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Professor Hesham Sallam: Spotlight on Paleontology in Egypt
AUC's Team "Oasis" Competes in Solar Decathlon Middle East Competition
Building on Mars - AUC Students Create Concrete for Planet Mars
Chasing Circuits: AUC Launches Suitera Spinoff
World’s First Comprehensive North African Reference Genome
Interview with Nataly Naser Al Deen ‘13, one of Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30
Modifying a Japanese Anti-Cancer Drug
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Graduate Students Internationally Recognized for Environmental Research
PhD students Alaa Abbas and Ahmed Tarek (MA '19) recently won the Young African Talents award as part of the international Eni Awards. “Wining [this award] is a significant step in my career,” Abbas said.
A Passion and a Duty: Serving Humanity Through Robotics
For Maki Habib, professor of mechanical engineering, taking part in the growth and development of mechatronics and robotics isn’t just a passion but a duty.
AUC Schools Rank Top in Africa
Eduniversal and QS World University rankings have ranked different AUC programs as some of the top performing and highest delivering academic courses of study in the continent, and the world. Check out some of the recent rankings by school below.
AUC Computer Science Team Publishes Arab World Research Section for Communications Magazine
In the works since 2019, the first special Arab World Research section has been published in the Association for Computing Machinery magazine, Communications of the ACM.
Construction Team Makes Use of Contaminated Masks, Gloves in Concrete
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of used and contaminated face masks and gloves were being disposed improperly, leading to a possible risk of spreading the virus. "Additionally, some individuals, sadly, were picking up these objects and using them again or selling them at a cheaper price, thus endangering the lives of others," said Mohamed Nagib Abou-Zeid, professor of construction engineering.
AUC Faculty and Students to Compete in International Solar Decathlon Competition - the 'Olympics of Sustainable Building'
AUC students, faculty and staff joined forces to compete in the Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) in Dubai in November 2021.
AUC Professor Startup Wins JICA Ninja Competition
The startup company of Wael Mamdouh, associate professor of nanotechnology, was selected as one of the winners of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Next Innovation with Japan (NINJA) Business Plan Competition. JICA launched this competition in July 2020 for businesses emerging during the COVID-19 outbreak to discover innovative business models and technologies that not only provide prescriptive solutions to the current pandemic but also respond to the expected radical changes in the post-pandemic socio-economic reality.
Tackling Today's Issues: Faculty Research Targets Pollution, COVID-19
Mohamed Swillam, chair and professor in the Department of Physics, was recently recognized as one of the top 2% most impactful scientists, being named in the Stanford-Elsevier's Scopus database of the most cited scientists.
AUC Spinoff Suitera Receives $230K Investments in Early Stages
At the March 8 launch event of Suitera, AUC’s latest spinoff, the company received a $100 thousand investment from Walden Rhines, a leading figure in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) space. Rhines was CEO of Mentor Graphics, one of the big three players in the EDA space, for 24 years and assumed key roles in the industry throughout his career. Mentor Graphics market value has increased tenfold during his time as CEO.
Graduate Student Carries Out Region's First Large-Scale Experimental Program for Smart Construction Solutions
Motivated by Egypt’s recent developmental projects at different locations, including the Grand Egyptian Museum, the New Administrative Capital and the Alamein City, among others, Jasmin Abdelhalim, construction engineering graduate student, took on a mission to explore whether the projects are employing the smartest construction and structural solutions to pave the way for more durable structures. She came up with a sustainable solution -- the first in Egypt and the Middle East.
Construction Engineering Graduate Student Receives Award for High Performance
Yasmin El-Hakim ’13, ’21, master's student and research assistant at the Department of Construction Engineering, received the Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim A. Allehedan Award. This award is given to the highest performing student in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) bi-annually. This is the first time it is granted to a construction engineering graduating student.
Chasing Circuits: AUC Spinoff Suitera Making Way for Future Generations of Electronics
With an increased need to solve newly emerging challenges in the electronics design automation industry, faculty members at AUC established Suitera, the second AUC spinoff company.
AUC's NanoEbers Wins French-Egyptian Prize for Technology Detecting Water Toxins
Competing with 150 other startups, the Department of Chemistry's NanoEbers recently won the Coup de Couer prize at the French Egyptian Startup Competition for creating a technology used to detect harmful toxins in water. The prize is awarded by the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt to recognize a tech-based innovative startup company with a cash award of EGP 150,000.
The First to Specialize in Nanotubes in Egypt: Amal Esawi Works to Make Aluminum Stronger and Lightweight
"When I first joined Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, I developed a huge interest in nanotechnology. We all got into it and started researching it. Little was known about it back then," said Amal Esawi '89, ‘90, professor of mechanical engineering.
Faculty Researches Automated Solutions to Complex Health Challenges
“My research activities dramatically improve my effectiveness as a teacher,” said Hassan Azzazy, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry. “On the one hand, I incorporate relevant aspects of my research projects and findings into my undergraduate and graduate courses.