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Assistant Professor

Awad Khireldin

PhD in Operations Research (An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Optimizing International Airport Performance), ISSR, Cairo University, Egypt
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Business, Communication and Design
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Biography

Instructor: Awad currently is Assistant Professor, Singapore Information Technology (SIT), Singapore, he was Assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU-Asia), Singapore since March 2016. He has been working as instructor for more than 18 years, he was a manager of training in the Egyptian Aviation Academy (EAA)  during the period 2009:2012, Freelancer Aviation instructor in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East, and in many Aviation academies/authorities e.g. Arab Air Carrier’s Organization (AACO), Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC), Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation (SACA), Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA), …,etc.

Awad also provides lectures for M.Sc. & PhD degrees and supervise many M.Sc. & PhD dissertation at Cairo University, he taught almost all over the world at university level and post graduates including Provisional programs, Diploma, Masters & PhD. He has received numerous instructional awards by Aviation Academies, Training centers, colleagues and students. 

Provisional: Awad Khireldin was working as General Manager of Air Traffic Management (ATM), at Cairo international airport (CAI),Egypt, he was vice head of operations sector for more than two years, he had joined the aviation industry for more than 23 years as Air Traffic controller, then airport operations officer, he has been selected by the Airport Council International (ACI) as a Safety Assessor for many Airports, and conducted many consultancies for many International airports related to Safety, Certification and Management .

Education: Awad has a PhD in in Operations Research (Doctor in Operations Research), a master's degree (M.Sc. Modeling & Simulation), a post-graduate diploma in Operations Research (from ISSR, Cairo, Egypt) and B.Sc. from Alexandria, Egypt,

Education

  • PhD in Operations Research (An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Optimizing International Airport Performance)
    ISSR, Cairo University , Egypt
  • M.Sc. in Operations Research (Building Discrete-Event Simulation Model for Airport)
    ISSR, Cairo University , Egypt
  • Bachelor of Sience
    Alexandria University , Egypt

Professional Certification

  • Certified Instructor of Airport operations & Management
    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
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Professional Memberships

  • Airport Safety Inspector, APEX program, Airport Council International (ACI)
    – Present
  • Egyptian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association
    – Present

Corporate Experience

  • Air Traffic Management General Manager, Cairo International Airport, Egypt.
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  • Vice head of Operations & Terminal Building sector, Cairo International Airport
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  • Director of Training & Operations, Egyptian Aviation Academy, Egypt.
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Research Interests

  • Air Traffic Management (ATM)
  • Airport modelling and simulation
  • Airport Capacity- Demand analysis.
  • Airport Performance Benchmarking.
  • Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) planning and Implementation
  • Airport Airline relationship
  • Aviation statistical analysis and forecasting techniques.
  • Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM)
  • Operations Research
  • Operations Management
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Journal Papers

  • Awad Khireldin, Colin C.H. Law, (2023), A discrete event simulation model for airport runway operations optimization: A case study of Cairo International Airport, Journal of Airport Management Volume 18 Number 1.

  • Awad Khireldin, et al, “A comparative study of novel ruthenium(III) and iron(III) complexes containing uracil; docking and biological studies”, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Available online 5 July 2023, 112308,

  • Awad Khireldin, Lawrence Chng, Risk assessment roadmap for a non-complied taxiway slope in an airport, 2nd International Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology (ICSET-2022), Singapore.

  • Awad Khireldin, et al, Airport Terminal Building Capacity Evaluation Using Queuing System, Alexandria engineering journal, Volume 61, Issue 12, December 2022, Pages 10109-10118, https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1110016822002307

  • Awad Khireldin, "A Fuzzy Risk Assessment Model for Airport Parallel Runway Operations", 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (GSENN2022), Copenhagen, Denmark,

  • Awad Khireldin, Colin Law Chi Hang, A Full-Scale Emergency Exercise Scenario for Aircraft Accident in the Airport, 2nd International Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology (ICSET-2022), Singapore.

  • New approach for the implementation of Airport Collaborative Decision Making Process, ICONTES, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  • A Discrete Event Simulation Model for evaluating Runway capacity, Cairo University, ISSR, Cairo, Egypt.

  • A Fuzzy Approach for Evaluating the Performance and Services Quality of Airports 36th International Conference for Statistics & Computer Sciences Applications, Cairo, Egypt.

  • Performance Evaluation for Egyptian International airports using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), 35th International Conference for Statistics & Computer Sciences Applications, Cairo, Egypt.

  • Optimizing the Number of the Jetways System at Cairo International Airport, ISSR conference, Cairo University, Egypt.

Conferences

  • Khireldin, A & Mehdy, S (2024). Enhancing Runway Incursion Prevention Strategies Using Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) Model, presentation at 2nd International Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering Conference, Florence, Italy during Mar. 21-23,2024.

  • ASI Symposium 2024: Aviation Trends and Developments in Air Traffic Management, 7 Mar. 2024, Singapore.

  • France-Singapore Merlion Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Air Traffic Management, 3-4 October 2023, NTU-CAAS, Singapore.

  • Chair for “Data Driven Decision Making” sessions, Aviation Festival-Asia conference, Suntec, Singapore.

  • Moderator for “Unlocking the power of data: why modernizing existing data infrastructures is key to enhancing analytic capabilities and operational productivity” session, Aviation Festival-Asia conference, Suntec, Singapore.

  • Organizing Committee Member for the prestigious “World Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & Innovation (WCMRI)” Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP), Singapore.

  • The 50th Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA-2021), (AFROS).

  • Instructor for “Airport and airline benchmarking using DEA approach” Workshop, Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA), Singapore.

  • Keynote speaker in (I-TRAM-2021) International Conference on Intelligent Infrastructure in Transportation and Management, presentation title: “Intelligent discrete-event simulation model for airport planning”.

  • Speaker at “Airport’s planning” Online seminar, Modern College of Business & Science (MCBS) Sultanate of Oman.

  • Speaker at “Restarting Airports and Airlines in the New Normal during Covid-19” Workshop, Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) & Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), (Online) Singapore.

  • CAPSCA Regional/7 conference” Sponsored by ICAO and WHO, Cairo, Egypt,

  • NCLB-AERODROME PANS CERTIFICATION Seminar, (MID Office, Cairo, Egypt

  • NCLB-AERODROME CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP, (MID Office, Cairo, Egypt.

  • Runway and Ground Safety Working Group Third Meeting (RGS WG/3) (Cairo, Egypt.

  • Fourth Meeting of the RASG-MID Steering Committee (RSC/4), Cairo, Egypt. 

  • CAPSCA Regional/4 & CAPSCA GLOBAL/5 conference” Sponsored by ICAO & IATA and WHO, Cairo, Egypt

  • Wildlife Workshop” Sponsored by Both ICAO & IATA, Cairo, Egypt.

  • ICAO Aerodrome Operational Planning Sub-Group (AOP SG), Ninth Meeting

  • 2nd Meeting of CAPSCA Middle East Project,  Cairo, Egypt, A Speaker  On behalf of ACI.

  • Expectations of Airports in aviation Industry, Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) Conference, Cairo Egypt.

  • AERODROME CERTIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE, (ADCI TF), ICAO, MID Region, Cairo, Egypt.

  • Airport operator’s Perspective on Runway Excursion, Regional Runway Safety Seminar (RRSS) conference, Amman, Jordan.

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Teaching Modules

Air Transport Management, BSc (Hons)

  • ATM2003 - Airport Operations and Management
  • ATM3006 - Operations Research
  • ATM2011 - Airport Marketing
  • ATM2004 - Applied Research Methods
  • ATM1002 - Introduction to Air Transport Industry
  • ATM2001 - Business Continuity Management
  • ATM3200 - Capstone Project

Hospitality Business, B (Hons)

  • BHB2909 - Airlines Management

Past

  • Aviation Statistical Analysis & forecasting techniques.
  • Airport Strategic Planning.
  • Airport Operations & Management
  • Aviation Management
  • Safety Management Systems (SMS)
  • Airport master planning.
  • Airport Certification.
  • Operations Research and it's aviation application
  • Airport Capacity- Demand analysis.
  • Operations Management
  • Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM)
  • Runway Incursion Prevention (RIP)
  • Airport Inspection
  • Air Transport & Air Transport Economics.
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