Emad Basheer Dawwas | An-Najah Staff

Basic Information

Full Name:

Emad Basheer Dawwas

Gender:

Male

Birthday:

Fri, 1976-02-13

Martial Status:

Married

Faculty:

Engineering

Administrative Department:

Engineering and Construction Department

Email addresses:

Office Phone:

+970 9 2345113 Ext (2470)

Address:

Tubas-Palestine, Jenin Str

Town/City:

Tubas

Country:

Palestine

Activities:

Community Based Learning (CBL): What…Why… and How? A series of workshops aims to introduce the CBL to the university instructors. I give this workshop on semester bases at An-Najah National University for faculty members from different colleges. I have given the workshop also in three Palestinian Universities: Khodury University, Polytechnic University and Hebron University.
GIS as a Water Harvesting Tool (20 to 24 May, 2014): This was a training course given in collaboration with ICARDA, care and P.A.R.C. as part of the Enhancement the Livelihoods of Livestock Breeders in the West Bank Area (c) Project. The course emphasized the role of GIS as a tool in water harvesting by training participants on how to use GIS in runoff characteristics including digital elevation models (DEM), Flow Direction, Flow Accumulation, and Watershed areas.

About me:

Education:

2006/2011: PhD in Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A., 2012, GPA 3.7/4.0
2001/2002: Master’s Degree in Space Systems on Earth Observation- Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, Lecce University (ISUFI Institute), Lecce, Italy, Final grade Excellent (Honor List)
2000/2005: Master’s Degree in Transportation and Highway engineering. An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, GPA 89.8% (Honor List)
1995/2000: B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering. An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, GPA 85.9% (Honor List)

Employment history:

Coordinator of the Community Based Learning Unit, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus – West Bank, Palestine
Senior Staff and Consultant, February, 2014 – currently. Municipality of Tubas City Planning Consultation Committee (Voluntary work)
A member of Tubas Stadium Rehabilitation Campaign, June, 2014 – currently. Tubas, Palestine
Tubas Sport Club Committee Member, 2014 – currently. Tubas, Palestine.
June 2013 – Present: Coordinator, Unit of Community Based Learning at Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching, An-Najah National University.
2005-2006: Senior Staff, Regional and Urban Planning Center, An-Najah National University. Working on physical plans of Hewara town and Al-Bathan villages
June 2002 -October 2000: Engineer Practice, Territory and Environment Laboratory of Tecnopolis, Bari, Italy
June 2000- Sep. 2000: Designer Engineer, Al-Hanbaly Consultant Engineering Company, Nablus, Palestine Structure and Reinforced Concrete Designer

Research Interests: