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Nabeel Koshak

Welcome to my homepage! Here is a brief biography on me:

Nabeel Koshak is an Associate Professor and the Founder and Director of the Design and Planning Support Systems (DPSS) Research Unit, Department of Urban and Engineering Research, Hajj Research Institute, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Koshak teaches courses at the Department of Islamic Architecture, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University.

His research and teaching interests focus on computing in architecture and urban design/planning, including Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Koshak received a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Umm Al-Qura University in 1993, a Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado (Sundance Lab for Computing in Design and Planning) in 1997, and a PhD in Computational Design from the School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. He joined Umm Al-Qura's faculty in May 2002.

In practice, Koshak is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CAD & GIS Co., Ltd. CG is a leading company in the region providing products, consulting, and training on CAD and GIS. CG partners are Autodesk, ESRI NEA and ARCHIBUS.


My Links

image CAD & GIS Co., Ltd.:   www.cad-gis.com

image Hajj Traffic Plan GIS: www.HajjGIS.Net

image Makkah Housing GIS: www.MakkahGIS.Net

image Madinah Housing GIS: www.MadinahGIS.Net

image ASCAAD: 
www.ASCAAD.org

image Hajj Research Institue: 
www.hajj.edu.sa