Mohamed Arafa

Dr. Mohamed Arafa was a Research Fellow at Natcast, where he focused on System and Technology Co-Optimization (STCO) and next-generation memory technologies. He brings over three decades of R&D experience, including a distinguished career at Intel Corporation, where he led system-level architecture initiatives spanning memory, packaging, and platform development—contributing to key technologies such as Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory and the Xeon CPU platforms.

Dr. Arafa earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with research in quantum-confined devices, strained silicon, and RF metrology. He also holds an MBA in High-Technology Management from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His academic experience includes teaching and program development as an adjunct professor at ASU and a visiting professor at the American University of Sharjah, where he helped align engineering education with industry needs.

He has authored numerous technical publications, holds multiple patents, and has played a pivotal role in academia-industry collaboration through the Intel Research Council and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC).