{"id":31,"date":"2015-12-14T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2016-04-24T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T16:49:15","slug":"academic-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/academic-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Qatar University<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* 2014 to 2016 &#8211; Head of Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar. Responsibilities included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NAAB Accreditation final visit for Substantial Equivalency<\/li>\n<li>Chair regular department meetings and committees<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Planning and reporting<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of budget and department expenditures<\/li>\n<li>Recruitment and hiring of staff<\/li>\n<li>Students advising and acceptance<\/li>\n<li>Participate in college meetings and committees<\/li>\n<li>Scholarships and missions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* 2011 to 2014 &#8211; Coordinator of Master of Urban Planning and Design Program and Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Planning program at QU. Responsibilities included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor students progress and developed students study plans.<\/li>\n<li>Chair regular meetings and coordination between courses and faculty members.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare Quality Assurance documents and reports.<\/li>\n<li>Perform marketing activities including public lectures, participation in CENG Graduate Studies Open Days, newspapers articles, visits to governmental agencies and private offices.<\/li>\n<li>Advise master students regarding final thesis preparations and requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with possible candidates to apply for the program.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up textbooks order.<\/li>\n<li>Review admission applications and interview applicants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Chair Research and Graduate Studies Committee<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review and establish Honors Program requirements<\/li>\n<li>Organization of Research Workshop* Curriculum and NAAB Accreditation Committee<\/li>\n<li>* Recruitment Committee members<\/li>\n<li>Responsibilities include review curriculum, establish contact with NAAB, initiated the accreditation process at Qatar University and preparation of NAAB accreditation request. Activities include:<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of accreditation request, course descriptions and faculty CVs according to NAAB format.<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of NAAB Matrix according to the 32 Student Performance Criteria.<\/li>\n<li>* Quality Assurance Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation of Program Learning Outcomes Matrix and Quality Assurance Strategy and Forms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Design Courses Committee:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinate activities of design courses teaching, projects, juries, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Developed guidelines and criteria for teaching design courses.<\/li>\n<li>Developed and coordinated the Graduation Project teaching activities and documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Development of a document titled \u201cGuideline Document of the Architectural Design Studios at AUP\u201d posted on the internet to be accessible to students and faculty members.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qu.edu.qa\/engineering\/architecture\/Architectural_Design_Studios.php\">http:\/\/www.qu.edu.qa\/engineering\/architecture\/Architectural_Design_Studios.php<\/a>)* Coordinator Ad Hoc Committee for Spaces Utilization in CENG \u2013 College level* Strategic Planning Committee MemberThesis Title: INVESTIGATING QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOHA, Student name: Reham Ahmad Qawasmeh, Date of viva: January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* \u00a0Master Thesis Supervision<\/p>\n<p>* Member of the executive committee for the new College of Engineering building at QU<\/p>\n<p>* Chair Ad Hoc Committee for Sabbatical requests \u2013 College level<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Kuwait University<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC), coordinator:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Responsibilities include review curriculum, suggest modifications and changes. Updated curriculum under the supervision of &#8211; NAAB to included 5 new compulsory courses that received department approvals to execute the changes in 2007-2008 academic year. Submitted the required paper work to the college and university committee to approve changes for implementation of the new curriculum.- Preparation of APR, course files and exhibition.- Presentation of current program curriculum and proposed modifications.- Coordinated activities of design courses teaching, projects, juries, etc.- Developed and coordinated the Graduation Project teaching activities and documentation.Graduate Program Committee member:<\/li>\n<li>Participated in the development of the Master Program curriculum and courses.<\/li>\n<li>Wrote a document titled \u201cDesign Courses and Studios Manual\u201d posted on the internet to be accessible to students and faculty members.<\/li>\n<li>Developed guidelines and criteria for teaching design courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Design Courses Committee, coordinator:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation of NAAB Matrix according to the 37 Student Performance Criteria.<\/li>\n<li>Established contact with NAAB, initiated the accreditation process at Kuwait University and participated in the NAAB preliminary and final accreditation visit preparations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar University * 2014 to 2016 &#8211; Head of Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering, Qatar University, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ymahgoub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}