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Pourgol, Mohammad

Pourgol, Mohammad

Adjunct Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Mohammad Pourgol is a safety/reliability analyst specializing in multidisciplinary systems analysis. He is also an Associate Professor (adj) of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland and previously held the position of Associate Professor of Reliability Engineering at Sahand University of Technology (SUT). He earned his Ph.D. in Reliability Engineering from the University of Maryland (UMD) and holds M.Sc degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Reliability Engineering, both from UMD. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering.

With over 20 years of work experience, Dr. Pourgol has a diverse background in industrial applications, research, and teaching in safety applications and reliability engineering. He has worked at various institutions, including Teradyne Semiconductor, Keurig Green Mountain, Johnson Controls, Sahand University of Technology, FM Global, Daikin Comforts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Zagreb-Croatia.

Dr. Pourgol is recognized as an ASQ Fellow, ASME Fellow (Past-Chair of ASME Safety Engineering and Risk/Reliability Analysis Division - SERAD), IEEE Senior Member, ANS member, and serves on several technical committees. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Massachusetts, a certified reliability engineer (ASQ CRE), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), and Manager of Quality/Organization Excellence (ASQ CMQ/OE).

He has authored over 160 papers in archival journals and presented at peer-reviewed conferences. Dr. Pourgol has been an invited/keynote speaker at numerous conferences and webinars and has a US patent-pending. His contributions have earned him several awards.

Currently, Dr. Pourgol serves as an Associate Editor for the ASME-ASCE Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems; Part A Civil Engineering and Part B: Mechanical Engineering (Editor for Both Parts).