Dr. Moneer Helu is a Research Engineer at the UMD Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) supporting the Acquisition and Industrial Security (A&IS) mission area.
Before joining UMD ARLIS, Dr. Helu was the Chief of the Systems Integration Division of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this role, he co-led NIST’s engineering-related advanced manufacturing research portfolio including programs focused on additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, data infrastructure and management, data analytics, and robotics as well as the NIST Engineering Laboratory’s longer-term strategic planning activities in manufacturing and systems integration. Dr. Helu was also the Program Manager for NIST’s Model-Based Enterprise Program (2020-21), Leader of the NIST Engineering Laboratory’s Life Cycle Engineering Group (2018-21), and Co-Leader of the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed for which he received a US Department of Commerce Gold Medal in 2019.
Dr. Helu’s research interests focus on improving the security and resiliency of production supply chains through measurement and modeling of manufacturing systems and equipment. He is the Chair the Executive Committee of the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division (2021-22), an Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), and a Member of the MTConnect Standards Committee. Dr. Helu is on the editorial boards of Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Manufacturing Letters, and International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology. He has also been recognized by SME as one of the 25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing (2021) and is an alum of the NAE US Frontiers of Engineering (2019) and German-American Frontiers of Engineering (2021) Symposiums.
Named one of 25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing by SME for contributions to technology transfer (2021)
Received US Department of Commerce Gold Medal for NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed (2019)