Dr. Kazi Monzure Khoda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. His research lies at the intersection of process systems engineering, machine learning, agentic AI, and blockchain, with a focus on building sustainable, autonomous, and cyber-resilient engineering systems.
Before joining Florida Tech, Dr. Khoda served as an Assistant Professor in the Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at South Dakota Mines, where he led the Process Optimization, Design Integration, and Informatics (PRODIGI) research group. He also held prior positions as an Assistant Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Energy Institute and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Qatar University.
He has co-authored more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and has presented his work at numerous international conferences. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Khoda is a certified blockchain developer through IBM and HarvardX. He is passionate about harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning to advance Industry 4.0 applications and next-generation chemical engineering systems.
GitHub: https://github.com/kazi0001
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Foundations (Process Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, Blockchain) # Sustainable process design, integration, optimization, and control # Hybrid mechanistic/data-driven modeling and digital twins # Agentic AI and large language models for autonomous decision-making in engineering systems # Blockchain-secured cyber-physical systems with data privacy, security, and resilience against cyber-attacks # Game-theoretic frameworks for fair and trusted decentralized supply chains
Applications (Energy and the Environment, Supply Chain Management, Materials & Process Design, Process Safety) # Autonomous flowsheet optimization for sustainable and multi-objective process design # Sustainable hydrogen infrastructure for equitable low-carbon development # Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in clean energy transitions # Smart additive manufacturing and advanced material-process co-design # AI- and LLM-enabled process safety, anomaly detection, and autonomous control in industrial systems