Sameer Alawnah

Resume

Education

2013 - Sharjah - UAE
American University of Sharjah

Master of Science | Computer Engineering

Graduated with CGPA 4/4, Thesis Title: Modeling Smartphone Power.

2009 - Nablus - Palestine
An-Najah National University

Bachelor | Computer Engineering

Graduated with honors (Percent Grade: 92.5 %). Top student in the Computer Engineering Department in Spring 2009. 

Awards

05/2021
American University of Sharjah - UAE

CEN Excellence in Lab Instruction Award

This award recognizes a lab instructor's contributions to pedagogical innovations, educational technology development, laboratory experience improvement, educational software usage, and lab and curriculum development.

05/2009
An-Najah National University - Palestine

Top Students in the class

I graduated as the top student in the class for the Computer Engineering Bachelor program in Spring 2009 with an average grade of 92.5/100.

Academic Work Experience

01/2024 - Current
American University of Sharjah - UAE

Senior Lab Instructor (Full Time)

College of Engineering

I teach computer science and engineering labs, some courses are computer programming using C++, digital systems, advanced digital systems using Verilog HDL and Intel FPGA, and web development using Java EE and Python. I also help students with their senior design projects and with computer security course projects in addition to designing the course homework.

2018 - Present
American University of Sharjah - UAE

RHCSA Instructor (Occasional)

College of Engineering

Teaching undergraduate students Red Hat Linux System Administration as part of Red Hat Academy.

09/2013 - 01/2024
American University of Sharjah - UAE

Lab Instructor (Full Time)

College of Engineering

Teaching undergraduate students C/C++ languages, Java, Digital Systems, and web programming.

2015 - 2017
American University of Sharjah - UAE

HP ATA Instructor (Occasional)

College of Engineering

Teaching HPA ATA Connected Devices, Networks, and Servers and Storage training courses.

2010 - 2012
American University of Sharjah - UAE

Teaching and Research Assistant

College of Engineering

  • Assisted in teaching C and C++ language, MATLAB, and FPGA to undergraduate students.
  • Assisted senior students with their senior design projects.
  • Graded assignments and quizzes.

Non-Academic Work Experience

2016 - Current
American University of Sharjah - UAE

Software Engineering & Development

College of Engineering

In addition to my main work as a senior lab instructor, I developed the web portal for the computer science and engineering department (auscse.com) and many internal web applications for the College of Engineering; examples are listed below:

  • Working on a project for an internal Research Dashboard for the College of Engineering using Oracle APEX.
  • Students' Internship management systems that digitize the internship process (Students, companies, and coordinators) using PHP and MySQL with the help of the CakePHP framework.
  • Students advising System for the College of Engineering using PHP and MySQL.
  • Waiting List and Wish List systems for the College of Engineering using PHP and MySQL with the help of the CakePHP framework.
  • Worked with a team to build a Mobile-based student attendance system using PHP, MySQL, Swift, and Java.
09/2012 - 09-2013
American University of Sharjah - UAE

IT Support Specialist (Part Time)

Academic Computing

I was responsible for the following as part of my job duties:

  • Provided Network and PC/Laptop support in a Windows XP/7 environment for IT clients (students, staff, and faculty).
  • Set up and supported a Linux-based Electronic Design Automation laboratory and software (Synopsys and Cadence).
  • Conducted training on Red Hat Linux for IT Specialists in Academic Computing.
  • Resolved many common computer problems, including backing up data, securing computers, setting up, deploying, creating PC images, and updating operating systems and applications.
06/2012 - 08/2012
American University of Sharjah - UAE

System Engineer (Part Time)

Academic Computing

Developed a Graphical User Interface management system for the CAD department rendering farm computers. I wrote a server program that interacts with the farm APIs and provides the services to the client's programs I developed for Mac OSX and Windows operating systems.

Languages

Languages

  • ArabicNative
  • EnglishFull

TOEFL iBT - Taken July 27, 2024 (105/120)

Reading (29/30)

96.67%

Listening (30/30)

100%

Speaking (24/30)

80%

Writing (22/30)

73.33%

Skills

Machine Learning

  • R (caret , Tidyverse, and ggplot)
  • Sikit-learn
  • Boosting (XGBoost, CatBoost, & LightGBM)
  • Tensorflow
  • AutoML (autogluon)

Programming Languages

  • PHP
  • CakePHP
  • Oracle APEX
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • jQuery
  • dotnet Core
  • JSP
  • Servlets

Desktop and Mobile Applications

  • Flutter (iOS & Android)
  • Xamarin Forms
  • Windows Forms
  • UIKIT (iOS and macOS)

Cloud Technologies

  • Docker
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Kubernetes

Databases

  • MySQL/MariaDB
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite

Measurements and Instrumentations

  • Voltmeters
  • Ammeters
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Logic Analyzers
  • Computer to instruments interfacing using VISA protocol

Digital Design

  • Microcontrollers
  • PLCs
  • FPGA

Certificates

PostgreSQL for Everybody

University of Michigan on Coursera
01/2025

React Nano Degree

Udacity
08/2024

Professional Certificate: Full Stack Developer

IBM, in collaboration with edX
03/2024

Professional Certificate in Data Science

HarvardX, in collaboration with edX
01/2024

RHCSA - Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Red Hat : License: 180-191-561
08/2018 - 08/2021

Data Scientist - Mastery Award for Educators

IBM Skills Academy https://www.credly.com/users/sameer-alawnah
01/2017 - 01/2019

Big Data Developer - Mastery Award for Students

IBM Skills Academy https://www.credly.com/users/sameer-alawnah
03/2017

HP ATA - Cloud

License: 2UMS-XL83
2014

HP ATA – Servers & Storage

License: eFTU-4TTR
2014

HP ATA – Networks

License: mnmu-XVLm
2014

HP-ATA – Connected Devices

License: wCyur-4SXA
2013

Publications

  1. Salameh, L., Dhou, S., Alawneh, S., Sagahyroon, A., & Mahboub, B.(2024, September 14). Personalized medicine for severe asthma: Machine learning guides biologic treatment choices. ERS Congress 2024 Abstracts. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2024.PA2169

  2. Alawnah, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Sagahyroon, A. (2021). Universal Adaptive Stabilization-Based Trend Filtering for Impending Battery Voltage Collapse Detection. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 5(2), 635–640. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3004707

  3. Hallal, H. H., Aloul, F., Alawnah, S., Kolli, P., & Alnabulsi, A. (2020). Improving Student Experience Using Automated Toolset of Academic Services. Proceedings of the 2020 6th International Conference on Computer and Technology Applications, 97–101. https://doi.org/10.1145/3397125.3397138

  4. AlHamaydeh, M., Aly, N., Najib, M., & Alawnah, S. (2019). INSPECT-PBEE: A performance-based earthquake engineering GUI for IDARC-2D. SoftwareX, 9, 132–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2019.01.010

  5. Alawnah, S., & Sagahyroon, A. (2017). Modeling of smartphones’ power using neural networks. EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, 2017(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13639-017-0070-1

  6. AlHamaydeh, M., Najib, M., & Alawnah, S. (2016). INSPECT: A graphical user interface software package for IDARC-2D. SoftwareX, 5, 243–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2016.10.004

  7. Alawnah, S., & Sagahyroon, A. (2015). Smartphones power. 2015 International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT), 100–103. https://doi.org/10.1109/EITech.2015.7162937

  8. Al-Radaideh, A., Al-Ali, A. R., Bheiry, S., & Alawnah, S. (2015). A wireless sensor network monitoring system for highway bridges. 2015 International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT), 119–124. https://doi.org/10.1109/EITech.2015.7162953

  9. Alawnah, S., & Sagahyroon, A. (2013). Modeling smartphones power. Eurocon 2013, 369–374. https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2013.6625010