- Golden membership of the American National Association of Safety Professionals
- Authorized trainer from the American National Association of Safety Professionals
Topics I teach
Management: Human Resource Management, Introduction to Business, Organizational Behavior, International Business Environment, Project Management and Marketing Management at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Engineering: Industrial Engineering, Occupational and Safety Management, Engineering Management, Production Planning and Control, Organizational Structure
Present, Germany: Freelance Service provider for school authority in Hamburg
USA
Strayer University, Center City Campus, January 2008 – September 2012 Professor for Business and Management
- Teaching and instructing in Business and Management
- Counseling and advising students in all academic matters
- Participation in the regular new student orientations and in program meetings
University of Pennsylvania, February 2008 – Present
- Provide analysis and quality control of data created to support human language technology research: duties include in-depth linguistic annotation for parallel Arabic and English text, translation quality control, transcription, and data selection for Arabic datasets
- Researching in data analysis and quality control
- Advising and coaching new staff members in the techniques used in data researching
Germany
1999-2002: Assistant Professor: Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Academicals support activities such as teaching, tutoring, advising, counseling, laboratory and classroom supervising as well as participation in examination committees, preparation of learning materials and grading
1993-1996 Senior Researcher: Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg,
1998-1999 Research work and academicals activities
Hong Kong
1996-1998: Research and Teaching Assistant: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Teaching, tutoring, advising, counseling, laboratory and classroom supervising
Freelance consultant, January 2003 – December 2007
- Conducting several research projects for technical university of Hamburg
- Feasibility Studies of diverse nature for different Institutions in Gulf Countries
- Marketing Studies and Product Development in Gulf Countries
- Conceptualization and organization of seminars for training purposes.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in Science of Human Works and Management from Hamburg Technical University, Germany, (1999)
- M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Hong Kong University, China, (1998)
- M.S. in Renewable Energy Technologies from Oldenburg University, Germany, (1989)
- M.Sc. (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Khartoum, Sudan, (1979)
PROFFESSIONAL TRAINNING
Hong Kong:
1996-1998: Teaching Assistants Workshops
1996: Workshops on Ergonomics and Usability Engineering in Product Design
USA
May – June 1986: Advanced Marketing Techniques, University of Georgia
Feb. – June 1983: Alternative Energy Technologies, University of Florida
Italy
May – June 1984: Solar Energy Photovoltaic System, Sogesta
May – June 1981: Solar Energy System, Sogesta
P. R. of China
Aug. – Sept. 1983: Mini-hydro and Biomass Technologies, Chingdu
Sudan National Energy Administration, Khartoum
1987: Energy Management in the Sudanese Cement Industry
1987: Rational Use of Energy in Textile Industry
1985: Financial Evaluation of Investment Projects in Energy Supply
SAP KNOWLEDGE
Oct. 2003– Apr.2004 SAP R3 4.6, (ASAP Tools in Details, Workflow Concepts, Business Definition, Workflow, Material Management, Basis Processes of Store Keeping, HRD)
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS-Excel, MS-Word, Designer, PowerPoint, Windows XP, NT, Internet, MS-Project, IT, Statistical package (SAS) and (SPSS)
Multilingual: Excellent Command in Arabic, English and German languages
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
- Hamad, B. O.: Fröhner, K.-D.,Li, Z., Hamad, B. O., Thönnessen, S., „Innovative Companies with Aging Engineers and Scientists Involved in Research Design and Development Activities“. Handbook with CD-ROM. German: “Innovative Unternehmen mit älterwerdenden Ingenieuren und Naturwissenschaftlern in Forschung, Entwicklung und Konstruktion“. Handbuch mit CD-ROM. VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf 2002, 71 pages. ISBN 3-18-314616-9.
- Hamad, B. O.: “Cross-cultural comparison of company organization and management practices with emphasis to Technical and Human Resources Management”. German: “Transnationaler Vergleich der Betriebsorganisation unter Berücksichtigung arbeitswissenschaftlicher Ansätze“. VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000, 148 pages. ISBN 3-18-311616-2.
PAPERS
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA:
K.-D. Fröhner, H. Brauer, and B. O. Hamad, Further development of hand-held prototypes for special cleaning tasks: Published in the XXIVth Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, 7-8 June 2012, p. 122-126.
Baltimore, Maryland, USA:
K.-D. Fröhner, Hamad, B. O., Hand-tool for cleaning devices: experemental studies: Published in the XXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 9-10, 2011, p. 88-92.
Temple, Arizona, USA:
Hamad, B. O., P. Baltrenas, K.-D. Fröhner, Lessons from transformation of European Countries: Supporting transformation processes in the least developed countries in the field of occupational ergonomics and health, Published in the XXIInd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 10-11, 2010, p 27-31.
Dallas, Texas, USA:
Fröhner, K.-D., Hamad, B. O., Results limitation of a methodological aimed at comparing national lists of hazardous substances: XXIst Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Hilton Garden Inn DFW, Dallas, Texas, USA, June 11-12, 2009, p. 196-201.
Seoul, Korea:
Fröhner, K.-D., Li, Z., Hamad, B. O., Thönnessen, S., Stimulating Innovation and Workability in an Aging Work Force via a Tool for Self-Organization. In: Proceedings of the 15. Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, The Ergonomics Society of Korea, Seoul, Korea, August 24-29, 2003, Volume 4, p. 629-632. ISBN 89-90838-00-2.
Tampere, Finland:
Fröhner, K.-D., Hamad, B.O., An Approach to Overcome the Shortage of Engineers and Innovators. In: Promotion of Health through Ergonomic Working and Living Conditions, Nordic Ergonomics Society 2001 conference, University of Tampere, September 2-5, 2001, Finland 2001, p. 368-371, ISBN 951-44-5168-6.
Peking, China:
Fröhner, K.-D., Hamad, B.O., Transformation of Knowledge-based Management Concepts. In: Occupational Ergonomics, Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 6th PPCOE, Tianjin, China, August 24-27. 2001, p. 162-164. ISBN 7-5308-3126-7.
Kassel, Germany:
Hamad, B.O.:, “Prerequisites for improved production process in third world countries”. German: Voraussetzungen für verbesserte Produktionsentwicklung in Ländern der 3. und 4. Welt. In: Bericht zum 47. Arbeitswissenschaftlichen Kongress der GfA in Kassel, March 14-16, 2001. GfA-Press, Dortmund 2001, p. 525-528, ISBN 3-9806222-6-6.
Kassel, Germany:
Fröhner, K.-D., Hamad, B.O., Nawroth, K., “Developing a work tool for self-organization in research and development areas”. German: Entwicklung eines Werkzeuges zur Selbstorganisation in Forschung und Entwicklung. In: Bericht zum 47. Arbeitswissenschaftlichen Kongress der GfA in Kassel, March 14-16, 2001. GfA-Press, Dortmund 2001, p. 349-352, ISBN 3-9806222-6-6.
San Diego, California, USA:
Fröhner, K.-D., Hamad, B.O., “Cross-cultural comparison of company organization structure”. In: Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, July 30-August 4, Santa Monica, USA 2000, Vol. 2, p. 173-176, ISBN 0945289-13-8.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
Goonetilleke, R. S. Hamad, B. O. and So, R. H. Y. (1997). “Grip Span and Arm Position Effects on Grip Strength”. Proceedings [i]of the ASEAN 97 Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 99-104.