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Ashraf A. Tahat, PhD (Profile) أ. د. اشرف الطاهات
Dr. Ashraf Tahat is an Full Professor in the Communications Engineering Department at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) and was the Department Chairman (2010-2012). Prof. Tahat earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IllinoisTech), Chicago, IL, USA, with emphasis on electronics and circuits. He received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2002, with a focus on communications and signal processing. Dr. Tahat joined PSUT in 2005 as an Assistant Professor, later being promoted to Associate Professor. He participated in establishing the Department of Communications Engineering, and served as Head of the department from 2010 to 2012. He has also performed consultations for local industrial partners. In 2015, Prof. Tahat conducted research on wireless cellular network geo-localization systems at the Electrical Engineering Department of the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in collaboration with Octasic Inc. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Prior to that, he worked as a research scientist with the Department of Software Engineering and IT at ETS to develop a network security tool based on machine learning and data-mining theory and principles. From 2012 to 2013, he was a Visiting Professor with McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in the Telecommunications and Signal Processing Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, conducting research on modern wireless communications systems (such as the 3GPP LTE-A). From 2002 to 2003, he was an Adjunct Professor and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at IllinoisTech, Chicago, USA. Before completing his doctoral studies, he was with Lucent Technologies Inc. (Alcatel-Lucent) on first generation ADSL modem prototypes. He was also a member of the technical staff at 3Com Corporation in Illinois, USA, at the voice-band modem research and development group of the Personal Communications Division. Dr. Tahat is a Senior Member of Eta Kappa Nu and a member of Tau Beta Pi honor societies.
He also supervised more that 25 graduation projects several of which are of great importance to society and some have won first or second places in technology competitions.
Dr. Tahat has authored and co-authored several international journal and conference research articles. He also received Philadelphia University Best Invention Award in 2010 for his US Patent 007385617, and honored in the Arabian Innovators Forum in 2008. Dr Tahat served as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and Transactions on Signal processing among others. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies.
Full Professor (2021 - Present)
Associate Professor (2005 -2021)
Department of Communications Engineering
King Abdullah II School of Engineering
Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan
R&D Engineering Consultant / Visiting Scholar (2015 - 2015)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Université of Québec - École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in collaboration with Octasic Inc. , Montreal, QC, Canada.
Research Scientist (Consultant) (2014 - 2014)
Dept. of Software Engineering and Information Technology
Université of Québec - École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in collaboration with Efficient Protection Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada
Visiting Professor (2012 - 2013)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Department Chairman and Associate Professor ( 2010 - 2012)
King Abdullah II School of Engineering
Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan
In addition to duties listed below, run and oversee day-to-day activities of the department such as:
q Setting clear expectations and establishing constructive working environment.
q Developing responsibilities and delegating tasks as appropriate.
q Monitoring and reviewing students progress through the use of appropriate data.
q Suggest and distribute teaching and instruction loads in addition to course schedules.
q Setting the strategic direction and development of the department.
q Active participant of the engineering college council.
q Active participant of the university council.
Assistant Professor (February 2005 - October 2010)
q Participated in conceptualizing and establishing the Communications Engineering Department including curriculum, course outlines, and course descriptions.
q Assisted in applying and obtaining accreditation from the Ministry of Higher Education for the communications Engineering program.
q Set-up laboratory structures, solicited tenders for equipment and apparatus, and carried out complete purchasing process.
q Teach Cellular Communications, Satellite Communications, Digital Communications, Analog Communications, and Circuit Analysis courses.
q Conduct research in wireless communications and signal processing.
q Participated in writing an preparing funding proposals from the Ministry of Higher Education.
q Publish high-quality research articles of state-of-the-art research findings.
q Active participant of the engineering college council.
q Active participant of the university council.
q Supervise laboratory Teaching Assistants in communications and circuits laboratories.
q Supervise and assist students in their Graduation Projects.
q Advise students on study loads before and after registration.
q Organized industry seminars on campus related to students field of study.
q Steering committee member of El-Hassan Science City annual forum “Technology Commercialization Program” since 2005, and its annual forum in Jordan.
q Participated in organizing workshops on Intellectual Property awareness in Jordan.
q Participated in preparing a Patent Drafting workshop organized by WIPO and was a keynote speaker.
q Attended and promoted several workshops on Entrepreneurship and innovation in Jordan.
q Teach Aircom/Asset cellular planning software.
q Granted US Patent in June 2008.