Sameer abu-Zaid

Sameer Abu-Zaid, PhD, PE has a strong and diverse work experience spanning various industries. Sameer has worked as the Head of Projects Delivery and a Senior Project Manager at Masdar, where they were responsible for overseeing the successful completion of projects. Sameer also served as the Managing Partner at ProEngineering Solutions, where they played a key role in managing the company's operations. Sameer gained valuable experience as a Board Member and Deputy CEO at Qatar Solar Energy, where they were involved in manufacturing high-efficiency solar PV products and serving as an EPC contractor. Prior to that, Sameer worked as the Managing Director at M+W Group, where they demonstrated their leadership skills. Sameer has also held positions at Asyst Technologies, where they managed product reliability, safety, and contamination control, and at Parsons Brinckerhoff, where they introduced and utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the design and analysis of ventilation systems in transit and vehicular tunnels. Earlier in their career, Sameer worked at Dowell Schlumberger, where they developed software for hydraulic fracture design, and at Brooklyn Polytechnic University, where they conducted research and taught graduate-level courses in heat transfer and fluid mechanics.

Sameer Abu-Zaid, PhD, PE earned their PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University between 1985 and 1990. Prior to that, they attended the University of Jordan from 1980 to 1985. In addition, they hold a certification as a Professional Engineer from the New York State.