Mahad Said Baawain

Associate Professor - Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman

Biography

Dr. Mahad Said Baawain is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University. He obtained his BSc in civil engineering from Sultan Qaboos University, Oman in 1998, an MSc in environmental engineering from the Imperial College, UK in 2000, and PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada in 2007. His research interests cover several areas among environmental engineering and management. Dr. Baawain has a number of major research projects and consultancy services during the last ten years with a total value of around US $ 6.5 million in different areas of environmental engineering and management (water & wastewater treatment, solid waste management and air pollution modeling). Dr. Baawain has 71 international journal papers, 53 international conference, 22 technical report, and several book chapters. Dr. Baawain served as the chair of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Collaborative Committee from 2011 to 2016. He also served as the director of Center for Environmental Studies and Research at Sultan Qaboos University from February 2013 to February 2016.