Meet our Engineering Academics

Our academics are highly qualified and are based in Dubai to deliver our quality degree programmes and support our exceptional student body. 

Dr Adel Abdel-Wahab

Dr Adel Abdel-Wahab

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Head of Quality Assurance

Dubai Campus

Dr. Adel Abdel-Wahab, Associate Professor and Head of Quality Assurance at Dubai Campus, earned his PhD from Loughborough University. His research on advanced materials, including biomaterials, has led to 30+ publications. He is a Fellow of IMechE, CEng, and SFHEA.

Dr Adel Abdelwahab – Google Scholar Page

Telephone
+971(0)44280632
Email
a.a.m.abdelwahab@bham.ac.uk

Dr Archibong Eso Archibong

Dr Archibong Eso Archibong

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Academic Lead, Engineering Laboratories and Workshops

Dubai Campus

Archibong is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Academic Lead for Engineering Laboratories and Workshops at the Dubai Campus.

His research is in the broad themes of single and multiphase flow of fluids & solids with a focus on wide areas of applications including (low carbon) energy systems, chemical & process systems, environmental systems, biomedical and healthcare ...

Telephone
+971 (0) 4 42 80640
Email
a.e.archibong@bham.ac.uk

Dr Seyed Ghaffar

Dr Seyed Ghaffar

Head of Engineering (Dubai)
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Dubai Campus

Dr Seyed Ghaffar is the Head of Engineering at the University of Birmingham, Dubai, and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng, FICE).

Email
s.h.ghaffar@bham.ac.uk

Dr Majid Malboubi

Dr Majid Malboubi

Head of Quality Assurance
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dubai Campus

Dr Majid Malboubi is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Inspired by the workings of nature, Dr Malboubi applies the principles of mechanics and design micro-tools to unravel the physics underlying cellular processes and to understand how cells interact with their surroundings. Dr Malboubi completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham and worked on the interaction of ...

Email
m.malboubi@bham.ac.uk

Dr Imran Qureshi

Dr Imran Qureshi

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Dubai Campus

Dr Imran Qureshi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He possesses academic as well as significant industrial experience in his field. Prior to joining University of Birmingham, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

Dr Qureshi earned his PhD in Engineering Sciences from the ...

Email
m.i.qureshi@bham.ac.uk

Dr Melody Khadem Sameni

Dr Melody Khadem Sameni

Associate Professor of Rail Transportation Engineering
Programme Director of MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration

Dubai Campus

Melody Khadem Sameni is associate professor of Railway Transportation Engineering and also the program director of MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration at the University of Birmingham- Dubai Campus. She previously held the position of Assistant Professor and head of Railway Transportation Group at the School of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology. She is an ...

Telephone
+971 44280741
Email
m.khademsameni@bham.ac.uk

Dr Muhammad Naeem Shehzad

Dr Muhammad Naeem Shehzad

Assistant Professor
Program Director Computer Engineering BSc

Dubai Campus

Dr Shehzad is the Program director of BSc Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham Dubai campus and an Assistant Professor in the school of Engineering. He has more than 10 years of work experience in the field of higher education.

Email
m.n.shehzad@bham.ac.uk

Dr Mohamad Zalzale

Dr Mohamad Zalzale

Head of Education
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Dubai Campus

Dr Mohamad Zalzale is a Lecturer at the School of Engineering.

Mohamad is an interdisciplinary scientist. He holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and an MSc in Computational Physics from the Montpellier University in France.

Mohamad teaches a variety of courses in the Mechanical Engineering ...

Email
m.zalzale@bham.ac.uk