Dr. Hammoud received his PhD in Solid Mechanics and Materials from Ecole Nationale de Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Paris, France, his Masters in Materials and Manufacturing Process from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Paris, France, his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Hammoud worked as a Post Doctorate at the Prime Institute of Physics and Mechanics (ENSMA - Poitiers - France) in the domain of model reduction using the PGD applied to the viscoelasticity of polymers. He worked as a research engineer at the Navier Institute (ENPC – Paris - France) in the development of numerical methods for the coupling between discrete and continuum media.