Dr. Osama Abu-Sharkh

Dean of King Abdullah II School of Engineering
Associate professor

Osama M. F. Abu-Sharkh received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 1999, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA, in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA, in 2006. He joined Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), Amman, in September 2007. He served as the Vice Dean for the King Abdullah II School of Engineering from 2021 to 2023. He was the Chair of the Communications Engineering Department from February 2012 to September 2014 and from September 2016 to September 2017. He is currently the Dean of the King Abdullah II School of Engineering and an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with PSUT. Dr. Abu-Sharkh led the Communications Engineering Department’s effort to attain ABET accreditation for the communications engineering program for the first time in Jordan. He is a member of the Computer Engineering Department, Networks and Information Security Engineering Program. His recent research interests include wireless networking, network security, the Internet of Things, intelligent systems, and smart cities. He received many national and international awards and recognition, including the Region 8 IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award in 2012 and the Distinguished Researcher Award from PSUT in 2018. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Communications, Computer, Vehicular Technology, Signal Processing, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Computational Intelligence societies and a Member of ACM. He has participated in organizing and conducting many local and international conferences and events.