Dr. Ismail Mohammad Budaiwi is the Dean of the College of Design and Built Environment and a Professor at the Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He received his Master of Science in Building Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, followed by a Ph.D. in Building Engineering from the same institution. His research interests include heat and moisture transfer in buildings, thermal and moisture performance of building envelopes, airflow in buildings, indoor air quality, and energy analysis.