Prof. Prof . Zaki Saleh Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Full Professor

Specialization: 

Solid State Physics

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization	Description
University of Utah	Phd	Solid State Physics	Local structural order and relaxation in metal chalcogenide glasses
State University of New York at Albany	MA	Solid State Physics	Comprehensive exam based MS degree
Yarmouk University	BA	Physics	General physics

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/06/2016			Professor	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2002	01/06/2016		Associate Professor	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2000	01/09/2002		Assistant Professor	Arab American University-Palestine
01/12/1998	01/08/2000		Senior Research Scientist	Solus Micro Technologies, (Los Angeles, USA)
01/02/1994	01/10/1998		Senior Research Scientist	Tokyo Electron Massachusetts (Boston, USA)
01/04/1991	01/04/1993		Postdoctoral Researcher	Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan
01/09/2012	01/09/2013		Research Leave of Absence	Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/08/2016			Vice President for Academic Affairs	Arab American University-Palestine
01/04/2007	01/09/2010		Vice President for Planning and Development	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2007	01/09/2010		Dean of Scientific Research	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2002	01/09/2005		Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Arab American University-Palestine

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Classical Electrodynamics	Graduate
Materials Sceince	Graduate
Quantum Mechanics I&II	Undergraduate
Electromagnetic Theory I&II	Undergraduate
Classical Mechanics I&II	Undergraduate
Electronics	Undergraduate
Electronics Laboratory	Undergraduate
Optics and Waves	Undergraduate
General Physics I&II	Undergraduate
Physics for Medical Students	Undergraduate
Science of Dental Materials I&II	Undergraduate

Biography: 

Diversified experience in research and development (R&D), teaching and academic administration in various countries including, USA, Japan, Turkey, and Palestine. R&D includes light-induced phenomena in photovoltaics, metallization in memory chips, development of thin-film transistors for flat panel displays, and plasmonics. Teaching includes undergraduate and graduate level courses in electrodynamics, materials science, quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, semiconductor physics, thermodynamics, optics, general physics, medical physics and dental materials. Academic administration includes, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dean of Scientific Research, VP for Planning and Development, VP for Academic Affairs. Committees include academic standards committee, appointment and promotion committee, curriculum committee, research council and others

Skills: 

Characterization methods including: Four-point probe, CV/IV, SEM, EDS, FTIR, ellipsometry, LESR, NMR, and NQR

Processing: chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and plasma-enhanced CVD, evaporation, sputtering, reactive ion etching, ashing.

Communications: Refereeing disputes. Fluent in Arabic and English

Awards: 

Best Paper Award at Sanyo Electric Company

C.V.: 

CV-Zaki-Saleh-29-01-2018.docx

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