ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

05.2019 - Present 

Department of Architecture, College of Architecture | Kuwait University

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Courses Taught: Architectural Design Studio I; Architectural Design Studio II; Architectural Design Studio IV; Sustainability and the Built Environment; Architects and Architecture; Buildings Systems I; Introduction to Architecture; Graduation Project I;  Graduation Project II

08.2023 - 08.2024 

SHaDE Lab, AME + SCAI | Arizona State University

Visiting Research Professor

Engaged in research and consulting connected to the SHaDE lab projects. Conducting solutions-oriented research on urban induced heating in desert cities, with a focus on:

- Assessment of urban climates;

- Outdoor thermal comfort implications;

- Urban heat mitigation strategies.

12.2017-12.2018 

Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) | NSF Planning Grant

Building Capacity for Smart and Connected Management of Thermal Extremes

Urban Climate Planning Assistant 

Supervisor (PI) | Paul Coseo, PhD

Assisted project PI with management of the project activities; coordination associated with workshop forums; review of relevant literature involved in the project; and preparation for the 2019 Smart and Connected Communities proposal activities.

6.2015-8.2015 

Sustainable Design Lab, MIT | Cambridge, MA

Research Assistant 

Supervisor | Christopher Reinhart, PhD

Contributed in building/calibrating urban building energy models for parts of Kuwait City as a part of an innovative planning tool to develop long-term interrelated technological and policy-driven urban interventions.

6.2014-08.2019 

College of Architecture, Kuwait University | Kuwait City, Kuwait

Scientific Research Assistant on Scholarship

Fully sponsored scholarship to obtain a Master and a PhD degree form the United States.
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

9. 2011 - 7.2014 

KFH Real Estate Company | Kuwait City, Kuwait

Project Architect:Coordinated a team effort that evaluates development opportunities, commissions third-party architectural consultants and ensures project conformity with investment and spatial objectives (medium to large-scale developments).

10.2010-9.2011 

Kayan Office | Kuwait City, Kuwait

Junior Architect: Delivered schematic designs to meet client specifications and managed design development through permitting processes (small to medium scale residential projects).

3.2010-9.2010 

Teng & Associates, Chicago | Chicago, IL

Trainee Architect: Performed design computations and data analysis to GSA renovation projects: Warren Burger (St. Paul, Minnesota) and Minton Capehart (Indianapolis, Indiana).
 

12.2009-9.2010 

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development | Kuwait City, Kuwait

Intern: Selected to participate in a technical-managerial development training and abroad internship program.

Urban climate, urban heat mitigation, modeling and simulation, climate-sensitive urban form and design, climate-responsive architecture, sustainable cities, climate adaptation and mitigation

1610-131 Introduction to Architecture

1610-205 Architectural Design Studio (I) 

1610-206 Architectural Design Studio (II)  

1610-232 Architects and Architecture 

1610-306 Architectural Design  Studio  (IV) 

1610-366 Sustainability and the Built Environment 

1610-433 Building Systems (I) 

1610-491 Graduation Project (1) 

1610-492 Graduation Project (II) 

1610-513 Special Topics in Building Science and Technology

AlKhaled, S. R., Middle, A., Shaeri, P., Buo, I., Schneider, F. (2024). WebMRT: An Online Tool to Predict Summertime Mean Radiant Temperature Using Machine Learning. Sustainable Cities and Society, 115,105861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105861. [IF 2023: 10.5]

AlKhaled, S., Ramadan, A. (2024). Intra-Urban Induced Heating Assessment in Kuwait’s Desert Metropolis Using Explainable Machine Learning. Building and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112026. [IF 2022: 7.4]  

AlKhaled, S., Brazel, A., & Balling, R. (2024). Diurnal and seasonal dynamics of the canopy-layer urban heat island of Kuwait. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8560. [IF 2022: 3.9]

AlAnzi, A. A., Bourisli, R. I., & AlKhaled, S. (2024). Guidance on subsidy strategies for optimum life cycle cost in government-owned and-operated assembly occupancy buildings in Kuwait. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 63, 103668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2024.103668. [IF 2023: 7.1]

Al-Ansari, M., & AlKhaled, S. (2023). Sustainable urban forms in the Arabian Gulf: an evidence-based analysis of Kuwaiti social housing neighborhoods at Jaber Al-Ahmed City. Frontiers in Built Environment, 9, 1154523. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1154523 [IF 2023: 2.2]

Middel, A., AlKhaled, S., Schneider, F.A., Hagen, B., & Coseo, P. (2021). 50 Grades of Shade. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0193.1 [IF 2019: 9.384]

Hamstead, Z., Coseo, P., AlKhaled, S., Boamah, E. F., Hondula, D. M., Middel, A., & Rajkovich, N. (2020). Thermally resilient communities: creating a socio-technical collaborative response to extreme temperatures. Buildings and Cities, 1(1) http://doi.org/10.5334/bc.15 [IF 2020: N/A]

AlKhaled, S., Coseo, P., Brazel, A., Cheng, C., Sailor, D., (2020). Between Aspiration and Actuality: A Systematic Review of Morphological Heat Mitigation Strategies in Hot Urban Deserts. Urban Climate, 31, 100570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100570 [IF 2020: 5.731]

Cerezo, C., Sokol, J., AlKhaled, S., Reinhart, C., Al-Mumin, A., & Hajiah, A. (2017). Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban building energy modeling (UBEM): A residential case study in Kuwait City. Energy and Buildings, 154, 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.08.029 [IF 2021: 5.879]