Prof. Dr. Ahmed Elkaseer

Dr. Ahmed Elkaseer is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He obtained his PhD degree in 2011 from Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK. He has more than 15 years’ experience of research in advanced manufacturing technologies. He has been working on different EC and EPSRC funded research projects, entailing performing experimental and laboratory work, modelling, and simulation and optimization-based studies of mechanical, EDM and laser processing of advanced materials on conventional and micro scales, with a recent emphasis on additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications. Dr Elkaseer’s studies have led to several publications in the area of conventional, micro- and nano-manufacturing technologies and to Dr Elkaseer being invited to act as a guest editor and editorial board member/reviewer for a number of refereed journals, and as scientific chair, co/chair, and member of several scientific committees of international conferences.