Saleh Qutaishat
Assistant Professor of Physics at Petra University at Amman in Jordan.
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.uop.edu.jo/faculties/memberresume.aspx?mid=147... |
| Location: | Assistant Professor of Physics at Petra University at Amman |
| Groups: | Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) |
| Interested in: | Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Chalmers University of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Petra University |
| Position: | Assistant Professor of Physics |
| Time period: | September 1995 - Present |
| Description: | Teaching courses of Physics, Electronic Physics and Computer Logic Design |
| Employer: | Petra University at Amman |
| Position: | Doing Research at Physics Department at University of Jordan through cooperation with Petra University |
| Time period: | January 1995 - Present |
| Description: | Investigating to Detect the Electronic Energy Levels of Cadmium Telluride(CdTe) and Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) used in the Fabrication of Solar Cells and Characterizing such materials with cooperation with Prof. (Dr.) Ryad Bitar. |
| Employer: | Projects |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | - Design and Development of Microelectronic Thermal Detectors for High Resolution Spectroscopy, used to measure the Energy of Single Quanta of Radiation.
- Development, Fabrication, Operation and Physical Characterization of Cryogenic Silicon Detectors. - Characterization of Low Temperature (at Liquid Helium) Probe used for Radiation Detection. - Design and Implementation of a Computer Data Acquisition System in Nuclear Physics Laboratories. It was tested at the accelerator of University of Jordan. |
| Employer: | Scientific Journals |
| Position: | Referee for Physics published papers |
| Employer: | University of Jordan |
| Position: | Member of four examining committees of M. Sc. Thesis in Physics |
| Employer: | University of Jordan |
| Position: | Referee for M. Sc. Thesis in Computer Technology |
| Employer: | Yarmouk University |
| Position: | Research experience on XRF through Cooperation of Yarmouk University and Aal-Albait University |
| Time period: | January 1994 - December 1995 |
| Description: | Participated in a cooperation research between Yarmouk University and Aal-Albait University on the use of X-Ray Florescence Spectroscopy (XRF) in Material Analysis. |
| Employer: | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) at Geneva and Yarmouk University |
| Position: | Scientific Associate at (CERN) at Geneva |
| Time period: | April 1990 - January 1991 |
| Description: | Delegated from Yarmouk University, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) at Geneva, Switzerland in 1990 with G. Charpak the Nobel Prize Winner in Physics. |
| Employer: | Yarmouk University |
| Position: | Teaching/ Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 1979 - December 1995 |
| Description: | Teaching courses of Physics, Electronics and Practical Physics |
| Employer: | Royal Scientific Society (RSS) |
| Position: | Managerial |
| Time period: | June 1978 - December 1978 |
| Description: | Supplied the Electronic Engineering Department at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) with electronic components and documents for the fabrication of electronic equipment while working as a managerial at the department. |
| Employer: | Yarmouk University |
| Position: | Part Time Training Supervisor at Al-Khawarizmy College |
| Time period: | December 1988 |
| Description: | Instructed and trained Engineers on Computer Maintenance in a Training Course held at Al-Khawarizmy College at Amman. |
| Employer: | Yarmouk University |
| Position: | Training course by IAEA held on Mohammad V University at Rabat, Morocco |
| Time period: | December 1981 |
| Description: | Participated in a two months Training Course in Nuclear Electronics organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and held at Mohammad V University at Rabat, Morocco. |
| Employer: | Ministry of Industry and Commerce at Amman |
| Position: | Physicist |
| Time period: | December 1978 |
| Description: | Participated in the establishment and installation of the Physics Laboratories for Quality Control in the Directorate of Specifications and Quality Control at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce at Amman in 1978, while working as a Physicist. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Time period: | 1994 |
| Degree: | Physics, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | - Design of microelectronic thermal detectors for high resolution radiation spectroscopy, S. Qutaishat, P. Davidsson, P. Delsing, B. Jonson, R. Kroc, M. Lindroos, S. Norrman and G. Nyman, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A342 (1994) 504.
- Silicon thermal detectors for single quanta of radiation: fabrication, statistical fluctuations of phonons, physical properties and operation, P. Davidsson, P. Delsing, B. Jonson, R. Kroc, M. Lindroos, S. Norrman, G. Nyman, A.Oberstedt and S. Qutaishat, Nucl. Inster. and Meth.A350 (1994) 250. - New temperature sensor in low- temperature bolometers for high resolution spectroscopy of nuclear radiation. P. Delsing, C. D. Chen, T. Claeson, P. Davidsson, B. Jonson, M. Lindroos, S. Norrman, G. Nyman and S. Qutaishat, Physica B 194-196 (1994) 27. - S. Qutaishat, Design and development of crystalline thermal detectors for single quanta of radiation and high resolution spectroscopy, Dept. of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, ISBN 91-7197-012-6. - Design and implementation of a computer interface for data acquisition in nuclear physics laboratory, by Saleh Qutaishat. Proceedings of the first national conference of computers and its applications in Jordan, University of Jordan, Amman, 1986. |
| Books: | - Design and development of crystalline thermal detectors for single quanta of radiation and high resolution spectroscopy, by S. Qutaishat, Dept. of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothengurg, Sweden, ISBN 91-7197-012-6.
(Available at Amazon.com and Significant Books in Science and Technology, Cincinnati,USA & CANADA). - Microcomputer Architecture, by S. Qutaishat ( in Arabic), not published yet. |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | - Member of X-Ray Florescence (XRF) and X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) Research Committees in Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator (SESAME).
- X-Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference of Accelerators and their Applications in Environmental Studies organized by Yarmouk University. - X-President of the Jordanian Physics ٍSociety and a present member. - X-Member of the Higher Committee of the Arab Union for Physicists and Mathematicians. - X-Member of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Committee and a coordinator of Physics at the Department of Supportive Sciences. - Member of the Committee of Developing Petra University Site on the Internet. - Member of Examining Committees of four M. Sc. Thesis in Physics at the Physics Department at the University of Jordan. |
| Awards: | - Awarded a Golden Medal from Gothenburg University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden for my research in Dual Cold Subjects (Cryogenic) in Cold Geographic area (Sweden), 1991-1994.
- Got a Scholarship from Sweden by International Competition to do Research and Study for the Ph. D. Degree in Physics in Sweden 1991-1994. - Got a Scholarship from France for Academic Excellency at High School in Jordan and studied French Language in 1972-1973. |
