Dean and Chairs

51福利社

Audil Rashid Khaki

Associate Professor / Dean
Audil Rashid Khaki

Associate Professor / Dean

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. (Finance – 2014), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

Master’s degree (Master of Finance & Control – 2010), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

Bachelor’s degree (Science – 2006), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

Research interests

Financial Inclusion; Portfolio Optimization; Financial Markets; Volatility Modelling; Cryptocurrencies and FINTECH; Portfolio Diversification.
Nasser Elkanj

Associate Professor / Deputy Dean
Nasser Elkanj

Associate Professor / Deputy Dean

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. (Finance – 2009), Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Master’s degree (International Trade and Finance – 2005), Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration – 2002), Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Research interests

Banks Efficiency and Productivity, Financial Inequality, Market Integration, Conflicts Modeling
Rusudan Murusidze

Senior Instructor / Department Head

English Foundation Program
Rusudan Murusidze

Senior Instructor / Department Head

English Foundation Program

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Master’s degree (Education Leadership and Management – 2010), University of Wales, Newport, United Kingdom.

Master’s degree (Teaching English Language and Literature – 1999), Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia.

Bachelor’s degree (Teaching English Language and Literature – 1998), Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia.

Research interests

Leadership in Higher Education, Higher Education Administration and Policy, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingual Education
Taha Beyrouthy

Associate Professor 鈥� Electrical Engineering

Dean of Engineering and Technology
Taha Beyrouthy

Associate Professor 鈥� Electrical Engineering

Dean of Engineering and Technology

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Micro and Nano Electronics, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 2009

M.Eng. Engineering & System Integration – Telecom Bretagne – IMT Atlantique, France, 2006

M.Sc. Micro-technology Architecture, Networks and Communication Systems, Telecom Bretagne – IMT Atlantique, France, 2006

B.Sc. Physics, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2004

Research interests

Asynchronous circuits, low power digital design, Robotics.
Hatem M. Alsyouri

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Chemical Engineering
Hatem M. Alsyouri

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Chemical Engineering

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2004

MBA Quality management, German Jordanian University, Jordan, 2010

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Jordan, Jordan, 1998

Research interests

Inorganic Membranes, Mesoporous Silica, Geopolymers, Water Treatment, CO2 Separation, Hydrogen as a Renewable Energy
Samer Khodor Al Kork

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Electrical Engineering
Samer Khodor Al Kork

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Electrical Engineering

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Bioengineering Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, 2011

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology, USA 2002

B.Sc. Computer University of Balamand, Lebanon, 2000

Research interests

Robotics. 3D FE Modeling, Biomechanics, Humanoid Robot, Human Computer Interaction , Multi Sensor data Acquisition and Artificial Intelligence
Yousef Gharbia

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Mechanical Engineer
Yousef Gharbia

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Mechanical Engineer

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2004

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 1996

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Higher Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Libya, 1992

Research interests

Renewable Energy, Water Desalination, Nano-fabrication, Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery (EHOR)
Hedi Mhalla

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Statistics
Hedi Mhalla

Associate Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Statistics

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, University Paris1- Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France., 2003

M.Sc. Statistics and Stochastic Models for Economics and Finance, University Denis Diderot – Paris 7, Paris, France, 1997

B.Sc. Mathematics, University Denis Diderot – Paris 7, Paris, France, 1995

Research interests

Statistics, Simulation, Combinatorial Optimization, Sensitivity Analysis, Optimal Algorithms for NP-Hard Problems, Stochastic Modeling, and Mathematical Modeling.
Zakwan AlArnaout

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� IST/TNT
Zakwan AlArnaout

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� IST/TNT

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Wireless Networks, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2014

M.Sc. Network Security, Al al-Bayt University, Jordan, 2004

B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Jordan, Jordan, 1995

Research interests

Content Centric Networking, Wireless Networks, Peer-to-Peer Networks, Parallel & Distributed Computing, and Network & Information Security.
Mouhammad AlAkkoumi

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Computer Engineering
Mouhammad AlAkkoumi

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Computer Engineering

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2011

M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2007

B.Sc. Computer & Communication Engineering: American University of Technology, Lebanon, 2005

Research interests

Image Processing, Sensor Networks, and Optical Communication
Yahya Lakys

Associate Professor / Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement
Yahya Lakys

Associate Professor / Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

Ph.D. in Electronics, University of Bordeaux, France, 2009

M.Sc. in Signal, Telecommunications, Image, Radar, University of Rennes, France, 2004

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Lebanese university, Lebanon, 2003

Research interests

Analog Integrated Circuits, Radiation Hardness, Aerospace Engineering
Moustafa Houda

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Civil Engineering
Moustafa Houda

Assistant Professor / Department Chair 鈥� Civil Engineering

Year of joining 51福利社:

Education

PHD in Materials, Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Grenoble Alpes University, 2015

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Geomechanics and Risks, University of Joseph Fourier, 2012

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering-Lebanese University, 2012

Research interests

Geotechnical Engineering, Soil-Structure Interaction, Soil Improvement, Fracture Mechanics, Digital Image Correlation.