Beckry Abdel-Magid is Chair, Professor, and a founding member of the composite materials engineering at Winona State University. He was recruited to start the composite materials engineering program at Winona State University in 1990. His research and publications are in the characterization and durability of composite materials and the application of composites in civil and mechanical infrastructure. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a Fulbright Specialist, ASEENASA Langley Fellowship, and a senior research faculty at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine.