DR. HATEM ELAYDI

Electrical Engineering Department

The Islamic University of Gaza

PO Box 108, Gaza, Palestine

Phone :(W) +970-8-286-0700 ext. 2875 Cell: +970-599-347553

Fax:+970-8 286-0800

Email:helaydi@ iugaza.edu.ps

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Dec. 1997

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, GPA 3.92

Dissertation:Complex Controller Design Using Linear Matrix Inequalities.

MS Electrical Engineering, July 1993

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, GPA 3.93

BS Electrical Engineering, September 1990

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

GPA: 3.91 and Summa cum Laude award.

BS Electronic Engineering Technology, March 1989

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

GPA: 3.91 and Summa cum Laude award.

EXPERIENCE:

POSITIONS:

Administrative Quality Assurance Unit, Islamic University of Gaza, Director (Aug. 2011- Now).

Coordinator of the Master program at the Electrical Engineering program 2004-2011.

Research Affiliate, University of Glasgow, UK, Project Lifelong Learning in Palestine, 2011-2013.

UNDP Quality Assurance Task, Islamic University of Gaza Coordinator (Feb. 2006-Aug. 2006)

UNDP / Regional Bureau for Arab States UNDP/ RBAS HE Project Phase II, Enhancement of Quality Assurance and Institutional Planning at Arab Universities.

Quality Assurance Academic Program Reviewer:

  • UNDP certified Academic Subject Reviewer. Trained by a British Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) team on academic review standards in the UK through 64-hours three workshops. (Amman, March 2002, June 2002).
  • A member of the UNDP evaluation team in the Arab world (1 of 15).
  • Participated in the evaluation of the Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs in universities in the Arab World.
  • Certified by the Education Testing Service Global Institute for Test Administration and Test Security. (May 2003)
  • Prepared the self-evaluating document (SED) for A QAA team in order to review the Computer Engineering and the Computer Science programs. (July 2002).
  • Coordinated the review visit for a QAA team that lasted four days and was fruitful and received an outstanding report. (Dec. 2002)
  • Administrated an ETS test (Major Field Test, MFT) for 64 students at the IUG. (July 2003)

Resources Development Center, Head: Sep 2005 –Aug. 2007

  • Reviewed, evaluated and develop proposals for physical resources at the Islamic University of Gaza.
  • Reviewed, evaluated and developed academic program resources proposals.
  • Reviewed, evaluated and develop cooperation agreement between the Islamic University of Gaza and other institutions.
  • Supervised, coordinated and oversaw the implementation of IUG projects
  • Allocated financial resources for the Islamic University of Gaza proposals.

National Review Team (2006-2008):

  • Member of the Palestinian National team that reviews and evaluate programs in the fields of: Engineering, Computing and Information Technology.

Quality Assurance & Project Coordinator: Sep. 2003 – Sep. 2004, College of Engineering,Islamic University of Gaza.

  • The leader of the projects and proposals team
  • Led a team that conducted internal reviews of all engineering program.
  • Trained staff members in writing self-evaluating documents that are based on aims and outcomes of the program.
  • Led the efforts in the College of Engineering in order to establish student's activities programs, academic and non-academic student feedback, and establish student organization with international links (IEEE, IIE, ICE, etc.).
  • Led the efforts in establishing a research environment by having a partnership agreement with Arab and international universities.
  • Developed a strategic plan for the College of Engineering. (Dec. 2003)

Quality Assurance Committee: Nov. 2002 - present, Islamic University of Gaza.

Coordinated the review process of the academic programs at the Islamic University of Gaza.

  • Organized and conducted two 24-hours training workshop for the Islamic University staff (50 persons) in writing self-evaluating documents. (Feb. 2003)
  • Conducted several seminars to the university administration, staff and student regarding quality assurance in academic programs. (Fall 2002 & Spring 2003)
  • Evaluated the self-evaluation documents of all the academic programs at the IUG. (Summer 2003)
  • Scheduled to organize and conduct a 12-hours and 15-hours workshops to train external reviewers and evaluators. (Jan. 2004)

Quality Assurance Academic Program Reviewer:

  • UNDP certified Academic Subject Reviewer. Trained by a British Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) team on academic review standards in the UK through 64-hours three workshops. (Amman, March 2002, June 2002).
  • A member of the UNDP evaluation team in the Arab world (1 of 15).
  • Participated in the evaluation of the Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs in universities in the Arab World.
  • Certified by the Education Testing Service Global Institute for Test Administration and Test Security. (May 2003)
  • Prepared the self-evaluating document (SED) for A QAA team in order to review the Computer Engineering and the Computer Science programs. (July 2002).
  • Coordinated the review visit for a QAA team that lasted four days and was fruitful and received an outstanding report. (Dec. 2002)
  • Administrated an ETS test (Major Field Test, MFT) for 64 students at the IUG. (July 2003)

IEEE Counselor: April 1999- Sep. 2003, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza.

  • Established a Student-Branch for the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in April 1999.
  • Student Branch Counselor: supervised, planed scientific, social, and organizational activities, and coordination communications with the regional branches and the main office.
  • Established Non-curriculum activities such as student professional awareness conference, SPAC, the summer school program, the student leadership program and other public programs.
  • Directed the student members to participate in international competitions.

Department's Head: Sep. 2001- Aug. 2003, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza.

  • Lead the department to an outstanding external review process.
  • Guided the department to an expansion in its labs and students.
  • Promoted students to participate in international and Arabic student competitions where they won prizes.
  • Expanded the role of students in the educational process by encouraging them to participate in extra curricula activities.
  • Developed a new curriculum for the Electrical Engineering program.

Project & Research Coordinator: Sep. 2000-Aug. 2001, College of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza.

  • Prepared proposals for labs expansion and the creation of new ones.
  • Established and reviewed agreement with other universities and institutions at international, Arab and local level.
  • Coordinated scholarship programs for graduate studies.
  • Coordinated projects, and established training programs for graduates in partnership with local private and public institutions.
  • Established an alumni organization for the Engineering Graduates.

Assistant Professor: Sep. 1998- present, Electrical &Computer Engineering Department, Islamic University of Gaza.

  • Developed online courses. Advanced Technical English, Digital Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, and Digital Electronics.
  • Established online assessment methods.

Systems Engineer, Jan. 1998- Sep. 1998, Rocky Tech, Colorado Springs,

Colorado, USA. Developing and selling equipment, software programs in the fields of communications and electronics.

Research Assistant: Jan. 1993-Dec. 1997, Klipsch School of Electrical &

Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University. My research includes the development of new optimization techniques in deadbeat ripple-free control and linear matrix inequalities and compare them to intelligent and classical control systems.

Teaching Assistant: Jan. 1992- Dec.1997, Klipsch School of Electrical &

Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University. Duties include the teaching of control systems labs, electrical networks labs, C programming, FORTRAN, MATLAB, and MATHCAD. My Duties also including developing new experiments and the maintenance of the machines and the computers in these labs.

Quality Positions

  • Current member of the IT & engineering programs evaluation team at the Ministry of Higher Education, Palestine.
  • Consultant for “IUG Institutional Self-Assessment", drafted a practical handbook for conducting self-assessment and wrote and edited the final report.
  • Participated in Quality Assurance and Institutional Self-Evaluation Project "QUAITE M011B04 –PS"
  • Developed the Academic Curricula for Computer Science and Graphics and Multimedia Programs for Gaza University.
  • Represented the college in different meetings regarding the development of the community college programs, and the Information technology in Palestine.

PROJECTS & COSULTATION SERVICES:

Lifelong Learning in Palestine – (2011 – 2013) Project number 517494 – TEMPUS: Joint Project in Higher Education & Society (2011 – 2504 / 001 – 001). University of Glasgow (Mr Hammond is Lead Partner) with University of Malta, St Mary’s University College London, University of Maynooth and University of Birzeit, University of Al Quds, Bethlehem University and the Islamic University of Gaza. The project also includes the Centre for Applied Research in Education, Palestine and the Society of Women Graduates in the Gaza Strip.The Tempus Grant is for 669,355.36 Euros and involves rolling out Lifelong Learning provision from centres of Higher Education to informal learning settings on the West Bank and Gaza

Assessing and Reengineering of Administrative Processes at IUG, Islamic University of Gaza, funded by QIF –Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Feb 2009)

Consultant:

  • Directed an institutional evaluation team in conducting a self-evaluation process
  • Developed institutional self-evaluation manual with indicators
  • Developed forms to collect data and evaluate this data
  • Wrote the final report
  • Supervised all the work conducted by eight teams

Developing Engineering programs Curricula, Palestine Technical College, Deir ALbalah,funded by QIF –Ministry of Education and Higher Education (April- Oct. 2009)

Higher education consulting expert

  • Conducted a study to evaluate the skills level of graduates
  • Examined the markets for the required skills
  • Measured the current skills level
  • Reviewed the curricula and made suggestions for improvement

Developing the Practical Skills in Computer & Electrical Engineering Curricula,

Islamic University of Gaza, funded by QIF –Ministry of Education and Higher Education (March- Oct. 2008)

Higher education consulting expert:

  • Conducted a study to evaluate the skills level of graduates
  • Examined the markets for the required skills
  • Measured the current skills level
  • Reviewed the curricula and made suggestions for improvement

Small Business Management and Entrepreneurs (pre-incubation phase), Islamic University of Gaza, funded by ANERA (spring 2006-spring 2008).

University coordinator:

  • Conducted a study to evaluate the needed skills
  • Managed all course activities
  • Evaluated the course outcomes
  • Reviewed the curricula and suggested recommended actions

Unified Graduate Tracking System, funded by World Bank, TEP, supervised by Ministry of Education and Higher Education (March 2007-Dec. 2007)

ICT Expert:

  • Designed and implemented of the system
  • Coordinated the report generation of the system
  • Coordinated information gathering mechanism
  • Tested and troubled shoot the system
  • Conducted in relevant workshops
  • Drafted and edited final report
  • Defined the technical needs ofTEIs and examined their technical capacity in hosting such systems
  • Reviewed the existing relevant literature and initiatives with regard to the scope of the project

Participate in designing the different sets of questionnaires

Assessing and Reengineering of Administrative Processes at IUG, Islamic University of Gaza, funded by QIF –Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Feb 2009)

Trainer:

  • Designed material on institutional evaluation
  • Trained 50 employees on:
  • Understanding concepts and definitions of institutional evaluations
  • conducting self- institutional evaluations
  • writingself-evaluation report

Trainer:

  • Designed material on EFQM (European Foundation on Quality Management)
  • Trained 50 employees on:
  • Understanding concepts and definitions of institutional excellence
  • Developing forms and trained participants on using RADAR logic tools
  • writingself-evaluation using RADAR logic

Strategic Planning, Alaqsa University, funded by QIF –Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Nov. 2008)

Trainer:

  • Designed material on program evaluation
  • Trained 30 employees on:

Understanding concepts and definitions of program evaluations

conducting self- evaluations

writing self-evaluation report

National IT & Electrical Engineering Benchmarks & Program Specifications, funded by UNESCO, (Jan. 2007 – Nov 2007)

  • Reviewed international benchmarks and program specification (ACM, ABET, UK-QAA, Japan, France)
  • Conducted and organized workshops
  • Defined new Palestinian Benchmarks for ICT programs to fit the local and regional markets.
  • Drafted and edited final reports

Evaluating Engineering, Computer Science and ICT programs, Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission, Ministry of Education and Higher Education (June 2006-March 2008)

  • Set plans for the evaluation activities
  • Led a team of experts to perform evaluation activities
  • Conducted report evaluations (over 100 reports)
  • Arranged and conducted site visits for educational institutions
  • Drafted and edited final evaluation reports (over 40 reports)
  • Organized and conducted several related workshops

SPECIAL TRAINING:

Five training workshops conducted by UNDP / Regional Bureau for Arab States UNDP/ RBAS HE, Enhancement of Quality Assurance and Institutional Planning at Arab Universities.

  • Assessing the Quality and Impact of Academic Programs in Arab Universities (Academic Subject Review) for Education Studies representatives from Arab Universities ; March, 03, Amman, Jordan.
  • Assessing the Quality and Impact of Academic Programs in Arab Universities, May 02, Amman, Jordan.
  • Academic external reviewing process. June, 02, Amman, Jordan
  • Development of a Statistical Database for Arab Universities, May 2004. Amman, Jordan, Main project features: Tracks students distribution , staff distribution, financial data (ins and outs) among all cost centers at the university.
  • Planning and Administration of Major Field Tests. May 2003, Tunis, Tunisia.

United Nations University – International Leadership Institute, University Management in the 21st. century, (March 2006), Amman, Jordan.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Optimal Quadratic Control, Linear Matrix Inequalities Control, Control Theory Fundamentals, Computer Control Systems, Optimal Control, Nonlinear Control, Adaptive Control Theory, Digital Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Speech Processing, Power Systems, Digital Communication Systems, Electronics I, Digital Electronics, Digital Circuit Design, File Organization and Processing, Wavelets and Filter Banks, Senior Projects, and Advanced Technical English.

Research Contributions:

  • Developedmethodologies for designing internally stabilizing ripple-free deadbeat controllers to solve the tracking of an arbitrary reference signal and the attenuation of general disturbances.
  • Developed internally stabilizing controllers for systems with time delays using Linear Matrix Inequalities.
  • Developed , and controllers of minimum degree.
  • Developed methodologies for designing internally stabilizing controllers that allow for minimizing overshoot, undershoot, settling time, slew rate, maximum control amplitude, norm, norm, norm, STAE, STSE and norm.
  • Implemented Linear Matrix Inequalities Controllers using the PC.
  • Implemented all kinds of controllers using analog and digital parts and equipment.

Programming Experience:

  • MATLAB: Developed MATLAB functions and toolboxes for control systems, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Speech processing, Communication, Power and optimizations for the last 12 years.
  • C: Over ten years of experience in writing programs for Digital Image Processing, Digital Image Processing, Speech Processing and analog and digital computers interfacing.
  • FORTRAN: Over three years of experience in writing programs for network circuit analysis and power circuit analysis.

Freelance Computer Consultant: Specialized in client support, hardware/software,

configuration and network design.

COMPUTING SKILLS:

Languages: C, FORTRAN, BASIC, JAVA.

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, WINDOWS, UNIX.

Platforms: Sun, IBM-PC, MAC.

Software Packages and Tools: MATLAB, MATHCAD, PSPICE, MS WORD,

WORD PERFECT and SCIENTIFIC WORKPLACE.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) member since 1987.

IEEE Control Systems Society.

IEEE (Palestine subsection) secretary 2012.

Arabic Quality Assurance Agency

SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).

Tau Alpha Pi (National Honor Society), Colorado Technical University Chapter

President 1988-89, Vice President 1988, and Secretary 1988.

Sociedad de Ingeieros (Engineering Professional Society).

Palestinian Engineers Associations.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

  • International Arab Journal on Information Technology, the most active reviewers list 2011, 2010, 2008-2005.
  • Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 26th edition, 2009.
  • Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2007.
  • Listed in Leading Engineers of the World, 2007.
  • Listed in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, 2007.
  • ASAI Scholarship 1993-1996, New Mexico State University.
  • Board of Governors Academic Merit Scholarship 1987-1989, Colorado Tech.
  • The National Dean's List 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, and 1988-89.
  • The Dean's List every term in Colorado Tech.
  • US Achievement List 1987-1988.

EDITORIAL & REVIEWING SERVICES

Gconference.net Publishing, editor

International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, International Editors

The International Arab Journal on Information Technology (IAJIT), Editorial board member.

The International Arab Journal of e-Technology (IAJeT), Editorial board member.

The International Arab Journal on Information Technology, Technical committee member.

Information Technology Journal, member of the editorial board, 2007-2009.

Sensors Journal, Reviewer.

Arab Research Institute for Science and Engineering Journal, ARISE, Reviewer.

The 7th International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning, IMCL 2012, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan, 6-8 Nov. 2012.

The 3rd Palestinian International Conference on Computer and Information Technology PICCIT 2010, Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU), Hebron city/ Palestine, March 9-11, 2010, Organizing Committee member.

The 13th World Multi-Conference on Systemic, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2009, Reviewer.

The Second International Engineering Conference on Construction and Development (2nd IECCD, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine , 18-19 June 2007, Conference Organizing Committee member.

The 2nd Palestinian International Conference on Computer and Information Technology PICCIT 2007, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron city/ Palestine, March, 2007, Organizing Committee member.

The International Conference on Engineering and City Development, Gaza, Sep. 22-23, 2003, Paper Review Committee member.

The International Conference on Engineering City Development, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine. 22-23 Sep, 2003, Conference Review Committee member.

The Technical Education Conference, University College of Applied Science, Gaza, Palestine, 12-13 Oct. 2008, Scientific Committee member.

The first International Conference on the Application of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2008), Program Committee member.

PUBLICATIONS:

Elaydi H. and R. Paz. "Optimal Ripple-Free Deadbeat Controllers for Systems with Time Delays." Proceeding of the American Control Conference, volume 1, 1998.