Prof. Adnan M. Al-Smadi born in Nai’ymeh, Irbid, Jordan in 1963. He received B.S. degree (Magna Cum Laude) and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Vanderbilt University, Nashville in 1995.
From 1989 to 1991, he was an instructor of Mathematics at Tennessee State University, and from 1991 to 1992, he was an instructor of Mathematics at Fisk University, Nashville. From 1992 to 1995, he was an instructor of Aeronautical and Industrial Technology at Tennessee State University. In addition, from 1995 to 1997, he was an adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Interim Department Head of the Aeronautical and Industrial Technology Department at Tennessee State University. From 1997 to 2006, he joined Hijjawi College for Engineering Technology as a faculty member of Electronics Engineering at Yarmouk University, Jordan. From 2002 to 2004, he served as the Chairman of the Department of Electronics Engineering at Yarmouk University. From 2004 to 2006, Professor Al-Smadi served as the Dean of Hijjawi College for Engineering Technology. From September 2006 to September 2010, he was on sabbatical leave as a professor of Computer Science and the Dean of Prince-Hussein Bin Abdullah College for Information Technology at Al Al-Bayt University in Jordan. His research interests include digital signal processing, system identification and modeling, spectrum estimation, communication systems, wavelets, and higher order spectral analysis. He has published more than 60 papers in international journals and conferences. He has served as a Member of the technical committees for several international conferences organized by the IEEE, IEE, and others.
Professor Al-Smadi received the Research of Excellence Award for the Distinguished Researchers from the Higher Education & Scientific Research Ministry-Jordan in 2004 and the Distinction Award in Scientific Research from Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Scientific Foundation in 2003. His biography was published in 61st Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering in 2007 issue. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu in the USA.
