The Faculty Council No. (565) was held on Monday, February 21, 2022 at exactly twelve thirty in the afternoon in the hall of Prof. Dr. / Al-Saeed Ashour, with the application of precautionary reserves. The Council was chaired by Prof. Dr. / Mohamed Abdel Azim, Dean of the Faculty and in the presence of vice-deans of the faculty, heads of departments, heads of specific programs and representatives of some external community entities.
The session was opened by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Azim, Dean of the Faculty, where:
His Excellency welcomed the present,
offered words of condolences on the death of both Eng. Ahmed Adel Al-Hadidi, son of Prof. Dr. Adel Al-Hadidi, professor in the Department of Spinning and Weaving Engineering, and the father of Mrs. Mai Gamal in the Mechatronics Program.
His Excellency offered words of appreciation and gratitude while honoring two of the faculty’s symbols and former deans, namely: Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Jar Al Alam, and Prof. Dr. Adel Dhaif, praising their efforts towards the faculty during their tenure as Dean of the Faculty. They were also awarded the Faculty Shield and a certificate of appreciation.
His Excellency praised the activation of the textile unit, he also thanked its teamwork for their efforts. He mentioned that the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University is one of two faculties among Egyptian universities that enjoys the presence of the Department of Spinning and Weaving Engineering, therefore, he found that it is necessary for the faculty to contribute to the wheel of the state’s economic growth as the Faculty of Engineering, used to be an effective cog in the development of the wheel of the state’s economy. This has been done after the directions of the state, headed by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, in the restoration of the spinning and weaving industry with the state currently establishing the largest, and greatest factory with advanced capabilities in the Middle East in the field of spinning and weaving industry located in the city of Al-Rubiki, which is scheduled to be completed in August 2022. The Faculty of Engineering, must not stand watching what is happening or wait for the invitation to participate in the work and production, but it must volunteer to work forward and positively participate in this field because of the scientific experience we have represented in great professors, the readiness of laboratories and students who are trained in the field as an integral part of the academic study. This is what we have already done, and therefore I must thank Professor Dr. Hamdan Abu Taleb, professor of spinning and textiles industry in the faculty and his teamwork involved in reviving the textile unit namely: Eng. Ahmed Samir, Eng. Muhammad Khudair, and Eng. Elham El-Imam, specialists from Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla El-Kubra.
Then His Excellency honored the Textile Industry Revival Unit team by presenting the college shield to them.
His Excellency congratulated the promotion of faculty members : Assistant Prof. Heba Mohamed, Department of Architecture, Assistant Prof. Sarah Al Bahloul, Department of Production and Mechanical Design Engineering and Assistant Prof. Dr. Fawzy Hamed, Department of Production and Mechanical Design Engineering.
His Excellency briefed the attendees about the student competitions that were won by the faculty as well as the student projects that are being carried out.
His Excellency praised the quality and academic accreditation.
His Excellency took note of the equipment that has been completed for most of the faculty laboratories.
His Excellency commended the effort made by all the technicians and craftsmen in the faculty and the extent to which they provided the faculty with large funds that the faculty had paid to others in previous periods to carry out such works.
His Excellency briefed on the cooperation protocol between the Faculty and the University of Louisville in the United States of America.
His Excellency briefed on the cooperation protocol between the Faculty and the Iraqi University of Tal Afar.
His Excellency urged announcing the results of students on their specified dates, as well as announcing the study schedules.
His Excellency praised the course on the basics of robotics for children and thanked the course work team.
Then, His Excellency moved to discuss the topics on the agenda to take decisions on them with the distinguished members of the Faculty Council.