Dr. Sadik Omairey is a Senior Research Fellow at Brunel Composites Centre (BCC) and Research and Technology Project Manager at the Non-Metallic Innovation Centre (NIC). He is currently the technical lead and support for several collaborative projects which involve industrial and academic partners in the area of composite materials. In 2016, he was awarded an Elphinstone scholarship from the University of Aberdeen to study a PhD in the reliability and optimisation of composite materials. In 2018, he was recognised as a Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (CEng MIMechE), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Earlier, Sadik completed an MSc degree at the University of South Wales.