Dr. Imad Barsoum is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and deputy director of the Advanced Digital and Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) research centre at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his M.Sc. degree 2002 in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah (USA) and his Ph.D. degree 2008 in Solid Mechanics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. He has worked extensively with computational modelling and finite element analysis (FEA) in several industries and for various applications. He is author of many scientific journal and conference papers related to the subject and is frequently consulted by several industries for his expertise in FEA.