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Dr. Majd Musa holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is an assistant professor of architecture and urbanism at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Her research interest is contemporary architecture and urbanism with a focus on globalizing Middle Eastern cities. She is the author of Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects (London and New York: Routledge, 2017 and 2018). She is a Member of the Architecture Division of Jordan Engineers Association, Jordan, an International Associate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), USA, a Member of the American Planning Association (APA), USA, and a Member of the Society of Architectural Historians, USA.
Dr. Ahmad Sukkar, a British Syrian academic and architect, is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Sharjah. He was an Aga Khan Fellow at MIT, a Mellon Fellow at AUB, a Fellow at OIB, a visiting lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and an Imam Bukhari Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has worked at leading architectural offices in the Middle East and the UK, including Zaha Hadid Architects. He completed his PhD and MRes at the University of London in architectural humanities and cultural studies, MArch at the Architectural Association in architecture and urbanism, and PGDip and BArch at Damascus University. He has been shortlisted for the Mohamed Makiya Prize 2020 (Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year).

Professor Elmualim is the Chair of the Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE. Prior to that, he was Professor and Head of Discipline of Construction and Project Management at UniSA, Australia. He spent most of his academic career working at the University of Reading, UK. His academic interest lies in the juncture of integrative approaches to design, construction and facilities management, with a sustainability, digital technologies and globalization concentration, that viewed from a broad socio-technical systems perspective. Mariam Hassan is a lecturer at the University of Sharjah, UAE, since 2009, holding a MAS in Architecture, in Methodologies in Urban and Architectural Design Education from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ). She believes architectural engineering is a special discipline where a combination of creativity and building technology intertwine to satisfy the human and built environment.

MAS in Architecture, Methodologies in Architectural and Urban Design Education, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland, 2003, and B.Sc. in Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2001 Research Assistant, Joint venture project between the departments of architecture in the University of Khartoum and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

In 2012, he completed his undergraduate education in METU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture.
He completed his graduate studies with his thesis work on the preservation of industrial heritage in the Department of Restoration of the Faculty of Architecture of METU, which he started in 2013.
He participated in project competitions and received various awards during his undergraduate education and later in professional architecture.
He has been working as a part-time lecturer at METU Faculty of Architecture in 2016/17 and at TOBB ETU Faculty of Architecture since 2017.
Since 2013, he has been continuing his architectural practice under the roof of ASMA, of which he is a founding partner.

Dr Ahmad Sukkar, a British Syrian academic and architect, is a Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah. He was an Aga Khan Fellow at MIT, a Mellon Fellow at AUB, an Imam Bukhari Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow at the German OIB, a Fellow at Damascus University, and a MESA Global Academy Fellow. He has worked at leading architectural offices in the Middle East and the UK, including Zaha Hadid Architects. He completed his PhD and MRes at the University of London in architectural humanities and cultural studies, MArch at the Architectural Association in architecture and urbanism, and PGDip and BArch at Damascus University. He was shortlisted for the Tamayouz’s Mohamed Makiya Prize (Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year 2020).

Dr. Emad S. Mushtaha received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2006 respectively in the fields of Urban and Environmental Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan. Dr Mushtaha received a prestigious Postdoctoral-JSPS Fellowship in 2006 in Japan, then joined Ajman University in UAE from 2007 to 2013 as an assistant professor of Architecture. He is currently working as an associate professor at the University of Sharjah (UoS), teaching undergraduate studios and environmental and architectural design courses.

TRAUDEL FUNKE, M.Arch.
Licensed architect in Germany.
She studied architecture at University of Technology Vienna (Austria) and Dresden (Germany).
Lecturer at the Architectural Engineering Department at University of Sharjah. Before her teaching appointment, Traudel was a partner of Schwarz + Funke Architects in Germany. Her field of expertise is Architectural Design, Building Construction, refurbishment of historical buildings and lately Project Management.
She was the project manager of the Barrier-free Campus project at University of Sharjah and is a certified Safety and Health Coordinator on construction sites and a certified Building Manager (TÜV-Germany).

MAMUN RASHID, M.Arch. Ph.D. Teaches Building Construction in Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Sharjah. Educated in Architecture at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Mamun completed his PhD from the UNSW, Australia (recipient of New South Global Scholarship). He is deeply passionate about construction innovations. His research interests include liveability, sustainable design, building technology, housing and urban form. Mamun’s most recent book chapter is published from Springer (2019): ‘Tectonics in the Gulf Architecture’ in Building in Hot and Humid Regions. Mamun is a licensed Bangladesh architect (M IAB). He is a member of the AIA, AISC, ACI and ASHRAE professional bodies.

Assistant Professor of Architectural and Environmental Design. Licensed architect (Italian National Architects Association). Former associate of Tipi Studio & ember of Rover Divisione Atelier Author of publications on sustainable design & energy efficiency in buildings. Accredited Building Energy Certification Assessor (Italy).
Formerly Visiting Professor, Researcher, and Scholar at the IIT-J Jodhpur – Rajasthan (India), University of Nottingham (UK), University of California Berkeley (USA), Arkitektskole i Aarhus (DK). Member of the Scientific Committee for GBC Italia and co-author of the Italian LEED Homes. Project manager of the University of Sharjah for the Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 and 2020 Dubai.