Akram A. Rousan, Ph.D.

Address Home: Mobile: +962-2-795423612

Department of Physical Science Phone+962-2-7277320

JordanUniversity of Science and Technology P.O.Box 1830

P.O. Box 3030 Irbid-Jordan

Irbid 22110-Jordan Personal Married,6 children

Phone++962-2-7201000, ext. 23424 Information:Nationality: Jordanian

Fax++962-2-7095014 Year of birth: 1951

E-mail: Place of birth: Jordan

Education

1977-1982 The Pennsylvania State University, USA

PH.D.SolidState Science (Materials Science)

1970-1974 The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan

B.Sc. PHYSICS

Experience

I. Teaching

andResearch March 2007 Professor,JordanUniversity of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid-Jordan

1989-Associate Prof. JUST

1987-1989 Assistant Prof. JUST

1983-1987 Assistant Prof. Yarmouk University(YU), Irbid-Jordan

1982-1983 Research Associate, Penn. State University/USA

1977-1982 Research Assistant, Penn. State University/USA

II. Administrative 1998-1999 and 1996-1997:

Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, Al al-BAYT

University(AABU), Mafraq-Jordan (visiting)

1993-1995 and 1990-1992:

Acting Dean, Faculty of Science and Arts, JUST

19987-1990 Assistant Dean, Faculty of Science and Arts, JUST

1994/1995 Acting Chairman, Department of Applied Chemistry

Research interest:

Properties of materials(Optical, Thermal, Magnetic), Solar Energy, Fractional Calculus

Courses Taught:

  • General Physics
  • Physics of medical Sciences
  • Heat and Properties of Materials
  • Materials Science
  • SolidState Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Modern Physics
  • Waves and Vibrations
  • Optics
  • Advanced Physics Labs
  • Special topics for undergraduate students (Physics and Chemistry)
  • Selected Topics For Graduate Program
  • Modern Scientific Methodology in Physics Research(graduate)
  • Solid State Physics(graduate)

Journals:

Refereed articles for the following Journals:

  • IEEE Transaction on Magnetism
  • Abhathul Yarmouk/ Basic Sciences and Engineering Series (YU)
  • Al-Manarah (AABU)
  • Jarash Lil-Buhooth wa Al-Dirasat (JarashUniversity)
  • The Jordanian Journal for Islamic Studies
  • The Jordanian Journal for Applied Sciences

Conferences and Workshops:

Most of the conferences on physics held by the universities in Jordan.

Councils and Committees:

  • University Council/ JUST
  • University Council/ AABU
  • Deans Council/ JUST
  • Deans Council/ AABU
  • Science and Arts Faculty Council/ JUST
  • Arts and Science Faculty Council/ AABU
  • Institute of Astronomy and Space Science Council/ AABU
  • Arts and Humanities Faculty Council/ AABU
  • LanguagesCenter Council/ AABU
  • Science Faculty Council/ YarmoukUniversity
  • Physics Departments Councils/ JUAT, AABU, YU
  • Appointment and Promotion Committee/ AABU
  • Accreditation Committee for Science and Agriculture Diplomas/ Ministry of Higher Education 1995-1997
  • Special Accreditation for Physics 2000
  • Committee for Curricula in Establishing Al al-Bayt University 1993
  • Committee for Laboratories in Establishing Al al-Bayt University 1993

Membership:

  • Editorial Board, Jordan Journal of Physics
  • Editorial Board, World Applied Science Journal
  • American Ceramic Society (former student member)
  • Jordanian Society for Physicists ( Founding member)
  • Society for the Faculty of JUST(founding member and one term vice president)
  • Al-Rafeed Youth Club (honorary member)

Other Activities:

Lectures, Poems and Studies in Cultural Seasons, Special issues, and Magazines.

Graduate Students:

  1. Supervising/ Co-supervising M.Sc. Students:
  • “Magnetic Field Influence on Metal Corrosion in the Presence of some Surfactants in HCl Solution” Supervisor(Aug. 2007) JUST
  • “Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of BaTio3-BaFe12O19 Solid Solution” Co-supervisor (June 2006) AABU
  • “Magnetic Field Effect on the Inhibition of Metal Corrosion with Surfactants in Acidic Solution” Co-supervisor ( Aug. 2005) JUST
  • “Study of Interaction Fields of Doped Barium Ferrite BaFe12-2xCoxTixO19” Co-supervisor (May 2002) AABU
  • “Measurements of Magnetic Activation Volumes in Granular Barium Ferrite Powder System” Co-supervisor (Jan. 2000) AABU
  • “The Optical Properties for the Normal Incidence and Ellipsometric Modes of BiCu Multilayer Systems” Co-supervisor (Aug. 1998) AABU
  • “Optical Properties of ZnO/Si & ZnO/SiO2/Si Systems Using Ellipsometry measurements” Supervisor (Jan. 1998)AABU
  1. Member of Theses Examination Committee:

Year/Location* / Title / #
2008/YU / Laboratory Evaluation of the Compatibility of Portland Cement-Based Mortar used in Restoration Process in the North Theatre,Jerash / 1
2008/AABU / Preparation & Study of the Magnetic Properties of Doped Barium Ferrite / 2
2006/AABU / Preparation and Study of the Magnetic Properties of Barium Ferrite Systems Doped with Aluminum / 3
2006/JUST / Nucleation Rates of Ethanol and Methanol Using an Equation of State / 4
2006/JUST / Nucleation Rates of Ethanol and Methanol Using SAFT and PC-SAFT Equations of State / 5
2006/JUST / Electrical Properties of Crystallized Amourphous Silicon Thin Films / 6
2006/AABU / Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of BaTio3-BaFe12O19 Solid Solution / 7
2005/AABU / The Influence of Magnetic Field on Hydrogen Molecule in Two Dimensions / 8
2005/ AABU / The Density Matrix Theory of Bose Condensed System / 9
2005/JUST / Magnetic Field Effect on the Inhibition of Metal Corrosion with Surfactants in Acidic Solution / 10
2005/YU / Ayyubid Mamluk Pottery Excavated from Al-Bedia Site, Area`A` Fifth Season 2003. An Analytical and Comparative Study / 11
2004 /AABU / Optical Properties of Azo-dye/BDK System and its Application in Optical Data Storage Media / 12
2004/UJ / Quantization of Nonconservative Systems ( Ph.D.) / 13
2004/ AABU / Magnetic Characteristics of Doped Barium ferrite System BaFe12-2xCoxTixO4=19 / 14
2004/MU / Some Physical Applications of Fractional Calculus / 15
2003/ AABU / Optical Properties of Polyaniline Poly(methylmethcrylate) Blends Thin Films Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry / 16
2003/YU / Assesment of Museum Environment; A Case Study from Jordan / 17
2003/MU / Fractional Calculus and Lagrange and Hamilton Equations / 18
2003/YU / Ayyobid-Mamluke Pottery in Hayyan Almushref Site (An Analytical Study) / 19
2002/YU / The Scientific Analysis of a Collection of Abbasid D=frrhems Minted at Al-Abbasiya (152-196AH) / 20
2002/AABU / Preparation and Study of the Optical Properties of the Thin Films Conductive Polymer (Polyaniline) Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry / 21
2002/YU / Conservation & Restoration of the NabateenTemple from the Archaeological Site of Khirbet Edh-Darih74 / 22
2002/YU / Mossbauer and Structural Studies of RFe2 Alloys / 23
2001/UJ / Ellipsometry of (a-Ge/Al) Multilayer Thin Film Systems / 24
2002/AABU / Study of Interaction Fields of Doped Barium Ferrite BaFe12-2xCoxTixO19 / 25
2001/AABU / Magnetic Interaction in Doped BaFe Particle Powder Systems / 26
2000/AABU / Measurements of Magnetic Activation Volumes in Granular Barium Ferrite Powder Systems / 27
1998/YU / Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Copper and Copper Alloy Artifacts / 28
1998/YU / The Effect of Technology and Composition on the Umayyad Copper-Based Coins in the Period (77H/696AD-132H/750AD) / 29
1998/AABU / The Optical Properties for the Normal Incidence and Ellipsometric Modes of BiCu Multilayer Systems / 30
1998/AABU / Optical Properties of ZnO/Si & ZnO/SiO2/Si Systems Using Ellipsometry measurements / 31
1988/JU / Transmissivity of Semimetallic Sb Thin Films / 32

*AABU: Al al-BaytUniv. JU: The Univ. of Jordan, YU: Yarmouk Univ. MU: Mu’tah Univ. JUST: Jordan Univ. of Science & Technology

Publications:
Published :
  1. Effect of Particle Size Distribution on the Magnetization Ferrofluid, M. Gharaibeh, A. Obeidat, W. Al Awawdeh, A. Rousan, International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials(Accepted)
  2. Evolution of Bound and Scattering States in Fractional Heaviside Step-Dirac Delta Function Potentials, Khaled Aledealat1 , Abdalla Obeidat2 , Maen Gharaibeh3 , Adnan Jaradat4 , Khitam Khasawinah5 , Mohammad Qaseer6, Akram A. Rousan, U.P.B. Sci. Bull., Series A, Vol. 79, Iss. 1, 2017
  3. . Simple harmonic oscillator with fractional electric potential

A. Jaradata , A. Obeidata , M. Gharaibeha , K. Aledealata , K. Khasawinehb , M. Qaseera , and A.A. Rousana, Revista Mexicana de Física, vol. 63, núm. 1, enero-febrero, 2017, pp. 1-5

  1. Abdalla Obeidat, Maen Gharaibeh, Manal Al-Ali, Akram Rousan. "Evolution of as Current in a Resistor" Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis, 14(2) (2011),247–259
  2. . Kh. Khasawinah, Y. A. Hamam, A. El Ali(AL-Dairy) and A. Rousan. "Magnetic Properties of Barium Titanate – Barium Ferrite Composites", Jordan Journal of Physics, 1(2), (2008), 97-102
  3. Ibrahim Bsoul, Akram Rousan, Ala’a Al-Momnee and Abdoh Hudeish, “Interaction Fields in Doped Barium Ferrite Particle Powder System”, Al-Manarah for Research and Studies(Basic Sciences), 14(3) (2008), 33-45
  4. Akram A. Rousanand Ahmad M. Al-Ajlouni, “The Effect of Magnetic Field on Indigo Dyes Bleaching by Hydrogen Peroxide as Catalyzed by Imidazole”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 80(5),2007,899-901
  5. Akram A. Rousan, Nathir A. F. Al-Rawashdeh. “Magnetic Field Effect on the Inhibition of Aluminum Corrosion with Cationic Surfactant in Acidic Solution” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 41(3), 2006, 235-239

Akram A. Rousan, Nabil Y. Ayoub and Khetam Khasawinah.

  1. “Fractional Simple Harmonic Oscillator” , International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 19(2006), 263-276
  2. A. A. Rousan, N. Y. Ayoub, F. Y. Alzoubi, H. Khateeb, M. Al-Qadi, M. K. Hasan(Qaseer), B. A. Albiss. “A Fractional LC-RC Circuit”, Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis, 9(1) (2006),33-41
  3. Akram A. Rousan, Nathir A. F. Al-Rawashdeh. “Magnetic Field Effect on the Inhibition of Aluminum Corrosion with Cationic Surfactant in Acidic Solution” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 41(3) (2006), 235-239
  4. Ehab Malkawi and Akram A. Rousan, “Transformation Properties of Fractional Derivatives under Space Rotation”, International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 16(2) (2004), 175-185
  5. E. Rabei, T. Alhalholy and Akram A. Rousan. “ Potentials of arbitrary Forces with Fractional Derivatives”, International Journal of Modern Physics A.19(17,18) (2004), 3083-3092
  6. Akram A. Rousan, Ehab Malkawi, Eqab M. Rabei and Hatem Widyan. “Applications of Fractional Calculus to Gravity”. Fractional Calculus & Applied Analysis, 5(2),(2002), 155-168
  7. . M.El-Hilo, A. Rousan and A. Al-Hattab. “Magnetization Reversal in Granular Powder Systems” JMMM.272-276, Supplement 1, May 2004, Pages E493-E495
  8. . M. El-Hilo, I. Bsoul, A. Rousan and A. Hudeish. “Interaction Effects in Granular Powder Systems” ” JMMM.272-276, Part 1, May 2004, Pages 327-329
  9. Adnan Shariah and Akram A. Rousan, “Effects of Operating Conditions on Design Parameters of a Thermosyphon Solar Water Heater”. International Journal of Renewable Energy Engineering 3 (2001), 280-284
  10. A.Q.El-Shayeb and Akram A. Rousan, “The Effect of Term Papers Grades on the Total Grades of the Students at Al Al-BAYT University”(in Arabic). Al-Manarah, V(III), (2000), 225-242
  11. A. Shariah, Akram A. Rousan, Kh. K. Rousan and A. Ahmed, “Effects of Thermal Conductivity of Absorber Plate on the Performance of a Solar Water Heater”, Applied Thermal Engineering 19 (1999), 733-741
  12. Ziad al-Saad and Akram A. Rousan, “Determination of the Ancient Firing Conditions of Ayyubid/Mamluk Pottery from Jordan”, Geoarchaeology, 14 (1999), 333-349
  13. A. J. Abu El-Haija, A.A. Rousan and L. H. Abu Hassan “The Basic Optical Properites, Optical Constants and Optical Conductivity of Bismuth Single thin films and Bismuth-Copper Bilayer” Phys.Stat. Sol. (a), 168(2),(1998) 505-517
  14. A. Shariah, B. Shalabi, A.A. Rousan and B.Tashtoush, “Effects of Absorptance of External Surfaces on heating and cooling loads of Residential Building in Jordan”, Energy Convers. Mgmt 39 (1998), 273-284
  15. A. Shariah, B. Tashtoush and A.A. Rousan, “Cooling and Heating Loads in Residential Building in Jordan”, Energy and Buildings 26(1997), 137-143
  16. Y. A. Yousef, M. M. Shaderma, L. H. Abu-Hassan, A. J. Abu El- Haijaand A. A. Rousan,“Design and Construction of Microcomputer Based Interface/Controller to Drive and Process Spectrometer Data” Optical Applicata xxv(1) (1996), 61-68
  17. Akram A. Rousan and Adnan Shariah, “Solar and Thermal EnergyGain through Windows in Jordan” Renewable Energy, 7(3) (1996), 251-269
  18. M. S. Salah and A. A. Rousan “Industrial Technology in Al-Kura in the first half of the 20th century”(in Arabic). Proceeding of the 5th International Conference of the History of Jordan (1995), 49-54
  19. Akram A. Rousan, “ The Role of Physics in Industrial development”. A chapter in “Horizons of the Uses of Sciences in the Development of Technology”. I. Mahasneh and A. Fataftah, Editors. The Higher Council Of Science and technology(1992),75-81
  20. N.A. Yusuf, I. Abu-Aljarayesh, A. A. Rousan and H. M. El-Ghanem, “On the Concentration Dependence of Faraday Rotation in Magnetic Fluids” IEEE,Trans, Mag, 26(5) (1990), 2852-2855
  21. A. A. Rousan, H. M. El- Ghanem and N.A. Yusuf, “Faraday Rotation and Chain Formation in Magnetic Fluids” IEEE Trans. Mag. 25(4) (1989), 3121
  22. A. A. Rousan, N. A.Yusuf, H. M. El- Ghanem“On the Concentration Dependence of Light Transmission in Magnatic Fluids” IEEE Trans. Mag. 24(2), (1988), 1653
  23. N. A.Yusuf, A. A. Rousan and H. M. El- Ghanem, “The Wavelength Dependence of Faraday Rotation in Magnetic Fluids”J.Appl.Phys.64(5), (1988)
  24. N. A. Yusuf, A. A. Rousan and H. M. El- Ghanem, “Determination of Faraday Rotation in a ferro fluid” J, Mag.and Mag. Materials, 65, (1987), 282
  25. A. A. Rousan and D. M. Roy, “A Thermal Comparator Method For Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Cementitious Materials” Ind.Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev. 22(2), (1983)
  26. A. A. Rousan, A. Kumar and D. M. Roy, “Thermal & Physical Properties of Cement Pastes & Mortars” Am. Cer. Soc. Bul, 61,(1982), (Presentation)
  27. A. Kumar, M. Perez, A. A. Rousan and D. M. Roy, “Properties of Cement Pastes and Mortars During Early Stage of Hydration” Am. Cer. Soc. Bul. 60,(1981). (Presentation).
  28. H. A. Mckinstry, A. A. Rousan and D. M. Roy, “Thermal Expansion of Cemetitious Materials” Am. Cer. Soc. Bul. 59, (1980). (Presentation