Hashemite University
The Hashemite University was established in 1991 a four-year coeducational institution committed to excellence in teaching and research. Its grand mission is to offer service and consultation to the local community in addition to the larger society, and to be a cornerstone in the accumulative efforts with other sister universities in Jordan to enhance academic cooperation between Jordan and Arab nations and between Jordan and the world. HU actively participates in achieving the goals of the comprehensive national development through preparing men and women who are not only technically competent in their professional fields, but also life-long learners who have a breadth vision, loyalty to their nation, and a sense of civic and moral responsibility and a devotion to the fundamental values of human life. HU is The total number of students in HU currently stands at 20,000 distributed over 11 faculties. Website.
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Mohammad Mismar
Professor Mohammad Mismar received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Iowa State University, USA, in 1979, 1981, and 1982, respectively. He joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan in 1983. He worked as the Vice-President of Princess Sumaya University for Technology from September 2003 till June 2007. He was appointed as a member of the Higher Education Accreditation Commission from June 2007 till January 2010. Currently, he is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Vice-President at the Hashemite University. He served on several boards and committees. His areas of interest cover digital filter design and signal processing.
Bashar Hammad
Bashar Hammad received B.S. degree from University of Jordan in 1997, M.S. degree from University of Texas at Arlington in 2003, both in Mechanical Engineering, and PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech (VT) in 2008. He received the Graduate Teaching Fellowship at VT in 2007. He focused on solar energy in his undergraduate study and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in his postgraduate research. He joined the Hashemite University (HU) as an assistant professor in the Mechatronics Engineering Department. His current teaching and research interests are in solar photovoltaic systems, building automation, and energy harvesters. He served as assistant dean and is currently the director of Academic Quality Assurance Center at HU.
Ahmad Al-Khasawneh
Dr. Ahmad Al-Khasawneh is Dean of Information Technology and former Director of e-Learning Center of Hashemite University in Jordan. he holds a Ph.D. of Information Systems Technology from Newcastle University, Australia. Dr. Khasawneh has a 15-years experience in ICT field and in ICT applications and serves as the Director of the ICT’s research group and has a direct mandate to develop and deliver an Academic-Government-wide e-agenda. Dr. Khasawneh is a member of the Open Source/Open Standards Discussion Group. Dr. Khasawneh held several key positions with major international ICT consultancy and solutions firms. Highlights of his career include the positions of Senior Chief Technology Officer at RJ Airlines, Galileo international Group.
Sahar Idwan
Dr Sahar Idwan is the director of the e-Learning Centre and a professor in the Computer Science Department. She received her PhD in computer science from Colorado school of mines, USA, 2005. She has twelve publications resulting from her research in computer science. In particular, her research interest includes applied algorithms, moving objects, mobile computing, graph theory, mobile applications, and application of computing as a scientific paradigms; her work appeared in publications such as International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, proceeding of Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing , International Journal of Mobile Communications, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies.