EDUCATION

Queen Mary College-London                      1989-1992

Ph.D. Civil Engineering

Imperial College-London                              1984-1985

M.Sc. Civil Engineering

Queen Mary College-London                       1980-1984

B.Eng. Civil Engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

Awarded the Henry Adam Diploma by the Institution of UK- Structural Engineers for my paper on Resin Injection.

Awarded the UK- Permanent Way Institute, Silver Award for a paper on Rail Track Rehabilitation.

EDITORSHIP

• Organized as co-chair the third International Symposium of Sustainable Buildings in Dubai, March 2017, with over 130 papers presented and 150 delegates.
• Head of the Structural Engineering Programme at British University in Dubai.
• Founder and Technical Director of Family-Owned Firm AATA.
• Head of Civil Engineering Research Unit, the University of Glamorgan now South Wales,
• Acting Vice President for Planning and Development, Al Quds University for several periods.
• Founder and Head of the Material Engineering Department at Al-Quds University.
• Head of the Engineering Office at Al Quds University, with responsibility for all development projects from proposal writing to turnkey hand over.
• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers UK.
• Director of the Sustainable Materials and Processes Research Group, University of Ulster.
• Technical Director of AATA a specialist firm, based in Jerusalem.
• C0-Chair RENEWBUILD2013an international conference on Low Energy/Low-Cost Materials in Construction
• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.