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Abd al-Razzaq Muhammad Mustafa Habayeb ( October 10, 1932 ) is an American-Palestinian scientist and professor of electronic engineering . He was born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm . He has patents and won several awards. He worked for thirty consecutive years as Director of Guidance and Control at the Naval Aviation Systems Command [English] in US Navy .
His upbringing and educational attainment
Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Mustafa Habayeb was born in the city of Tulkarm , Palestine, on October 10 , 1932. He completed his primary, preparatory, and secondary education in the schools of his city, Tulkarm , and continued his education after that at the city’s Khadoori Institute (later a university), where he graduated in 1953 with a “Diploma in Agriculture and Education.”
He moved to the United States of America in 1953 , and in 1956 he obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University , then in 1959 he obtained a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas , and then obtained a doctorate in electrical engineering in 1963 from the University of Kansas .
Working life
He worked in 1956 and 1957 as a communications network design engineer at Collins Radio in Kansas City, Missouri , and from 1959 to 1963 he worked as a lecturer and teacher of electrical engineering at the University of Kansas in Lawrence , Kansas .
In 1960, he worked as a senior electronic design engineer at Honeywell , which is one of the largest American companies in the field of complex electronic technologies such as aviation and aerospace technologies. In 1962, he worked as a senior analysis engineer at Allis Chalmers Manufacturing and Equipment Company.
From 1963 to 1966 , he worked as a senior scientist at the laboratories of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) in Fort Wayne , Indiana , and from 1964 to 1966 he worked as an assistant professor at Purdue University .
From 1966 to 1968, he was the chief scientist at the Aviation Radio Company in Annapolis , Maryland , and from 1968 to 1999 he held the position of Director of Direction and Control at the Naval Aviation Systems Command of the US Navy , which is one of the Military scientific positions are extremely sensitive.
In 1981 and since 1989, he worked as an assistant professor at George Washington University in Washington , D.C. In 1981 and 1982, he was head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yarmouk University of Jordan.
From 1984 to 1986 , he served as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Yarmouk University of Jordan. In 1993 and 1994, he also worked as a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech University . He is a member of the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Scientific Research Honor Society (Sigma Xi). .
His works
He has many scientific research and articles published in specialized scientific journals, and in 1987 he published the book “Systems Effectiveness” .
Patents
Habayeb has eight patents in the field of electronic engineering that resulted from the extensive research he conducted throughout his professional and professional life.
Awards and honors
Habayeb has received many prestigious awards and honors in recognition of his scientific and practical contributions, including:
Certificate and Award of Merit for “Outstanding Performance” by the US Naval Air Systems Command , 1992 .
Certificate and Award for “Twenty-Five Years of Service” at US Naval Air Systems Command [English] , 1994 .
Certificate and Award of Merit for “Outstanding Performance” by the US Naval Air Systems Command , 1994 .
Certificate and Award of Merit for “Outstanding Performance” by the US Naval Air Systems Command , 1995 .
“The Spot Award”, 1999 .
A letter of appreciation from the President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton , and a letter of appreciation from the Commander of the US Navy , on the occasion of his retirement from the US Navy , in 1999 .
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command “Honored Retiree Award , ” 1999 .
The Marquis Who's Who Foundation selected him as one of the "List of Distinguished Figures in Engineering and Science" in its encyclopedia "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" for the years 1992 - 1993 and 2005 - 2006 .
He was chosen by the " Marquis Who's Who Foundation " as one of the "List of Distinguished Figures in Finance and Business" in its encyclopedia "Who's Who in Finance and Business", for the year 2006-2007 .
His biography was selected and published for many years in American Men and Women of Science, a reference work containing biographies of leading scientists in the United States and Canada .
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marquis Who's Who Foundation , in May 2019 .
Honorary recognition from Palestine Technical University “Kadoorie” in the city of Tulkarm , in October 2019 .
His visit to Palestine and a book about him
In October 2019, Habayeb visited his country , Palestine . In his city of Tulkarm, Palestine Technical University honored him as one of its veteran graduates in appreciation of his contributions. The university also organized a symposium in his honor entitled “A Success Story.”
In the city of Ramallah, the Mahmoud Darwish Museum hosted him in a special ceremony that took place during the launch of a book about his biography entitled “Abdul Razzaq Habayeb: A Biography of a Life and the Fulfillment of a Dream,” written by “Najwa Nazim Abdel Hadi.” The official Palestinian television broadcast the ceremony live.
Personal life
On July 24, 1972 , Habayeb married Randa Abu Ghazaleh, with whom he had four children: Tariq, Donia, Samah, and Jumana.
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