May M. Youssef is an Assistant Professor in the Production Engineering Department at Alexandria University, Egypt. She earned her Ph.D. from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2016. she is an active member of several prestigious professional societies, including the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society (IEOM), the Arab Asset, Facility and Maintenance Management Council, Operations Management (OMAINTEC), the Saudi Scientific Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSSBE), and the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). Her research interests encompass the design and evaluation of medical devices, equipment, tools, and implants; finite element analysis; rehabilitation engineering; medical robotics; medical waste management; sustainability; reverse engineering; and tribology.