Ahmad Y. Omar is an Associated Professor of Physics at the Arab American University-Palestine (AAUP). I was born in Tulkarem, 1963. I joined the MSc program in Physics at METU-Ankara in Sep, 1986 followed by the PhD in Physics at the same University in Jan, 1989. I am employed as a teaching assistant during my PhD study. I taught at Sanaa University in the period from Jan,1994 until Sep, 1996. I worked at Zarka Private University in Jordan in the period from Sep, 1996 until Sep, 2004. Then I moved to Hail University in Saudi Arabia and worked there from Sep, 2004 until Sep, 2010. Finally, I joined AAUP-Palestine at Sep, 2010 until now.
Academic Experience
| From | To | Present | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2010 | 08/05/2018 | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Arab American University, Jenin, West Bank, Palestine. | |
| 11/09/2004 | 01/09/2010 | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics, College of Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia. | |
| 15/09/1996 | 10/09/2004 | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Zarqa Private University, Zarqa, Jordan. | |
| 01/01/1994 | 30/09/1996 | Assistant Professor | Sana’a University, Yemen Republic. | |
| 15/03/1989 | 01/01/1994 | Research Assistant | Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | |
| 09/05/2018 | Associate Professor | Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Arab American University, Jenin, West Bank, Palestine. |
Administrative Experience
| From | To | Present | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2015 | 01/09/2016 | Member in the University Council | AAUJ | |
| 01/09/2010 | 31/08/2015 | Head, Department of Physics | AAUJ |
Education
| University/College Name | Degree Received | Specialization | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey | Phd | Plasma Physics, Free Electron Laser | |
| Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey | MSc/MS | Plasma Physics, Free Electron Laser | |
| An – Najah National University, Nablus, West – Bank, Palestine | BSc/BS | Physics |
Skills
Fortran Programming, Matlab Programming, Origin Grapher, Reading, walking
Awards
Message of thanks and appreciation(workshop): Preparing documents using LaTex"
Languages
Arabic
English
English
Courses Taught
| Course Title | Level |
|---|---|
| General Physics (I, II, III) | Undergraduate |
| General Physics for The Students of Medicine | Undergraduate |
| General Sciences (Class Teacher) | Undergraduate |
| Physics for Medical Students | Undergraduate |
| Physics for Medical Sciences | Undergraduate |
| Electricity & Magnetism (I & II) | Undergraduate |
| Material Science | Undergraduate |
| Solid State Physics | Undergraduate |
| Modern Physics I | Undergraduate |
| Optics & Waves | Undergraduate |
| Classical Mechanics ( I & II) | Undergraduate |
| Vibrations & Waves | Undergraduate |
| Electronics I | Undergraduate |
| General Physics Labs. (I, II&III) | Undergraduate |
| Physics for Medical Students Lab | Undergraduate |
| Intermediate Physics Lab. (Optics) | Undergraduate |
| Optics & Waves Lab | Undergraduate |
| Advanced Physics Lab. I (Modern Physics) | Undergraduate |
| Radiation Physics Lab. | Undergraduate |
| Laser Physics & Its Applications | Undergraduate |
| Laser, Design & Technology | Undergraduate |
| Atomic and Nuclear Physics | Undergraduate |
| Mathematical Physics I | Undergraduate |
| Quantum Mechanics I | Undergraduate |
| Practical Training in Medical Physics | Undergraduate |
| Heat & Thermodynamics | Undergraduate |
| Nuclear Physics | Undergraduate |
| Atomic & Molecular Physics | Undergraduate |
| Special Topics (Mathematical Physics III) | Undergraduate |
| Physics for Medical Students | Undergraduate |
| Mathematics and Software Packages for Physics | Undergraduate |
| Calculus III (Advanced Calculus) | Undergraduate |
| Plane Geometry | Undergraduate |
| Linear Algebra | Undergraduate |