Prof. Alraouf is an architect, urban designer and planner interested in research and practice related to architectural and comprehensive sustainable design and urban planning. He is focusing on research within the domain of theory, criticism and creativity in architecture and urbanism. He was a Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley-USA (1993-1995). Alraouf has held permanent and visiting teaching and research positions at regional and international universities. His teaching portfolio includes courses in graduate and undergraduate levels for Architectural History and Theory, Urban Design, and Design Studios. Alraouf is a registered architect and urban planner in Egypt, Bahrain and Qatar. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects, Middle East and Gulf Chapter. He provides consultancy in numerous projects regionally and internationally and act as a consultant for international organizations include UN-Habitat, UNESCOW, ESCOWA, ICOMOS among others. Alraouf writes extensively in newspapers, periodicals, and architectural magazines locally and internationally. He published more than 120 journal refereed papers, critical reviews, essays, in addition to books and book chapters. Alraouf’s current research interests are Knowledge-based Urban Development, Post-Carbon Contemporary Gulf Cities, Museums in the Gulf, Urban vitalization of historical districts, Knowledge, and Creative cities. He serves in editorial boards and acts as a reviewer for international journals and conferences. He delivered lectures and presentations in over 25 countries. His teaching portfolio includes courses in graduate and undergraduate levels for Architectural History and Theory, Urban Design, Urban Planning, and Design Studios. He serves in editorial boards and acts as a reviewer for international journals and conferences. He has been invited to present his research work at international institutions such as University of Oregon, Illinois Institute of Technology, Drury University, Cambridge University, University of Seoul, Malaysia International University, University of Belgrade, and American Universities in Beirut, Sharjah, Kuwait, and Cairo. Alraouf is the recipient of number of awards including the innovation award in environmental and sustainable planning from Ministry of scientific research in Egypt 2000, Modern Science and Arts University (MSA) Teaching Excellence Award 2004, Best Research Paper in Sharjah International Conference for Urban Planning 2008, and Research Publication Achievement Award from University of Bahrain 2009. Alraouf was selected as member of 2012 Excel campaign at Qatar University and the distinguished speaker of the Arab Future Cities Summit 2016. His book “Knowledge-based Urban Development in the Middle East was awarded by ISOCARP in 2018. Alraouf’s research paper was also awarded best research paper by a scholar at the UC- Berkeley biannual conference in 2018. In addition to teaching at HBK University in Qatar Education City, Alraouf is currently acts as Head of capacity building, training, research and development unit at Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) in Qatar. He is also the leader of Green Urbanism and Planning Group at Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC).

Dr. Shams Anwar works in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada. His Ph.D. is in Chemical Engineering from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada. He has managed several research projects, including a large-scale project, “Sustainable Emissions Reduction by Digital Integrity Management (SERDIM),” for Memorial University. Others involved in the multi-institutional project include Dalhousie University, Petroleum Research Newfoundland, and Labrador (PRNL), Suncor Energy, and Lloyd's Register. Additionally, he has been actively involved in teaching at universities and colleges in Canada since 2017. His Ph.D. research focused on developing Zn, Zn-Ni, and Zn-Ni oxide electroplating for offshore and marine structures. He is currently working on designing and analyzing a hydrogen PEM fuel cell for aerospace applications. His research interests are Materials Science and Engineering, Corrosion Control and Intelligent Coating, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Bipolar Plate Coating, and Experimental Design. There are many awards he has received, including "Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies," "International Graduate Student of the Year," "Lloyd Douglas Scholarship of the Atlantic Canada Water and Wastewater Association," and "Recognition of Excellence in Research and Teaching". 

Dr. Saqib Saleem has acquired his PhD degree from the Department of Engineering and Computer Science of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and completed a post-doctoral training from the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor at COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal, Pakistan since September 2016. He is currently the member of Board of Studies at CUI and KFUEIT, Pakistan. He is the chairperson of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, CUI Sahiwal Campus.  He is member of Pakistan Engineering Council and also a HEC approved supervisor.  He has more than fifty Publications in the most reputable journals of the world.

Prof. Sherif Gouda, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He was awarded his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Benha University, Egypt. He completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of South Australia in 2015. Dr. Sherif has been actively working in materials science since 2011 acquiring a broad range of experience in developing functional polymer nanocomposites (design and preparation of functional polymer composites with high mechanical performance, durability, thermal and electrical conductivity, energy harvesting, strain sensitivity and flame retardancy) by utilizing various nanofillers. He was able to publish over 60 research articles in high impact factor journals such as Composites Part B, Composites Part A and Advanced Functional Materials- to name a few. His Google Scholar and Scopus h-indexes are 30 and 28, respectively. His work consistently attracts attention from the research community; his citation is ~3000, some of his articles were rated highly cited and most downloaded articles on Web of Science in 2016 and 2020. Currently, Dr. Sherif focuses on developing high mechanical performance reinforced fibre metal laminates with the aid of various nanomaterial; recently he published an article on using graphene platelets in developing high impact and flexural strength carbon fibre reinforced metal laminates; the article was published in Thin-Walled Structures Journal. Besides, he is working on developing metal nanocomposites using laser metal deposition with his collaborators at Shenyang University. Dr. Sherif is recipient of research grants of ~ US$500,000 as principal investigator (PI) along with ~ 400,000 as co-PI. Thereby, he was able to develop a strong research collaboration with renowned scientists in Engineering Materials from prestigious Universities around the world including USA (Iowa State University), China (Shenyang University), Australia (New South Wales University and University of South Australia), Kuwait (American University of Middle East) and Egypt (Benha University).