Dr. Omaimah Al-Arja
Omaimah Ali is an associate professor at German Jordanian University, at the Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture. Currently Omaimah is the Dean of the School of Architecture and Built Environment, she is living and working in Amman- Jordan. Seeking new challenges to exploit her technical and academic experience is one of her objectives.
Besides working as educator, Omaimah works as Acoustic Consultant, her PHD specialty is in the field of Architectural Acoustics. As acoustic consultant, she had worked for clients from prestigious engineering companies like CC, ENGICON, AJ-Saudi, and many others. When she is not working, Omaimah Loves swimming, hiking with her family. Her research interests are acoustical design properties in worship buildings, the impact of acoustics on the quality of educational environment in the universities, in addition to that an interest raised to cover the Soundscape in Parks.
Educational Background
B.Sc. in Architecture . Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1993
- Evaluation of the effect of acoustical design properties (Reverberation Time) in worship buildings in Jordan.
- Impact of acoustic conditions on the quality of educational environment in the universities in Jordan.
- Soundscape in Parks in Jordan.
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Selected Publications
2020 | Omaimah Al-Arja, Tala Awadalah,"“Assessment of occupational noise exposure in coffee grinding shops”.",Science Direct,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2019.107047 Volume 158, 107047,Applied Acoustics, UK,2020 [View] |
2020 | Sukumar Natarajan, Nick McCullen, Steve Lo, David Coley, Omaimah Ali Arja, Francis Moran,"“Practice before theory? An approach for testing sequencing effects in pedagogical design”. ",Springer ,https ://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-020-09579 –w.,International Journal of Technology and Design Education,2020 [View] |
2020 | Omaimah Al-Arja,"Acoustic Environment and Noise exposure in Fitness Halls",MDPI,Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(18), 6349; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10186349,Applied Sciences,2020 [View] |
2018 | Tala Awadalah, Omaimah Al-Arja,"" Comparative Study of Energy Consumption Optimization for Educational Buildings in Jordan". ",International Conference for Sustainable Design of the built Environment (SDBE,2018),http://newton-sdbe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SDBE2018_Conference-Proceedings-.pdf,London, UK,2018 |
2015 | Omaimah Al-Arja, Tala Awadalah,"“Energy Consumption Optimization in school sector in Jordan”. ",Taylor and Francis Online,DOI:10.1080/00038628.2015.1012637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2015.1012637, ,Architectural Science Review,2015 [View] |