Mohammad Mayyas, Ph.D.

About Me

Dr. Mayyas is an associate professor of Engineering Technologies at the Bowling Green State University, and an affiliate Associate Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas Arlington, where he was formally senior research scientist and the chief of robotics division at its Research Institute. Dr. Mayyas is actively involved in establishing collaborative programs between academic institutions in USA and Middle East. .

What I Do

Dr. Mayyas currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, dynamics, thermodynamics, design of experiments, senior project (Capstone), mechatronics, and robotics. His research interests include Microsystems (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), Micro-robotics, robotics,  Mechatronics, control, manipulation and multi scale assembly, system dynamics and vibration, structural analysis, design of mechanisms, multi-scale multi-physics modeling & simulation, inverse engineering, and advanced micromanufacturing methodologies.

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
  (June 2004 – Dec. 2007)

  Dissertation Title: Methodologies for automated microassembly
  Supervising Professors: Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, Harry Stephanou

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
  (Jan. 2003 – May 2004)

  Thesis Title: Wafer surface reconstruction and characterization for motion compensation in a femtosecond laser micromachining system
  Supervising Professors: Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, TC. Yih
  

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology
  (Sept. 1996 – Jan. 2001)

  Senior project: Solar tracking control system
  Supervising Professor: Mohammad Othman