Awad is an engineer and researcher in combustion. He works on finding innovative solutions for the reduction of harmful emissions which result from the burning of fossil fuels. Awad holds a MSc from Alexandria University (Egypt) and a PhD from Newcastle University (UK). During his PhD, Awad proposed modelling equations and provided a detailed physical understanding of MILD combustion, which will eventually contribute to the reduction of harmful emissions emitted from the energy sector. Currently, he is a research associate in the Energy group at the University of Cambridge where he works in accordance with Rolls Royce in the design of a hydrogen-fueled aircrafts engines that can help deliver net zero carbon by 2050.

Research interests are: Combustion, MILD combustion, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Reacting multiphase flows, Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS), Large Eddy Simulation (LES), low-order modelling, Ignition modelling and Aircrafts combustors design.