Mohammed Obaidat
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Taleb Obaidat
is the former minister of Public Works and Housing in Jordan since Dec. 2009 to Feb. 2011. He is a professor of Civil Engineering at Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T.), Jordan, since 1993 till present time, where he is teaching courses in geomatics, photogrammetry, surveying, GIS, remote sensing, transportation engineering, and computer vision. He received the B.Sc. in Civil Engineering with honors from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 1983. He received the first M.Sc. with honors in Transportation Engineering from J.U.S.T. in 1988. He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., in 1990 where he received both M.Sc. and Ph.D. with honors in geomatics and computer vision in 1994. He was awarded the Leica Inc. Fellowship from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 1992; the medal of research and academic achievement from his majesty late King Husein Ben Talal of Jordan, 1997; and the Scientific Foundation of Hisham Hijjawi for applied science award, 1998. His research interests include computer vision, GIS, transportation engineering, geomatics, and new technologies applicable to Civil engineering.
Prof. Obaidat published about 70 scientific articles in refereed, specialized, and indexed international journals and proceedings of international conferences. He was the dean of student affairs at J.U.S.T. (1999-2004). He was also an advisor to the minister of higher education and research for student affairs, Ministry of Higher Education and Research-Jordan (2004-2008).
He was also a member of Higher Youth Council, the chairman of youth committee and a member of Olympic Committee in Jordan during the years 2003 through 2004. He was the Chairman of Jordanian Universities Sport Federation during the years 2001-2004.
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Prof. Dr. Mohammed Taleb Obaidat
Professor of Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Department – Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
P.O. Box 3030 – Irbid - Jordan
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 00-962-79-5604090
Address: Civil Eng. Dept. - JUST- IRBID, P.O. BOX 3030; JORDAN
is the former minister of Public Works and Housing in Jordan since Dec. 2009 to Feb. 2011. He is a professor of Civil Engineering at Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T.), Jordan, since 1993 till present time, where he is teaching courses in geomatics, photogrammetry, surveying, GIS, remote sensing, transportation engineering, and computer vision. He received the B.Sc. in Civil Engineering with honors from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 1983. He received the first M.Sc. with honors in Transportation Engineering from J.U.S.T. in 1988. He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., in 1990 where he received both M.Sc. and Ph.D. with honors in geomatics and computer vision in 1994. He was awarded the Leica Inc. Fellowship from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 1992; the medal of research and academic achievement from his majesty late King Husein Ben Talal of Jordan, 1997; and the Scientific Foundation of Hisham Hijjawi for applied science award, 1998. His research interests include computer vision, GIS, transportation engineering, geomatics, and new technologies applicable to Civil engineering.
Prof. Obaidat published about 70 scientific articles in refereed, specialized, and indexed international journals and proceedings of international conferences. He was the dean of student affairs at J.U.S.T. (1999-2004). He was also an advisor to the minister of higher education and research for student affairs, Ministry of Higher Education and Research-Jordan (2004-2008).
He was also a member of Higher Youth Council, the chairman of youth committee and a member of Olympic Committee in Jordan during the years 2003 through 2004. He was the Chairman of Jordanian Universities Sport Federation during the years 2001-2004.
Contact Address
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Taleb Obaidat
Professor of Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Department – Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
P.O. Box 3030 – Irbid - Jordan
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 00-962-79-5604090
Address: Civil Eng. Dept. - JUST- IRBID, P.O. BOX 3030; JORDAN
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