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Yousef Al Abdallat

abdallat@ju.edu.jo

Title: Professor
Country: Jordan
Affiliation: Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Jordan

About:

Prof. Al-Abdallat (Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan), is a Member, President's Assistant of the of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions (AQACHEI) and Board Member.   

 

Prof. Al Abdallat has presently a manager of the National Program for Linkage Academic Institutes with Industrial Sectors "Faculty for Factory" (FFF).  as an initiative, aims to strengthen the role of Applied Scientific Research, where it brings both academia and industry practices into one crucible to reach optimum results and benefits for all parties and stakeholders.

FFF" is considered one of the national collaborative innovations where the participated academic staff improve their practical knowledge and terminologies, concurrently to boost both performance and growth of the participated organizations and enable them to reach for the deemed technical expertise to develop their products, and solve relevant problems.

Al Abdallat is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), a Member of the Board of Directors for Jordan Cement Factories (Lafarge), and a Member of the Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office (SACEPO). Development, and Innovation (RD&I), Member of the Board of Trustees of Al-Hussein Technical University.

 

Prior to being a director for the Faculty for Factory program, Dr. Yousef held the position of the Dean of Student Affairs at German Jordanian University and chairman of the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Jordan, plus Assistant to the Dean of Students Affairs at the University of Jordan and the director of “King Abdullah II Fund for Development"-Office for Career counseling for a period of 6 years. He is also a Board member of the Center for Economic & Industrial Studies (Jordan Chamber of Industry). He participated as an Evaluator for various industry reinforcement programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and European Union. His research and teaching activities have focused on issues of manufacturing engineering processes, material sciences, and biomedical engineering. His professional activities are extensive. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Jordan University of Science and Technology. A Board member and founder of the Jordanian Human Resources Management Association (JHRMA). A member of various official authorities' committees such as the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization, Higher Education Accreditation Committee, and Higher Council of Technology.

Prof. Al Abdallat participated in a team of academics working with the Crisis Cell that was allocated by the National Center for Security and Crisis Management to deal with the Corona pandemic (Covid-19 Crisis). Also, Prof. Al Abdallat is a member of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Committee, which is part of the four government committees formed by the Prime Minister, which comes in implementation of the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II, to expand the local capabilities to produce medicines, manufacture medical equipment, and promote food and agricultural industries, and to ensure continued production and sustainability, to deal with Corona pandemic (Covid-19 Crisis).

Professor Al Abdallat Sr. management consultant in Research and +20 years of experience in transforming theoretical and academic subjects into practical and experimental reality (industry and academia), familiar with topics of innovation, transformation, and business continuity.