Faculty spotlight

Dr. Monika Bubacz joined the Mercer University School of Engineering faculty as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in August 2007.  She received both her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degrees from Poznan University of Technology in Poland, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans (UNO).  

Monika Bubacz, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering

She has worked for the Metal Forming Institute in Poznan, Poland, and the Center for NanoComposites and Multifunctional Materials at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.  While at UNO, Dr. Bubacz did summer research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility.  Her teaching and research interest areas include materials science, polymers and composites for aerospace applications, nanotechnology, and entrepreneurship.

Dr. Bubacz has been awarded a Mercer Seed Grant which will be used to develop a Composite Laboratory in the School of Engineering.  She has also been awarded a grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) to support the Mercer Entrepreneurship Engineering Education Program (MEEEP).

In her spare time she enjoys running and winning trophies in races. She placed third in her age group in the 2008 Labor Day Road Race 10K in Macon, Georgia. As part of the Mercer Running Club team, she participated in the team competition which took first place. Her teammates were Rich Mines and Scott Schultz from the School of Engineering, and Krista Swanson-Wieters and Samuel Shillcutt from the School of Medicine. She also bakes bread, brews beer, and roasts coffee.

Additional information on Dr. Bubacz may be found on her faculty website.