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Welcome to the Hashemite University faculty staff website.
Alaa Taha Ahmad Alghazo
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechatronics Engineering
alghazo@hu.edu.jo
http://staff.hu.edu.jo/alghazo
ORCID ID :
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Ph.D.
Iowa State University
The United States of America,2021
Master
Edinburgh Napier University
United Kingdom,2013
Bachelor
Yarmouk University
Jordan,2009
- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and CPS cybersecurity. - Automation and Control systems. - Artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- Al Ghazo, A. T., and Kumar, R. (2020). ANDVI: Automated Network Device and Vulnerability Identification in SCADA/ICS by Passive Monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Accepted. - Al Ghazo, A. T., and Kumar, R. (2020). Critical-Attacks Set Identification in Attack-Graphs for Computer and SCADA Networks. IEEETransactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Accepted. - Al Ghazo, A. T., Ibrahim, M., Ren, H., and Kumar, R. (2019). A2G2V: Automatic Attack Graph Generation and Visualization and Its Applications to Computer and SCADA Networks. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. - Al Ghazo, A. T. and Kumar, R. (2019, Oct). Identification of Critical-Attacks Set in an Attack-Graph. In The IEEE 10th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2019). - Al Ghazo, A. T. and Kumar, R. (2019, April). ICS/SCADA Device Recognition: A Hybrid Communication-Patterns and Passive- Fingerprinting Approach. In Integrated Network Management (IM), 2019 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium. - Al Ghazo, A. T., Ibrahim, M., Ren, H., and Kumar, R. (2018, June). A2G2V: Automated Attack Graph Generator and Visualizer. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM MobiHoc Workshop on Mobile IoT Sensing, Security, and Privacy.
The Hashemite University, Mechatronics Engineering Depart. Oct 2021- Present Assistant professor • Conducting lectures and preparing the material for undergraduate students. • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities. • Serving on academic or administrative committees to deal with institutional policies. • Conducting research. University of Hartford, Electrical and Computer Engineering Depart. Aug 2019- May 2021 Assistant professor • I were tasked to introduce new cybersecurity courses to establish a cybersecurity minor for Computer Engineering students. • Conducting lectures and preparing the material for graduate and undergraduate students. • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities. • Serving on academic or administrative committees to deal with institutional policies. • Conducting research. Iowa State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Depart. Jan 2016- May 2019 Teaching Assistant • Provide Teaching assistantship for courses such as “ Digital Control”, “Electric circuits”, “Digital logic design”, “Computer Networking and Data Communications”, and “Computer Organization and Design”. Spacia Systems, Jordan Jan 2014- July 2015 Sr. Automation Engineer Spacia Systems was established in 2004, under the name of Reborn Industries, it is specialized in the manufacturer of low voltage switchboards, motor control centers, control panels, industrial control, and automation systems. As a Sr. Automation Engineer my role was: • Developing PLC, SCADA, and HMI programs. • Designing systems’ hardware and software. • Testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting. • Documentation. • Projects' estimation and procurement Edinburgh Napier University Electrical Engineering Depart., UK. Sep 2013- Dec 2013 Lecturer (part-time) taught Control systems and automation for 3rd and 4th-year students and worked with department professors as a consultant for companies and projects. Zoofi Tech/ Desert Access, Saudi Arabia Jun 2010 - Apr 2012 Electrical Engineer • The company was separated from Al-Khudair Holding Group and changed to Zoofi Tech. I was member of the CNC machine sector, provided technical support, installation, maintenance, and customers training. • The company was part of Al-Khudair Holding Group and known as Desert Access; we were involved in two types of projects: Industrial Automation systems and CNC machine. As part of the industrial automation team, we mainly focused on developing PLCs and HMIs for small to medium industrial processes and small water distribution systems. LG electronics, Jordan Sep 2009- Jun 2010 Electronics Engineer As an electrical engineer, provided technical support, installation, maintenance, training customers to use the new technology and built and managed client relationships.
- Provisional Patent: A. Al-Ghazo and R. Kumar, “Cybersecurity Algorithms and Tools for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and Industrial Control Systems”, ISURF 05092, filed to ISU on 03/13/2020; Provisional Patent Application 63/007,173 filed on 04/08/2020. (Full patent application filed to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 8, 2021, and currently is pending) - Iowa State University Graduate Research Excellence Award, May 2020.
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