Dr. Hosni Ghedira joined the American University
in Dubai in 2008 as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. He also serves as Scientific Advisor at the Emirates
Institution for Advanced Science & Technology (EIAST), DubaiSat-1 program. He received his MS degree in civil and
environmental engineering from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada) and his PhD in water sciences from the University of
Quebec (Canada) in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Before joining AUD, Dr Ghedira spent six years at the City University of
New York as assistant professor and research associate professor. He also acted as director of the Environmental Remote
Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory at the NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science & Technology Center (NOAA-CREST) in New York
for more than four years.
Over the past 10 years, Professor Ghedira has been involved in initiating, developing and
managing several multidisciplinary and multiparty projects on environmental remote sensing in governmental and higher
education settings. He has also mentored and supervised several teams of researchers and graduate students to develop,
implement and maintain computer programs in water resources management, and other environmental sectors. His research
in this field was carried out in strong collaboration with scientists at NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center and
at NOAA National Weather Service. Professor Ghedira has authored and co-authored more than 50 publications in peer
reviewed journals and referred conference proceedings. He has also supervised five Ph.D. theses and seven M.Sc. theses
in civil engineering during his tenure at the City University of New York.
