022). His work has contributed to funded projects and patents in the field of advanced manufacturing.