The Opening Address 2021 and Awards Ceremony for 2020-2021

The Opening Address 2021 and Awards Ceremony for 2020-2021 was successfully conducted last September 21, 2021, at PSU Atrium, Ground Floor, Administration Building 104, Men’s Campus from 12:15 to 1:20 PM.  PSU is committed to its health and safety protocols.  Thus, the event was hybrid; all faculty members and staff attended the event online via the YouTube live streaming while selected in-person attendees and the awardees were in the designated venue. 

The event started with the video presentation about PSU’s accomplishments for Academic Year 2020-2021 and was followed by the Opening Speech of Dr. Ahmed Yamani, President.  The speech highlighted the Accomplishments of the Strategic Plan with the theme EMPOWER and concluded with the Institutional Priorities for the Academic year 2021-2022.

After the speech of Dr. Yamani, Dr. Mitchell, Director of Teaching and Learning Center, recognized the completers of the PSU Higher Education Teaching and Learning Certificate for two academic years, such as 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.  She was then followed by Dr. Anis, Di rector of Research and Initiatives Center, who recognized the recipient of the publication incentives for 2020.

Finally, Mr. Maruf, Director of the Strategic Planning and Development Center, was the Master Ceremony of the event. He announced the Administrative Excellence Award, LMS (MOODLE) Excellence Award, Research Excellence Award and the President’s Distinguished Teaching Excellence Award winners.  Please see the list of awardees and winners below.

The event was attended in-person by the following from the Men’s Campus: Dr. Saad Al-Rwaita, Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs; Dr. Abdelhafez Feda, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Mohammad Al-Misher, Deputy Vice Rector for Academic Affairs; Dr. Adel Almomen, Assistant to the Academic Affairs Deputy for MC; Dr. Nasser Alsadoun, Assistant to the Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs; Dr. Saad Almosa, Dean, CBA; Dr. Mohamad Alkanhal, Dean, CCIS; Dr. Abdelhakim Almajid, Dean, CE/Acting Dean CAD; Dr. Mahmoud Almahmoud, Dean, CHS; Dr. Abdulaziz Altuwajiri, Dean, CL; Dr. Abdulaziz Alsehibani, Dean, DAR; Dr. Mamdouh Alenezi, Dean, DQAD; Dr. Yazeed Alfakhri, Dean, DSA; Dr. Anis Koubaa, Director, RIC; Mr. Vaseem Javed, CITO, ITC; Mr. Abdulaziz Alobaid, Director, HRO; Mr. Musharraf Almuhanna, Deputy Supervisor, PRMC; Mr. Abdulrahman Alfehaid, Director, PREU; Mr. Victor Mendoza, Director, EAAC, Mr. Bryan Morales, Associate Director, EAAC, Mr. Yasir Javed, Associate Director, ELC; Mr. Shabir Hussein, Associate Director, TLC; Mr. Iyad Wakaa, ITC Technical Support and the A/V technical staff.

While, the in-person attendees from the Women’s Campus: Dr. Heba Khoshaim, Vice President of the Women’s Campus; Dr. Maha Al-Ammari, Assistant to the Vice President, CW; Dr. Wafa Alnasrullah, Assistant to the Academic Affairs Deputy for CW; Dr. Mahal Almaiman, Vice Dean, DSA; Dr. Alia Mitchell, Vice Dean, CHS/Director, TLC; Dr. Fahdah Althonayan, General Supervisor, PRMC; Dr. Tahira Hoke, Director, EAAC; Dr. Iman Almomani, Associate Director, RIC; Ms. Jalila Zouhair, Director, ELC; Ms. Fatima Khan, Associate Director, EAAC; Ms. Nermeen Alhakim, Accreditation Technical Coordinator, EAAC; Ms. Sara Almuhaya, Admin. Staff, EAAC; Ms. Eman Jobran, PRMC-ITDU and the PRMC Staff.

The event was coordinated and prepared by the Public Relations and Media Center (PRMC) and the Evaluation and Academic Accreditation Center (EAAC).

2019-2020
Dr. Anees Ara
Dr. Eman Sabri 
Dr. Shaista Rashid
Ms. Ruby Defensor 
Ms. Somayya Bibi 
Dr. Marwa Fahmy Abdelalim 
Dr. Norah Almusharraf 
Ms. Maria Gadilla Isip     
Ms. Najet Zidi   
Ms. Sofia Adan

2020-2021
Dr. Fatima Azmi 
Dr. Rasha Abumousa
Ms. Asamenew Bireda 
Dr. Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar 
Mr. Abubakar Galant 
Mr. Konabe Bene 
Dr. John Oselenbalu Ekore 
Mr. Mohamed Ezzat 
Ms. Hannah Sarpong 
Mr. Marshal C. Defensor


Publication Incentives 2020
College of Architecture and Design
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Buthayna Eilouti

College of Business Administration
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Mohammad Nurunnabi
       • Amira Khattak
       • Jamid Ul Islam
       • Imran Khan
       • Kamilah Kamaludin
       • Muhammad Asif
       • Sheela Sundarasen
       • Farida Saleem
       • Areej Al-Sukayt
       • Mobin Fatma
       • Noor Azlinna Azizan

College of Computer and Information Sciences
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Anis Koubaa
       • Iman Almomani
       • Tanzila Saba
       • Ahmad Azar
       • Amjad Rehman
       • Mamdouh Alenezi
       • Nor Shahida
       • Khaled Almustafa
       • Suliman Gaber
       • Yasir Javed
       • Zahid Khan

College of Engineering
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Dhafer Almakhles
       • Jagabar Sathik
       • Mahajan Sagar
       • Shabir Hussain
       • Umashankar Subramaniam
       • Tamer Ali Sebaey
       • Hassan Mehboob
       • Abdelhakim Abdelhadi
       • Maged Esmail
       • Moustafa Nasralla

College of Humanities
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Dina El-Dakhs
       • Norah Almusharraf
       • Hind Alotaibi

College of Law
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Shafiqul Hassan
       • Ouarda Belkacem
       • Rehana Parveen

Deanship of Educational Services
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Thabet Abdeljawad
       • Nabil Mlaiki
       • Wasfi Shatanawi
       • Aziz Khan
       • Jehad Alzabut
       • Kamaleldin Abodayeh
       • Elham Dannoun
       • Muaffaq Nofal
       • Rafida Elobaid
       • Heba Khoshaim
       • Pablo Gonzalez
       • Seema Gul
       • Bahaaeldin Abdalla
       • Aiman Mukheimer
       • Peter Sagat

Library
Top Research Publishers (5 papers or above):
       • Shakil Ahmad


ADMINISTRATIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
Men’s Campus
1-Mr. Nabil Awad and
2-Mr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi

Women’s Campus
1-Ms. Maha Ibrahim M. Al-Malik


LMS MOODLE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
1st Place and the winner of the LMS Moodle Excellence Award
Dr. Hassan Mehboob – Production and Manufacturing Engineering Management Department of the CE

2nd Place
Eng. Shabir Hussain – Construction Engineering Management Department of the CE
Ms. Rawan Alwazzan – PYP Department of the DES

3rd Place
Dr. Najia Saqib – Finance Department of the CBA
Ms. Ishrat Khat – Computer Science Department of the CCIS
Dr. Norah Almusharraf – Applied Linguistics Department of the CH
Ms. Hannah Sarpong – PYP Department of the DES
Mr. Asamenew Bireda – PYP-PDS Department of the DES


RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
1st Place with research title “COVID19 diagnosis COVID-19 Diagnosis from Chest X-Rays using Deep Learning”
Dr. Adel Ammar

2nd Place with research title “In-Person And Virtual Balanced Technique For Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories”
Dr. Mohamed Ezzat

3rd Place with research title “Impact of COVID-19Quarantine on Low Back Pain Intensity, Prevalence, and Associated Risk Factors among Adult Citizens Residing in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): A Cross-Sectional Study “
Dr. Peter Sagat


PRESIDENT’S DISTINGUISHED TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER
Mr. Yasir Javed
From the College of Computer and Information Sciences

FINALISTS
College of Architecture and Design
Dr. Amani Derbaly

College of Computer and Information Sciences
Mr. Yasir Javed

College of Engineering
Dr. Mourad Rizq

College of Humanities
Mr. Jonathan Tarbox

College of Law
Ms. Nora Crimly

Deanship of Educational Services
Ms. Rawan Alwazzan