Dr. Mahmoud A Samdi

 


EMAIL:

msmadi@kfu.edu.sa

OFFICE:

Room: 1058

Tel. 5895415  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANK: Associate Professor

 

DEPARTMENT: Electrical Engineering

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

·      Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).

 

·      M.Sc. Jordan University of science and Technology (JUST).

 

·      B.Sc.  Jordan University of science and Technology (JUST).

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Cellular radio communications
• Simulation of communications systems
• Interference analysis of communications systems
• Microwave propagation and transmission
• Spread spectrum communications
• Network theory

 

 

EXPERIENCES:

• Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering (EE) Department at King Faisal Univ. (KFU), Saudi Arabia; 9/2011-now.

• Associate Professor, EE Department at Hashemite University (HU); 3/2011-9/2011.

• Assistance Professor, EE Department at HU; 9/2005- 3/2011.

• Full-time Lecturer, EE Department at JUST ; 10/2000-8/2001.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, EE Department at JUST; 9/1998-9/2000.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, EE Department at UTA ; 9/2002-5/2005.

• Chairman, EE Department at HU; 9/2009-9/2010.

PUBLICATIONS:

      1. M. A. Smadi, V. K. Prabhu and S. O. Al-jazzar, “Analytical study on the
M. A. Smadi, V. K. Prabhu and S. O. Al-jazzar, “Analytical study on the
effect of cochannel interference on partially coherent diversity systems,”
IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, pp. 117-124, Jan 2009..

2. M. A. Smadi, V. K. Prabhu and A. Bayati, “Performance analysis of
optimum diversity combining for partially coherent frequency-selective
fading channel with intersymbol interference,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.,
vol. 57, pp. 3589-3597, Nov 2008.

3. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Performance analysis of generalized-faded
coherent PSK channels with equal-gain combining and carrier phase error,”
IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 5, pp. 509-513, March 2006.

4. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Postdetection EGC diversity receivers for
binary and Quaternary DPSK systems over fading channels,” IEEE Trans.
Veh. Technol., vol. 54, pp. 1030-1036, May 2005.

5. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Comparative analysis of partially
coherent and differentially coherent PSK systems with equal-gain diversity,”
IEE Proceedings on Commun., vol. 152, pp. 939-944, December 2005.

6. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Efficient moments-based method for error
rate calculations using the Beaulieu series,” IEE Proceedings on Commun.,
vol. 153, pp. 349-354, June 2006.

7. M. A. Smadi, S. Al-Jazzar, and J. Ghaeb, "Simplified bit error rate
evaluation of Nagakami-m PSK systems with phase error recovery,"
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing -John Wiley, (In press; DOI: 10.1002/wcm.955).

8. M. A. Smadi, Mohammad Ababneh and Saleh Al-Jazzar, “ Simulation and
Numerical Analysis of Wireless PSK Systems with Imperfect Carrier Phase
Recovery ,” International Journal of Modelling and Simulation-ACTA Press,
vol. 29, pp. 405-409, Dec. 2009.

9. M. A. Smadi, “Performance Analysis of BPSK System with Hard Decision
(63, 36) BCH Code,” Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information
Technology, vol. 13, pp. 172-180, March 2010.

10. Ghaeb, J.A., Smadi, M.A., Ababneh, M. "Progressive decrement PWM algorithm for minimum mean square error inverter output voltage," Energy Conversion and Management 52 (11), pp. 3309-3318, 2011.

11. S. Al-Jazzar, D.C. McLernon, J. Caffery, M. A. Smadi, and J. Ghaeb, "A
modified unscented filter for delay tracking is asynchronous CDMA
systems," International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEU)-
Elsevier, 65 (1), pp. 9-15, 2011.

12. J. A. Ghaeb, M. A. Smadi and J. Chebil, "High Performance Data Integrity
Assurance Based on Determinant Technique," Future Generation Computer
Systems- Elsevier 27 (5), pp. 614-619, 2011.

13. Mohammad Ababneh, Issa Etier, Mahmoud Smadi and Jasim Ghaeb"
Synchronization of Chaos Systems Using Fuzzy Logic," Journal of
Computer Science, vol. 7 (2), pp. 197-205, 2011.

14. S. Al-Jazzar, D.C. McLernon, and M. A. Smadi, "SVD-based joint
azimuth/ elevation estimation with automatic pairing," Signal Processing-
Elsevier, vol. 90, pp. 1669-1675, May 2010.

15. K. S. Al-Bayati and M. A. Smadi, "Efficient Blind Equalization of BPSK
Signals," Electronics Letters-IET, vol. 46, pp. 658-660, April 2010.

16. K. Al-Bayati, S. Prakria, M. A. Smadi, and S. Prasad " Blind Detection
of Co-channel QPSK Signals: A Phased Precoding-based Approach," Wireless Personal Comm.-Springer (Article in Press; DOI: 10.1007/s11277-010-0039-z).

17. Al-Jazzar, S.O., Al-Nimrat, A., Smadi, M. "Delay estimation enhancement in CDMA systems using optimum training bits' power," AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Article in Press; DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2011.07.008).

18. Ghaeb, J.A., Smadi, M.A. "An optimum PWM technique to maximize the continuity of inverter output" International Conference on Energy, Environment, Devices, Systems, Communications, Computers, EEDSCC'11 , pp. 54-60, 2011.

19. M. A. Smadi, “Performance analysis of QPSK system with Nakagami fading using efficient numerical approach,” in Proc. 9th IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications MICC'09, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2009, pp. 447-450

20. M. A. Smadi, “An Efficient Numerical Technique for Error Rate Analysis of Wireless Systems,” in Proc. IET International Conf. on Intelligent Systems ICIS'08, Bahrain, Dec 2008.

21. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “ Performance analysis of partially coherent BPSK in the presence of ISI,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications ICSPC'07, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 2007, pp. 776-779

22. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Partially Coherent BPSK in Fading Channels and Intersymbol Interference,” in Proc. 18th IEEE Personal, Indoor and mobile radio communications Conf. PIMRC’07, Athens, Greece, Sep. 2007, pp. 1-5.

23. M. A. Smadi, “Performance analysis of partially coherent frequency selective channels with Doppler shift,” in Proc. 17th IEEE Personal, Indoor and mobile radio communications Conf. PIMRC’06, Helsinki, Finland, Sep. 2006, pp. 1-5.

24. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Partially coherent BPSK diversity receivers in cochannel interference,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecomm. Conf. GLOGECOM’05, St. Louis, MO, Dec. 2005, pp. 3398–3402.

25. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Useful bounds for the BEP of partially coherent faded PSK signals,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecomm. Conf. GLOGECOM’04, Dallas, TX, Dec. 2004, pp. 2843–2847.

26. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Analysis of partially coherent PSK systems in wireless channels with equal-gain combining,” in Proc. IEEE Canadian Conf. on Elect. and Computer Engineering CCECE’04, Ontario, Canada, May 2004, pp. 99–102.

27. M. A. Smadi and V. K. Prabhu, “Error rate analysis of DCPSK over generalized fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. and Network Conf. WCNC’04, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 2004, pp. 65-70.

28. M. A. Smadi and M. M. Banat, “Performance analysis of binary optical heterodyne ASK with least squares detection,” Jordan International Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference JIEEEC’02, Amman, Jordan, Apr. 16-18, 2001.