Mufid Alfaris

Mufid Alfaris is a Sr Product Engineer at Energetiq Technology, where employment began in June 2019, having progressed through various roles including Product Engineer, R&D Test Engineer, and Application Engineer. Prior experience includes serving as a Research Assistant in the Physics Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, conducting optical simulations and experimental physics research from May 2018 to May 2019. Additionally, Mufid was an Undergraduate Student Researcher at the Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions, focusing on cathode prototype development for the nEXO project from January 2017 to May 2018, and briefly monitored the WIYN 0.9-m telescope for the Astronomy Department at the same university in January 2018. Mufid holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics/Astronomy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is currently pursuing a Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University, expected to be completed in December 2026. An Associate's degree in General Studies was obtained from Quinsigamond Community College in 2016.