Under Construction

 

​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Majid Hosseini

Full Professor of Practice​

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Department

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA

Email: majid.hosseini01@utrgv.edu

Phone: +1-956-867-6026

​

Dr. Hosseini has earned both his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from The University of Akron in Ohio, while also holding a Professional Certificate in Innovation and Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also completed an MSE degree in Manufacturing Engineering at UTRGV and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology. He is the editor of 5 books published by Elsevier and Springer, has published several peer reviewed research articles and book chapters, and has co-invented patents application technologies. He has served as a key speaker at multiple international conferences and has been actively engaged in technology development. Dr. Hosseini was the recipient of the "2026 CECS Faculty Impact Awards in Teaching", “2024 Faculty Excellence Award in Sustainability Education”  and, "2018 Outstanding Faculty Award " from College of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

​

Education

​

• Cert, Innovation and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron.

• M.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron.

• MSE, Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• BSc, Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology.

​

Research Interests / Areas of Expertise

​

• Biofuels & Bioenergy; Integrated Biorefinery; Sustainability; Renewable Energy, Hydrogen 

• Bioprocess Engineering & Development; Bio/nanotechnology

• Data Science; Bio-design; Advanced Materials, Biomanufacturing

• Smart Bio/Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanomedicine, Smart Polymers and Coatings

​

Teaching Interest and Experience

 

• Advanced Renewable Energy (Graduate/Undergraduate)
• Sustainable Energy (Graduate/Undergraduate)
• Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Batteries

• Engineering Project (Graduate)

• Engineering Statistics (Undergraduate)

• Engineering Mechanics (Undergraduate)

• Engineering Economics (Undergraduate)

• Engineering ​​Thermodynamic (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Transport Phenomena (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Chemical Reactions Engineering (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• (Bio)Separation (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Bioprocess Engineering (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Smart Materials (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Advanced Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing (Graduate/Undergraduate)

 

Editorial Membership

​

• Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Scientific Reports, Springer Nature. (Impact factor: 3.9). 

• Editorial Review Board Member for the Journal of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. (Impact factor: 5.7). 

• Editorial Review Board Member for the Journal of Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. (Impact factor: 5.0).

• Served as an Advisory Review Board Member for books in bioprocessing and materials engineering published by John Wiley & Sons and Elsevier. (2018 to 2026)

​

Selected Awards:

​

• 2026 Faculty Impact Award in Teaching, College of Engineering and Computer Science, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2026.

• 2024 Faculty Excellence Award in Sustainability Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2024.

• 2018 Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Engineering and Computer Science, MAIE Dept., UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2018.

• Travel Support Award, Office of the Sr. Associate VP for Faculty Affairs & Diversity, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2018.

• 2nd place, Chemical Engineering Advisory Board Competition Award, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the University of Akron, Ohio, USA, Spring 2011.

• Presidential Scholarship, UTRGV, Academic year 2015-16.

• Certificate of Reviewing, “in recognition of the review made for "Environmental Management: Smart Solutions (JEMSS)”, Elsevier, June 2026. 

• Certificate of Reviewing, “in recognition of the review made for "Progress in Organic Coatings”, Elsevier, February and March 2016. 

• Certificate of Reviewing, “in recognition of the review made for International Journal of Pharmaceutics”, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherland, 2016. 

• Certificate of Recognition, The University of Akron conference on graduate and undergraduate research, 2011.

• Faculty Mentor for Engaged Scholar Award ($2000), Undergraduate Research., Office of Engaged Scholarship and Learning, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, Spring 2025.

• Faculty Mentor for Engaged Scholar Award ($2000), Undergraduate Research., Office of Engaged Scholarship and Learning, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2024.

• Faculty Mentor for Engaged Scholar Award ($3000), Undergraduate Research., Office of Engaged Scholarship and Learning, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2023.

• Faculty Mentor for Engaged Scholar Award ($2000), Undergraduate Research, Office of Engaged Scholarship & Learning, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX, USA, 2018.

• Under Construction

Under Construction

​

​​