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Research Interests

Civil and Architectural Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Mechatronics Program

Name	Research Interest
Prof. Khalifa Al-Jabri	Structures, Structural dynamics, Fire engineering, Construction materials
Prof. Ali Al-Harthy	Structural Mechanics, Reliability and Optimization, Concrete
Prof. Ali Al-Nuaimi	Structural design and analysis
Dr. Abdul Wahid Hago	Pozzolanic materials, Concrete properties, Shear walls, Computer Aided Design, Concrete & Soil Blocks
Dr. Yahya Zain	Soil-Structure interaction, Expansive soils, Earthquake engineering & soil dynamics, Finite element analysis
Dr. Hossam Hassan	Pavement and roadway soil material testing and evaluation; Performance-related testing and evaluation of asphalt concrete mixtures; Mechanistic analysis and modeling of flexible pavement; Recycling of waste and by-product materials in pavement material; Environmental effect on pavement performance; Maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements
Dr. Mohammed Al-Aghbari	Seepage problems in soil and under dams, Bearing capacity of foundations with structural skirts
Dr. Abdullah Al-Saidy	Rehabilitation of Structures, Behaviour of RC, PC & Composite Structures, Application of Advanced Fibre Composites in Civil Engineering structures
Dr. Khalid Al-Shamsi	Asphalt mixture design and evaluation. Characterization of bituminous materials. Use of waste materials in road pavements. Pavement design and maintenance
Dr. Ghazi Al-Rawas	Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS), Hydrology
Dr. Sherif El-Gamal	Structural Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Structures, FRP Composite Materials, Structural Health Monitoring
Dr. Saleh Al-Saadi	Energy Audits in buildings and Energy-efficient retrofitting opportunities in Buildings, Design and analysis of Building Energy Systems, Buildings Simulation and Thermal Analysis, Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Building Applications
Dr. Ashraf Elazouni	Construction cash-flow management, Finance-based scheduling, Evolutionary algorithms, Optimization, Contractor-subcontractor payment provisions
Dr. Mohamed Abdullah Al-Mamun	Renewable Energy, Wastewater treatment, Water quality control and reuse, Environmental Microbiology
Dr. Mohammed Seddik Meddah	Materials & Structure, Sustainable and durable Concrete Material, Cement and concrete Technology, Construction Materials, Use of waste/recycled and by-products in concrete and fiber-reinforced concrete
Dr. Chaham Alalouch	Smart City Design and Planning, Space Syntax, Sustainable Building Design, Sustainability Assessment Tools and Rating Systems, Digital Participatory Planning, Co-design and Stakeholder Engagement, Architectural Pedagogy
Dr. Mohammed Kandil El-Diasty	Geomatics Engineering, Geodesy, Hydrography, Navigation and Mobile Mapping Systems
Dr. Mohammad Reza Mahmoud Nikoo	Water Resources and Environmental Systems Analysis and Planning: Reservoir Water Quality Modeling, Environmental and Water Quality Monitoring, Modern Optimization and Simulation Techniques, Machine learning and Data science, Water Quality Assessment, Application of Remote Sensing (RS) in Water Resources Management
Dr. Kazi M. Abu Sohel	Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Use of industrial solid waste in Structural concrete, Structural behavior under impact and blast load
Dr. Issa Al-Harthy	Sound characterization of urban environment, Survey on community noise, Human behaviour in architectural facilities
Dr. Syed Muhammad Bilal Waris Ali	Structural Dynamics, Vibration Analysis, Earthquake Engineering, Green Engineering, 3D Printing
Dr. Naima Benkari	Contemporary architecture and Urban Design in Arab and Islamic countries, Built heritage, Architectural education systems
Dr. Mohamed Salah-Eldin Saleh	Building Construction Technology, Architectural Design, Architecture and Culture
Dr. Mubarak Al-Alawi	Construction Management
Dr. Hayder Khan	Building Physics, CFD, HVAC
Dr. Hanan Al Khatri	Thermal comfort, thermal scales, and indoor environmental quality
Dr. Aliya Abdul Sattar Al-Hashim	Urban Building Energy Modeling, Vernacular Architecture & Built Heritage, Urban and Housing Policy, Architectural Design
Dr. Talal Etri	Numerical models for simulating hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, and morphodynamics in the coastal areas, Water resources management
Dr. Zeinab Yavari	Treatment of Emerging pollutant in Water and wastewater, Advanced Oxidation Process, Renewable Energy, Microbial Fuel Cell
Dr. Ronald Ekyalimpa	Computer Simulation for construction operations analysis, planning and modeling; Artificial Intelligence for construction operation modeling

Name	Research Interests
Prof. Hadj Bourdoucen	Communication & Networking, Instrumentation and Measurement, Integrated Electronic Systems, RE systems, Electronic Hardware Design, ICT, FOSS deployment
Prof. Abdullah Al Badi	Distributed generation, Power quality, Power system analysis, Power electronics and drives, and Renewable Energy.
Prof. Abdulnasir Y. Hossen	Digital Signal Processing
Dr. Joseph Jervase	Microwave Antennas and Propagation
Dr. Arif Saeed Malik	Power System Economics, Reliability and Planning
Dr. Tariq Jamil	Computer Architecture, Parallel Processing, Computer Arithmetic, Data Encryption, Digital Systems
Dr. Zia Nadir	RF-Electronics, Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic Compatibility, RF communications, Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Lazhar Khriji	Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine learning, and Healthcare monitoring
Dr. Faical Mnif	Control Theory and Applications, Autonomous Systems and Robotics, Mechatronics
Dr. Hasan Yousef	Control Systems applications
Dr. Muhammad Shafiq	Control Systems Engineering
Dr. Mostefa Mesbah	Intelligent control systems, biomedical signal and image processing, machine learning applications, pattern recognition, non-stationary signal processing
Dr. Ahmed Chiheb Ammari	Embedded Real Time Systems, Inductive wireless Data and Power Transfer, Hybrid Electric Energy Storage Systems, System Level Modeling and Optimizations
Dr. Khaled Alawasa	Power quality and harmonics investigation, power system stability and control, smart grids applications, wide area monitoring system (WAMs-PMUs), power electronics, renewable energy integration,automatic control and dynamics, Energy management and Energy Efficiency.
Dr. Mohammed BeitSuweilem	Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics, Metamaterials and Wearable Sensors
Dr. Rami Al-Hmouz	Computational Intelligence, Fuzzy Modeling, Granular Computing
Dr. Amer Al Hinai	Power System Operation & Control, Renewable Energy Integration, Distributed Generation & Microgrid
Dr. Dawood Al-Abri	Computer Networking, Social Networks, Network Security
Dr. Ahmed Al-Maashari	Embedded Vision Systems, Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Reconfigurable Hardware & FPGAs, Computer Architecture
Dr. Hassan Al Lawati	CP Antennas, Applied Electromagnetism and AMC surfaces
Dr. Nasser Tarhuni	Wireless Radio Resource Management, Optical CDMA, DSP Applications to Power Systems
Dr. Abdelsalam Elhaffar	Power system protection, Distributed generation, smart grids, and fault location in power systems
Dr. Razzaqul Ahshan	Renewable Energy Systems and their Integration, Microgrids, Modelling and Control of Renewable Energy Systems, Wind Energy, Bio-energy, Electrical Drives, Application of Signal Processing Techniques to Power Systems.
Dr. Jawher Ghommam	Guidance, Navigation and Cooperative Control of Multi-Autonomous Vehicles
Sayyid Dr. Samir Al Busaidi	Communications and Signal Processing
Engr. Salem Al-Hinai	Power Systems
Dr. Said Al-Abri	Bio-inspired distributed autonomy, multi-agent data-driven planning and control, derivative-free optimization algorithms, control, and robotic systems
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Naimi	Smart homes and intelligent control systems
Dr. Hafiz M. Asif	Wireless communication, Visible Light Communication, Computer Networks, Next generation communication systems
Dr. Gulam Khan	Multi-agent control, Event-triggered Systems, Industrial robotics, Prescribed Control strategies, optical Micromanipulation, Nonlinear control
Dr. Mohammed Rizwan Mughal	Embedded and IoT systems, Hardware software co-design, Spacecraft Engineering
Dr. Taha Mubarak Al-Saadi	Control Engineering

Name	Research Interests
Dr. Mahmoud Al Kindi	Risk Analysis, Six Sigma, Decision Making under Uncertainties, and Production Planning
Dr. Majid Al Maharbi	Materials Science and Engineering, Corrosion, Severe Plastic Deformation of Metallic Materials, Crystallographic Texture and Microstructure Engineering
Prof. Tasneem Pervez	Computational Modeling, Multiscale Modeling, Composite Materials, Applied Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Expandable Tubular and Swelling Elastomers in Oil Well Drilling and Delivery, Engineering Education
Dr. Nabeel Z. Al-Rawahi	Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flow, Water Desalination, Renewable Energy
Dr. Amur S. Al Yahmedi	Modeling and Simulation, Multibody Dynamics, and Robotics & Control
Dr. Khalid Alzebdeh	Micromechanics of Composites, Stochastic Modelling, Advanced Materials, Bio-composites, Manufacturing, Project Management & Economics
Dr. Sayyad Zahid Qamar	Applied Materials and Manufacturing, Engineering Design, Failure Analysis and Reliability
Dr. Abdullah Al Shabibi	Applied Mechanics, Finite Element Modeling of Engineering Problems, Modeling of Contact Problems, Thermoelastic Instability
Dr. Nasser Al Azri	Weather Data for Energy Analysis, Solar Thermal Analysis, Process Integration and Optimization
Dr. Riadh Zaier	Mechatronics Systems, Automation, Robotics and Nonlinear Control
Dr. Hakan Gultekin	Applied Operations Research, Decision Support Systems, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Energy Systems Optimization, Production Scheduling, Discrete Optimization, Multi-Criteria Optimization, Heuristics.
Dr. Mohammed Othman	Workforce Planning, Human Factors, Product Design
Dr. Nasr Al-Hinai	Operations Research, Production Scheduling, Operations Management, Product Design and Project Management
Dr. Afzal Husain	Computational Fluid Engineering, Microfluidics, Micromixing, Artery Blood Flow, Micro-Scale Heat Transport, Electronics Cooling, Enhanced Heat Transfer, Jet Impingements, Renewable Energy, and Design Optimization
Dr. Issam Bahadur	Micro/Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Biomedical Instrumentation, Industrial Automation, Smart Materials and Vibration
Dr. Khurshid Alam	Orthopaedics, Bone Mechanics, FE modeling, Material Characterization, Material Modeling, Fracture Mechanics
Dr. Emad Summad	Agent-Based Modelling for Orchestrating Innovation Ecosystems, New Perspectives on Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations, Policy Issues for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Knowledge-Based Economy.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Janabi	Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy & Environment, Electrical Vehicles, Fouling Mitigation Techniques.
Dr. Musaab Zarog	MEMS, Mechatronics, and Finite Element Modeling
Dr. Farooq Al-Jahwari	Finite Element Analysis and Design; Processing, Analysis and Characterization of Polymers and Composites; Molecular Dynamics; Impact Mechanics; Smart Materials; Cellular Structures; Design and Fabrication of High Damping Materials for Impact Attenuation.
Dr. Nasra Al-Maskari	Mechanical Engineering Design, Product Design, Design of Drones and UAVs , Bioinspired Design, Bio-memetic, Bioinspired Material Design, Bioinspired Design Optimization, Design of Turbodrill for Oil and Gas Industry, Sustainability.
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Obaidani	Membrane Technology, Desalination, Membrane Distillation, Water treatment, Heat Transfer.
Mohamed Al-Lawati	Mechatronics Engineering
Dr. Niyazi O Bakir	Decision and Risk Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Homeland Security, Value of Information, OR in Sports
Dr. Omar Al-Abri	Applied Mechanics; Processing, Analysis and Characterization of Steel; Finite Element Analysis; CPFEM; Materials Characterization (SEM, EDS, EBSD, In-Situ SEM Material Testing); Multi-phase Steel; Multi-scale Materials Modeling
Dr. Moosa Al-Kharusi	Finite element analysis, Mechanics of nano-composites, Mutli-scale Modeling using computational mechanics, Design and modeling of rubber seals used for oil well application, Nano and micro mechanics of Carbon nanotube based nan-composite materials, Energy methods, Continuum mechanics, Mechanical characterization of graphene materials.

Name	Research Interests
Prof. Rashid Al-Maamari	Enhanced oil recovery, Treatment and utilization of oilfield produced Water
Prof. Farouk S. Mjalli	Desulfurization of fuels, Green engineering
Prof. Gholamreza Vakili-Nejad	Nanothermodynamics, Nanofluids
Dr. Ala’a Al-Muhtaseb	Wastewater treatment, Biofuel and Biomass
Dr. Khashayar Nasrifar	Multiphase Flow, Hydrates, Thermodynamic and Phase Equilibria
Dr. Ashish M Gujarathi	Process optimization, Process Design and Simulation, Evolutionary Computation
Dr. Ghulam Murshid	CO2 capture, Reactive absorption and adsorption
Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami	Formation damage, Geological modeling
Dr. Jamil Naser	Environmentally friendly solvents, Phase Change Materials
Dr. Mohammed Al-Abri	Desalination, Nanotechnology
Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri	Catalytic reaction engineering, Chemical/Thermal enhanced oil Recovery
Dr. Belal Abu Tarboush	Energy, Membranes and Adsorbents
Dr. Tarek Ghanat	Reservoir characterization, Production development and optimization, Formation damage, Sand production control, Enhanced oil recovery
Dr. A.R. Kazemi	Reservoir Simulation, CO2 Storage, Hydrogen Storage
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum	Natural Gas Liquefaction (LNG) Processes, Development and Enhancement, Green Hydrogen Economy, Techno-economic analysis and Simulation,Carbon Capture, Usage, and Storage Integrated and Intelligent Energy Systems, Flare Gas Monetization, Energy efficiency enhancement and management
Dr. Emre Artun	ata analytics, machine learning, reservoir engineering, reservoir management, geothermal energy.
Dr. Faras AlBalushi	Pore-scale modeling of porous media, geothermal energy, reservoir geomechanics, hydraulic fracturing.
Dr. Ali Taqi	Enhancing carbon capture & green hydrogen production; Investigating novel microwave & RF technologies for enhanced bio-refineries & telecommunications; Improving water desalination; Algorithm development to enhance interferometry-based imaging for Radio Astronomy & medical applications.
Ms. Suaad Al-Zakwani	Chemical and Process Engineering

Name	Research interest
Dr. Mahmood Al-Kindi	Risk Analysis, Six Sigma , Decision making under uncertainties, and Production Planning
Dr. Zaier Riadh	Mechatronics Systems, Automation, Robotics and Nonlinear Control
Dr. Faïçal Mnif	Control Systems and Robotics, and Industrial Electronics
Dr. Amur Al Yahmedi	Modeling and Simulation, Multibody Dynamics, and Robotics & Control
Dr. Lazhar Khriji	Digital Signal and Image Processing, Machine Learning
Dr. Mohammed Shafiq	Control Systems Engineering
Dr. Ahmed Al Maashri	Embedded Vision Systems, Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Reconfigurable Hardware & FPGAs, Computer Architecture
Dr. Nasra Al-Maskari	Mechanical Engineering Design, Product Design, Design of Drones and UAVs , Bioinspired Design, Bio-memetic, Bioinspired Material Design, Bioinspired Design Optimization, Design of Turbodrill for Oil and Gas Industry, Sustainability.
Mohammed Al-Lawati	Mechatronics Engineering