Al Zand has more than 22 years of experience in civil structural design and construction, including projects for high-rise buildings, infrastructures, steel structures, and RC buildings in Dubai, Qatar, Iraq, and Malaysia. He received his B.Sc (1999) and M.Sc. (2002) in Civil and Structural Engineering from Al Mustansiriyah University, Iraq, then his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from UKM-Malaysia in 2017. Since 2018, Al Zand has acted as a senior researcher and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). His main research topics are related to Composite Structures, Steel Structures, Finite Element Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Flexural Strength, and CFRP materials.