Home Country: Egypt
Fulbright Grant Year: 2008
Fulbright Host Institution: University of Idaho
ADG Activity: Bioinformatics Analysis for Conservation Genomics Professional Training Course
Alumni Development Grant Year: 2019
ADG Activity Description: In October 2019, Marwa Halmy attended the 10-day professional training course “Bioinformatics Analysis for Conservation Genomics” held at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA. Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on sessions about methods of scanning, Halmy learned how to conduct successful genomics projects using new technology and software. Halmy intends to take these new skills to her home institution, Alexandria University, where she will teach graduate students about conservation projects using modern software to protect Egypt’s endangered plant species.
Alumni Implementer: Majda Atieh
Home Country: Syria
Fulbright Grant Year: 2002-2004
Field of Study: English/African American and Comparative Literature
Fulbright Host Institution: Howard University
ADG Activity: Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA-ACA) 2019 conference
Alumni Development Grant Year: 2019
ADG Activity Description: Majda Atieh attended the 49th annual Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2019 conference in April 2019. Majda was a panelist on a session entitled “American Literature IV: Families, Communities, and Activism in African American Literature,” where she discussed her paper on Alf Laylah Wa Layla (Arabian Nights). Majda also participated in other professional panels discussing new forms of narrative and storytelling techniques in a digital and visual age. Since completing her ADG activity, Majda has already started designing digital projects and resources for graduate and undergraduate English courses where she teaches at Tishreen University in Syria. Informed by the conference, Majda also plans to conduct new training workshops for teachers that focus on the integration of both visual and augmented reality in teaching methodologies.
Alumni Implementer: Asem Alkhateeb
Home Country: Jordan
Fulbright Grant Year: 1999
Field of Study: Human Medical Genetics
Fulbright Host Institution: University of Colorado
ADG Activity: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
Alumni Development Grant Year: 2018
ADG Activity Description: In October 2018, Asem Alkhateeb traveled to San Diego, California to attend the American Society of Human Genetics conference, the largest meeting for human geneticist in the world. Scientists come together to discuss the latest developments in the field and initiate collaboration. Asem presented his data findings on a novel gene mutation found in a patient and was able to share his findings with other scientists who are working on the same gene. Asem’s long term goal is to collaborate with others at the conference on functional analysis for the effect of the mutation. The connections he made at this meeting will help him and others further their genetic research.
Alumni Implementer: Muhammad Waseem Alhusami
Home Country: Syria
Fulbright Grant Year: 2007
Field of Study: Human Resources Management
Fulbright Host Institution: Purdue University
ADG Activity: PROSCI Change Management Certification Program
Alumni Development Grant Year: 2018
ADG Activity Description: Muhammad Waseem Alhusami attended the Prosci Change Management Certification Program in Riyadh, KSA. This three-day experiential learning program teaches how to apply a holistic change management methodology and toolset, including the Prosci ADKAR® Model, to a real project. Alhusami learned to effectively assess, analyze, plan, design, develop & execute a change management strategy and plan more effectively in his current position as an Organizational Development Manager in Saudi Arabia. In addition to the training, he is now certified in the Prosci's Change Management methodology. With these tools, Alhusami plans to implement incremental and radical changes in his workplace by building and customizing a change management strategy and developing change management plans for communications, sponsorship, coaching, and training. Alhusami will also deliver some lectures about the principles he learned during the course to his executive and management teams.
Alumni Implementer: Samer Al-Ratrout
Home Country: Jordan
Fulbright Grant Year: 2002
Field of Study: Architecture
Fulbright Grant Host Institution: Texas A&M University
ADG Activity: Generative and Comparative Volumetric Records for Erosion at the Alamo (College Station and San Antonio, TX)
Alumni Development Grant Year: 2013
ADG Activity Description: Dr. Samer Al-Ratrout is a Professor of Architecture at the American University of Madaba in Madaba, Jordan. He is specifically focused on the research and technology surrounding local heritage sites. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program allowed Al-Ratrout to pursue his passion at Texas A&M University where he studied, researched and tested advances in the art of virtual heritage recording. In 2013, he was awarded a Fulbright Alumni Development Grant to begin an ongoing collaborative investigation with Professor Robert Warden on erosion at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to compiling volumetric data for the Alamo’s preservation, Al-Ratrout learned preservation techniques via photometric software that he shares with his architecture students and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities. This initiative worked to preserve an American historical site’s integrity and helped to encourage a better future for Jordanian heritage.
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