Personnel


Dr. Khandaker, Director of NBRL and principal inventor of an electrospun nanofiber unit that is used to coat aligned nanofibers on implants

Education
PhD.,Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2007.
M.S.,Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2002.
B.S.,Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engr. & Tech., 1999.

Research Interest :
Electrospun nanofiber, Biomaterial, Biomechanics, Material chracterization, implant design.

Teaching Interest:
Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Material, Material Science, Machine design, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Vibration, Machine Dynamics.

Appointments:
 9/19-Present, Research Scientist (WOC), Oklahoma City Veteran Affairs, OKC.
 8/17-Present, Professor, Department of Engr. & Physics, University of Central Oklahoma.
 8/13-7/17, Associate Professor, Department of Engr. & Physics, University of Central Oklahoma.
 8/08-7/13, Assistant Professor, Department of Engr. & Physics, University of Central Oklahoma.
 8/11-present, Graduate Advisor, Department of Engr. & Physics, University of Central Oklahoma.
 9/07-5/08, Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, TTU.
 1/04-7/07, Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, TTU.
 9/06–5/07, Teach Faculty Fellow, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, TTU.
 7/04-8/04, Intern Mechanical Engineer, Philips Research, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
 6/02–8/02, Co-op Mechanical Design Engineer, Applied Materials, Austin, TX.
 1/01–5/02, Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, TTU.

Honors, Prizes, and Awards:
 2015,Faculty Merit award in the category of research, University of Central Oklahoma
 2013, Faculty Merit award in the category of teaching, University of Central Oklahoma
 2008-present, Every year received University of Central Oklahoma CURE STEM award.
 2007 summer dissertation/thesis research award from the graduate school at Texas Tech University.
 TEACH (Teaching Effectiveness And Career enHancement) fellowship in 2006-2007.
 Two first prize winning members in 2006 and 2005 SANDIA MEMS Design Competition in the reliability category and novel design category, respectively.
 American Society of Mechanical Engineering awards for an oral presentation at the region X graduate student technical conf., Lubbock, Texas, March 31 – April 2, 2005.
 Scholarship for M.S study in Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas Tech University for high GPA in undergraduate study and GRE score.
 Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies in academic year 1995 at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Professional Service, Membership & Activity
•  Faculty advisor: UCO ASME student chapter .
•  Session organizer: 2011 ASME congress and exposition, 2011 SEM congress & Exposition, 2012 Oklahoma Academy of Scinece.
•  Panel reviewer: NSF Unsolicited Grants Program, 2007
•  Article reviewer: Acta Biomaterials, 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008 ASME congress.
•  Current member of professional organizations: Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME).