Loay Alkafafi

Loay Alkafafi is a Lecturer at Technische Universität Berlin, specializing in numerical control for machine tools and machining robots since April 2024. Concurrently, Loay serves as Vorfeld-Cluster Lead at Siemens AG, a position held since August 2023, while also being a Senior Key Expert at the same company since March 2013. Previous experience includes a role as a Student Research Assistant at Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg in 2008, focusing on flexible beam simulation and modeling, and serving as a Research and Teaching Assistant at Birzeit University from September 2005 to October 2007. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Mechatronics from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH, 2012), an MSc in Mechatronics from the same institution (2009), and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Mechatronics from Birzeit University (2005), along with a high school diploma from Fathi Elbelawe High School (2000).