Education  and Employment Information:

a) Education

Language Known:     Arabic, English

Title of 1) M.Sc. Thesis: Maximum Likelihood Estimates of Weibull Parameters Using            Accelerated Life Testing and Power Rule Model

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Power Estimation for Two-Sample Tests Using Importance and Antithetic Resampling

b.  Employment Record:

Current Academic Rank:   Tenure Track Assistant Professor (Biostatistics)

i) Academic

Note: Teaching Language at Yarmouk University and Sultan Qaboos University is English.

 ii) Administrative Positions Held:

Awards and Recognition:

Teaching Experience:

a) Teaching activities (Instruction)

Courses Taught After The Ph.D :

i) Undergraduate Courses: At Yarmouk University

1.  Stat. 101:  Introduction to Statistics for Science students

2.  Stat. 107:  Introduction to Statistics for Business students

3.  Stat. 111:  Probability (I)

4.  Stat. 203:  Introduction to Biostatistics

5.  Stat. 213:  Course in Probability (for school teachers)

6.  Stat. 271: Sampling Methods

6.  Stat. 272:  Time Series Analysis

7.  Stat. 331:  Mathematical Statistics (II)

8.  Stat. 373:  Demography

9.  Stat. 374:  Design and Analysis of Experiments

10.  Stat. 375:  Regression Analysis

11.  Stat. 382:  Categorical Data analysis

12.  Stat. 481:  Statistical Computing

13.  Stat. 281:  Statistical Analysis using Statistical Packages  (SAS, MINITAB, SPSS)

14.  Stat. 483:  Applied Statistics and Case Studies

15.              Stat.  (P. H 334): Biostatistics for Medical Students at JUST University.

16.  Stat. 383. Nonparametric Methods,

17.  Stat 472: Survey Design

ii) Graduate Courses: At Yarmouk University

1.  Stat. 681: Statistical Computing

2.  Stat. 682: Categorical Data Analysis

3.  Stat.  683:  Linear model

4.  Stat. 672:  Applied Statistics II:  Multivariate Analysis

5.  A.n   404:  Statistics for social sciences

         6.  Stat.  678: Advanced Sampling Survey Methods

         7.  Stat. 606 : Data analysis and Experimental Design (for all science graduate students)

          8. Stat. 674: Advance Design and Analysis of Experiments.

iii) Courses taught at Sultan Qaboos University in Sultanate of Oman

       1.  Math 1106: Pre-Calculus

 2        Stat 1001: Introduction to Statistics

3        Stat 3335: Sampling Survey

4        Stat 4432: Regression Analysis

5        Stat 4433: Design and analysis of Experiments

6        Stat 4434: Nonparametric Methods

7        Stat 5521: Categorical data analysis.

8        Stat 3334: Inference

iv) Courses taught at Georgia Southern University starting August 14, 2006

        1- Stat 2231: Introduction to Statistics I

        2- Stat 5531: Statistical Methods I

b) Curriculum development: Member of the curriculum committee of the following courses:

a.       At Sultan Qaboos University: 1) Survival Analysis 2) Clinical Trials

b.      At Yarmouk University: The Chair of the Committee of the undergraduate and the graduate study plans of 1998. 

c.  At Yarmouk University: The Chair of the committee to write a proposal and the study plan for Ph.D. program in Statistics.

c) Students advising and supervising:

                                                              i.      Student advising at Sultan Qaboos University:

1.      Cohort 2000 from college of Education.

2.      Cohort 2000 Pre-major from college of Science.

                       2) Student supervising:

i) Master Thesis Supervising or  Co-advising: at Yarmouk University/Jordan

 1- Ahmad Saied Bany Mustafa:  Importance resampling using  Chi-square tilting

( Graduated, Nov. 1996) ( co-advising).

2- Raed Rajeh Abu Awwd: Power Estimation for Two-sample Tests Using

Balanced resampling  (Graduated, August,  1997). (Supervisor)

3- Omar Al-Sakier:  About Extreme Ranked Set Sampling with application to the estimation

of Distribution function and percentiles (Graduated, August, 1998).  (Supervisor)

4- Mahmoud Siam: Ratio Estimation using Stratified Ranked set sample (Graduated, August, 1998).  (Supervisor)

5- Loai M. Al-Zou'bi: Discriminate Analysis for Birth Measure Data Obtained from Princess   

 Rahma Hospital in Irbid-Jordan.  (Graduated, April, 1998)             (Co-advising).

6- Ahmed Samerae:  Regression Estimation Using Extreme Ranked Set Sample.

( Graduated in Sept. 1999) (Supervisor).

7- Laith Jamal:  Stratified Extreme Ranked Set Sample with Application to Ratio

Estimation (Graduated in march. 2000) (Supervisor)

8- Faisal Ababneh: Regression Analysis Using Ranked Set Sample. (Graduated in Jan. 2000)

(Supervisor).

9- Eman Tawalbeh :  On Double Ranked Samples with Application to Ratio and Regression Estimators. (Graduated in Agust, 2001)

10- Nuha Alzubaidi: Optimal Sign Test For One-Sample Bivariate Location Model Using Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling. (Graduated in July 2006)

Note :(Member of the thesis defense committee: More than 30  Committees)

ii) Supervising Final Projects of Statistics Students at SQU

1)      Hamed Al-Fahdi & Dhafer AlShukeili ( 2001): SQU Student attitude towards using  Internet.

2)      Shaiy’ Al-Mamaari (2001): SQU Student attitude towards using computer.

3)      Muna and Thouriya (2002): Different ranked set sample schemes for unequal set size with application.

4)      Hashem M. Al-Hashmi and Abdulsalam H. Al-Barzenji (2003):Sultan Qaboos University Students attitude towards working in public or private sector

5)      Mousa Al-Kindi and Khaled Al- Harthi (2003). On Kidney failure risk factors in Sultanate of Oman.

6)      Nasser M. Al Khayari and Sulaiman Al-Rawahi (2003). On regression analysis using sequential ranked set sampling with application to medical data. 

d) Teaching activities outside the classroom: Seminars

 1.        Samawi H and Lemke JH.: Importance sampling for the establishment of normal limits  for skewed distribution. Presented at Biostatistics Seminar,

              Department of Preventive Medicine and EH, March 29, 1993.

2.       Lemke JH and Samawi H.: The role of importance sampling in the establishment of   normal ranges for speech characteristics. Presented at                  Acoustical      Society of       America Meetings, Denver, CO,  October 4, 1993.

3.                Samawi H. M.: About the Importance and Bootstrap Resampling. Presented at    Statistics Seminar, Department of Statistics, Yarmouk University July 1996.

4.                Samawi H. M. :  Monte Carlo Methods Using Ranked set sampling. Presented in the department of  Mathematics and Statistics Seminar at Sultan Qaboos University. (2001)

5.                Samawi H. M. :On the approximation of  multiple intergrals Using Multivariate Ranked Simulated Samapling (2005). (At Yarmouk University, Irbid Jordan)

6.                Samawi H. M.: More efficient Monte Carlo method of integration: (At Georgia Southern University, USA, 2006) 

7.        Samawi H. M. : On Bivariate sign test for one-sample location model using Bivariate ranked set sample (At Georgia Southern University, USA, September 1, 8, 15, 2006)   

 Service

a) University administration and committees.

1) At Yarmouk University/ Jordan:

i)                    Acting Chair (from 9/1997 to 9/1999)

ii)                  Chairman (from 9/2005 to now)

ii)        Department Committees: 

 1.  Dept. of Statistics Council

 2.  Department of Statistics Graduate Study Committee

      iii)    Master thesis defense exam committees

      iv)  Faculty Committees:  

 1.  College of Science Council

 2.  College of Science Scientific Programs Committee

3. College of Science Graduate Study Committee

4. College of Science research  Committee

       v)  Member of the Jordan Statistics Committee

At Sultan Qaboos University :

1-      Member of the research committee.

2-      Teaching and Research Assistants Committee

b) Professional service:

i) At Yarmouk University 

1.    Training course on data and statistical analysis using SPSS  Software for the employee of the Ministry of  Energy and Mineral Resources, Amman-Jordan, from September 7, 1996 to   October 27, 1996.  Also, during the same period, I provided some consulting help to help them  analyzing the data collected by the household energy consumption survey conducted in (1995)    

2.    Leading the population survey study (1996) for the Attitudes of  Jordanian people toward the new rules of the 1996 election  for the lower house of  Parliament.

3.    Consultation and Data analysis for the College of Dentistry at JUST University.

4.    Consultation and Data analysis for the medical Doctors in Jordanian hospitals.

5.    Forty hours of training course in statistics and data analysis for the employee of the Housing Bank in Jordan (2001).

6.    Refereeing papers in statistics for the Biometrical Journal (Germany)( since 1997)

7.    Refereeing papers in statistics for Abhath Al-Yarmouk. Since (1998) (Yarmuok University Jordan)

8.    Refereeing  papers in statistics for Dirasat Journal (since 1998)  (Jordanian, University)

9.      Refereeing papers to the Journal of American Speech-Language- Hearing Association ( in 2002)

10.  Data analysis and Statistical consultation to the data collected by The World Health Organization. To Study the relationship between water intake and Health issues in Jordan. (2006)

ii) At Sultanate of Oman at Sultan Qaboos University.

1)      Statistical consultation and data analysis on voice and speech pathology for Katherine Verdolini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Science and Disorders School of Health and Communication Sciences Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

                            4033 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

                           412-383-6544; 412-383-6555 (fax): kittie@csd.pitt.edu.,

2)  Statistical consultation and data analysis on experimental design of psychological    

     Experiments done by Prof. Ernest at Sodden California University.   

3) Statistical consultation and data analysis to:

1)                    Dr. Satei Mukatsh (College of Medicine at SQU)

2)                  Dr. Kashef (College of education at SQU)

3)                Some MS.c. Student at SQU.

4)        Dr. Kimberly M. Coleman, Ph.D. (cand.), MPH, CHES
Assistant Professor of Community Health
Department of Health & Kinesiology
College of Health & Human Sciences
Georgia Southern University
 

  Scholarly Achievements

a)      Refereed Journal Papers

List of Articles Accepted for Publication or Published .

1.         Samawi, H. M. and Al-Saleh, M. F. (2006). On Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling for
         Ratio and Regression Estimators. To appear in International Journal of Modelling and
           Simulation.

   2.   Samawi, H. M., Al-saleh M. F. (2006). On the Aproximation of Multiple Integrals Using Multivariate Ranked

         Simulated Samapling. To appear in  Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation

 3.    Al-Saleh, M. F. and Samawi, H. M. (2006). Inclusion Probability in Ranked Set
        Sampling  and Some of its Variations. To appear in Test 2007.

4.  Samawi, H. M., Al-Saleh, M. F. and  Al-Saidy , O. (2006). Bivariate Sign Test  for A One-  
      Sample Bivariate Location Model Using Ranked Set Sample. Communications in  Statistics.

        Theory and Methods, 35 (6). 1071-1083.

5.  Al-Saleh,  M. F.  and Samawi, H. M. (2005). Estimation of the Correlation Coefficient  
     Using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling with Application to the Bivariate Normal  
     Distribution.   Communication in  Statistics, Theory and  Methods, 34 (4), 875-890.

6.   Al-Saidy, O.,  Samawi, H. M. and Al-Saleh, M. F. (2005). Inference on Overlapping 
      Coefficients Under the Weibull Distribution: Equal Shape Parameter.  ESAIM 
       Probability and Statistics (P&S) , 9, 206-219. 

7.      Al-Bataina B. A. and Samawi H. M. (2005). Measurement of Soil and Indoor Radon
       Levels in Al-Fuhais, Jordan. ABHATH AL-YARMOUK: Basic science and
      Engineering , 14 (1), 75-84.

 8.          Samawi, H. M.,  Al-Samarraie, A. and Obaid M. Al-Saidy (2004).  On Regression
          Estimators Using Extreme Ranked Set Samples.  Journal of Science and Technology,
           Sultan Qaboos University, 9, 67-86.

9.          Al-Saleh, M. F. and Samawi, H. M. (2004). Estimation Using Bivariate extreme
        Ranked Set Sampling with Application to the  Bivariate Normal Distribution. Journal
        of Modern  Applied Statistical Methods.  3 (1): 134-142. 

 10.           Samawi, H. M. and Al-Saleh, M. F. (2004). On Bivariate Ranked Set
         Sampling for Distribution and Quantile Estimation and Quantile Interval Estimation

         Using Ratio Estimator. Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods.  33 (8):

         1801-1819.

 11.      Samawi, H. M. and  Saeid, L. J. (2004). Stratified Extreme Ranked Set Sample with
        Application to Ratio Estimators. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods.  3
        (1): 117-133.

 12.      Al-Saleh, M. F. and  Samawi, H. M. (2004).  Estimating the Variance of a Normal 
          Population by Utilizing the Information in a Sample from a Second Related Normal
          Population. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 74 (2): 79-90.

 13.      Samawi, H. M. and Abu-Dayyeh, W. (2003). More Powerful Sign Test  Using  Median 
           Ranked Set Sample: Finite Sample Power Comparison. Journal of Statistical
           Computation and Similation. 73 (10): 697-708.

 14.      Samawi, H. M. and Siam, M. I. (2003). Ratio Estimation Using Stratified Ranked Set 
          Sample. Metron. LXI (1-2): 75-90.

 15.      Samawi, H. M. (2003).  Importance Resampling Using Logistic Weights.  Dirasat,  
          Pure Sciences. 30 (1): 76-83.

 16.      Ahmed, M. S., Abu-Dayyeh, W. and Samawi, H. M. (2003). Quantile Interval 
         Estimation of Finite Population Using Multivariate Auxiliary Information.  J. of
         Applied Statistical Science.  12(3): 169-177.

 17.      Samawi, H. M. and Al-Saleh, M. F. (2002). On Regression Analysis Using Bivariate
         Ranked Set Samples. Metron.  LX  (3-4): 35-50.

 18.      Samawi, H. M. (2002).  On Ratio Estimation Using Extreme Ranked Set Samples. 
        Abhath Al-Yarmouk: Basic Sciences and Engineering.  11 (2B): 815-827.

 19.      Samawi, H. M., Bany Mustafa, A. S. and Ahmed, S. M.(2002). Importance
         Resampling Using Chi-square Tilting. Metron.  LX (3-4): 183-200.

 20.      Samawi, H. M. (2002).  On Double Extreme Ranked Set Sample with Application to  
         Regression Estimator. Metron. LX (1-2): 53-66.

 21.      Samawi, H. M. and  Al-Saleh, M. F. (2002).  A Sequential Approach for Estimating
          The Variance of a Normal Population by Using Some Available Prior Information. 
          Journal of the Korean Statistical Society.  31 (4): 433-445.

 22.    Ahmed, M. S., Abu-Dayyeh, W. and Samawi, H. M. (2002). Interval Estimation of the
         Quantilies of Finite Population Using Multivariate Auxiliary Information.  Metron.  
          LX (1-2): 115-124.

 23.      Madan, K. C. and Samawi, H. M. (2002).  Steady State Analysis of an M/D/1 Queue 
          with Two Stages of Heterogeneous Server Vacations (M/D/G₁/G₂/1Queue). 
           Revista Investigacion Operacional. 23 (2): 150-163.

 24.       Samawi, H. M. and Abu-Dayyeh, W. (2002)  On Regression Analysis with Random
           Regressors Using Ranked  Samples. International Journal of  Information  and
           Management Sciences. 13 (3): 19-36.

 25.      Abu-Dayyeh, W., Samawi, H. M. and Kouider, E. (2002).  Weighted Extreme Ranked
          Set   Sample For Skewed Population.  Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin.  53
       (209- 210): 53-63.

 26.       Samawi, H. M. and Tawalbeh, E. M. (2002).  Double Median Ranked Set Sample:
          Comparing to other Double Ranked Samples for Mean and Ratio Estimators.  Journal
           of Modern Applied Statistical  Methods. 1 (2): 428-442.

 27.      Abu-Dayyeh, W.,  Samawi, H. M. and Bani-Hani, L. A. (2002). On Distribution
          Function Estimation Using Double Ranked Set Samples with Application.  Journal of 
         Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 1 (2): 443-451.

 28.        Saqa, W. A. and Samawi, H. M. (2002): Discriminant Analysis of Grain Size
          as a Tool to Classify Depositional Environments of Sand. Abhath Al-Yarmouk,
          Basic Sciences and Engineering.  11 (2B): 727-744.

 29.       Abu-Rukah, Y.  and Samawi, H. M. (2002):  A study of contamination 
          of agricultural fields of the North Jordan Valley by variouss Metal Ions Using
          Regression  Analysis. To appear in Qatar Uunivesity science journal –faculty of
         Science (Qatar).

 30.       Samawi, H. M. and Tawalbeh, E. M. (2002).  Regession Estimator Using Double
          Ranked Set Sampling.  Science and Technology, Sultan Qaboos University.  7:
           311-322.

 31.       Abu-Rukah, Y.  and Samawi, H. M. (2001): Compersion in the concentration of heavy  
           metals and other  variables in landfill site, El-Ekader  North  Jordan. Chemie der Erde

            journal  61 (3): 214-223 (Germany).

 32.       Samawi, H. M. and  Muttlak, H. A. (2001).  On Ratio Estimation Using Median
           Ranked   Set Sampling.  Journal  of Applied Statistical Science.  10 (2): 89-98.

 33.      Samawi, H. M. and Al-Sagheer, O. A. M. (2001). On the Estimation of the Distribution 

         Function Using Extreme and Median Ranked Set Samples. Biometrical Journal. 43 (3): 357-373.

 34.        Samawi, H. M. (2001).  On Quantiles Estimation Using Ranked Samples with Some
          Applications.   Journal of the Korean  Statistical Society.  30 (4): 667- 678

 35.      Samawi, H. M.  and Ababneh, F. M. (2001).  On Regression Analysis Using Ranked  set  Samples.

         Journal of Statistical Research. 35 (2): 93- 105.

 36.      Samawi, H. M.  Al-Zou'bi, L. M. and Abu-Salih, M. S. (2001). Discriminant Analysis 
          for Birth Measures Data Obtained from Princess Rahma Hospital in Irbid, Jordan. 
           Abhath Al-Yarmouk, Basic Sciences and Engineering. 10. (1): 59-74.

 37.      Al-Saleh, M. F. and  Samawi, H. M. (2000).  On the Efficiency of  Monte Carlo
          Methods  Using Steady State Ranked Simulated Samples. Commun.   Statist. – Simula. 
         29 (3): 941-954.