The 604th meeting of the faculty council was held on Monday, May 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM in the Faculty Council Meeting Hall. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Sherif Masoud El-Badawy, Dean of the Faculty, and attended by the vice deans, heads of scientific departments, directors of specific programs, faculty members, and representatives from external companies as community partners.

Opening Remarks by Prof. El-Badawy
- He expressed his sincere gratitude and deep appreciation to the political leadership for appointing him as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University. He also thanked the Faculty Council members, staff members and administrative staff for their congratulations on his appointment.
- He extended condolences to the families of deceased members associated with the faculty, mentioning each by name.
- He offered congratulations on the upcoming Eid ul-Adha holiday.
- He congratulated AP. Mohamed Ragab El-Morghany and AP. Mohamed Sameh Abdel Ghany, Mechanical Engineering Department on their promotion to the rank of Associate Professor.

Key Topics and Highlights
- He discussed the cooperation protocol signed between the Technical and Laboratory Services Center, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University and Mansoura National University.
- He congratulated the team at the Roads and Airports Engineering Laboratory on renewing their accreditation from the National Accreditation Council (EGAC).
- He praised the manufacturing of the PLAZA competition trucks under the supervision of Prof. Mahmoud Saafan within the College’s Workshop Technology Unit, overseen by AP. Abdel Khalek El-Adl, Director of the Workshop Unit.
- He commended the awards and positions achieved by student teams in the competition held at Benha University.
- He noted the organization by students of the Textile Engineering Department of an event introducing preparatory year students to the Textile Engineering specialization and its career opportunities.
- He spoke about the orientation workshop held by the Middle East Company for the Production and Mechanical Design Engineering Department.
- He reviewed the successful scientific conference organized by the Biomedical Engineering Program students.
- He mentioned the scientific field trip conducted by the Structural Engineering Department to the factories of Al-Madina Steel Company.
- He congratulated students who won awards at the 13th Creativity Festival organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, with broad participation from various Egyptian universities and institutes.
- He discussed the Lightweight Concrete competition held by the Structural Engineering Department.
- He congratulated Dr. Mohamed Rabie, Mechanical Engineering Department on publishing a scientific paper derived from the 2024 student project batch in a specialized international journal.
- He praised the programming competition for preparatory year students organized by the Computer and Control Engineering Department.
- He provided details on the annual citation metrics of the faculty journal, including total research papers published and total downloads.

Honors and Recognitions
- Prof. El-Badawy honored student/ Mustafa Nasser from the fourth year of the Production Engineering Department for his contribution to achieving a new milestone for Mansoura University in Silicon Valley. The ceremony was attended by:
- Prof. Dr. Sahar Sedky, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs
- Prof. Dr. Amira Yassin, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development
- Assoc. Prof. Abeer Tawakkol, Coordinator of the Startup Grind Team and University Student Competitions
- Assoc. Prof. Noha Fouda, Head of the Production Department
- He also honored student/ Magdy El-Sayed Mohamed El-Basyouni for his significant role in maintaining and preparing the 3D Printing Machine and CNS devices, as well as for proposing a mechanism to organize the laboratory’s operation and student use of equipment.

Conclusion
Following these remarks, Prof. El-Badawy proceeded to discuss the agenda items and decisions with the esteemed members of the College Council.