Hassan El-Hofy, an Emeritus Professor of machining technology at Alexandria University, Egypt, has a diverse background in production engineering. He received his BSc in 1976 and MSc in 1979 and later worked as an assistant lecturer. Dr. El-Hofy won the Overseas Research Student Award during his PhD work on hybrid machining processes. He returned to Alexandria University and was promoted to full professor in 1997. He served as the chair of the Department of Production Engineering at Alexandria University, vice dean for education and student affairs, and Dean of the Innovative Design Engineering School at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology.