Ibrahim Elbadawy received his BSc in mechanical engineering in 1998 and his MSc in 2004 from Helwan University in Egypt. After 8 years of engineering practice and teaching, he continued his study at Leeds University in the UK where he earned his PhD in 2012. He is an associate professor at the College of Engineering–Helwan University–Egypt since May 2021. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Technology at the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait.