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Dr. Mohammed Rahif Hakmi
Dr. Mohammed Rahif Hakmi I'm Businessman.

Working for: Chairman of Armada Group, Chairman of the Board of Honour of Karameh Football Club

Bio: Dr. Hakmi was educated at King Abdull Aziz University, Jeddah, qualifying in Civil Engineering in 1985. He was awarded a Ph.D for his research into the Local Buckling of Sandwich Panels in 1989. Dr. Hakmi conducted a series of research expanding into the fire and blast behaviour of composites such as:

•	Local buckling of sandwich panels.

•	Local Buckling of Profiled Sandwich Plates.

•	Face buckling stress in sandwich panels.

•	Post-buckling behaviour of foam-filled thin-walled steel beams.

•	Fire resistance of composite floor slabs using a model fire test facility.

•	Fire Resistant Sandwich Panels for Offshore Structures.

•	Fire Resistant Sandwich Panels for Offshore Structures.

•	Numerical Temperature Analysis of Hygroscopic Panels Exposed to Fire.

•	Cost Effective Use of Fibre Reinforced Composites Offshore.

From 1985 until 1993, he worked in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, gaining a Research Fellowship.

Dr. Hakmi developed a design method, which had been adopted in the European recommendations for the design of sandwich panels (CIB, 2000). He was involved in the Marine-tech North West programme on cost-effective use of fibre reinforced composites offshore.

Dr Hakmi became involved in business, particularly in It industry, involved in the distribution and wholesale of hardware and semi-conductors with interests in Real Estate, and in property.

In early 2000 he established a real estate business in the UAE, which has been grown to become one of the major names in the real estate in the UAE. Today Armada Group, has an assets in excess of one billion US Dollars.

In 2006, Dr. Hakmi was elected a Board Member on Syrian Business Council (SBC), Dubai, serving until Today. In 2009 he chaired a committee in charge of the revision of article of association and reported its finding to the board which later was adopted by the AGM. In 2010. He was elected in 2011 as Vic-Chairman of the Council.

Awards: BSc, PhD. Research Fellowship at the University of Salford. Science and research Council Award (ORS)-United Kingdom. Institution of Structural Engineers Jubilee Award-United Kingdom. SBC Award 2009, Businessman of the year.

Education: Ph.D (Structural Engineering), University of Salford, 1989 Bsc (Civil Engineering), ‎‎جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز - King Abdulaziz University‎, 1985‎ Abd Alhameed Alzhrawi, 1980.

Contact: From Homs, Syria Lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates