Dr Saleh Almogrbe

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Professional Skills Tutor
Faculty:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
School:
Engineering and the Built Environment
Location:
Chelmsford

Dr Saleh Almogrbe holds a PhD titled "Reconstruction of the Built Environment in Post-Conflict Contexts" from the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has a background in engineering surveying and over a decade of teaching experience in modern and traditional surveying instruments.

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Background

From 2007 to 2018, Dr Saleh Almogrbe served as a faculty member at the Higher Institute of Engineering Professions in Benghazi, Libya, focusing on surveying and engineering surveying equipment. He completed his MSc in Civil Engineering and Environmental Management at the University of South Wales in 2017, where his dissertation titled "Environmental Effects of Rapid Urban Expansion in Benghazi City, Libya" provided a strong foundation in environmental considerations in urban development.

Dr Almogrbe holds a PhD from the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, with a thesis titled "Reconstruction of the Built Environment in Post-Conflict Contexts." His doctoral research focused on the challenges and strategies of rebuilding war-affected cities, with case studies including Benghazi, Beirut, and Mostar, and included fieldwork with residents and stakeholders in Benghazi.

In 2022, he joined England’s National College for Nuclear as an Associate Lecturer, and in 2023, he became an academic staff member in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).

Spoken Languages
  • Arabic
  • English
Research interests
  • Reconstruction in post-conflict cities
  • Governance and Institutional Roles in Post-Conflict Urban Recovery
  • Comparative Case Studies of Post-Conflict Cities
Teaching
  • Elementary Survey Skills
  • Site and Engineering Surveying
  • Building Information Modelling for Civil Engineering
  • BIM and Dimensional Control
  • Professional Development
  • Civil Engineering Project
Qualifications
  • PhD in Architecture, University of Strathclyde
  • PG Cert in Teaching and Learning in HE, Anglia Ruskin University
  • MSc in Civil Engineering and Environmental Management, University of South Wales
  • PG Cert in Researcher Professional Development, University of Strathclyde
Memberships, editorial boards
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Selected recent publications

Valdeolmillos, N. and Almogrbe, S. (2025) Benghazi: Conflict, Instability, Urban Degradation, and Culture as the Catalyst for Post-Conflict Recovery. In City Reconstruction (pp. 131-147). Routledge.

Recent presentations and conferences

Conflict and Humanitarian Studies Conference
Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, Doha, Qatar | January 22–23, 2025
Presentation title: Post-Conflict Housing Reconstruction in Libya: A Case Study of Benghazi City (2014–2017)
Delivered a research presentation on the key challenges and strategic approaches to post-conflict housing reconstruction in Benghazi, Libya, following the 2014–2017 conflict.

Arab Graduate Students Conference in Western Universities
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), Doha, Qatar | March 2–4, 2024
Presentation title: Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Urban Areas: Lessons for Benghazi from Beirut
Delivered a comparative research presentation examining post-conflict urban reconstruction, with a focus on applicable lessons from Beirut to inform effective rebuilding strategies in Benghazi.