Momen El Husseiny, assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, decided to take experiential learning to a new level. He took his Urban Design and Landscape Architecture students on a bike ride around the outdoor spaces surrounding campus to discuss the infrastructure of bikeways in the city and how to think of sustainable mobility, instead of just displaying the information on projectors inside the classroom.
Last spring, a group of students presented their ideas on building an energy-efficient business center to their architecture class at AUC. Four group members were presenting, but only three were present. The fourth student joined them through a video conference call — not because she was sick — but she was in Arizona.
The HIVE Program, or Harnessing Innovation through Virtual Exchange launched with students from AUC and the University of Arizona (UA) to share a class through virtual exchange.
AUC and Dow, the world’s largest chemical company, have partnered to enhance research, development and demonstration projects that deliver on industrial and academic goals.
Omar El Safty ‘18 will be stepping onto Stanford University’s campus this fall, fully funded by the university to complete his master's and PhD in mechanical engineering.
The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) has renewed its accreditation for AUC’s Bachelor of Science in chemistry, with all its specializations, for five years –– the maximum period for accreditation.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in chemistry, with specializations in the petrochemical industry, clinical chemistry and food chemistry, will receive a formal accreditation certification from CSC, in addition to a complementary one-year membership of the organization.
Two AUC faculty members in the Department of Chemistry have been recently recognized for their contributions to the science and medical fields.
A group of AUC students won the Public Inspiration Award at the SensUS 2018 Competition recently held at the Technology University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The AUC students were the only team from Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa to be selected for participation, competing against 12 top technology universities worldwide.
To tackle sustainable, resource-efficient water management and food production –– two pressing global issues in today's world — AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) and Princeton University recently partnered on a summer internship program to test mechanical, wind pumping options for agricultural and non-agricultural water.
“Overwhelmed!” is what Nada Hussein Habib — who received the top score in the national thanawiya amma examinations — felt about the rapid series of events that led to her being offered a full scholarship to attend AUC.
With a Master of Science in nanotechnology, Menna Hasan (MSc ’18) is the first AUC graduate of Al Ghurair STEM Scholars Program.
Hasan, who received her Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Alexandria University, came out of AUC not only with a degree, but an impactful experience accumulated over the course of two years. She is satisfied with the significant step forward she took in her career. “Alhamdolelah! I feel great and proud of my work,” she reflected. “My master’s at AUC was even better than I expected.”
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