I obtained my Bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) in 2014. Later, I received my Master's in structural engineering from the University of Pécs in 2017 (Hungary). In 2018, I moved to Switzerland to pursue my Ph.D. at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). I conducted my research at the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (EESD) laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Katrin Beyer from 2018 to 2022. After that, I worked for a brief period as a postdoctoral fellow at EESD (4 months). After I was awarded the prestigious PostDoc.Mobility grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), I moved to the USA to join the van Rees laboratory (led by Prof. Wim van Rees).
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- M.Sc.: Design of reinforced concrete beams using metaheuristic algorithms (Prof. Zoltan Orban [PTE] @ 2018).
- Ph.D.: Geometrical treatise on the modelling of 3D particulate inclusion-matrix microstructures with an application to historical stone masonry walls (Prof. Katrin Beyer [EPFL] @ 2022).
- PostDoc: Harmonic decomposition of the 3D morphology of surfaces for simulating the growth of soft shells and plates (Prof. Wim M. van Rees [MIT] @ 2024).