Positions

• 2012- to date: Associate Prof. -Dept. of Textile Engineering &  Technology-Faculty of Textiles University of Gezira
• 2001- 2012:    Assistant Prof. -Dept. of Textile Engineering &  Technology-Faculty of Textiles University of Gezira

• Sep.,1995-Jan., 2001: Lecturer- Dept. of Textile Engineering &  Technology-Faculty of Textiles University of Gezira

• Sep.,1993-Sep, 1995:   Teaching assistant - Dept. of Textile Engineering &  Technology-Faculty of Textiles University of Gezira

 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 
(Qualification), (Institution), (Year).

· PhD, University of Gezira, Sudan, 2012

·  M.Sc., China Textile University, China, 1995

· B.Sc., University of Gezira, Sudan, 1993

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES & MEMBERSHIP
(Role), (Level), (Start date),(End Date).

·           Intermediate Diploma  Coordinator, Faculty of Textiles, May,2003 – April, 2005

·           Industrial training Coordinator, Faculty of Textiles, 1999-2003.

·           Student Activities Supervisor, Faculty of Textiles, 2001-2002

·            Member of Faculty board, Faculty Of Textiles, 1995 to date  

·           Member of University of Gezira Senate, 2012 to date

·            B.Sc. Syllabus Committee, Department of Textile Engineering & Technology - Faculty of       Textiles.

·           M.Sc. Syllabus Committee, Department of Textile Engineering & Technology -   Faculty of       Textiles.

·           Clothing Technology Diploma's Syllabus Committee, Faculty of Textiles.

·           B.Sc. Syllabus Committee, Department of Clothing Engineering & Technology - Faculty of       Textiles.

·           B.Sc. Syllabus Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering - Faculty Industries Engineering and Material Science.

·           Head Department of Clothing Technology, June , 2012  to August , 2017

·           Head Department of Industrial Engineering , Sep.2017

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

·                     Textile  Engineering and Technology

·                      Application of Taguchi method in Processes Analysis and Optimization

WORKSHOPS , TRAINING & CONFERENCES

l New Trends in Quality Control, Testing and Textile Material Science, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, Czech (Sep.1^st-6^th 2005).

l The Fourth International Engineering Conference, Mansoura - Sharm El-Shiekh, Egypt, April, 2004.

l International Forum for Advanced Textiles (IFATex), Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China, 2010.

l 18^th International Conference STRUTEX : Structure and Structural Mechanics of Textiles, Liberec, Czech Republic, 2005.

l Technical Education Development Workshop, Faculty of Textiles, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan, 2003.

l Visiting Scholar, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China. 2008.

l Visiting Scholar, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China, 2010.

l ITC&DC- International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference, October 7^th -10^th, 2012. Dubrovnik, Croatia.

l Textile, Clothing, Leather and their Technologies Expo , Izmir, Turkey, 2015.

l Sino - Africa International Symposium on Textiles and Apparel, Dong Hua University, Shanghai, China, 2015.

l  Advanced Seminars for Textile Industry International Cooperation in Production Capacity, Dong hua University, Shanghai, China, March 2017

Work with a team for preparing the following conference:

·   Waste treatment and recycling conference, Faculty of Textiles, Wad Medani, Sudan, Feb. 2011.

l  Technical Education Development Workshop, Faculty of Textiles, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan, 2003.

Other Academic Activities:

l  PhD and M.Sc. Internal and External Examiner

l  M.Sc. Supervision

l  Textile Research Journal Reviewer

l  ?Graduate Seminar Course

l  Graduate Projects

l  Academic Supervisions

l  Books Reviewer for SUST

International Journals

[1] Zhigang Xia, Xin Wang, Wenxiang Ye, Weilin Xu, and Hafiz A. Eltahir: Effect of Repeated Winding on Carded Ring Cotton Yarn Properties, fibres and polymers,Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 534-540,2011.

[2] Zhigang Xia, Xin Wang, Wenxiang Ye, Weilin Xu1, and Hafiz A. Eltahir: Fiber trapping comparison of embeddableand locatable spinning with sirofil and sirocore-spinning with flute pipe air suction.Textile Research Journal.Vol. 82, Issue 12,pp.1255–1262, 2012.

[3] Hafiz A. ELTAHIR; Abderahman H. Abdelateef; Salah A & Salah M. A.: Taguch Approach for Analysing the Impact of Varying Degrees of Cotton Stickiness on Ring Spun -Yarn Quality, Journal of Textile Institute, Vol.108, Issue 3, pp.408-411, 2017.

[4] Hafiz A. ELTAHIR; Abderahman H. Abdelateef; Salah A & Salah M. A.: Taguch Approach for Analysing the Impact of Varying Degrees of Cotton Stickiness. Part II: effect on rotor – spun yarn quality, Accepted Aug. 2017 ,Journal of Textile Institute.
Manuscript DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2017.1363933 .

[5] Kamal M.El Jak, Azza A.Hmed, Hafiz A.Eltahir: The Spinnability Of Genetically Modified Acala Cotton Compared with Traditional Acala Cotton, Gezira Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol.11, Issue 1,pp.1-16,2016.

Conference Proceeding

         Hafiz A. ELTAHIR; Zhigang XIA & Weilin XU: A Study of the Effect of Component Location on Yarn Properties in Embeddable and Locatable Spinning System, ITC&DC - INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE, CLOTHING & DESIGN CONFERENCE, pp. 159-163, October 7th – 10th, 2012. DUBROVNIK • CROATIA.