Dr. Morsi M. Mahmoud has joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) since August 2016. He also holds an “Associate Professor” position in Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute (ATNMRI), City for Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA City), Egypt. From December 2009 until August 2016, he was working as a “Visiting Assistant Professor” then as a “Senior Scientist” at Institute of Applied Materials- Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Dr. Mahmoud has got his PhD and MEng degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA back in 2007. He had accumulated a unique experience and skills in advanced materials processing techniques such as microwaves processing, glasses, ceramics, structure-property-processing relationship in materials in addition to a deep knowledge in materials characterization techniques. On the other hand, he had an excellent experience in organizing and editing several technical publications, conferences, web-seminars and scientific events. He is serving as the chairman and the organizer of the “Microwave Processing of Materials related Symposium” at Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition (MS&T), USA. Furthermore, he had served as a co-editor for nine (9) books and published thirty-one (31) technical papers in the top 10 ISI ranked journals in Materials Science and Engineering. He has awarded several prestigious awards such as: Virginia Tech Citizen Scholar Award, an Honor Scholarship from Virginia Tech Graduate School, USA and Two German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowships.