The Faculty Council No. (578) was held on Monday, March 13, 2023, at exactly ten o’clock in the morning, in Prof. Dr. Rashad El-Badrawy’s Conference Hall, where the Council was chaired by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Azim, Dean of the faculty, and in the presence of the faculty vice-deans, heads of departments, directors of programs and representatives of some institutions of the external community.

The session was opened by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Azim, Dean of the Faculty where His Excellency:

-Started the meeting by offering words of welcome to all the attendees.

-Stressed the importance of performing the work as it should be in the fullest form, and that the outputs of the work be in a decent manner, he said that work for him is not a way of life, but rather life itself.

-Offered words of condolences, each in his name, to the faculty members who passed away.

-Congratulated Dr. Marwa Atef on being promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering.

-Clarified some organizational matters and instructions for the university, such as adherence to the schedule of lectures, commitment to paying expenses, updating the data of the faculty members in the files and on the website, and the accuracy of conducting electronic exams

-Confirmed with regard to the assignment of faculty members that it is not permissible to take two salaries from two parties at the same time, it will never be allowed to take a salary from the main work and a second salary from the agency to which he is delegated.

-Presented the handwritten request submitted by Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Jar Al-Alam, the former dean of the faculty, in which he requests that names of the symbols of the faculty be given to some halls, auditoriums, or laboratories, so the council agreed to form a committee of the three oldest members of the council to study the request.

-Explained how to work on further development of the scientific journal, as well as what has been done with regard to the international publication of scientific sections.

-Praised funding the (23) winning graduation projects, for students of Mansoura University from the Academy of Scientific Research.

-Presented what took place in some religious and national events celebrations within the faculty in the recent period, such as: the Sports Day, the celebration of the night of the middle of Sha`ban, and hosting a symposium on combating corruption.

-Briefed the attendees about the Arizona Energy Excellence Agreement and the advantages achieved by the parties to the agreement.

-Mentioned the exchange of delegations of students and research visits that took place between the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University and the Academy of Air Defense.

-Explained the scientific and research cooperation protocol between the Chemical Warfare Department of the Armed Forces and Mansoura University.

-Supported the activation of the cooperation protocol with the Clothing and Textiles Unit, offering his full support for activating this protocol, saying, that Mansoura engineering, has two advantages that must be exploited in this matter: the former is the Department of Spinning and Textile Engineering does not exist except in Mansoura Engineering and Alexandria Engineering, the latter is that Mansoura is located in an agricultural governorate, so this must be exploited, not to mention the direction of the Egyptian state in revitalizing this strategic industry.

-Referred to holding the ceremony of golden jubilee, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the faculty.

-In honor and appreciation of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Gamal, he was invited to participate in granting certificates of honor to:
Dr. Ahmed Hussein Department of “Structural Engineering", Dr. Muhammad Murtaji "Structural EngineeringDepartment”, Dr. Mahmoud Abd al-Maaboud "Irrigation and Hydraulics Department” and Dr. Mahmoud Saad "Irrigation and Hydraulics Department”,
for their efforts and excellence in the performance of their work and their remarkable contribution to the faculty’s achievements.
From the Studies Center, Engineer Yasser Kamal, Engineer Hashem Al-Bagoury and Engineer Fathi Mohamed were honored.
Major General Ashraf Al-Khalawi, Director of Administrative Security at the faculty was honored.
Mr. Mohamed Al-Madani was honored for his distinguished efforts in issuing the electronic invoice.
Mrs. Nabeya Al-Manilawi and Mrs. Abeer Abdel-Sadiq were also honored from the administrative affairs.