10 March 2022
Please join us for the First AUBH Research Day on 10 March 2022. AUBH Research Day 2022 is an experience where you will explore the extraordinary array of research being conducted by students, faculty, and staff at the American University of Bahrain. The hallmarks of this research day are its diversity and innovation addressing different topics.
The event will provide a platform for participants to share their theoretical knowledge and research findings, foster the exchange of information and cross-fertilization of ideas, and encourage the development of multidisciplinary research across AUBH community and with external stakeholders. The outcome of this event will be utilized in drawing AUBH research strategy for the coming three years.
This is a full-day event that is delivered in a hybrid mode to facilitate attendance from AUBH community and interested employers. We would like to encourage all members of the AUBH community to submit applications and share their work with others.
Research represents a very broad term in this context and could include a scholarly paper, a project you worked on with a faculty member or a recent presentation you gave at a professional meeting. Students are also encouraged to present their scientific and scholarly research conducted during their studies at AUBH.
Participants can join the event and share their work through giving presentations or participating in the poster sessions.
For those who wish to give a presentation, it is required to submit an extended abstract describing the research, its outcomes or work in progress as well as the presentation slides.
Extended abstracts should be between 500-1000 words and the presentation should be prepared to fit in a 15 minutes slot. Please refer to the attached abstract/poster template, explaining the submission requirements in details.
Director of Research at Derasat
Omar Al-Ubaydli is the Director of Research at Derasat, Bahrain. He is also an affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University; an affiliated senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center; a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington; and a non-resident fellow at Trends, UAE. Al-Ubaydli is also the president of the Bahrain Economists Society. His research interests include political economy, experimental economics, and the economics of the GCC countries. Al-Ubaydli previously served as a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Joint Advisory Board of Economists and a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He regularly publishes his research in international peer-reviewed academic journals, and his mainstream media articles appear in Arabic and English-language newspapers and blogs such as AlHayat, The National, Forbes Opinion, and US News. Al-Ubaydli earned his BA in economics from the University of Cambridge, and his MA and PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CSUN, Founding Director of the NASA Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM
Dr. Nhut Tan Ho is currently Founding Director of the NASA Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where he has taken on multifaceted leadership roles with the purpose of making meaningful and deep impact on students and society.
Chief Strategy & Data Analytics Officer at Tamkeen
Jarmo Kotilaine is the Chief Strategy and Data Analytics Officer of Tamkeen, having initially joined the organization in 2016. He served as the Chief Economist of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) starting in 2012. He previously worked as Chief Economist of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia, having initially worked on setting up the research function for NCB Capital, the investment arm of the NCB Group.
Dr Kotilaine worked for a number of years as an economic and financial consultant with a primary focus on emerging markets. He advised the Spanish stock exchange, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) and headed the financial services practices of UK-based global consultancy firms.
Dr Kotilaine studied economics and economic history at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. He subsequently joined the faculty at Harvard where his primary research focus was the long-term economic and institutional development of Eurasia as well as on international trade and finance.
KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH
Full-day event on exchange of information and cross-fertilization of ideas from AUBH community and interested employers
World is committed to making participation in the event a harassment free experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression
Dr. Susan Saxton
AUBH Founding President
Title: How Do Higher Education Institutions Promote Sustainable Development
Prof. Nhut Ho
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CSUN, Founding Director of the NASA Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM
Title: Convergence Research
Dr. Omar Al Ubaidly
Title: Strengthening the Relationship between Policy and Research in Bahrain
Dr. Jarmo T. Kotilaine
Title: How to Make Academic Research Relevant to the Economy?
Moderator: Dr. Wafa Almansoori
Dr. Bradley Saunders
Do Religion and Spirituality in the Workplace Matter? Concepts, Perspectives, and Implications
Dr. Sabri Dogan
A Model for School Counselors for Effectively Working with Immigrants
Dr. Fatema Alaali
The Reform in Government Expenditure and the Standard of Living in Bahrain
Dr. Hanan Naser
COVID-19, Oil Price, Bitcoin, and Economic Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from ARDL Model
Moderator: Dr. Fatema Alaali
Dr. Hasan Kadhem
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Framework in Higher Education: An Example of AI Algorithm for Benchmarking of Academic Programs
Dr. Fatema Akbar
Stress and Human-Computer Interaction at the Workplace: Unobtrusive Tracking with Wearable Sensors and Computer Logs
Dr. Raja Ghozi
Arabic versus French Digits in Short-Term Memory Span Assessment: a Stationarity Analysis
Dr. Jeff Zabudsky
We look forward to hearing from you!