Scientific College of Design, Institutional Quality Audit, May 2009
 
Dr. Josephine Palermo
 
Dr.  Josephine Palermo is General Manager, Customer Advocacy Capability at Telstra Operations in Melbourne, Australia.  Formerly she was a lecturer in Organisational Psychology at Deakin University. In the last decade, her research and practice activities have included: extensive organisational research and practice in Australian tertiary education and health sectors. Recently she has also been involved in an organisational enhancement and coaching role for the government of the Sultanate of Oman.  She held senior positions at two Australian universities with responsibilities for developing and implementing quality management systems across all aspects of teaching and learning, research and community engagement. These roles also involved extensive: evaluation (including action research); development of plans, policies and procedures; and the development of performance indicator systems  Recent research projects have included investigations into the impact of gendered culture, values and ageing on organisations and people, the influence that values hierarchies have on ethical decision making for early career lawyers; and evaluations of health planning frameworks for the Victorian government. 
 
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.