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Dean and Chairs

  • Audil Rashid Khaki

    Associate Professor / Dean

    Audil Rashid Khaki

    Audil Rashid Khaki

    Associate Professor / Dean

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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

    Nasser Elkanj

    Associate Professor / Deputy Dean

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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

    Rusudan Murusidze

    Senior Instructor / Department Head

    English Foundation Program

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Electrical Engineering

    Dean of Engineering and Technology

    Taha Beyrouthy

    Taha Beyrouthy

    Associate Professor – Electrical Engineering

    Dean of Engineering and Technology

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Chemical Engineering

    Hatem M. Alsyouri

    Hatem M. Alsyouri

    Associate Professor / Department Chair – Chemical Engineering

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Electrical Engineering

    Samer Khodor Al Kork

    Samer Khodor Al Kork

    Associate Professor / Department Chair – Electrical Engineering

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Mechanical Engineer

    Yousef Gharbia

    Yousef Gharbia

    Associate Professor / Department Chair – Mechanical Engineer

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Statistics

    Hedi Mhalla

    Hedi Mhalla

    Associate Professor / Department Chair – Statistics

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – IST/TNT

    Zakwan AlArnaout

    Zakwan AlArnaout

    Assistant Professor / Department Chair – IST/TNT

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Computer Engineering

    Mouhammad AlAkkoumi

    Mouhammad AlAkkoumi

    Assistant Professor / Department Chair – Computer Engineering

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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

    Yahya Lakys

    Associate Professor / Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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 – Civil Engineering

    Moustafa Houda

    Moustafa Houda

    Assistant Professor / Department Chair – Civil Engineering

    Year of joining 51¸£ÀûÉç:

    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.
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