URBAN
POD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to our project advisors Dr. Yasser Elsheshtawy and Dr. Madhar Haddad for their guidance, continuous encouragement and support in fulfilling the requirements of our project. Also, we would like to thank examiners for serving as member of our final examination committee. Some parts of the project would not have been possible without the advice and collaboration of Dr.Mahmoud Haggag and Dr.Omar Al Khatib, who provided key contributions to the work, ranging from sharing data to reviewing outputs. Our appreciation is also extended to the training and graduation unit in UAEU and to our project coordinator Dr. Ayman Abu Hamad for his continuous advices and suggestions.
Also, we would like to thank all of faculty of engineering members, our teachers and colleagues from architectural engineering department who shared to gain plenty of knowledge and experiences during the studying period. Finally, we don’t like to forget to say thanks to all our families’ members for their unlimited help and patient during our academic studying at UAE University.