Ahmed Elsafty is a Professor of Thermal Science at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport [AASTMT]. He is currently serving as the Dean of College of Engineering and Technology, El Alamein Campus - AASTMT. He holds a PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Coventry University, UK. From 2007 to 2008 he was the vice-dean for post graduate studies and research, then he was the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department for 4 years at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Elsafty was the Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, and the Provost at the American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait till 2017. Elsafty has done extensive research work in the areas of HVAC, Refrigeration, Water-desalination, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Renewable Energy and Energy Utilization. He has published over 100 research papers in International Journals including the European Journal of Scientific Research and Conferences of repute, in addition to publishing a book in "Solar Air Conditioning Systems” which was published in 2012. He has successfully completed many research projects along with supervising more than 25 PhD. and MSc. Students, in addition to examining several PhD. and MSc. theses. Dr. Elsafty is also an editor and a reviewer of reputed journals and fund associations. Elsafty has worked relentlessly for Industry-Academia interaction, especially in the field of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) he is a consultant for several companies and organization furthermore, he has provided consultation for several Mega projects in Egypt since 2002 in the areas of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC). Dr. Elsafty is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) since he was a PhD Student 1998. He was BOG and RP Chair Cairo Chapter till 2011, through which he delivered more than 30 HVAC&R workshops and seminars. He was the BOG and SA Chair at Pyramids Chapter since Sept. 2017 till 2021. Now he is ASHRAE Alexandria Chapter President and SAC. He attended several ASHRAE training and workshops including the ASHRAE Student Activities Centralized Training- Kansas City 2019. He managed to establish and recruit 6 Students Branches with nearly 100 students in addition to delivering seminars and workshops. Additionally, Dr. Elsafty is member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG).