Electrical and Computer Engineering

Academic Staff

Nov. 9, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
Omar Mobasher Salih Ghazal
Omar Mobasher Salih Ghazal (PhD)
Lecturer
Lecturer in Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Optoelectronic Device Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
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  • PhD, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England 2011-2016
  • MSc, Laser and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, 2005-2008
  • BSc, Laser and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, 2002-2005

A University of Sheffield alumni (graduated 2016), a Professional, team-player, well organized, and a highly committed university faculty with 18 years of experience in both research and teaching. I have 11-years teaching experiences at the undergraduate level and technical level in addition to 7-years of research experience distributed between 2 years of research in my MSc and 5-years research experience at the University of Sheffield during my PhD study. My main field of interest is the optical semiconductor devices and optical communications.

Teaching History & Academic Experience

Teaching experience is primarily concentrated at the undergraduate level, spanning over 18 years and encompassing more than 10 specialized subjects. Responsibilities across all courses included initiating and updating syllabi to align with department requirements. Course formats varied between theoretical-only instruction and combined lecture-laboratory sessions, alongside the supervision of dozens of undergraduate graduation projects.

Undergraduate Courses Taught

  • Optical Communication Systems (Theory + Lab)
  • Physical Electronics (Theory + Lab)
  • Digital Electronics and Digital Logic (Theory + Lab)
  • DC and AC Electrical Circuits (Theory + Lab)
  • Digital Integrated Circuit Design (Theory)
  • Electronics (Theory + Lab)
  • Computer Programming (Lab)
  • Digital Signal Processing (Lab)
  • Signals and Systems (Lab)
  • Information Theory (Theory)
  • Statistics and Random Signals (Theory)
  • Academic Debate (Theory)
  • Medical Physics (Theory)

Administrative & Quality Assurance Roles

  • Quality Assurance Officer, College of Engineering (April 2023 – July 2026)
  • Quality Assurance Officer, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (September 2021 – September 2023)
  • Quality Assurance Officer, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (October 2026 – Present)
  • Organizer / Committee Member, Engineering Design Day Symposium (October 2017 – June 2021)

Research

Publications

  1. Faris A Keti, Omar MS Ghazal, “Performance Comparison Among Different Apodization Functions of Fiber Bragg Grating for Dispersion Compensation”, International Conference of Computer Science and Software Engineering 2025 (CSASE2025), 15th-17th of April 2025, Duhok, Kurdistan Region – Iraq.
  2. Faris A Keti, Omar MS Ghazal, “A Review of the Security Challenges Mitigation in IoT Systems via the Utilization of SDN Technology”, International Conference of Engineering Science and Advanced Technology 2023 (ICESAT2023), 21-22 June, 2023, Mosul, Iraq.
  3. Omar M.S. Ghazal, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs, Benjamin J. Stevens, Richard A. Hogg, and Kristian M. Groom, “GaAs-based superluminescent diodes with window-like facet structure for low spectral modulation at high output powers”, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 31(3), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/31/4/045003.
  4. Omar M.S. Ghazal, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs, Benjamin J. Stevens, Richard A. Hogg, and Kristian M. Groom, “GaAs-Based Self-Aligned Stripe Superluminescent Diodes Processed Normal to the Cleaved Facets”, SPIE Photonic West Proceedings, 13-18 February 2016, San Francisco, California, USA. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211062
  5. Omar M.S. Ghazal (aka Omar M. Salih), Mohammed Z. Al-faiz, “Object Dimension Inspection Utilizing 3D Laser Scanner” The 1st Regional Conference of Eng. Sci. NUCEJ Spatial ISSUE vol.11, No.3, 2008 pp 494-500. https://nahje.com/index.php/main/article/view/550/418

Presentations and Posters

  1. Omar M.S. Ghazal, Kristian M. Groom, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs, Benjamin J. Stevens, and Richard A. Hogg, “High-power GaAs-based Superluminescent Diodes with Low Spectral Modulation”, UK Semiconductor 2014, July-2014, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  2. Omar M. S. Ghazal, Kristian M. Groom, Benjamin. J. Stevens, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs and Richard A. Hogg, "GaAs Based Superluminescent Diodes Employing Window Facets in a Self-Aligned Stripe," 2014 International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Palma de Mallorca, 2014, pp. 175-176. DOI: 10.1109/ISLC.2014.220
  3. Omar M.S. Ghazal, Kristian M. Groom, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs, Benjamin J. Stevens, and Richard A. Hogg, “GaAs Self-Aligned Stripe Superluminescent Diodes Processed Normal to the Cleaved Facets”, Semiconductor and Integrated Optoelectronics SIOE’15 Conference, 31st March-2nd April 2015, Cardiff, Wales.
  4. Omar M.S. Ghazal, Kristian M. Groom, Nasser Babazadeh, David T. D. Childs, Benjamin J. Stevens, and Richard A. Hogg, “High-Power GaAs-based Superluminescent Diodes Employing Window-like Facets for Low Spectral Modulation”, Conference of Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Europe -European Quantum Electronics Conference, 21-25 June 2015, Munich, Germany. ISBN: 978-1-4673-7475-0

Broadband Optoelectronic Emitters, Laser Diodes, Light Emitting Diodes, Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes SLED, Optical Amplifiers, Optical Communications, Optical Fibers, Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices