Mohammad Islam

Mohammad Islam is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Lehigh University (2000) and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research spans

• additive manufacturing
• EVs and mobility
• micro/nano manufacturing
• sustainable energy storage
• bioactive materials

with focus on carbon nanotube aerogels and graphene composites.

Islam's work reveals

• self-healing materials for sensing/actuation interfaces
• superelastic aerogels with extreme thermal stability
• bio-compatible carbon nanotube delivery systems
• high-efficiency supercapacitors

through collaborations in physics, biomedical engineering, and chemistry.

Scientific recognition includes

• National Science Foundation CAREER award
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
• Kavli Frontiers Fellowship
• George Tallman Ladd Research Award

with patents on carbon nanotube aerogel composites. He leads the Islam Group, which investigates soft matter-nanomaterial synergies for applications in tissue engineering, stretchable electronics, and energy systems.