Mohamed received his B.Sc. (1987) and M.Sc. (1992) in Computer Engineering and Automatic Control from Alexandria University, Egypt. He received a second M.Sc. (1995) and PhD. (1999) in Computer Science from University of Maryland at College Park, USA. He worked with Honeywell's Electronics & Avionics Systems and with Lucent Technologies before joining James Madison University in 2002. Now, he holds a tenured Associate Professor position with the Computer Science Department at JMU. His research and teaching interests focus on computer systems, computer networks, and information security. He also developed / co-developed several new courses and undergraduate curricula in these sub-fields of computer science.