Education

   Ph.D.  Civil Engineering (Construction    Engineering & Management).  The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 1985

   M.Sc. Construction Engineering and Management, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Dec. 1981

B.Sc.  Diploma of Civil Engineering, Moscow, USSR, June 1975

Teaching Experience

1985 - up to now Faculty member of Civil Engineering Department, The University of Jordan

2005 – 2009, The Hashemite University

1999 - 2000 Al-Balqa Applied University, Amman College of Technology as a visiting faculty member during a sabbatical leave

1996-1997 Mu’ta University as a visiting faculty member during a sabbatical leave

1978-1980 Teaching & Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, The University of Jordan

 Supervisory advisor of more than 20 master theses

A member of several supervisory committees on M.Sc. thesis at the University

Experience with Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Two year membership of “Committee for Legalizing Foreign Engineering Certificates” لجنة معادلة الشهادات الهندسية." "

Member of tens of accreditation committees to several universities

General

Two year membership of  “committee to legalize certificates of foreign university”, The Ministry of Higher Education, Amman, Jordan

Attending several conferences, workshops, symposiums related to civil engineering in general, and to construction industry in particular

A member of  committee in preparing course outline for community colleges in Jordan

A member of several different committees in the University of Jordan

A member of a higher committee to manage the construction of the Faculty of Education 1992 - 1995

A member of a team to evaluate the feasibility study of constructing a stadium on behalf of the University of Jordan

Courses Taught

Project Management (MSc level)

Project Appraisal (MSc level)

Project Management and Resource Planning (MSc level)

Human Resources management for engineers (MSc. Level)

Special topics (MSc level)

Scheduling Techniques (MSc level)

Financial Management and Procurement(MSc level)

Advanced Engineering Economy (Msc level)

Construction Management (Msc)

Construction Scheduling & Management (Bachelor level)

Construction Methods & Equipment, (Bachelor level)

Project management, (Bachelor level)

Specifications & Contracting, (Bachelor level)

Engineering Economy, (Bachelor level)

hiyassat@ju.edu.jo