Air Quality Program Manager
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :28 years, 4 أشهر
In charge of the overall running of research projects on air pollution. Projects serves Kuwait public agencies, private companies as well as pure research projects funded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
Conducting research, managing research projects, giving training courses, acting as a consultant.
Teaching (1st, 2nd year students as well as Master level students. Taught: Fluid Mechanics, Statistics, Mathematics, Laboratory Skills, Experimental Techniques. Also I was the year one course director. Research activities included projects for BMW/Siemens.
Developping and testing a novel 3D flow visualisation technique.
Conducting resaerch on fluid mechanics phenomenon
Responsibility: Preparation for an intensive research project on laminarisation of turbulent flows due to acceleration. I worked closely with technicians and researchers to familiarise myself with the experimental techniques & the data acquisition system.
Consultancy for Callaghan Automation Limited -Whitbread Beer Company - Chester. Mainly trouble shooting using a computer package (NETMATE) to simulate a pipeline system. NETMATE results gave quick & cost-effective fix to a pressure deficiency problem.
Passed the PMI exam as highly proficient in the topic subjects and became a Project Management Professional (PMP)
Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice (Masters level). • Modules studied: 1) Teaching, Learning and Assessment; 2) Academic Development for Students; 3) Quality Enhancement and Evaluation and 4) Discipline-based Practice.
Ph.D. on “Simulation of Flows over the Leading Edge of a Swept Wing”. Multi-disciplinary research project initially funded by Defence Research Agency (DRA) - UK. I joined the project when it was at the verge of a total collapse due to the researcher’s decision to go for another job. Leading a team of technicians and liaising with professionals, I managed to change failure to success and brought the project back on schedule. Results were presented to DRA-Bedford (UK) in June 1997.
The University of Liverpool B.Eng. First Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. Total average 86.9% (Distinction). Top student for 3 years. Awards/Prizes 1. KISR's Top Twenty (May 2013). 2. KISR's Top Twenty (May 2012). 3. KISR's Top Twenty (May 2011). 4. KISR's Best Achievers (June 2010). 5. The University of Liverpool Scholarship. 6. Ford Mechanical Engineering Prize (two). 7. The Bibby Scholarship. 8. The Mason Bibby Prize. 9. The Mason Bibby Award, Research Assistantship. 10. Frederick Barnes Waldron Prize from the IMechE. 11. William Henry Watkinson Prize. 12. The Hele-Shaw Prize. 13. The MoonWebb Scholarship. 14. The University of Liverpool Postgraduate Studentship. 15. The IMechE Prize. 16. The IMechE Best Student Prize. 17. William Henry McMenemey Memorial Prize. 18. The Pipeline Industries Guild Union Competition. 19. The KRS Studentship.