On
August 30, 2019, Dr. Iyad Ajwa, Professor of Computer Science, passed away
after a battle with cancer. Services for Dr. Ajwa were held the same afternoon
at the Al Noor Mosque in Columbus, Oho. He is greatly missed in the department
and at Ashland University.
Dr.
Ajwa joined Ashland University as an Assistant Professor in 1997 and was
devoted to our institution. He was a beloved teacher having been nominated
twice for the prestigious Taylor Teaching Award. Dr. Ajwa was the recipient of
a prestigious Fulbright Award for the 2013-2014 academic year during which he
taught and conducted research at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia. In
2005-06 he was granted a Senior Study Leave to teach at Abu Dhabi University.
Dr. Ajwa's scholarly record includes numerous peer-reviewed articles, grants
and contributed papers. He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science (2014-2019) and recently developed the curricula for two new
majors: cyber security and software
design and development. The entire academic community joins the entire Ashland
University community in mourning his loss.
Please keep Dr. Ajwa's wife, Nadia, and sons, Ismaeil and Omar, in your
prayers.
We
continue to remember him with great fondness.
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