Nabeel Al-Zurfi
Nabeel Al-Zurfi obtained a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He then worked as a member of academic staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the same university. Later, he joined the School of MACE, University of Manchester, UK, as a sponsored Ph.D. student where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2016. Dr. Al-Zurfi is still associated with the University of Manchester as a visiting researcher although he has returned to Iraq and resumed his former job there as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kufa.