Celebrating the Class of Fall 2020

Bachelor of Architecture
Jad Samer Moura
Ahmed Khaled Noeman | Magna Cum Laude
Hudaa Roshan

Bachelor of Science in Design Management

Rana Essam Ablfaraj
Moshkat Ahmed Ahmed
Khadija Salah Aldin Al Hamad
Salma Amgad Allam
Hind Abdelrahman Alnaqbi
Bayan Fathi Al-Oballi
Ismaeel Mohamed Alshami
Mohamed Shahid Firoz
Rahaf Moh'd Ghanayem
Malak Ali Ghunaim
Ahmed Ibad
Heba Jaleel
Eiman Y A A Mohammad
Zeina Yasser Rabie
Basmah Rais
Maha Saker

Bachelor of Interior Design
Niyousha Manouchehri

Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Design

Alaa Mahmoud Al Theraawi
Mentalla Essameldin Sayed
Tala Farid Touckley
Amanda Mariam Varghese

Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication

Maryam Nadhem Alhamad
Rayyan Tariq Almutawa
Afra Faysal Alzarooni
Farida Hussein Foda
Yara Majd Hamed Allah
Mirna Seddky Tanaghou

Master of Urban Planning

Dania Ajlan
Zulfa Zaher Al-Aghbari
Fatima Ahmed Alameeri
Sajida Mohsen Alshahma
Khulood Abdulla Alsuwaidi
Amnah Rashed Alyammahi
Jinan El Hajjar
Heba Helmy Hammad
Sarah Khan
Alaa Omar Kordi Dannawi
Salma Ibrahim Murad
Boshra Hassan Taheri Nia

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature
Rubaiya Tasnim Chowdhury
Aya Mohammed Sallam

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

Mariam Sami Al Jamea
Amna Khaled Alblooshi
Maryam Kamel Alhashmi
Maryam Salman AlKhalifa
Fatima Saif Almheiri | Cum Laude
Aisha Hamad Almidfa
Saif Abdulrahman Alnuaimi
Omar Mohamed Alowais
Marwa Rashid Alrasheed Almulla
Humaid Matar Alshamsi
Meera Talal Alshehhi
Hamda Nasir Alshuweihi
Eisa Mohamed Alsuwaidi
Hassan Obaid Alsuwaidi
Uroosa Ashfaq
Tia Bendaly | Magna Cum Laude
Ingmar Adrien Botz
Marya Jamal Buhlaigah
Chahed Wadah Falhout
Khadija Mohamed Galadari
Danyah Irfan
Dona Sherif Kamel
Abdulaziz Ziad Karkadan
Lena Khalifa | Magna Cum Laude
Reema Galdo Nowfal
Maryam Saleem
Haejong Yeo

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication

Ayesha Khaled Al Yousefi
Shamma Ahmad Alayali
Lolwa Ahmed Alhamidi
Nawaf Mohamed Alhammadi
Abdulkareem Anas Alhassan
Noura Saleh Alichla
Hamda Redha Alkhatib
Noura Hassan Almaazmi
Sara Abdullah Alzahrani
Judy Assaad
Karim Aziz Oghly
Ahmad Mahmoud El Dahhan
Ziad Essam Elmenayyir
Mariam Murtada Elsanousi
Zeina Sherif Hamouda
Hadin Hasan
Nadin Khaled Hassan
Dana Tarek Iskandarani
Safet Mesanovic
Lara Assad Sabbagh
Suzana Saoud
Hera Shabbir
Mohammed Thanzil Shamnad

Bachelor of Science in Biology
Yara Marwan Abukhaled | Magna Cum Laude
Alia Abdulla Alfalahi
Amna Mohamed Alfoulathi
Sara Ibrahim Alsarkal
Fay Ahmed Alshamsi
Rawan Imad El Saleh | Cum Laude
Akbar Hasan | Cum Laude
Syed Faisal Kamal
Nada Ashraf Shaarawy

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Nadine Abu-Odeh
Youssef Haysam Alemam
Badriya Saeed Alhindaassi
Shima Khalvati

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences
Hind Habib Alameeri
Yoobin Kim       
Yannick Pages

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Saood Husain Almarzooqi

Master of Arts in English/Arabic/English Translation and Interpreting 
Amna Abdulrahman Alsaleh
Badria Eisa Hassan
Oumou Kelthoum Med

Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 

Afra Khalifa Al Mheiri
Thoraya A. Farzaneh

Master of Science in Mathematics
Alaa Tharwat Elsakran

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Fajer Adil Al-Ali
Zainab Mohamed Alghareeb
Nouf Mohamed Alhammadi
Alia Sayed Ali Alhashimi
Meirah Ahmed Alhefeiti
Mariam Hasan Alkhatib
Dina Ayman Allam
Noor Maher Almasri
Ahmed Obaid Almheiri
Abdullah Jamal Al-Othman
Abdalla Abdelrahman Alshamsi
Eyas (Mohd Sobhi) Nahar Alshannaq
Mashael O N J Althuwaini
Alia Abdulrahman Bin Rafeea
Katia Faouz
Salma Hassan Pour | Magna Cum Laude
Fahid Hasan Jibreel
Raneem Maher Mahmoud Mahmoud
Asmaa Alaeldin Mohamed
Omar Belal Nasir
Abdel Rahman Issa Samha
Roula Abdelrahman Selim
Ramin Shahriari
Omar Mohamed Shatry
Monica Tarek Zakhari
Samira Jihad Zeinab | Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Nada Anwar Abdul Rahman
Ahmad Adel Abu Hajjeh
Fatma Behzad Afghan | Cum Laude
Mohammed Rashed Jasem Alabdouli
Khalifa Ahmad Alawadhi
Saleh Waleed Alhabili
Diana Amer Al-Hafi
Sultan Eisa Alhosani
Samir Al-Kharraz
Sara Alaauddin Al-Qadi
Ameer Alaa Qasim Al-Saadi
Shim Khaldoun Alsamman
Mahdi Muawieh Alsfarini
Nasser Humaid Alshamsi
Mohammad Kamal Alshar
Ahmed Wael Elsayed Elsayed Attia
Mohamad Jihad Charif
Ruba El Mootassem
Maryam Subhi Elgzeary
Omar Hesham Elrefaey | Magna Cum Laude
Ahmed Ashraf Hamed
Saleh Samir Harazeen
Hamza Ali Saad Kadhim
MHD Sadek Issam Kaso
Mohamad Naser Samer Kayali
Ahmed Sherif Madbouly
Mohamed Mohsen Maged
Ahmed Salah Eldin Mohamed
Hamda Ahmed Mohamed
Jaafar Fawzi Mohssen
Abdullah Osman
Yahya Ibrahim Seddik
Youssef Osama Seif
Ahmed Hazem Selim | Cum Laude
Mohammed Ahmed Shohaib
Mohamed Nashaat Abdel Haleem Singer
Bushra Mohammad Tatan
Essa Burhan Zaben
Tarek Zeyad Zayed
Mohammad Taha Zubairi

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Jihad Mahmoud Abdul Ale
Rami H.J. Abuassi
Aghed Haytham Alahmad
Reem Abdalla Alameeri | Cum Laude
Maryam Ebrahim Alhosani
Mariam Jamal Arshi | Magna Cum Laude
Hima Bijulal
Fatima Hussain Darwish
Wael El Armali
Omar El Boutari | Cum Laude
Alfarouk Hesham Elzohery
Imad Elian Gharbi
Brylle Ryan Gomez | Magna Cum Laude
Abdel Rahman Naser Hamdan
Ahmed Salman Kanaani | Magna Cum Laude
Khaldoon Mohammed Khaldoon
Mohamed Shezan Rizny | Cum Laude
Amal Hammad-Mahmoud Suleiman
Feraas Tayeh

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 

Omar Hesham Abdualkareem
Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali
Sara Mohamed Almaazmi
Omar Ahmad Alsarookh | Cum Laude
Ahmad Salah Bin Kalban
Angie Sobhi Guirguis
Farah Hafez Ibrahim
Obada Mohamad Issa
Muhammad Abdullah Khan
Kareem Masoud
Yousuf MD Noorul Islam | Cum Laude
Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed
Iyas Naser
Hussain Saifee Surti
Abdul Hafeez Usman

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Feras Thaer Abdul Hadi
Lamis Abdul Kader
Ahmad Jamal Akbar
Mouza Abdulla Alahmed
Alia Jamil Al-Ali
Ahmed Ebrahim Albastaki
Samer Maher Alchaar
Maitha Saeed Alfalasi
Mohamad Saeed Alhajjar
Abdulrahman Hani Almheirii | Cum Laude
Mansour Mohamed Almulla
Shahd Abdulaziz Abdulrazaq Almutawai | Cum Laude
Khawla Abdulrahman Alnuaimii | Cum Laude
Layla Abdulla Alshehhi
Abdulrahman Ahmed Alzarooni
Mohamed Rashad Badr
Yacine Dif
Hamza Jamal
Youmna Gamal Kassem
Imad Khalid
Youssef Khalil
Lamees Salah Mohamed
Abdelrahman Sherif Sabet

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Omar Khaled Abdallah
Rowaida Mohamed Abdelmaksoud
Alyeldin Ramy Abdelrahman
Hatoun Gafar Medani Abdelrahman
Mohammed Ahmad Abdo
Ahmad Hazim Ismail Abed
Abdulla Emad Abu Baker
Muaaz Farouk Adra
Mohammed Zainuddin Ahmed
Amir Aldouri
Asma Talib Alhawai
Jude Khaldoun Al-Khalil
Saad Abdullah AlKhanbashi
Yazan Ayman Aloulabi
Ali Ben-Bihi
Thuraiya Mahmoud Bitar
Lamies Mahmoud Darwish
Abdullah Riad El-Halabi
Jawdat Mounir El Khatib
Mohammed Ali Fakhrulddin
Abdul Rahman Hamad
Ameera Ashraf Hamdan | Cum Laude
Rami Burhan Hamdan
Ahmed Walid Hammad
Talah Ziyad Hamza
Alaa Hatem Ibrahim
Aya Hatem Ibrahim
Abdallah Ziad Jaziri
Tasneem Ayman Khader
Yahya Mohammed Abdul Munaim Khan
Hessa Jaber Lootah
Safwan Abdulraouf M. Mannaa
Feras (Moh'd Abdel-Latif) Mansour
Tajaldeen Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed
Nevin Adnan Mohammad
Mostafa Hossameldin Salem
Farah Eyad Shahin
Sara Sherif Shaker
Rahaf Abdulla Sheiko
Farah Ammar Taha
Dania Ahmed Younis
Zeinab Jihad Zeinab | Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Seif Ayman Abdelhakm
Omar Mohamed Abdelkarim
Ghazi Amer Adawieh
Muhammad Aeman
Ayham Mohammad Alaa AlAkhras
Saeed Obaid Alhathboor
Basmah Jamal Al-Khawaja
Ali Redha Alkhayat
Ahmed Saleh Alqahtani | Cum Laude
Hilal Fayiz Alshar
Muhammad Hammad Alvi
Noor Anbari | Cum Laude
Nemer (Moh'dali) Mahmoud Atatreh
Issa Nabil Awad
Hamza Bagui
Basel Barake
Mustafa Murtuza Doriwala
Roldan Martin D Souza
Soroush Ebrahimzadeh Shirazi
Ahmed Moataz Elsergany | Summa Cum Laude
Mais Riad Hassan
Ilham Mohamed Hassan Sattar
Rami Maher Hodefa
Ghada Hussam Hussain
Abdelaziz Khalid Karrani
Abdelrahman Mahmoud Hussein Khalifa
Malak Mahfouz Megly
Badr Adel Naji
Tarun Pherwani
Mohamed Khaled Qaed
Mohammed Waleed Qanbar | Cum Laude
Abdul Rehman Abhijit Suvarna
Faisal Arafat Yousef

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Bassam El Taher

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

Waad H.I. Abuwatfa
Ahmed H.S. Ahmed
Youssef Ashraf Alhariri
Ahmed Mohamed Eisa
Rana Muhammad Nauman Javed
Paul Said Kawak
Omar Mohamed Moussa

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

Bassant Essam Abdelrahman
Laith Abdul-Qader Al Najmi
Aisha Ali Alsuwaidi
Eisa Mohamed Alzarooni
Amina Rayan Hammodat
Alaa Yasser Kamel
Ahmed Mohsen Mohamed Khalil
Batoul Mohsen

Master of Science in Computer Engineering

Afaf Eltayeb Ahmed
Shaikha Osama Aldoukhi

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Alaa Magdi Ali
Alya Musabbeh Alshamsi
Armaghan Ali Cheema
Maram Wahed Helmy
Hanin Hassan Kabalan

Master of Science in Engineering Systems Management

Arwa Moamen Abougharib
Shamma Abdelrahman AlMaazmi
Deena Ahmed Al Qurneh
Amrah Abdulla Alyammahi
Ameera Inamalla Khan
Yehia Mohamed Mansour
Heba Ahed Radwan Khlaif
Hafsa Saeed
Dana Tawfiq Yazbak

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Abdullah Abou Hewelle
Ammar Mohamedahmed Mahgoub Ahmed
Mohamed Khaled Ahmed
Abdulla Taoufik Alhourani
Mohammad Abdolrazzagh Avzayesh
Mohamed Hassan Dirar
Muad Mohamed Elgriw
Yahya Abdulrahman Sheikh Mohamed

Master of Science in Mechatronics Engineering

Mirghani Moutaman Daffalla
Badrieh Ramezan Hozhabr
Mohamad Kassem
Sara Tellab

Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Reem Chawki Bahsoun

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Accounting

Walid Maher Al Mofleh
Ahmad Abdel Karim Al Mughrabi
Meera AlDhaheri
Shaikha Thamer Alhosani
Maryam Ali Ahmed Albahri Alnuaimi
Mariam Eisa Alqaydi
Mohammed Nur Hassan Dipcharima
Amro Mohammad Sawalha
Alina Siddiqi
Farhan Valiya Kattil
Husam Khaled Younes

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Economics
Omar Bin Abdulaziz Alnuaimi

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Finance

Abdelrahman Wail Abdelaziz
Reem Ashraf Abdulhadi
Aws Abdulqader Al-Gailani
Hamad Saif Aljaberi
Murtadha Kamil Al-Jammali
Diala Hasan Almalik | Cum Laude
Christine Tareq AlMaqatish
Maryam Mohamed Almarzooqi
Mohamed Humaid Alnuaimi
Aisha Humaid Alowais
Dalyal Al Soufi
Fatima Khamis Alsuwaidi
Moza Mohamed Obaid Alsuwaidi
Mohammed Abdulla Al Taheri | Cum Laude
Mohannad Ehab Anabtawi
Mohammad Maaz Ansari
Hania Azmat
Mohammed Aqil Badri | Magna Cum Laude
Serajeddin Abdulbaset Buruin
Arshiya Chadha
Abbas Mohammad Charaf
Sara Elsayed Elgebeli
Rami El Mouradi
Basant Khaled Farrag
Shaniza Urooj Fatima
Aly Adel Ghonemy
Mohamed Tamer Gouda
Ahmed Abdelnassir Hassan
Zahir Mohamed Iqbal
Mostafa Mohamed Ismail
Abdullah Jamshaid | Magna Cum Laude
Pavandeep Kaur
Saud Khalid
Mohammad Mustafa Khan
Amin Eshagh Khoushno
Moksh Kriplani
Eman Mohamed Mahmoud
Mahmoud Jamal Mdallal
Muhamed Mesanovic
Nikita Mitin
Samin Shadman Mizan
Sarah Isam Osman Mohamed
Abdul Raheman Mohamed Nazeer
Rofayda Mohammadi
Mohamed Tamer Moustafa
Hafsa Saqib Nadeem
Trevor Charles Oyoo
Rym Louiza Rahmani
Nader Ramahi
Muhammad Haider Sarfraz
Anuja Shukla
Abdulaziz Mohammed Wali

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Management

Omar Mazen AlKhatib
Hadeel Nabil Al-Lahham
Hind Mohamed Almaazmi
Dema Hasan Almalik
Bodour Ahmad Basel Alzaim
Nada Mohamed Amiri
Ghada Chawa
Moncef Khouchane
Zuhaib Abdirahman Muhumed
Mohammed Azhar Sajan
Elnaz Abdullah Tabaei

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Management Information Systems
Abdullah Awadh Alzahrani
Karim Salah Ghousseini
Abreez Hashir
Abdullah Raza Virk

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Marketing
Hebah Iyad Abdulraheem | Cum Laude
Noor Abdulmannan Abdulrahim
Saba Nabil Abujuma | Magna Cum Laude
Usman Javed Ahsani
Mariam Husam Al-Asmar
Alia Ahmad Almarri
Nadin Abdulrahman Al Nimer
Sultan Al Quraini
Daniel Hammoud Atallah
Alia Hassan Bettar
Israa Walid Elakrashy
Hend Issam ElAshwal
Sara Subhi Fathalla
Mahnoor Fatima
Shatha Essam Hamzah
Nour Emad Mahmoud
Musa Musaev
Bayan Noubani
Fatemeh Ebrahim Rahi
Youssef Ashraf Salem
Amir Faheem Siddiqui
Azka Tariq

Master of Business Administration

Mallak Jalal Abdelqader
Ayesha Yousuf Alansari
Saif Mohammad Al Ghurair
Hiba Bassam Al-Khatib
Eman Zaid Almaazmi
Maryam Saqr Alqasimi
Azza Abdelhakim Alshamsi
Fatima Mohammed Alshamsi
Mohamed Abdalla Al Shamsi
Nouf Nasser Alshamsi
Fatema Mohammed Alshehhi
Rashid Saeed Alteneiji
Saud Ibrahim Al Zarooni
Ali Bashir Bashir
Ali Mohammad Ghafouri
Lama S. Junid
El-Cheikh Fadi Kais Kaiss

Master of Science in Accounting

Sarah A. Alanezi
Asma Abdelnour AlSarrah
Fadi Bassam Halwani
Maryam Ashraf Hanna
Abdallah Adel Sawan

The World Health Organization considers mercury poisoning as one of the deadliest threats to humans. Environmental pollution has caused mercury to pollute 80 percent of the world’s seafood in oceans and aquatic farms, posing a global threat to public health.

Graduating with a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Bassam El Taher's research has focused on developing a real-time monitoring system that immediately detects low levels of mercury in water environments. The system integrates a sensing device with a metal organic framework (MOF) coating. When exposed to water, the coated sensor instantly detects mercury at levels as low as 0.116 mg (0.000023 teaspoons) per liter. 

This video explains more about Bassam’s research, which is in collaboration with faculty and researchers from the College of Engineering at AUS. 

Huge volumes of water are lost on a global scale every day as a result of leaking underground water pipes, with some cities losing as much as 60 percent of their daily water supply. In addition to its environmental impact, this water loss creates financial loss for governments and consumers. 

In collaboration with Dr. Md Maruf Morula from the College of Engineering, Master of Science in Civil Engineering graduate Batoul Mohsen has been working to address this problem and develop a solution using hyperspectral imaging system. The system detects underground pipe leakages using drones and infra-red imaging at a consistently high level of accuracy, and has drawn interest and support from local governments across the UAE.

Watch this video to learn more about Batoul’s research. 

As a student of international studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at AUS, Tia Bendaly saw no better way of enhancing her learning experience than with a semester abroad at the University of Central Lancashire, England. Taking advantage of the chance to study new subjects, such as forensic science and British politics, and experience small-town English life (and a trip or two to London), Tia’s study abroad experience made a big impact on her plans for the future.

“I think having a study abroad experience is an advantage when looking for internships and jobs because it shows employers that you are able to adapt to changing circumstances, are independent and self-reliant and so on. My experience also solidified the fact that I want to continue my studies in the UK. I plan on interning in London and going to grad school at the University of Law,” she said.

Chemical engineering graduate Zainab Mohamed Alghareeb had the opportunity to join the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AICHE) study tour to Indonesia over the winter break in January 2020, just ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trip was incredibly impactful for her and a major highlight of Zainab’s AUS experience.

“I can absolutely say that this trip to Indonesia was one of the best things I have ever done during my university experience. As a chemical engineering major, it was interesting to me to see university life at the University of Indonesia and work life in Halliburton Indonesia and how different it is from the UAE.”

“Not only was I able to benefit from the academic outings, but I also got to enjoy a week full of activities with an amazing group of people. I call this trip ‘the trip of first times’: I got to try rafting, ATV and the Bali Swing for the first time.”

“More than anything, I enjoyed the company I had; the people in the tour made it 10 times better. It is crazy how I was able to build amazing friendships and get attached to those who were on the trip in the span of one week! It was one week that I will forever cherish and remember, and if I could go back and repeat it, I definitely would.”

Computer engineering graduate Brylle Ryan Gomez ends his AUS experience on a high after winning a regional Global Undergraduate Awards for a team project that will dramatically impact the work of wildlife photographers and ecologists. 

The innovative project utilizies deep learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) to develop a system that helps label camera traps used to capture images of animals in the wild. In order to capture images of animals, ecologists place camera traps in the wild for months; this is followed by a tedious and time-consuming process where thousands of images are manually analyzed. To speed up this process, the AUS team developed a system that instantly labels an image as soon as it is captured by a camera trap and sends a notification to the ecologist’s mobile application, detailing the type of animal, the time image was taken, and the location.

Brylle’s team—including computer engineering alumni Ali Reza Sajun, Lana Alhaj Hussein and Dara Sakhnini—worked together with Emirates Nature-WWF, which provided them with guidance and data throughout the process. The team worked under the guidance of Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Salam Dhou from the College of Engineering, along with Dr. Jacky Judas from Emirates Nature-WWF.

Industrial engineering graduate Muaaz Farouk Adra has certainly made the most of his time at AUS. Over the past four years, Muaaz has taken every opportunity to build his legacy as an AUS student leader and role model across a wide range of AUS platforms.

From leading new students through orientation as a Peer Leader and Advisor, to advocating for a more sustainable campus as an EcoRep, leading the AUS Model United Nations (AUSMUN) as Secretary-General, working as CEO for a day with Jaguar Land Rover, and even representing AUS at the International Youth Leadership Conference in South Africa in 2019, Muaaz has truly embraced the AUS student experience.

Speaking of his legacy as an EcoRep, Muaaz said: “My aim as a student at AUS has always been to raise awareness about sustainability and sustainable behavior. I hope my efforts as an EcoRep can contribute to making sustainability a priority among students and faculty on campus. As an engineering student, I understand the importance of sustainability for my career path as nowadays any business and organization is focused on having a more sustainable footprint."

Watch this video see Muazz and his fellow EcoReps in action. 

Marketing graduate Azka Tariq leaves AUS having made a priceless impact on the Sharjah community, with plans to continue her good work beyond university.

Recipient of the 2019­–2020 Active Student Scholarship for Community Service, Azka took part in an initiative to change the life of a mother and her three children by renovating and refurnishing their home earlier this year. The project was part of the bi-annual AUS Hand-in-Hand social initiative that was started in 2009 by the Community Service and Outreach unit at the university. The initiative aims at making a meaningful contribution to the community through AUS student volunteers. The project this year was done in collaboration with the Sharjah Social Empowerment Foundation (SSEF).

“This was my fourth project working with AUS Community Service and Outreach. I got hooked the first time I worked with them. Volunteering helped me develop at the personal level and it made me more responsible. I realized that there is more to the world outside the bubble we live in.”

“I loved working with orphans before, and I am genuinely thinking about adopting or caring for one. I would encourage everyone to volunteer because it will change the way you look at life. We think sometimes that we have a hard life, but then you realize there are people who are not as fortunate as you are and you can make a positive impact in their lives.”

Architecture graduate Hudaa Roshan leaves AUS armed with an outstanding portfolio of work, as well as professional experience that is sure to impress any future employer. 

In October 2019, Huda had the opportunity to work with the CEO of Atkins as part of the Odgers Berndtson CEOX1Day program. The program offers local business leaders a chance to give back to the community by mentoring an elite group of university students for a day or more, providing them with insight into the world of leadership.

Placed with one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Huda, giving her the chance to understand the market, and learn about leadership and how to handle responsibilities at a senior level. 

“It is very important to combine that sort of experience with our education,” she said.

"The most interesting aspect was meeting the graduates from Atkins' graduate program and learning about their personal transition from academia to professional practice. This program allows for architects and civil engineers to pursue a British chartership while balancing work. It is opportunities like these that help people grow and become more accomplished in their field."

Beyond this remarkable experience, Huda has had the opportunity to work on professional projects, participate in global competitions and immerse herself in CAAD’s culture of making as part of the Bachelor of Architecture program, which is ranked number one in the UAE, according to QS World University Subject Rankings. 

Click here to view the Six Degrees exhibition of work by graduating undergraduate and graduate students from CAAD.