Dr. Jihad Qaddour
- About
- Education
- Research
Biography
Dr. Jihad Qaddour received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Telecommunication 1990 from Wichita State University. 1993-1998, he was an assistant professor at Mesa State College, Colorado. Dr. Qaddour received his tenure and associated professor 1998 from Mesa State College, Colorado. He served at Mesa State as a graduate coordinator from 1996 to 1998. Dr. Qaddour joined the industry in late 1998 to gain more hands-on experience. From 1998 to 1999, he was with Sprint PCS's Switch and Radio department as a Principal Engineer. From 1999 to 2001, Dr Qaddour was a Switch and Radio department manager, managing more than ten engineers. From 2001 to 2002, Dr. Qaddour moved to the Broadband Wireless department as a lead engineer to select the new broadband technology for Sprint Wireless. From 2002 to the present, Dr. Qaddour has been teaching in the School of Information Technology at Illinois State University, where he received his tenure in 2005 and associate professor in 2008.
Current Courses
250.002Fundamentals of Information Assurance and Security
377.001Practical Telecommunication Networking
377.003Practical Telecommunication Networking
254.001Hardware And Software Concepts
377.001Practical Telecommunication Networking
377.002Practical Telecommunication Networking
376.001Wireless And Mobile Network Security
Teaching Interests & Areas
Learning is a process of transformation. Given my diverse education, long teaching experience, and industrial experience, I have the ability to teach a large range of classes at both graduate and undergraduate levels. I have extensive knowledge of electrical and network engineering topics, such as communications, wireless and wire networks, data communication, wire and wireless security, next-generation networking, and the Internet of Things. The vast arsenal of knowledge and academic and industrial experiences I have obtained during the years gives me the opportunity to be more effective in teaching by blending the hands-on and the theory in my classroom.
Three primary principles form the foundation of my teaching philosophy: (1) enthusiasm, mastery of the subject, and engagement and collaborative Learning; (2) variety of tools and instructional techniques; and (3) application of curriculum and treating students with respect. These concepts have emerged through classroom experience, instruction in collegiate teaching, student feedback, reflection, and peer review.
I equip my students with strong foundations in theory and principle and assist them in translating this to implementation in their semester group project using innovative, real-life solutions and algorithms to solve practical problems. I pride myself on being FAIR, FIRM, yet FRIENDLY, learning my students' names, and treating them as individuals.
Research Interests & Areas
My main research interests are wireless Systems, communication theory, and emerging technologies, emphasizing 4G/5G, wireless security, and multi-antenna (MIMO) systems.
The promise communication technology holds in the future is enormous. Developing high data rate wireless technology with robust and seamless service and high throughput wireline technology are the main motivating factors behind theoretical and practical communications research today. As wireless is a relatively new technology, many fundamental theoretical issues concerning them still need to be solved.
Research Interest and experiences:
• Object detections
• Wireless Communications for Fifth Generation (5G) technologies.
• Performance analysis.
• Sensor networks.
• Wireless and mobile security.
• Modeling and simulation for wireless systems.
• SDN and NFV networks and security
• Blockchain security
• Machine Learning/AI
• IoT security & Technology