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Degrees

 
  • PhD

    :  

    Field:

     Architectural Studies, Building Science, Site Planning

  • Awarded by

    :  Faculty of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, England, May,1974.

  • Post Graduate Diploma:   Field:

    Town Planning (with Distinction)

  • Awarded by:

     Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt, 1969.

  • BSc:   Field:

    Architectural Engineering (with Distinction and 1st Class Honours)

  • Awarded by:

     Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt, 1967.
Previous occupations and Experience:

  • Head, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2004 - 2006.
  • Head, Permanent Scientific Committee for Professorships; in Architecture and Urban Design, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, Egypt, 2004 -2008.
Academic Title:

  • Professor of Architecture & Urban Design, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, (April 1988 - present).
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Egypt, (1983-1988).
  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, (1977-1983).
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Town & Regional Planning, University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K., (1974 – 1977).
  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Nottingham, England, (1973 - 1974).
  • Teaching Assistant, Dept of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Egypt, (1967-1971).
Post Graduate and Research Activities:

Supervisor or Co Supervisor of 100 M.Sc. & Ph.D. Thesis & Dissertations, successfully completed and awarded between 1977 and 2013.
Authored Books:

  • On Housing & Physical Planning, (2 Volumes), El Arabi Press, Cairo Egypt, 1987, 1992 (Arabic & English).
  • On the Design & Planning of Housing Areas, El Arabi Press, Cairo Egypt, 1988, 1992 (Arabic).
  • The Issue of Tissue & Character, El Arabi Press, Cairo Egypt, 1997 (Arabic).
  • Public Buildings Manual, Local development Project II, USAID, Egypt (1991).
  • Shaping Development In Limited Resources Settings - Notes On The Egyptian Context, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2013.
Published Papers:

Author or Co-Author of 100 papers published in refereed local and international journals and conferences as well as applied research & research projects.
Other Socio Academic Activities:

  • Director, Architectural Design Support Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Egypt, 1997 – 2005.
  • Member, The Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt, (2012- present).
  • Chair, Architecture Committee, the Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt, (2011- present), (Member, 2000 - present) .
  • Member, Building, Housing & New Communities Council Board & Housing Committee, Research & Technology Academy, Cairo, Egypt, (1999 - ).
  • Principal Urban Planning & Design Consultant for the General Organization for Physical Planning; The Centre for Development of Region Three, Egypt & The Organization for Development Research and Studies, Ministry of Development, Egypt,(1979 - 1990).
  • Architectural, Housing, Urban Planning & Urban design Projects: Some 120 executed major work covering the fields of: Urban Planning, Community and Urban Design, Housing, Public Buildings, Educational & Health Facilities etc.
  • Principal Investigator, Monitoring and Assessment of Formal Low Cost Housing Prototypes, Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt, U.S. Aid, (1989 - 1992).  
  • National Awards Evaluation Committee Member; Appreciation, Appreciation, Excellence and Commendations Arts’ Awards, Supreme Council of Culture, Ministry of Culture, Egypt.
  • National Awards Evaluation Committee Member, Excellence and Commendations Engineering Science Awards, Academy for Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt.
  • Head & Member of the Jury Committees in many Architectural & Urban Design National & Regional Competitions, Egypt.

 
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