Prof Angela Lee

Associate Dean of Research & Project Investigator

Dr Ahlam Sharif

Assistant Professor & Project Investigator

Dr Muhammad Qasim Rana

Senior Lecturer & Co-Project Investigator (UK side)

Dr Yamen Al Betawi

Head of Department & Project Co-Investigator

Dr. Muhammad Rana is a full-time academic tutor and a leading researcher at UCEM. He has previously worked with the University of Wolverhampton, the University of Salford, and Highways England on various projects in the UK related to highway maintenance, simulation modeling, and lean construction. During the last four years, Dr. Muhammad Rana has won several research funding grants totaling up to £600k from the Innovate UK, Qatar National Research Fund, British Council, Harold Samuel, Salford University, Highways England, and CIB on various topics of Sustainability, Gender Equality, Off-site Construction, Energy Efficiency, Water Management, and Environmental Resilience. Dr Rana is currently leading 3 British Council funded Projects on Gender Equality in Brazil, Pakistan and Vietnam. He has previously delivered similar 3 projects in Jordan and Egypt sucessfully. Find more by clicking here

Dr Ala'a is the head of International Projects Office at Philadelphia University. He is an alumnus of the University of Salford and is an experienced researcher with numerous publications and awards. With a position as head of International Projects Office and engineering background, his research spans gender equality in leadership roles in the industry and academia.

Professor Lee has an extensive academic career spanning over 25 years. After successfully completing her PhD with no corrections in 2002, she now has a Chair in Process and Performance Management in Construction. She has previously held Associate Dean roles in Research; International; Enterprise; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI); and Head of Department roles at the Universities of Salford and Huddersfield. She joined UCEM in April 2022 to support the growth and development of research, including research degrees. She has published over 300 journal and conference publications based on her research, including 6 books, and has managed numerous externally funded research projects to successful completion.

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Dr Yamen is the head of department at Hashemite University for engineering and the co-PI for this project from the Jordnian side

Yamen@hu.edu.jo

Dania Hasan Ali Assistant

Professor & Project Investigator

Dania is an assistant professor in the faculty of engineering at Hashemite University in Jordan. Her areas of research are architecture, urban planning and design, urban simulation and optimisation, urban network analysis and computational design.

daniah@hu.edu.jo