Awards & Honors
- Fulbright Fellowship (Palestine; competitive national selection) — funded graduate study at Virginia Tech.
- NDSU Teaching Assistantship — supported Ph.D. studies with teaching and instructional contributions in Computer Science.
- National Merit Scholarship — full tuition support and stipend (1990–1995).
- Undergraduate class rank: 2nd, B.S. Mathematics, Birzeit University.
Grants & Funding (Selected)
- Minot State University Faculty Small Grant (2025–2026) — Expanding and validating CyberTweetGrader&Labeler (PI; funded).
- Minot State University Empower Grant (2023) — cybersecurity curriculum enhancement (PI; funded).
- ND EPSCoR (2023–2024) — cybersecurity NLP for regional industry (PI; not funded).
- Bank of Palestine “Zamalah” (2015/2016) — faculty development grant (recipient).
- Fulbright Alumni Development Grant (2008) — academic development support (recipient).
Details and additional historical grants appear in the CV.