Prof. Fouad Mrad

Biography

Fouad Mrad is the founder of Prototyping and Partnerships Platform (PPP) after a long career that stretched decades in research, development, policymaking, mentorship, and public speaking. At present, he is also the Global Advisor and Adjunct Professor in the College of Engineering at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA. He led efforts for harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development at the United Nations regional Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) between 2010 and 2023. He was the founding Executive Director of ESCWA regional Technology Centre in Jordan between 2011 and 2017 developing and implementing technology transfer and innovation programs and policies in several member countries (e.g. Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Oman and Tunis).

Fouad Mrad was the passionate science advisor and judge for youth innovation in the regional scientific TV competition by Qatar Foundation “Stars of Science.” Over 17 years, a wide spectrum of specializations and expertise were developed for producing more than 180 prototypes distributed across frontier technology areas: Robotics and AI, Consumer Products, Sustainability, and Biomedical.

Earlier, he was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the American University of Beirut (1993-2009) in charge of robotics, control systems and instrumentation areas. After receiving his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in the USA, he worked for IBM magnetic storage manufacturing between 1991 and 1993.