MOHAMMAD MAHMOUD SAAD HAMASHA

Mohammad Mahmoud Saad Hamasha	Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Faculty of Engineering	Department of Industrial Engineering
mhamasha@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/mmhamasha
ORCID ID : 229565430
Office No. :	EXT : 4679

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Ph.D.	State University of New York at Binghamton	The United States of America,2011
Master	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2008
Bachelor	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2005

  •	Operations Research
•	Modeling and Simulation 
•	Production Management   
•	Stochastic Systems 
•	Manufacturing Engineering Management 
•	Operations Management and Optimization
•	Statistics, Probability and Reliability Engineering 
•	Photovoltaic Systems and thin films

JOURNAL PAPERS 
(Published/Accepted)
1.	Hamasha, M. M., “Generate random variates using a newly introduced approximation to cumulative density of lower truncated normal distribution for Simulation Applications”, Accepted, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 2018. 
2.	Aqlan, F., Hamasha, M. M., “Occupational Hazards Assessment and Management in Engineering Research Labs”, Accepted, Cogent Environmental Science, 2018.
3.	Hamasha, M. M., Al-Rabayah, M., Aqlan, F., “Standard Tables of Truncated Standard Normal Distribution using A New Summarizing Method”, Accepted, World Journal of Engineering, 2018.
4.	Hamasha, M. M., Al-Rabayah, M., “A Simple Approximation to the Lower Truncated Standard Normal Curve based on Mill's Ratio”, Pakistan Journal of Statistics, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 369-382, 2017.
5.	Aqlan, F., Amer, A., Ashour, O., Shamsan, A., Hamasha, M. M., “An Approach for Rush Order Acceptance Decisions Using Simulation and Multi-attribute Utility Theory”, European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 613-630, 2017.   
6.	Hamasha, M. M., Rumbe, G., “Determining Optimal Policy for Emergency Department using Markov Decision Process”, World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 467-472, 2017. 
7.	Hamasha, M. M., “Practitioner Advice: Approximation of the Cumulative Density of Left-Sided Truncated Normal Distribution Using Logistic Function and Its Implementation in Microsoft Excel”, Quality Engineering, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 322-328, 2017. 
8.	Hamasha, M. M., “Mathematical Approximation of Left-sided Truncated Normal Distribution Using the Cadwell Approximation Model”, Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1382-1386, 2017.
9.	Hamasha, M. M., Elsaadi, E., Hassonah, Y., Maghrabi, L., Alamudi, H., “Analysis of Service Delivery System Using Markov Chain Approach and M/G/1 Queuing Systems”,  Asian Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 8, No.(1-3), pp. 1-9, 2016.
10.	Hamasha, E., Massadeh, G., Sharihah, A., Hamasha, M. M., Hamasha, K., “Aluminum Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Thin Films with Assistance of Electric Field for Solar Photovoltaic Applications” Solar Energy, Vol. 27, pp. 223-231, 2016. 
11.	Hamasha, K., Hamasha, E., Massadeh, G., Sharihah, A., Hamasha, M. M., “Aluminum Induced Crystallization of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films with Assistance of Electric Field for Solar Photovoltaic Applications” IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 82-88, 2016. 
12.	Hamasha, M. M., Alazzam, A. R., Hamasha, S. M., Aqlan, F., Almeanazel, O. T., Khasawneh, M. T., “Multimachine Flexible Manufacturing Cell Analysis Using a  Markov Chain-Based Approach”, IEEE Transaction on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3,  pp. 439 – 446, 2015.
13.	Alkhazali, A. S., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., and Westgate. C. R., “A Comparative Study on Electrical and Mechanical Behavior of Indium Tin Oxide and Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Thin Films under Tensile Loads”, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 174-180, 2015.
14.	Alkhazali, A. S., Hamasha, M. M., Choi, G., Lu, S., and Westgate. C. R., “Reliability of Thin Films: Experimental study on mechanical and thermal behavior of Indium Tin Oxide and Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)”, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, pp. 538-546, 2015.
15.	Hamasha, M. M., Rumbe, G., Khasawneh, M. T., “Optimisation of Single-Queue Service Delivery Systems Using a Markovian Approach”, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 424 – 441, 2013.
16.	Peng, C., Hamasha, M. M.,VanHart, D., Lu, S., Westgate, C. R.,“Electrical and Optical Degradation Studies on Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Transparent Conductive Thin Films under Cyclic Bending Conditions” IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 236-244, 2013. 
17.	Hamasha, M. M., Dhakal, T., Vasekar, P., Alzoubi, K., Lu, S., Vanhart, D., Westgate, C. R., “Reliability of Sputtered Deposited Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide under Harsh Environmental Conditions”, Solar Energy, Vol. 89, pp. 54-61, 2013. 
18.	Sudarsanam, H., Peng, C., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., and Westgate, C. R. “Cost Effective Green Grid System (Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System): A Simulation-Based Optimization Study”, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 49-55, 2012.
19.	Hamasha, M. M., Dhakal, T., Alzoubi, K., Albahri, S., Qasaimeh, A., Lu, S., Westgate, C. R. “Stability of ITO Thin Film on Flexible Substrate under Thermal Aging and Thermal Cycling Conditions”, IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 8, No. 7, pp. 383-388, 2012. 
20.	Alzoubi, K., Hamasha, M. M., ,Wang, L., Zhang,H., Yin, J., LuoJ., Lu, S., Samakia, B., Zhong, C.-J., Poliks, M., “Stability of Interdigitated Microelectrodes of Flexible Chemiresistor Sensor Arrays”,IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 8, No. 7, pp. 377-383, 2012. 
21.	Dhakal, T., Hamasha, M. M., Nandur, A., Lu, S., Vanhart, D., Westgate, C. R., “Moisture Induced Surface Corrosion in AZO Thin Films Formed by Atomic Layer Deposition”, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 347-356, 2012. 
22.	Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K., Switzer III, J. C., Lu, S., Poliks, M., Westgate, C. R., “Reliability of Sputtered Aluminum Thin Film on Flexible Substrate under Cyclic Bending Fatigue Conditions”, IEEE Transaction on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 2, No. 12, pp. 2007-2016, 2012. 
23.	Hamasha, M. M., Mayyas, A., Hayajneh, M. T., Hassan, A. M., “The Effect of Time, Percent of Copper and Nickel on Naturally Aged Al-Cu-Ni Cast Alloys”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol. 11, No.2, pp.117-131, 2012. 
24.	Mayyas, A., Hamasha, M. M., Alrashdan, A., Hassan, A. M., Hayajneh, M. T., “Effect of Copper and Silicon Carbide Content on the Corrosion Resistance of Al-Mg Alloys in Acidic and Alkaline Solutions”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol. 11, No.4, pp.435-452, 2012.
25.	Hamasha, M. M.,Tashtouth, T. H., Hamasha, S. M., Khasawneh, M. T., “Analysis of Two-Machine Flexible Manufacturing Cell Under Unbalanced Machining Time”, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 26-31, 2011. 
26.	Aqlan, F., Hamasha, M. M.,Almeanazel, O. T., Khasawneh, M. T., Al-Hawari, T., “Stochastic Analysis of Pull Production Systems”, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 36-44, 2011. 
27.	Almeanazel, O. T., Hamasha, M. M.,Aqlan, F.,Khasawneh, M. T., “A Study on the Effect of Smoking, Gender, and Hand Dominancy on Hand Grip Endurance Limit”,International Journal on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 67-73, 2011. 
28.	Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K., Lu, S., Desu, S. B., “Durability Study on Sputtered Indium Tin Oxide Thin Film on Poly Ethylene Terephthalate Substrate”, Thin Solid Films Vol. 519, No. 18, pp. 6042-6047, 2011.
29.	Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K., Switzer III, J. C., Lu, S., Desu, S. B., Poliks, M., “A Study on Crack Propagation and Electrical Resistance Change of Sputtered Aluminum Thin Film on PET Substrate under Stretching”, Thin Solid Films Vol. 519, No. 22, pp. 7918-7924, 2011. 
30.	Hamasha, M. M., Mayyas, A., Hayajneh, M. T., Hassan, A. M., “The Effect of Time, Percent of Copper and Nickel on the Natural Precipitation Hardness of Al – Cu – Ni Powder Metallurgy Alloys Using Design of Experiments”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol. 10, No.6, pp.479-492, 2011. 
31.	Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K., Lu, S., “Behavior of Sputtered Indium–Tin–Oxide Thin Film on Poly-Ethylene Terephthalate Substrate Under Stretching”, IEEE Journal of Display Technology. Vol. 7, No. 8, pp. 426-433, 2011. 
32.	Alzoubi, K., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., Samakia, B., “Bending Fatigue Study of Sputtered ITO on Flexible Substrate”, IEEE Journal of Display Technology. Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 593-600, 2011. 


BOOK CHAPTERS 
33.	Hamasha, M. M., Dhakal, T., Alzoubi, K., Westgate, C. R., “Reliability of Indium Tin Oxide: Properties under Mechanical and Thermal loads”, Book Title: Indium: Properties, Technological Applications and Health Issues, ISBN: 978-1-62257-700-2, Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2012

CONFERENCE PAPERS 
34.	Alzoubi, K., Choi, G., Hamasha, M. M., Alkhazali, A. S., DeFranco, J., Lu, S., Sammakia, B. and Westgate. C. R., “Comparisons of the Mechanical Behaviors of Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and ITO on Flexible Substrates”, Material Science Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, November 25-30, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 
35.	Peng, C., Sudarsanam, H., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., Dhakal, T.,Wesgate C. R., “Performance of Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide under Bending Fatigue Conditions”, 8th annual conference Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology, May 4, 2012, Long Island, USA. 
36.	Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K., Dhakal, T., Qasaimeh, A., Lu, S., Westgate, C. R., “Stability of Aluminum Thin Films on Flexible Substrate under Thermal and Isothermal Conditions”, ISMTA Conference and Exhibition, October, 16-20, 2011; Fort Worth, TX, USA. 
37.	Dhakal, T. P., Hamasha, M. M., Sunkari, S., Ganta, L., Vasekar, P., Westgate, C. R., “Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Solar Cell Using Chemical Method”, IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference Proceedings, June 19-24, 2011, Seattle, Washington, USA. 
38.	Alzoubi, K., Hamasha, M. M., Yin, J., Zhang, H., Wang, L., Luo, J., Lu, S., Samakia, B., Zhong, C., Poliks, M., “Stability of Interdigitated Microelectrodes of Flexible Sensor Arrays”, 2011 Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference Proceedings, February, 7-10, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 
39.	Hamasha, M. M., Dhakal, T., Alzoubi, K., Qasaimeh, A., Lu, S., Liu, X. “Stability of ITO Thin Film on Flexible Substrate under Thermal Aging and Thermal Cycling Conditions”, 2011 Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference Proceedings, February, 7-10, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 
40.	Alzoubi, K., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., Samakia, B., Mark Poliks “Effect of Lamination on the Bending Fatigue Life of Copper Coated PET Substrate”, Proceedings of SPIE, January, 21-27, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA. 
41.	Almeanazel, O. T., Hamasha, M. M., Irshaidat, F., Halaweh, M., Khasawneh, M. T., “Effect of Color and Gender on Reaction Time in Cognitive Tasks”, International Conference on Manufacturing and Engineering Systems (ICMES 2010), Dec. 16-18. 2010, Tainan, Taiwan. 
42.	Almeanazel, O. T., Hamasha, M. M., Halaweh, M., Lu, S., Khasawneh, M. T., “The Effect of Smoking, Gender, and Hand Dominancy on Hand Grip Endurance Limit”, International Conference on Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, December, 16-18, 2010, Tainan, Taiwan. 
43.	Hassan, A. M., Hayajneh, M. T., Hamasha, M. M., “A Study of Natural Precipitation Hardening of Cast and P/M Al-Cu-Ni Alloys”, 7th International Material Technology Conference and Exception, June 13-16, 2010, Sarawak, Malaysia.
44.	Ahmad, A., Hamasha, M. M., “An optimization model for scheduling patients at an interpreting agency”, Submitted to Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Annual Conference and Expo, May 19-22, 2018, Orlando, Florida, USA. 

             
ABSTRACT/PRESENTATIONS 
45.	*Sudarsanam, H., Peng, C., Hamasha, M. M., Lu, S., and Westgate, C. R. “Cost Effective Green Grid System (Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System)”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 25-28, 2012, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. 
46.	*Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K. M., Switzer III, J. C., Lu, S., Westgate, C. R., Poliks, M. “Crack Development and Electrical Resistance Degradation of Aluminum Thin Films Deposited on Flexible Substrate under Cyclic Bending Fatigue Conditions”, IMAPS Mid-Atlantic Microelectronics Conference, June 23-24, 2011, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. 
47.	*Hamasha, M. M., Alzoubi, K. M., Switzer III, J. C., Tiberio, E. M., Lu, S., Westgate, C. R., Poliks, M. “Stress Concentration and Crack Development of Deposited Titanium Oxides on Flexible Substrate for Solar Photovoltaic Applications”, IMAPS Mid-Atlantic Microelectronics Conference, June 23-24, 2011, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. 
48.	*Hamasha, M. M.,Tashtouth, T. H., Hamasha, S. M., Khasawneh, M. T., “Analysis of a Double-Machine Flexible Manufacturing Cell Under Unbalanced Machining Time”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 27-30, 2011, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA.
49.	Rumbe,  G., Khatri,  A., Girme,  A., Bhansali, S., *Hamasha, M. M., Khasawneh M.  T., “A Comparative Study of Holts-Winter Method and Artificial Neural Networks in Forecasting”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 27-30, 2011, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. 
50.	Aqlan, F., *Hamasha, M. M.,Almeanazel, O. T., Khasawneh, M. T., “Analysis of Pull Production Systems using Markov Chains”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 27-30, 2011, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. 
51.	Aqlan, F., *Hamasha, M. M.,Almeanazel, O. T., Khasawneh, M. T., “Analysis of Hybrid Production Systems using Markov Chains”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 27-30, 2011, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. 
52.	Almeanazel, O. T., *Hamasha, M. M., Aqlan, F., Irshaidat, F., Khasawneh, M. T., “Estimation of Performance Time for Tasks Requiring Hand Grip Strength Using Artificial Neural Networks”, Presented at Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March, 27-30, 2011, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. 
53.	*Hamasha, M. M., “The Reynolds Equations of the Turbulent Motions”, Presented at Jordanian-German Winter Academy, February, 4-11, 2006, Amman, Jordan. 
*Presenter

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