Esra Aleisa (Committee Co‐Chair)

Associate Professor, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Biography

Dr. Esra Aleisa is an associate professor of industrial and management systems engineering at Kuwait University. She received her master’s and PhD in industrial engineering at the State University of New York in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Her research is devoted to the formulation, modeling, evaluation, analysis and optimization of life cycle assessment applications, mainly in the fields of desalination and treatment of municipal waste and water. She served as vice dean for planning and career development at the College of Engineering and Petroleum at Kuwait University. Aleisa has worked on projects in collaboration with the United Nations Commission Committee (UNCC) in regard to post war environmental remediation; and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on a project for national resource efficiency and cleaner production in Kuwait. She is a certified project management professional and a member of several professional societies.