Isam Alawneh Address Dr. Isam Alawneh Assistant professor Telecommunication Engineering Department (TCE) Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Arab American University, Jenin-West bank Palestine Phone: 00972-598459850 Email: [email protected] Personal Details Sex: Male / Married (have two children: daughter and son) Date of birth: 18th of August, 1968 Place of birth: Azmout Present Citizenship: Palestinian / German Citizenship School Education • 1974--1980 Elementary Education • 1980--1983 Preparatory Education • 1983--1986 Secondary Education Higher Education • 10/1986--02/1994: Bachelor of Science in Physics and Electronics: Major Physics, Minor Electronics from An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine • 10/1996—03/1998: Master of Science in Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Katholike university Leuven Belgium. I had prepared my thesis at IMEC-Leuven (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre) in the period 01/08/97 to 31/01/1998. Master Thesis: ‘Deep Submicron – Oxide-Semiconductor field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) Operation in the Temperature Range 4.2 – 300 K’ • 07/1999—07/2004: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Institute for high Frequency Technique, Antennas and Wave propagation group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. Ph.D. Thesis: ‘Modelling of the backscatter Behaviour of Typical Mines by computer Simulations and Experimental Tersts’. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Peter Edenhofer. Working Experience • 09/1987 -- 09/1991: plan and construct infrastructure electricity for buildings • 03/1994 -- 09/1996: plan and construct infrastructure electricity for buildings • 08/1998--08/1999: Teaching Physics at high school • 07/1999—09/2001: European funded project HOPE (Hand-Held Operational Demining Systems), Institute for high Frequency Technique, Antennas and Wave propagation, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Closed Cooperation with German Space Agency, Munich, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany • 09/2001 –09/2004: Assistant Lecturer (part time) and Scientific Researcher Fellow at Institute for high Frequency Technique, Antennas and Wave propagation, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum • 09/2004—02/2005: Assistance Professor, Telecommunication department, Arab American University Jenin, Jenin, Palestine • 05/2005—31/12/2005: Post doctoral-Scientific Researcher at Institute for high Frequency Technique, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum. Project: Ultrasound for medical applications Son-histology: Ultrasonic multi-feature tissue characterization system for the computerized differentiation of Parotid-Gland Tumours. • 09/01/2006—28/02/2009: Industrial experience: Design Engineer, Surface Acoustic Waves Filters for Mobile communication. Company: Vectron International GmbH & Co. KG., Potsdammer Strasse 18, Teltow, Germany • Assistance Professor, Telecommunication Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine: o 01/03/2009 – 07/07/2009 o 07/11/2009 – 01/08/2010 o 01/09/2010 – 22/06/2011 o 01/10/2011 – until now Specialization: Electromagnetic Theory, Antennas, Wave Propagation, Ground Penetrating Radar, Surface Acoustic Filter for Mobile Communication and Ultrasonic for Medical Applications. Language Knowledge • Arabic Native • English Fluent • German Very-Good Publications 1. I. Alawneh, E. Simoen, S. Biesemenms, K. De Meyer and C. Claeys, ”Comparison of the freeze-out in Indium and B doper n MOSFETs in the temperature range 4.2—300 K”, published in the proceedings of the European workshop on low temperature Electronics, WOLT 3, San Miniato, Tuscany Italy, June, 1998 2. I. Alawneh, E. Simoen, S. Biesemenms, K. De Meyer and C. Claeys, ”Comparison of the freeze-out in Indium and B doper n MOSFETs in the temperature range 4.2—300 K”, Journal de Physique, vol. 8, pages 3-03, year 07/08 3. I. Alawneh, E. Simoen, S. Biesemenms, K. De Meyer and C. Claeys, ”Charateristics of deep submicron n-MOSFETs in the temperature range 4.2--300 K”, Annual Belgian Society General Scientific Meeting, Faculaties Universität Notre-Dam de la Paix, Namur, Belgian, 19 and 20 May, 1998. 4. I. Alawneh, Christian Beine, Peter Edenhofer, “Modelling of the backscatter behaviour of the different types of mines without environment”, Final Report, HOPE-Project, September 14, 2001. 5. Isam Alawneh, U.Scheipers, S. Siebers, M. Ashfaq, F. Gottwald, A. Bozzato, J. Zenk, H. Iro, H. Ermert, “Ultrasonic Tissues Characterization for Parotid Gland Tumours Diagnostics”, 12 Tag der BioMed Technik, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 2005 6. Peter Edenhofer, I. Alawneh, “Hand-held operational demining system”, 5th International Conference on Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT), Kiev-Ukraine, 24-27 May, 2005 7. Isam Alawneh, Christian Beine, Dirk Plettemeir, Peter Edenhofer, " Modelling of the Backscatter Behaviour of Typical Antipersonnel Landmines by computer simulations" 3-rd European conference on Antenna and wave propagation, EuCAP 2009, 23/3/2009-27/03/2009 Berlin Germany. 8. Isam Alawneh, Christian Beine, Peter Edenhofer, “Calculation of Fingerprints of Typical Antipersonnel Landmines by Varying the Observation Point and Incidence Angles of Excitations”, 6th European conference on Antenna and wave propagation, EuCAP 2012, 26-30 March 2012, Prague, Czech Republic. Accepted 9. Isam Alawneh, Christian Beine, Dirk Plettemeir, Peter Edenhofer, ‘Comparison of Backscattering Characteristics of Different Antipersonnel Landmines by Using Method of Moment and Finite Difference in Time Domain’, International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Information Systems Research 2012 (ATSIR 2012), February 10-12, Taipei, Taiwan 2012. Accepted 10. Isam Alaw¬neh, Jan Ba¬row¬ski, Ilona Rol¬fes, ‘Extrac¬tion of Re¬la¬ti¬ve Per¬mit¬ti¬vi¬ty from Me¬a-su¬red Re¬flec¬tion Co¬ef¬fi¬ci¬ent of Dielec¬tric Ma¬te¬ri¬als in the Fre¬quen¬cy Range 207 – 247 GHz’, 48th Eu¬ropean Micro¬wa¬ve Con¬fe¬rence (EuMC), pp. 576-573, DOI:10.23919/EuMC.2018.8541509, Mad¬rid, Spain, Sep 23-27, 2018 11. Isam Alaw¬neh, Jan Ba¬row¬ski, Ilona Rol¬fes, ‘ Dielec¬tric Ma¬te¬ri¬al Cha¬rac¬te¬riza¬t¬i¬on in the Fre¬quen¬cy Range 68 - 92 GHz’ 12th Eu¬ropean Con¬fe¬rence on An¬ten¬nas and Pro¬pa¬ga¬ti¬on (EuCAP 2018), pp. 1-4, DOI: 10.1049/cp.2018.1028 Lon¬don, United King¬dom, April 09-13, 2018 12. Jan Ba¬row¬ski, Jo¬chen Je¬bram¬cik, Isam Alaw¬neh, Fawak Sheikh, Tho¬mas Kai¬ser, Ilona Rol¬fes,’ A Com¬pact Me¬a¬su¬re¬ment Setup for In-Si¬tu Ma¬te¬ri¬al Cha¬rac¬te¬riza¬t¬i¬on in the Lower THz Range’, 2nd In¬ter¬na¬tio¬nal Work¬shop on Mo¬bi¬le Tera¬hertz Sys¬tems (IWMTS 2019), pp. 1-5, DOI: 10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823700, Bad Neue¬nahr, Ger¬ma¬ny, July 1-3, 2019 13. Isam Alaw¬neh, Jan Ba¬row¬ski, Ilona Rol¬fes – ‘Me¬a¬su¬ring the Per¬mit¬ti¬vi¬ty of Dielec¬tric Ma-te¬ri¬als by Using 140 GHz FMCW Radar Sen¬sor’, 13th Eu¬ropean Con¬fe¬rence on An¬ten¬nas and Pro¬pa¬ga¬ti¬on (EuCAP 2019), pp. 1-4, Kra¬kow, Po¬land, March 31-April 05, 2019 References These persons are familiar with my professional qualifications and my character: 1. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Edenhofer Group leader Phone: +49-234-32-22901 / 23051 IC 6 / Room 155 Fax: +49-234-32-14167 D-44780 Bochum Email: [email protected] Institute of High Frequency Technique Antenna and Wave Propagation Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Ruhr-Universität Bochum Germany 3. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Plettemeier Group leader Phone: +49 (0)351 463-33203 D-01062 Dresden Fax: +49 (0)351 463-37748 High Frequency Technique Email: [email protected] Institute for communications Technology Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technische Universitaet Dresden Germany
Academic Experience
FromToPresentPositionInstitutionDescription
01/03/200931/07/2022Assistant ProfessorArab American UniversityAssistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Telecommunication Engineering
01/05/200531/12/2005Post-doctoral-Scientific ResearcherRuhr University Bochum, GermanyPost-doctoral-Scientific Researcher at Institute for high Frequency Technique, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Project: Ultrasound for medical applications Son-histology: Ultrasonic multi-feature tissue characterization system for the computerized differentiation of Parotid-Gland Tumors.
01/07/199901/09/2004Assistant Lecturer (part time) and Scientific Researcher FellowRuhr University Bochum, GermanyAssistant Lecturer (part time) and Scientific Researcher Fellow at Institute for high Frequency Technique, Antennas and Wave propagation, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Administrative Experience
FromToPresentPositionInstitutionDescription
31/07/201931/07/2022Head of Telecommunication Engineering DepartmentFaculty of Engineering Head of Telecommunication Engineering Department
31/07/202131/07/2022Head of Biomedical EngineeringFaculty of Engineering Head of Biomedical Engineering
01/09/201631/07/2017Chairperson, Department of Graduate Studies of Master in Natural, Applied and Medical SciencesFaculty of Graduate StudiesChairperson, Department of Graduate Studies of Master in Natural, Applied and Medical Sciences
Education
University/College NameDegree ReceivedSpecializationDescription
Ruhr University Bochum / GermanyPhdAntennas and Wave PropagationAntennas and Wave Propagation, scattering properties of dielectric materials.
Skills
Computer skills: Excellent in using PC Microsoft Office, Linux system, MATLAB, Language skills: Fluent in Arabic and English and very good in German, Communication: have very good experience to communicate with students and with colleagues and with the whole working space environment., Leadership: Having good vision and leading a team of other professionals and challenging work., Teamwork: Good in teamwork, and have ability to work in effectively way within a team to accomplish key objectives and goals.
Awards
DAAD scholarship: Short visit 3 months, June – Sept, 2013 to University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, DAAD Scholarship: Short visit 3 months, June – Sept, 2017 to Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Languages
Arabic

English

German
Courses Taught
Course TitleLevel
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY IUndergraduate
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY IIUndergraduate
MICROWAVE SYSTEMSUndergraduate
ANTENNA ENGINEERINGUndergraduate
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSUndergraduate
SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONSUndergraduate
ELECTRONICS IUndergraduate
ELECTRONICS IIUndergraduate
Antenna and Microwave LabUndergraduate