Name: Maher Owaiwi

             Teacher

     Area of specialization:

• Implementation of  remote sensing and GIS technologies in hydrological, hydrogeological

         and environmental issues

• Implementation of GPS technology in the field of surveying and GIS.

• Cartography and map production.

• GIS Modeling in Urban Applications

• Land cover Land use Applications

     Courses : 

   Scientific Interests:GIS Applications, Environmental Problems, Remote Sensing,

                                       Geological, Hydrological and Hydrogeological Problems.

   Biography:

                    Name:                  Maher Shakib Elayan Owaiwi.

                    Date of Birth:        1965.

                    Place of Birth:       Hebron/West Bank- Palestine.

                    Nationality:           Palestinian.

                    Sex:                      Male.

                    Marital Status:      Married + 5.

                    License:               Private

                   1984-1988: B.Sc. degree in Earth and Environmental sciences at Yarmouk-University,

                                      Irbid-Jordan.

                   1988-1990: MSc. degree in Geology at Yarmouk University, Irbid-Jordan.

                                   Title of thesis: Structural Evolution of Janub Suite/Southeast Jordan

     Publications:

1. Maher Owaiwi and Tawfiq Arafeh, 2007. Hebron Municipality GIS Database System.

               A paper submitted in the Energy and Environmental Protection in Sustainable Development

               Conference, Hebron 8-9 May 2007, Regency Hotel, West Bank-Palestine.

2. Yasser Dweik  and Maher Owaiwi, 2007. Using GIS in Solid Waste Management in Hebron City.

               A paper submitted in the Energy and Environmental Protection in Sustainable Development

               Conference, Hebron 8-9 May 2007, Regency Hotel, West Bank-Palestine.

3. Wael Awadallah and Maher Owaiwi, 2005. Springs and Dug Wells of Hebron - District

               Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry, Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG).

               Hebron - West Bank Palestine.

4. An Atlas of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), 2000. Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.

               Bethlehem- West Bank Palestine.

5. Water Resources and Irrigated Agriculture in the West Bank, 1998.

               Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem. Bethlehem- West Bank Palestine.

6. Environmental profile for the West Bank, Comprehensive, 1998.

               Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem. Bethlehem- West Bank Palestine.

7. Isaac, Jad, Qumsieh, Violet and Owawi, Maher (1997).  Assessing the Pollution of the

               West Bank Water Resources, A paper submitted in the First Annual Conference

               and Exhibition in Water Technology, Doha 22-24 March 1997, Qatar.