November 2017: PhD in Engineering Sciences, CNU Section: 61 (Computer Engineering, Automation and Signal Processing), Application: Digital Health (eHealth) – With High Honors
- University of Technology Belfort-MontBéliard (UTBM), Belfort, France
- Title : "Elaborating the Actimetric Profile of Fall Sensitive Patients for Early Detection of Fall Incidents"
- Research Lab. : Nanomedicine, Imagery and Therapeutics (NiT Lab.), Belfort, France
July 2005: Masters in Computer and Communications Engineering - With High Distinction
- Antonine University (UA), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Hadat-Baabda, Lebanon
June 1999: French and Lebanese Baccalaureates (Concentration: Mathematics)
- Collège des Frères-Mont La Salle, Ain Saadé, Lebanon
2021-present: Technical Consultant-Freelance
- YOOVO Automation (Startup)
- Managing the product design of consumer electronics for automation
2011-2013: Application and Design Engineer-Full Time
- DOUMMAR Contracting International s.a.l, Dora, Beirut, Lebanon
- Solution and System integrator of IP Security Systems (e.g., IPTV, IPCCTV, IP Access Control, Digital Signage, Public Address, etc.)
2010-2011: Hardware Testing Engineer-Full Time
- Multilane Inc. Houmal, Lebanon
- Test bench development of hardware architectures on FPGA
2009-2010: Hardware Design Engineer-Full Time
- Fidus Systems s.a.l, Jounieh, Lebanon
- Hardware design using embedded systems (e.g., Microcontrollers)
- Layout and PCB design (multilayer PCB design)
- Hardware testing and debugging
2005-2008: Technical and Site Engineer-Full Time
- MacCorp Low Current and Fire Fighting Engineering s.a.r.l
- Designing, configuring, commissioning and maintaining life safety systems, Fire Alarm (Edwards Systems Technology – General Electric), Access Control (LENEL), and security systems
Academic Grad
Antonine University (UA), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Dept. of CCE., Hadat-Baabda, Lebanon-Full Time
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2024-present: Associate Professor, Faculty member
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2017-2024: Assistant Professor, Faculty member
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2013-2017: Senior Lecturer and PhD student, Faculty member
Antonine University (UA), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Dept. of CCE, Hadat-Baabda, Lebanon-Part Time
Administrative and Service Activities
Antonine University (UA), Hadat-Baabda, Lebanon
2022-present: Head of the Computer and Communications Engineering Department
- Managing over 1200 students and 150 faculty members in 3 campuses
At the level of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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2022-present: Head of the CCE Dept. council
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2017-present: Member of the Faculty of Engineering council
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2013-present: Steering head of the Final Year Project (FYP) committee
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2013-present: Student advisor, program coordinator, course coordinator
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2024-present: Member of the TICKET Research Lab. council
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2014-2016: Member of the Program Assessment Committee (PAC)
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2020-2021: Member of the Transfer and EQuivalence committee (TEQ)
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2013-present: Member in the organizing committee of scientific events
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2013-present: FYP supervisor, Record: over 300 defended projects
At the level of the Antonine University
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2024-present: Member of the editorial committee for the scientific journal “Pertinence”
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2022-present: Member of the academic committee
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2017-2018, 2020-present: Member of the curricular committee
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2018-2022: Member of the quality assurance committee (AQUA)
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2016-2017: Branch coordinator and member of the council, UA-Mejdelaya, North branch
- Awards
- Best Supervisor-Student Innovative Development FYP, MUREX Awards, (June 2022)
- Certifications
- Certificate of participation in the workshop “Incubation Mentorship” as part of the project SAFIR
- Certificate of participation in the BCI & Neuro-technology spring school 2022 organized by g.tech Medical Engineering (Online), (April 25 until May 4, 2022)
- Certificate of accomplishment of the workshop “STEM education”, New York University of Abu Dhabi, (October 2020) – Funded by the US embassy in Abu Dhabi
- Certificate of accomplishment of the MOOC “Machine Learning Foundations: A case Study Approach”, University of Washington, (September 2016).
- Certificates of attendance to courses, “LabVIEW core 1 and 2, Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning, Embedded Control and Monitoring”, National Instruments, (August 2015).
- Certificate of attendance to the “e-health and Telemedicine Workshop for Elderly Patients: Technology and Perspectives”, Lebanese University, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, (May 2015)
- Certificate of participation in the training “La pédagogie universitaire numérique et le e-learning”, Université Libre de Bruxels, (January 2015).
- Certificate of participation in “Atelier de formation-réflexion sur l'enseignement universitaire”, University of Lausanne, (July 2014).
To name just a few…
- Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Member of the IEEE ComSoc Committee - Lebanon Section
- Member of the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut (OEA)
- Member of the International Society of Geron-technology (ISG)
- Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Member of the Healthcare Knowledge & Innovation Communities (KICs) under Lebanon Innovate
- Programming: VHDL, Verilog, Assembly (PIC+ARM+INTEL), C for microcontrollers, Arduino C
- Scientific Tools & CADs: MATLAB, OrCAD, PROTEUS, EAGLE, MultiSIM,
- Office Tools: Latex, Microsoft Office Tools
- IDE: Arduino, MPLAB, .Net Visual Studio, KEIL