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. |