Prof. Dr. Wafaa Saleh is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years of experience in teaching, research and practice. The main focus of her research interests includes modelling travel behaviour, accident analysis and investigations, transport and the environment, travel demand management, traffic engineering and travel behaviour in oil-rich countries. Her work at the professorial level has been recognized internationally through a number of research projects, PhD studentships, international appointments, election to Chair and contribution to a number of national and international scientific committees conferences and symposia. She has sat on a number of Faculty and School Committees at Edinburgh Napier University over the past 20 years. She has led the development of the environmental engineering lab at Edinburgh Napier University. She has led a number of collaborations with a commercial software company, Lothian Buses, Scottish Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund to produce and test a range of engineering products for traffic modelling, carbon reduction, congestion management and traffic problem solutions. She founded the TRI—Middle East Research Centre with the aim of growing the university's academic reputation. She has also established the Transport Research Institute (TRI) “AraB Academy of Engineering and Technology—ABET”.
