Curriculum Vitae

Jamal Yousef Khalil Thalji

Contact Information
Email: J.Thalji@psut.edu.jo
Emai2: Jamal.Yousef.Khalil.Thalji@gmail.com
Phones: 0786671058, Amman, Jordan

Degrees
Ph.D. Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 1991
M.Sc. Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 1987
M.Sc. Electric Power Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 1983
B.Sc. Electric Power Engineering, University of Helwan, Egypt, 1980

Scholarships
Scholarship recipient from DAAD Germany to pursue my B.Sc. degree
Scholarship recipient from University of Jordan to pursue my first M.Sc.
degree
Scholarship recipient from
second M.Sc. degree

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to pursue my

Scholarship recipient from

degree

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to pursue my

Ph.D.

Work Experience
Assistant Professor of Electric Power and Energy Engineering, Electrical
Engineering Department, Princess Sumaya University for Technology. Starting
.September 15, 2013 up to present time
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology. 17 years of service,
.starting September 1, 1992 and ending on September 16, 2009
Lecturer Engineer, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan,
1983-1985
Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan,
1980-1982

Professional Societies
Jordan Association for Engineers, Jordan.

Academic Record
:Power System Analysis courses
Energy Systems Analysis 1
Energy Systems Analysis 2
Power Engineering Analysis

:Electrical Machines courses

Synchronous Machines
Power System Analysis (Electrical Machines in content)

:Power Engineering Special Topics courses

Lightning System Protection
Power Distribution Systems
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Electric Power Engineering
Surge Phenomena in Electric Power Engineering
Computer Methods in Electric Power Engineering

:Mathematical Courses
Ordinary Differential Equations
Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
Introduction to Complex Variables
Advanced Calculus
Finite Element Analysis
Statistical Methods

Academic and Research Interests

Electrical Insulation Engineering
High Voltage Engineering
Overvoltages and Insulation Coordination

Senior undergraduate courses I taught at JUST

Utilization of Electric Power
Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power
Protection of Power Systems

Publications
J.K. Nelson and J.Y. Thalji, "The influence of pulse risetime on divergent field
.events in SF6 ", 18th Int. Conf.on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, pp. 674-675, 1987
J.K. Nelson and J.Y. Thalji, "Wavefront dependent behavior of a point to plane
.gap in SF6

", IEEE Int. Symp. On Electrical Insulation, pp85-88, 1988

J.Y. Thalji and J.K. Nelson," Impulse waveform effects on negative point
breakdown phenomena in SF6

", IEEE Conf. on Electrical Insulation and

.Dielectric Phenomena, pp 81-86, 1989

J.Y. Thalji and J.K. Nelson," Impulse waveform effects on negative point
volt/time characteristics in gamma irradiated SF6 ", to be presented at IEEE
.Int. Symp. On Electrical Insulation, 1992