Sameh Tawfick, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sameh Tawfick is a Ralph A. Andersen Scholar and Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois. He studies composite materials and manufacturing processes. Sam obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan, was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Beaufort Visiting Fellow in St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge in 2023. He is the recipient of young investigator awards from the US Air Force, ASME, SME, and The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research at Illinois.