Bandar is the General Manager (GM) and a Researcher at the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Institute (AMTI) at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). KACST is both the
Saudi Arabian national science agency and its national laboratories. Before being named GM in
December 2022, Bandar was the director and a researcher at the National Center for Advanced
Materials Technologies (NCAMT) and at the National Center for Building and Construction
Technology (NCBCT), contributing leadership skills in the scientific and technical elements of major
projects.
Bandar earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Building Technology from King Saud
University (KSU) in Riyadh and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of
Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. His master’s thesis project “New Flexibility and the Architecture
of Time” researched the possibility of designing adaptable buildings that evolve over time in response
to their users’ needs and requirements. Bandar received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in which his
research focus and interest is in the area of Automation in Construction
