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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Physics

Teaching areas

Preparatory physics, Astronomy, Conceptual physics, Phy 101 Lab, Phy 101, Phy 102 Lab

Research areas

Astrophysics; Symbiotics stars and H-Alpha emmission around them.

Education

B.Sc., University of Baghdad, Iraq,1979

M.Phil, Keele University, United Kingdom, 1992

Professional experience

Stoke-on-Trent College, Stoke, UK, 1996-1997

Sharjah University, 2010-2011

Institute of Applied Technology, 2008-2010

American University in Dubai, 2006-2008

American University of Sharjah, 1997-2005

Memberships

British Science Association,Royal Astronomy Society

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4049

Isra Riffat Siry

Instructor

MPhil in Physics, Keele University, UK

Isra Riffat Siry has taught in physics and math departments for more than 15 years at institutions such as Stoke-on-Trent College, UK; American University in Dubai; and University of Sharjah. Her areas of research and teaching interest are astrophysics; the research was mainly about detecting the extended emission around the symbiotic stars. It used special program for data reduction and filtering out the discs of the stars to study the nebulae. The research used CCD (Charged Coupled Device) camera data for analysis. Prior to her academic career, she worked as an oil engineer (data analyst) at the oil company INOC.

Publications

 The interstellar extensions of symbiotic stars, in The Star Link Magazine, U.K. As part of a team:  Physics textbook for high school students (Gr 11) for the Ministry of Education (part 1), UAE.  Instructor’s Manual (part 1).  Physics textbook for high school students for the Ministry of Education (part 2), UAE.  Instructor’s Manual (part 2).

Conference Presentations

Presented a seminar on misconceptions in stars, galaxies and the universe for the Gulf Astronomy Colloquium, 2013

Organized a workshop (as part of a team) and presented a seminar about teaching Methods for Physics teachers (for the Ministry of Education), Fall 2002

Presented a seminar on ?The greenhouse Effect? on Environmental day, spring 2001.

Presented a seminar (about the extended emission in Symbiotic Stars) for the Colloquium of Astronomy and Astrophysics held at the American University of Sharjah. Fall 2000

Awards and Honors

Award of recognition (Astronomy club) for the participation in Astronomy workshop at Sharjah university

Other creative/research

Organized the first annual physics open day, in 2015