Sherif Goubran is an assistant professor of sustainable architecture in the department of architecture, School of Sciences and Engineering, at the American University in Cairo (AUC), where he joined as joined is as an instructor in Fall 2020. He completed his PhD at the Individualized Program (INDI) at Concordia University in 2021. His PhD research was funded by several prestigious grants and awards including the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Before that, he completed a MASc in building engineering in 2016 with a focus on energy efficiency in commercial buildings. He holds a BS in architecture at AUC.
Goubran's research focus includes building sustainability and sustainability assessment, sustainability in architectural design and human approaches in design. Specifically, his work investigates the theory and practice of sustainability in the built environment, combines qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and explores the shift from incremental towards transformational design. He conducts interdisciplinary research within the fields of design, architecture, building engineering and real-estate finance. He is also involved in several sustainability committees and projects on the student as well as the administrative levels, as well as in the broader community.
Sessions in which Sherif Goubran participates
Conference: Concordia University, John Molson School of Business (MB) Building - MB3.210
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Stefano Rossi, University of Trento (Chair)
Yifan Hou, School of Civil Engineering, University of South China (Speaker)
Changwei Li, Wuhan University of Technology (Speaker)
Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University (Speaker)
Haohan Sha, Qingdao Univeristy of Technology (Speaker)
Sherif Goubran, American university in Cairo (Speaker)
Youness Yousefi, SAPL, University of Calgary (Speaker)
Conference: Concordia University, John Molson School of Business (MB) Building - MB3.270
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Harumi Kato, Mitsubishi Electric (Speaker)
Renata Masuelo Alves Domingos, IFSC - Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (Speaker)
Sherif Goubran, American university in Cairo (Speaker)
Zhongjian Jia, Hunan university (Speaker)
Saleh Nabi, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (Speaker)
Abhishek Gaur, National Research Council Canada (Chair)
Xiujie Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Speaker)
Sessions in which Sherif Goubran attends
Conference: Concordia University, John Molson School of Business (MB) Building - MB3.270
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Bing Dong, Syracuse University (Chair)
Xinwei Zhuang, UC Berkeley (Speaker)
Léo Cotteleer, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Speaker)
Saranya Anbarasu, University of Colorado Boulder (Speaker)
Mutmainnah Sudirman, Eindhoven University of Technology (Speaker)
Mingyu Yang, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Speaker)
Senwen Yang, Concordia University (Speaker)
Conference: Concordia University, John Molson School of Business (MB) Building - MB3.435
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Dominique Derome, Université de Sherbrooke (Chair)
Chao Yuan, National University of Singapore (Speaker)
Olga Palusci, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Speaker)
Maïlys Chanial, Mairie de Paris / Université Paris Cité LIED (Speaker)
Aytac Kubilay, ETH Zurich (Chair)
Jan Carmeliet, ETHZ Zurich (Speaker)
Sophie Parison, Université Paris Cité / LIED (Speaker)