my resume

Ph.D. in Software Engineering

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

M.Sc. in Software Engineering

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

• Minor in Information Assurance

B.Sc. in Software Engineering

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Assistant Professor - Software Engineering Department

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan

• Tought the following courses, Software Security, Software Testing, Software Requirements Engineering (restructured the course), Object-oriented Programming, C/C++ Programming, Introduction to IT.
• Supervised more than ten projects indifferent domains, such as Critical Infrastructure Protection, Resource Management, and Information System Management.

Graduate Research Assistant - College of Engineering

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

• Developed a novel approach to automate detecting business logic vulnerabilities from a black-box perspective.
• Designed a new approach to infer Business Rules from web applica tions only using its dynamic behavior.
• Reverse engineered Amazon Dash button to study the possibility of implanting permanent malware into its firmware.
• Taught a graduate-level course on Software Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis. Received a very good in the student evaluation.
• Developed a Java-based framework for pentesting 3D printers, which I used to reverse engineer & attack Stratasys Dimension Elite 3DPrinter.
• Built the first open-source CMB file format decoder for Stratasys 3D printers.
• Designed an Arduino-based embedded system for automated car jamming detection.

Cyber Red Team Analyst - Office of Information Technology

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

• Responsible for finding vulnerabilities in Auburn University web ser vices. Detected several vulnerabilities ranging from critical to low and contributed to the patching process. Thanks for that; I got my Ph.D. expenses covered.
• Lead a red team of grad & undergrad students responsible for find ing vulnerabilities in Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure high-end solu tions(used by governments and SPs across the globe).
• The team managed to detect different vulnerabilities, propose possi ble measures, and validate the security fixes.

Web Application Developer

DDAD for Information Technology, Amman, Jordan

• Built links caching system for Zakzek servers.
• Implemented a fast content fetcher module to extract a content summary of web pages.
• Implemented and integrated new interface components.

• Departmental Award for the best project at AU Graduate Engineering Research Showcase.

• Received Best Bachelor Graduation Project in the Software Engineering Department at JUST.

• Achieved first place at NYUAD International Hackathon.

• Achieved third place in Microsoft Jordan Imagine Cup Finals.