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Aouad appointed new president of UOWD

“I am excited about joining a dynamic team at a rapidly progressing higher institution. I am looking forward to working with a strategy of growth with our students, staff and stakeholders to strengthen UOWD’s position in the UAE and the region,” he said.

He joined Salford University in 1992 as a research fellow and has progressed through to the role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation and Dean of the College of Science and Technology, responsible for some 400 staff and 6,000 students.

Prior to joining Salford, he spent five years in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering of Loughborough University, where he obtained his MSc in Construction in 1987 and his PhD entitled “Integrated Planning Systems for the Construction Industry” in 1991.

Before becoming Pro-Vice-Chancellor in July 2008, Prof Aouad was Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and the Built Environment at Salford University from August 2006 to July 2008. Prior to this, he held the position of director of the research institute of the Built & Human Environment which achieved the RAE 6 status in 2001. Between 2003 and 2006 he was head of School of Construction and Property Management (since renamed the School of the Built Environment) at Salford.

During his time in Salford, Profr Aouad successfully supervised 22 PhD students, externally examined 52 PhD students, authored three major research books and co-authored one book, generated more than £10 million in research funding as principal investigator and £8 million as co-investigator, published 92 papers in top-rated refereed journals, delivered more than 50 keynote speeches and invited lectures, and presented his work in more than 40 countries.

Prof Aouad was appointed as vice-president of the Chartered Institute of Building in March 2010.

Professor Aouad has also been very active in community work raising funds for charity in excess of £25,000 in the last four years for various organisations.