Rate My Professor Ramy Harik

Ramy Harik is a Mechanical Engineering professor in the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina, where he joined in 2014 as an associate professor and now holds an affiliate professor title. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from Université de Lorraine, an M.S. in Automated Manufacturing, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Lebanese University. A Fulbright Scholar, Harik directs the neXt | Future Factories laboratory at the McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research, leading teams in intelligent manufacturing, advanced composites, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. His research centers on smart manufacturing technologies, including automated fiber placement processes, process planning automation, cyber-physical infrastructure for future factories, data-driven optimization, and resilient supply chains. Harik has pioneered hybrid physics-based and data-driven models for composite structures, factory-to-factory networking, and Industry 4.0 integrations, partnering with entities like NASA, Boeing, Siemens, Toray, and Nephron Pharmaceuticals.