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Dr. Fatema Alaali

Dean, College of Business and Management

Dr. Fatema Alaali currently serves as the Dean of the College of Business and Management and an Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Management. She teaches various courses in Economics and Finance and supervises students in their final projects.

Before joining AUBH, Dr. Alaali joined Ahlia University, Bahrain, in 2015 as an Assistant Professor of Economics. During her teaching career, she has taught multiple levels of Economics courses such as Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, International Economics, Industrial Organization, Econometrics, and Monetary and Financial Systems. Her experience extends to helping students explore and define their academic, career, and life goals, by serving as an academic advisor to several Economics and Finance undergraduate program students. In addition, she has supervised several undergraduate students in their final projects as well as MBA and Engineering Management students in their theses.

Dr. Alaali gained the fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in the UK (FHEA) in December 2018, demonstrating her commitment to teaching, learning, and students. Her research interests include areas of applied economics and finance, energy and environmental economics, investment and asset pricing. She completed her studies at the University of Bahrain and earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and in the year 2005, she completed a Master of Arts in Business Administration at the New York Institute of Technology, New York (U.S.). She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sheffield, U.K. in 2015.

Dr. Marwan Hameed

Assistant Professor – Program Coordinator

An active researcher and academic, Dr. Marwan Hameed serves as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at AUBH.

Dr. Hameed’s primary research interests include bioengineering, computational heat transfer, and fluid flow. His research, funded by the American Heart Association Grant, employs multi-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling to investigate a novel surgical procedure within the “hybrid” approach. His research has contributed to a comprehensive program that combines engineering and medicine by utilizing computational modeling to assist in the treatment planning of congenital heart disease. His research focuses specifically on the hemodynamics of a hybrid approach to comprehensive surgery for single ventricle congenital heart disease.

Prior to joining AUBH, Dr. Hameed served as a visiting professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, USA. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also assigned the role of Head Graduate Teaching Assistant for three years. Additionally, he supervised both graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida, USA. Prior to dedicating his time to research, Dr. Hameed worked as a Mechanical Engineer, where he focused on heating and cooling systems for new hospitals.

Dr. Hameed earned his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida, USA.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree – Mechanical Engineering – University of Anbar, Iraq.
  • Master’s degree – Mechanical Engineering– Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
  • Ph.D. degree – Mechanical Engineering – University of Central Florida, USA.