Under the patronage of Professor Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Postgraduate Studies and Research and interim dean of the faculty, the application for internal funded research program for faculty members to conduct research for one academic year (2023-2024), has been opened through the Research Support Unit in the faculty, no later than Thursday, November 30, 2023.

To apply through the following link:

https://forms.gle/mfKy8kTxGTanCZxD6

 Today, Monday, November 13, 2023, the activities of the second day of the visit of the team of National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education took place to approve the renewal of the faculty. The team held several meetings with the assisting staff, students, and external community members. The team also inspected a number of faculty locations, such as: control rooms and departments.

A symposium entitled “The Aluminum Industry and its Development” was held under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, the interim dean of the faculty, with the participation of Prof. Sahar Sedqi, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, and a large number of distinguished faculty members, assisting staff, and faculty students, with the ALUMIL factory. On Wednesday, 11/8/2023, in Prof. Dr. Magdy Abu Rayyan Conference Hall.
The topics of the symposium were about: the history of the emergence of aluminum extraction and manufacturing, the problems facing the aluminum industry, how to bring the aluminum industry to regional and global competition, the areas of aluminum use, especially in modern technologies, the risks and challenges facing the aluminum industry and how to confront them, and the economic return that is hoped to be achieved. Future of the aluminum industry.

 Under the patronage of Professor Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, interim dean of the faculty, and in coordination with Engineer Abdul Rahman Omar Ali, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Graduate Follow-up Unit at the Faculty, a symposium was held entitled: “National Projects in the Field of Water,” Engineer Abdullah Ibrahim Dahina, irrigation and drainage station design consultant and former first undersecretary of the Ministry of Irrigation, lectured in Prof. Dr. Rashad Al-Badrawi conference hall on Monday, November 13, at ten in the morning.
The symposium aimed to enhance awareness of the importance of national projects in the field of water and exchange experiences and knowledge among experts and those interested in this field. The symposium addressed a number of topics, the most important of which are: water desalination projects and its distribution to dry and desert areas, building and developing water infrastructure including dams, hydroelectric stations, tunnels and canals, improving water management and planning for its resources, including developing irrigation, sanitation and flood management systems, educating society about the importance of water conservation and encouraging sustainable practices in its use, research and development in the field of water, including developing new technologies for water desalination, purification and storage.
Professor Dr. Sherif Al-Badawi honored Engineer Abdullah Dhaina for the effort exerted and the importance of the symposium’s topic.

The Faculty Council No. (586) was held on Monday, November 13, 2023, at ten o’clock in the morning in Prof. Dr. Al-Saeed Ashour Conference Hall, the council was chaired by Prof. Dr. Sherif Al-Badawy, the interim dean of the faculty, and in the presence of Prof. Dr., Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, heads of scientific departments, directors of specific programs, and a number of faculty members.
Professor Dr. Sherif Al-Badawy opened the session by welcoming the attendees, he offered words of condolences on the death of the brother of Prof. Dr. Muharram Fouad, Head of Public Works Engineering Department.

- He congratulated Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Azim for assuming the position of Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and praised the great achievements that have been made during his tenure as Dean of the faculty.
- He congratulated the newly appointed program directors and their deputies, the director of the Center for Engineering Studies, Research and Consulting and his two deputies. He also praised the performance and efforts of the previous directors.
-He mentioned the celebration that took place for Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Azim for assuming the position of Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, wishing him all success.
- He referred to the reception ceremony of the scientific departments for the students.
-He praised winning a number of awards in competitions by faculty students.
-He honored: the student Ahmed Mohamed Al-Desouki, Department of Computer Engineering and Information Systems for obtaining an award, his excellence in hacking information, and his positive role in relation to the university’s electronic website, Eng. Mahmoud Radhi, Department of Mathematics and engineering physics for his community participation and victory in the Leadership Preparation Forum, the student, Hazem Mahmoud for his victory in the sports bodybuilding championship, a student team from the production department for winning in a semi-automatic robot project for firefighting and rescue operations and winning first place out of 168 (35 universities), honoring Female students of the Faculty of Engineering who won first places in the university squash championship and the tennis championship for obtaining first and second places and a student team from the Computers and Systems Department that won in the Egyptian Software Competition.
-He spoke about the emergence of the faculty’s specializations in international rankings, which deserves appreciation.
- He informed the attendees about the grant offered by the Innovators Support Fund.
- He presented a number of activities that took place at the faculty, such as: a visit to the faculty by the School of Excellence, and holding (3)ISO training courses within the framework of the faculty obtaining (9) ISO certificates, and the faculty’s celebration of the opening of the Huawei competition, holding a symposium on the aluminum industry and its development, and holding a symposium about the Knowledge Bank.
-He urged activating the Academy of Scientific Research’s announcement regarding its funding for student projects.
-He explained that the door to apply for internal projects was opened to conduct scientific research for the year 2023/2024 through the faculty’s Scientific Research Support Unit.
- He announced the activation of the postgraduate studies platform.
- He spoke about the scholarship at Kyushu University in Japan, and the names of the students who won the scholarship.
- He briefed the attendees about the training program for foreign trainees, which includes faculty members, administrators, and technicians at other universities.
- He stated that the faculty is currently in the process of renewing accreditation, starting on Sunday, November 12, until Tuesday, November 14, and that the architecture program will be re-evaluated from Tuesday until Thursday (end of the current week).
- He presented the annual citations for the faculty’s scientific journal.

At the end of the presentation, Prof. Dr. Sherif El-Badawi, Interim Dean of the faculty, Prof. Dr. Sahar Sedqi, Vice Dean of the faculty for Education and Student Affairs, and some of the heads of departments honored the students who won the competitions, whether scientific, sports, or community, by giving them certificates of appreciation. Then Prof. Sherif moved on to discuss the topics on the agenda and make decisions regarding them with the members of the esteemed faculty council.

Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, the interim dean of the faculty, and coordination of Dr. Bishoy Elkis Sedhom, Director of the Strategic Future Unit, a training course on ISO 56002 ( Innovation Management) was presented by Dr. Tariq Shalaby, a consultant for Millennium Company to staff members of the faculty, assisting staff, and the administrative staff on Tuesday 7/11/2023 in the Faculty Council Hall.

 A delegation from RWTH Aachen University in Germany visited the Egyptian research team at Mansoura University through The German-Egyptian Mobility Program for Scientific Exchange and Excellence Development (GE-SEED), among the objectives of the research project is “Developing and characterizing conductive bitumen to improve the properties of self-sensing compressive resistance strain to monitor the quality of paving facilities,” which is funded by Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority. The visit lasted three days, during which members of the visiting research team, consisting of Mr. Chaoliang Fu and Mr. Li Luo, discussed the Egyptian partner represented in AP. Dr. Ahmed Metwally Awad (principal researcher), Prof. Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi (co-researcher), Prof. Dr. Alaa Rashad Jabr (member) and Eng. Ahmed Moanes Fouda (member) in implementing the project’s tasks, enriching the scientific research process, exchanging experiences, and strengthening cultural relations between the Egyptian and German teams. The visit schedule included getting to know Mansoura University, its facilities, and its most important laboratories and research centers, in addition to holding a scientific day through the exchange of presentations on the research fields of both teams.

Today, Sunday, November 12, 2023, the activities of the first day of the visit of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education team to approve the renewal of the faculty, took place in Prof. Rashad Al-Badrawi Hall at approximately nine-thirty in the morning, in the presence of a large number of faculty members, assisting staff, and the administrative staff.

Professor Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, interim dean of the faculty, started the meeting by welcoming the visiting team and the attendees. He, thanked Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Azim and his team work for the achievements that have been achieved, emphasizing the importance of exerting more effort in the coming period so that the faculty of engineering remains in its prestigious position.

Then, Professor Dr. Mohamed Abdel Azim, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, briefly explained the history of the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering till present time, the achievements that have been made during the recent period, participation in national projects, student awards, the distinguished status of the scientific journal, community participation, the development and establishment of new laboratories, the development of auditoriums and halls, the international events and competitions that took place such as the Huawei competition, and the agreements with international universities such as: the University of Birmingham, names of responsible members of the community among the faculty’s graduates, the number of scientific departments and specific programs present in the faculty, finally members of the visiting team inspected different places, such as laboratories, auditoriums, scientific departments, and administrative offices.

Today, Tuesday, November 7, 2023, in the hall of Prof. Dr. Rashad Al-Badrawi, a workshop was held on the “Knowledge Bank” in the presence of Prof. Dr. Tariq Ghalwash, Vice President of the University for Postgraduate Studies and Research, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Sahar Sedqi, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, a large number of teaching staff and assisting staff at the university, a lecture was delivered by Engineer Ahmed, member of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank training team, and Mr. Hassan Al-Ashry from the Supreme Council of Universities.

Today, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the activities of the third day of the visit of the team of National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education took place in order to approve the renewal of the faculty. The team held several meetings with academic leaders, members of the administrative staff, and foreign students. They inspected various places in the faculty.

The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology announces opening applications for state awards, which include the Nile Awards, State Appreciation Awards, State Awards for Excellence, and State Encouragement Awards for the year 2023.

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Under the patronage of Professor Dr. Sherif Masoud Al-Badawi, the interim Dean of the Faculty, and coordination of Dr. Bishoy Elkis Sedhom, Director of the Strategic Future Unit, a training course on ISO 37000 took place today, Monday, November 6, 2023, delivered by Dr. Tariq Shalaby, a consultant for Millennium Company, to members of the faculty’s administrative staff.