Md Habibor Rahman

Md Habibor Rahman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He holds a PhD in Systems and Industrial Engineering (2024) and MS in Industrial Engineering (2022) from the University of Arizona, as well as MS and BS degrees in Industrial and Production Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET, 2017 and 2015).

His research focuses on cyber-physical security in smart manufacturing, including vulnerability identification, risk modeling, and defense-in-depth frameworks. He also explores additive manufacturing for in-situ resource utilization in space applications. Methodologies include graph theory, digital twins, ontology-based systems, and physics-informed machine learning.

Notable articles include works on cybersecurity taxonomies, digital twin frameworks for Industry 4.0, and process defect modeling in additive manufacturing. His research is published in Journal of Manufacturing Systems, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, and others.

Rahman has received awards such as the ANSI Student Paper Competition Winner (2024), NSF Travel Award, and 2020 ASCEND Propel Pitch Competition Winner (sponsored by Lockheed Martin). He teaches courses like MNE 500: Mechanical Engineering Seminar and MNE 565: Econ Analysis Eng Projects.

His advising and grants include contributions to cybersecurity and manufacturing innovation, though specific student names are not listed. He actively engages with interdisciplinary teams to advance secure manufacturing systems and space technologies.