Professor Moataz M. Attallah
Dean of School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Areas of expertise
Advanced manufacturing, aerospace materials, 3D printing, nuclear fusion materials, space materials, smart materials
Profile
Professor Moataz Attallah is an internationally recognised expert in advanced materials processing and additive manufacturing. He leads the Advanced Materials and Processing Lab (AMPLab), which has secured more than £15 million in research funding since 2010, working closely with industry to translate materials research into real鈥憌orld applications.
His research and leadership have supported projects funded by organisations across aerospace, defence, energy, manufacturing and advanced engineering, including Rolls鈥慠oyce, BAE Systems, Safran, UKAEA, GKN Aerospace, Caterpillar and the European Space Agency. His work spans materials development, processing technologies and large鈥憇cale industrial deployment.
Professor Attallah has held senior academic roles at the Universities of Manchester and Birmingham, where he was appointed Chair in Advanced Materials Processing in 2014 and later Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer. In September 2025, he was appointed Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering at 木瓜视频.
He regularly speaks on additive manufacturing, advanced materials and engineering careers, and has held honorary visiting positions at universities across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Moataz is happy to be interviewed in English and Arabic.
Interview booking
Please call the press office on +44 (0)1509 222224 to arrange an interview with Professor Moataz M. Attallah.