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                                             Text Box: Specialization: Design Pedagogy-Curriculum Development, Programming and Evaluation Interests: Learning Environments, Workplaces, Sustainable Conservation, and Eco-tourism     Biography Text Box: Ashraf Salama, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Architecture Department of Architecture College of Environmental Design-KFUPM King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Office:  Bldg. 19 - Rm. 316 Phone: 966-3-8602325            E-mail: asalama@kfupm.edu.sa E-mail: asalama@consultant.com WWW: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/ARCH/asalama Text Box: Ashraf Salama, Ph.D.                                                                    Text Box:       Text Box:      
                                    

Text Box: Dr. Ashraf Salama is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Department of Architecture,  King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-KFUPM. He was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Consultants in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (2001-04). He is a licensed architect in Egypt, trained at Al Azhar University and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. USA. He is Associate Professor of Architecture, Al Azhar University, Cairo (on leave of absence), and former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Misr International University in Cairo (1996-01). Dr. Salama has written over 50 articles and papers in local and international conferences and archival journals, and trade magazines; published three books on Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio, Human Factors in Environmental Design, and Architectural Education Today; delivered lectures and presentations in over 25 countries; and contributed widely to international publications. He was member of the UIA/UNESCO International Committee of Architectural Education, and  the Director of Architectural Education Work Program of the International Union of Architects-UIA (1995-00). He is currently co-Convener of the International Association for People-Environments Studies-IAPS Education Network. He was the recipient of the first award of the International Architecture Design Studio, University of Montreal, Canada, 1990, and in 1998 he won the Paul Chemetove Prize for his project on Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations International Ideas Competition. Dr. Salama served as a consultant to the Egyptian Ministries of Tourism and Culture. He also served as member in the international jury for projects within the context of the revitalization of Sarajevo, Bosnia, and a UIA Jury member in the international competition on designing a central urban park in La Paz, Bolivia.  He has been appointed a technical reviewer for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva, Award Cycle (1998-01).  Salama has been involved with the Community Development Group of the College of Design, North Carolina State University (1993-95).  His academic experience includes teaching courses on Programming and Space Planning, Research and Design Methods, Applications of Socio-Behavioral Studies in Design, and Interior Design, Architectural and Community Design Studios. His professional experience includes consultancy for several government and public agencies, and managing design projects from inception through programming and space planning, encountering users and environmental constraints. His recent research places emphasis on design studio teaching practices, and workplace and learning environments.