College of Banking & Financial Studies, Institutional Quality Audit, Mar 2011
 
Prof. Ramzi Taha
 
Dr. Ramzi Taha completed his B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University.  He worked over seven years in various academic institutions in the USA before joining the Department of Civil Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University in June 1997.  From 2005-2009, Dr. Taha served as the Head of the department and from 2010-2012 he served as the Dean of Postgraduate Studies in the university. Dr. Taha`s teaching and research interests include engineering education, sustainable use of construction and recycled materials in highway and building construction, and transportation infrastructure, He has completed more than 25 research projects and has more than 120 publications (journals and conference papers) to his credit.  In February 2012, Dr. Taha joined the College of Engineering at Qatar University and in April 2012, he was appointed as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the college.  From September 2013 until present, he is serving as the Head of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Qatar University.Dr. Taha served on many institutional Quality Audit Panels in the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Bahrain.  He also led the initial ABET accreditation of the Civil and Architectural Engineering Programs in the College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University.  His application to become a Civil Engineering Program Evaluator was recently approved by ABET in November 2015.   
 
Prof. Raymond Harbridge
 

Professor RaymondHarbridge was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law and Management in January2004. Previously he had been Head of the Graduate School of Management withinthe Faculty. He joined La Trobe University in 1999 from Victoria University ofWellington, New Zealand where he had been Director of the Graduate School ofBusiness and Government Management. He holds a Higher Doctorate in Law fromVictoria University of Wellington and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Artsfrom the University of Auckland.   Histeaching has been predominantly at the post-experience level (mainly MBA)focusing on employment relations and people organisation issues. He has been afrequent contributor to Executive Education programs.  He has consultedextensively in the international arena (acting as a consultant for theInternational Labour Organisation and the OECD); on Government policy and inthe private and public sectors. He has provided expert evidence In NewZealand’s Court of Appeal on a number of occasions.   He has led a major research project in NewZealand funded in part by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology.This project has reviewed the effects of labour market reforms and thederegulation of employment institutions.  He has published more than 65refereed journal articles and numerous book chapters and conference papers.