Rania F. Aburamadan Assistance Professor Faculty of Architecture and Design/ University of Petra www.uop.edu.jo Tel: (00962) 6 5799555 Ext.4501 Fax: (00962)6 5715570 - Tel Home: (00962) 65826631/ Mobile: (00962)796662044 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Education

Postgraduate Study - PhD, Doctor of philosophy in sustainable development, The University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. March 2017. - Emphasis: Sustainable Development/Built Environment School. Thesis Title: Developing User-Informed Specifications for Refugee Shelters in Hot- Dry Climates: A study of the Za’atari Camp in Jordan.

Graduate Study - M.S., Architecture Engineering, The , Amman, Jordan, February 2004. (GPA 3.38/4.00). - Emphasis: Urban Design/Architecture Engineering. Master’s Project: The Search for the virtuous City (Pollution- Free) in Jerusalem).

Undergraduate Study - B.Sc., Architecture Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan, August 1998. (GPA 3.15/4.00). - Graduation Project: Cultural Center in Baptism site (Dead Sea –Jordan). Career Summary

Professor Rania Aburamadan graduated in 1998 with a First Class Honours degree in Architectural Engineering from Applied Science University in Amman Jordan. She worked as a Designer, Construction Site Engineer and as a graphic designer before undertaking Master degree in Urban Design at the Jordan University, Amman- Jordan in 2004. After which was followed by a period as a Senior Lecturer in Architectural department in Jordan University and and as a referee for graduation projects and other architectural design courses in several universities. On completion of her PhD in 2017, she joined to University of Petra as assistance professor in sustainable development specialist, and extensively design projects with students in several categories and levels. She was involved in a wide range of civil and structural engineering projects as an Engineer/Senior Engineer. She is a part of number of committees and has been on the working with number of grants and projects (HOBES, Jean Monnet Network, Erasmus- Un-Habitat and other national agencies). Her research interests are in the fields of sustainable management and development, and refugees studies, design science methodology, urban planning and collaborative communications.

Employment History University of Petra -Full time Lecturer in Design and Architectural School, Amman, Jordan, September 2007 - Present. University of Jordan - Part time Lecturer in Architectural engineering School, Amman, Jordan, October 2006 - June 2007. University of Petra - Part time Lecturer in Design and Architectural School, Amman, Jordan, October 2005 - June 2006.

Global Business Graphic Designer, Amman, Jordan, 2000 – 2002.

Arab Contracting Company - Site Engineer, Four Seasons Hotel Project, Amman, Jordan, 1999 -2000.

Modern Building Office Architecture Engineer, Amman, Jordan, 1998 -1999.

Continuing Education 2000-2002: Courses in advanced freehand techniques. 2007: A training course in: Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing. 2011: A course in Revit software. 2014: SPSS (quantitative data). 2015: Intermediate and Advanced NVIVO (qualitative data). 2015-2017: Courses as the following; Critical Analysis of the Literature, Improving your Academic Writing, Research Impact: Academic, Economic and Social, Qualitative Research: Content Analysis, Learning Agreement, Building your Research Profile, Using EndNote, Introduction to Research Methodology, Research Ethics Approval Process, Ground Theory Methodology, Interviews in Qualitative Research, Case Study Research, Constructive Research, Research and its Relationship with Practice, Critical Thinking in Research: Perspective from both Theory and Practice, Introduction to Qualitative Methods, The Collection, Analysis Interpretation and Presentation Data, Case Study Research – Personal Reflections on a Long Research Journey, Qualitative Research: Content Analysis, How to Write a Conference Paper, Introduction to Qualitative Research, Action Research, and Advanced Tools in Doctoral Research. Teaching courses Courses offered: Building Construction 1/2/3, Architectural Drawing 2-D/3D, Basic Design, Free-Hand Drawing, Construction System, Architectural Design 1/2/3/4/5/6, Housing, Architectural working Drawings, Urban Sciences and Heritage Conservation, Quantities, Specifications and Contracts, Landscape Planning and Design, Urban Planning and Design, Graduation Project Research for Architectural, Graduation Project for Architectural.

Computer Experiences 3D Max, AutoCAD, Revit, Professional in Adobe PhotoShop, Windows XP Word Processing: Microsoft Word, Multimedia: PowerPoint, Macromedia Flash, Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel Draw: Expert in Adobe Illustrator, Corel DRAW Commissioned Artist, Project Management: Primavera Statistical Analysis: SPSS, WWW Explorers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome.

Research Techniques I am skilled of using both the quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. My research techniques contain: Proficiency in research framework and models for urban design, planning, housing and theoretical approach diagram; and presentation skills.

Research projects grants

-PI Royal Academy of Engineering - Industry Academia Partnership Programme – 18/19 IAPP18-19/244. IT and Conservation of traditional architecture and heritage. (two years).£ 50,000 (total)

-Internal grant of Petra university supporting the project titled: Trainport: A Field Training Portal for Syrian and Jordanian students. JOD 8,000. Role co- researcher.

Research projects grants (under review)

- Erasmus+ Titled -The Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East & North Africa /AARMENA -under review- the result on July 2019

- Erasmus + Titled- Anxiety Relief Mechanisms for Refugees: Interactive Landscape Designs for generating and Promoting Sustainable Therapeutic Art (ARMOR)- under review- the result on July 2019

-Erasmus+ Titled- Capacity-building higher diploma on Neurodevelopmental care for refugees (NeuroCaRe) under review- the result on July 2019

Papers’ conferances Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C., Coates, P 2017, ‘THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS TO PREDEFINE THE NEEDS OF REFUGE DWELLINGS IN HOT DRY CLIMATES’, 13th International Post-Graduate Research Conference 2017, Salford university, MediaCity UK 4-15 September 2017, pp.915-925.

Aburamadan, R., Bichard, E., Coates, P 2015, ‘Using Design Science to Establish a Specification for Refugees Shelters’, 12th International Post-Graduate Research Conference 2015, Salford university, MediaCity UK 10-12 June 2015, pp. 144-155

Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C 2018, ‘A Novel Approach for Establishing Design Criteria for Refugees’ Shelters’, New Metropolitan Perspectives 2018, Italy/ Reggio Calabria, 22th - 25th May, viewed 2 February 2018 https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/conference/paper/view/ISTH2020/false/51287346

Jurnals Papers (Under review and publish)

Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C 2019, “ Refugees’ camps: temporary emergency solutions, or contemporary paradigms of incomplete urban citizenship?”. Progress in disaster science, Elsevier Journal, https://www.editorialmanager.com/pdisas/default.aspx

Trillo, C., Aburamadan, R., 2019, “Applying the Design Science Approach to Architectural Design Development”. Frontiers of Architectural Research, Elsevier Journal https://www.editorialmanager.com/foar/default.aspx

Published Work Abumaradan R., Trillo C. (2019) A Novel Approach for Establishing Design Criteria for Refugees’ Shelters. In: Calabrò F., Della Spina L., Bevilacqua C. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. ISHT 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 100. Springer, Cham Workshops

MENA Shelter and Settlements forum(1), A joint workshop between IOM, IterAction and NGOs, 10-11 July, 2019- Amman-Jordan.

Border Materialities workshop, A joint workshop between The University of Sheffield and Petra University, 09 February, 2017- Petra university, Amman-Jordan.

Erasmus+ workshop on “How to write a competitive proposal” which held on Monday 26th November 2018 at Geneva Hotel, Amman- Jordan.

Newton Fund, University of Salford, Philadelphia University and The British Council researcher Links with collaboration funded workshop about Developing Jordan’s Roadmap for Energy Efficient and Carbon Neutral Buildings,” which held between 10-13 June 2019in Philadelphia University, Amman- Jordan.

Scientific Committees

2018: Higher committee for social volunteerism at The University of Petra 2018: Examination committee at The University of Petra. 2018: Curriculum committee at The University of Petra. 2018: Scientific Research committee at The University of Petra. 2013-2018: Library and Research Committee at The University of Petra. 2017-Present: A Parents’ Consultative Council in Amman Academy School. 2009-2011: Social Committee at the College of Architecture & Art, The University of Petra. 2011: Cultural and Communications Committees for the Architecture Education 2000 conference to be held at The University of Petra. 2010-2013-Present: Exhibitions committees at The University of Petra. 2017-2018: Exams committees at The University of Petra.

Rania Abu Ramadan