Samuel Kenig was educated in Israel and Canada. He received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) in 1968 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1972 from McGill University, Montreal Canada, both with Honors.

Following his Ph.D. studies Dr. Sam Kenig worked in the R&D laboratories of the Canadian Industries Ltd. in McMasterville, Quebec from 1971 to 1974 and then from 1974 to 1991 in the research authority of the Israel MOD where he was the Director of the Materials and Processes Division. In 1992 he established the Israel Plastics and Rubber Center Ltd. where he served as the Managing Director till 2014. In 1994 he established the Polymers and Plastics Engineering Department in Shenkar College and served as the department head till 2004. From 2004 to 2007 he was the head of the chemical Engineering department in Shenkar College and from 2007 he acts as the Dean of Engineering in Shenkar College and head of the Graduate Studies in the Polymers and Plastics Department.