Reviewers from the University participating in the Administrative Quality Audit and Assessment Program
| SQU-QAO-C3-001 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Hammad Abdullah Al-Nasiri |
Projects and Maintenance Department |
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- 2003 - now: Senior project engineer (A) at Sultan Qaboos University
- Leading a multiple number of projects ranged from medium sized to mega sized projects
Review Record:
30/7/2023
- Academic Qualifications:
- PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Management, 2015), Lund University Sweden.
- Master of Sciences in Civil Engineering (2009), SQU, Oman, distinction
- Bachelor of Sciences in Civil Engineering (2002), SQU, Oman, very good
- Working as a QA/QC reviewer for the SQU Quality assurance office (2020-now)
- Assigned as Examiner & Co-supervisor for a number of master students at college of engineering at SQU
- Published a number of refereed journal papers and conferences
- Conducted a number of workshops & short courses on Civil engineering fields, contracts and tenders management
- Obtained a number of certificates on different training courses and workshops
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| SQU-QAO-C3-002 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Lyutha K. Al Subhi |
College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences |
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Review Record: 7/21/2024
- Dr. Lyutha K. Al Subhi, Head of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit (QAAAU) in the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences (CAMS) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). She has extensive experience leading the international accreditation of nine undergraduate programs at CAMS with ASIIN. She leads 26 programs at CAMS for external program reviews. She is trained in applying the ADRI approach and has audited two units at SQU, one of which she chaired the review panel. She has long experience in benchmarking programs against accreditation standards and designing programs based on the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). As an academic program coordinator and the Head of QAAAU, she is experienced with self-study reports and has served as an external reviewer for the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MOHERI). Finally, she is trained on OQF Listing of Qualifications as well as Listing and Alignment Panels and as External Reviewer for Institutional Standards Assessment (ISA) with the OAAAQA. Last but not least, she is the focal person with the operational planning of the college to chive the HEI strategic plans.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-003 |
Name |
Unit |
| Ms. Samia Saif Al Hadi |
Quality Assurance Office |
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Review Record: 07/21/2024
- With over 17 years of experience in academia and higher education, I have gained a deep understanding of the sector's dynamics and the importance of maintaining high-quality standards. My career began as a Lecturer and has progressed through various roles, including Students’ Affairs Consultant and Field Experience Supervisor, giving me a well-rounded perspective on educational administration. Currently, I am working at the Quality Assurance Office at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). My responsibilities include reviewing mandatory and supplementary materials to ensure compliance with ISAA standards and participating in committees related to preparing for the commentary of ISAA. My work at the College of Education involved significant contributions to academic accreditation processes and quality assessments. Additionally, I have been serving as an external reviewer for OAAAQA since July 2024, and I became a member of the Oman Association for Quality in Higher Education (OAQHE) in October 2024.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-004 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Naifa Bait Bin Saleem |
College of Arts and Social Sciences |
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Review Record: 10/11/2022
- Dr. Naifa Bait Bin Saleem is an associate professor at the Information Studies Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She is specialized in library sciences, her areas of interest are information technology, and research methodology, She obtained her Master’s degree from Sheffield University, UK in 2000 and her PhD from Exeter University, UK, in 2006. She is a member of Oman Association for Libraries and Information and Arab Federation for Libraries and Information. She has published more than 45 scientific papers in information studies in international peer-reviewed journals and book chapters.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-005 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Noura Saif Al Hosni |
College of Arts and Social Sciences |
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Review Record: 09/01/2023
- Dr. Noura Al Hosni is an Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, specializing in Information Systems and Studies. She has a strong academic background in Information Systems and Business Administration. She holds a PhD in Information Studies, MBA, and BSc. in Information Systems from Sultan Qaboos University, where her doctoral research won the Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2022 among the University Level bestowed at SQU University Day 2023.
With over 15 years of academic experience, Dr. Al Hosni’s research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Technology Acceptance models and theories. She has published widely in international journals and conferences, particularly in AI adoption, mobile computing, and quality of education in the Arab world. In addition to her academic role, Dr. Al Hosni serves as a Senior Technician in the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit, and a Quality Administrative Auditor at Sultan Qaboos University, a member of the EQUIS Accreditation Committee (at the College of Economics & Political Science). She plays a key role in ensuring academic excellence and implementing the Oman Qualification Framework (OQF) for OAAAQA in the College of Arts and Social Science and she is a member of the Scientific Committee at the Oman Association of Quality of Higher Education Institutes (OAQHE).
Her dedication to teaching has earned her multiple Best Teacher awards. She is also committed to enhancing educational quality and innovation through her leadership roles in accreditation and curriculum development.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-006 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Rashid Nasser Al Maamari |
Quality Assurance Office |
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Review Record: 07/21/2024
- Dr. Rashid Nasser Al Maamari is the Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance Office for Administrative, Financial, and Technical Quality at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). He also lectures at the Center for Preparatory Studies (CPS) at SQU. He holds a BA in English Language Teaching from SQU, an MA in Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) from the University of Warwick (England) and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne (Australia). Dr. Rashid specializes in English language assessment, curriculum development, and evaluation. His expertise spans over two decades of teaching English, curriculum development, and preparation and revision of educational assessment tools. He has held several roles related to his field, including membership in the Assessment Unit at the CPS, managing the Sultan Qaboos University IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Center, and chairing the Curriculum Committee for the Department of English for Humanities at the CPS. Over the years, Dr. Rashid contributed significantly to the revision and implementation of many academic programs at the CPS. Dr. Rashid has served as an external examiner in the field of assessment and evaluation, as a private consultant in educational reform, and as a leader in various projects at SQU. Currently, Dr. Rashid leads the SQU Administrative Quality Audit and Assessment Project, the development, revision and documentation of SQU policies and procedures, and the National Institutional performance System (Ejada) at SQU. Additionally, he leads some of the university's committees supervising national accreditation and quality of services.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-007 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Shadia Al-Bahlani |
College of Medicine and Health Sciences |
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Review Record: 17/07/2024
- Dr. Shadia Al-Bahlani is an Associate Professor in Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She obtained her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine (2010) from University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. She is currently head the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation in the College. She has a wide experience in institutional and medical program accreditation as well curriculum design and review. Recently, she was appointed as an external reviewer for the intuitional standard assessment with the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA). She has good communication and administrative skills as she was heading the department of Biomedical Science for seven years (2014-2021). Her research interest is in cellular and molecular pathology mainly in cancer. She is highly skilled in cell culture and molecular biology techniques with good number of publication. Her long term goals are to be an excellent academician and a determined researcher who will greatly contribute to each field respectively.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-008 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Sulaiman Salim Al-Hashmi |
Center for Environmental Studies and Research |
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Review Record: 04/18/202
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Dr. Sulaiman Salim Al-Hashmi is a distinguished researcher and academic specializing in renewable energy and physics. He is currently affiliated with Sultan Qaboos University as a Researcher at the Center for Environmental Studies and Research. With a strong background in physics and renewable energy technologies, Dr. Al-Hashmi's research interests include solar thermal, solar PV, wind, green hydrogen, geothermal, biomass, solar thermal storage, waves, and hybrid renewable systems. He is particularly skilled in thermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling, Stirling engines, gas engines, heat exchangers, and thermal storage design.
Dr. Al-Hashmi is dedicated to advancing sustainable energy solutions and has contributed extensively to the scientific community through publications in reputable journals, conference presentations, and book chapters. He actively reviews research articles for international journals and has been recognized for his contributions, winning first place in scientific innovations in renewable energy at the Vision Award for Youth Initiatives in 2016.
Currently, Dr. Al-Hashmi is engaged in ongoing research projects focused on innovative hybrid models for solar power production and the feasibility study of hydrogen storage. He also participates in professional services such as scientific workshops, review committees, and conferences, while also organizing workshops and conducting studies related to renewable energy. His current research interests include solar thermal systems, renewable energy technologies, energy storage, and energy efficiency, with a focus on developing a Solar Concentrator with Stirling Engine & PCM-Storage Hybrid Model in Oman
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| SQU-QAO-C3-009 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Fatema Al-Mamari |
Centre for Preparatory Studies |
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Review Record: 07/21/2024
- Dr. Fatema Al-Mamari holds the position of the Head of the Quality Management Unit (QMU) and the standing member of the Observation and Quality Enhancement Committee (OQEC) in the Centre for preparatory Studies at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). Her Academic degrees encompass a BA and MA in teaching English in Higher Educational Institutions, and she possess about 20 years of expertise in teaching English for Specific Purposes at the tertiary level of education. With a rich academic background, including an MA thesis in Educational Policy and a Ph.D. in Quality Management in Higher Education from Monash University, Australia, she has a deep interest in quality assurance and educational policy in HE. Dr. Fatema is also a certified internal examiner for SQU Administrative Quality Audit and Assessment and an external examiner for OAAAQA. She is regularly involved in operational planning and supervises the implementation of these plans. Additionally, she is the focal point between Sultan Qaboos University and many private and public HE institutions and leads the benchmarking and cooperation activities based on the letters of agreement officially signed by these HE institutions and SQU. These activities aim at sharing expertise in a variety of academic areas in HE.
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| SQU-QAO-C3-0010 |
Name |
Unit |
| Dr. Yousef Abdul Qader Abu Shandi |
College of Education |
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Review Record: 15/05/2022
- Yousef Abdul Qader Abu Shandi, born in Jordan in 1973, holds a PhD in Measurement and Evaluation from Yarmouk University in 2008. I have worked in university teaching since my graduation, and worked as the Dean of the College of Education at Zarqa University and at UNRWA University. Since 2016, I have moved to work in the Psychology Department at Sultan Qaboos University, and I now hold the rank of Associate Professor. I have more than fifty research papers published in international journals, and I have supervised and discussed more than fifty master's and doctoral theses. I have taught many courses related to scientific research, statistics, measurement and evaluation at all university levels (doctorate, master's, diploma, and bachelor's), and I have chaired many main committees at the department level (the Graduate Studies Committee, the Scientific Research Committee, and the Schedules Committee).
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