Dr Alsaadi was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie SMART4.0 postdoctoral fellowship from the CONFIRM Centre, Ireland, and he conducted his research at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands (TUS). He was awarded his PhD in the mechanics of composite materials from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Gaziantep University, Turkey, in 2017. The primary topics of his scientific work are polymer composite materials, fracture mechanics, 3D printing, particulate-filled polymers, nanomaterials, shape memory polymers, vibration behaviour, strength of materials and material characterization. He has more than 30 research articles published in peer-reviewed international conferences and journals like Composites Part B: Engineering, Elsevier. He is a reviewer for several journals such as Mechanics of Materials, Elsevier.