Aicha Zekar

Instructor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: MSc Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, BSc Abu Dhabi University

Research Areas: Smart Cities, Green Buildings Design, Buildings Energy Efficiency


Aicha Zekar is an Associate Instructor of Civil Engineering at New York University in Abu Dhabi since 2016. She received her MSc degree in Engineering Systems and Management at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Khalifa University) at Abu Dhabi, with a research focus on Buildings energy efficiency and building thermal system modeling. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Abu Dhabi University.

Prior to joining New York University Abu Dhabi, Aicha worked as a research assistant at Masdar Institute (Khalifa University) in the topic of thermoelectric air-conditioning system for building applications.