OMAR KITTANEH

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Area of Specialization

Electrical Power Systems, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics

Other Area of Professional Interest

Computer Engineering (Hardware), Micro-Controllers, Software Packages Development

BSc. : "Electrical Power Engineering", 1981, Helwan University - Egypt, Load Flow Study for the Egyptian Power Grid

M.Sc. : "Electrical Eng. & Computer Science", 1983, Syracuse University - N.Y., USA, Microprocessor Applications

Ph.D. : "Electrical Engineering", 1989, Polytechnic University - N.Y., USA, Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Electric Power Systems.

Previous Professional Academic Positions

Teaching Assistant, Electrical Eng. Dept., Birzeit University - West Bank, (June/81 - Aug/82)

Faculty Member, Electrical Eng. Dept., Birzeit University - West Bank, (Aug/83 - Jan/86)

Assistant Professor, Electrical Eng. Dept., Birzeit University - West Bank, (Aug/89 - Present)

Chairman of Elec. Eng. Department ,Birzeit University, (Oct./93 - Present).

Papers Published In Specialized Conferences

1. O. Kittaneh, E. Levi, & Z. Zabar "Integral Starter / Alternator for Vehicles driven by Internal Combustion Engines" International Conference on Electric Drives", Romania, Sept. 1988.

2. O. Kittaneh "A Novel 3-Phase Power Source for Automobiles" PESC/IEEE, MIT/Boston USA, 1991.

3. O. Kittaneh "A Microprocessor Based Controller for Electromechanical Systems" IEEE East Con'91, Virginia USA.

4. O. Kittaneh, A touqan "Engineering Graduation Projects in the West Bank Universities ", American Engineering Education Society, Toledo/USA 1992.

5. O. Kittaneh "Fine Voltage Control of Self-excited Induction Generator/PWM Converter operating as DC Power Supply", American Power Conference APC, Chicago, 1994 [pp11-16].

6. O. Kittaneh "A Survey of Software encharges used in Power System Analysis (Productive and Educational" Annual Meeting of the American Society of Engineering Ducation ASEE, 1994 Auston, Texas, USA.

7. O. Kittaneh "Design of induction machine to operate in both motoring and generating modes". International Conference on Electrical Machines ICEM, 1994, France.

Publications

1. Kittaneh "The Energy Section in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Current Situation and Future Developments" published by Policy Research Incorporated, Maryland, USA, 1992.

2. O. Kittaneh, A. Hasan "Master Planning the Electrical Energy Sector in the State of Palestine", Published by the Engineering and Planning Center, Ramallah, West Bank, 1993.