Dr. Shaikha Abdulatif Mubarak AlSanad is a Program Manager and Senior Research Scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), where she leads the Building and Infrastructure Program. She has over two decades of professional experience in civil engineering, infrastructure systems, and applied research, with a strong focus on risk and reliability engineering, sustainable infrastructure, and strategic program leadership. Her work centers on the assessment and enhancement of infrastructure resilience and performance in Kuwait. She leads and contributes to projects involving structural health monitoring of critical infrastructure systems, including tall buildings, bridges, and wind turbine towers, in addition to computational modelling, reliability analysis of concrete structures, and geotechnical modelling. Dr. AlSanad is currently leading several national and strategic projects, including structural optimization of wind turbine systems, development of infrastructure white papers, and risk assessment of mega projects. Her research also extends to infrastructure asset management, construction risk management, sustainable built environment, supply chain resilience, and the development of decision-support tools and project management approaches aimed at improving efficiency and reducing carbon footprint. She has played an active role in supporting government decision-making through her participation in high-level governmental boards, technical committees, and po