Dr. Usama Umer

Usama Umer received B.E. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, in 1998 and 2002, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in manufacturing and automation from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2007. He was a Quality Assurance Officer with Philips/Whirlpool, from October 1998 to April 2002. He started his teaching career, in November 2002, as an Instructor with the National University of Science in Technology (NUST), Pakistan. After his Ph.D. degree, he rejoined NUST, as an Assistant Professor, in July 2007. Later, he joined FARCMT, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September 2012. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Advanced Manufacturing Institute, at King Saud University. His research interests include high-speed machining, modeling, and simulation of manufacturing operations, laser beam machining, and optimization methods in manufacturing.