Education:

q Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA in 1998.

q MS and BS in Computer Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan in 1992 and 1989, respectively.

Working Experience:

q Feb. 2004 – Now: Chairman, Computer Engineering Department, Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

q 1998 – Now: Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Engineering, Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology,, Yarmouk University, Jordan.

q 1997 – 1998: Software Development Engineer, Anritsu Company, Richardson, Texas.

DSP Lead Engineer, DNA Enterprises, Richardson, Texas.

Research Interests:

Image and video indexing, medical imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), pattern recognition, data engineering, and computer networks, and distance- and e-learning.

Other Activities:

q Asset Manger, Yarmouk University Regional Cisco Networking Academy (CCNA, CCAI)

q Instructor, Microsoft IT Academy - Yarmouk University (MCSE+I)

q Member of IEEE Computer Society.