Received the B.S. degree in ECE from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, in 1993, the M.S. degree in CE from Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, USA, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in EE from Northeastern University, Boston, USA, in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Director of the Information Systems and Technology Center in the German Jordanian University. He is the founder of the software development division at the center. He also architected and participated in the development of the student information system, accounting system, financial system, human resources system, payroll system, help desk system, and online exams system. Previously, he worked for Cadence Design Systems Inc., Chelmsford, USA, from 1995 to 2012. He was a Senior Member of the Consulting Staff as well as a Technical Lead for the circuit simulation and signal integrity analysis technologies in the Allegro Printed Circuit Board (PCB) SI R&D Group. Where he developed efficient and accurate methods to model and simulate s-parameter black boxes, multi-conductor transmission lines, and I/O buffer information specification devices. He also architected the bus analysis flow that is used to design and verify source synchronous memory interfaces such as DDR3. Dr. Al-Hawari has seven USA patents and several other publications. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technologies (TCPMT).