Dr. Dima Abu-Aridah

Profiles:

Degree	Institute	Specialization	Country	Date
ماجستير	German Jordanian University	Spatial Planning \| Refugee Studies	الأردن	August / 2016
دكتوراة	The Pennsylvania State University	Architecture (Design Computing \| Culture, Space, and Society	الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية	August / 2025

Job Title	Institute	Time Period
Managing Technical Fellow	Engineering for Change LLC - The American Society for Mechanical Engineers	March / 2023 - September / 2023
Research Fellow \| Habitat Sector	Engineering for Change LLC - NYC	May / 2021 - October / 2021
Integrated Settlement Planning Technical Support Planner	UNHCR HQ - Geneva (Remote)	May / 2021 - October / 2021
Graduate Assistant \| Teaching and Research	Penn State University	August / 2020 - June / 2025
Senior Architect \| Team Leader	Bitar Consultants	August / 2012 - August / 2020
Architect and Urban Planner	Amman Institute for Urban Development	September / 2009 - February / 2012
Architect	Omrania	July / 2008 - August / 2009

Mihyun Kang, Negar Dehghan, Dima Abu-Aridah (2025) Sustainability in arts and design education: graduate students’ motivations, practices and future visions International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Dima Abu-Aridah, Rebecca L Henn (2024) Construction 4.0 in Refugee Camps: Facilitating Socio-Spatial Adaptation Patterns in Jordan’s Zaatari Camp Buildings, 9,14,2024,2927
Dima Abu-Aridah, Heather Ligler (2024) Shape grammars and self-built refugee communities: The transformation from tent shelter to customized structure in Irbid Camp International Journal of Architectural Computing, 2024