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= Ala Qattawi, Ph.D. =

Ala Qattawi is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo. She attended and received a Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Clemson University, South Carolina, in 2012 and become the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. degree in Automotive. Before joining the University of Toledo, Dr. Qattawi worked as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of California, Merced between 2015-2018, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the International Center for Automotive Research, South Carolina between 2013-2014.

Research Career
Her research interests include metal processing :  additive manufacturing and sheet metal forming, design for manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, and Origami based sheet metal folding as well as applications to vehicle’s body-in-white design and structure. Her work in engineering education focuses on understanding the effect of online and hybrid teaching styles on student’s engagement and academic performance. She is the director and the principal investigator at the Integrated Design and Manufacturing (IDM) Laboratory at the University of Toledo. Government agencies and industry have funded Dr. Qattawi research. She was awarded the  Hellman Faculty Award in 2016 , the Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME in 2018 , and Outstanding Advisor Award in UC Merced in 2017. Dr.Qattawi was named an Emerging Scholar for 2017 in the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.