Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Dr. Rana Elnaklah
Assistant Professor
Major: Architecture Engineering
Department: Architecture Engineering Department
Faculty: Faculty of Architecture and Design
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Extention: 2538
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COURSES TAUGHT
- Interior Architecture
- Design 3
- Graduation Project
- Research Methods 1
- Research Methods 2
- Sustainability in interior design
- Landscape architecture
- Design 1
- research methods (Architecture)
ACADEMIC RANKS
| Rank | University | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | Alahliyyah Amman University | Jordan | 2021 |
| Lecturer | Alahliyyah Amman University | Jordan | 2016 |
QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Specialization | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phd | University of Bath, United Kingdom | Architecture Engineering | المملكة المتحدة | March / 2021 |
| Masters Degree | University of Lincoln, United Kingdom | Interior Architecture and Design | المملكة المتحدة | September / 2016 |
| Bachelors Degree | University of Jordan | Architecture Engineering | الأردن | May / 2012 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Job Title | Institute | Time Period |
|---|---|---|
| Vice dean for academic affairs, accreditation and quality affairs | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | September / 2024 - January / Present |
| Vice dean for accreditation and quality affairs | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | September / 2023 - September / Present |
| Head of department of architecture engineering | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | September / 2021 - January / Present |
| Assistant professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | August / 2021 - January / Present |
| Lecturer | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | September / 2016 - March / 2017 |
| Teacher Assistant | Ahliyyah amman university | March / 2015 - September / 2015 |
| Assistant Engineer | FAO, United Nation | June / 2012 - April / 2014 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Energy Performance
- Green Building Performance
- Green buildings
- Indoor Air Quality
- Human perception
- Sick Building syndrome
- Perceived health
- Adaptive thermal comfort
RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS
- Rana Elnaklah, Hussam Alwaer (2025) Impact of window views on cognitive functions and perceived comfort in healthcare environments( Building and Environment , 270
- Rana Elnaklah, Badr Saad Alotaibi, Shukri Elbellahy, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain (2025) Perspectives on Sustainable Construction in the Middle East: A Comparative Analysis of Industry and Academia Sustainability, 17,1
- Badr Alotaibi, Rana Elnaklah, Oluwagbemiga Paul Agboola, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, Mustafa Tunay, Yakubu Aminu Dodo Ammar Maghrabi (2024) Enhancing Najran’s sustainable smart city development in the face of urbanization challenges in Saudi- Arabia Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2
- Rana Elnaklah, Yara Ayyad, Saba Alnusairat, Husam AlWaer and Abdulsalam AlShboul (2023) A Comparison of Students’ Thermal Comfort and Perceived Learning Performance between Two Types of University Halls: Architecture Design Studios and Ordinary Lecture Rooms during the Heating Season Sustainability, 2023, 15(2)
- Badr Saad Alotaibi, Sahil Ali Khan, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, Nedhal Al-Tamimi, Rana Elnaklah, Mohammad Arif Kamal (2022) Life Cycle Assessment of Embodied Carbon and Strategies for Decarbonization of a High-Rise Residential Building Buildings, 12, 12-03
- Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, Nedhal Al-Tamimi, Badr S. Alotaibi , Manoj Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Rana Elnaklah (2022) Impact of Courtyard Concept on Energy Efficiency and Home Privacy in Saudi Arabia Energies, 15,15, 56-37
- Rana Elnaklah, Badr Alotaibi (2022) Do People Believe in “Green” Environment: Evidence from Students in Educational Buildings? The World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium WMCAUS 202, 2022
- Rana Elnaklah, Sukumar Natarajan, Ian Walker (2021) Moving to a green building: Indoor environment quality, thermal comfort and health Building and Environment journal, 191,p1075-92
- Rana Elnaklah, Abdullah Alnuaimi, Badr Alotaibi, Evan Topriska, Ian Walker, Sukumar Natarajan (2021) Thermal comfort standards in the Middle East: Current and future challenges Building and Environment journal, 200, P 1078-99
- Rana Elnaklah, Daniel Fosas, Sukumar Natarajan (2020) Indoor environment quality and work performance in “green” office buildings in the Middle East Building Simulation, 13, 5, p 1043-1062
- (2020) Are Green Buildings Doing Enough? The role of green certification and gender on sick building syndrome PLEA (Planning Post Carbon Cities), Coruña, Spain,
- Rana Elnaklah, Sukumar Natrajan (2019) A comparison of indoor air quality and employee absenteeism in ‘local’ and ‘imported’ green building standards Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, Bari, Italy, 609(4), 042089
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
| Conference Title | Type of Participation | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET 2024) 25-27 July 2024, | Participate in the organization of Conference | Sydney-Australia | July / 2024 |
| World Summit: Civil Engineering - Architecture - Urban Planning Congress | Participate in the organization of Conference | Turkey | September / 2024 |
| Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies | Participate in the organization of Conference | Dubai, UAE | April / 2024 |
| Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies | Participate in the organization of Conference | Dubai, UAE | April / 2024 |
| World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium WMCAUS | Participate in the organization of Conference | Prague | September / 2022 |
| PLEA (Planning Post Carbon Cities), Coruña, Spain | Paper/Poster AND Participate in the organization of Conference | Coruña, Spain | September / 2020 |
| Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, Bari, Italy | Paper/Poster AND Participate in the organization of Conference | Bari, Italy | September / 2019 |
THESIS SUPERVISION
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| An Assessment Study of Sick Building Syndrome in Public Buildings in Jordan: Alzerqa Governorate case | Alahliyya Amman University | 2023 |
| An Assessment Study of Interior Design Finishings Emissions in New Residential Buildings in Jordan | Alahliyya Amman University | 2023 |
| Post-Occupancy Evaluation for Two kinds of Residential Buildings in Jordan: LEED and non-LEED Houses | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | 2022 |
| The Role of Piezoelectric Flooring in Energy Harvesting for the Interior Spaces of Educational Buildings | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | 2022 |
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SBSE scholarship in 35th PLEA conference: Planing Post Carbon Cities (Scholarship for the top 30 PhD research), provided by the Society of Building Science Educators. | United Kingdom | 2020 |
| Project prize for ‘Portable lab’, in the third Santander Technology Fund round, provided by Santander Bank. (https://blogs.bath.ac.uk/litebox/2019/01/28/winners-of-the-santander-technology-fund-awards-announced/) | United Kingdom | 2019 |
