Jan. 93-July 96: Part-time Ph.D. program in Electrical
Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
(transferred from Queen’s University,
Kingston, Canada).
Thesis Title: “An Adaptive Vision System for Object Recognition”.
Sep. 1988-Dec. 1992: Part-time Ph.D. program (and Research/Teaching
Assistant) in Electrical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
I successfully completed the entire preliminary Ph.D. requirements
at Queen’s including the Comprehensive Examination Part-1, the required
number of units, and the Comprehensive Examination Part 2.
August 1988: Masters of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Electrical
Engineering, Queen's University,
Canada. Queen’s University is usually ranked first or second top
university in Canada. I maintained an “A” standing during my studies at
Queen’s.
Thesis title: “Adaptive Decoupling of Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems
with Constrained inputs”.
Sep. 85-Jan. 86: Proficiency certificate for English,
University
of Ottawa, Canada.
June 1985: "Diplôme d'ingénieur d'état"
(B.Sc.), Ecole Nationale Polytechnique. Overall Average: 89%.
June 1982: Common Program in Engineering, Université
de Constantine, Algeria.
June 1980: Baccalauréat from France, Série
D.
Baccalauréat from Algeria,
Série Math (High Distinction).
3.2- Further Studies
Feb. 97-Present: Graduate Diploma in Education (Higher Education),
QUT,
part-time.
The Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), U.K. accredits
this course.
I completed half of this course so far.
June-Sep. 1994: International
Space University (ISU-94) Summer Program, Barcelona, Spain. A Multi-disciplinary
program of Space Studies and Research.
3.3- Scholarships
Partial funding from IRIS-PRECARN (Institute for Robotics and Intelligent
Systems, Canada), 1991- 1992.
Two Queen's Graduate Fellowship, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
1988-1990, CA $6 500 each.
Dean’s Award, Queen's University, Canada, 1988, CA $6 000.
Have been selected to receive a joint AUCC (Association of Universities
and Colleges of Canada)/ Algerian Scholarship, 1985-1988 (US $11 000/year).
“Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur” award (US $1300/year),
Sept. 1980-June 1985.
Industrial Manipulators: Puma-550, Adept-1, and the IBM 7576 robot manipulators.
Small manipulators: Microbot.
Mobile Robot equipped with a manipulator and two cameras: Andros Robotec.
Assembled small robots using Robix RCS-6, Robot Construction Set.
Fluent in many programming languages including C, FORTRAN, and Assembly,
and various operating systems, such as UNIX, VM/CMS, IRMX286. Used various
application softwares, such as Khoros, Matlab, Mathematica, MathCad, Autocad,
Latex, Wordperfect, Interleaf, Eudora, Emacs, Elm, Mentor Graphics, etc.
I also used and developed Expert Systems.
Summary: I studied
in several countries, and in three different languages. I certainly
understand the cultural diversity issues to which many institutions are
exposed. I have always maintained an “A” standing in my studies.
As a result I was granted many awards and scholarships. I have been selected
among a large pool of candidates to represent Australia at the “International
Space University” summer program in Barcelona. During my education,
I also acquired a rich experience with different computers, and different
robots. I am always updating my knowledge through continual participation
at different workshops and short courses. My recent studies gave me a good
appreciation of the difficulties faced by part-time and mature-age students.
Last updated 9 January 2002 M. Bennamoun CRICOS No 00126G