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Welcome to Napa Valley College

Instructor: Walid Badri, Ph.D.

Email: wbadri@yahoo.com

Phone: (707) 438-0511

Office : Math Center

Qualifications

Ph.D, MS, & BS

Ph.D. in Mathematics/Operations Research: University

of Bradford, England, 1984. (Dissertation: “Some

Aspects of the Machine Interference Problem”.)

MS in Mathematics/Numerical Methods: University of

Poznan, Poland, 1978. (Thesis: “Numerical Methods in

Solving the Ordinary Differential Equations”).

BS in Mathematics & Physics: University of

Alexandria, Egypt, 1969.

AS Degrees

AS in Computer Science: Napa Valley

College, Napa, California, 1998.

AS in Architectural Design: Napa Valley

College, Napa, California, 1998.

AS in Business & Commerce: Napa

Valley College, Napa, California, 1998.

AS in Business & Management: Napa

Valley College, Napa, California, 2010.

Certificates of Achievement

Management Information Systems: Napa

Valley College, Napa, California, 2009.

Business & Computer Studies: Napa Valley

College, Napa, California, 2009.

Accounting/Bookkeeping: Napa Valley

College, Napa, California, 2009.

Real Estate Certificate: Napa Valley College,

Napa, California, 2009.

Certificates of Completion

AutoCAD for the Professional Level 1: Autodesk

Training Center at Napa Valley College, Napa,

California, 1996.

AutoCAD for the Professional Level 2: Autodesk

Training Center at Napa Valley College, Napa,

California, 1996.

AutoCAD for the Professional Level 3: Autodesk

Training Center at Napa Valley College, Napa,

California, 1996.

AutoCAD 3D and Rendering Applications: Autodesk

Training Center at Napa Valley College, Napa,

California, 1997.

Certificates of Completion

Course Technology Certificate of Training: 2001 San

Francisco Forum, San Francisco, California, 2001.

PowerPoint Presentation, Desktop Publishing &

Desktop Publishing Advanced: Napa Valley College,

Napa, California, 2009.

Training of Trainers in Public Administration: The

Institute of Public Administration (IPA), Dublin,

Ireland, 1989.

Training of Trainers in Project Planning and Analysis:

Special Program organized jointly by API of Kuwait

and EDI of the World Bank, Kuwait, 1986.

Experience

Mathematics Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Napa

Valley College, Napa, California, 1994-Present.

Computer Programming Instructor, Department of Computer

Information Science, Solano Community College, Suisun,

California, 1998-2002.

Chairman/Dept. Head, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer

Information Systems, Near East University, Nicosia, N. Cyprus,

1991-1992.

Expert in Planning Systems & Operations Research, Ministry of

Planning, Kuwait, 1988-1991.

Expert in Industrial Planning & Project Evaluation, The Arab

Planning Institute (API), Kuwait, 1984-1988.

Experience

Researcher & Demonstrator, Mathematics,

Economics & Advanced Planning Techniques, The

Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 1979-1984.

Math Instructor, Schools of The Ministry of Education,

Kuwait, 1971-1979.

Math Instructor, Scottish School “Al-Manar”,

Alexandria, Egypt, 1970-1971.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Long experience in teaching Regular Math classes

and Online Algebra classes at Napa Valley College in

California.

Long experience in teaching Computer Applications

and Computer Programming classes at Solano

Community College in California.

Maintained updated knowledge of using Computers

and Graphing Calculators.

Knowledge in programming languages as: BASIC,

FORTRAN, COBOL, Visual Basic, and Visual C++.

Strong base knowledge of Microsoft Office

Applications: MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,

and MS Project.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Previous experience in teaching and training in all

areas of Mathematics, Computer Studies, Operations

Research, and Project Management at API, Kuwait.

Participated in the Design, Organization, and

Running several programs in the field of Industrial

Planning and Project Evaluation and Implementation

at API, Kuwait.

Participated in Planning, design, and Implementation

of Computerized Economic Planning Systems at the

Ministry of Planning in Kuwait.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of California Mathematics Council,

Community Colleges.

Member of the Faculty Association of

California Community Colleges.

Member of California Teachers Association.

Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

Listed in the National Deans List.

PUBLICATIONS

The following papers were published internationally jointly by Dr.

B.D. Bunday and W. K. Badri.

“The Efficiency of M Groups of N Machines Served By A

Traveling Robot”, Published, International Journal of Production

Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 299-308, 1988.

“A Comparison of Two Patrolling Methods”, Published, Int.

Journal of Production Research, Vol. 23, No. 4, 795-805, 1985.

“A Comparison of Two Repair Strategies”, Published, Int.

Journal of Production Research, Vol. 23, No. 6, 1115-1120,

1985.

“The Efficiency of A Rotary Autoconer”, Published, Int. Journal

of Textile Inst. No. 4, 252-258, 1984.

PUBLICATIONS

“A Model for Textile Winding Process”, Published, European

Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 15, 55-62, 1984.

“The Efficiency of Bi-Directionally Patrolled Machines When

Repairs Are Not Always Successful”, Published, European

Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 19, 324-330, 1985.

“The Operative’s Busy Period for the M/M/1 Machine

Interference Model”, Published, Journal of Stochastic Analysis

and Applications, 3(1), 1-13, 1985.

“The Transient Solution and Duration of the Busy Period for the

Machine Interface Problem”, Proc. 16th Int. Conference of

Statistics, Computer Science & O.R., I.S.S.R., Cairo, University,

December 1981.

RESEARCH STUDIES

The following studies were conducted at the Arab Planning

Institute in Kuwait.

“The Productivity of Identical Machines”, Presented in an Expert

Meeting on “Productivity and Development in the Arab World”,

Published, API, Kuwait, 1988.

“The Productivity and Maintenance of Identical Machines

Patrolled by an Operator”.

“The Productivity and Maintenance of Identical Machines

Served by a team of Operators”.

“Single Robot Patrols M Groups of N Machines Uni-

Directionally/Bi-Directionally”.

“Numerical Methods in Solving the Machine Interference

Problem”,

“The M/M/m Machine Interference Model - Transient Solution

and Duration of the Busy Period”.

TRAINING MATERIALS

The following are training materials developed at the Arab

Planning Institute in Kuwait.

Evaluation and Implementation of a House Construction Project,

“Case Study”, 1988.

Preparation of Project Evaluation, “PERT-CPM Exercise”, 1987.

A project Management System using “Microsoft Project”, 1987.

Financial Analysis of Development Projects, “Capital Investment

Appraisal”, 1986.

Transport Planning and Evaluation of Transportation Projects,

1986.

The General Transportation Model, 1985.

Project Planning and Control of Implementation, 1985.

Linear Programming, 1984

Essential Mathematics for Economics, 1983.

Thank You

Walid Badri