CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Delft, Netherlands, 2024 – Present
  • Department of Aerospace Structures and Materials (ASM)
  • Advisors: Dr. Boyang Chen & Dr. Clemens Dransfeld
• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, 2022 – 2024
  • Mechanical Design Lab. with Advanced Materials (MDAM)
  • Advisor: Prof. Seong Su Kim
  • GPA: 3.9 / 4.3 (96.0 / 100)
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2017 – 2021
  • GPA: 3.76 / 4.0 — Magna Cum Laude

Work Experience

• PhD Researcher — Aerospace Structures and Materials (ASM), TU Delft, Netherlands, 2024 – Present
  • Researcher in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, working on the “Luchtvaart in Transitie” (Aviation in Transition) project
  • Research focus: deep learning and computational micromechanics for large-scale aerospace-grade composite structures
• MS Researcher — Mechanical Design Lab. with Advanced Materials (MDAM), KAIST, South Korea, 2022 – 2024
  • Research Interests: Multifunctional Structures, Thin-film Mechanics, Composite Materials, Machine Learning, Structural Batteries, Metamaterials
• Course Grader — Mechanical Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, UAE
  • Grader for MCE 321 (Mechanical Design): marked papers, identified student weaknesses to help the professor evaluate performance
• Research Assistant — Mechanical Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, UAE
  • Collaborated with faculty on research relating capillary effects to sand compaction and grain size
  • Designed experimental setup, conducted experiments, filtered sand grain samples, and reported results
• Service Technician — Nissan Arabian Automobiles Co., Fujairah, UAE
  • Inspected vehicles, proposed efficient repair plans, organized work records, and assisted in component repair and replacement

Achievements & Honors

• Best Paper Award — Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) Conference, 2025 (1st author)
• Journal Cover — ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025 (1st author)
• Journal Cover — ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024 (1st author)
• Best Paper Award — Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) Fall Conference, 2023 (co-author)
• Best Paper Award — Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) Spring Conference, 2023 (1st author)
• KAIST Scholarship for Graduate Students ($24,000), 2022 – 2024
• Korea Invention Promotion Association — OASIS Program Award, 2022
• 2nd Place — Largest Undergraduate Research Competition in the MENA region (URC), 2021
• Undergraduate Research Grant (URG21) ($3,000) — Team Leader, 2021
• MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp — Entrepreneurship Certificate, 2021
• 2nd Place — AUS Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Competition, 2021
• Vice President — Engineering Honors Society (EHS), top 1/5th of senior engineering class, 2020 – 2021
• Chancellor’s List Academic Award — 2017–2018, 2019–2020, 2021–2022
• Dean’s List Academic Award — Fall 2017 – Spring 2021 (every semester)
• Distinguished Student Scholarship ($25,000), 2017 – 2021
• Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation Scholarship ($100,000) — Arab World’s largest education fund, 2017 – 2021
• Ministry of Presidential Affairs Award — Top 10 students nationwide in high school (99.6/100), 2017
  

Publications

Talks & Presentations

Presented at ECCM22 in Oslo on statistically equivalent 3D CFRP microstructure generation

June 22, 2026

Conference proceedings talk at ECCM22, European Conference on Composite Materials, Oslo, Norway

Presented at SAMPE Benelux Competition

June 08, 2026

Presentation at Hoogeveen (Hotel Hoogeveen), Hoogeveen, NL

Poster at Dutch Computational Science Day (DUCOMS) — Eerste keer! 🎉

November 20, 2025

Poster at Utrecht (Conference Center Domstad), Utrecht, NL

Poster at NXTGEN Innovation Days, Inauguration & Symposium Delft TapeLab – open research facility for unidirectional thermoplastic composites. Great Event.

February 05, 2025

Seminar at Faculty of Aerospace Engineering & SAMXL, TU Delft, NL

Presented my master’s thesis work on Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Mechanical Engineers (KSME). Last conference in beautiful Jeju :(

June 26, 2024

Conference proceedings talk at Seogwipo Hotel, Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea

Teaching

Tutor for AE2224-I (Test, Analysis & Simulation)

Course Grader for MCE 321 (Mechanical Design)

Languages

• English — Fluent (IELTS: 8.0; C2)
• Dutch — Beetje
• Arabic — Native

Leadership & Service

• Vice President, Engineering Honors Society (EHS) — Elected by top 1/5th of the senior engineering class
• Peer Leader, Student Leadership Program (SLP) — Coached and guided first-year students through orientation week to ease their transition into college life
• First-Year Experience (FYE) Ambassador — Supported incoming students with opportunities and skills for academic success
• Treasurer, IEEE SIGHT AUS Chapter — Led a humanitarian STEM outreach project, teaching orphaned children about technology and engineering
• Community Service Volunteer — 100+ hours of community service contributed