Jaafar El-Awady

Jaafar El-Awady is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (JHU). He serves as Chair of JHU’s Engineering for Professionals’ Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program, founder/director of the Computational and Experimental Materials Engineering Laboratory (CEMEL), and associate director of the Center on Artificial Intelligence for Materials in Extreme Environments (CAIMEE) and the Center for Integrated Structure-Materials Modeling and Simulations (CISMMS). His secondary appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering underscores his interdisciplinary focus.