Professor Ayman S. Mosallam is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and also a Professor, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering Technology and served as the Director of the UCI Structural Engineering Testing Hall at the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In 2019 and 2020, he was listed among the top 2% researchers in Civil Engineering worldwide. He is the CEO of Smith-McCoy & Associates Engineering Firm. Prof. Mosallam is the Founder of Egypt Green Building Council and the Principal Developer of the first draft of the Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS). He is a registered Structural Professional Engineer in the District of Colombia and has more than forty years of experience in materials, environmental, and structural engineering with a particular interest in innovative sustainable building systems and affordable housing including three-Dimensional sandwich panels, solar systems, water recycling, efficient cooling system rehabilitation. Professor serves as a contractor for the World Bank for developing the Energy Efficiency Building report for Egypt. He is an international leading authority in the area non-conventional sustainable building systems. He has published over 500 technical papers, chapters, and reports and authored, edited and co-edited seven books in this area.