Prof. Ashraf Farah

(iii) College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia:

1- (SE211) Basics of Engineering surveying

2- (SE310) Engineering Surveying

3- (SE212) Spatial Measurements

4- (SE312) Introduction to Geomatic Engineering

5- (SE331) Observations Adjustment

6- (SE412) Astronomy & satellite positioning

7- (SE413) Satellite Positioning

8- (SE417) Hydrographic Surveying

9- Graduation project (1)& (2)

• Experiences :

1- Experience (1995-presnet) in executing and supervising Surveying projects for different organizations.

2- Theoretical and practical experience in working with different surveying instruments ( old-fashioned & modern (GPS))

3- Theoretical and practical experience in working with different surveying softwares.

4- Principle Investigator for “The preparation of strategic plan for '' Kaomel Bahry'' region in Sohag governorate” project under authority of the architectural planning organisation, ministry of housing, Egyptian government. The project involved full supervision on the surveying works for three villages (Kaomel Bahry & Hagarsa &Awlad Ghareeb) (May 2005 to May 2006)

5- Full supervision on the surveying works for five villages for project “The preparation of strategic plan for '' Arabet Abo ELdahab'' region in Sohag governorate” project under authority of the architectural planning organisation, ministry of housing, Egyptian government. The project involved full supervision on the surveying works for five villages (Arabet Abo ELdahab& AlArabah Alsharqua & Albaghyta & Bani Zar & Naga Tamam) (May 2005 to May 2006)

6- Principle Investigator for “Revising the coordinates of Granite mining fields in Wadi El-Alaki area, Aswan governorate” project under authority of mining Department in Aswan governorate. The project as done using GPS technology. (October 2005 – April 2006)

7- Full supervision of the surveying works for Toshka flood channel for the Public Prosecution in Aswan (March 2008).

8- Full supervision of the surveying works of the project (study of rock slips in the villages of Aswan Governorate) for the province of Aswan. The project was implemented using GPS technology (August 2008).

9- Full supervision of the surveying works of the site of the Industrial Zone in Al-aaki in Aswan Governorate for the Department of Industrial Areas in Aswan Governorate (August 2009).

10- Full supervision of the surveying works of the project to layoff the number of 1235 manholes for the new Aswan city in Aswan Governorate (May 2017).

11- Full supervision of the surveying works for 12200 feddan (topographical & plane) for the new Aswan city in Aswan Governorate (November 2017 – February 2018).

12- Consultant (Geodetic Engineering & positioning engineering) – Egyptian Engineers Syndicate -July 2019

• AWARDS

1- The Best Student Paper Prize for the paper "The Ionospheric Delay Effort for GPS Single-frequency Users-Analysis Study for Simulation Purposes", at the 15th International Conference of the Satellite Division of the American Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregon, September 2002.

2- The MHESR partnership and ownership agreement post-doctoral grant in Institute of physical Geodesy, Darmstadt technical university, Darmstadt, Germany organized by the Egyptian higher education ministry (November 2006-January 2007).

• Professional development activities:

1- Participation in Workshop “Modern trends in teaching”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. May 2005.

2- Participation in Workshop “Skills of effective presentation”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. May 2005.

3- Participation in Workshop “Management of scientific research”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. July 2005.

4- Participation in Workshop “Using Technology in Teaching”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. March 2007.

5- Participation in Workshop “Profession ethics and manners”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. March 2007.

6- Participation in Workshop “Development of managerial skills”. Organised by centre of skills development, South Valley University. April 2007.

7- Participation in Workshop “ Skills of Effective Teaching”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 1^st term 2009-1010.

8- Participation in Workshop “ Course Design”. Organised deanship of skills development King Saud University 1^st term 2009-1010

9- Participation in Workshop “Students Assessment Techniques”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 1^st term 2009-1010

10- Participation in Workshop “ Micro Teaching”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 1^st term 2009-1010.

11- Participation in Workshop “peer consultation training for improving teaching”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 2^nd term 2009-1010

12- Participation in Workshop “Development of Teaching Portfolio”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 2^nd 2009-1010

13- Participation in Workshop “improving your teaching through assessment”. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. 2^nd 2009-1010

14- A granted peer consultant from the deanship of skills development, King Saud University since 2^nd term 2009-1010

15- Granted the professional license for higher education from the deanship of skills development, King Saud University, October 2012.

16- Participation in the 2^nd Annual Forum for University Teaching (Learning outcomes assessment) organised by King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA. (9-12 February, 2013).

17- Participation in the workshop titled (E-portfolio as a tool for students learning outcomes assessment) run by Prof. Mark Morton, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, Canada. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (11-2-2013).

18- Participation in the workshop titled (Personal response systems ((clickers)) as a tool for leaning assessment) run by Prof. Mark Morton, University of Waterloo, Canada. Organised deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (12-2-2013).

19- Participation in the 3^rd Annual Forum for University Teaching (Toward Distinguish University Teaching) organised by King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA. (8-12 September, 2013).

20- Participation in workshop “ High quality professional teaching: working towards excellence” given by professor Gavin Brown, Auckland university, New Zealand. Organised by King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA. (25 February, 2014).

21- Participation in the workshop titled (Search skills in electronic databases) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (7-8-2014).

22- Participation in the workshop titled (Design of electronic course using Course Lab software) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (8-8-2014).

23- Participation in the workshop titled (Using Google Apps in education) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (9-8-2014).

24- Participation in the workshop titled (Meeting your class for the first time) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (10-8-2014).

25- Participation in the workshop titled (Solving problems teaching strategy) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (11-8-2014).

26- Participation in the webinar titled (Improving students’ employability skills through college teaching) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (8-8-2014)

27- Participation in the webinar titled (Students motivation for better learning) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (10-8-2014).

28- Participation in the workshop titled (Speed Reading) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (18-8-2014).

29- Participation in the workshop titled (Writing proposals for research grants and projects)

Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (15-10-2014).

30- Participation in the webinar titled (Developing Grading Rubrics) Organised by deanship

of skills development, King Saud University. (Dr. Trevor M. Holmes, University of

Waterloo, Canada (17-11-2014).

31- Participation in the webinar titled (Effective Course Design) Organised by deanship of

skills development, King Saud University. (Prof. Bill Buskist, Auburn university, USA

(25-11-2014).

32- Participation in the webinar titled (The Flipped Classrooms: Why and How?) Organised

by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (Dr. Mark Mortton, University

of Waterloo, Canada .(22-12-2014).

33- Participation in the webinar titled (Mobile Learning to transform the delivery of Education:

Are we ready?) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University.

(Prof. Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada .(29-12-2014).

34- Participation in the webinar titled (Submitting manuscripts and getting them accepted in

ISI journals) Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University.

(Prof. John F. Leslie, Univ. Distinguished Prof. Kansas State University, USA) (29-12-

2014).

35- Participation in the workshop titled (The scholarship of teaching, learning and curriculum

practice in higher education) by Prof. Harry Hubball , the university of British Colombia,

Canada. Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University. (2-2-2015).

36- Participation in the workshop titled (Educational Technology Innovation for higher

education in the 21^st century) by Prof. Olaf Zawacki Richter , the university of

Oldenburg, Germany. Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud

University. (4-2-2015).

37- Participation in the 2-days workshop titled (Introduction to Mobile Learning;

instructional design and delivery methods ) by Prof. Mohamed Ally , Athabasca

university, Canada. Organised by deanship of skills development, King Saud University.

(15&19-2-2015).

• Publications:

1- Farah, A. (2002). "The Ionospheric Delay Effort for GPS Single-frequency Users-Analysis Study for Simulation Purposes", Proc ION GPS 2002, 15th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Portland,Oregon, USA, September 2002.

2- Farah, A. (2002). "Ionospheric-Delay Simulation Study for GPS Single-Frequency Users", the 2002 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Wuhan, China ,November 6 - 8, 2002.

3- Farah, A. (2003). "A New Ionospheric Delay model for GPS Single-Frequency Data Simulation". 1st International Conference of Civil Engineering Science ICCES1, Assiut University, Assiut, EGYPT, October 2003.

4- Farah, A.; Moore, T.; Hill, C. (2003). "High Spatial Variation Tropospheric Model for GPS-Data Simulation", Proc. ION GPS 2003, 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Portland,Oregon, USA, September 2003.

5- Farah, A. (2003). "EGNOS Tropospheric Model for GPS Data Simulation", the 2003 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Tokyo, Japan ,November, 2003.

6- Farah, A. (2003). "A Light on :GPS/GALILEO Data Simulation", the 2003 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Tokyo, Japan ,November, 2003.

7- Farah, A.; Moore, T.; Hill, C. (2004)."LEO Orbit Determination by GNSS", the 2004 European GNSS conference. Rotterdam, Netherlands,May, 2004.

8- Farah, A.; Moore, T.; Hill, C. (2005)."High Spatial Variation Tropospheric Model for GPS-Data Simulation", Journal of Navigation, Volume 58, Issue 03, September 2005, ISSN: 0373-4633, pp 459-470

9- Farah, A. (2005). “ GPS/GALILEO Single-Frequency Ionospheric Modeling”, the 2005 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Hong Kong, China ,December, 2005.

10- Farah, A. (2005). “Assessment Study of CODE-Inonspheric Products”, the 2005 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Hong Kong, China ,December, 2005

11- Farah, A. (2005). “Assessment of Klobuchar Model Using GPS&CODE Coefficients”, the 2005 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS .Hong Kong, China ,December, 2005

12- Farah, A. (2007). “The behaviour of GPS, Galileo and combined GPS/Galileo in different-latitude geographical regions- DOP study”. al-azhar engineering ninth international conference, April, 2007.

13- Farah, A. (2007). “The behaviour of GPS, Galileo and combined GPS/Galileo in different-latitude geographical regions- Visible Satellites study”. al-azhar engineering ninth international conference, April, 2007.

14- Farah, A. (2007). “Assessment Study of GPS Broadcast Ephemeris”. al-azhar engineering ninth international conference, April, 2007.

15- Farah, A. (2007). “Assessment of EGNOS tropospheric correction model in south Egypt”. al-azhar engineering ninth international conference, April, 2007.

16- Farah, A. and Institute of physical Geodesy, Darmstadt University staff members. (2007) "Analysis, conception and documentation accompanying to the introduction of Glonass and Galileo in the Hessian SAPOS". Study Report for the hessian national office for Soil management and geo information (HLBG), Hessian county, Germany.

17- Farah, A. (2008). “Code Single Point Positioning using nominal GNSS Constellations (Future

Perception)”. Journal of Artificial Satellites, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2007.

18- Farah, A. (2008). “Behaviour of GPS & Galileo Ionospheric Delay Correction in Egypt”. journal of Scientific Researches, Faculty of Engineering, Ain-shams University, Egypt Vol. 42, No. 4, 2007.

19- Farah, A. (2008). “Ionospheric Delay Correction in Egypt”. Al-Azhar University Engineering Journal, JAUES Vol. 3, No. 10, December 2008.

20- Farah, A. (2008). “Tropospheric Correction Estimation in Egypt”. Al-Azhar University Engineering Journal, JAUES Vol. 3, No. 10, December 2008.

21-Talaat, A.; Farah, A.; Farrag, A. (2008). “Accuracy Assessment Study of Static-GPS in South Egypt”. Al-Azhar University Engineering Journal, JAUES Vol. 3, No. 10, December 2008.

22- Farah, A. (2008). “Double-Difference Carrier-Phase Network Solution using Nominal GNSS Constellations (Future Perception)”. Journal of Artificial Satellites, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2008.

23- Farah, A. (2008). “Comparison of GPS/Galileo Single Frequency Ionospheric Models with Vertical Tec Maps”. journal of Artificial Satellites, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2008.

24- Farah, A. Talaat, A.; Farrag, A. (2008). “Accuracy Assessment of Digital Elevation Models Using GPS”. journal of Artificial Satellites, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2008.