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Administration & Staff Full Time Faculty
   
Office of the President
Office of the Vice President
Office of the Provost
Academic Advising Center
Admissions
Central Services
External Relations
Finance Office
Human Resources
Institutional Effectiveness
Information Technology Support Services
Library
Marketing Communications
Registrar
Student Services
Administrative Assistants
   
School of Business Administration
School of Engineering
Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication
Department of Architecture
Department of Information Technology
Department of Interior Design
Department of Visual Communication
Division of Arts and Sciences
Center for English Proficiency
Laboratory Engineers
 
 
 
Name Ext. Email Designation
 
Office of the President
Lance de Masi
+971 4 318 3101
President

Nada Karam

+971 4 318 3101
Executive Assistant
Office of the President

Susan Feneck

+971 4 318 3102
Special Assistant to the President
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Office of the Vice President
Elias Bou Saab
+971 4 318 3110
ebousaab@aud.edu Executive Vice President
Aline Otaki
+971 4 318 3110
aotaki@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Office of the Executive Vice President
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Office of the Provost
Jihad Nader
+971 4 318 3601
jnader@aud.edu Provost / Chief Academic Officer
Helena Byczynski +971 4 318 3601 hbyczynski@aud.edu Executive Assistant
Office of the Provost and Chief Academic Officer
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Academic Advising Center
Ahmed Sharaan
+971 4 318 3324
asharaan@aud.edu Academic Advisor – Undergraduate Business Students
Kalah Kemp
+971 4 318 3335
kkemp@aud.edu Academic Advisor – Undergraduate Business Students
Hanane Zejly
+971 4 318 3334
hzejly@aud.edu Academic Advisor – Engineering & Information Technology and Coordinator of Academic Advising Center
Suzanne Albanus
+971 4 318 3221
salbanus@aud.edu Academic Advisor – Visual Communication and Interior Design
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Admissions
Carol Maalouf +971 4 318 3170 cmaalouf@aud.edu Director of Admissions
Bingbing Gai +971 4 318 3176 bgai@aud.edu Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator
Branka Bejatovic +971 4 318 3177 bbejatovic@aud.edu Admissions Assistant
Ksenia Valkovich +971 4 318 3173 kvalkovich@aud.edu Admissions Coordinator
Parissa Jalali +971 4 318 3174 pjalali@aud.edu Admissions Coordinator
Tannaz Fathi +971 4 318 3172 tfathi@aud.edu Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator
Zeina Tannir +971 4 318 3171 ztannir@aud.edu Associate Director of Admissions
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Central Services
Elie Sawaya +971 4 318 3122 esawaya@aud.edu Director of Central Services
Bahaa El Sheikh +971 4 318 3128 belsheikh@aud.edu Visa Officer
Ghassan Aschkar +971 4 318 3123 gaschkar@aud.edu Facilities Manager
Jörg Maak +971 4 318 3329 jmaak@aud.edu Logistics Supervisor
Tammam Tannous +971 4 318 3502 ttannous@aud.edu Security Supervisor
Wahib Jerdak +971 4 318 3120 wjerdak@aud.edu Central Services Coordinator
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External Relations
Mark Barnette +1 305 831 5862 mbarnette@aud.edu U.S. Liaison
Peggy Awad +971 4 318 3138 pawad@aud.edu External Relations Manager
Ghalia Ballan +971 4 318 3112 gballan@aud.edu External Relations Coordinator
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Finance Office
Maya Amiouny +971 4 318 3150 mamiouny@aud.edu Chief Financial Officer
Nathalie Sawaya +971 4 318 3151 nsawaya@aud.edu Students Financial Affairs Manager
Polly Noveno +971 4 318 3153 pnoveno@aud.edu Accounting Coordinator
Silvana Azcurra +971 4 318 3154 sazcurra@aud.edu Accounting Manager
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Human Resources
Lily Kawmi +971 4 318 3140 lkawmi@aud.edu Director of Human Resources
Nasim Milani +971 4 318 3143 nmilani@aud.edu General Administrative Assistant
Megan Hardie +971 4 318 3141 mhardie@aud.edu Human Resources Coordinator
Mirna Mouneimne +971 4 318 3142 mmouneimne@aud.edu Human Resources Coordinator
Yvonne Razo +971 4 318 3143 yrazo@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Human Resources
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Institutional Effectiveness
Alicia Tartalo +971 4 318 3126 atartalo@aud.edu Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Jennifer Sheldon +971 4 318 3127 jsheldon@aud.edu Assistant Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Joanne Frigillano +971 4 318 3124 jcfrigillano@aud.edu
Administrative Assistant for Institutional Effectiveness
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Information Technology Support Services
Frank Seifaee +971 4 318 3481 fseifaee@aud.edu Information Technology Services Manager
Roobi P Baby +971 4 318 3125 pbroobi@aud.edu Information Technology Supervisor
Abdul Gafoor Manningal +971 4 318 3486 agafoor@aud.edu SQL Programmer
Abhilash Thekkottil +971 4 318 3483 athekkottil@aud.edu Web Developer
Biju Kanan +971 4 318 3490 bkanan@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Carole Frigillano +971 4 318 3480 cnfrigillano@aud.edu Helpdesk Analyst
Fakruddin Ali Ahmed +971 4 318 3488 faliahmed@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Mohamed Saleem +971 4 318 3489 msaleem@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Raffik Basha +971 4 318 3485 rbasha@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Sabir Chalikandy Peddikayil +971 4 318 3484 cpsabir@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Sirajuddin Kanoli Mohiudheen +971 4 318 3491 sirajkm@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
Yusuf Ali Rassiwala +971 4 318 3482 yrassiwala@aud.edu Information Technology Specialist
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Library
David Moinette +971 4 318 3180 dmoinette@aud.edu Director of Library Services
Agustina Kassai +971 4 318 3183 akassai@aud.edu Library Assistant - Circulation Desk
Faye Doran +971 4 318 3184 fdoran@aud.edu Library Assistant - Circulation Supervisor
Gerardo Reyes +971 4 318 3183 greyes@aud.edu Library Assistant - Circulation
Homai Faridi +971 4 318 3185 hfaridi@aud.edu Librarian - Reference/Instruction
Satish Ranjalkar +971 4 318 3182 sranjalkar@aud.edu Librarian - Technical Services/Faculty Materials
Sheri Nafisi +971 4 318 3183 snafisi@aud.edu Library Assistant - Technical Services
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Marketing Communications
Reina Dib +971 4 318 3109 rdib@aud.edu Marketing Communications Manager
Layal Al Alam +971 4 318 3105 lalam@aud.edu Marketing Communications Coordinator
Rim Ibrahim +971 4 318 3139 ribrahim@aud.edu Marketing Communications Coordinator
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Registrar
Matilda Jabbour +971 4 318 3190 mjabbour@aud.edu Acting Registrar
Carla Valdez +971 4 318 3193 cvaldez@aud.edu Administrative Assistant - Registrar
Elin Archid +971 4 318 3192 earchid@aud.edu Registrar Support Officer
Judith Haddad +971 4 318 3191 jhaddad@aud.edu Senior Registration Coordinator
Nesrine Hamdache +971 4 318 3194 nhamdache@aud.edu Registration Coordinator
Zeina El Sheikh +971 4 318 3192 zelsheikh@aud.edu Registration Coordinator
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Student Services
Bushra Finaish +971 4 318 3137 bfinaish@aud.edu Assistant Dean of Student Services and Student Support Manager
Eileen Garcia +971 4 318 3134 egarcia@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Student Services
Hiba El Sharu +971 4 318 3119 helsharu@aud.edu Career Services Coordinator
Joseph Nohra +971 4 318 3420 jnohra@aud.edu Athletics Coordinator
Nadine Maalouf +971 4 318 3417 nmaalouf@aud.edu Personal Counselor
Nelly Halabi +971 4 318 3200 nhalabi@aud.edu Health Center Director
Raya Al Barazi +971 4 318 3133 ralbarazi@aud.edu Housing Manager
Sue Hunter +971 4 318 3131 shunter@aud.edu Career Services Manager
Unaiza Goplani +971 4 318 3136 ugoplani@aud.edu Student Activities Coordinator
Youmna Saikali +971 4 318 3132 ysaikali@aud.edu Career Services Assistant Manager
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Administrative Assistants
Aylin Kfouri +971 4 318 3468 akfouri@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Arts and Sciences
Carla Karam +971 4 318 3303 ckaram@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Dean of the School of Business
Dalal Ghanim +971 4 318 3212 dghanim@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Visual Communication
Eliane Tromb +971 4 318 3495 etromb@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
MBRSC
Josephine Hosenilla +971 4 318 3439 jhosenilla@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Information Technology
Majida Al Kadi +971 4 318 3465 mkadi@aud.edu Administrative Assistant CfEP
Mita Sahoo +971 4 318 3405 msahoo@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
School of Engineering
Sharareh Faramarz +971 4 318 3203 sfaramarz@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
Interior Design
Zainab Hamad +971 4 318 3322 zhamad@aud.edu Administrative Assistant
School of Business Administration
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School of Business Administration
Teresa Pergher +971 4 318 3326 tpergher@aud.edu Executive Assistant
Office of the Dean, School of Business Administration
       
Department of Management  
Ahmad Kayali +971 4 318 3312 akayali@aud.edu Chair of Management and
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Benedikt Schwittay +971 4 318 3319 bschwittay@aud.edu Associate Professor of Management
Chafik Abid +971 4 318 3115 cabid@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Damien Horigan +971 4 318 3325 dhorigan@aud.edu Associate Professor of Business Administration
Eric Benson +971 4 318 3316 ebenson@aud.edu Associate Professor of Decision Sciences
Evangellos Dedoussis +971 4 318 3302 ededoussis@aud.edu Associate Professor of Management
Khaldoun Ababneh +971 4 318 3426 kababneh@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Management
Lotfi Tadj +971 4 318 3309 ltadj@aud.edu Professor of Decision Sciences
Nilesh Khare +971 4 318 3144 nkhare@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Management
Scott Hall +971 4 318 3336 shall@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Shadi Abouzeid +971 4 318 3301 sabouzeid@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Shahin Bahrami +971 4 318 3116 sbahrami@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Management
Sharad Barkataki +971 4 318 3340 sbarkataki@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Management
Susan Zeidan +971 4 318 3107 szeidan@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Management
       
Department of Accounting and Finance  
Mohammed Abu-Ali +971 4 318 3224 mabuali@aud.edu

Chair of Finance and Accounting and Assistant Professor of Economics

Boaz Nandwa +971 4 318 3118 bnandwa@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Economics
Casy (Kassim) Dakhlallah +971 4 318 3342 kdakhlallah@aud.edu

Assistant Professor of Finance

Jihad Nader +971 4 318 3601 jnader@aud.edu

Professor of Finance

Karim Mimouni +971 4 318 3113 kmimouni@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Finance
Moh'd Al Azzam +971 4 318 3314 malazzam@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Economics
Ronald Lackland +971 4 318 3339 rlackland@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Accounting
Scott Tan +971 4 318 3338 stan@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Accounting
Steven Buigut +971 4 318 3117 sbuigut@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Economics
Vadhindran Rao +971 4 318 3114 vrao@aud.edu Associate Professor of Finance
       
Department of Marketing and Marketing Communications  
Tarek Mady +971 4 318 3307 tmady@aud.edu

Chair of Marketing and Marketing Communications and Associate Professor of Marketing

Dennis Lee +971 4 318 3235 dlee@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Marketing
Helene Cherrier +971 4 318 3337 hcherrier@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Marketing
Jim Grant +971 4 318 3321 jgrant@aud.edu Professor of Marketing
Kaleel Rahman +971 4 318 3327 krahman@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Marketing
Sara Kamal +971 4 318 3411 skamal@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Marketing Communications
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School of Engineering
Alaa Ashmawy +971 4 318 3440 aashmawy@aud.edu Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor of Civil Engineering
Elias Saqan +971 4 318 3403 esaqan@aud.edu Chair and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering.
Hamid Shafiee +971 4 318 3407 hshafiee@aud.edu Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ali El-Haj Mahmoud +971 4 318 3438 aelhajmahmoud@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
Colin Christy +971 4 318 3415 cchristy@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Dima Jawad +971 4 318 3445 djawad@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Edgar Small +971 4 318 3447 esmall@aud.edu Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Hosni Ghedira +971 4 318 3449 hghedira@aud.edu Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Jinane Biri +971 4 318 3523 jbiri@aud.edu Instructor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mohamad Nagi +971 4 318 3428 mnagi@aud.edu Director, Infrastructure Sustainability and Assessment Center
Reza Khosravani +971 4 318 3499 rkhosravani@aud.edu Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Wael Bazzi +971 4 318 3408 wbazzi@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
Wathiq Mansoor +971 4 318 3436 wmansoor@aud.edu Professor of Computer Engineering
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Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication  
Ali Jaber +971 4 318 3451 ajaber@aud.edu Dean of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication
Azadeh Saljooghi +971 4 318 3424 asaljooghi@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies
Carol Moufarrej +971 4 318 3443 cmoufarrej@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies
James St. Pierre +971 4 318 3452 jstpierre@aud.edu Associate Professor of Communication and Information Studies
Nina Hein +971 4 318 3453 nhein@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies
Sophie Boutros +971 4 318 3430 sboutros@aud.edu Assistant to the Dean – MBRSC
Tom Hundley +971 4 318 3429 thundley@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies
Wael Tahhan +971 4 318 3423 wtahhan@aud.edu Technical Supervisor – Editing and Studio Facility
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Department of Architecture
Nabyl Chenaf +971 4 318 3227 nchenaf@aud.edu Chair of Architecture and Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Interim Chair of Interior Design
Alex Albani +971 4 318 3241 aalbani@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Amer Rghei +971 4 318 3237 arghei@aud.edu Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Georges Kachaamy +971 4 318 3223 gkachaamy@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture
John Alexander Smith +971 4 318 3226 jasmith@aud.edu Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Jusri Devries +971 4 318 3441 jdevries@aud.edu Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Tala Vaziri +971 4 318 3242 tvaziri@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Wassim Bahr +971 4 318 3230 wbahr@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
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Department of Information Technology
Khalid Khawaja +971 4 318 3402 kkhawaja@aud.edu Chair and Associate Professor of Information Technology
Adnan El Nasan +971 4 318 3434 aelnasan@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Basel Dayyani +971 4 318 3432 bdayyani@aud.edu Associate Professor of Information Technology
Haitham Tayyar +971 4 318 3435 htayyar@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Hassan Zeineddine +971 4 318 3437 hzeineddine@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Hicham El Zabadani +971 4 318 3433 helzabadani@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Mulhim Al Doori +971 4 318 3431 maldoori@aud.edu Associate Professor of Information Technology
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Department of Interior Design
Nabyl Chenaf +971 4 318 3227 nchenaf@aud.edu Chair of Architecture and Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Interim Chair of Interior Design
Alex Albani +971 4 318 3241 aalbani@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Amer Rghei +971 4 318 3237 arghei@aud.edu Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
John Alexander Smith +971 4 318 3226 jasmith@aud.edu Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Jusri Devries +971 4 318 3441 jdevries@aud.edu Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Reem Habib +971 4 318 3201 rhabib@aud.edu CAD Assistant – Interior Design
Tala Vaziri +971 4 318 3242 tvaziri@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
Wassim Bahr +971 4 318 3230 wbahr@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design
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Department of Visual Communication
Roberto Lopardo +971 4 318 3211 rlopardo@aud.edu Chair of Visual Communication and Assistant Professor of Photography
Dina Faour +971 4 318 3240 dfaour@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Elizabeth Monoian +971 4 318 3205 emonoian@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Julia Townsend +971 4 318 3204 jtownsend@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Visual Communication
Kenneth Curtis +971 4 318 3239 kcurtis@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Visual Communication
Krassen Krestev +971 4 318 3208 kkrestev@aud.edu Associate Professor of Graphic Design
Luis Castaneda +971 4 318 3243 lcastaneda@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Marcelo Lima +971 4 318 3206 mlima@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Art History
Michael Bray +971 4 318 3207 mbray@aud.edu Associate Professor of Visual Communication
Sarah Lahti +971 4 318 3234 slahti@aud.edu Associate Professor of Visual Communication
Wayne Osborn +971 4 318 3209 wosborn@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Visual Communication
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Division of Arts and Sciences
Kevin Nawn +971 4 318 3469 knawn@aud.edu

Interim Chair of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Professor of English

Ali Alizadeh +971 4 318 3466 aalizadeh@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Ali Nabavi +971 4 318 3414 anabavi@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Amal Amleh +971 4 318 3413 aamleh@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Catherine Cook +971 4 318 3477 ccook@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Chris Ward +971 4 318 3442 cward@aud.edu Associate Professor of English
Feras Hamza +971 4 318 3454 fhamza@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies
Gail Hammill +971 4 318 3448 ghammill@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Gerald Lege +971 4 318 3410 glege@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Coordinator of Mathematics
James Henry +971 4 318 3479 jhenry@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Jason Seeto +971 4 318 3475 jseeto@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Jean Pierre Atanas +971 4 318 3409 jpatanas@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Physics
Jessica Russell +971 4 318 3472 jrussell@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
James (Jim) Clements +971 4 318 3496 jclements@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Haitham Solh +971 4 318 3498 hsolh@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kamal AbdelMalek +971 4 318 3416 kabdelmalek@aud.edu Professor of Arabic Literature
Katherine Hall +971 4 318 3478 khall@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Kirsty Williamson +971 4 318 3473 kwilliamson@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Meis Moukayed +971 4 318 3446 mmoukayed@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences and Coordinator of Science
Nycole Prowse +971 4 318 3474 nprowse@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Pablo Roza Candas +971 4 318 3455 prcandas@aud.edu Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Perri Giovannucci +971 4 318 3471 pgiovannucci@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Rhonda Lee Ernest +971 4 318 3470 rlernest@aud.edu Associate Professor of English
Richard Gauvain +971 4 318 3425 rgauvain@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Sandra Alexander +971 4 318 3467 salexander@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Humanities
William Guéraiche +971 4 318 3497 wgueraiche@aud.edu Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
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Center for English Proficiency
Silvia Fadel
+971 4 318 3460
sfadel@aud.edu

Instructor in English and Coordinator of the Center for English Proficiency (CfEP)

Amira Van Loan +971 4 318 3461 avanloan@aud.edu Assistant Professor of English
Anita Chehab +971 4 318 3464 achehab@aud.edu Instructor of English (CfEP)
Carmen Velica +971 4 318 3463 cvelica@aud.edu Instructor of English (CfEP)
John Phillips +971 4 318 3462
Assistant Professor of English
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Laboratory Engineers
Naziya Begum +971 4 318 3404 nbegum@aud.edu Computer & Electrical Engineering Laboratory Engineer
Nehemiah Paragoso +971 4 318 3406 nparagoso@aud.edu Civil Engineering Laboratory Engineer
Tariq Khwaja +971 4 318 3418 tkhwaja@aud.edu Computer & Electrical Engineering Laboratory Engineer
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