مجلس الإدارة
د. طلال بن يوسف العوضي
-امين النشر و البحث العلمي
Profile:
Assistant Professor of Geographical Information Science
Department of Geography • College of Arts & Social Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
P.O Box 42, P.C. 42, Al-Koudh, Sultanate Of Oman
Office Tel. (+968) 24141655 GSM Tel. (+968) 98020202
Fax (+968) 24141851
E-mail: عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته., عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته..
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (GIS) December, 2002 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Major: Geographical Information Systems Dissertation: “The Management of Temporality and Multi-Resolution of Polygonal Object: A Time-Stamped Database for Land Use as a Case Study" M.Sc (IS) September, 1997 Kingston University, UK Major: Information Systems Dissertation: “Designing Spatial Decision Support Systems Tool for Urban Planners”
B.A. (Geography)
June, 1993
Sultan Qaboos University, OMAN
Major: Geography Professional Training & Workshop Attended Summer 1996 Khatib & Alami and Partners, ESRI, Oman Introduction to GIS Summer 1998 Ministry of Water Resources Intensive course in GPS Summer 2000 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Intensive course in SmallWorld GIS Software September 2012 European Union, Belgium Intensive workshop in building trust October 2012 Total Quality Management (ITQM), Zurich, Switzerland Intensive course in professional project management April 2013 SQU, Department of Human Resources, Muscat Design work plan for mangers and decision makers December 2012 SQU, Department of Human Resources, Muscat Ethics and Arts of Academic Work 6 - 7 October 2014 London, UK International Quality Assurance Programme 7 - 9 June 2015 Oman, Muscat Leadership in Higher Education 10 - 14 January 2016 Oman, Muscat Project Management
Employment History
2 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Current Appointment
Sept 2010 – Present
SQU, Muscat, Oman
Dean Assistant for Undergraduate Studies Former Appointments Dec 2002 – Sept 2010 SQU, Muscat, Oman Assistant Professor of Geographical Information Science, Department of Geography Sept 1997 – Sept 1998 SQU, Muscat, Oman Lecturer (Teaching & Research), Department of Geography Nov 1993 – Sept 1996 SQU, Muscat, Oman Demonstrator (Teaching & Research), Department of Geography
CONSULTANT HISTORY Consultant March 2008 – December 2010 Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries Define natural vegetation area in Oman January 2009 – August 2010 HMR Engineering Consultants, Oman GIS & Urban Planning consultant for Spatial strategic Project for Al-Batinah Region October 2009 – December 2011 FAO, Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Management in Gulf November 2011 – June 2013 SCTP, Oman ONSS Project March 2012 – March 2014 NorPlan, Norway Urban & GIS Expert for New Addressing System for Muscat, Muscat Municipality Project August 2013 – December 2013 Ministry of Heritage & Cultural, Oman GIS Design and Implementation in the Ministry of Heritage & Cultural October 2013 – Current Ministry of Education Digital Education Atlas
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Current Research 1. Temporal Geographical Information System (TGIS) 2. Urban heat island using GIS & RS 3. Spatial analysis 4. Modelling urban growth using GIS & RS 5. Land use mapping 6. GIS Telecommunication 7. GIS & RS application in Natural Vegetation 8. Climate Change in Urban Area 9. Disaster Management and Measurement in Urban Area

Publications
PUBLICATIONS (IN PUBLISHING ORDER) Papers Published in Referred Journals 1. Al-Awadhi T. (2008), "Analysis, Assessment and Modeling of the Urban Growth in Greater Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Using Geographical Information Systems & Remote Sensing". Egypt. J. Remote Sensing & Space Sci., V.11 PP 3-22 (2008) Cairo, Egypt. 2. Al-Awadhi T. (2010), "The Use of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems to Assess the Effects of Tropical Cyclones: a Case Study from A'Seeb after GONU Cyclone". The 1st International Conference on Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, Muscat, Oman 8-11 March 2009, WWEP 2010 – 2, WMO, P. 95 – 104 3. Al-Awadhi, T. and Mansour, S. (2015), "Spatial Assessment of Water Quantity Stress in Sultanate of Oman Provinces: A GIS Based Analysis of Water Resources Variability". Journal of Geographic Information System, 7, 565-578. doi: 10.4236/jgis.2015.76045. 4. Rajendran S., Al-Sayigh A. & Al-Awadhi T., (2016). Vegetation analysis study in and around Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, using Geoeye-1 satellite data, The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science Available online 23 April 2016, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2016.03.005 5. Al-Awadhi, T., Ramadan, E., Choudri, B.S., Charabi, Y. (2016). Growth of coastal population: Likely exposure to sea level rise and associated storm surge flooding in the Sultanate of Oman, Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, (Volume VII, Summer), 2(14): 340 - 346. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v7.2(14).19. .6 عبد الغني، منتصر، العوضي، طلال ) 2014 (: التباين المكاني لمستويات التنمية والحرمان في
سلطنة عمان، مجلة الآداب والعلوم الاجتماعية، جامعة السلطان قابوس، مسقط، سلطنة عمان
)مقبول للنشر(
.7 حسن، سمير، العوضي، طلال، الكندي، عبدالله، المعمرية ريا ) 2015 ( إمكانية التعليم الجامعي
للصم والبكم: دراسة لحالة خريجي مدرسة الأمل للصم والبكم في مسقط، مجلة شؤون
اجتماعية، جمعية الاجتماعيين بالشارقة، الأمارات العربية المتحدة، الشارقة )مقبول للنشر(
.8 صوفي، عبدالرحمن، الكندي، عبدالله، العوضي طلال، الشربيني، محمد ) 2016 (: برنامج
مقترح لتحقيق التوافق الجامعي للطلاب المعاقين بصريا: دراسة ميدانية بجامعة السلطان
قابوس سلطنة عمان، مجلة الخدمة الاجتماعية، الجمعية المصرية للأخصائيين الاجتماعيين، -
مصر )مقبول للنشر(

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings
1. Al-Awadhi T. & Parker D. (2000), "Time Stamped Database for Land Use". A poster paper in AGI Conference 2000. London, Earls court. 26-28 September 2000, (Published in CD)
2. Al-Awadhi T. & Parker D. (2002), "A Time Stamped Database for Land Use Recording". GIS2002 International Conference in Bahrain, 11-13 March 2002: 119-133, Al-Manamh, Bahrain
3. Al-Awadhi T. (2003), "GIS Implementation Strategy in Oman: Past, Present and Future". The twenty 3rd Annual ESRI International User Conference, 7-11 July, 2003, San Diego, California, USA "http://training.esri.com/bibliography/index.cfm?event=general.recorddetail&id=28522"
4. Al-Awadhi T. (2004), "GIS Application in Solid Waste Management". The Second International Conference for Development and the Environment in the Arab World, 23rd – 25th March 2003, Assiut University, Egypt, P. 537 – 546
5. Al-Awadhi T. & Kwarteng A. (2004), "The Management of Urban Growth in Greater Muscat using Geographical Information Systems & Remote Sensing". The 7th Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium, 4th – 6th April, 2004, Sharjah, UAE P. 504 – 512
6. Al-Awadhi T. (2005), "Toward a National GIS Authority in Oman". The Kuwait 1st International GIS Conference & Exhibition, 5th – 7th February, 2005, Kuwait
7. Al-Awadhi T. Azaz L. (2005), "Monitoring Urban Growth in Oman Using Remote Sensing & GIS, Seeb Willayat Case Study". URS/URBAN Conference 2005, 14th – 16th February, 2005, Tempe, Arizona, USA (Published in CD)
8. Al-Awadhi T. & Others (2005), "Land Use Database: Case Study Muscat Governorate ". NARGIS 2005, 4th – 7th July 2005, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
9. Al-Awadhi T. (2006), "A National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI): Sultanate of Oman". Map Middle East Magazine, Sep – Oct 2006 "http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/middleeast/2006/sep-oct/24_1.htm"
10. Al-Awadhi T. (2007), "Monitoring and modeling Urban Expansion using GIS & RS". URS 2007, 11th – 13th April 2007, Paris, France "http://www.researchgate.net/publication/4254321_Monitoring_and_Modeling_Urban_Expansion_Using_GIS__RS_Case_Study_from_Muscat_Oman"
11. Azaz L., Al-Awadhi T. & Others (2007), "Tourist Resources Database for Ministry of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman", ESRI Middle East & North Africa User Conference October 29–31, 2007 Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
12. Al-Hosni A., Al-Rawahi E. & Al-Awadhi T. (2010), "Site Selection for Petrol Stations & Traveler Services Using GIS Approach: New Muscat - Sur Highway". The 3rd Conference of the GCC Geographical Society, 9th – 11th March 2010, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
13. Al-Awadhi T., Al-Shukili, A. and Al-Amri, Q. (2011), "THE USE OF RS & GIS TO IDENTIFY VEGETATION: The Case of Dhofar Governorate (Oman)". 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment, 10 – 15 April 2011, Sydney, Australia, Published in Conference CD " http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2011/isrse-34/211104015Final00239.pdf".
14. Al-Awadhi T. and Others (2012), "Measuring and Understanding the Expansion of City of Sohar between 1980 - 2011", EURA Conference 2012, Vienna 20 – 22 September 2012, p. 78 - 79
15. Al-Namani N, Al-Hatroshi S. Al-Awadhi T. (2012), "Determine and compare the effects of the Tropical Cyclones Goun and Phet on Land use in Town of Sur, Sultanate of Oman, RS & GIS Approach" EURA Conference 2012, Vienna 20 – 22 September 2012, p. 284 – 285
16. Al-Awadhi, T., Al-Saqri, A., and Amr, E. (2013), "Environmental impact assessment
5
of quarries and crushers in Al- Abiad village, Southern Al-Batina Governorate, Sultanate of Oman" 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013; Bali; Indonesia; 20 October 2013 through 24 October 2013; Volume 3, 2013, Pages 2375-2382
17. Al-Awadhi T. & Shmas A. (2014), "The impact of various land uses on the distribution of heat islands in the Governorate of Muscat" International Conference on Research and Innovation for Sustainable of Soil Management, 27-29 November 2014, Hurghada, Egypt.
18. Al-Awadhi T., Al-Lamki S. & Al-Lamki R. (2015), "Examining Spatial Distribution of Crow Species by Combining ArcMap & Maxent Model" 35th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing ACRS 2015, October 19-23, 2015, Metro Manila, Philippines
19. Al-Awadhi T. Bani Oorab Y and Charabi Y (2016), "Quantitative Analysis of Risk of flash flooding for Muscat Urban Area with Integration of Social Data" AAG 2016 Annual Meeting, March 29th – April 2nd 2016, San Francisco, California, USA
.20 العوضي، طلال وعبد السلام، احمد ) 2002 (: "استخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية لإدارة النفايات الصلبة".
مؤتمر عمان الدولي لإدارة المخلفات، 16 - 18 ديسمبر 2002 ، مسقط سلطنة عمان –
.21 العوضي ، طلال ) 2003 (: "استخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية ) GIS ( والاستشعار عن بعد ) RS ( في رصد
وتحليل النمو العمراني والسكاني لمحافظة مسقط". ملتقى الجغرافيين العرب حول "المدن الكبرى في الوطن
العربي" ، 19 - 22 أكتوبر 2003 ، الرياض المملكة العربية السعودية –
.22 العوضي ، طلال ) 2003 (: "التقسيم الإداري والإدارة المحلية بسلطنة عمان". اجتماع فريق خبراء حول ضمان
حيازة المسكن والأرض والإدارة الحضرية الجيدة والمنوى"، 15 - 18 ديسمبر 2003 ، القاهرة مصر –
.23 العوضي ، طلال ووفيق، جمال ) 2004 (: "الهجرة إلى مسقط". اللقاء العلمي الأول للجمعية الجغرافية الخليجية
بدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربي، 5 - 7 أكتوبر 2004 ، الرياض المملكة العربية السعودية –
.24 العوضي، طلال وآخرون ) 2006 (: "النمو الحضري في مسقط: العوامل والمؤثرات". ندوة السكان والأرض
والموارد بكلية التربية بصحار، 4 - 5 فبراير 2006 ، صحار سلطنة عمان –
.25 العوضي، طلال ) 2009 (: "استخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية والاستشعار عن بعد في تقييم آثار الأعاصير
المدارية: إعصار جونو بمسقط عمان دراسة حالة". ملتقى الخامس - - للجغرافيين العرب، 5 – 7 مارس 2009 ،
الكويت )محاضرة فقط(
.26 العوضي، طلال ) 2009 (: "استخدام الاستشعار عن بعد ونظم المعلومات الجغرافية في مراقبة المناطق
الخضراء بمحافظة ظفار )سلطنة عمان(". الدورة الرابعة للمؤتمر الدولي جيوتونس 2009 ، 16 - 20 ديسمبر
2009 ، تونس)محاضرة فقط(
.27 الكلباني، خالد، والعوضي، طلال ) 2010 (: "تصميم قواعد بيانات للمجاري المائية للأودية باستخدام نظم
المعلومات الجغرافية: دراسة حالة: ولاية السيب، سلطنة عمان"، المؤتمر العلمي الثالث للجمعية الجغرافية
الخليجية 9 – 11 مارس 2010 ، جامعة قطر، الدوحة، قطر
.28 المفرجي عائشة، العريمي، لولة، الحاتمي ريا، العوضي، طلال ) 2013 (: "استخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية
في اختيار محطات المترو ومساراته"، الدورة السابعة للمؤتمر الدولي جيوتونس 2013 ، 8 – 12 أبريل 2009 ،
تونس
.29 العوضي، طلال ) 2014 (: "التكامل بين كتب الدراسات الاجتماعية ومساقات قسم الجغرافيا في تدريس تطبيقات
نظم المعلومات الجغرافية: الواقع والرؤية المستقبلية" الملتقى الاول لنظم المعلومات الجغرافية بوزارة التربية
والتعليم، 10 مارس 2014 ، الجامعة الالمانية، مسقط، سلطنة عمان.
.30 بني عرابة، يونس، العوضي، طلال، البرواني، محمد ) 2015 (، أثر تنوع استخدامات الارض على انتشار الجزر
الحرارية في مدينة السيب دراسة باستخدام الاستشعار عن بعد ونظم المعلومات الجغرافية، الملتقى الوطني
العاشر لنظم المعلومات الجغرافية بالمملكة العربية السعودية، 11 – 14 مايو 2015 ، الدمام، المملكة العربية
السعودية

Books and Atlas
لطفي عزاز وطلال العوضي ) 2007 (: "مقدمة إلى المساحة والخرائط"، مكتبة الفلاح، الكويت
.2 العوضي، طلال ) 2007 ) : "التقنيات الحديثة في الجغرافيا"، كتاب الثاني عشر، وزارة التربية والتعليم، سلطنة عمان
3. Al-Awadhi T. and Others (2009): "Official Guide & Atlas Oman", Ministry of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman, Al-Nahda Advertising co. l.l.c. .4 العوضي، طلال، آخرون ) 2011 ) : "عمان التراث الثقافي والطبيعي"، كوزينيك 3 ، برشلونة، أسبانيا
6 Invited Presentation 1. Al-Awadhi T. (2004), "Geographical Information Systems as Tools for Waste Management", Gulf Eco, Oman's Environment Exhibition, Oman International Exhibition Centre, Muscat, 13 October 2004 (Keynote Speakers) 2. Al-Awadhi T. (2005), "The use of GIS to model and analyze urban growth is of growing importance in our region and the case of Muscat", Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Design, American University of Sharjah, 19 April 2005 (University major presentation) 3. Al-Awadhi T. (2007), "The future Growth of Greater Muscat", International Property Conference, Muscat 2007, Oman International Exhibition Centre, International Property Conference, Muscat, June 2007 (Keynote Speakers) 4. Al-Awadhi T. (2008), "Urban Growth Modelling: Muscat Case Study", 5th Kuwait GIS Users Conference, 2 – 4 April 2008, Kuwait (Keynote Speakers) 5. Al-Awadhi T. (2008), "The Assessment of Tropical Cyclones effects on Al-Seeb Area". The 1st Regional Conference on Geoinformatics: Disaster Management and Early Warning Systems, 24th – 26th November 2008, Kuwait (Keynote Speakers) 6. Al-Awadhi T. (2010), "Land Use Modelling: using GIS & RS", 2nd Statistical Forum Oman" 29 – 30 December 2009, Oman, Muscat (Keynote Speakers) .7 طلال العوضي ) 2008 (: "المنظومة التعليمية لنظم المعلومات الجغرافية بسلطنة عمان" ملتقى نظم المعلومات
الجغرافية الأول بالسلطنة، جامعة السلطان قابوس، 11 – 12 مايو 2008 )متحدث رئيسي(
Scholarships and Research Grants
Title Scholarships Master Degree SQU, 1996 ---- MSc in Information Systems, UK PhD Degree SQU, 1998 – 2002 ---- PhD in GIS, UK
Research Grants
Strategic Research Projects
His Majesty Research Trust Fund 2003 (SQU)
$120000
The use of GIS & RS to Monitor & Analyze Urban Growth in Greater Muscat
Internal Project
SQU, 2006
$15000
Sultan Qaboos University Guide Map
External Project
Ministry of Tourism, Oman, 2007
$350000
Tourism Guide Map
External Project
Ministry of Agriculture, 2008
$125000
Building Natural Vegetation Database
External Project
Ministry of Information & Oman Music Center, Oman
$20000
Designing music types and its instruments Database for Willayat Sure
External Project
Supreme committee for town planning, Oman
$25000
Al-Batina Master & Strategic Project
External Project
National consultant on GIS to support a Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) workshop
$10000
United Nation
Service
Professional Service 1. Chair, of the Traffic Accidents and their socio-economic and financial implications in Greater Muscat symposium at Sultan Qaboos University (4/5/2003) 2. Member, Technical committee for the third GIS International conference & Exhibition in Bahrain (27-29 September 2004)
7 3. Member, Technical committee for NGISA implementation plan in Oman (2005) 4. Member, Scientific committee for Kuwait 1st International GIS Conference & Exhibition (5-7 February 2005) 5. Chair, of the 1st GIS Forum in Oman, Sultan Qaboos University (11 – 12 May 2008) 6. Member, Administration and Financial Committee of the First International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone & Climate Change, Muscat (8 -11 March 2009) 7. Chair, of the 2nd GIS Forum in Oman, Sultan Qaboos University (1 – 2 June 2009) 8. Member of GCC Geographical Society and Administration Committee (March 2009 – April 2012) 9. Editor member of GCC Geographical Society Journal (March 2009 – April 2012) 10. Member of Scientific Committee of the third conference of the GCC geographical Society "The Modern Techniques and the Sustainable Development: Studies and Applications in Geography and Social Sciences", 9 – 11 March 2010 11. Chair, of the 3rd GIS Forum in Oman, Sultan Qaboos University 9th – 11th May 2010 12. Working As a National Consultant on GIS to support a Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) workshop on "Spatial Planning for Marine Capture Fishers and Aquaculture" for FAO which will be held in Doha (Qatar) 24th – 28th October 2010, (but the consultant started from February 2010 – February 2011) 13. Member of national steering Committee for spatial land use strategy, Supreme Committee for Town Planning (2010 - Current) 14. GIS expert of Al-Batinah Master Plan Strategy July 2010 – September 2011 15. Planning and GIS expert of New Addressing System in Muscat March 2012 – current
University
Service
1. Member, Computer committee in the college (2003 - 2007)
2. Chair, computer committee in the college (2008 - 2010)
3. Member, Geography department board (2003 - 2010)
4. Member, Postgraduate study committee in the college (2008 - 2009)
5. member, research committee in the college (2008 - 2009)
6. Member, College of Arts & Social Sciences Faculty Board (2006 – 2007 and 2010 - Current)
7. Member, Reviewing and evaluating current teaching questionnaire (March 2009 – May 2009)
8. Chair, Curriculum committee in the college (2010 - current)
9. Chair, Timetable committee in the college (2010 - current)
10. Chair, Library and book committee in the college (2010 - current)
11. Chair, Student society committee in the college (2010 - current)
12. Chair, Recruitment committee in the college (2010 - current)
13. Chair, Selecting best academic committee in the college (2010 - current)
14. Member, Reviewing summer regulation committee in the university (February 2011 – May 2011) Workshop Organized 1. Introduction to GIS workshop, Ministry of Education for Geography Teachers, 27th – 31st December 2003, Geography Department 2. Professional Workshop in Geomatics, 8th – 12th April 2006, Geography Department & Community Services Center 3. Professional Workshop in Geomatics, 15th – 19th April 2006, Geography Department & Community Services Center 4. Professional Workshop in GIS, 20th – 24th January 2007, Geography Department & Community Services Center 5. Professional Workshop in new Geography Technology, Ministry of Education for Geography Teachers, 6th – 10th January 2007, Geography Department 6. Professional Workshop in Geography Trend, Ministry of Education for Geography Teachers, 8th – 26th September 2007, around Oman 7. Professional Workshop in new Geography Technology, Ministry of Education for
8 Geography Teachers, 25th March 2008, Sur Willayat 8. National consultant on GIS to support a Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) workshop on "Spatial planning for Marine capture Fishers and Aquaculture", 24th October 2010 – 28th October 2010 Funded by UN, FAO 9. Professional Workshop in the use of GIS & Remote Sensing in Water Resources Management, Muscat, Oman April 2011 10. Professional Work in spatial database design for Sohar Port, SQU, Muscat, April 2012 11. Professional Work in GIS for General Authority of Civil Aviation of the Sultanate of Oman, SQU, Muscat, April 2013
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT (PUBLIC & PRIVATE SECTORS)
Public (Government Sectors)
1. Published new book in Geography Trend for Ministry of Education in 2004
2. Member of steering committee for implementing National Spatial Database infrastructure for former Ministry of National Economy in 2005
3. Project leader of spatial data collection and map design for Oman Tourism Atlas for Ministry of Tourism 2007
4. Proposing and supervising trail project for implementing GIS for the center of Traditional Oman Music in 208
5. Member of steering committee for following the National strategy of Oman spatial land use database (2009 – 2012)
6. Team leader of designing Digital Atlas for Ministry of Education (ongoing project)
7. Supervising GIS implementation in Ministry of Heritage and Cultural
8. Co-Investigator of "NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE" (Ongoing project) Private Sectors 1. Consultant for GIS company as a project leader for implementing GIS project and designing natural vegetation within Ministry of Agricultural (2006 - 2007) 2. Consultant for Husam Mohammed Al-Rawahi (HMR) company as a GIS team leader for Al-Batnah Strategy Plan (Master Plan) for former Supreme Committee for Town Planning (SCTP), (20009 - 2011) 3. Consultant for United National as a national expert to implement GIS strategy for fishing & accultural system in Gulf Country (2010) 4. Consultant for NorthPlan company as a local expert of National Addressing System for Muscat Municipality (2012 - 2013)
COURSES TAUGHT (UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE)
Undergraduate
1. GEOG3732: Geographic Applications using Computer
2. GEOG3733: GIS
3. GEOG1731: Introduction to Cartography
4. PLAN3320: Housing in Oman
5. GGIS3410: Spatial Database & Applications
6. GGIS4430: GIS Management
7. GGIS4420: Spatial Analysis & Modelling
8. GEOG4731: Geography Fieldwork Postgraduate 1. GEOG6121: Advanced GIS (MSc Course) 2. GEOG7000: Master Thesis
9 RESEARCH SUPERVISION (UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE)
Undergraduate
I have supervised more than 60 undergraduate projects in the last ten years. These are just samples of the undergraduates final projects:
1. A'Sad Al-Hisni (2010), Project titled "Building Spatial Web Portal For Sultan Qaboos University". Geography Dept., SQU
2. Emran Al-Rawahi & Mohammed Al-Maqami (2010), Project titled "The use of GIS & RS in land use change and urban expansion". Geography Dept., SQU
3. Shaikah Al-Hanai & Yasira Al-Mahroqi (2010), Project titled "Extracting costal line from satellite images". Geography Dept., SQU
4. Zainab Al-Amri & Zainab AmpSaidi (2010), Project titled "Identifying natural vegetation in land sat images". Geography Dept., SQU
5. Saif Al-Rawahi (2006), Project titled "building spatial LAND USE DATABASE FOR AL-Koudh Area". Geography Dept., SQU
6. Abdullah Al-Badi & Nasser Al-Hanai (2012), Project titled "The Effects of Human Activities on the Mangrove Trees in North of Oman in Muscat Governor and North Albatinah Governor)". Geography Dept., SQU Postgraduate .1 مشرف )ثاني( على رسالة الماجستير للطالب سعيد السوطي ) 2009 (، "مستوى معلمي الجغرافيا بسلطنة
عمان في مهارات نظم المعلومات الجغرافية من وجهة نظرهم"، كلية التربية، جامعة السلطان قابوس،
عمان
.2 مشرف رئيسي )أول( على رسالة الماجستير للطالب خالد الكلباني ) 2010 (، "تقييم وإدارة مخاطر
الفيضانات: حالة دراسة ولاية السيب"، قسم الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان
.3 مشرف )ثاني( على رسالة الماجستير للطالب عبدالله الصقري ) 2012 (، " تقييم الآثار البيئية للمحاجر
والكسارات في قرية الأبيض محافظة جنوب الباطنه سلطنة عمان"، كلية الدراسات العليا، جامعة الخليج -
العربي، البحرين
.4 مشرف رئيسي )أول( على رسالة الماجستير للطالبة هدى العبري ) 2012 (، "دراسة وتحليل النمو
العمراني في صحار: 1980 - 2011 "، قسم الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان
.5 مشرف ثاني على رسالة الماجستير للطالب ناصر النعماني ) 2012 (، "مقارنة بين تأثيرات أعصراي
جون وفت على استخدام الارض بولاية صور"، قسم الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان
6. Second Supervisor for Al-Anbori, Ahlam Master Thesis (2013), "Analysis of Traffic Crashes in Oman", College of Engineering, SQU .7 مشرف ثاني على رسالة الماجستير للطالبة عائشة عبدالله حمد البريكي ) 2015 (، كفاءة الخدمات التعليمية
في مدارس الحلقة الأولى بسلطنة عمان "ولاية صحم بمحافظة شمال الباطنة: دراسة حالة"، قسم
الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان
.8 مشرف رئيسي )أول( على رسالة الماجستير للطالب سفيان المعمري ) 2016 (، "الإدارة المكانية للمحاجر
والكسارات في محافظة البريمي سلطنة عمان" قسم الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان. –
.9 مشرف رئيسي )أول( على رسالة الماجستير الطالبة مناهل التوبي ) 2016 (، " تقييم الشبكة المائية
الحكومية مكانيا وسبل تطويرها بمدينة نزوى" قسم الجغرافيا، جامعة السلطان قابوس، عمان
Memberships
1. Association of Geographic Information, UK – since 1999
2. The GCC Geographical Society – since 2002
10 GIS/RS RELATED SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY Product Proficiency

Office
All Office Software Package (Words, Excel, PowerPoint ……. etc.)
Expert Operation Systems All Windows Operation Systems (Win95, Win95, Win2000, NT, XP, Windows 7) Expert Unix Good
GIS Software
ESRI Products’ Family (e.g., ArcGIS. ArcView, ArcInfo, … etc.)
Expert
IDRISI GIS software
Excellent
MapInfo
Excellent
SmallWorld
Good Remote Sensing / Image Processing ERDAS IMAGINE Very Good ER Mapper Excellent
Database
Most RDBMS software that are based on SQL
Very Good Statistics/ Math SPSS and EXCEL Excellent
Programming Languages
Avenue
Excellent
Visual Basic
Good

Languages and references
Mother Tongue Arabic
Other Language
English
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Very good
REFERENCES References 1. Dr Abdullah Al-Kind, College of Arts and Social Sciences Dean, Muscat, Oman Email Address: عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته. Tel:0096899104104 2. Mr. Runar Bergheim, Business Developer and Project leader, NORPLAN A/S Oman Branch, Muscat, Oman, E-mail Address: عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته. Tel: 00968 93089224 3. Dr Salim Al-Hatrishi, the former Head of Geography Dept. College of Arts and Social Sciences, Muscat, Oman Email Address: عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته. Tel: 00968 99355945