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List of modern Arab scientists and engineers

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The following is a non-conclusive list of some notable modern Arab scientists and engineers. For medieval Arab scientists and scholars, see List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars

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  • Dennis W. Sciama, British physicist of Syrian descent. One of the fathers of modern cosmology. He was the PhD supervisor of over 70 students, of whom were Stephen Hawking.
  • Dina Katabi, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.[13]

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  • Lina J. Karam, Lebanese-American engineer and IEEE Fellow known for her contributions to signal processing, image/video processing and compression, computer vision and perceptual-based processing. She is the first woman to be appointed as Dean of Engineering in the Middle East region.[26]

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  • Rachid Yazami, Moroccan engineer and scientist, and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery.[42]
  • Rolando Chuaqui – Chilian mathematician of Syrian descent, spearheaded the creation and expansion of mathematics departments across multiple Chilean universities.
  • Rachid Guerraoui, Moroccan computer scientist and a professor at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), known for his contributions in the fields of concurrent and distributed computing. He is an ACM Fellow.[43]

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  • Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian economist and statistician known for the Geary-Khamis method of computing purchasing power parity of currencies.[44]
  • Shadia Habbal, Syrian-American astronomer and physicist who worked with NASA.[45]
  • Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist.[46]
  • Steve Jobs, Syrian-American inventor, and industrial designer. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and a co-founder of Apple Inc.[47]

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