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University of Southern California
PhD in Electrical Engineering (Electro-Physics)
Teaching (Optics, Electromagnetics, optical fiber communication, microwave engineering) Public Speaking on education and history of science.
Dr. Usamah Farrukh is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a PhD in electrical engineering/ electro physics. His dissertation dealt with the effect of finite apertures on the propagation of laser Gaussian beams. Today he is retired after about 40 years of professional and university employment. Prof. Farrukh's last appointment was a Chairman of the Computer and communication department at the Rafik Hariri University (RHU) in Lebanon. A previous appointment was at Hampton university in Hampton Virginia (1985-1998) followed by an appointment at Beirut Arab Universit in Lebanon. Dr. Farrukh has always had a passion for teaching and he is very proud of the relationships he has built with his students. Professional appointments between 1975 and 1985 was in research where he was a consultant on various NASA and other government agencies grants and contracts. A computer programm written by Dr. Farrukh on estimating thermal loading in end-pumped laser solid state crystals was included in a NASA publication in 1992. Although, he is currently retired, Dr. Farrukh is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals.
