Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
Information
CURRENT POSITION:
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, An-Najah National University,
1996 – to date
EDUCATION:
Oct. ‘91 – July ’95: Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, Manchester School of Engineering,
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Sep. ‘84 – Dec. ’85: M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Structures), Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Sep. ‘79 – June ’83: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Aug. ‘79: General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi), Qadri Tuqan Secondary
School, Nablus, West Bank.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Academic
Sep. ‘96 – to date: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, An-Najah National
University, Nablus, Palestine.
Sep. ‘91 – Sep. ’91: Lecturer, Manchester School of Engineering, University of
Manchester, Manchester, UK
Jan. ‘86 – Sep. ’90: Instructor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, An-Najah National
University, Nablus, Palestine.
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st term ‘86/’87: Part-time Instructor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Birzeit University,
Birzeit, Palestine.
Dec. ‘83 – Sep. ’84: Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering,
An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Curriculum Vitae of Shaker Bitar
Administrative
Aug. ‘11 – Aug. ‘12: Dean of Hisham Hijjawi College of Technology, An-Najah
National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Jan. ‘09 – Aug. ’10: Vice President for Administrative Affairs, An-Najah National
University, Nablus, Palestine.
Feb. ‘07 – Dec. ’08: Head of Building Engineering Department, An-Najah National
University, Nablus, Palestine.
Sep. ‘04 – Sep. ’06: Head of Civil Engineering Department, An-Najah National
University, Nablus, Palestine.
Sep. ‘99 – Sep. 2000: Head of Postgraduate Studies in Natural & Applied Sciences, AnNajah
National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Source Achievements and Awards
Awards:
July ’02: Awarded a two-month grant from the Royal Society, London for research at
the University of Manchester.
July ’91: Awarded the Overseas Student Award (ORS).
Oct. ’90: Awarded a 12 month Grant from the British Council for Research atnthe
University of Sheffield, UK.
Curriculum Vitae of Shaker Bitar
Sep. ’84: Awarded a scholarship from AMIDEAST for the M.Sc. degree at the Ohio
State University, USA.
Years ‘79 – ‘83: Placed on Honours List at Yarmouk University and awarded a fee
waiver during the course of study for the B.Sc. degree.
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