Hesham T. Eissa C. V.

Hesham T. Eissa C. V. Current Address: Tel.: Email: College Architectural Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Campus + 961 7684 4657 (Mobile Lebanon) + 961 0621 8400 ext. 4203 (Office Lebanon) +2010 2310 6030 (Mobile Egypt during summer leave) hesham_eissa@yahoo.com / h.eissa@bau.edu.lb Education October 2008 Associate professor, Department of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Egypt (promoted and still on leave) 1996 2001 Ph.D. in Architecture, School of Architecture, CFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA. Building Performance and Diagnostics Program - Thesis Title: Computational visualization as means of lighting design evaluation 1986 1990 M.Sc. in Architecture, Dept of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Cairo, Egypt. Thesis Title: Visual treatments of monotonous prefabricated facades diversity in unity 1978 1983 B.Sc. in Architecture Department of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Cairo, Egypt. Occupation Feb 2012 to Present 2009 to 2011 Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Beirut Arab University (BAU), College of Architecture, Tripoli Campus, Lebanon Adjunct Professor at Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea 2005 to Jan 2012 Assistant professor at Architectural Engineering, Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman (my contract is up to June 2014, a 6-month notice is required unless urgent) 2001 2004 1996 2000 1991 1996 1983 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Benha Branch, Cairo, Egypt Granted a governmental scholarship towards Ph.D. degree in Architecture in USA Lecturer in Department of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Benha Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Demonstrator, Department of Architecture, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Benha Branch, Cairo, Egypt Teaching Experience 2005 Jan 2012 Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Architectural design III, graduation project I and II, design theory, architectural conservation techniques, environment (acoustics, illumination, and building integrated systems), architectural history (modern and contemporary), architectural drawing. 2001 2004 Zagazig University (Benha branch), Egypt Undergraduate program: expression and drawing methods, building construction, design studio II & iv, furniture design (elective). Master program: architectural morphology, research methods, probability and statistics Summer 2000 Carnegie Mellon Univ. USA, Instructor, AutoCAD 2000 - summer course. 1991 1995 Dept. of Architecture, Zagazig University, Egypt. (Lecturer) Interior design, visual training, architectural Design III 1

1983 1990 Dept. of Architecture, Zagazig University, Egypt. (Demonstrator) Shade, Shadow, and perspective, architectural drawing II, arch. design I. Current Research Interest Architectural education, design processes and problem solving, indoor environment (lighting design), Islamic art and architecture (geometric pattern), architectural conservation techniques. Publications Journals Hesham T. Eissa, Cross-Cultural Comparison of Illuminance levels Preferences - Case Study on Old Omani and Portuguese Forts in Oman (paper under review 2011) Conferences Khoukhi1, M., Eissa, H., and Maruyama, S., Thermal Performance of a Solar Heating System Under Japanese Climate Conditions. International Journal of Energy & Technology 2 (15) (2010) 1 10 Hesham T. Eissa and Jihyun Lee, Dynamic Adaptive Web-Based Model for architectural design Education (DAAD), An e-learning Environment for an Architectural Design Course Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural research, Volume 2 Issue 2, pp 23-40, July 2008 Hesham T. Eissa, An e-learning web-based model for architectural design Education Engineering Research Journal, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Cairo, January 2008. S.A. Saad and H. T. Eissa. Close-end Streets and Urban Territorialities in Historical Cairo, a quantitative evaluation. Journal of Engineering and Science, Assiut University, Eygypt, Vol. 32, Issue 4, pp. 1859-1870, September 2004. H.T. Eissa and A. Mahdavi, Subjective evaluation of architectural lighting via computationally rendered images. Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), Volume 31. Number 2, pp. 11 20, Summer 2002. Jowers, I.; Prats, M., Eissa, H. and Lee, J., A study of emergence in the generation of Islamic geometric patterns. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong 7-10 April 2010, pp. 39-48 Hesham Eissa and Nabil Ashry, A suggested strategy towards an effective treatment of housing crisis in Egypt. The second international conference for development and environment in the Arab World. Assuit, Egypt, March 23-25, 2004 Hesham Eissa and Nabil Ashry, The housing policy as means of the oriented investment; An approach to develop the occupation rate in new towns Al-Azhar Engineering 7th international Conference. Code R10, Cairo, Egypt, April 7-10, 2003 S. Taha, H. T. Eissa, M. El Kholy, O. Abdel Lateef, H. Momen. The design studio as a backbone of architecture education plans (Case study on senior students). UIA Architecture Education Commission 1 st International Conference Proceedings, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt March 8-10, 2003. H.T. Eissa, The applications of emerging technologies in building science and its impact on architecture education. UIA Architecture Education Commission 1st International Conference Proceedings, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt March 8-10, 2003. Eissa, H., Mahdavi, A. Subjective evaluation of architectural lighting via computationally rendered images. Proceedings of the 2001 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) conference, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 547 558, 2001. 2

Eissa, H., Mahdavi, A. On the potential of computationally rendered scenes for lighting quality evaluation. Proceedings of the Seventh International Building Simulation (IBPSA) Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vol. II. pp. 797 804, ISBN 85-901939 - 3-4, 2001 Eissa, H., Mahdavi, A., Klatzky, R. - Siegel, J Computationally rendered architectural scenes as means of lighting quality evaluation. Proceedings of the CAAD Futures Conference., Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2001 Computer Skills Scientific and Professional Societies Institutional Service Academic Research and Public Activities Software Specialty: o Rendering and lighting simulation tools (Lightscape, Radiance) o CAD tools (AutoCAD, Microstation) o Ecotect (Autodesk) energy efficient and sustainable analysis Software general: Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite. Computer Languages: C++, HTML o Registered Architect in Egyptian Engineers Association - License # 3369/7 o Member of the Society of Egyptian Architects o Founding member of Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD) Sultan Qaboos o Chairperson of master program in Architectural Engineering University initiation and development committee, 2010 to present. (Oman) o Committee member in the faculty-students liaison committee, 2010 to present. o Chairperson of architectural engineering curriculum committee, 2009-2010. A new degree plan of the program has been developed. o Accreditation committee member towards ABET accreditation, 2007-2011. (The program has been accredited by ABET on 2009) o Committee member from SQU side to develop specifications and principles guide of heritage conservation for the ministry of heritage and culture, Sultanate of Oman, 2007. o College of engineering curriculum committee member, 2006. o One of the initiators of the architectural engineering program in SQU in 2005 (degree plan, curriculum, text book and references listing) Zagazig o Graduate curriculum committee, 2004. University o Coordinator of department board council, 2002-2004. (Egypt) o Undergraduate curriculum development committee, 2002-2004. Principal Investigator: Internal grant project from SQU entitled: Cultural DNA embedded in Islamic geometric pattern and its effect on the commonality in the Islamic architecture around the world, Oman (2011-2012) Co-investigator: Internal grant project from SQU entitled: Analysis of urban house form in Oman and examination of potential for developing a systems approach to affordable housing Oman, (2011 2012) Co-investigator: Internal grant project from SQU entitled: The potential of utilizing desiccant cooling system coupled with solar collector in the hot and humid regions of Sultanate of Oman, Oman (2011 2012) Principal Investigator: internal grant project from SQU entitled: Investigating the daylighting adequacy of the functional needs in old Omani Citadels and Forts, Oman (2009-2010) Co-investigator in the International collaborative project Visual Exploration of Cultural Style in Design (VECSiD) Funded by KAIST, (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea (2009-2010) 3

A member in the granted ECO-House project in SQU Oman, 2009 - present Principal Investigator from SQU side in environmental study (Prabienta Green Wall) in coordination with petroleum dept, SQU and Shimizu Corporation, Japan Funded by Shimizu Corporation, Japan, 2008 Public lecture (Heritage documentation techniques from past to present) in the Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, April 2008. Public lecture for Community Club of Nizwa, When your house become a home, Sultanate of Oman, March, 2008 Reviewer of publication Indoor and Built Environment Journal, UK. Member of Review and publication committee of the Third International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2007) on Em body ing Virtual Architecture held at Alexandria, Egypt 28-30 November 2007 Public lecture Problem solving and cognitive processes in the Graduate School of Computational Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, January 2007. Public lecture (Computer applications in architectural design education) SQU, Oman November 2004. Workshops and Training Workshop in MOODLE (Open source management system CMS) for e- learning application in SQU, October, 2010, Oman Applied on Architectural Conservation Techniques course Active member: workshop of the international collaborative project: Visual Exploration of Cultural Style in Design (VECSiD), GSCT, KAIST, Republic of Korea, September 2009. Three training workshops of university's professorship preparation. Benha University, Egypt. 1) University education quality measures, 2) Students evaluation and grading systems, 3) Advanced technical presentations, Egypt, June 2008 Research courses in cognitive processes and problem solving by Herbert Simon; and design processes by Omar Akin, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, 1999. Training workshop of university teacher preparation. College of Education, Zagazig University, Banha, April 1994, Egypt. Workshop "Housing for the poor" by "Hassan Fathy", at Faculty of Engineering, Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt, February 1983. Field training Prefabricated Housing, at Al-Salheya" by The Arab Contractors company, Egypt, July 1982. Honors and Awards Distinguished university vice councilor recognition award regarding the significant contribution toward architectural engineering program accreditation by ABET 2009 Distinguished teaching award in CAD field, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA, 2000. Nominated to a full Scholarship Awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt for Graduate Studies in U.S.A. leading to Ph. D. degree in Architecture 1994, started 1996. 4

Work Experience 2005-2011 Oman 1985-2004 Egypt A design consultant for Ba-Alawi consultancy in Oman, contributed in design phase in many major projects: (selected projects) o Environmental Information Center in Muscat (2011) Client: Environment and Climate Affairs Ministry, Oman o Al Qurom Coast Villas Project (2010) o Gulf Consultative Commission (GCC) in Muscat, Oman (2009) o Seven Seas multi-purpose building competition (2009) o Tareef housing project in Sohar, Oman (2007) o Al-Baleed Hotel (2006) o Design of 4 private villas, 8 residential Buildings. o Interior design and furniture design of about 90 residences and private villas, o 3 Large retail shops interior design and furniture design 2003-2004 A consultant for Archi-touch: an office and home furniture design company (the dealership of STELA company, ITALY). Also, conducting design courses for the company designers. 2002 Participating in the Grand Egyptian Museum contest, in design phase and as a lighting consultant. Academic References Professor Nabil Ashry Ibrahim El-Nahas Dept. of Urban Design & Planning, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: nabil_ashry2000@yahoo.com \ nelnahas@ksu.edu.sa Tel.: + 966 5 9409 6112 Previously HOD, Dept of Architecture, Benha University, Egypt 2007-2010 Professor Jihyun Lee, Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST, Republic of Korea Email: jihyunlee@kaist.ac.kr Tel.: +8210 5020 2919 Professor Sadek Saad Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning College of Architecture and Planning, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: sadek_saad@hotmail.com Tel.: + 966 5 4479 1959 Dr. M. Salim Ferwati Dept. of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar Email: salimferwati@yahoo.com \ sferwati@qu.edu.qa Tel.: + 151 9204 5242 (to September 2011) - Canada + 974 6604 4817 (after September 2011) - Qatar 5