Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Electromagnetics, Microwaves, Antennas and Wave Propagation, Radar Systems
Research areas
Microwave Nondestructive testing and Imaging, Energy Harvesting, Ultrasound and microwave biological applications, Materials Characterization.
Education
B.Sc., The United Arab Emirates University,1988.
M.S.,Colorado State University, 1993.
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1998.
Professional experience
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Contact
nqaddoumi@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2933
Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi
Professor | Head of Department
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, USA
Nasser N. Qaddoumi was a postdoctoral fellow at the Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory at Colorado State University. His fields of interest are microwave theory, antenna theory and design, microwave nondestructive testing, biomedical applications of microwaves and ultrasound, material characterization, microwave/RF circuit design and system development.
Publications
1. Farrag, Sharef, Sherif Yehia, and Nasser Qaddoumi. "Investigation of Mix Variation Effect on Defect Detection Ability Using Infrared Thermography as a Nondestructive Evaluation Technique." Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE --, no. -- (2015): 04015055. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000779. [ISSN# 1084-0702.], 09, 2015.
2. Mansour, Taqadousi, Lutfi Albasha, and Nasser Qaddoumi. "A Novel Miniaturized Printed Elliptical Nested Fractal Multiband Antenna for Energy Harvesting Applications." IET Microwaves Antennas and Propagation 9 (2015): 1045-1053. [ISSN# 1751-8725], 07, 2015.
3. Mohamed, Asefi, Lutfi Albasha, and Nasser Qaddoumi. "Low Cost Planar Microwave Imaging System." International Journal of Electronics (2015): 1-11. [ISSN# 0020-7217], 04, 2015.
4. Yehia, Sherif, Nasser Qaddoumi, Sharef Farrag, and Layane Hamzeh. "Investigation of Concrete Mix Variations and Environmental Conditions on Defect Detection Ability Using GPR." NDT and E International 65, no. - (2014): 35-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.03.006. [ISSN# 0963-8695], 07, 2014.
5. Yehia, Sherif, Nasser Qaddoumi, Mohamed Hassan, and Bassam Swaked. "Conductive Concrete for Electromagnetic Shielding Applications." Advances in Civil Engineering Materials (ACEM) - 3, no. 1 (2014): 270-290. doi: 10.1520/ACEM20130107. [2165-3984], 05, 2014.
6. Qaddoumi, Nasser, Ayman El-Hag, and Y. Saker. "Outdoor Insulators Testing Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Near-Field Microwave Technique." IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 63, no. 2 (2014): 260 - 266. Vol. 10.1109/TIM.2013.2280486.
7. Hattab, Ghaith, Mohamed El-Tarhuni, Moutaz Al-Ali, Tarek Joudeh, and Nasser Qaddoumi. "An Underwater Wireless Sensor Network with Realistic Radio Frequency Path Loss Model." International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 2013, no. 2013 (2013): 1-9.DOI:10.1155/2013/508708.
8. Ayman J. Jundi and Nasser Qaddoumi,” Near-Field Microwave Model of Multilayered Structures Illuminated by Open-Ended Rectangular Waveguides” IET Journal on Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2012.
9. N. Qaddoumi, H. Al-Nashash, A. Bin Sediq, H. Al-Shamsi, M. Al-Mehrizi and K. Khalaf “Towards an Assessment of Bone Fracture Healing Using Pulsed Mode Ultrasound”, Technology & Health Care Journal, IOS Press,19 (2011) , pp. 261–269, 2011.
10. S. Nasab, M Asefi, L. Albasha, and N. Qaddoumi, “Investigation of RF Signal Energy Harvesting,” Active and Passive Electronic Components, vol. 2010, Article ID 591640, 6 pages, November, 2010.
11. N.Qaddoumi, A. H. El-Hag, M. Al Hosani, I. Al Mansouri and H. Al Ghufli, “Detecting Defects in Outdoor Non-Ceramic Insulators using Near Field Microwave Non-Destructive Testing” IEEE Transaction on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 17, No 2, pp. 402-407, April 2010.
12. Esam AlMurawwi, Kamal AlMazam, AbdelRahim Huwair, Ayman El-Hag, and Nasser Qaddoumi, “Partial Discharge and Oil Quality Monitoring Using an RF Antenna”, IEEE Industrial Applications magazine, pp. 57-59, May/June 2010.
13. Nasser Qaddoumi, Wael Saleh and Akram Bin Sediq, “Impact of Waveguide Filling Material on Near-Field Inspection of Carbon-Loaded Composites,” Journal of Applied Composite Materials, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 473-479, April 2010.
14. Al-Nashash, Hasan, Khaliq, Abdul, Qaddoumi, Nasser, Al-Assaf, Yousef, Assaleh, Khaled, Dhaouadi, Rached and El-Tarhuni, Mohamed 'Improving electrical engineering education at the American University of Sharjah through continuous assessment', European Journal of Engineering Education,34:1,15 – 28, 2009.
15. Wael Saleh and Nasser Qaddoumi, “Potential of Near-Field Microwave Imaging in Breast Cancer Detection Utilizing Tapered Rectangular Waveguide Probes”, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, vol. 35, issue 4, pp 587-593, July 2009.
Conference Presentations
Yehia, Sherif, Nasser Qaddoumi, Mohamed Hassan, and Bassam Swaked. "Evaluation of Conductive Concrete for Anti-static Flooring Applications." Paper presented at the Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2015, San Diego, California, United States, March 8-12, 2015.
Qaddoumi, Nasser. "Microwave NDT & E of Concrete Based Structures." Paper presented at the The International Conference on Infrastructure Management, Assessment and Rehabilitation Techniques (ICIMART?14), Sharjah, UAE, March 4 - 6, 2014.
Yehia, Sherif, Nasser Qaddoumi, Mohamed Hassan, and Bassam Swaked. "Conductive Concrete for Electromagnetic Shielding Applications." Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology, Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Sorrento, Naples, ITALY, April 24-26, 2013
Ali, Mai, Lutfi Albasha, and Naser Qaddoumi. "Design and optimization of an RF energy harvesting system from multiple sources." In Proceedings of SPIE 2013 Conference: VLSI Circuits and Systems, Vol. 8764.
Ali, Mai, Lutfi Albasha, and Naser Qaddoumi. "System Design Considerations in RF Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks." Paper presented at the 8th IEEE International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems (DTIS), Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 26-28, 2013.
Awards and Honors
Several institutional and external research grants
American University of Sharjah Excellence in Teaching Award for the year 2000/2001
2007Best Paper Award in the 4th IEEE-GCC Conference, Bahrain, November 2007.
Other creative/research
BOOK CHAPTERS:
H. Nashash and N. Qaddoumi, “RECENT ADVANCES IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND ITS APPLICATIONS” Chapter on Assessment of Bone Healing Using Ultrasound, edited by J. Miguel Sanches, Andrew F. Laine, Jasjit S. Suri, Springer, 2012.
N. Qaddoumi, “Applications of Microwave Nondestructive Evaluation” Invited Chapter to the Handbook of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), pp. 302-320, edited by P. Moore, ASNT, Inc. 2004.
Bahr, A. , R. Zoughi, and N. Qaddoumi, "Nondestructive Evaluation: Theory, Techniques, and Applications" Chapter on Microwave Techniques, An undergraduate introductory text on NDE, pp. 645-720, edited by P.J. Shull and M.J. Ehrlich, Marcel and Dekker, Inc. Publishers, April 2002.
