Mirza Foisal Ahmed

Dr. Mirza Foisal Ahmed serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of David Crawford School of Engineering. He is skilled in mechanical testing, microstructural analysis, and CAD/CAM software tools. He has research experience in nanocomposites, low fatigue cycle of light-weight alloys, and similar and dissimilar ultrasonic spot welding. Dr. Ahmed teaches a variety of engineering courses, including statics, mechanics, materials science, manufacturing, and machine design. 

He recently developed a new course “Cyber Informed Engineering (CIE)” for Norwich University. Dr. Ahmed's research interests include fatigue life enhancement, thermo-mechanical fatigue, lightweight materials, nanomaterials, natural fiber composites, and computational materials science. Dr. Ahmed has published twenty-one peer reviewed international journal articles and 20 conference papers and has 766 citations on Google Scholar. His work includes a book chapter and an invited review paper.

Ph.D., Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
M.S., Changwon National University
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology