Issam Hanafi is professor at the National School of Applied Sciences - Al Hoceima (ENSAH), Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Morocco. His main interest field is devoted to the development of novel machining processes for composite materials. His graduate degrees include a master’s degree in civil engineering from Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Tangier, Morocco, and a Master of advanced studies (DESA) from Faculty of Sciences at Tétouan, Morocco. He received the Habilitation to Direct Research in Sciences from the University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi. His present research interests are in the areas of quality engineering, intelligent control as it relates to neural networks and fuzzy control, and genetic algorithms in industrial applications. Since that date, he has been a full professor and the head of the research laboratory “Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur et Applications”.