Career Summary
An experienced academic practitioner whose leadership and strategic planning skills has allowed for the mentoring of fellow faculty members, undergraduate and graduate students, Dr. Akkawi is recognized as an innovative thought leader amongst peers in the planning and execution of duties including curriculum development, faculty and course scheduling, faculty and student recruitment, and budgetary development. He is continuously performing research in cutting edge and thought provoking fields including knowledge management, concurrent object-oriented software systems, aspect-oriented technology, and the evolution of technological education.
Professional Experience
| Northwestern University Executive Director, Information Systems Programs Wieboldt Hall, sixth floor |
Responsible for administrative duties of program budgeting, student and faculty
recruitment, faculty mentoring, and course instruction. Instructed courses in Operating
Systems, Local Area Networks, Database Systems, and Advanced Data Structures to graduate
students. Mentored graduate students during their thesis process. |
Master Thesis Advisor Lillrose, Kevin, Disconnected Operation Supporting A High-Volume Call Center. [Graduated 2004]. |
| Robert Morris College Full-Time Faculty, School of Computer Studies |
Responsible for course design and delivery at the undergraduate level in courses such as Operating Systems, Programming, and Database Systems. |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science Department |
Responsible for course design and delivery at the undergraduate and graduate level for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. |
Education
| Ph.D. Computer Science - Illinois Institute of Technology - Degree conferred with Honors - 2002 Dissertation: Aspect-Oriented Framework for Intelligent Adaptable Software Systems |
| MS, Electrical Engineering - Illinois Institute of Technology - Degree conferred with Honors - 1990 |
| BS, Electrical Engineering - Illinois Institute of Technology - Degree conferred - 1988 |
| Intelligent Information Systems Certificate (IIS) - Illinois Institute of Technology - 2001 |
| Professional Internet Certificate (PIC) - Illinois Institute of Technology - 2000 |
Awards
| Certificate of Recognition - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) With the American Society for Engineering Education and The Universities Space Research Association Awarded a CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION to Dr. Faisal Akkawi for his research contributions made through 2005 Summer Faculty Research Opportunities. |
| Distinguished Teaching Awards - Dr. Akkawi won the Distinguished Teaching Awards for the graduate programs at the school of continuing studies at Northwestern University for the academic year 04/05. |
| Invited Talk - Chicago Chapter Association for Computing Machinery. Topic: Evolution of Aspect-Oriented Software Development. Chicago Chapter of ACM is a 40+ year old local chapter of an international professional society. |
| Graduate Outstanding - Graduate Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Illinois Institute of Technology. May, 2002. |
