Rate My Professor Rania Wanan

Dr. Rania Wanan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics within the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie (PTUK) in Tulkarm, Palestine. She holds a PhD and specializes in applied functional analysis and numerical analysis. Her research encompasses fractional differential equations, dynamical systems, lattice systems, homotopy perturbation methods, and data mining techniques applied to academic performance prediction. Dr. Wanan's work addresses complex nonlinear problems, including time-fractional models, non-autonomous systems, and semi-analytical solutions for pendulums and oscillators.

As Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Dr. Wanan leads academic initiatives and administrative efforts at PTUK. She previously served as Head of the Molecular Biology Department. In November 2024, under her deanship, the faculty participated in World Radiology Day celebrations, featuring a lecture on artificial intelligence applications in radiology by the Department of Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Wanan has authored 24 publications listed on ResearchGate, accumulating over 266 citations. Key publications include: "Using Markov Chains and Data Mining Techniques to Predict Students’ Academic Performance" (2023, Information Sciences Letters, 213 citations); "Fractional investigation of time-dependent mass pendulum" (2024, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, 39 citations); "Second order non-autonomous lattice systems and their uniform attractors" (2019, Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 15 citations); "Novel exact and solitary wave solutions for the time-fractional nonlinear Maccaris system" (2023, Contemporary Mathematics, 10 citations); "Pendulum attached to a vibrating point: semi-analytical solution by optimal and modified homotopy perturbation method" (2025, Alexandria Engineering Journal, 8 citations); and others on FitzHugh–Nagumo systems, stiff differential equations, and projectile motion. She collaborates frequently with researchers such as Saed Mallak, D. Baleanu, A.Y. Abdallah, and Jihad Asad, and serves on the PCMTMP VII Committee and the editorial board of the Palestine Technical University Research Journal.