Abdullah AlFaify is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from King Saud University, KSA; a Master's of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada; and he received his Ph.D. in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering/Additive Manufacturing from the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing, UK. His research interests are in advanced manufacturing technologies and processes. He has a patent for improving the current Additive Manufacturing powder bed machines. He is also interested in product innovation and the modelling and optimization of manufacturing systems.