Dr. Amneh Hamida

ahamidaukaachende
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
Tel.: 0241 80 83264

Short biography

Professional career

  • since 07/2025: Postdoctoral researcher with chair of Healthy Living Spaces, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany.

  • 2020 – 2025: PhD researcher involved in research and teaching activities with the chair of Indoor Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

  • 2016 – 2018: Interior designer in architectural design firm and a freelancer designer involved in different design projects, such as hospitals, residential units, and stores, Saudi Arabia.

Education

  • 2020 – 2025: PhD in Acoustical preferences and needs of students: Methods and indicators to assess the acoustical quality of study places, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

  • 2018 – 2020: MSc in Architecture, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

  • 2011 – 2016: BSc in Interior Design, College of Design, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

Publications

  • Bluyssen, P. M., Hamida, A., & D’Amico, A. (2025). How different sounds affect bodily responses and the perception of odour, light and temperature: a pilot study on interaction effects within IEQ domains, https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2025.2508233

  • Hamida, A., D'Amico, A., Eijkelenboom, A., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2024). Guidance to investigate university students’ bodily responses and perceptual assessments in sound exposure experiments. Indoor Environments, 1(4), 100066, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indenv.2024.100066

  • Hamida, A., Eijkelenboom, A., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2024, October). Assessing the indoor soundscape approach among university students' home study places. In INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings (Vol. 270, No. 11, pp. 365-376). Institute of Noise Control Engineering, https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_2276

  • Hamida, A., Eijkelenboom, A., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2024). Profiling university students based on their acoustical and psychosocial preferences and characteristics of their home study places. Building and Environment, 253, 111324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111324

  • Ding, E., Zhang, D., Hamida, A., García-Sánchez, C., Jonker, L., de Boer, A. R., Bruijning, P. C., Linde, K. J., Wouters, I. M., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2023). Ventilation and thermal conditions in secondary schools in the Netherlands: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic control and prevention measures. Building and Environment, 229, 109922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109922

  • Hamida, A., Eijkelenboom, A., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2023). Profiling students based on the overlap between IEQ and psychosocial preferences of study places. Buildings, 13(1), 231, https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010231

  • Hamida, A., Zhang, D., Ortiz, M. A., & Bluyssen, P. M. (2023). Indicators and methods for assessing acoustical preferences and needs of students in educational buildings: A review. Applied Acoustics, 202, 109187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109187

Research focus

  • Occupant well-being.

  • Indoor environmental quality.

  • Indoor soundscape.

  • Acoustic well-being.

  • Multi-domain effects in indoor environment.