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.

Harik has secured over $15 million in research funding, including a $1.1 million NASA EPSCoR grant for advancing automated fiber placement in aerospace composites and a $3.8 million NSF EPSCoR Track-2 award as principal investigator for enabling factory-to-factory networking. He authored the textbook 'Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing' published by SAE and 'Manufacturing vs. Corruption: Who Wins?', which received the 2023 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite for Social/Political Change books. His contributions earned him recognition as one of the 20 most influential professors in smart manufacturing by SME in 2020 and the 2024 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Scientific Awareness from the South Carolina Academy of Science. Harik serves as Associate Editor for SME Manufacturing Letters, leads STEM outreach initiatives like the McNair Junior Fellows program, and collaborates on educational partnerships to promote manufacturing careers and scientific awareness across South Carolina.