Mrs. Mounia BADRAN SABA
School of Engineering of Beirut
Instructor
(+961) 1 421 000 ext mounia.badran@usj.edu.lb
With Khatib & Alami since 1997, Ms. Bedran is a Civil engineer with over 26 years of experience in the field of Geographic Information Systems Systems Integration and in the region. She holds a master’s degree from the American University of Beirut, an Associate Certificate in Business Analysis from the George Washington University and has attended many specialized technical and management training courses in Lebanon and abroad. She possesses outstanding GIS experience following years of project ideation, strategy and roadmap development, project design, implementation and management of geo smart solutions for many clients and industries. Ms. Bedran is also part of the Engineering Process Group that has contributed to the writing of the Digital Services Division procedures, standards and guidelines in line with the CMMI certification.
Highest degree : Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - American University of Beirut (AUB) [Lebanon]
+ Education
| Degrees | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering | American University of Beirut (AUB) | Lebanon | 1997 |
| Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering | American University of Beirut (AUB) | Lebanon | 1994 |
+ Professionnal experience outside USJ
| Professional Experience | Organization | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director, Center of Excellence, Digital Services | Khatib & Alami | 01/05/1997 | 19/06/2024 |
+ Expertise field
Engineering and Technology, Sciences
+ Publications and communications
• “Local Urban Observatory at Sin El Fil Municipality – Lebanon: Challenges & Achievements.” - Map Middle East 2006, Dubai, UAE, 2006 - Won the BEST PAPER AWARD • “GIS for Poverty Mapping” - Middle-East Africa Conference for ESRI Users, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 2005 • “GIS-Based Asset Management System for the Gas Directorate of Sharjah Electricity Water Authority – UAE” - European Utility Initiative, Newsletter, March 2002 • “Development and Use of a GIS-Based Expert System for Siting Solid Waste Landfills” - Nineteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, USA, 1999 • “The GIS Approach for Managing Utilities at the Port of Beirut” - Fifth Annual ESRI Middle East User Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, 1999 • “GIS Platform for Multicriteria Evaluation of Route Alignments” - Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE), March-April 1999 • “An Integrated ArcView Framework for Roadway Design, Analysis and Evaluation” - Eighteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, USA, 1998 • “A Geotechnical Model of the Beirut Metropolitan Region (BMR) using GIS” - International Conference at AUB: Rehabilitation and Development of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems, 1997 • “A Geographically Referenced Model of the Beirut Metropolitan Region (BMR) Incorporating Pertinent Geotechnical Properties” - AUB Thesis, 1997
+ Awards and recognition
• Distinguished Alumnus Award
Faculty of Engineering & Architecture (MSFEA)
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
https://sites.aub.edu.lb/ideas2024/distinguished-alumni/