Kawar Salih

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Kawar Salih is a freelance licensed architect and interior designer. He works as an academic between Duhok Polytechnic University and the American University of Kurdistan. In 2012, he accomplished BSc. Degree in Architectural Engineering at the University of Duhok with First Class Honors. He was awarded a scholarship program (HCED) from the Iraqi government to study master's degree in the UK. In 2016, he acquired MSc. Degree in Sustainable Buildings and Environment from Newcastle University, UK. He has designed numerous buildings of medium and large scale in the Kurdistan region. He has participated in numerous conferences in Europe and the Middle East since 2016. He has several publications on sustainable urban and building design in internationally recognized journals. His research interest focused on low energy and zero-carbon buildings and BIM.

Mains Skills

Researcher in the field of Sustainable Buildings and Environment. 
Academic Lecturer
Practitioner Architect, and Interior Designer.

Software Skills

Auto CAD software 2D&3D 
Autodesk Revit and BIM 
3DMax+V ray software 
Photoshop software
IES-VE software (dynamic building simulation) 
ENVI-met Software (urban fluid simulation) 
DIALlux Evo software (lighting design)

Language Skills

Kurdish (mother tongue)
Arabic (fluent)
English (fluent)

SKILLS

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2016

2012

2017

MSc: Sustainable Buildings and Environment. Newcastle University.

BSc: Architectural Engineering, University of Duhok.

Diploma: Teaching Methods and Research Methodology, University of Duhok

EXPERIENCE

2018 to current

Researcher in Sustainable Buildings & Environments and Director of the Skills Development (DSDL) Duhok Polytechnic University

Research conduction in the field of Sustainable Buildings and Environments at the Research Center.
Managing the department of skills development in terms of admission and coordination stuff.
“Academic leadership” of different types of short and long-term courses for university capacity building for the academic staff and students. (I.e. Language courses, academic writing, and research methodology).
Course plan reviewer.

2018 to current

Part-time Lecturer (adjunct) American University of Kurdistan (AUK)

Lecturer in the Architectural Department and teaching following courses per requirement (Environmental System and Sustainability, Building Technology: Materials and System, Design Studio VIII /thesis and capstone project, Design Studio VII: urban design).
Lecturer in the Interior Design Department and teaching following courses per requirement (Environmental System for Interior Design, Interior Design materials and Recourses, and Geometric Design Modeling, Joint lecturer in design studios, Technical CAD drawings )

2017 -2018

Part-time Lecturer Nawroz University

Second-supervisor of the fifth-year projects (20 projects).  Lecturer of Descriptive Geometry module (1st-year students).
Lecturer of Engineering Drawing Module (1st-year students, Participated in the

2016-2017

Volunteering Assistant Lecturer Duhok University

Member of the Teaching staff in Design studios of 3rd-year undergraduate students.
Supervised more than six student projects.

2012-2015

Teaching Assistant Duhok University

Member of the Teaching staff in Design studios of undergraduate students.
Teaching assistant of the Building Construction and Working Drawing modules.
Member of the committee of managing and supervising the library of the Architecture dep.
Member of the committee supervising the architecture department's maintenance.

2012-2013

Junior architect Dahan Engineering Bureau.

Design and supervision of more than 5 houses and villas in Duhok.
Design of a hotel and an apartment building in Duhok

GRANTS AND HONOURS

HCED scholarship from the Iraqi Government to study Master's degree in Architecture in 2015.
First-class Honors of the engineering graduation year in 2012.