Dr. Hassam Chaudhry joined Heriot-Watt University in 2014 as an Assistant Professor in Building Services Engineering and currently is the Director of Studies (Dubai) for the Architectural Engineering discipline. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is active in undergraduate teaching and research, particularly in the areas of energy in buildings and the use of computational fluid dynamics and thermal modelling. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Leeds following the completion of his research on developing a passive cooling mechanism to progress natural ventilation in buildings. Dr. Chaudhry is a holder of a UK/International patent (PCT/GB2014/052263) titled 'Passive cooling system for wind tower', published by WIPO for the developed commercial technology in 2015. Dr. Chaudhry specialises in advancing wind-driven energy and heat-transfer techniques for ventilation within the built environment.