Dr. Hazem Falah Sakeek Associated Professor of  Physics Al-Azhar University - Gaza

Personal Details

           Name:                            Hazem Falah Hashem Sakeek

 Date of Birth:                 18th September 1965

 Place of Birth:                Gaza, Gaza-Strip

 Age:                               37 Years

 Home Address:              Gaza Al‑Remal,

                                        Al‑Thalatheen Street,

                                        House no. 51‑31,

                                        Gaza Strip,  Gaza

                                        Tel. #972-8-2847577

 Term Address:               Al Azhar University of Gaza,

                                        P.O. Box 1277,

                                        Gaza Strip,  Gaza

                                        Tel.  #972-8-2824010/20

                                        Fax. #972-8-2823180

                                       E-mail [email protected]

  Marital Status:              Married

  Number of Children        3 M & 1F

  Nationality:                    Palestinian

Education and Qualifications

Awards and Prizes Gained

 (1)    A hand watch for the highest grade in the final year of the secondary school examination results in 1983.

(2)    A collection of some scientific books for my activity in the physics society as secretary, U.A.E. University 1986.

(3)    University‑Industry Research Award ..... Queen's University of Belfast 1989

(4)    Lamor‑University scholarship ..... Queen's University of Belfast 1990

(5)    University‑Industry Research Award ..... Queen's University of Belfast 1990

(6)    Arab student aid international scholarship 1989-1991.

(7)    The Arab-British chamber foundation award 1990-1991.

(8)    A scholarship from the Palestinian Student Fund for the year 1990/91.

Work Experience

(1)   Six month project for the completion of my MSc program was carried out in the industrial company, Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), Marchwood Engineering Labs., Southampton, U.K. from June to November 1988. The project title " Design of optics and Stabilized Modulation System for Laser Scanning Hardcopiers". The work was published in my Msc Dissertation and in an internal research report in the (CEGB) 1989.

(2)   Demonstrator in Level 'O' Physics laboratory, 1989/90, Queen's University of Belfast.

(3)   Demonstrator in the MSc laboratories, 1990/91, Physics Department, Queen's University of Belfast.

(4)   Post Doctorate Research Fellow in the Physics Department, Queen's University of Belfast. June 1991.- December 1992.  I was involved mainly in supervising PhD student in the field of high Tc superconductors and also I extend my research work in the field of emission and absorption spectroscopy of plasma produced by laser ablation of high temperature Tc superconductor.

(5)   Lecturer in the Physics Department, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, 1-January 1993.

(6)   Computer instructor for most Microsoft products, at Continue Education Center, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, 1995-Now.

Text Books Publications

 In Physics

(1)   Series of lecture In General Physics, Mechanics: Principles and Applications, 2001.

(2)   Series of lecture In General Physics, Electrostatic: Principles and Applications, 2001

In Computer

(1)   Without instructor Series, DOS & Windows,  (1996)

(2)   Without instructor Series, Microsoft Word 6,  (1996)

(3)   Without instructor Series, Microsoft Word 97&2000,  (2001)

(4)   Without instructor Series, Microsoft Excel 97&2000,  (2001)

   Positions and Duties

    (1)    Head of the Physics Department, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, March 1993 - 1998.

    (2)    Member of the Institute of Physics since August 1993.

    (3)    Director of the Computer Center at Al-Azhar University, since December 1994 - 1998.

    (4)    Editor of "Al-Oloom wa Al-Marifa" which is the first Arabic scientific magazine in Gaza 1994 - 1995.

    (5)    Member of the Continue Education Center at Al-Azhar University of Gaza.

    (6)    Dean of the Admission and Regestration of Al-Azhar University of Gaza 1998-2000.

    (7)    Director of the Diploma studies in Al-Azhar University of Gaza, July 1996 – 2000.

    (8)    Dean of the Faculty of Intermediate Studies at Al-Azhar University of Gaza 2000-Now

    (9)    Head of the Information Technology Unit (ITU) at Al-Azhar University of Gaza 2001-Now

Scientific Activities

     (1)     From 20/7/93 - 10/9/93 visit to the Department of Physics, Queen’s University of  Belfast, U.K.

     (2)     From 8/7/94 - 30/8/94 visit to the Department of Solid State Physics, Orsay University,  Paris , France.  Funded by the French Consulate - Jerusalem.

     (3)     From 29/8/94 - 21/9/94 visit to the Department of Physics, Queen’s University of Belfast, U.K. Funded by the British Council - Jerusalem.

     (4)     From 23/7/95 - 20/9/95 visit to the Institute of Physics, Hamburg University, Germany.  Funded by the DAAD scholarship.

     (5)     From 21/6/1997 – 9/7/1997 attending a Training course on Unix Operating System at the Government Computer Center, Ministry of Planning & International Coorporation, Palestine.

     (6)     From 9/11/1998 – 21/9/2000 attending a Training course on laser science and its applied technology University of Cairo Egypt, including the particibation in the 3^rd International Conference On Laser & Applications Advances in Science, Medicine & Technology, Cairo 14-16/11/1998.

     (7)     From 8/9/2000 – 19/9/2000 at Al-Balqa Applied University at Salt City, Jordan, Participate on the SESAME workshop machine (Synchrotron radiation sourse in the Middle East.

 Conferences Presentation

 (1)  Third International Superconductive Electronics Conference, 25 ‑ 27 June 1991. University of Strathclyde. "YBaCuO / PrBaCuO Mulitlayers by Excimer Laser Ablation" H. F. Sakeek, C. C. Smyth, C. M. Rowan, R. J. Turner, T. Morrow,  W. G. Graham and D. G. Walmsley.

(2)   3rd European Quantum Electronics Conference, 27 ‑ 30 August 1991, Physics department, Heriot‑Watt University, Edinburgh. "Superconducting films by excimer laser ablation and spectral characterization of the plasma plume".  H.F. Sakeek, M. Higgins, C. Smyth, T.Morrow, W.G. Graham, and                D.G. Walmsley.

(3)   44th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, 22‑25 October 1991 ‑ Albuquerque, NM. "Optical absorption spectroscopy study of the role of plasma chemistry in YBCO pulsed laser deposition".  W.G. Graham,  H.F.  Sakeek,     T. Morrow, and D.G. Walmsley.

(4)    Irish plasma and beam processing group annual conference, 23-24 April 1992.  International Microelectronics Research Center, Cork, Ireland '' Optical absorption spectroscopy of YBaCuO plasma plume'' . H.F. Sakeek, T.Morrow, W.G. Graham, and   D.G. Walmsley.

(5)   Institute of Physics Condensed Matter and Matirial Physics conference, University of Shefield, Shefield, U. K. 15-17 December 1992. "Emission spectroscopy studies of the plaume produced during YBaCuO thin film production by laser ablation". H.F. Sakeek, T.Morrow, W.G. Graham, and   D.G. Walmsley.

(6)   The first Physics Conference, Islamic University of Gaza. 28 May 1994.  "High Tc superconducting thin film by laser ablation". H.F. Sakeek.

(7)   The Fourth International Conference on the Physics of Condensed Matter, University of Jordan, Jordan, 18/4/2000-20/4/2000.

(8)   The Palestinian Physics Conference, Condenced matter & Applications An-Najah National University, 3-4/5/2000.

Publications

 Publications from the MSc. Degree

     (1)    H. F. Sakeek, G.J. Malcom, and I.A. Armour, A Feasibility study for a laser-scanning hardcopier.  Central Electricity Generating Board, Research report, December 1989.

Publications from the PhD. Degree

     (1)    H. F. Sakeek, M. Higgins, W.G. Graham, T.Morrow, R.J. Turner and D.G. Walmsley. "Superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O₇ thin films on MgO by KrF laser ablation: Optimization of deposition parameters". J. Appl. Phys. 70 1991.

    (2)    H. F. Sakeek, C. C. Smyth, C. M. Rowan, R. J. Turner, T. Morrow, W. G. Graham and D. G. Walmsley."YBaCuO / PrBaCuO Mulitlayers by Excimer Laser Ablation". Supercond. Science and Tech. 4 613 1991.

    (3)    D. G. Walmsley, H. F. Sakeek, T. Morrow, C. Rowan and R. J. Turner. "YBaCuO films by excimer laser ablation".  Material Science and Engineering‑B13 15 1992.

Publications after the PhD Degree

    (1)   H. F. Sakeek, T. Morrow, W. G. Graham, and D.G. Walmsley, ‘’ Optical absorption spectroscopy study of the role of plasma chemistry in Ba₂Cu₃O₇  pulsed laser deposition’’.  Appl. Phys. Lett. 59 3631 30 December 1991.

    (2)    H. F. Sakeek, T. Morrow, W. G. Graham, and D.G. Walmsley. “ Emission studies of the plume produced during YBaCuO thin film production bu laser ablation”.  J. Appl. Phys. 75 1138 1994.

    (3)    T. Morrow,  H. F. Sakeek, A. El-Astal, W. G. Graham, and D.G. Walmsley.  “Absorption and emission spectra of the YBaCuO laser plume”.  J. of Superconductivity 7 823 1994.

    (4)    J. Mclaughlin, H. F. Sakeek, P. Maguire, W. G. Graham, J. Molloy, T. Morrow, S. Laverty and J. Anderson. ''Properties of ZnS:Mn thin films prepered by 248nm pulesd laser deposition''.  Appl. Phys. Lett.  63 1865  1993.

    (5)    H. F. Sakeek, “Investigation of Shapiro steps and half integral constant-voltage in ramp-type Josephson junctions” Islamic University Magazine”  Vol 4 (no 2) 1996.