Dr. Muammer Koc was appointed as a founding professor of sustainability at HBKU in 2014. Professor Koc has been a professor, director, chair, and dean at different universities in Turkey and the USA between 2000 and 2014. He has a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University (1999) and an Executive MBA degree from the University of Sheffield, UK (2014). He has published 130 articles in various international journals and conferences and edited three books. He has also organized, chaired, and cochaired various international conferences, workshops, and seminars on design, manufacturing, and product development. In addition to his academic and educational activities, he provides consulting services to industry, government, and educational institutes for strategic transformation, business optimization, organizational efficiency, lean operations, restructuring, and reengineering initiatives. He has taught courses across a range of subjects, including product/process/business innovation and development; medical design and production; energy and efficiency; computer-aided engineering, design, and manufacturing; modern manufacturing technologies; manufacturing system design; material forming plasticity; and the mechanical behavior of materials.