Dr. Othman Smadi, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Biomedical Engineering Department at The Hashemite University (HU), Jordan. He received the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2012. During his higher education journey, Dr. Smadi received several prestigious awards (e.g. Doctoral scholarship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (National Agency-Canada), Doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) (Provincial-Canada), B.Sc. Scholarship from Ministry of higher education (Jordan), ….). Dr. Smadi has been the principal investigator in number of research projects funded by Hashemite University with a total fund of (400,000$). The funded research titled “Exploring the hemodynamic impact of subvalvular stenosis using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system”. Dr. Smadi research focuses, mainly, on developing diagnosis techniques and models for cardiovascular diseases using Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) software’s and Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms. As result of his ongoing research projects, Dr. Smadi published over 20 journal and conference scientific papers.
Prestigious Doctoral Scholarship
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC): Montreal, Quebec, CA
The NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral (PGS D) program provides financial support to high-caliber scholars who are engaged in an eligible doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields.
Prestigious Doctoral Scholarship
Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et technologies(FQRNT): Quebec, QC, CA
The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) is a non-profit agency created under the Act respecting the Ministère de l'Éducation, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. It is a mandatary of the Québec government and is administered by a board of directors whose members are appointed by the Cabinet.
Graduate Fellowship
Concordia University: Montreal, Quebec, CA
It is an award given to top ranked students (mainly in research) in the school of engineering at Concordia University.
Carolyn and Richard Renaud Teaching Assistantship
Concordia University: Montreal, Quebec, CA
It is an award given to excellent students aiming at developing the curriculum of mechanical engineering labs.
Concordia Accelerator Award
Concordia University: Montreal, Quebec, CA
B.Sc. Scholarship
Ministry of higher education : Amman, Amman, JO