World Congress on 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing

Biography

Wael Zaki is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his

MSc and PhD degrees in solid mechanics from Ecole Polytechnique in 2003 and 2006, respectively,

before completing a habilitation degree (HDR) at Pierre & Marie Curie University in 2014. Professor

Zaki’s research focuses on modeling, simulation and experimental characterization of inelastic materials

and structures, with emphasis on shape memory alloys. His recent work deals with the development,

characterization and additive manufacturing of architected shape memory alloys and their composites.

Professor Zaki is the recipient of Khalifa University’s Excellence in Research award and is recognized on

Stanford’s list of top 2% scientists in the world for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.