Education

• 1987: Licentiate of Engineering (2 to 3 years program after the Master degree-Swedish system), Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden
• September 1990: Ph.D. in Materials Physics, Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden

Research

• Method of fabricating a cathodo-/electro-luminescent device using a porous silicon/porous silicon carbide as an electron emitter.
• Alternative methods for fabrication of substrates and heterostructures made of silicon compounds and alloys.

Selected Awards

• Postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR: Naturvetenskapliga forskningsrådet), 1992-1993.
• Welch Scholarship Award from the International Union of Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA), 1991-1992
• Postgraduate Scholarship Award from Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah foundation (Kuwait) for partly supporting my Ph.D. study in Sweden. 1985-1987