Dr. Chaham Alalouch is an
academic and architectural engineer with a background in urbanism. He writes
and speaks regularly on how to improve people’s quality of life through
sustainable and smart design and construction of our buildings and cities. He
is Editor-in-Chief of the “Open House International” journal, and Associated Editor
of several other prestigious journals. His research, teaching, and services
were recognized for excellence, and he has held keynote speeches, invited talks, and
workshops at international conferences and events worldwide. His research was
featured in the Elsevier newsletter, Elsevier Engineering Twitter, the Australian
Architecture Science Association newsletter, the Spanish online magazine “The
Smart City Journal”, and the Omani “Scientific Insights” newsletters.
Dr. Chaham holds a Ph.D. from
Heriot-Watt University, UK, a PG Dip. in architectural design, and a
Bachelor's in architectural engineering from the University of Aleppo, Syria.
He is currently teaching and researching at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman in
the capacity of Associate Professor, having previously researched and taught at
universities in the UK and Syria. There, he also worked in several architectural
consultancy firms and in two European Commission-funded projects.
His/her research interests
include sustainable built environment design and construction, smart cities, spatial
analysis and space syntax, and co-design and participatory planning.
