Ahmed Saber is a senior laboratory instructor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cairo University, where his research focused on smoke management in enclosed environments using computational fluid dynamics. He teaches and supports labs in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, physics, SolidWorks, MATLAB, and Arduino. His research interests include smoke management systems, crash safety design, additive manufacturing, and bio-inspired structures. He has authored and co-authored several publications in international journals and is a Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional and OSHA-certified Occupational Safety and Health Specialist.
Dr. Ahmed Sadek is an assistant professor of architectural engineering and Head of the Architectural Engineering program at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Melbourne and a Master’s degree from La Sapienza University of Rome. His research explores how the built environment influences human health and wellbeing, particularly in healthcare settings. He has conducted qualitative and quantitative research in hospitals across Australia and Egypt, contributing to a growing publication record on patient wellbeing, indoor environmental quality, optimizing building performance for energy efficiency and visual comfort, and analysing spatial layouts for effective wayfinding. He also develops research methodologies and assessment tools to evaluate the health impact of architectural design.
Dr. Ahmed Shdefat is an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Technology at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He earned his Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Inje University, South Korea, an M.Sc. in Information Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), and a B.Sc. in Computer Information Systems from Yarmouk University Jordan. His academic journey spans teaching and research roles across Jordan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Kuwait. Dr. Shdefat’s research focuses on Human Activity Recognition (HAR), bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cybersecurity, with applications in smart cities, agriculture, and wireless networks. He has co-authored numerous publications in leading journals such as IEEE Access, Sensors, and Applied Sciences, contributing to advancements in AI-based resource allocation, biometric authentication, graph convolutional networks, and data-driven HAR and bioinformatics analytics. At AUM, he has played a vital role in ABET accreditation, AI engineering curriculum development, and departmental academic activities. As an IEEE member, he continues to promote innovation through research supervision, student competitions, and interdisciplinary initiatives linking academia and industry.
Dr. Ahmed Yamen is a professor of accounting at the College of Business Administration, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He holds a PhD in Accounting from Ain Shams University, Egypt, and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). Dr. Yamen has over 24 years of academic and professional experience. He specializes in financial crime, tax evasion, and sustainability reporting, with publications in top-tier Scopus-indexed journals. He has served as Department Chair, led curriculum reforms, and mentored student teams to global victories in the (IMA) Student Case Competition. He is active in both the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), reflecting his dedication to bridging academia and industry with impactful, ethical, and future-focused education.
Dr. Ahmed Youssef is a professor of electrical engineering at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He is a member of the IEEE.
He received his Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at McMaster University and the University of Ottawa, focusing on advanced research in signal processing and communications.
Dr. Youssef’s research interests include wireless communications, digital and statistical signal processing, and optimization techniques. He has received multiple academic honors, including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2008), the RIM Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2009), and the NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowship (2011).
Dr. Ahmet Topcu is a professor in the Information Systems and Technology Department at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait.
He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, in 2010, his M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, USA, in 2001, and his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1997. His research interests span distributed systems, machine learning, cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain technologies. He is a member of the IEEE, contributing to the global engineering and technology community.
Dr. Ajla Kulaglic is an Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at AUM. She received her Ph.D. from Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye, and holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computing and Informatics from the University of Sarajevo. Her research focuses on machine learning, intelligent data fusion, time-series forecasting, deep wavelet networks, and AI-driven predictive modeling integrating remotely sensed imagery and sensor networks. She is an IEEE member and actively contributes to AI research initiatives.
Dr. Alaa Eleyan is a professor in the Electrical Engineering department at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Near East University and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus, with a research focus on face recognition systems.
With over two decades of academic experience, Dr. Eleyan has held faculty positions in universities across Northern Cyprus, Turkey, and Kuwait, and served on numerous academic committees. His research interests lie in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and biomedical signal processing, with particular emphasis on deep learning applications in biometrics and healthcare, including facial expression recognition (FER), ECG/EEG analysis, and cancer detection.
Dr. Eleyan has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as IEEE, Springer, and Elsevier, and has presented at major international conferences. He is the recipient of several international awards, including the Gold Medal at IIFME 2024. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, an Editorial Board Member for Discover Imaging (Springer), and a Technical Committee Program (TCP) member for conferences such as ICIP.
Dr. Alaa Koaik is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait, specializing in Structures and Materials with a Ph.D. focused on concrete–composite structures.
He has extensive engineering experience on offshore and onshore projects in Europe, Africa, and Asia with clients such as Saipem, TechnipFMC, Chevron, Total, and British Petroleum. He served as an Interface Engineer on the French EPR2 nuclear power plant project. Dr. Alaa integrates his professional and research expertise in teaching structural design courses, preparing students for real-world engineering challenges.
Dr. Alaaeldin Mahmoud is an associate professor of English in the Liberal Arts Department at the American University of the Middle East (AUM) in Kuwait. With a PhD in Comparative Literature from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Mahmoud's research explores areas such as modern Arabic literature and cultural history, Arab popular culture and entertainment, and multilingual practices in Arab culture. He participated in many international conferences in the past two decades, and his publications appear in top tier journals. His edited books are Nusus ‘Abd Allah Al-Nadim (The Texts of ‘Abd Allah al-Nadim) in two volumes: Al-Diwan Al-Shi‘ri (The Complete Collected Poems), and Al-Athar al-Nathriya Al-Kamila (Complete Works in Prose) (Cairo: El Maraya, 2020), and The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East (co-edited with Hala Auji and Raphael Cormack, IB Tauris Bloomsbury, 2023). He was also a former Fulbright visiting scholar at The Ohio State University. He is an established translator who translated books of travel writing, fiction, and literary studies into Arabic.