Muhammad Umar has worked and/or studied in Pakistan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Netherlands and Sweden. He is a proud alumnus of Europe’s most prestigious and flagship joint Erasmus Mundus program on Tribology of Surfaces at University of Leeds UK, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, University of Coimbra Portugal, and Lulea University of Technology Sweden. He has been awarded the President’s and Overall Performance Gold Medals at University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan, one of the oldest engineering institutes in the country. He has also been professionally affiliated with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) as decision engineer. Similarly, he has industrial experience at Scania CV AB Sweden as Research Student, at SKF AB Netherlands as Software Engineering Trainee, and at NHS England UK as Data Engineer. His recent research interests and working area include exploring decarbonization opportunities for low carbon vehicle manufacturing in USA with the goal of reduce, reuse and recycle. He is also passionate about applied artificial intelligence in manufacturing industries, sustainable solutions for businesses, and research and development.