Adil Al-Attar at TEDxBaghdad

Adil Attar is a civil engineer with over a dozen patents in traffic safety and building structure innovation. Born in Baghdad in 1937, Adil produced inventive roadway markers and epoxy adhesives and subsequently established a second manufacturing plant in Ontario, California. His most recent patent, the Insulating Concrete Form System, was inspired by his stay in Iraq and the ever-growing demand for simple, economical building materials with optimum insulating value to help serve Iraq's housing needs. Adil holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Math and Science from the University of Houston and a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas.

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