Dr. Ashraf Al-Khateeb is a faculty member in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Khalifa University. Prior to his current appointment, he joined the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia as a postdoctoral fellow. During his PhD at the University of Notre Dame, he joined the Chemical Science and Engineering Department at Argonne National Lab, Illinois. USA as a visiting researcher. He is the recipient of the University of Notre Dame Kanab Center Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Al-Khateeb is a member of the AIAA, SIAM, and the Combustion Institute, and he is the advisor of the Khalifa University AIAA student branch.