Vice President for Administrative Affairs

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Personal Informations

Name: Ahmad M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat, Ph.D.
Academic Rank:Professor
Address in Jordan:P.O. Box 1234 Um-Alsommaq 11821 Amman, JORDAN
Telephone:(work) +963-15-2094; Fax:+963-15-860460; (mobile) +963-992-553333 (Jordan) +962-6-5354457; (mobile) +962-79-5513518
E-mail: anuseirat@iust.edu.sy & anuseirat@ieee.org

EDUCATION

1991 • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Major: Robotics. School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Grade: Excellent.
1984 • Diploma in Electrical Engineering. National Technical University, Athens, Greece. Grade: Good.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member in the following Associations:
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), Member
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Member
• Jordan Engineers Association(JEA), Member

WORK EXPERIENCE

10/2008 – present
  • Vice President at International University for Science and Technology (IUST), Daraa Highway, Ghabegheb, Syria.
10/2008 – present
  • Vice President at International University for Science and Technology (IUST), Daraa Highway, Ghabegheb, Syria.
09/2007- 10/2008
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan.
02/2007- 09/2007
  • Vice President at Al-Isra Private University, Amman, Jordan
02/2006- 02/2007
Academic & Management
  • Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering & Technology, International University for Science and Technology (IUST), Daraa Highway, Ghabagheb, Syria. Supervising the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Information Technology at IUST in accordance with the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education requirements. Key duties included: • preparation and revision of the Study Plans in particular Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering.
    • establishment of electrical circuits and logic circuits laboratories.
    • interviewing and recruiting faculty staff members.
    Supervision of the Registration Depertment. Key duties included:
    • interviewing and recruiting registration staff.
    • training the registration staff on the registration process.
12/2001-09/2005
Academic & Management
  • President’s Assistant, AL-Isra Private University, Amman, Jordan.
    • management of several projects on the University campus. Examples include: Design and construction of new buildings, Establishment of new computer labs … etc.
    • headed and participated in relevant committees.
10/2000-09/2005
Academic & Management
  • Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Al-Isra Private University, Amman, Jordan. Supervising the quality assurance process started in the Faculty of Engineering through the self assessment according to criteria of international boards. Key duties included:
    • interviewing and recruiting faculty staff members and professional engineers.
    • headed and participated in relevant committees at the Department, Faculty, and University levels.
09/98-10/2000
Academic & Management
  • Dean of the Faculty of Science, Al-Isra Private University, Amman, Jordan.
    Key duties:
    • interviewing and recruiting faculty staff members.
    • revision of the Study Plans in particular the Computer Science.
06/93-09/98
Academic & Management
  • Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Al-Isra Private University, Amman, Jordan. Supervising the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Isra Private University in accordance with the Accreditation Board's requirements. Key duties included:
    • interviewing and recruiting faculty staff members and professional engineers.
    • preparation and revision of the Study Plans in particular the Electrical Engineering with two minor specialization in Computer Eng. and Electronic & Communication Eng.
    • establishment of all electrical Engineering Laboratories (building and equipment).
    • selection and supply of Electrical Engineering textbooks, journals, references and advanced books.
    • headed and participated in relevant committees at the Department, Faculty, and University levels.
10/2008 – present
  • Professor, Faculty of Engineering, International University for Science & Technology (IUST), Daraa Highway, Ghabagheb, Syria.
09/2007- 10/2008
  • Professor, College of Computer Engineering & IT, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU), Ma’an, Jordan.
02/2006-02/2007
  • Professor, College of Engineering & Technology, International University for Science and Technology (IUST), Daraa Highway, Ghabagheb, Syria.
03/2006- 09/2008
  • Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Al-Isra Priavte University, Amman, Jordan (On leave without pay from Al-Isra University since 02/2006 to 02/2007)
07/2000- 02/2006
  • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Al-Isra Priavte University, Amman, Jordan
02/92-07/2000
Teaching
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Al-Isra Priavte University. Taught the following courses:
    • Computer Skills. • Electromagnetics I. • Discrete Mathematics.
    • Electrical Circuits. • Electrical Circuits II . • Electrical Circuits Lab.
    • Logic Circuits. • Logic Circuits Lab. • Engineering Analysis I (Engineering Mathematics).
    • Engineering Analysis II (Engineering Mathematics). • Robot Control and Sensors. • Numerical Methods.
    • Graduation Project I and II.
10/91-02/92
Research
  • Research Scientist, Division of Electronics and Computers, Electrical Engineering Department. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
09/87-06/91
Research
  • Research Assistant, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Conducted research in multifingered robot grippers.
2/86 – 03/87 Professional
  • Site Engineer, Contracting company Provide engineering services regarding the construction of low and medium voltage (380V, 33kV) transmission lines. The project was contracted for the Jordan Electricity Authority.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

a- Computer Experience:

Fully proficient with the following software and hardware products: Hardware (Operating Systems): IBM-PC, Apple Macintosh, Unix Workstations, VAX, and IBM (VMS) Mainframes. Software:
  • Electrical engineering-related software: MATLAB.
  • Programming Language: FORTRAN.
  • General: Harvard Graphics, Latex, Microsoft Windows, Internet-related programs.

b- Professional Activities:

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Al-Muhandes Al-Urdini magazine published by the Jordan Engineers Association.
  • Serve as a referee for the Dirasat (Natural and Engineering Science Division), Published by the Research Deanship, University of Jordan.
  • Serve as referee for J. of Intelligent & Robotic Systems.
  • Member of the Program Committee of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2002 (ICRA2002).
  • Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 1st International Conference on Nonsmooth /Nonconvex Mechanic with Applications in Engineering. Thessaloniki, Greece 2002.
  • Co-chair of the organizing committee of JIEEEC 2003. (Conference organized by Jordan Engineers Association and IEEE-Jordan section and IEE-Jordan.
  • Chair of the organizing committee of the third scientific day on Communications and Information Technology.
  • Member of the organizing committee of the symposium on New Technologies on Engineering Education and Training. Organized by the Federation of Arab Engineers in cooperation with Jordan Engineers Association. May 10-11, 2005, Amman, Jordan.
  • Co-chair of the organizing committee of JIEEEC 2005. March 14-16, 2006, Amman, Jordan.
  • Member of the committee of the University Achievement Exam. Committee in the Ministry of Higher Eduacation & Scientific Research.
  • Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Nonsmooth /Nonconvex Mechanic with Applications in Engineering. Thessaloniki, Greece 2006.
  • Chair of the organizing committee of The 24th Arab Engineering Conference organized by Fedeartion of Arab Engineers in cooperation with Jordan Engineers Association. May 14-16, 2007, Amman.
  • Chair of the organizing committee of AMSE International Conference on Modelling and Simulation (MS’08 JORDAN), November 18-20, 2008, Petra, Jordan.
  • 10/2008 till now, member a board of trustees for the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Science, Jordan.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Received the following awards/scholarships:
1987-1991 • Scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece.
1987-1991 • Research Assistant, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

List of Research Projects Completed

1987-1991 Ph.D. Program (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece):
• Computation and Analysis of Robot Multifingered Gripper.
1991-1992 Research Scientist (Electronic and Computer Division, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).
• Automated techniques for handling nonrigid materials.A BRITE project funded by EEC.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

  1. Nabeel I Tawalbeh and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2008), "Peak and Daily Profile Estimation for Substations in Rural Networks", Int. J. of Electrical Power and Energy Systems IJEPES, 30(3), 202-206.
  2. R. Abu-Zitar and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2005), "A Rule Based Machine Learning Approach to the Nonlinear Multifingered Robot Gripper Problem", Control & Cybernetics, 34(2), 553-574.
  3. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2005), "Design of Linear Phase FIR Filters via Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP) Approach", Int. J. of Circuit Theory and Applications, 33(5), 353-364.
  4. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat and R. Abu-Zitar (2004), "FIR Filter Design via Linear Complementarity Problem, Messy Genetic Algorithm, and Ising Messy Genetic Algorithm", Int. J. of Signal Processing IJSP, 1(1), 14 -23.
  5. R. Abu-Zitar and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2004), "An Evolutionary Based Method for Solving the Nonlinear Gripper Problem", Int. J. of Applied Science and Engineering IJASE, 2(3), 211 – 220.
  6. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat and R. Abu-Zitar (2003), "Hybrid Trajectory Planning using Reinforcement and Back Propagation through Time Techniques", Cybernetics and Systems: An Int. Journal, 34(3), 747 - 765.
  7. R. Abu-Zitar and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2002), "Performance Evaluation of Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Programming in Optimization and Machine Learning", Cybernetics and Systems: An Int. Journal, 33(3), 203-223.
  8. M.S. Mohsen and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2001), "Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of the Performance of a Compact Solar Water Heater", Dirasat, Engineering Science, 28(2), 171-180.
  9. H.M.A. Hamdan and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2001), "On the Dynamic of Rigid Manipulators", Dirasat, Engineering Science, 28(1), 15-23.
  10. R. Abu-Zitar and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2001), "A Theoretical Approach of an Intelligent Robot Gripper to Grasp Polygon Shaped Objects", J. of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 31(4), 397-422.
  11. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat and R. Abu-Zitar (2001), "Neural Network Approach to Firm Grip in the Presence of Small Slips", J. of Robotic Systems, 18(6), 305-315.
  12. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat, S.M.AR. Al-Musili (2001), "Optimum Grasp and Coordinated Manipulation by Articulated Multifingered Gripper", Z. angew. Math. Mech. (ZAMM) , 81(3), 185-196.
  13. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat and G.E. Stavroulakis (2000), "A Complementarity Problem Formulation of the Frictional Grasping Problem", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 941(8-10), 941-952.
  14. R. Abu-Zitar and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (2000), "A Neural Network Approach to the Frictionless Grasping Problem", J. of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 29(1), 27-45.
  15. A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat, A.M.A. Hamdan, and H.M.A. Hamdan (1999), "Stability and Modal Control of an Object Grasped by a Multifingered Robot Hand", Z. angew. Math. Mech. (ZAMM), 79(7), 473-479.
  16. Ahmad M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (1999), "Handling Objects with Orthotropic Surfaces by Multifingered Robot Hand", Dirasat, Engineering Science, 26(1), 1-15.
  17. P.D. Panagiotopoulos and A.M. Al-Fahed (1994), "Robot Hand Grasping and Related Problems: Optimal Control and Identification", Int. J. of Robotics Research, 13(2), 127-136.
  18. A.M. Al-Fahed and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1993), "A Linear Complementarity Approach to the Articulated Friction Gripper", J. of Robotic Systems, 10(6), 871-887.
  19. A.M. Al-Fahed, G.E. Stavroulakis, and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1992), "A Linear Complementarity Approach to the Frictionless Gripper Problem", Int. J. of Robotics Research, 11(2), 112-122.
  20. A.M. Al-Fahed and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1992), "Multifingered Frictional Robot Grippers: A New Type of Implementation", Computer and Structures, 42(4), 555-562.
  21. A.M. Al-Fahed, G.E. Stavroulakis, and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1991), "Hard and Soft Fingered Robot Grippers. The Linear Complementarity Approach", Z. angew. Math. Mech.(ZAMM), 71(7/8), 257-265.
  22. G.E. Stavroulakis, P.D. Panagiotopoulos, and A.M. Al-Fahed (1991), "On the rigid body displacements and rotations in unilateral contact problems and applications", Computer and Structures, 40(3), 599-614. Top

Refereed Conferences Proceedings

  • Nabeel I Tawalbeh, A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat, and Bashir Afaneh (2005), "Conversion Factors Behavior in Medium Voltage Rural Networks", Int. Conference: Sciences of Electronic, Technologies of Information and Telecommunication (SETIT’2005), March 27-31, TUNISIA.
  • A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat and R. Abu-Zitar (2000), "Neural Network Architecture to Solve Linear Complementarity Problem: Application to the Grasping Problem", Proc. of IC-AI'2000, June 26-29, Las Vegas, USA. pp: 1587-1593.
  • Shaker Al-Musili, A.M. A. Hamdan, and A.M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat (1998), "Computer Simulation of Thyristor Controlled Static Compensators", Proc. of 33rd Universities Power Engineering Conference, Sept. 8-10, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
  • A.M. Al-Fahed and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1991), "Analysis of Metallic Robot Gripper", 1st National Conference of Steel Structure, June 6-7, Athens, Greece.
  • A.M. Al-Fahed, G.E. Stavroulakis, and P.D. Panagiotopoulos (1990), "Form and Force Closure Grasping Problems via Linear Complementary Techniques", Euromech 273: Unilateral Contact and Dry Friction, May 29th - June 1st., La Grande Motte, France. Top

Reports/Working Papers/Theses

  • "Computation and Analysis of Robot Multifingered Gripper", doctoral dissertation, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1991.
  • "Elastic Objects in Multifingered Grippers", Report for the BRITE project, Electronics and Computers Division, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1992.