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  • Phone:

    +966 13 849 4315

  • Email:

    aishaq@pmu.edu.sa

  • Office No:

    F-100

  • Abdurrahman Alhaji Ishaq, Ph.D.

  • Job Title :

    Assistant professor

  • College :

    College of Sciences and Human Studies


  • Department :

    Mathematics & Natural Sciences


Dr. Abdurrahman Ishaq is an assistant professor in the Math and Natural Science Department. Before joining PMU he was the principal of Math and Science unit in Saudi Aramco Academic Training Centre. He participated actively in Knowledge sharing and Quality Assurance activities and awarded certificate of excellence in 2015.He is a certified teacher of Physics and Mathematics (GTC) and taught Mathematics and Physics in Scotland for 10 Years to high school and college students. Before that, he was a lecturer in Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, where he taught Polymer Chemistry and Physics for 5 years. He also taught physics and Mechanics at Manarat International school, Jeddah. Dr Ishaq enjoys teaching. He often put himself in the students’ shoes, by often asking himself how he would want this to be presented to himself.  He regards each student as an individual with unique needs. He employs technology very often to assist his exposition. Dr. Ishaq has attended many workshops and conferences and made many presentations in teaching and learning. He has also published many papers in the areas of applied chemistry and physics.

 

 

PGCE

Mathematics, physics & Information Technology – Moray House College, Edinburgh, UK (1991)

PhD

Polymer Physics – Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK (1985)

Thesis Title: Structure and Mechanical properties of Polymeric materials.

MSc

Material Evaluation – Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK (1981)

BSc

Polymer Science – Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK (1980)

Main Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Fibre Science

 

 

  • Shaden Ahmed, Sahar Abdalla, Abdurrahman Ishaq, Yunusa Umar, DFT study of the structure, conformational profile and vibrational analysis of 2-furancarbothialdehyde and 3-furancarbothialdehyde, Journal of structural Chemistry, 2021
  • Yunusa Umar, Sahar Abdalla, SK Manirul Haque, Guillermo Salgado Moran, Abdurrahman Ishaq, Wilson Cardona Villada, Jorge Dagnino Leone, Marta Bunster, Theoretical Investigation of the molecular structure, vibrational spectra and molecular docking of tramadol using density functional theory, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 67, (2020) 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.201900051.
  • Ishaq, A. and Peacock, N. (1994), The rigidity modulus of modified cotton fibers. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 51: 967-970. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070510519.
  • Ishaq, A. and Peacock, N. (1991), The structure of never-dried cotton fibers. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 43: 445-449. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1991.070430305

 

 

Workshops

 

  • Leadership Challenge workshop (Leadership center, Saudi Aramco, 2012)
  • Great leaders, great dreams, great results workshop ( Leadership center, 2015)
  • Project Management Essential Program workshop ( Leadership center, 2014)
  • Supervisor Briefing workshop (Saudi Aramco, 2011)
  • World Class Safety Workshop (Saudi Aramco, 2012)
  • Coaching for Performance workshop (Leadership center, Saudi Aramco, 2013)

 

 Paper Presentation

 

  • Creating a Healthy Learning Environment – a Key in Pursuance of Excellence (2014)
  • Power of knowledge sharing (2015)- Key note speaker
  • Promoting safety culture among students.
  • Motivation & Learning Through Class-room Motivation (2013)
  • Coping with Mixed Ability in a Class-room (2007)
  • Class-room Observation – A Class Teacher’s Viewpoint (2006)

Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd University, P.O.Box 1664. Alkhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.

 

Google Scholar

 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nQUzEp4AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Assistant professor, Mathematic and Natural sciences department.

Prince Mohammad University, Alkobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • Responsible for teaching Introductory Chemistry, Physics and Prep Mathematics using various technological applications
  • Have attended various training courses, workshops and exhibitions
  • Have attended conferences and have jointly written research paper for publication, see below.
  • Have made presentations in the Faculty Forum
  • College Liaison officer:  Institutional Research and Effectiveness Assurance Working group
  • Prep Mathematics Coordinator.
  • Active member of a bridging programme

 

Head and Lead Instructor, Mathematics & Science Unit – Academic Training Centre, Saudi ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia

  • Responsible for teaching, technical chemistry, Physics and mathematics.
  • Playing a pivotal role as a member of the senior management team, making a personal contribution to the strategic academic vision, ensuring budgets, targets, timescales and safety standards achieved
  • Responsible for supervising and monitoring a range of functions, observing teaching and testing, providing feedback on performance and working collaboratively to drive and maintain quality standards
  • Ensuring effective development of teaching staff, organising work schedules to accommodate training courses and seminars as appropriate, effectively planning and prioritising classroom and office use accordingly
  • Attending and proactively contributing ideas and suggestions for improvement, evaluating progress and addressing issues during professional educational meeting
  • Establishing, developing and maintaining positive working relationships with the Academic Curriculum, Testing and Quality Assurance Units, and with the Apprentice Unit regarding student / trainee counselling

Instructor, Mathematics and Physics – Bell Baxter High School, UK

  • Responsible for teaching mathematics and physics at all levels.
  • Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with colleagues and other staff and building rapport with parents and guardians, providing them with regular feedback

Instructor, Mathematics and Physics – Manarat International School, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Accountable for delivering IGCSE and A level courses in Mathematics and physics.

Teacher, Mathematics and physics, Waid Academy, UK

  • Responsible for teaching mathematics and physics at all levels.
  • Developing materials in line with the Resource Based Learning approach.
  • Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with colleagues and other staff and building rapport with parents and guardians, providing them with regular feedback

 

Lecturer in Chemistry & Fibre Physics, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

  • Lecturing pure and polymer chemistry.
  • Polymer and fibre physics.

 

 

Taught the following courses/subjects:

  • From 2016 to date taught the following at Prince Muhammad University
  • Introductory chemistry, Physics 1 & 2, Introductory, intermediate Algebra and pre-calculus
  • Physics, chemistry and Mathematics at Aramco Academic training center from 2002 - 2016
  • Mechanics and Physics at Manarat International school from 2000 - 2002
  • Physics and Mathematics at Waid Academy from 1991-1999
  • Polymer and fiber chemistry at Federal university of technology from 1985-1990

 

  • Fiber forming Polymers
  • Rheology
  • Structure and mechanical properties of    polymeric materials.
  • X-ray Crystallography
  • Petroleum Bi-products
  • Polymer reinforcements
  •  Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  •  Polymer Solution Rheology
  •  Structure and Mechanical properties of Polymeric materials
  •  Polymer blends and composites
  •  Organic Synthesis
  •  Technical Education
  • Computational sciences

 

  • General Teaching Council UK
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
  • Member of the Textile Institute