Annual Report
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2009-2010
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Contents
5 foreword
11 a special note
13 office of the dean
41 department of architecture
and design
79 department of civil and environmental engineering
105 department of electrical
and computer engineering
147 department of mechanical
engineering
167 engineering management program
foreword
As is the case every year in this dynamic Faculty in which I have had the honor
of being dean for the past decade, the academic year 2009-10 witnessed
a number of important firsts. After many years of arduous self-study
preparations, requiring the concentrated teamwork
of FEA faculty and staff members followed by the
visit of an ABET evaluation team from November 28
through December 2, 2009, I am proud to be able to
write that the Engineering Accreditation Commission
of ABET [the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology], one of the most respected and
internationally renowned accreditation organizations
in USA, has accredited four BE undergraduate
engineering programs: civil engineering, electrical and
computer engineering, computer and communications
engineering, and mechanical engineering. The
accreditation decision was announced in August 2010;
and the accreditation of these programs is retroactive
to October 1, 2008.
ABET accreditation is not an end by itself; it is rather a
process requiring ongoing documentation, assessment, and evaluation for the
continuous improvement of our undergraduate programs.
Another important first was the awarding of the a PhD Degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering which is the first PhD in engineering ever awarded at
AUB; this was awarded to Elias Yaacoub in June 2010. With thirty six students
currently enrolled in the PhD programs I am confident that this is just the
beginning of the many new scholars that FEA will nurture.
The FEA has continued to attract an ever increasing number of highly qualified
undergraduate students from high schools, students wishing to transfer from
other Faculties within AUB, and students from other universities. As a result, the
cutoff scores for admission to the undergraduate programs in FEA have been
raised every year making the scores required for admission among the highest
on campus. This is in an attempt to keep the enrollment in the Faculty constant.
However, the total enrollment in the undergraduate programs was 1,730 in the
fall semester of AY 2009-10, [in the fall semester of AY 2008-09 there were
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No less noteworthy is the fact that the new Chemical Engineering Program
admitted students in September 2009. There were twenty seven first-year
students who enrolled in the program. The Construction Engineering Program
in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also began admitting
students in September 2009. There were twenty first-year students enrolled in
the new construction program.
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1,683]; and the enrollment increased to 1,750 in the spring of 2010. Along with all
the undergraduate students, there were also 224 students enrolled in master’s
degree programs, this is an increase from 175 students in AY 2008-09; and there
were thirty six students in the PhD programs, this is also an increase from the
twenty enrolled in AY 2008-09.
In June 2010, AUB awarded 327 FEA undergraduate degrees, fifty eight FEA
master’s degrees, and one FEA PhD degree.
The hard work of the faculty members was rewarded by the following
appointments, reappointments, leaves, and grants in AY 2009-10. Five faculty
members were promoted to the rank of associate professor in September 2009:
George Arbid and Walid Sadek in ArD; and Louay Bazzi, Mohamad Mansour,
and Fadi Karameh in ECE. The promotions of another five assistant professors:
Mona Fawaz in ArD, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal in ECE, Zaher Dawy [ECE], Wassim
Masri [ECE], and Issam Lakkis in ME to the rank of associate professor; and
Associate Professor Hassan Artail to the rank of full professor, were approved
in June 2010.
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All the departments were able to add to their ranks by attracting highly
qualified new faculty members. The new faculty members in September
2009 were Matthew Thomas, as a visiting assistant professor [ArD]; Carole
Levesque [ArD], Maya Abou Zeid and Hiam Khoury [CEE], Wassim Masri [ECE],
Matthias Liermann [ME], Fouad Azizi and Mahmoud Hindi [ChemE] as assistant
professors; and Rabih Jabr [ECE], and Kamel Abou Ghali [ME] as associate
professors; Renzo Di Felice [ME] as a visiting professor for one term; and
Danielle Nasrallah [ECE] as a lecturer. In addition, after international searches
eight new faculty members accepted offers to join the FEA in September
2010: Issam Srour as an assistant professor in EM [he was a visiting assistant
professor in EM for two years], George Saad as an assistant professor in CEE,
Elie Shammas as an assistant professor in ME, Salem Seifiddine as an assistant
professor in ME, Walid Saad as an assistant professor in ChemE, Joseph Zeaiter
as an assistant professor in ChemE, Youssef Nasser as a visiting assistant
professor in ECE, and Ali Yassine as an associate professor in EM [he was a
visiting assistant professor in EM for two years].
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The secondment appointment of Prof. Farid Chaaban from ECE through REP,
to serve as the Dean of Engineering at Dhofar University in Oman, continued
for a third year; and Professor Riad Chedid continued his leave as deputy
president at Fahad bin Sultan University in Tabuq, Saudi Arabia. Professors
Toufic Mezher from EM, on leave at MASDAR, UAE; and Mazen Saghir from ECE,
on leave at the Texas A&M University in Qatar, both resigned from AUB. Isam
Kaysi from CEE spent a second year leave of absence at Saudi Arabia. Prof.
Fouad Mrad went on an unpaid leave of absence to work on an ESCWA project
in January 2010.
Prof. Nesreen Ghaddar was selected to serve as the Associate Provost
after Provost Dallal joined AUB in September 2009. Prof. Ghaddar also was
inducted as a member of the Lebanese Academy of Science. Prof. Bilal Hamad
was elected Mayor of Beirut on May 9th, and Assist. Prof. Ghassan Chehab
was elected to the MESAT Board of Directors to represent Lebanon with a
renewable two-year term.
The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture students and faculty members
have continued to play an important role at national, regional, and international
conferences, seminars, and meetings as evidenced in the outline of information
included below and in the rest of this report.
During the year I personally travelled to Budapest, Hungary in October to chair
a session and give a presentation at the Global Colloquium on Engineering
Education; to Abu Dhabi, UAE with the Office of Development to meet with
alumni and potential donors in November; to Amman, Jordan in December to
represent Lebanon at the meeting of “Pioneers and Innovators of the Arab
World”; and to the USA, in March to visit the University of Texas at Austin,
the University of California at San Diego and at Santa Barbara; and to the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During the same trip I attended the
American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Diego
and received the Fellow Award. In April, I attended the Engineering Dean’s
Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, where I participated in a panel on the
attributes of a global engineer. In June, I was in Paris, France to attend the
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
As the National Secretariat for IAESTE in Lebanon, the FEA arranged for
nineteen international students to do their summer training in Lebanon, and
for sixteen FEA students to do their summer internships abroad. The FEA
Career Development Center arranged 239 job offers for our graduates and 150
internship offers for our third-year students.
The engineering departments organized thirty academic seminars that
were given by external speakers, alumni, guests, and faculty members.
The Department of Architecture and Design held nine public lectures and
organized the following events: exhibition in collaboration with the Spanish
Embassy, student exhibition “OMRANIA/CSBE” Student Award for Excellence
in Architectural Design, the City Debates 2010 “Security[of/in]the City”, the
launching of Areen Architecture Lecture Series presented by Rem Koolhaas
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Fifty invitations were received by FEA faculty members to participate in
academic, research, and professional related activities in the US, Canada,
Europe, and the region. Twenty-six of which were supported by URB short term
faculty development grants and twenty four were supported by research grants
and other external sources. Three faculty members went on URB long-term
faculty development leaves in the summer of 2010.
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[the internationally acclaimed architect and urbanist from Harvard University],
and the annual exhibition of final year projects “Twenty 10”.
The LNCSR granted nine new research grants valued at $93,501 and extended
three existing grants. The URB awarded forty three grants valued at $243,131.
Three external research grants were completed, seven are still in progress,
and four new [$59,000] were granted from the Association for Forests,
Development, and Conservation; ASHRAE; the American Center for Learned
Societies; and the Vlingo Corporation. An Intel Corporation grant of $190,000
was awarded to ECE faculty members; and two grants totaling $2,000,000 were
received from the Qatar Foundation by ECE faculty members. The ASHA grant
for AY 2009-10 was $291,325.
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The FEA hosted URB Visiting Scholars Dr. Catherine French [CEE] and Prof.
Theresa Caldeira [ArD] who offered seminars and met with faculty and students.
Mr. Abdo Rouhana from Philips Lighting Academy, Dubai, offered two ICT short
courses to ECE graduate students; and faculty members from Lund University,
Sweden, offered a short intensive course to ME graduate students as part of
the TEMPUS exchange program.
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Faculty news items and events are presented here in the order in which they
occurred during the year.
The FEA held a naming ceremony for Classroom 409 in the Bechtel Building.
It will now be known as The Zuhayr Boulos Classroom, in return for a donation
from the Boulos family. On October 9th the Dean’s Reception to welcome
new and continuing faculty was held. The Fawzi Azar Award Ceremony and
Exhibition to announce and present the winners was held on October 30th.
The Intel Multicore Training Course organized by ECE department and Intel
Corporation to train university professors and instructors was held from
November 20th to 22nd. The FEA hosted the 3rd IEEE Lebanon Communications
Workshop 2009 in AUB Hostler Auditorium on November 21st. The fourth
FEA Working Retreat for faculty members was held on March 6th. The 9th
FEA Student Conference was held on May 19th and 20th; it included plenary
presentations by six distinguished alumni, technical sessions, the students’
exhibition, and ended with a reception and awards ceremony. This was followed
by a half-day workshop on May 21st where the recipients of the Munib and
Angela Masri institute for Energy and Natural Resources research grants
presented their findings. The inauguration ceremony for the OMRON Industrial
Automation Lab, the first high-tech automation lab of its kind in the Middle
East, under the patronage of Mr. Neemat Frem, was held on May 26th. An
Applied Energy Workshop in collaboration with several universities in Lebanon
and Europe as part of the TEMPUS exchange program was held on June 4th. The
FEA commencement reception and awards ceremony was attended by Provost
Dallal on June 26th. The Middle East Society of Asphalt Technologies [MESAT]
conference and workshop under the patronage of Minister Gahazi Aridi and
in collaboration with Balamand University was held at Le Bristol Hotel from
July 5th through 8th. The FEA hosted a symposium on urban public transport
organized by CEE department and the University of California at Berkeley, on
August 6th and 7th.
The FEA is still actively seeking to attract donations and gifts from alumni
and friends in order to be able to continue to be a leader in providing quality
education, research, and service. The establishment of new graduate
universities in the region, such as the King Abdallah University of Science and
Technology, KAUST, in Saudi Arabia, and MASDAR in the United Arab Emirates
are providing challenges and opportunities for the FEA. The challenges we
currently face can be met by establishing centers of excellence in key areas
of science and technology in order attract funding and be able to initiate
collaborative research projects with researchers at these new universities,
and with other universities abroad.
The FEA has received donations, gifts, and pledges from a variety of sources
to support facilities, academic programs, research, and students. During the
AY a total of $7,095 came from a variety of sources to support FEA research
and academic activities; $56,000 to support FEA Career Development Center;
a donation of $3,000 to support FEA student conference; a total of $32,000
to support ECE final year projects; pledges in the amount of $1,305,000 to
name classrooms, halls, and offices in engineering buildings; $50,000 has
been dedicated from the Munib and Angela Institute of Energy and Natural
Resources to fund five research projects; $100,000 has been dedicated from
Dar Al Handasah Endowment Fund to support six research projects; and $20,000
from Mrs. Nahed Agha Salam for the Endowed Engineering Excellence Award.
FEA students have continued to be recognized by external prizes and awards.
A team of ECE students ranked 4th in the Arab and North Africa ACM Regional
The following awards were granted internally by the FEA: the Areen Award of
Excellence in Architecture to Yasmina Carol Charles Chami, [1st], Dara Munther
Dajani Daoudi [2nd], and Julie Dany Haddad [3rd]; the Areen Award of Excellence
in Graphic Design to Ruba Abdul Rahman Sidani [1st], Lilian Talal Abou Zeki
[2nd], and Yousef Ishaq Abed Rabboh [3rd]; the Fawzi Azar Architecture Award
to Julie Dany Haddad and Dara Munther Dajani Daoudi; the Abdul Hadi Debs
Endowment Award for Academic Excellence at the graduate level to Sally Jack
Antoun [ECE]; the Distinguished Graduate Award to Yousef Ishaq Abed Rabboh
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Programming Contest held in Alexandria, Egypt and ranked 11th among 700
teams worldwide in the 2010 ACM-ICPC World Finals in Harbin, China. The
animation films of the students in Architecture and Design were selected to
be part of the 1st Lebanese Animation Festival, Beirut Animated. Four CEE
students in the Environmental Microbiology course won the IBDAA Award for
this year on May 21st. Three ECE teams ranked in the first, second, and fifth
places in the Second Lebanese Collegiate Programming Contest held at LAU
on June 26.
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[GD], Jad Elia Makhlouta [CCE], Charles Chebl Mourani [CCE], Fadi Antoine
Wakim [CEE], Peter Youssef Kairouz [ECE], and Rita Imad EL Jamal [ME]; the
Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement for the projects by Rebecka Naim
Farraj [GD], Yasmina Carol Charles Chami [Arch.], Hamza Hussein Harkous and
Jad Elia Makhlouta [CCE], Jad Samir Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan
Amin Hijazi, and Amir Yusef Salam [CEE], Gaelle Gabriel Abou Hable, and Oscar
Walid El Debs [ECE], Emilio Ghassan El Asmar, Yara Hassan Chamaa, Mostafa
Ghassan Shaaban, and Mahdi Ali Zahreddine [ME]; the Penrose Award to George
Nicolas El Nachef [CEE]; the Farouk W. Agha Mechanical Engineering Excellence
Award to Imad Ahmad EL Fay [ME]; the Youssef Salam Civil Engineering
Excellence Award to Rawan Amin Hijazi [CEE]; and the Professor Emeritus Fateh
Sakkal Renewable Energy Research Award to Amer Maher Keblawi [ME].
The FEA Career Development Center has continued to serve students, alumni,
and companies, locally and internationally, helping students to find summer
training internships, jobs after graduation, and qualified students to find
assistantships in graduate schools at top universities in the US, Canada, and
in Europe. The CDC website is very well maintained and is continually upgraded
and improved; its database of companies, students and alumni keeps expanding.
The IT Unit in FEA continued to improve the service it provides to faculty and
students, who have audio-visual, or hardware and software computing needs. A
number of software packages have been developed by the IT Unit to automate:
student and faculty records, student petitions, the FEA Career Development
Center, and the Student Conference website.
The increase in the number of students, faculty members, and programs in
FEA has put pressure on many available resources and on the use of office
space, teaching facilities, and laboratories. The delay in the construction of the
Irani/Oxy Engineering Building has not helped this situation. Fortunately, the
excavations for the Irani/Oxy Engineering Building started in late September.
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The FEA Physical Space Committee worked hard during the year to reconfigure
and create usable space in existing FEA buildings. The lobby of the CCC
Scientific Research Building was used to create eight offices for faculty and
staff to use. However, additional faculty offices are still needed to provide
office space for new faculty members expected to be hired next year.
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I am confident that the FEA has the high quality hard working faculty and
students needed to meet the challenges it will inevitably face in the coming
years. I look forward to returning to the FEA as a professor in the ECE
department in AY 2011-12.
—ibrahim n. hajj, Dean • August 2010
a special note
After the passage of almost a decade of service Dean Ibrahim Hajj decided that
it was time for him to turn a page and begin to enjoy the next chapter of his life.
We respect this and we are happy for him but not that he is leaving his position.
We would like to thank Dean Hajj for his hard work over
the past ten years, his dedication to FEA and AUB, and
the high standards he consistently set by example for
professional working relationships.
The list of accomplishments during his deanship is long: the Irani-Oxy building,
naming of rooms and offices, creation of new offices, and numerous renovation
projects.
Even with all these accomplishments, Dean Hajj was always thinking about the
unfinished projects, the work still to be done. From my office I could see him
daily checking on the huge hole between Bechtel and Ghosn Buildings. The hole
seems like a metaphor for his resignation. He remains, I am certain, concerned
A Special Note
Dean Hajj changed the FEA, reshaping it into a
much different place from what it was when he was
appointed. He empowered chairs and departments
and by so doing sought to include and empower all
faculty members; he was always on the lookout for
individuals to champion initiatives and he found
them. He encouraged departments to introduce new
programs and minors. He was keen on our programs
receiving ABET accreditation and was steadfast even
after the application was put on hold. He stressed
the importance of research and led the efforts that,
after many years, culminated in the introduction of
PhD degree programs in the engineering departments.
He wisely understood the importance of supporting
graduate students in general, and PhD students in
particular in order to create and nurture a research
culture within the Faculty. For that purpose he
approached donors and was successful in starting
many endowment funds. Today all our PhD students
are fully supported by these funds. Along the same
lines, he secured endowments to support research
work. Dean Hajj also valued and cared deeply about
undergraduate students; he introduced the FEA
Career Development Center to help place students
in internships and secure jobs after graduation. To promote undergraduate
research and to help improve our students’ communication and writing skills, he
initiated the Annual FEA Student Conference.
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about the accreditation of the architecture and graphic design programs, and
also the new engineering programs. He is looking forward to the first graduate
of the new Chemical Engineering Program and the eventual formation of a
Chemical Engineering Department. I would like to assure him that the projects
and ideas he put into motion and tended will continue to grow.
Finally let me just add that as the associate dean, I have had the honor to work
closely with Dean Hajj and to discuss, not only work, but also as inevitably
happens personal issues. For many of my colleagues who have not had this
opportunity I would like to say that I have enormous respect for the Dean who
above all is a gentleman and a very considerate person.
Dean Hajj your presence as a Dean leaves a long shadow and will be felt for
many years to come.
June 2010
A special Note
— fadl moukalled, Acting Dean
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Office
of the Dean
personnel
14 Officers of the Faculty
14 Staff committees
fea representatives on
university committees
15 University Senate
15 Standing committees and boards
of the Senate
standing committees of the fea
15 Academic and Curriculum Committee
15 Administrative Committee
15 Admissions Committee
15 Advisory Committee
16 Graduate Studies Committee
17 Library Committee
18 Research Committee
22 Student Affairs Committee
ad hoc committees
25 Student Conference Committee
27 Physical Space Committee
27 Accreditation Committee
27 Math Committee
27 Multi-disciplinary FYP Commitee
support units
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28
29
33
35
37
Student Academic Counseling Services Records Office
FEA Career Development Center
IT Unit Engineering Shops
FEA Computer Labs
40 Supplies, Reproductions, and Buildings
personnel
Officers
of the Faculty
Staff
Ghada Najm, Executive Officer
Alia Kazma, Students Services Officer
Lara Touma, Financial Officer
Betsy McGreevy, Academic Support
Haneen Deeb, Administrative Assistant
Maya Kouzy, Secretary
Edgard Touma, Filing Clerk
fea career development center
Nadia Moufarrej, Career Development Coordinator
Clara Mchantaf, Secretary
computer laboratories
Kamal Mikati, Supervisor
Aziz Natour, Senior Master
Raafat Hajj, Senior Master
engineering shops
Joseph Nassif, Supervisor
George Jurdi, Senior Shop Master
Joseph Zoulikian, Material and Manufacturing Shop Master
Ramzi Safi, Senior Technician Machine Shop
Joseph Khoury, Senior Technician Wood Shop
it unit
Ziad Shaaban, IT Manager
Maher Itani, System Analyst
Mohammed Haidar, Web/Application Specialist
Toufic Karout, System Administrator
Saro Koulakezian, Senior Master
Saadallah Itani, Research Assistant
Office of the Dean | personnel
fea library
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Khaled Noubani, Librarian
Rabi’ Bu-Shahli, Library Assistant
Ziyad Yamut, Library Assistant
Salim Shehab, Library Assistant
Elie Haddad, Library Assistant
records office
Nawal Abou Mosleh, Records Office Assistant
supplies, reproduction, and buildings
Samir Bassil, Supervisor
Elie Touma, Technician
iaeste
Fadl Moukalled, National Secretary of IAESTE, Lebanon
committees
fea representatives on university committees
University
Senate
Standing
Committees
and Boards of
the Senate
Dean Ibrahim Hajj; Professors: M. A. Abdul-Malak, Ayman Kayssi, Leila Musfy,
and Salah Sadek
Academic Development Committee: Professor Ali El-Hajj
Board of Graduate Studies: Professor Karim Kabalan, Assoc. Prof. Ramsey Hamade
Faculty Affairs Committee: Professor Ayman Kayssi
Library Committee: Associate Professor Zeina Maasri
General Education Committee: Professor Ali El-Hajj Steering Committee: Professor M. A. Abdul Malak
University Admissions Committee: Professor Bilal Hamad
University Committee on Student Affairs: Professor M. A. Abdul-Malak
University Disciplinary Committee: Associate Professor Ali Chehab
University Publications Committee: Associate Professor George Arbid
University Research Board: Associate Professor Alan Shihadeh
University Student Faculty Committee: Associate Professor Fadi Karameh
standing committees of the fea
Administrative
Committee
Admissions
Committee
Advisory
Committee
composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj; Associate Dean F. Moukalled [Chair]; Profs.: K.
Kabalan, S. Sadek, M.Darwish, H. Al-Harithy, M. Harajli, D. Asmar, H. Artail, W. Sadek:
Ex-officio members: Registrar and Faculty Representative on Senate Academic
Development; FEA Student Representative
function | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA
composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; Associate Dean Fadl Moukalled; Profs.: K.
Kabalan, M. Darwish, H. Al-Harithy, S. Sadek, M. A. Abdul-Malak; and by invitation B.
McGreevy [secretary]
function | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA
composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; by invitation; Associate Dean F. Moukalled;
Profs.: A. Kuran, G. Arbid, M. Awad, A. Chehab; Ex-officio members: Director of
Admissions, Faculty Representative on the UAC; FEA Student Representative
function | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA
composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; Profs.: M. Mabsout, M. Darwish, M. Harajli, A.
Kayssi, L. Musfy, and M. A. Abdul-Malak
function | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA
Office of the Dean | committees
Academic and
Curriculum
Committee
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Graduate
Studies
Committee
composition | Profs.: B. Maddah [Chairperson], M. Harb, K. Kabalan, F. Moukalled; Ms.
N. Naffah and Ms. N. Dandan, Admissions Office; Ms. H. Nakad, Registrar; and Ms. A.
Kazma, Office of the Dean, [Secretary]
report on activities | This year’s activities for the GSC involved mainly [i] deciding on
FEA master’s program student admissions [ii] deciding on FEA PhD student admissions,
[iii] reviewing master’s thesis proposals, and [iv] deciding on student petitions. These
activities are summarized below.
Master’s Level Admissions: A total of 352 master’s applications were received.
Out of these, 298 applications were accepted, a 23% rejection rate. Last year, the
number of applicants was 286 and the rejection rate was 34%. This indicates that this
year saw 23% more applicants and a decrease in the rejection rate by 11%.
Among departments/programs, EM attracted the largest number of applicants with
132 accepted candidates [44% of the total number accepted]. These numbers are 99
[33%] for ECE, 34 [11%] for ME, 26 [9%] for CEE, and 18 [6%] for ArD [A student may apply
to more than one FEA graduate program, hence the sum of percentages of students
accepted to different program exceeds 100%]. Last year, these numbers were 105 [56%]
for EM, 47 [25%] for ECE, 34 [18%] for ME, 28 [15%] for CEE, and 9 [5%] for ArD. Relative
to last year, this indicates increased popularity for EM, ECE, and ArD, with ECE achieving
the largest improvement.
PhD Admissions: A total of 32 PhD applications were received. Out of these 13 were
accepted, a 59% rejection rate. Last year, 25 applications were received and 8 were
rejected, a 32% rejection rate. By department 5 candidates were admitted into ECE, 5
into CEE, and 3 into ME. Descriptive statistics on the GRE scores and equivalent GPAs
[all GPAs were converted to an out-of-100 scale] of candidates admitted are as shown
below, with a mean GRE score for the admitted candidates of 1210 [quantitative: 766,
verbal: 447] and a mean GPA of 89. Last year, the mean PhD admission GRE scores were
1164 [quantitative: 773, verbal: 391] and the mean GPA was 89.72.
PhD Admission Summary Statistics on GRE and GPA
Office of the Dean | committees
gre
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gpa
quantitative
verbal
total
Mean
766
447
1210
89
Standard deviation
28
111
106
8
Minimum
730
350
1080
64
Maximum
800
640
1370
100
Master’s Thesis Proposals: A total of 28 master’s thesis proposals were reviewed and
approved. By department these were distributed as follows: 14 from ECE, 0 from ME, 8
from EM, 4 from ArD, and 3 from CCE. Last year, the total number of proposals was 25 [9
from ECE, 8 from ME, 6 from EM, and 1 from CCE].
Petitions: A total of 40 petitions were received. The majority of these were concerned
with [i] utilizing overload undergraduate courses to meet graduate requirements, [ii]
transferring between concentration areas within FEA departments, and [iii] waving core
course requirement for certain areas of concentration, especially in ECE.
composition | Profs.: Z. Maasri [Chair], R. Jabr, S. Najjar; Ex-officio member: University
Librarian Lokman Meho; Faculty Representative on the University Library Committee;
FEA Student representatives: Lama Atallah and Marcel Prince
The FEA library committee reports the following:
Updated Facilities for Students: Based on student demands, the FEA library has
ordered four new computers, one A4 scanner and, four printers one in color. A new
printing system will be implemented starting next academic year in all the University
Libraries including FEA, where all the printers will be networked and linked to student
IDs for billing.
Introduction to FEA Library Resources: The Engineering Librarian, Mr. Khaled
Noubani, has been conducting introductory sessions on the FEA Library resources and
journal databases relevant to engineering for new graduate students. These tutorials
have been highly successful and the committee recommends that they become
mandatory for all new graduate students. The department chairs and/or graduate
program coordinators would need to coordinate between the graduate students and
the FEA Library in the organization process.
Print Journal Cancellations: As is the case in all University Libraries, print journals,
particularly titles to which the library is subscribed online, are being evaluated using
standard indicators [use statistics, impact factor, uniqueness, cost, etc.] to determine
which titles to consider for cancellation; the library will seek faculty feedback for final
decisions. Previous consultations with FEA faculty members showed that there was a
general agreement that journals like ASCE, ASME, and IEEE could be accessed online
without the need for their print versions.
Storage Relocation: Print journals preceding 1994 were moved to the Jafet Library
temporarily and will be returned to FEA Library once the architecture, planning, and
design book and journal collections are transferred from FEA Library to Jafet Library,
before October 2010. Access to library material from Jafet will be facilitated by the
introduction of on-campus document delivery service starting January 2011.
Merger of Science and Engineering Libraries: The committee members were informed
by the University Librarian of future plans to merge the Science and Agriculture Library
with the Engineering and Architecture Library. The new Science and Engineering Library
is to be located in the Bechtel Building, the merger and relocation will take place in or
before 2015 when the construction of the Irani Oxy Engineering Complex is expected
to be completed.
Office of the Dean | committees
Library
Committee
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Relocation of the Architecture, Planning and Design Collections: The department
of Architecture and Design has proposed to relocate the Architecture, Planning and
Design book and periodical collections from the FEA Library and centrally place them in
the Jafet Library. The reason behind the relocation lies in the fact that such a collection
would normally fit better within a context inclusive of the Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences collection and less within the future Engineering and Science Library.
Additionally, this will minimize the duplication of acquisitions for the new department
of Fine Arts and Arts History [FAS]. The Dean of FEA and the University Libraries have
approved the proposal. Research
Committee
composition | Profs.: H. Artail [Chair], H. Al-Harithy, K. Ghali, H. Assaf, and A. Shihadeh
[FEA Representative on the University Research Board]
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[in chronological order]:
1 Reviewed and submitted recommendations on one paid research leave application.
2 Reviewed the URB Proposal Review Policy at FEA.
3 Implemented minor updates to the proposal review form. This included rewording the budget section of the form to encourage the reviewer to focus on the budget items, not the dollar amounts which were not disclosed on the proposals.
4 Worked closely with the FEA IT Unit to overhaul the online system for proposal submission and review by porting it over to ASP.NET and re-engineering the features that exhibited intermittent technical problems last year.
5 Gave a demonstration of the online system to the FRC of the FAS Faculty. They will be “cloning” the FEA online system for next year’s URB cycle.
6 Generated a list of more than 360 international referees who are knowledgeable in the respective areas of the proposals. This was done through searching scholarly electronic databases for publications in the areas of the proposals.
7 Conducted the review process of 39 proposals [see below].
8 Updated the FEA faculty on the new URB funding policy, and shared with the Faculty members the report that was sent to the URB.
9 Compiled the received proposal review comments. They will be sent to the applicants as was done last year.
10Reviewed nine seed proposals submitted at the start of the fall AY 2009-10.
11 Reviewed and approved tens of proposals for outside funding, including LNCSR proposals.
URB Proposal Reviews: For the academic year 2010-11, a total of 39 new proposals were
submitted by faculty members in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture [FEA] for
URB funding. They are categorized by type and by department as follows:
Regular proposals: ArD 3, CEE 8, ECE 18, ME 9, and EM 1.
Reviewer Selection Methodology: As evidenced by table 1 below, the FEA FRC made
a huge effort to have every proposal reviewed by at least two reviewers [only three
proposals were reviewed by one reviewer]. To select the reviewers, the Committee
followed the following rules:
• Select up to one referee from the PI’s list who is not an applicant himself/herself
• Select up to two reviewers from within AUB who are in the area and are not applicants in their respective Faculties for this current cycle.
• Look for outside reviewers so as to have an initial total of five reviewers. The FRC used search databases to identify reviewers who are “experts” [based on their publications] in the subject areas of the proposals.
FRC Handling of Proposals: Each member of the FEA FRC Committee in addition to the
FEA Representative on the URB handled the review process of 8 proposals [one handled
7]. He or she was in charge of reviewer selection, monitoring responses [or lack of them]
to replenish the system with additional reviewers, answering reviewers’ questions and
providing clarifications, and communicating with PIs in regard to issues about their
proposals. Of course, all the above was performed in coordination among the rest of the
Committee members. Three of the FEA FRC members and the FEA Representative on
the URB are applicants themselves. To eliminate conflict of interest, each of their four
proposals was handled by someone other than the PI and in an a cyclic manner.
Review Form: The review form comprised five parts, to which the following weights
were assigned: Quality: 0.3, Significance: 0.35, Methodology: 0.35, Budget: 0, and
Investigator: 0. Note that the budget section was assigned a 0 weight because most
proposals requested almost the same amount, which is mostly RA effort [see Table 5]
and because the online system is now standardizing the RA and student employment
rates. Nevertheless, the reviewers’ explicit comments in this section were considered
to determine if adjustments to the budget need to be applied. On the other hand, the
category Investigator was not assigned a weight as well. Instead, it was only used as a
pass/fail category to check whether the PI is producing research output out of past URB
funds. After considering the number of years at AUB, all PIs demonstrated effective use
of their past URB funds as evidenced by their research output.
Composition of Reviews: For the 39 regular proposals, the statistics in the following
three tables describe different aspects that are related to reviewer solicitation and
responses, number of reviews per proposal, and awarded proposal average score.
Reviewers who completed the review
52
25
15
6
4
102
28%
Reviewers who declined
72
33
28
0
0
133
37%
Reviewers who accepted but did not
review
2
1
9
3
1
16
4%
Reviewers who did not respond
71
20
16
0
2
109
30%
Reviewers from the department
2
1
2
2
1
8
Reviewers outside the
department but from AUB
5
2
1
1
0
9
Reviewers from Lebanon
1
0
0
0
0
1
44
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12
3
3
84
Reviewers from outside Lebanon
Table 1
18%
82%
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Total number of solicited reviews
ece me ce ard engm total percent
360 of total
197 79 68
9
7
19
number of reviews per proposal
number of proposals
1
3
2
21
3
7
4
6
5
1
6
1
Average
2.6
Table 2
statistics of raw score averages
1.98
Min.
5
Max.
Average
4.00
Standard deviation
0.66
Table 3
Accounting for Professorial Rank: Consistent with prior practices of the FEA FRC and
with those of other Faculties, a mechanism was applied to give assistant professors
an edge over associate and full professors, and associate professors a push over
full professors. This was done by generating what we called the FRC Score, which is
computed for each proposal as follows:
FRC Score = Average Reviewer Score × [1 – Professorial Penalty × Professorial Rank Code]
where Professorial Penalty was set to 0.05 [5%] and Professorial Rank Code is equal to
0 for Assistant Professors, 1 for Associate Professors, and 2 for Full Professors.
After applying this formula, the generated FRC Scores had the following statistics:
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frc scores
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Min.
2.28
Max.
4.75
Average
3.86
Standard deviation
0.52
Table 4
The proposals were then ranked by FRC scores in ascending order [lowest to highest].
Requested Budgets: This year, the FEA FRC decided not to disclose the dollar value
of the budget items to reviewers in an attempt to avoid discouraging those who may
think that the relatively low budget amount [i.e., up to $10,000] is not worth their time
and effort. The FEA FRC believes this strategy contributed to the high turnout of
completed reviews [an average of 2.6 reviews per proposal, as compared to 2.1 reviews
per proposal last year]. However, the proposal file still included the budget items, most
important of which are the RA effort and other forms of labor [e.g., undergraduate
student employment]. This allowed the reviewers to evaluate the budget in relation to
the proposed work.
Concerning the dollar values of the budget items, the FEA FRC worked with the FEA IT
Unit to implement an interface in the FEA Proposal Submission and Evaluation online
system which queries the PI during proposal submission time about the different budget
elements, and automatically computes the dollar values for these elements and for the
proposal as a whole, and stores these amounts in the database. The system allowed
for enforcing limits on standard budget items, as per URB guidelines, and ensuring
uniformity of RA and student rates.
The requested budget was modified by the FEA FRC only in two situations:
• If the budget includes items that are not allowed by the URB. Examples include general computer hardware and accessories, and society membership fees.
• If a reviewer explicitly pointed out that the specified person effort is inflated.
The statistics of the submitted budgets to the URB are as follows:
budget statistics
Min.
$5,100
Max.
$10,000
Average
$8,384
Standard deviation
$1,450
Total
$326,992
Table 5
and is increasingly depending on voluntary external reviews to evaluate the merit of the
submitted proposals. The reviewers are selected by matching their research areas, as
indicated by their publications record, with the specific subject areas of the submitted
proposals [learned from the title and the abstract]. As was mentioned above, the FEA
FRC Committee members used academic search engines to identify these reviewers,
and in the vast majority of cases, the FRC members had no prior interactions with the
contacted reviewers.
In general, our process currently depends on the following principles:
• The FEA FRC manages the proposal review process, but it does not perform the reviews.
• Ranking of proposals is solely based on the obtained review scores after being adjusted for the professorial rank [i.e., using the FRC Scores].
• Proposals are evaluated by reviewers in the applicants’ fields of research, external to the committee members and the pool of AUB competitor applicants.
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Observations: The FEA FRC continues to improve the research proposal review process
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same proposal were consistent in giving close scores, as shown in the attached Excel sheet. Only one proposal had one very inconsistent review with two others, and it was disqualified after it was studied by the Committee.
Similar to the remark we made last year, this year, the FEA FRC collected further evidence of research output from prior URB funding. It was unmistakably clear that faculty members are making excellent use of the money they receive from the URB, especially when considering the relatively small amounts they receive as compared to institutions in the region and the West. In numbers, the mean number of publications per funded proposal is over 2.4. With this high productivity in mind, the FEA FRC, and along with it the FEA Faculty, is seriously concerned about the negative effects of not funding some proposals on the research output of the concerned Faculty members.
recommendations of the fea frc | The FEA Research Committee feels strongly
that the research budget should cover all the submitted proposals, especially since
the average review scores is high for the vast majority of proposals, implying that the
experts in the fields think highly of the proposed works. Moreover, since the dollar
values were not disclosed, the reviewers evaluated the proposals thinking that their
budgets are in the range of upward of 100,000 US dollars.
We therefore recommend that all proposals be funded. The total requested budget
is $326,000 but in the case that the total allocated budget does not cover the total
requested amount, the Committee asks to be given the opportunity to propose an
alternative scenario that involves budget distribution, having debated a number of
alternatives towards that end.
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Next Steps: The following are two future activities that are the continuation of efforts
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made by the FEA FRC:
1 The FEA FRC will continue to introduce improvements to the proposal review process. The members feel that it would be best no to ask the applicants [PIs] to nominate reviewers so that no “favorable” reviewers are selected because they would bias the review results.
2 The FEA FRC will work with other FRC in AUB to try to use a uniform process for
proposal reviewing. As was stated earlier, this activity already started with the FAS FRC, and we think that enough momentum has been developed to get more FRCs on board. The importance of this is that will remove discrepancies and facilitates the process of URB budget allocations among the different Faculties.
Student
Affairs
Committee
composition | Profs.: B. Hamad [Chair], R. Saliba, H. Hajj, M. Shehadeh; Ex-officio
members: Dean of Student Affairs represented by T. Nizameddine; Faculty
Representative on the UCSA M.A. Abdul-Malak; and FEA Student Representative
Weam Abou Alhoson
Cases Reviewed
• Case of student reported by professor to be communicating with another student to have
copied all 21 multiple choice answers from the student sitting in front of him in the second
quiz of EECE 310
The professor reported that the student scored 4.76/100 in the quiz. Had the version of
the student’s exam been the version of the student sitting in front him, his grade would
have been 95.24/100. Although the student was not caught cheating during the exam, it
is impossible for the student to give 21 answers exactly the same as those of a student
with another version. On the other hand, the student denied cheating and said that he
did not study for the exam and the answers he put were chosen by random.
The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that since the student was not
caught cheating during the exam, he could not be charged of cheating. However, the
strong evidence raised by the professor raises great suspicion and hence the Committee
decided to penalize the student with a Reprimand.
Committee’s recommendation: Student be issued a Reprimand
• Case of a student reported by professor to have talked to a student behind him and to
have had solution manual sheets with him during the midterm of MECH 421
The professor reported that the student committed two violations. First he communicated to the student behind him. Second when the student was asked to change his seat,
sheets from a solution manual fell. The student admitted to have asked the student
behind him for a bottle of water. He also admitted to have had the sheets under his desk
by mistake but he did not attempt to cheat from them. He stressed that the GA who
reported him to the professor was sitting one table away from him and could have seen
him cheating if he were doing so. The student stressed that he did not need to cheat
especially that he is a good student with a cumulative average around 84/100. He also
told the Committee members that his exam paper was not graded yet.
The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that the student violated
regulations but there is no evidence that he committed cheating.
Committee’s recommendation: Student be issued a Reprimand and his exam paper
be graded.
• Case of a student reported by professor to have been involved in selling course projects
The professor reported that the student, a fourth year ECE student is involved in
selling course projects to students for monetary value. The professor shared with the
committee the email correspondence between two students-who were taking his OS
course- with the student selling the projects describing the transaction that took place.
In his email to the professor after this case was discovered, the student confessed that
he was involved in soliciting his service for money.
The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that all three students
committed a gross violation of the University regulations. However, the committee has
a limitation on the disciplinary action that can be taken which is a double dean’s warning.
Therefore the Committee decided to refer the case to the University Disciplinary
Committee. Additionally, the Committee agreed to penalize the students by issuing a
double dean’s warning and by passing a recommendation to the ECE chairperson to hold
the graduation of the students involved in this case.
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to students for monetary value.
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Dean Hajj moved to pass the following three recommendations and the motion was
passed unanimously.
1 Pass a recommendation to the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department to hold
the graduation of any student involved in this case until the decision of the University Disciplinary Committee is made.
2 Students to be issued a double Dean’s warning
3 Refer the case to the University Disciplinary Committee.
Discussion of Four Cases of Cheating during the Final Exams in Spring AY 2009-10
• Case of student reported by a professor to have had previous exams with him during the
final exam of an ECE course.
The professor reported that during the final exam the student went to the bathroom and
spent a longer time than usual there, and that is when he suspected that the student is
cheating. When the bathroom was checked, copies of previous exams were found.
The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that it is not clear what exactly
happened, and a more elaborate discussion with the professor is necessary to get
clearer idea of what exactly happened.
Committee’s recommendation: Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the professor.
• Case of a student reported by a professor to have cheated several times during CIV 210
final exam.
The professor reported that during the final exam of CIV 210, the proctor asked the
student not to cheat several times. The student denied that he cheated, but admitted
that he talked to his neighbor several times asking him to borrow his text book [the
exam was open book and the student came to the exam without a book].
The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that talking during the exam is a
form of cheating. Additionally, since the instructor was not present during the meeting,
the committee recommended to double check with him to hear his side of the story.
Committee’s recommendation:
1 Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the instructor to hear his side of the story.
2 Student be issued a Reprimand.
• Case of two students reported by a professor to have talked during the final exam of
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MECH 431, and that he warned them to stop talking.
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The professor reported that during the final exam of MECH 431 he caught the students
talking to each other, and that he warned them several times to stop talking. Both
students denied this accusation and reported that no one approached them during the
exam to ask them to stop talking. They added that there must have been a mistake in
identifying the people who were talking.
The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that if no one approached the
students as they say, then there is a possibility that their names were mistaken with others.
Committee’s recommendation: Check with the professor to see if there was a mistake in
identifying the students who were talking.
• Case of a student reported by a professor to have looked at his neighbor’s paper during
the final exam of MECH 314.
The professor reported that the student committed a violation by looking at his
neighbor’s paper, and because of that he asked him to change his seat. The student
admitted that he looked at his neighbor but not at the papers, and he denied that his
intention was cheating.
The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that there must be a reason why
the instructor moved the student from his seat. However, it would be useful to re-check
with the professor to see how serious this violation was.
Committee’s recommendation: Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the professor.
ad hoc committees of the fea
composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj, Faculty Members: Ali Chehab [editor], Mayda Freije
Makdessi [design], Mona Fawaz, Rabih Jabr, Matthias Liermann, Pascal Saikaly, Issam
Srour; IT Unit: Mohammed Haidar, Maher Itani, Ziad Shaaban; Career Development
Counselor Nadia Moufarrej; Graphic Design Students: Nadine Chehadeh, Rasha
Jamaleddine, Roubina Tutanjian; Student Representatives: Johnny Bassil, Saeed Kharouf
The Ninth FEA Student Conference was held on May 19-20, 2010. Following the annual
practice, six distinguished alumni were selected and invited to give plenary talks and
receive Distinguished Alumni Awards. Their names, affiliations, citations, and the titles
of their talks are included below.
Awards were also given to best papers and best poster presentations by students at the
conference. The awards were given to the students at a special reception held on May 20.
A concert by Prof. Pierre Azoury and AUB students was given on May 20 in the Jassim
Al-Qatami Engineering Lecture Hall.
A special dinner was given in honor of the Distinguished Alumni the evening of May 19 in
the garden of Dean Hajj’s residence on campus.
distinguished alumni awards [in alphabetical order]
mr. ziad boustany, BE, Electrical Engineering, AUB, 1987; Founder of A.S. & S., Ltd,
Lebanon, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his
contributions to industrial control and power electronics, and his service to the ECE
Department at AUB” The title of his presentation was: My Vision, My Dream.
ms. miriam “mira” faddoura, Bachelor of Graphic Design, AUB, 2000; Master’s
degree in Mass Communication, VCU Brandcenter, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 2002, was
awarded the FEA Distinguished Young Alumna Award “in recognition of her numerous
achievements in the extremely competitive realm of advertising, including being the
first to obtain three gold awards from the Cannes Lions International Advertising
Festival, and for the enthusiasm she shows in her approach and expression, and for
being an inspiration to the next generation of upcoming designers.” The title of her
presentation was: Why Imagination?
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mr. rafic mansour, BE Civil Engineering, AUB, 1964; Executive Director of Astraco
Construction and Matrix Construction, UAE, and Major Investor and Director of
Pima Industries SPA, Italy, and other international ventures, was awarded the FEA
Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his many achievements and leadership
as a contractor and entrepreneur in a variety of sectors in the region and beyond, and
for his generous support of FEA and AUB.” The title of his presentation was: Reflections
of an FEA Alumnus.
dr. samir moujaes, BE and ME, Mechanical Engineering, AUB, 1972 and 1975,
respectively; PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1980; Professor, Mechanical
Engineering Department , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, was awarded the
FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his pioneering and numerous
contributions to energy conservation and to his involvement in promoting the
engineering profession.” The title of his presentation was: Survey of Alternative Energy
Sources and Conservation Approaches.
dr. walid najjar, BE, Electrical Engineering, AUB, 1979, MS and PhD, Computer
Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, 1985 and 1988, respectively;
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California,
Riverside, USA, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of
his significant contributions to computer architecture and compiler optimizations.” The
title of his presentation was: Reconfigurable Hardware Accelerators – Emergence of a
New Computing Paradigm.
mr. sami sidawi, BE Civil Engineering, AUB, 1964; Founder and Chairman of Al Nasr
Contracting Co., UAE; Readymix Abu Dhabi; and Permoid Industries, UK; and other
national and international ventures, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus
Award “in recognition of his many achievements and leadership as a contractor and
entrepreneur in a variety of sectors in Lebanon, the region, and beyond, and for his
generous support of FEA and AUB.” The title of his presentation was: AUB Alumnus –
Experience of Success.
student awards | Students were granted the best papers award during the Award
Ceremony held on May 20.
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The Best Paper Awards were granted to undergraduate students as follows:
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• Antoine Atallah [Arch.]: “Ayn El-Mraisseh: A Shrinking Space of Public Practices and Social Relations”
• Maha Bazzi [GD]: “Picture Perfect”
• Jad Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan Hijazi, Amir Salam [CEE]: “Ventus Tower”
• Hamza Harkous, Jad Makhlouta [CCE]: “AUBSARF: A Refined Morphological Analyzer”
• Lara Ammar, Bilal Kaddouh, Mariam Mohanna [ECE]: “SMA Aiding Sleeve”
• Haitham Cheaib, Sara Jaafar, Rita El Jamal, Firas Al Mouallem [ME]: “Meso-Scale Droplet Transport”
The Best Graduate Paper Awards were granted to students as follows:
• Ahmad ElHajj, Cesar Ghali, Wassim Itani [ECE]: “SinPack: A Security Protocol for Preventing Pollution Attacks in Network-Coded Content Distribution Networks”
• Maysaa Ramadan [EM]: “Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a Construction Megaproject:
When and How?”
The Best Poster Award was granted to:
• First Winner: Mohammad Farhat, Elie Gedeon, Mohammad Nassar, Michael Sabbagh [CEE]: “AUB Parking Structure”
• Second Winner: Dara Daoudi [Arch.]: “Inside/Out… A Landmark of Palestinian Crafts”
Physical
Space
Committee
composition | Dean I. Hajj, Associate Dean F. Moukalled; Profs.: M. A. Abdul-Malak, H.
Al-Harithy, G. Arbid, G. Ayoub, M. Darwish, R. Hamade, K. Kabalan, A. Kayssi, S. Sadek,; by
invitation, Lab Manager K. Joujou, and B. McGreevy [secretary]
report on activities | Three meetings of the committee were held during the 2009-10
AY. Noise created by excavation for the IOEC required that classes be reassigned away
from the site; some faculty offices were also temporarily moved. The renovation of
the SRB lobby to create temporary faculty offices was discussed and completed.
A number of sites for possible further renovation, within the existing engineering
buildings, also were discussed to meet faculty office needs. Faculty office requirements
for AY 2010-11 were considered. Furniture for the lounge and meeting room in RGB was
finalized and purchased. The entrance walkway on the west side of the Bechtel Building
was discussed and upgrade was completed. Each level of the future IOEC was discussed
in detail; suggestions for changes or clarifications to the architect’s plans were sent
to the FPDU.
Math
Committee
Multidisciplinary
FYP
Committee
No meetings of the FEA Accreditation Committee were held during AY 2009-10. All work
toward accreditation was done at the departmental level. Each engineering department
wrote responses to ABET reviewer questions prior to the fall visit of the ABET team.
During the spring there were follow-up reports to ABET and an FEA committee was
formed to work on creating more multidisciplinary FYPs for students. A proposal was
submitted to the Dean by the Graphic Design Program that included the next steps
required to move toward NASAD accreditation.
On March 12, 2010 a sub group of this committee met to consider the course MATH 211:
Discrete Structures. Consequently the course was modified after a Math Department
meeting which will enable it to satisfy the needs of ECE students.
composition | Profs.: A Yassine [chairperson], A. Chehab [ECE], R. Hamade [ME],
C. Levesque [Arch.], M. El Fadel [CEE], L. Ghaibeh [GD]; and N. Moufarrej Career
Development Center, and B. McGreevy Academic Support and Accreditation
report on activities | The committee met two times to continue the discussions on
recommendations from the FEA Annual Retreat. The guidelines for the FYP in each
program were clarified and discussed with the goal of standardizing them across the
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FEA to facilitate MD FYPs. A letter was composed to be sent by the CDC to companies to
solicit ideas for multidisciplinary FYPs. More work is required by this committee during
AY 2010-11 to increase the number of MD FYPs offered to engineering students.
support units
Student
Academic
Counseling
Services
Alia Kazma, Student Services Officer
accomplishments during ay 2009-10
• Continued to act as secretary for the following committees: FEA Admissions Office of the Dean | support units
Committee, Academic and Curriculum Committee, and the Graduate Studies Committee. Served as secretary for the new Ad-hoc Record’s Office Committee.
• Attended all the meetings of the AUB Unified Admissions Committee to represent the FEA.
• Collaborated with the FEA IT Unit to add, to the FEA SIS website, a section that will evaluate graduating students to assure they have fulfilled their degree requirements [specific to each program].
• Organized and implemented the orientation program for new FEA students.
• Organized and implemented the student representative committee elections for FEA members.
• Represented the FEA at the AUB Fair for HS students.
• Represented the FEA at the Harriri Career Fair for HS students in Biel.
• Assisted in the collection of data and statistics for ABET Appendix D.
• Acted as the measure leader for many key performance indicators developed for the strategic planning process; this involved compiling data from the past five years.
• Compiled all of the statistics requested by the Dean concerning student performance
and faculty workload.
• Coordinated the FEA graduation ceremony.
• Compiled data concerning course equivalence for courses from other universities.
• Updated the FEA booklet to include the new chemical engineering and construction engineering programs as well as the changes in the graduate programs in the Faculty.
• Worked on updating the FEA part of the AUB video used at the AUB fair for HS students.
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recommendation for ay 2010-11
Attend training sessions and workshops outside AUB and in the US related to student
services, excellence, and academic performance.
Records
Office
Nawal Abu-Mosleh, Secretary
accomplishments during ay 2009-10
The seating automation program was tested for two consecutive terms, spring and
summer of AY 2009-10, and has proven to be very successful.
The on-line petition system has been completed so that students can attach documents
such as course equivalency forms.
Meetings were held with representatives of the IT Unit to develop a Confidential
Proctoring Report for exams and quizzes; the final form will be added to the main
database as part of the seating automation program with an easy access to view and to
updated data. The information will include student absences, misbehavior etc.
recommendations for ay 2010-11
1 Deploy the seating automation so that it can be viewed by faculty and staff.
2 Add the confidential proctor reporting capacity to the seating automation program. 3 Continue to upgrade the filing system and continue to connect student records to FEA SIS with the goal of reducing the need for paper files. This will involve automating the Completion of Minor Form among others.
Mrs. Nadia Moufarrej, FEA Career Coordinator
Clara Mchantaf, Secretary
The FEA Career Development Center [FEA CDC] provides career related services to
student interns, graduating students, and alumni. It focuses on the career development
needs of FEA undergraduate and graduate students, as well as on those of the alumni.
The CDC maintains close cooperation with employers and universities to provide
students with a wide range of potential opportunities for employment and/or continuing
their academic work. The CDC attempts to empower students at every stage of their
career development process and provide them with the tools to achieve their career and
professional goals.
The CDC succeeded in placing all 382 third year engineering students in internship
positions and secured full time positions for a large number of graduating students both
at the BE and ME levels.
In AY 2009-10 the CDC continued to handle requests and offers from companies and
institutions. In fact, the number of those seeking the help of the Center has grown
to over 623 companies, many of which are multinational; 30 universities; and 3,552
students out of which 3,105 are alumni who are in regular contact with the CDC to use its
services, as seen in the below table.
year
number of companies
number of students
and alumni registered
2006
279
1,777
2007
404
2,180
2008
539
2,675
2009
579
3,083
2010
623
3,552
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The CDC offers advice and conducts workshops concerning all phases of the job search
process, maintains an online database of job vacancies, and coordinates on-campus
employment presentations and interviews. Assistance is also available to those who wish
to apply to graduate schools. The number of registered companies and new registered
students and alumni has increased by nearly nine hundred new registrations in two years.
Collaboration between AUB/FEA and companies is further translated in different types
of support given to the CDC in the form of financial support and donations for the
following purposes:
• FEA CDC Website
• FEA CDC Annual Company Report
• Student Internship Program
• Final Year Projects [FYP]
• Activities of students [interns and graduating]
• The Annual FEA Student Conference
• Donations of equipment to the engineering labs
The FEA CDC has a local presence outside of the FEA; it is involved in university
committees: a member of the organizing committee of the Annual FEA Student
Conference, AUB Annual Job Fair, and the Career Services Committee at AUB. It has
also provided assistance to FAS, Health Sciences, and Agriculture in their efforts to
establish their own independent career centers.
FEA CDC has also established a global presence by becoming a member of major
international career associations such as the National Career Development Association,
American Counseling Association, and the California Counseling Association.
The FEA Career Development Center will continue to prepare students for the transition
to successful careers, and looks forward to a successful 2010-11 academic year.
cdc events
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• Organization of corporate visibility days for companies
• Organization of two to three company presentations per week to expose FEA 30
students and alumni to regional and multinational job opportunities. The process is lengthy and involves a lot of preparation and coordination
• Invitation of market leaders and successful engineers to lecture at FEA to share their experiences as they relate to particular topics
• Liaising with universities for graduate/PhD program placements
• Compilation of an annual report that reflects the market situations and status of FEA students and graduates
• Provision for FEA students, and alumni with career related guidance and counseling on a group as well as personal level in terms of
• Creating resumes that highlight qualifications
• Determining interests and objectives
• Making use of the FEA Career Development Center to provide
- learn about career paths
- attend presentations
- apply for jobs
• Creation of a resource center for FEA students and graduates which provides access to information related to the job search process
list of supporting companies
platinum supporters: Beam International , Bechtel , Bond Communications , The CAT
Group , Consolidated Contractors Company [CCC], MACE International , MTC Touch,
Murex Systems, Petrofac International , Python Engineering Ltd , Saudi Oger LTD, and
Telus Technology Strategy
gold supporters: Schneider Electric
silver supporters: Ranco & Zamil Concrete Industries, Zakhem Engineers
bronze supporters: Amplex, Davis Langdon, and Kettaneh Construction
the fea online career development center
Registered users
• 623 companies offered employment positions
• 136 companies and 13 universities offered internship positions
• 3,552 students and alumni registered: 2,553 BE and ME alumni; 340 BE graduates of 2010: 212 ME students, 382 summer interns, and 65 second year students.
IAESTE Lebanese offers
sending
country
receiving entity
nominations
Colombia
Polypod Studio
Andres Felipe Cardona Tejada GD
Cyprus
TEAM International
Onisilos Pavlides
CEE
Cyprus
Associated Consulting Engineers
[ACE]
Marios Philippou
ECE
Germany
AUB/FPDU
Albrecht Schumann
CEE
Germany
AUB/PPD
Francisco Martinez
ME
Germany
Hadife Architects
Matthias Ciesielski
Arch.
Germany
American University of Beirut/
Prof. Ghaddar
Melissa Maria Gbur
ME
Hungary
Bureau Technique d’Urbanisme et
de Travaux Publics
Lilla Livia Czepanyi
CEE
India
Mitsulift Group
Vivek Kumar
ECE
India
Agostine & Raphael Group
Harsh Jhunjhunwalla
Arch.
Macedonia
Polypod Studio
Luay Saudi
Arch.
Mexico
LACECO
Herman Herrera
ME
Mexico
Associated Consulting Engineers
[ACE]
Sergio Ernesto Infante
Salazar
Arch.
Poland
Agostine & Raphael Group
Anna Malgorzata Malawko
Arch.
Serbia
Paralx
Bojan Todosijevic
Arch.
Tunis
TEAM International
Mohamed Aziz El Ouaer
CEE
Tunis
Agostine & Raphael Group
Saoussen Triki
Arch.
Turkey
AUB/Prof. Ghaddar
Ahmet Ozman
ME
UK
Dar al Handasah Consultants
[Taleb & Partners]
Dimitrios Moudouris
CEE
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country
name of hosting organization
major
Brazil
Universidad Estadual Paulista
Julio de Mesquita
ME
Colombia
Mercadeo institucional
Universidad de ibagué
GD
Colombia
Universidad del Sinu-Ebz
CCE
Colombia
Leon Grafica Ltda
GD
Cyprus
CYTA
ME
Cyprus
CYTA
CCE
Czech Republic
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, CIT
Centrum of information technologies
CCE
Germany
Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG
ME
Germany
Leibniz Zentrum fur
Agrarlandschaftsforschung [ZALF] e.V.
Institut fur Landschaftsstoffdynamik
Env.
Germany
Hochschule Harz
Fachbereich Automatisierung und Informatik
CCE
Germany
TU Hamburg-Harburg Mikrosystemtechnik
ECE
Hungary
Betonplasztika ltd.
CEE
India
Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology
ECE
India
Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology
ECE
Mexico
Creadise
GD
Mexico
Cyfra Constructructores, S.A. de C.V.
ME
Poland
EC Engineering Sp. Z o.o.
ME
Serbia
Termoelektrana
ME
Tunisia
Bureau d’Etudes Mohamed Ayadi
CEE
Tunisia
Entreprise Générale de Travaux Hydrauliques
et Routiers
CEE
Turkey
Mertas insaat sirketi
CEE
UK
Arup
ME
In conclusion, CDC provides FEA students, alumni, and the industries which recruit them,
with the highest quality of service. It has continued to research methods to strengthen
the collaboration between the center and the companies/universities in order to create
better opportunities for FEA students and alumni. Part of the collaboration process has
been geared towards seeking the involvement of companies in the development of the
Center through financial support.
This effort has been translated into the increased number of companies and universities
that have sought partnership with the FEA Career Development Center, as well as an
increase in the number of students and alumni who are registered with the Center.
CDC coordinates and facilitates employer access to FEA students and alumni for
internship and recruitment purposes. This synchronization requires a highly personal
approach and customizing the types of services and strategies provided to each
corporation and university.
fea career center recommends the following for ay 2010-11
1 Enhance the existing cooperation that exists with companies to include the organization of workshops and conferences to create awareness on environmental issues with a special focus on Lebanon such as: global warming, renewable energy, green energy, environmental problems, quality control, risk management, and others.
2 Organize career guidance sessions for 3rd year students in collaboration with 4th year students and recent alumni to provide orientation sessions based on engineering topics of interest per major.
3 Cooperate with faculty members to direct students in their 1st and 2nd years with respect to concentration of interest.
4 Organize site visits/company visits for students.
5 Develop the IAESTE program to include: budget allocation for additional new expenses such as sightseeing tours, activities and trips; provide tickets for free
lunch at the cafeteria; provide money for transportation from AUB to the hosting
companies that are located outside Hamra or Verdun, this would allow us to get more offers to exchange for our students; get in touch with Lebanese tourist agencies to
organize sightseeing events, students would pay for their own trips, we just provide them with the organized offers.
6 Develop a newsletter which covers: alumni whereabouts [sharing experiences and photos] sent by the alumni; alumni charts of work locations and type of work; internship experiences and photos; 4th year students’ charts of work locations and type of work and percentage of students who chose graduate studies or work; alumni or student achievements and awards.
7 Prepare pamphlets to introduce the FEA Career Development Center to new companies in Lebanon.
staff
Ziad Shaaban, IT Manager
Maher Itani, System Analyst
Mohamad Haidar, Web/ Application Specialist
Toufic Karout, System Administrator
Saro Koulakisian, Senior Master
Saad Itani, Research Assistant, assistant to the System Administrator
Staff Training
Toufic Karout took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech and also became a certified
Apple professional.
Mohamad Haidar took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech.
Saro Koulakisian took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech.
it unit accomplishments in ay 2009-10
Development: The IT unit was very active during the year in area of development.
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Many new features were added to existing systems, and new systems were developed.
The Unit supported development projects in departments in the FEA and in other
AUB Faculties.
The most important systems that were updated this year are: Student Information
System, Career Center, KPI System, URB System, Student Conference Online
Submission and Review System, Service Excellence Survey, Exit Survey, Alumni System,
Online Work Study, Executive Officer Archive System, Seating Project, Employer
Survey, and the Correction System.
The new systems that were developed during the year are:
• Inventory Management System [new version and design]: The decision was made, in coordination with all lab managers and supervisors, to upgrade and add several functions, as well as to change the tagging process.
• URB System [new version]: This application was upgraded as per request of the Chair of the URB Committee.
• FEA SharePoint portal and the FEA IT Unit tasks and project portals.
• AUB Room Reservation: the AUB Registrar in coordination with Mr. Khaled Joujou
from ECE requested a system that would enable the Registrar’s Office to reserve rooms for classes based on the location, capacity, and equipment. The IT Unit is coordinating with CNS because the data will be stored on the AUB Oracle server.
In addition to the above applications, the IT Unit assisted the ECE in their development
projects by instructing and supporting their developers.
System Administration: After a study prepared by the IT Unit, 50% of the license
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servers were migrated into virtual servers. Several new services were also provided
through virtualization, such as subversion.
A plan was formulated to migrate all faculty members from pop mail [Imail] to push mail
[exchange]. At this time 40% of the faculty and staff members have been migrated.
Faculty members were advised to use external storage or connect to the FEA file server.
The unit decided to shift to Forefront antivirus for desktops, along with the rest of
the university; and a study is in process of Kaspersky to determine if we will use it on
our servers.
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A new SharePoint server and a Virtual server were installed that will be used to add
additional services [all backup measures were completed].
Apple Authorized Training Center for Education [AATCE]:
The program was launched and the majority of graphic design students decided to take
the exam.
Mechanical Department Cluster: Several changes were done to the cluster that had
been installed to enable the clustering of the Ansys software. A Windows 64-bit was
installed. The ME department is planning to use the cluster heavily.
Miscellaneous
career center: The IT Unit provided the code and the database for the FAFS Career
Center. The system was deployed successfully.
aub computer recycling project: The IT Unit, in coordination with Center for Civic
Engagement and Community Service, is working on the computer recycling project in
which all unused computers are refurbished and given as donation on behalf of AUB.
9th student conference: The IT Unit was represented in the FEA SC committee; it
was responsible for web design, online submission, and all logistics required.
lcd projectors support system: After the renovation of the LCD projectors to
connect them all to a network, a program is now being developed to assist in the
preventive maintenance of these projectors.
video conferencing: The IT Unit received the funding for the VC system and it is in the
process of preparing the RFP. The unit also received a donation from the IT-4-Health
Company, it consist of a plasma screen holder.
final year projects: The IT Unit assisted several student groups with their projects
by providing special support or contacts with suppliers willing to fund their projects.
it unit logo The IT Unit, with the help of the graphic design department, decided to
launch its new logo that will be used on all its documents.
microsoft event: The IT Unit and the ECE lab manager coordinated with the student
societies and Microsoft Corporation to launch Windows Seven and provide all FEA
students with free Microsoft products including Windows Seven.
recommendations for ay 2010-11
1 The IT Unit did some statistics on the budget spent on printing including cartridges, Engineering
Shops
staff
Joseph Nassif, Supervisor
George Jurdi, Senior Shop Master
Joseph Zoulikian, Material and Manufacturing Shop Master
Ramzi Safi, Senior Technician [Machine Shop]
Joseph Khoury, Senior Technician [Wood Shop]
work accomplished during ay 2009-10
Dean’s Office: Locker services for students [allocating, clearance]
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printer maintenance, and papers; the result was that the FEA every semester pays around $15,000. The unit recommends that some measures be taken to decrease this huge amount of money paid for printing services.
2 The IT Manager suggested the preparation of a document that states the policies and procedures for all IT related issues in the Faculty. These will need to be reviewed and approved by the Dean.
3 The IT Unit recommends that all decisions that could affect IT service be coordi-
nated with the IT Unit. An example of such tasks is the renovation of offices or
shared areas. In this way the unit will be able to determine the IT needs for the renovated area.
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Department of Architecture and Design: Provided help for students in Basic Design,
Vertical Studios, Graphic Design, and FYPs. Performed some repair services for the
department, and some preparation for exhibitions.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department: Repaired some equipment and
manufactured some parts for labs, performed projects for courses, manufactured molds
for concrete, four new desalination projects, three projects for PhD students, and four
projects for master’s students.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department: Provided services for FYPs
and ECE labs, and projects for EECE 200: Introduction to Engineering, and EECE 461:
Instrumentation.
Mechanical Engineering Department: MECH 200: Introduction to Engineering. During
spring semester 2010, a class of 90 students used the lab to construct and assemble 20
micro racing cars for the Gee-Whiz Competition.
MECH 421: Manufacturing Processes Labs. During fall semester 2009, 120 students
[23 students during spring semester] were instructed on the use of various machining
process including turning, drilling, milling, cutting, lathe machines, and CNC programming.
MECH 521 students were given a demonstration and performed sand molding and
casting of aluminum using the induction furnace in the shop. As a result 440 parts were
manufactured by the students, and eleven small racing cars were assembled according
to accurate dimensions.
List of Final Year Projects manufactured in the Shops
• Design and Building of a Smart Braille System for Blind/Deaf People
• High-Performance Bicycling Respirator for use in Polluted Urban Environments
• Design and Build of a Cheap Medical X-Ray Machine for Remote Areas
• Electrical and Computer Engineering: RFID Seal for Package integrity
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Six of the FYPs manufactured in the shops were accepted to the Ninth FEA Student
Conference: Feeding Machine for Disabled People, Outdoor Stair Climbing Wheelchair,
Design of a Self-Energizing Electro Hydraulic Brake for an Elevator, Sensor Fusion for
Real-Time Monitoring of Tool Wear in Machining Operations, and Underground Pipe Robot.
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In all, services were provided for 35 students.
Research projects and setups for experiments: Machining of about 120 specimens to
be used in the lab for experiments in MECH 341
The shop staff updated the shop with specific labels to meet international standards for
safety regulations. During the visit of the ABET team of reviewers, on Sunday November
29, 2009, staff members were present in the shop to answer questions.
New equipment: We would like to thank Dean Hajj for taking into consideration the
recommendation of last year and equipping the Machine Shop with two new lathe
machines with digital outputs. These machines are extremely helpful to the machine
shop technicians in performing their job in an efficient manner.
We would like to thank Prof. M. Darwish for taking into consideration the
recommendation of last year to create an FEA lab reservation system on the web at:
webfea.aub.edu.lb that can be accessed by engineering and architecture faculty
members and students. This will help to avoid conflicts between the labs and to organize
the timing of shop use for different purposes. All jobs must be registered on the system
before using the shop. This gives the supervisor time to order the necessary materials
and insure the proper area for safe functioning.
recommendations for ay 2010-11
1 An electrical hacksaw is urgently needed to replace the old one.
2 A heavy duty drill press to replace the old one would be very helpful.
3 Designate more work space for FYPs.
4 A laser cutting machine would be very helpful to construct models and projects,
especially for the architecture and graphic design students.
5 The number of jobs completed has increased noticeably, while the number of staff members has remained the same. Extra staff and space should be considered
in order to permit the completion of required jobs with continued high quality.
6 Practical training on new methods of welding is requested for two staff members.
staff
Kamal Mikati, Supervisor
Aziz Natour, Senior Master
Raafat Hajj, Senior Master
summary of the accomplishments in ay 2009-10
Processes to improve the labs continued throughout the academic year; new equipment
was added, software was updated, and teaching facilities were improved, in addition the
staff received training.
Laboratories
• LAB 9: Graphic Design Lab was designated as an Authorized Apple Training Center.
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• LAB 6: 20 computers HP XW4600 workstation Core 2 Duo 3GHZ, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD
• LAB 5: 10 computers HP XW4600 workstation Core 2 Duo 3GHZ, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD
• Server room: 1 server DELL Power Edge PE2950 Quad Core Intel Xeon E5320, 8GB RAM
• Server room: 1 server DELL Power Edge PE R200 Xeon 3220 [2.4GHZ] , 8GB RAM
• Staff: 3 DELL Latitude E6400
Current status
• Nine laboratories house 180 computers distributed over two floors in CCC SRB bldg.
• 2nd floor: seven PC labs, 20 PCs in each lab, total 140 PCs [Labs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7]
3rd floor: two Apple graphic design labs, total 40 MAC computers [Labs 8 and 9]
• Server room: nine DELL servers
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FEA
Computer
Labs
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Software
• Installed the latest versions of engineering and graphic design educational software such as Visual studio 2008, Wildfire 4.0 PROE, SQL Server 2005, Net beans JAVA, MAT LAB 2008, ACAD 2008 Lab view 8.5, Xilinx, 3DMax, and Photoshop CS3.
• Apple: OS X10.6.4, Office 2008, Suitcase 12.7, Toast 9, Adobe CS II ME, After Effect 7,
Premiere 6.5, Macromedia Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, QuickTime Pro7.0,
Finalcut Pro.4, and Quark Express 6.5.
• Implemented Windows 7 in Lab 5 and Lab 6.
• Installed all hot fixes and patches implemented on different operating system platforms of Windows and Apple OS installed in labs and on servers, in addition to antivirus software.
• Implemented Microsoft Server 2008 R2 to part of lab servers.
• Prepared and installed new software image for recently received HP workstations in Lab 5 and Lab 6.
• Updated master software image for all labs, taking into consideration each lab software settings.
Teaching facilities
• Installed audio public address system in Lab 1 and Lab 2.
• Installed wiring for parallel video projection in Labs 4, 5, and 6.
Online examinations: During this academic year the labs experienced an increase in
reservations for on-line exams. Many AUB departments requested reservations for
courses with hundreds of students registered such as economics, physics, computer
science, math, biology, and the Olayan School of Business.
Training workshops and other activities
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• Staff Training: Lab staff attended Microsoft training courses in Formatech and 38
Apple training centers for Windows 7, Server 2008 and Apple OS X.
• Journalism training sessions were held in Lab 1, provided by the AUB Extension Program.
• Two training workshops were held in the Authorized Apple Training Center located in Lab 9:
• Graphics Design students enrolled in a 3 week training workshop for Final
Cut software.
• Apple Computers Supplier [Adkom] and two AUB staff enrolled in two weeks training Workshop for Apple OS X.6.4 server operating system Essential and Implementation.
• MSC Technology Day, training workshop in Lab 1 was arranged by MSC software,
• WUFI and HEAT Mechanical Master Courses were given in Lab 1 and Lab 2.
by Swedish lectures: Jesper Arfvidson, Peter Wallenten, and Dan Gaffner.
• Student Affairs arranged new student orientation sessions.
• Attended DELL production Roadmap seminar, in CNS dept.
• Orientation library training workshops for FEA students.
• ACAD training workshop sessions for civil engineering students in Lab 5.
• Attended scheduled meetings: Supervisors meetings with the Dean; CNS AUBede administrators.
• Attended all meetings of RFP [Request for Proposal] in CNS dept., where new polices were proposed for getting the best offers from computer suppliers.
• Attended Win-Sys- administrators update presentation for AUB System Administrators, in CNS dept.
• IEEE worldwide 24-hour programming contest arranged by AUB student branch,
in Lab 7.
• FEA SRC DotA Tournament arranged by SME [Society of Manufacturing Engineers]
in 2 labs.
• Rally paper Tournament arranged by SRC students.
Miscellaneous
• Completed all installation and configuration of 30 HP computers in 2 labs.
• AUB Computer Recycling Project, worked along with the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service [CCECS] where 82 old computers and 80 monitors were refurbished and moved to CCECS for AUB donations.
• Prepared all orders and specifications and attended bids for all received equipment.
• Negotiated through Purchasing Dept. with computer suppliers, for a discount on ordered computers.
• Assisted in all on-line student exams, registration, orientation, and final year projects.
• Completed all installation and configuration of new servers mounted in server room.
• Upgraded storage capacity of backup server.
• Updated labs equipment database for CNS HEAT self service help desk.
• Updated all computers, students accounts, and group polices in AUB WIN2k Active directory domain.
• Preventive maintenance done monthly for all computers and other equipment in
all labs.
• Installed many engineering software packages requested by FEA faculty members.
• Checking and implementing all safety requirements.
• Checking and implementing all server room standards as advised by AUB IT auditors.
last year’s proposals and actions taken
in certified training centers.
2 Replacing old computers in Lab 6: achieved replacement in Lab 6, and partial replacement in Lab 5.
3 Organizing workshops and seminars along with regular lab sessions: the labs witnessed an increase in the number of workshops, especially the lab that is designated as a Certified Apple Training Center.
proposals for ay 2010-11
1 Keep Lab staff IT knowledge up-to-date by annually attending the latest software and hardware training courses required for daily work inside the labs.
2 Replace old computers in Lab 5.
3 Continue the replacing old computers every 3 years.
4 Upgrade the storage capacity of lab servers.
5 Organizing more workshops and seminars besides the regular lab sessions.
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Supplies,
Reproductions,
and Buildings
Samir Bassil, Supervisor
Elie Touma, Assistant Technician
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• Redesign of the main lobby of the Science Research Bldg, CCC to create eight offices Office of the Dean | support units
for FEA professors.
• Completed the renovation of two offices located in Bechtel on the 4th floor, installed new furniture.
• Redesign of the mail boxes for faculty members, [installation of new aluminum coated mail box].
• Replaced aluminum door at the main entrance on the west side of Bechtel Building.
• Continued to photocopy materials such as examination, quizzes, course handouts, scientific and research papers, slides, reports, and publications for FEA.
• Continued to monitor maintenance and construction projects performed by the physical plant for the FEA.
• Continued to fill stationary requisitions and maintain the stock of supplies and machine accessories for FEA Dean’s Office and departments.
• Continued to attend to the security needs of the offices and classrooms by
checking the followings electric circuits, air conditionings, heating, lights, LCD projectors, furniture, overhead projectors, photocopier and all the main doors of the FEA buildings.
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Department
of Architecture
and Design
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personnel
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Visiting Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Staff
External Advisory Board
faculty research and
professional activities
48 publications
51 professional activities
56 research funding
57 co-supervision of graduate
students
service and committees
57 ArD committees
58 Professional service
58 Academic service
59 Guest jurors
academics
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department activities
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The Areen Architecture Lecture Series
TALK20
Lectures
Exhibitions
Conference
Workshops
students
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Undergraduate enrollment
Students graduated and distinction
Graduate student enrollment
Graduate assistants
Student employment
Awards
introduction
During the academic year 2009-10, the Department of Architecture and Design was
home to fifty six faculty members: fourteen full-time and forty two part-time faculty
members. It was also home to 258 students: 135 in architecture, 106 in graphic design
and 17 in the graduate programs of urban planning and policy, and urban design.
Professor Mathew Thomas spent the year at the department as a visiting full time
professor in architecture. Seven new part-time faculty members joined the department:
Hala Younes, Hani Zgheib, Sandra Richani, Nadine Bekdache, Hassan Zahreddine, Luma
Shihab-Edin, and Hiba Bou Akar.
The Department of Architecture and Design opened the new position of “research
affiliate” to host visiting researchers conducting research in Lebanon and/or the region
on topics related to design and planning. The position is intended to facilitate for
the exchange of ideas, foster debates on recent research, and to stimulate a critical
discourse within the department.
The first applicant appointed to the position was Hiba Bou Akar. Bou Akar is a PhD
candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Environmental
Design, at the University of California Berkeley, who is conducting her dissertation
fieldwork in Beirut. Her research project investigates the role of political and religious
parties in shaping the geography of Beirut, through their intervention in zoning, planning,
construction, war compensation, as well as land and housing markets, during two
periods: post civil war and post July 2006 war.
Six new field electives were introduced during the academic year. These are ARCH 012
The Black Box, ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City,
ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion , ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of
Complex Structures, ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environment, and GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness.
The academic year was marked by the launching of a full scale curricular review which
focused on the development of proposals for graduate programs in the department
along multiple tracks; this will be followed by curricular review and development of the
undergraduate design tracks. Committees were formed and worked on four different
program proposals:
• Landscape Urbanism
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The position will be offered to one or more applicants dependent upon the availability
of space and resources; it will be offered on a semester basis. The department will
provide the research affiliate with office space, library and internet access. The
research affiliate will be invited to deliver a lecture in his/her area of expertise, give
a presentation on his/her most recent research project, and/or participate in design
juries. The research affiliate will be assigned a faculty member as a mentor based on
profile and need. Applicants who will be considered must be PhD candidates, research
fellows, or professors on research leave.
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• History, Theory, and Criticism
• Master’s of Fine Arts
• Master’s of Architecture
that were reviewed and discussed independently, in relation to each other, and in
relation to the undergraduate programs on two successive occasions. Proposals were
presented and discussed during the annual retreat which was held on the 22nd of
January 2010. The proposals were reworked and presented again for discussion during
the department meetings with the external advisory board which were held on the 16th
and 17th of March 2010. The proposals will continue to be developed towards approval
and implementation.
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The academic year witnessed the continued efforts of the Department to lead in
engaging students, scholars, and professionals in the critical and interdisciplinary
academic discourse through multiple venues such as workshops, conferences, lectures,
and exhibitions. The Department organized a total of twelve lectures by international
scholars, eight workshops by local and international designers,and three major
exhibitions:
• ‘Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural Diversity’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, curated by award-winning Spanish graphic designer America Sanchez and held between October 28th and November 20th, 2009.
• ‘The OMRANIA/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design’ exhibition was held between April 27th and April 30th, 2010.
• ‘Ready to Read: Book Design from Spain’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and was held between May 26th and June 2nd, 2010.
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Our three major annual events also took place:
• TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on March 26, 2010 at the Charles Hostler Center auditorium featuring twelve presentations by local designers and artists.
• City Debates 2010 was organized on the theme of Security [of/in] the City and was held on May 12-14, 2010 featuring fourteen presentations by international scholars and two keynote speakers: Derek Gregory from the University of British Columbia and Teresa Caldeira from UC Berkeley.
• Annual Student Exhibition took place at the Charles Hostler Center on June 23rd 2010.
The year also witnessed the launching of the Areen Architecture Series, which is the
result of a generous donation from Mimar to support the hosting of lectures by wellknown and established architects. The opening lecture was given by the international
award winning architect Rem Koolhaas, in the Issam Fares Hall on May 17th, 2010.
The end of the year was marked as usual with award ceremonies and celebrations. Graphic
Designer Miriam Kadoura [class of 2000] received the Distinguished Alumni Award
during the Ninth FEA Student Conference which was held on May 19th and 20th, 2010.
Nineteen students graduated from the Architecture Program, twenty three from
Graphic Design, and two from the graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy,
and Urban Design.
The Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement went to Yasmina Chami in Architecture and
Rebecka Farraj in Graphic Design. The Distinguished Graduate Award went to Yousef
Abed Rabboh in Graphic Design. The Architecture Areen Awards went to Yasmina Chami
[1st prize], Dara Dajani Daoudi [2nd prize] and Julie Haddad [3rd prize].
The Graphic Design Areen Awards went to Ruba Sidani [1st prize], Lilian Abou Zaki [2nd
prize] and Yousef Abed Rabboh [3rd prize].
And finally, Professor Mona Fawaz was promoted to the rank of associate professor in
June of 2010.
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personnel
Full-Time
Faculty
architecture
Howayda Al-Harithy, Professor, Chairperson; PhD in Art and Architecture History,
Harvard University, USA.
George Arbid, Associate Professor; DDES in Architecture, Harvard University, USA.
Carole Lévesque, Assistant Professor; PhD in Environmental Design, History and Theory
of Architecture, University of Montreal, Canada.
Karim Najjar, Assistant Professor; Diploma [March], Vienna University of Technology,
Austria.
Sylvia Shorto, Assistant Professor; PhD in History of Art and Archaeology, Institute of
Fine Arts, New York University, USA.
graphic design
Leila Musfy, Professor; MFA in Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA.
Walid Sadek, Associate Professor; MFA in Sculpture, Claremont Graduate School
of Art, USA.
Zeina Maasri, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design Program; MFA
in Design, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, The Netherlands.
Daniel Drennan, Assistant Professor; MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, New York
University, USA.
Lina Ghaibeh, Assistant Professor; MA, Texas Woman’s University, USA.
urban planning and policy | urban design
Department of Architecture and Design | personnel
Mona Harb, Associate Professor; PhD in Political Science, Institut d’Etudes Politiques,
Aix-en-Provence, France.
Robert Saliba, Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUPP/MUD Graduate Programs;
PhD in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Paris VIII, France.
Mona Fawaz, Assistant Professor; PhD in City Planning, MIT, USA.
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Visiting
Full-Time
Faculty
Part-Time
Faculty
architecture
Matthew Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor; MS in Architecture and Urban Design,
Columbia University, USA.
architecture
Abdul Halim Jabr, Lecturer; SMArch, MIT, USA.
Abir Khoury, Instructor; Bachelor in Architecture, LAU, Lebanon.
Antoine Fischfisch, Lecturer; DESS, Lebanese University, DESS, ALBA, Lebanon.
Aram Yeretzian, Lecturer; BArch, AUB, presently a candidate for a master’s degree at
the University of East London, London, UK.
Bassam Kahwagi, Instructor; Alarm Design Company.
Bernard Mallat, Lecturer; MArch, University of Maryland, USA.
Carla Aramouny, Instructor; Master’s of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.
Fadi Hamdan, Lecturer; PhD Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.
Ghassan Maasri, Instructor; MA Art and Space, Kingston University, UK.
Grégoire Serof, Senior Lecturer; Bachelor in Architecture, ALBA, Lebanon.
Hala Younes, DEA, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Hani Zgheib, Senior Lecturer; PhD of Engineering major Architecture, Kyushu
University, Japan.
Hiba Bou Akar, Instructor, Master’s in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, USA.
Joy Kanaan, Lecturer; BArch, University of Southern California, USA.
Maha Nasrallah, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Karim Nader, Lecturer; March, Rice University, USA.
Naji Assi, Lecturer; MUP in Middle East and Maghreb Cities, Paris, Belleville, France.
Pascal Hachem, Instructor; Diplome d’Etudes Superieures [DES], USEK.
Rana Haddad, Lecturer; AA Diploma RIBA, Architecture Association London, UK.
Rana Samara, Senior Lecturer; Master’s in Architecture, McGill University, Canada.
Rania Melhem, Instructor; Master’s in Urban Planning, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Rola Idriss, Assistant Instructor; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Sandra Kassab, Instructor; Master’s in Restoration and Conservation of Historical Sites,
Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Sandra Richani, Instructor; Master’s in Architecture Design, Princeton University, USA.
Sany Jamal, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Simone Kosermelli, Senior Lecturer; Master of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia
University, NY.
Tarek Sinno, Instructor; BArch, AUB, Lebanon.
Wajih Najem, Senior Lecturer; ME in Mechanical Engineering, AUB.
Walid Bakhos, Lecturer; Master’s in Urban Planning, ALBA, Lebanon.
Walid Haddad, Senior Lecturer; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Ahmad Gharbieh, Instructor; MA in Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths
College, UK.
Fadi Baki, Instructor; Master’s in Filmmaking, Goldsmiths College, UK.
Hatem Imam, Instructor; Master’s, University College for the Creative Arts, UK.
Jinane Bacho, Senior Lecturer; MFA in Print-Making and Painting, Pratt Institute, USA.
Lara Captan, Assistant Instructor; BFA in Graphic Design, AUB.
Mayda Freije, Lecturer; MS in Communication Design, Pratt Institute, USA.
Nadine Bekdache, Instructor; MA Culture and Social Change, King’s College London, UK.
Rafi Boyadgian, Lecturer; BGD, AUB.
Sara-Jane Arida, Lecturer; BFA in Communication Design, Parsons School of Design,
University of London, UK.
Shawki Youssef, Instructor; working on a master’s degree at St. Joseph University,
Beirut.
Tarek Dajani, Lecturer; Master’s of Engineering [IT], MIT, USA.
Zeina El-Abed, Instructor; Master’s of Art in Visual Culture, Middlesex University
London, UK.
Rena Karanouh, Lecturer; MFA in Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
March Nader, Senior Lecturer; Diplome Ecole Superieure, Paris, France.
Luma Shihab-Edin, Lecturer; MFA in Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
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Jana Trabulsi, Lecturer; Masters in Media Studies, Ecole National Superieure de Creation
on Industielle, Paris, France.
Hassan Zahreddine, Instructor; MFA; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Raghda Jaber, Lecturer; MS in Urban Design, MIT, USA.
Staff
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
External
Advisory
Board
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Sirene Salam, Administrative Assistant
Siwar Karaki, Secretary
Assem Salam, EAB Chair, architect and former President of the Order of Engineers and
Architects, Lebanon.
Katherine McCoy, designer, consultant, and former Chair of Cranbrook Academy of Art
Design Department, President of the American Center for Design, and served as an AIGA
National Vice President.
Omar Razzaz, urban planner, Director General of the Social Security Corporation in Jordan.
Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor in the History of Architecture, University of Paris and the
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Ali Jaber, media, managing editor of Dubai Media Incorporated.
Bechara Mouzannar, advertising, Regional Executive Creative Director at Leo-Burnett
Middle East.
Karl Bassil, graphic designer, co-founder of Mind the Gap, Vice-President of the
Syndicate of Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon.
Donald Bates, architect, Director of LAB Architecture Studio in Australia.
Hashem Sarkis, architect, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
at Harvard.
faculty research
and professional activities
publications
Books
howayda al-harithy, [ed.] Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from
Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, Planning, History and Environment Series,
Routledge, UK, 2010.
zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza`: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya
[Revised Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War];
Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010.
robert saliba, Beyrouth Architectures: Aux Sources de la Modernité, 1920-1940,
Éditions Parenthèses, Octobre 2009.
Monographs
karim najjar, Coastal Thresholds / Structure between the dynamic and the static
Design/Vertical Studio 2008, published in 2009 by Karim Najjar, Carla Aramouny,
students of the course, and the AUB Department of Architecture and Design.
Department
of Architecture
and Design
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personnel
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Visiting Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Staff
External Advisory Board
faculty research and
professional activities
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51 professional activities
56 research funding
57 co-supervision of graduate
students
service and committees
57 ArD committees
58 Professional service
58 Academic service
59 Guest jurors
academics
60 final year projects
61 Courses offered
department activities
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The Areen Architecture Lecture Series
TALK20
Lectures
Exhibitions
Conference
Workshops
students
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Undergraduate enrollment
Students graduated and distinction
Graduate student enrollment
Graduate assistants
Student employment
Awards
introduction
During the academic year 2009-10, the Department of Architecture and Design was
home to fifty six faculty members: fourteen full-time and forty two part-time faculty
members. It was also home to 258 students: 135 in architecture, 106 in graphic design
and 17 in the graduate programs of urban planning and policy, and urban design.
Professor Mathew Thomas spent the year at the department as a visiting full time
professor in architecture. Seven new part-time faculty members joined the department:
Hala Younes, Hani Zgheib, Sandra Richani, Nadine Bekdache, Hassan Zahreddine, Luma
Shihab-Edin, and Hiba Bou Akar.
The Department of Architecture and Design opened the new position of “research
affiliate” to host visiting researchers conducting research in Lebanon and/or the region
on topics related to design and planning. The position is intended to facilitate for
the exchange of ideas, foster debates on recent research, and to stimulate a critical
discourse within the department.
The first applicant appointed to the position was Hiba Bou Akar. Bou Akar is a PhD
candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Environmental
Design, at the University of California Berkeley, who is conducting her dissertation
fieldwork in Beirut. Her research project investigates the role of political and religious
parties in shaping the geography of Beirut, through their intervention in zoning, planning,
construction, war compensation, as well as land and housing markets, during two
periods: post civil war and post July 2006 war.
Six new field electives were introduced during the academic year. These are ARCH 012
The Black Box, ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City,
ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion , ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of
Complex Structures, ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environment, and GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness.
The academic year was marked by the launching of a full scale curricular review which
focused on the development of proposals for graduate programs in the department
along multiple tracks; this will be followed by curricular review and development of the
undergraduate design tracks. Committees were formed and worked on four different
program proposals:
• Landscape Urbanism
Department of Architecture and Design | introduction
The position will be offered to one or more applicants dependent upon the availability
of space and resources; it will be offered on a semester basis. The department will
provide the research affiliate with office space, library and internet access. The
research affiliate will be invited to deliver a lecture in his/her area of expertise, give
a presentation on his/her most recent research project, and/or participate in design
juries. The research affiliate will be assigned a faculty member as a mentor based on
profile and need. Applicants who will be considered must be PhD candidates, research
fellows, or professors on research leave.
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• History, Theory, and Criticism
• Master’s of Fine Arts
• Master’s of Architecture
that were reviewed and discussed independently, in relation to each other, and in
relation to the undergraduate programs on two successive occasions. Proposals were
presented and discussed during the annual retreat which was held on the 22nd of
January 2010. The proposals were reworked and presented again for discussion during
the department meetings with the external advisory board which were held on the 16th
and 17th of March 2010. The proposals will continue to be developed towards approval
and implementation.
Department of Architecture and Design | introduction
The academic year witnessed the continued efforts of the Department to lead in
engaging students, scholars, and professionals in the critical and interdisciplinary
academic discourse through multiple venues such as workshops, conferences, lectures,
and exhibitions. The Department organized a total of twelve lectures by international
scholars, eight workshops by local and international designers,and three major
exhibitions:
• ‘Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural Diversity’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, curated by award-winning Spanish graphic designer America Sanchez and held between October 28th and November 20th, 2009.
• ‘The OMRANIA/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design’ exhibition was held between April 27th and April 30th, 2010.
• ‘Ready to Read: Book Design from Spain’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and was held between May 26th and June 2nd, 2010.
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Our three major annual events also took place:
• TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on March 26, 2010 at the Charles Hostler Center auditorium featuring twelve presentations by local designers and artists.
• City Debates 2010 was organized on the theme of Security [of/in] the City and was held on May 12-14, 2010 featuring fourteen presentations by international scholars and two keynote speakers: Derek Gregory from the University of British Columbia and Teresa Caldeira from UC Berkeley.
• Annual Student Exhibition took place at the Charles Hostler Center on June 23rd 2010.
The year also witnessed the launching of the Areen Architecture Series, which is the
result of a generous donation from Mimar to support the hosting of lectures by wellknown and established architects. The opening lecture was given by the international
award winning architect Rem Koolhaas, in the Issam Fares Hall on May 17th, 2010.
The end of the year was marked as usual with award ceremonies and celebrations. Graphic
Designer Miriam Kadoura [class of 2000] received the Distinguished Alumni Award
during the Ninth FEA Student Conference which was held on May 19th and 20th, 2010.
Nineteen students graduated from the Architecture Program, twenty three from
Graphic Design, and two from the graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy,
and Urban Design.
The Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement went to Yasmina Chami in Architecture and
Rebecka Farraj in Graphic Design. The Distinguished Graduate Award went to Yousef
Abed Rabboh in Graphic Design. The Architecture Areen Awards went to Yasmina Chami
[1st prize], Dara Dajani Daoudi [2nd prize] and Julie Haddad [3rd prize].
The Graphic Design Areen Awards went to Ruba Sidani [1st prize], Lilian Abou Zaki [2nd
prize] and Yousef Abed Rabboh [3rd prize].
And finally, Professor Mona Fawaz was promoted to the rank of associate professor in
June of 2010.
Department of Architecture and Design | introduction
—howayda al-harithy, Chairperson
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personnel
Full-Time
Faculty
architecture
Howayda Al-Harithy, Professor, Chairperson; PhD in Art and Architecture History,
Harvard University, USA.
George Arbid, Associate Professor; DDES in Architecture, Harvard University, USA.
Carole Lévesque, Assistant Professor; PhD in Environmental Design, History and Theory
of Architecture, University of Montreal, Canada.
Karim Najjar, Assistant Professor; Diploma [March], Vienna University of Technology,
Austria.
Sylvia Shorto, Assistant Professor; PhD in History of Art and Archaeology, Institute of
Fine Arts, New York University, USA.
graphic design
Leila Musfy, Professor; MFA in Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA.
Walid Sadek, Associate Professor; MFA in Sculpture, Claremont Graduate School
of Art, USA.
Zeina Maasri, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design Program; MFA
in Design, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, The Netherlands.
Daniel Drennan, Assistant Professor; MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, New York
University, USA.
Lina Ghaibeh, Assistant Professor; MA, Texas Woman’s University, USA.
urban planning and policy | urban design
Department of Architecture and Design | personnel
Mona Harb, Associate Professor; PhD in Political Science, Institut d’Etudes Politiques,
Aix-en-Provence, France.
Robert Saliba, Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUPP/MUD Graduate Programs;
PhD in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Paris VIII, France.
Mona Fawaz, Assistant Professor; PhD in City Planning, MIT, USA.
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Visiting
Full-Time
Faculty
Part-Time
Faculty
architecture
Matthew Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor; MS in Architecture and Urban Design,
Columbia University, USA.
architecture
Abdul Halim Jabr, Lecturer; SMArch, MIT, USA.
Abir Khoury, Instructor; Bachelor in Architecture, LAU, Lebanon.
Antoine Fischfisch, Lecturer; DESS, Lebanese University, DESS, ALBA, Lebanon.
Aram Yeretzian, Lecturer; BArch, AUB, presently a candidate for a master’s degree at
the University of East London, London, UK.
Bassam Kahwagi, Instructor; Alarm Design Company.
Bernard Mallat, Lecturer; MArch, University of Maryland, USA.
Carla Aramouny, Instructor; Master’s of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.
Fadi Hamdan, Lecturer; PhD Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.
Ghassan Maasri, Instructor; MA Art and Space, Kingston University, UK.
Grégoire Serof, Senior Lecturer; Bachelor in Architecture, ALBA, Lebanon.
Hala Younes, DEA, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Hani Zgheib, Senior Lecturer; PhD of Engineering major Architecture, Kyushu
University, Japan.
Hiba Bou Akar, Instructor, Master’s in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, USA.
Joy Kanaan, Lecturer; BArch, University of Southern California, USA.
Maha Nasrallah, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Karim Nader, Lecturer; March, Rice University, USA.
Naji Assi, Lecturer; MUP in Middle East and Maghreb Cities, Paris, Belleville, France.
Pascal Hachem, Instructor; Diplome d’Etudes Superieures [DES], USEK.
Rana Haddad, Lecturer; AA Diploma RIBA, Architecture Association London, UK.
Rana Samara, Senior Lecturer; Master’s in Architecture, McGill University, Canada.
Rania Melhem, Instructor; Master’s in Urban Planning, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Rola Idriss, Assistant Instructor; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Sandra Kassab, Instructor; Master’s in Restoration and Conservation of Historical Sites,
Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Sandra Richani, Instructor; Master’s in Architecture Design, Princeton University, USA.
Sany Jamal, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Simone Kosermelli, Senior Lecturer; Master of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia
University, NY.
Tarek Sinno, Instructor; BArch, AUB, Lebanon.
Wajih Najem, Senior Lecturer; ME in Mechanical Engineering, AUB.
Walid Bakhos, Lecturer; Master’s in Urban Planning, ALBA, Lebanon.
Walid Haddad, Senior Lecturer; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Ahmad Gharbieh, Instructor; MA in Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths
College, UK.
Fadi Baki, Instructor; Master’s in Filmmaking, Goldsmiths College, UK.
Hatem Imam, Instructor; Master’s, University College for the Creative Arts, UK.
Jinane Bacho, Senior Lecturer; MFA in Print-Making and Painting, Pratt Institute, USA.
Lara Captan, Assistant Instructor; BFA in Graphic Design, AUB.
Mayda Freije, Lecturer; MS in Communication Design, Pratt Institute, USA.
Nadine Bekdache, Instructor; MA Culture and Social Change, King’s College London, UK.
Rafi Boyadgian, Lecturer; BGD, AUB.
Sara-Jane Arida, Lecturer; BFA in Communication Design, Parsons School of Design,
University of London, UK.
Shawki Youssef, Instructor; working on a master’s degree at St. Joseph University,
Beirut.
Tarek Dajani, Lecturer; Master’s of Engineering [IT], MIT, USA.
Zeina El-Abed, Instructor; Master’s of Art in Visual Culture, Middlesex University
London, UK.
Rena Karanouh, Lecturer; MFA in Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
March Nader, Senior Lecturer; Diplome Ecole Superieure, Paris, France.
Luma Shihab-Edin, Lecturer; MFA in Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
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graphic design
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Jana Trabulsi, Lecturer; Masters in Media Studies, Ecole National Superieure de Creation
on Industielle, Paris, France.
Hassan Zahreddine, Instructor; MFA; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Raghda Jaber, Lecturer; MS in Urban Design, MIT, USA.
Staff
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
External
Advisory
Board
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Sirene Salam, Administrative Assistant
Siwar Karaki, Secretary
Assem Salam, EAB Chair, architect and former President of the Order of Engineers and
Architects, Lebanon.
Katherine McCoy, designer, consultant, and former Chair of Cranbrook Academy of Art
Design Department, President of the American Center for Design, and served as an AIGA
National Vice President.
Omar Razzaz, urban planner, Director General of the Social Security Corporation in Jordan.
Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor in the History of Architecture, University of Paris and the
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Ali Jaber, media, managing editor of Dubai Media Incorporated.
Bechara Mouzannar, advertising, Regional Executive Creative Director at Leo-Burnett
Middle East.
Karl Bassil, graphic designer, co-founder of Mind the Gap, Vice-President of the
Syndicate of Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon.
Donald Bates, architect, Director of LAB Architecture Studio in Australia.
Hashem Sarkis, architect, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
at Harvard.
faculty research
and professional activities
publications
Books
howayda al-harithy, [ed.] Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from
Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, Planning, History and Environment Series,
Routledge, UK, 2010.
zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza`: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya
[Revised Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War];
Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010.
robert saliba, Beyrouth Architectures: Aux Sources de la Modernité, 1920-1940,
Éditions Parenthèses, Octobre 2009.
Monographs
karim najjar, Coastal Thresholds / Structure between the dynamic and the static
Design/Vertical Studio 2008, published in 2009 by Karim Najjar, Carla Aramouny,
students of the course, and the AUB Department of Architecture and Design.
Book Chapters
howayda al-harithy, “Politics of Post-War Reconstruction in Lebanon, Lessons in
Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006
War, ed. Howayda Al-Harithy, Planning, History and Environment Series, Routledge,
UK, 2010.
howayda al-harithy, “The Politics of Identity Construction in Post War Reconstruction,”
in Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath
of the 2006 War, ed. Howayda Al-Harithy, Planning, History and Environment Series,
Routledge, , 2010.
george arbid, “Hyding the Park,” a foreword for At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting
Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar, edited by Fadi Shayy
[Beirut: Discursive Formations, 2010].
mona harb, “On Religiosity and Spatiality: Lessons from Hezbollah in Beirut,” in
Alsayyad N. and Massoumi M. [eds], The Fundamentalist City, London: Routledge, 2010.
mona harb and mona fawaz, “Influencing the Politics of Reconstruction,” ed. Howayda
zeina maasri, “Les politiques de la mémoire et de l’identité dans les affiches de
la guerre civile au Liban” [The politics of memory and identity in Lebanon’s civil war
posters]; in Mémoires de guerres au Liban [1975-1990]. Franck Mermier et Christophe
Varin [eds.]; [France: Actes Sud/Sindbad, IFPO, 2010].
walid sadek, “An Urgent Dispatch Calmly Read”, an introduction to and translation
of Nizar Mroueh’s “The Legitimacy of Noise”[1968] in Nawfal, Z., and Saadawi, G., [eds.]
Untitled Tracks; On Alternative Music in Beirut, Amers Editions, pp. 36-45, 2010.
Journal
Papers/
Articles
daniel drennan, “Traversing Meaning: Remapping East and West,” Culture Critique
Journal; Claremont Graduate University School of Arts and Humanities, July, 2009.
http://ccjournal.cgu.edu/
daniel drennan, “Emory Douglas: A Black Panther in Beirut,” Counterpunch web site,
January, 2010. http://www.counterpunch.org/drennan01132010.html
fawaz, m., “Hezbollah as Urban Planner? Questions to and from Planning Theory,”
Planning Theory, 20[4]: 323-34, 2009.
fawaz, m., “Neo-liberal Urbanity: A View from Beirut’s Periphery,” Development and
Change, 40[5]: 827-52, 2009.
fawaz, m. and M. Ghandour, “Spatial Erasure: The Reconstruction of Haret Hreik,”
ArteEast Quarterly, special issue on Extra-territoriality in the Middle-East, guest edited
by Ursula Biemann, 2009. http://arteeast.org/pages/artenews/extra-territoriality/254/
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
Al-Harithy, Lessons in Postwar Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the
Aftermath of the 2006 War, London: Routledge 2010, pp. 21-45.
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Deeb L. and harb m., “Politics, Culture, Religion: How Hizbullah is Constructing an
Islamic Milieu in Lebanon,” Review of Middle East Studies, 43[2]:198-206, 2010.
harb m., “Story of a Name,” vol., 22 [supplement Beiroutes: A Guide to Beirut],
pp. 71-75, 2009.
harb m., “City Debates 2008: Spaces of Faith and Fun,” International Journal for Urban
and Regional Research, 33[4], pp. 1073-78, 2009.
Deeb L. and harb m., “Piety and Pleasure: Youth Negotiations of Moral Authority and
New Leisure Sites in al-Dahiya,” Bahithat, 14, forthcoming.
zeina maasri, “Mohammad Moussalli: The King of Portraits” in Bidoun: Arts and Culture
from the Middle East; published in NY, issue no.18, Summer 2009.
howayda al-harithy, “Reclaiming the Past and Post-War Reconstruction in Southern
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
Lebanon,” International Conference on Archeology in Conflict, Vienna, Austria 6-10
April 2010.
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Conferences,
Conference
Papers
howayda al-harithy, “The Practice of Art History,” Conference of the National
Committee for the History of Art, February 10, 2010, Chicago, USA.
howayda al-harithy, “Mamluk Tripoli Re-inscribed,” Mamluk Conference, School of
Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], London, Sept 23-26 2009.
daniel drennan, “The Adoptee’s Voice: From Passive Dispossession to Active
Resistance,” Modern Language Association, Northwest Branch Conference April, 2010,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Deeb L. and harb m., “Piety and Pleasure: Youth Negotiations of Moral Authority and
New Leisure Sites in al-Dahiya,” The International Conference on Cultural Practices of
Youth in the Arab World, organized by Bahithat, AUB, December 11-12, 2009.
zeina maasri, “From Symbols of Militant Shi’ism to Signs of Moderate Nationalism:
Transformations in Hizbullah’s Political Posters [1985–present],” Middle East Studies
Association, MESA Conference, Boston, November 21-24, 2009.
robert saliba, “Heritage Conservation and Post-War Reconstruction: The Case of
Beirut’s Central District,” The International Conference on the Preservation and Rehabilitation of Iraqi City Centers, PRICC, at the Municipality of Baghdad, March 22-27, 2010.
robert saliba, “Coastal Management and Climate Change: The Case of Lebanon,”
The International Conference on Climate Adaptation in the MENA: Challenges and
Opportunities, at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, May 3-4, 2010.
sylvia shorto, “Prisoners of War: Ideologies and the Exhibition of Contemporary
Lebanese Art,” 36th Association of Art Historians meeting, Glasgow University, April
16-18, 2010.
sylvia shorto, “Mapping 19th Century Agra,” Annual Meeting of the Society of
Architectural Historians, Chicago, April 2, 2010.
professional activities
Design Projects
Produced
george arbid, Meeting Room, Ghosn Building, 4th Floor, FEA-AUB, December 2009.
george arbid, renovation and addition of Nina Salem’s house in Bterram, preliminary
design, January 2010.
daniel drennan, conception, art direction, and illustration for the newspaper of the
Jamaa al-Yad Collective, it-tajammwa.
al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya [Arabic edition of Off the Wall:
Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War]; [Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010].
leila musfy and Alia Solh, painting/collage: a one-piece collage/design of late Alia
Solh; October-November 2009.
leila musfy, Oishii Restaurant: creative director, logo and corporate identity for a
Japanese restaurant in Dubai. Applications include print, menu signage, and vehicles.
[on going]
leila musfy, Arche de Noé: creative director, mural design for the renovation of
a children/adult cultural shop and coffee lounge. Re-design of identity, invitations,
signage, programs, and other related items. September 2009 to present.
karim najjar, Kneissl Star Resort 2009: Ski resort in cooperation with two hotel
experts, Vienna Goldeck, Carinthia, Austria.
karim najjar, Link 2010: Pedestrian Bridge over Danube Chanel in Vienna.
Consultancy
mona harb, authored a report on “Urban Development Strategies for the City of Saida”;
May 2009, for Marketing Opportunities on behalf of the Hariri Foundation.
robert saliba, Revisiting the Regional Master Plan of Al-Mandinah Al-Mouarah: The
Impact of the Economic Knowledge City on Urban Physical Growth, July 2009, World
Bank Report.
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
zeina maasri, book design [in collaboration with Omar Mismar]: Malameh al-niza`:
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Exhibitions
lina ghaibeh, Festival Screenings of Film Ya Waladi: My Son
• MUESTRA DE CINE DEL MEDIO ORIENTE CONTEMPORÁNEO Arab Film Week in Bogota. Bogota, Columbia, Nov. 2009.
• Bonn Beirut Bonn; Programme on Beirut, Cinematheque Bonn. Three very different films giving an idea about filmmaking in Beirut and the representation of the city in films and video. Bonn, Germany, October 16, 2009.
fawaz, m., Gharbieh A., and harb m., in the 4th International Architecture Biennale
Rotterdam, Beirut: Mapping Security; participated in the coordination and editing of
the exhibition. The work is also produced as a published newspaper, as part of “Open
City: Designing Coexistence – Refuge,” curated by Philipp Misselwitz and Can Altay
[September 2009].
zeina maasri, Invited Artist: “Graphic Chronologies” a section of Signs of Conflict:
Political Posters of Lebanon’s Civil War 1975-90, in the context of the 11th International
Istanbul Biennial, “What Keeps Mankind Alive?”, Istanbul, September–November 2009.
walid sadek, “Learning to See Less,” an installation in the group exhibition Red Thread,
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
Tanas Gallery, Berlin, June 16-August 8, 2009.
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walid sadek, “Place at Last,” a solo exhibition at the Beirut Art Center, January 27April 4, 2010.
walid sadek, “Kozo Okamoto Resides in Greater Beirut,” part of the 4th Auckland
Triennial, New Zealand, March 12- June 20, 2010.
walid sadek, “A Disarming Figure,” a text published and presented at the Berlin
Documentary Forum, from February 6-June 6, 2010.
robert saliba, “Beirut’s Domestic Architecture: The Colonial Heritage,” Haigazian
University in collaboration with the French Cultural Mission in Beirut, April 29, 2010.
Workshops
and
Exhibitions
Organized/
Attended
george arbid, participated in Mediterranean Cities Program Workshop Meeting,
April 16, 2010, organized by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona.
daniel drennan participated in Art in the Camps Workshop in Bourj al-Barajneh Camp,
April, 2010 in collaboration with Juan Fuentes, artist and activist.
daniel drennan participated in Free Palestine Festival, Ain Al-Mreisseh, Beirut, May,
2010. Workshop, exhibition, and day of activism in conjunction with Filisteen Horra.
Students developed calligraphic and illustrative stencils and demonstrated biodegradable techniques for applying them to attendees.
daniel drennan participated with 20 students in Pinhole Camera Workshop, May,
2010 at AUB. Using a silkscreened die-cut and professionally drilled pinhole, students
constructed pinhole cameras out of recycled materials.
daniel drennan participated with 15 students in Japanese bookbinding workshop May,
2010 at AUB. Using a variety of paper and cover materials, students constructed covered
books using the traditional tortoise-shell bookbinding technique.
mona fawaz organized the Nahr el-Bared Reconstruction Workshop
The workshop consisted of a three day charette that brought together a number of
urban planners and designers [including members of the Nahr el-Bared Reconstruction
Commission] as well as students involved in the Design and Planning Workshop in
the MUPP/MUD program. Participants explored options for the organization and
development of the vicinities of the Nahr el-Bared Camp in North Lebanon, March 2010.
zeina maasri, Organizer: Exhibition Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural
Diversity, ArD in collaboration with the Spanish embassy [Oct. 28-Nov 20]. The event
included: a public lecture by the exhibition curator and graphic designer, America
Sanchez [Winner of the Spanish National Design Prize [1992]; and a public lecture and
workshop by internationally acclaimed graphic designer, Reza Abedini.
Conservation Area”. Workshop organized by the Mies Van der Rohe Foundation,
Barcelona, and the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, with the
collaboration of the University of Istanbul Technical University, the University of Genoa,
the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille, Alexandria University, the
Lebanese American University and AUB; June 19-29, 2010.
robert saliba, co-organizor, Urban Design Workshop 2009, “The Identity of
Architecture and Urban Structure in the Context of the Historic Islamic/Arabic Town:
Case study and Urban Design Beirut’s Central District Extension to the Waterfront”.
Workshop organized by the Brandenburg Technical University, Department for Urban
Development and Design, and hosted by the Graduate Program in Urban Design at AUB
with the collaboration of the University of Cairo, the University of Aleppo, and AUB;
October 18-30, 2009.
robert saliba, invited presentation on the “Experience and Advises from the
Perspective of the American University of Beirut and its Interests towards Cooperation”
in the context of a three day seminar entitled: Urban Development of Baghdad and
useful Cooperation between the University of Baghdad and German Universities in
the fields of Urban Design, Urban Development, and Environmental Planning, at the
Brandenburg Technical University [BTU]: Feb. 6-10, 2010.
Cited,
Published,
Screened
Design Work
zeina maasri, Signs of Conflict: Political Posters of Lebanon’s Civil War 1975-90,
published in the catalogue of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, “What Keeps
Mankind Alive?” [Istanbul, September–November 2009].
karim najjar’s work published in the following books:
• Phyllis Richardson XS Small Buildings, Big Ideas [Thames and Hudson 2009]
• LICC Book 01 / 2009 London International Creative Competition 2008 Winners/01-competition htm1.1Bug
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
robert saliba participated in the Istanbul International Workshop “The Süleymaniye
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karim najjar’s work was featured in the following journals:
Architekrur Aktuell/Germany, March 2009,
Freizeit Kurier/Vienna, March 2009,
Harmonies Nr. 39/Beirut, December 2009,
MD, International Design Scout/July 2010/Germany,
Architektur 03, Wohnen/April 2010/Austria,
HOME, January 2010/Austria,
Yacht, Revue, February 2010/Austria,
Harmonies, N°40 March-May 2010/Lebanon,
Die Presse, Luxury Estate, June 2010/Austria,
Wallpaper, July 2010/UK, MARU, vol. 94, 2010/South Korea
Yem Yayin, Kontular, May 2010/Turkey
walid sadek’s work appeared in exhibition catalogue “The Impregnated Witness:
Notes on the Event Within” in The Road to Peace; Painting in Times of War, exhibition
catalogue, curated by Saleh Barakat, Beirut Art Center, 2009.
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
Guest
Speaker,
Lectures
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howayda al-harithy, “International Actors and Local NGOs in Post-War Reconstruction
in Lebanon 2006-2008,” at the University of California, Berkeley on April 5, 2010.
george arbid, “The Architecture and Life of Karol Schayer,” at the Lyceum of
Radzionkow, Poland on December 4, 2009.
daniel drennan “Work in progress from the various projects started under the aegis
of Jamaa al-Yad, a Beirut-based artists collective,” Talk 20, AUB, March, 2010.
mona fawaz, “Beirut/A City of Security,” in Refuge Urbanism/Open City, the
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam IABR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
November 19-20, 2009.
mona harb presented “The Cedar Island: Urban Planning, Design and Landscape Issues,”
in AUB seminar “Debating the Cedar Island,” March 27, 2009 [prepared with Howayda
Al-Harithy and Jala Makhzoumi].
mona harb, “Beirut: Mapping Security,” Lebanese University and IFPO seminar [with
Mona Fawaz and Ahmad Gharbieh], May 24, 2010.
mona harb, “The Circulation, Meanings, and Utility of the Islamist [and other related]
Labels: Hezbollah as Example,” paper presented at the Linking Theory and Practice: The
Politics of Re-Conceptualizing Terms Workshop, George Mason University [Washington]
and American University of Beirut, May 13, 2010.
robert saliba, City Street / Notre Dame University “The Changing Paradigms of Urban
Form at the Turn of the 21st Century,” Keynote speaker Nov. 17-20, 2009.
sylvia shorto, “The Popularization of Bentwood in Beirut”. Paper delivered at
the workshop, Ambivalent Geographies: Ease/West Dialogues in Middle Eastern
Experiences and Cultures, METU Faculty of Architecture, Ankara, May 6 and 7, 2010.
Panels
howayda al-harithy, Participant, Panel on “Emerging Art Histories,” chaired by Michael
Ann Holly and Marc Gotlieb, the CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, Feb. 11-13, 2010.
george arbid, Invited panelist, “Modern Architecture of Beirut: Reconstruction, and
Cultural Identity,” French Institute in New York, May 20, 2010, panel moderated by
Ben Prosky.
george arbid, Invited panelist, “At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space
toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar,” AUB, May 31, 2010.
daniel drennan ISO: Socialism Conference, July 2010: Oakland, CA. The panel entitled:
“Art and Resistance”, presents the work of artists working within a resistance discourse
in order to discuss methods, practices, systems, and their successes and failures.
The panel, entitled: “Give a Damn: Social Illustration”, presents an overview of artists
working in a socially conscious manner, and discusses methods and means of working
collectively and communally.
Critical
Recognition
zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya allubaniya;
[Beirut: al-Furat publishing, Jan 2010]. Reviewed by:
• Moris Abu Nader, “Al Harb Al Loubnaniyya Al Ahliyya Bimoulsakatiha Al Moutakalliba,” in Dar Al Hayat, Lebanon, April 16, 2010.
• Mahmoud Al Zibawi, “Harb El Moulsakat Fi AL Harb AL Loubnaniyya,” in An-Nahar Al Moulhak Althakafi, Lebanon, January 3, 2010.
zeina maasri, Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War, London: I.B.
Tauris, 2009. Reviewed by:
• Victor Margolin, ‘Book Review,’ in Journal of Design History Advance Access, October 7, 2009.
• Sarah A. Rogers, in the Middle East Report, MER 252 — Fall 2009, p. 48.
• David Crowly, “Walls with Bashir,” in Eye, The International Review of Graphic Design, London, no. 72, Summer 2009, p. 91-2.
• Max Bruinsma, “Betekenis in Beeld,” in Items, Holland, no. 3, Summer 2009, p. 92.
• Steven Heller, “Visuals: The Art of Rebellion,” in NY Times Sunday Book Review,
August 9, 2009, [www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/books/review/Heller-t.html].
• Hicham Safieddine, “Lebanon’s Political Posters as Sites of Struggle,” in The Electronic
Intifada, June 7, 2009.
• Kaelen Wilson Goldie, in Bidoun: Arts and Culture from the Middle East, Spring 2009, published in NY, pp. 183–4.
• Sune Haugbolle, in Arab Studies Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 1, Spring 2010, p. 334-43.
• Victor Margolin, in Journal of Design History. 2009; 22[4]: p. 426-28.
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
daniel drennan ICON6: Sixth Annual Illustration Conference, July 2010: Pasadena, CA.
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harb m., “Story of a Name,” Beiroutes: A Guide to Beirut, 2009 was praised by Mosley M.,
“Guidebooks from the Edge, and from the Heart,” The Daily Star, March 25, 2010.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&article_id=113126 #ax
zz0jfRPsr9b
research funding
howayda al-harithy, Short term URB grant to participate in the International
Conference on Archeology in Conflict, Vienna, Austria, April 6-10, 2010.
daniel drennan
• Awarded an extension of the URB grant for the proposal entitled: “The Beirut Design
Collective”.
• Awarded a CASAR grant for research into American case studies pertaining to artists’ collectives in North America.
mona fawaz
Department of Architecture and Design | faculty research and professional activities
• Heinrich Boll Foundation [E 8,000]
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Beirut, a City of Security –Arabic Version [with Ahmad Gharbieh, Mona Harb, and Nadine Bekdache], 2010.
• AUB, University Research Board. [US $5,233]
The Conception of Space in Urban Projects: Four Post-War Reconstruction Projects in Lebanon, 2009-10.
mona harb, Received 2-year grant from the American Center for Learned Societies,
Collaborative Research Fellowship, $42,000 – awarded, in progress [salary replacement
& project costs] for the project entitled Constructing and Negotiating the Islamic
Milieu: New Moralities and Spatialities in Shi’i Lebanon [with Lara Deeb, Scripps College].
carol levesque, URB Seed Grant, $4 138,00: Emergent Space: Contemporary
architecture and public space in Spain.
zeina maasri
• Travel Grant [for MESA Conference participation], URB, Nov. 2009.
• Grant award: for the production cost of the website and online database for the project: “Signs of Conflict: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War”. Amount: 10,000 USD. The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Jan. 2010–May 2011.
• Subsidy for the production cost of the Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War, amount: 15,000 USD, from the Heinrich Böll Foundation, [2009].
sylvia shorto
• CASAR Summer Research Travel Grant for the project, “Within Boundaries: The Post-
9/11 Display of Middle Eastern Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York”.
• Short-term faculty Development [URB] for the SAH Chicago conference, April 2010.
• CASAR Conference Travel Grant to attend the AAH meeting in Glasgow, April 2010.
co-supervision of graduate students
george arbid: Marieke Krijnen [Master of Arts, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern
Studies, AUB- Faculty of Arts and Sciences], Facilitating Real Estate Development in
Beirut: A Peculiar Case of Neoliberal Public Policy.
daniel drennan: Nathaniel George, “Imperialism in the Middle East and the Lebanese
Crisis of 1973.” [CAMES]; co-advisor with Patrick McGreevy.
mona fawaz: Susan Goedeken [CAMES], Made to Measure? Fitting a Development
Project to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Marieke Krijnen [CAMES], Neoliberal State Governance and Urban Development in
Beirut during the Hariri Era.
robert saliba: Lee Frederix [MLU], Reclaiming Beirut’s Marginal Landscapes: Cultural
Infrastructure as Urban Catalyst – Notre Dame University.
service and committees
Search Committee
composition | Al-Harithy [chair], Arbid, Drennan, Fawaz, Ghaibeh, Levesque, Maasri,
Musfy, Najjar, Sadek, Saliba, and Shorto
GD Accreditation Committee
composition | Drennan, Ghaibeh, Musfy [chair], and Sadek
Graduate Curricular Review and New Programs
composition | Al-Harithy, Thomas, Sadek, and Saliba [chair]
Areen Architecture Series
composition | Al-Harithy [chair], Arbid, and Thomas
Lecture Series Committee
composition | Drennan, Maasri, and Shorto [chair]
Annual Exhbition
composition | Ghaibeh [chair], Levesque, and Trabulsi
City Debates: Mona Fawaz
TALK20 Committee
composition | Carla Aramouni and Jana Trabulsi
Design and Publications Committee
composition | Drennan [chair], Freije, and Musfy
Department of Architecture and Design | service and committees
ArD
Committees
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Slide Library: George Arbid
Website/Plasma Committee
composition | Dajani, Ghaibeh [chair], and Najjar
Space Planning Committee
composition | Arbid, Ghaibeh, Najjar [chair], and Musfy
Professional
Service
howayda al-harithy
• International Correspondent and Editorial Advisor, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review: Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Traditional Environment, University of California at Berkeley, USA.
• Country Editor, World Architecture Organization, January 2009-
george arbid, Moderator, Cultural Sustainability, Yale Arab Alumni Association
Conference on Urban Sustainability, AUB, October 2-3, 2009.
mona fawaz, Member, Faculty Advisory Committee for the Palestinian Camps
Initiatiative. Issam Fares Institute, AUB.
carol levesque, Moderator, for City Debates, AUB.
zeina maasri, Member of the advisory board of the academic journal The Poster,
published in the US with the academic publisher Intellect.
Department of Architecture and Design | service and committees
leila musfy
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• Founding member of ‘Doroob’ an NGO for educational purposes.
• ICOGRADA member of the ‘Iridescent Advisory Panel’.
robert saliba, Member, of the scientific committee for the Memory Museum of the
City of Beirut, a consultancy body responsible for advising the Municipalities of Beirut
and Paris on the renovation and adaptive reuse of Barakat Building, Beirut, as a cultural
center and national museum.
sylvia shorto
• 9th FEA Student Conference. Session moderator: “Engaging the Image”
• University for Seniors Pilot Program: Taught a six-week Saturday morning pilot course
for the University’s Neighborhood Outreach. The course, Building Beirut: Architectural History of the City Center, took the form of six three-hour walking tours of the city, and was attended by 15 seniors.
Academic
Service
Review of Academic Files/Referee
howayda al-harithy
• Peer reviewer, articles submitted for publication in the Getty Research Journal,
March 2010.
• Peer reviewer, the third cycle of the National Priorities Research Program [NPRP] of the Qatar National Research Foundation, March 2010.
• Referee, abstracts submitted for the IAESTE 2010 conference on “Utopia of Tradition,” organized by University of California, Berkeley, Feb. 2010.
• External reviewer, application for promotion with tenure, Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nov. 2009.
• Peer reviewer, the seventh cycle of Undergraduate Research Experience Program [UREP] of the Qatar National Research Fund [QNRF], Nov. 2009.
• Referee, article submitted for publication, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review [TDSR], University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2009.
mona fawaz acted at least once as a reviewer for the following peer reviewed academic
journals
• International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
• Planning Theory
• Conflict, Security, and Development
• Cities
• Cultural Dynamics
mona harb
• Review, Journal Article, Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée,
February 2010.
• Review, Journal Article, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, February 2010.
• Review, Journal Article, International Journal for Urban and Regional Research,
March 2009.
Guest Juror
george arbid
• Studio Basel [Herz, Rahbaran, Zhou, Herzog and De Meuron], Jury on December 16, 2009, Basel, Switzerland.
• Syria, Final Year Graduation Projects in Architecture, International University of Science and Technology [IUST], Syria, June 20-21, 2010.
• Turkey, Istanbul: Mediterranean Cities Program Workshop, an urban design and architecture studio involving seven universities, June 29, 2010.
• Beirut, Lebanese American University, 1st Year Design Studio, June 10, 2010.
• 2nd year design project, Art Pavilion at AUB, November 25, 2009.
• Vertical Studio, Istanbul, December 23, 2009.
lina ghaibeh, Lebanese American University, Graphic Design Juries
carol levesque
• Lebanese American University, 2nd year studio, Beirut, May 2010.
• Lebanese American University, Final Year Project, Byblos, June 2010.
Department of Architecture and Design | service and committees
carol levesque, Reviewer for FEA student conference papers, spring 2010.
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academics
final year projects
architecture
Department of Architecture and Design | academics
• Andre Chedid, “In Change,” Advisor: George Arbid
• Anthony El Khoury, “The Theater, its double and Beirut setting,”
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Advisor: Matthew Thomas
• Dana Hamdan, “Designing Diplomacy, Architecture in Response to Stereotypes,” Advisor: George Arbid
• Dara Dajani Daoudi, “Inside/Out, a Landmark of Palestinian Crafts,”
Advisor: Karim Najjar • Dima Atchan, “On the Verge of…/the Compass,” Advisor: George Arbid
• Dina Mahmoud, “Biostructure, Architectural Organisms in the Sector of Bachoura,” Advisor: Karim Najjar
• Farah El Alayli, “Rethinking the Corniche: The Mini Saida Experience,”
Advisor: Matthew Thomas
• Jad Abdun Nur, “Sectarianism by People for the People,” Advisor: Karim Najjar
• Joanne Choueiri, “Play,” Advisor: Carole Levesque
• Joelle Khoury, “Breaking the Tower”, Advisor: Matthew Thomas
• Julie Haddad, “The Tumor in the City”, Advisor: George Arbid
• Karina El Hage, “In-Transit”, Advisor: Karim Najjar
• Karine Yassine, “LWO”, Advisor: Carole Levesque
• Maissa Naim, “The City Traveler”, Advisor: Karim Najjar
• Marwan Hamadeh, “INFarchitecture Re-designing an Edge on the Waterfront”,
Advisor: Matthew Thomas
• Moh’d Abdullah Ramadan, “Fields of Sound and Silence”, Advisor: Carole Levesque
• Rodrigue Antoun, “Taking Chevrolet Down Memory Lane”, Advisor: George Arbid
• Shoghag Ohannessian, “Setting: Architecture for a Narrative”,
Advisor: Matthew Thomas
• Yasmina Chami, “Viva la Vida or death and all its friends”, Advisor: Carole Levesque
graphic design
• Amira Akl, “Glimbr: Cast the Spell”, Advisor: Ahmad Gharbieh
• Armine Seferian, “The Journey of the Pomegranate”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh
• Farah Esteitie, “Sincerely, Islam”, Advisor: Leila Musfy
• Gloria Tahhan, “Set in Stone - A History of Shemlan through My Home”,
Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh
• Karim Farah, “‫على اخلط‬/‫ ”رحلة يف‬A Trip from Screen to Space, Back and Forth, and the Attempt to Live the Real and the Virtual in/on One Line, Advisor: Jana Traboulsi
• Lara Malas, “Bakdesh: Capital Resistance”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh
• Laura Halteh, “Planet Nableon”, Advisor: Fadi Baki
• Lilian Abou Zeki, “ ّ‫ هن‬،‫ هي‬،‫ ”�أنا‬Newsletter to be Disseminated at Beauty Parlors, Focusing on Image and Circulation”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri
• Lynn Dakkak, “Kept Secret”, Advisor: Jana Traboulsi
• Maha Bazzi, “Picture Perfect, a Reclaiming Project”, Advisor: Walid Sadek
• Mariam Krisht, “30.04.09”, Advisor: Leila Musfy
• Maya Akel, “Obstacle-Signs a Lebanese Manifestation of Authority”,
Advisor: Jana Traboulsi
• Maya Itani, “He or She or She or He”, Advisor; Fadi Baki
• Maya Moumneh, “‫”�إن ع�شقنا فعذرنا �أن يف وجهنا نظر‬, Advisor: Zeina Maasri
• Nadine El Ali, “And Again: The Tension Created between Desire and Pain”,
Advisor: Walid Sadek
• Nidal Bou Hamdan, “The New Hierarchy”, Advisor: Fadi Baki
• Rana Kotob, “Lebanese Banknotes: Exploring Alternatives to State Narrative
1989-1994”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri
• Rebecka Farraj, “‫”كيف؟ �آدات تعليمية يف اللغة العربية‬, Advisor: Leila Musfy
• Ruba Sidani, “‫”من �أهل البيت‬, Advisor: Zeina Maasri
• Soulaf Khalifeh, “‫”�صورة وجه‬, Advisor: Walid Sadek
• Walid Aboul Joud, “Dissonance [image and sound]”, Advisor: Walid Sadek
• Yasmina Sabbah, “A Movement and Visual Approach to Sight Singing”,
Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh
• Yousef Abed Rabboh, “Regarding the Soul of the Organized City: An Urban Commentary Amman”, Advisor: Ahmad Gharbieh
graduate theses [completed]
• Ibrahim Mneimneh, “Grounding Heritage in Locality”
• Dominique Wierzbowski, “Social Networks as the Social Context”
courses offered
architecture and graphic design
course # title
ARCH 241
Surveying/
Regional Arch.
summer term 2009
of
cr. no.
studts instructor instructor instructor
9
41
Walid Haddad Naji Assi
Antoine
Fischfisch
ARCH 373
Training in
AutoCAD
0
27
Karim Nader
ARCH 474
Training in Execution Drawings
0
23
Karim Nader
ARCH 575
Approved
Experience
0
22
Karim Nader
GRDS 113
Photography
3
30
Marc Nader
GRDS 462
Approved
Experience
0
25
Lina Ghaibeh
Department of Architecture and Design | academics
Sandra Kassab Walid Bakhos
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architecture program
course #
title
ARCH 100
Basic Design
fall semester 2009-2010
of
cr. no.
studts instructor instructor instructor
4
105
Ghassan
Maasri
George Arbid
Shawki
Youssef
Pascal
Hachem
Sara-Jane
Arida
Gregoire
Serof
Department of Architecture and Design | academics
Nadine
Bekdache
62
ARCH 111
Technical
Drawings
4
35
George Arbid Rola Idriss
ARCH 121
History of Art
and Arch I
3
80
Sylvia Shorto
ARCH 151
Statics and
Mechanics
of Solids
4
40
Walid Haddad
ARCH 202
Arch. Design II
7
40
Carla
Aramouny
ARCH 223
History of Art
and Arch. III
3
66
Howayda
Al-Harithy
ARCH 242
Building
Construction I
3
40
Sany Jamal
ARCH 253
Analysis/
Design Struct II
4
40
Walid Haddad
ARCH 325
Contemporary
Arch.
3
22
Carole
Levesque
ARCH 406a
Vertical Studio A 7
16
Karim Nader
Simone
Kosremelli
ARCH 406b
Vertical Studio B 7
16
Rana Haddad
Carole
Levesque
ARCH 406c
Vertical Studio C 7
16
Tarek Sinno
Joy Kanaan
ARCH 261
Building Services 4
25
Wajih Najm
ARCH 508
Final Year
Design and
Research I
21
Karim Najjar
7
Rana Samara
electives
ARCH 021
Imperial Image
3
12
Sylvia Shorto
ARCH 040
Beyond green
3
15
Matthew
Thomas
ARCH 016
3DMax
3
15
Bernard
Mallat
ARCH 010
Photography
3
15
Marc Nader
ARCH 065
Climate
Responsive
3
15
Aram
Yeretzian
Karim Najjar
Mona Fawaz,
Coordination
Matthew
Thomas
Robert Saliba
graphic design program
fall semester 2009-2010
of
cr. no.
studts instructor instructor instructor
course #
title
GRDS 112
Color
3
35
Mayda Freije
GRDS 111
Drawing
3
35
Bassam
Kahwaji
GRDS 202
Design II
6
24
Jana Trabulsi
GRDS 242
Computer
Graphics II
3
24
Raffi
Boyadjian
GRDS 251
Typography I
3
24
Leila Musfy
Lara Captan
GRDS 304
Design IV
6
31
Daniel
Drennan
Mayda Freije
GRDS 325
History of GD
3
31
Zeina Maasri
GRDS 344
Interactive
Media Design
3
25
Tarek Dajjani
GRDS 361
Professional
Practice
3
31
Leila Musfy
Raffi
Boyadjian
GRDS 406
Final Year
Research
6
25
Walid Sadek
Zeina Maasri, Daniel
Coordination Drennan
Fadi Baki
Ahmad
Gharbieh
Zeina
Al-Abed
Jana Trabulsi
GRDS 031
Carrying the
Negative
3
15
Walid Sadek
GRDS 064
Advanced
Illustration
3
15
Daniel
Drennan
GRDS 061
Grafix in the
Environment
3
15
Leila Musfy
GRDS 042
Rough Cuts
3
15
Fadi Baki
mupp/mud
fall semester 2009-2010
of
cr. no.
studts instructor instructor instructor
course #
title
URPL 631
Intro. to
3
Planning Theory
7
Mona Fawaz
URDS 601/2
Urban Design
Studio
6
10
Robert Saliba
Urban Land Use 3
9
Raghda Jaber
electives
URPL 624
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architecture program
spring semester 2010
no.
of
cr. studts instructor instructor instructor
course #
title
ARCH 101
Architecture
Design I
7
38
Rana Haddad Roula Khoury
Sandra
Richani
ARCH 112
Descriptive
Drawing
3
70
Bassam
Kahwaji
Gregoire
Serof
Ghassan
Maasri
Joy Kanaan
Matthew
Thomas
Aram
Yeretzian
Bernard
Mallat
Shawki
Youssef
ARCH 122
History Art and
Architecture II
3
80
Howayda
Al-Harithy
ARCH 152
Analysis/
Design Struct I
4
38
Walid Haddad
ARCH 203
Architecture
Design III
7
35
Hani Zgheib
ARCH 313
CAD
3
35
Rania Melhem
ARCH 224
History Art and
Architecture IV
3
80
Sylvia Shorto
ARCH 243
Building
Construction II
3
40
Sany Jamal
ARCH 331
Urbanism
3
30
Mona Fawaz
ARCH 407a
Vertical Studio A 7
16
Carole
Levesque
Hala Younes
ARCH 407b
Vertical Studio B 7
18
Matthew
Thomas
Carla
Aramouny
ARCH 407c
Vertical Studio C 7
18
Robert
Saliba
Bernard
Mallat
Final Year
Design and
Research I, II
21
Carole
Levesque,
Coordination
Matthew
Thomas
ARCH 508
/509
7
George Arbid Sany Jamal
Wajih Najm
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ARCH 032
The Black Box
3
14
Karim Nader
ARCH 027
Museum/Store
3
14
Sylvia Shorto
ARCH 024
Hybrid Beirut
3
14
Robert
Saliba
ARCH 035
Geographies of
Exclusion
3
14
Hiba Bou Akar
ARCH 060
Making It
3
16
Karim Najjar
ARCH 020
Beirut Modern
3
14
George Arbid
Karim Najjar
Walid Haddad
graphic design program
spring semester 2010
no.
of
cr. studts instructor instructor instructor
course #
title
GRDS 101
Graphic Design I
6
33
Luma ShihabJana Traboulsi Mayda Freije
Elddin
GRDS 141
Computer
Graphics I
3
33
Raffi
Boyadjian
GRDS 214
Illustration
3
33
Daniel
Drennan
GRDS 203
Graphic Design III
6
26
Daniel
Drennan
GRDS 231
Intro to Visual
Theory
3
26
Walid Sadek
GRDS 252
Typography II
3
32
Leila Musfy
Lara Captan
GRDS 305
Graphic Design V
6
32
Leila Musfy
Hatem Imam
GRDS 343
Motion Graphics
3
26
Lina Ghaibeh
Raffi
Boyadjian
GRDS 407
Final Year Project 6
25
Zeina Maasri,
Ahmad
Lina Ghaibeh
Coordination
Gharbieh
Walid Sadek
Sara Jane
Arida
Leila Musfy
Jana
Traboulsi
Fadi Baki
GRDS 032
Mediated
Spectacles
3
14
Zeina Maasri
GRDS 014
Etching
3
16
Zahreddine
GRDS 012
Silkscreen
3
16
Rena
Karanouh
GRDS 016
Advanced
Photography
3
16
Marc Nader
mupp/mud
spring semester 2010
of
cr. no.
studts instructor instructor instructor
course #
title
URPL 681/
URDS 603
Thesis
6
4
Robert Saliba
URPL 632
Urbanism
3
10
Mona Fawaz
URPL 660
Seminar City
Debates
0
10
Mona Fawaz
URPL 661/
URDS 601
Planning Design
Workshop
6
10
Mona Fawaz
Howayda
Al-Harithy
Mona Fawaz
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new elective courses
ARCH 012 The Black Box The Black Box is a workshop and seminar open to architecture, graphic design and other
students. Class meets once a week. Metaphorically, the black box stands for a hiding
device that creates a feeling of curiosity and triggers imagination. This seminar is an
exploration, interaction and experimentation with the concept of the black box through
the three sub-themes of Desire, Imagination and the Unseen. Students are invited to
respond to contemporary artistic works [cinema, architecture, literature] as well as to
present their own through the media of photography, script-writing and projection.
ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City
Subjected to colonialism, Beirut was able to develop its own response to early
modernization through the assimilation and domestication of Western urban and
architectural trends. The resulting cultural hybridity and ownscape diversity is
understood by exploring the transitional years from a Medieval Arab-Islamic town in
the 1840s to a showcase of the French Mandate in the 1920s and 30s. This course is an
attempt to read the contemporary city through its recent colonial past and to trace the
continuity and change in its social, economic, and cultural conditions as mirrored
in building typologies and spatial urban structure.
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ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion
This course investigates the idea of geographies of exclusion through a multi-disciplinary
inquiry which locates space and spatial production at its center. It cross-thinks issues of
exclusion across cities in the Global North and the Global South. Gender, class, religion,
and race are the main fault lines that we will use to study how certain populations in our
cities are left “outside” [through gated communities, “mean” streets, security barriers,
segregated parks, etc.], or kept “inside” [refugees in camps, locked-in domestic workers,
prisoners, etc.].
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ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of Complex Structures
Design and technology studies in schools of architecture are based on the making of
things, how they perform in the environment, the experience of the results, and its
cognitive interpretation. The scientific knowledge and technical expertise available for
architecture are extensive and their rate of change is substantial. The course seeks to
develop the ability to learn how to learn, a vital necessity for innovation. . The teaching
focus is on craftsmanship, innovation, conceptual and lateral thinking, new technologies,
construction, interdisciplinary work, and collaboration with industries.
ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environment
The past decade has seen an incredible evolution of architecture and design adapting to
the issue of climate change. Greening ourselves and the cities we live in has been widely
discussed in the media, while legitimized in regional building codes and master plans.
From green washed advertising to zero-emission standards, the design environment has
shifted while our tools and techniques [the ones that got us into this situation to begin
with] are just beginning to evolve. The Beyond Green seminar will expand our notions
of the term “sustainability” in the built environment while questioning its integration
in the design and building process. The course structure will guide students to expose
the underlying processes, multi-scalar systems, and diverse forces of socio-cultural
and political flows that impact the lens of sustainable design. In addition to addressing
contemporary and historical green building techniques and technologies, students
in this course will critically question the green building industry by expanding the
conversation of sustainability and the tools available to the architect.
In Lebanon, a testimony, if ever spoken, is truncated. It remains afloat without a
structure to receive it and enact it into a social political fact. Following Giorgio
Agamben’s [1999] move to extricate the witness from the confusion of the ethical with
the judicial, this course proposes an approach to these texts not as testimonies which
install a process of search for a truth but rather as discursive fields wherein the subject
of the survivor-witness can be made to erupt. The survivor-witness is accordingly
approached as a subject for experiences from which the author and/or narrator is
unable to fully extricate him/herself and about which make pronouncements; a subject
of an inconclusive process, a negative value which persists as an insufficiency within a
socio-political context bent on promulgating one closure after another.
department activities
the areen architecture lecture series
The Areen Architecture Lecture Series was established in 2009 and was launched by
the public lecture of Rem Koolhaas on May 17, 2010 in Issam Fares Hall.
The series will be used to invite internationally recognized architects, who have designed
and executed several projects, to present in Lebanon.
rem koolhaas is an internationally acclaimed architect and urbanist. He founded the
Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and
Madelon Vriesendorp. Koolhaas graduated from the Architectural Association in London
and in 1978 published Delirious New York, a Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In
1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections
between contemporary society and architecture. At this moment Rem Koolhaas is
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GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness
The publication of Regina Sneifer’s J’ai Deposé les Armes [2006] in an Arabic translation
by Dar Al Farabi in 2008 titled ‫ �ألقيت ال�سالح‬following the publication of Joseph Saadeh’s
Victime et Bourreau[1989] also in an Arabic translation by Dar Al Jadeed in 2006 titled
‫�أنا ال�ضحية واجلالد �أنا‬, make flagrant the dearth of published testimonies by militant men
and women active during the Lebanese civil war. Previously, published testimonies by
ex-high-ranking members of armed political organizations, such as Fawwaz Trabulsi’s
1997 [‫]�صورة الفتى بالأحمر‬, are more numerous but tend to follow the narrative structure of
memoirs sedulously maintaining the integrity of the speaking subject and the temporal
integrality of the narrative.
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heading the work of OMA as well as AMO the conceptual branch of OMA, a think tank
focused on social, economic, and technological issues.
TALK20
TALK20: is an international design forum happening for the fourth year at AUB, which
promotes interdisciplinary exposure to young designers/artists/musicians within
Beirut. It happens in the form of an informal gathering, where 10 to 12 speakers, from
established professionals, young artists, faculty members, and department students,
present their work in the short format of 20x20: 20 slides, 20 seconds each.
www.talk20.org.
TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on Friday March 26, 2010 at the
Charles Hostler Center auditorium. It was organized by the Talk20 committee comprised
of faculty members Carla Aramouny and Jana Trabulsi, and architecture students Bassem
Chahwan and Firas Abou Fakher. This fourth edition started with a live music performance
by Youmna Saba and Sharif Sehnaoui and included the following list of speakers:
sharif sehnaoui [musician/Irtijal], daniel drennan [artist/Jamaa al-Yad/ArD
Faculty], karim moussawer [architect/PARALX], sarah beydoun [designer/Sarah’s
bag], wassef dabboucy [architecture student], tammam yamout [designer/Penguin
Cube], pascal hachem [artist/ArD faculty], youmna saba [musician], infrastructure
beirut [students of vertical studio C/ArD], youssef tohme [architect], shawki
youssef + carl gerges & firas abou fakher [Artist/ArD Faculty+musician /
architecture student], yelostudio [animation, illustration, music videos].
All event graphics were designed by GD students Youssef Abed Rabbo, Joelle Haddad,
and Lara Attallah, with follow up by Jana Trabulsi. Event photos were taken by
architect-ure student Bassil Abi Hanna.
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mrinalini rajagopalan: “Stones, Stories and Science: Architectural Fictions in the
Invention of Ancient India.” Monday, October 19, 2009.
Mrinalini Rajagopalan, currently Fellow of Urban Studies at the John W. Draper
Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York
University, received her PhD in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Her areas of teaching and research interest include the colonial legacies of urbanism
in the developing world; the intersection of archaeology and architectural preservation
as projects of national modernities; the historiographic traditions of Islamic art and
architecture; and the use of visual culture in the production of collective memory
and national sentiment in postcolonial nation-states. Mrinalini is co-editor of the
book, Colonial Frames/ Nationalist Histories: Architecture, Urbanism and Identity
[Ashgate, 2010]. Her lecture was taken from her forthcoming book, a study of the
institutionalization of architectural preservation in India, focusing on the nation’s
capital city, Delhi.
america sanchez: The keynote lecture of the Tutti Frutti exhibition was given by
curator America Sanchez, on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, a winner of the Spanish
National Design Prize. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1939, the self-taught artist’s
early training was marked by the so-called “Swiss School”, and Josef Müller-Brockmann’s
book, The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems. In 1965 Sanchez moved to Barcelona,
where he set up his own studio, specializing in corporate identity work for businesses
and institutions, and graphic design for exhibitions and special events. Sanchez
combines his activity as a graphic designer with extended research and experimentation
in other spheres of the image: photography, photomontage and video. Since 1963 he
has shown in individual and group exhibitions as a photographer and given classes and
audiovisual lectures on photographic creativity. His graphic work and photographs are in
several international collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
christoph wessling: “The Berlin Experience: Urban Development Strategies for Inner
City Unification,” Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
Christoph Wessling, who teaches at the Department of Urban Development and
Design, University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, is also acting partner of insar
consult, Berlin. From 1991 to 1998, he was a team leader for the development studies
of several districts in Berlin. In 2003 and 2004, Wessling served as urban planning
consultant for the United Nation Mission in Kosovo, preparing an integrated strategy
for the urban development of the divided town of Mitrovica. Currently, he is working
on the cooperation between German and Middle Eastern Universities in the fields of
architecture and urban design. He is also conducting research on the ‘post-fossil’ town
in order to identify urban development strategies for energy change.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
ETH Studio Basel is an institute of urban research founded by architects Roger Diener,
Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, and Pierre de Meuron at the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Zurich. The research activities of the institute engage issues of the
contemporary urban condition by describing the traces of change in the inhabited
landscape. Studio Basel investigates regions of cities that are often ambiguous in
their development and that are embedded in the globalization process, both shaping it
but also affected by its adverse repercussions. They are places that are connected to
evolving international energy flows. Investigations are based on the assumption that
contemporary cities, shaped by local specificity or historical tradition, but also by the
development of new modalities of transformation in the wake of contemporary global
networks, do not develop towards a common vanishing point, but rather consolidate,
strengthen, transform, or adapt their specific traits. Cities are hence drawn back to their
own material configuration through the processes of globalization. Herz lectured on the
diverse transformations that underlie the specific situations of cities in these contexts:
how cities develop, change, and adapting their physical configurations when connected
to the international energy flows. The lecture presented the findings of investigations
into the diverse cities of Basel and Nairobi.
reza abedini: The second lecture associated with the Tutti Frutti exhibition was held
in the Hostler Center on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, to a packed audience. Reza
Abedini was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1967. He graduated as a graphic designer at the
school of Fine Arts in 1985, and in 1992 received his B.A. in painting from the Tehran Art
University. From 1993 onwards, the reputation of Reza Abedini’s studio grew steadily
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manuel herz: “Investigating Specificity - Urban Research by ETH Studio Basel,”
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along with its body of work. Recognition came first in Iran, and was quickly followed in
the rest of the world. Abedini has given Iranian graphic design its own unique stamp, and
its own deserved position on the world map. Abedini has won numerous international
awards for the work. He is a member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society and of
Alliance Graphique International [AGI]. In 2009, he founded international design agency
OrientationLab with strategic director Paul Hughes. Abedini currently lives and works
in the Netherlands.
andrew griffin: “Agenda,” Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Andrew Griffin is a Director of JDS Architects, the award-winning young European firm
founded by Julien de Smedt. Andrew leads their Copenhagen office. Born in Ireland,
Andrew graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture with 1st class honors. He
received the Opus award for Best Graduate in Ireland, and Best in Show in London.
Before joining JDS Architects, he worked for the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
in Rotterdam as a Team Leader; for FKL Architects in Dublin as a Project Architect; and
for PLOT in Copenhagen as a Project Architect. He won the inaugural EUROPAN site in
Dublin. Andrew teaches and lectures around the world. His talk, Agenda, introduced
the newly published book of that name. Both a monograph, a diary, and a collection of
essays, interviews, and conversations, Agenda takes the form of a journal-like collective
narrative of 365 days activity in the firm, documenting their work and thinking during a
year marked by crisis and change.
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michael sorkin: “Eutopia Now,” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010.
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Michael Sorkin is founder of Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City, a design
practice devoted to both practical and theoretical projects at all scales that takes
special interest in the problems of the city and in green architecture. Sorkin is also
Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in
Urban Design at The City College of New York. From 1993 to 2000 he was Professor
of Urbanism and Director of the Institute of Urbanism at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Vienna. As founding President of Terreform, a non-profit organization dedicated to
research and intervention in issues of urban morphology and sustainability, Sorkin’s
research includes a project to examine the limits of self-sufficiency within New York
City and a study of sustainable transport systems. Sorkin is President of the Institute
for Urban Design, New York-based education and advocacy organization. Michael Sorkin
has written for a wide range of both professional and general publications. He was the
architecture critic of The Village Voice for 10 years, and is currently a contributing editor
for Architectural Record for which he writes a regular column. His numerous books
include Local Code, now considered classics of Urban Planning theory and criticism.
Sorkin advocates visionary, rational planning that respects cities as resistance points
against what he perceives as the homogenizing forces of global culture. The title of this
lecture was taken from his forthcoming book on sustainable cities, Eutopia, a play on
changing meaning: “from no place to a better place”.
The lecture by Michael Sorkin was funded in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin
Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research [CASAR]
manuel alvarez fuentes: “Tradition and Innovation: Designer Challenges,”
Monday, March 1, 2010.
Manuel Alvarez Fuentes, who has more than 38 years experience as a practicing
designer in the fields of product, furniture and interior design, packaging, signage,
and visual communications, is Director of the Graphic Design program at the Instituto
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, where he teaches the
Advanced Industrial Design Workshop.
He holds a Master of Industrial Design from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
City, later becoming Director of their Design Department. In 1975, he received a Master
of Design from the Royal College of Art, London. Since 1992, Fuentes has been the
senior partner of Diseño Corporativo [diCorp], a design consultancy office based in
Querétaro, Mexico. He acts as consultant and advisor for numerous companies and
institutions, and is board member of several designers’ associations. He was the founder
of the Industrial Design Program at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xoxhmilco in
1976. He is Academic Advisor to the Fine Arts Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de
Querétaro Programs in Visual Communications. He has organized and participated in
international design workshops, and lectured at conferences and seminars in his native
country and abroad.
The style of Juan Fuentes, a cultural activist and printmaker who lives in San Francisco,
was formed during the turbulent times of the 70’s, and was influenced by the social
realist tradition of Latin American printmaking. His art is dedicated to involvement in
and support of a global movement for social justice. In his silkscreen prints he uses the
figure or portrait as a means to tell a story, elaborating on the human condition and the
nature of labor. Since 1997, when he began to teach in the San Francisco County prison
system, he has also worked extensively with linoleum prints. Fuentes’ has been involved
in many solo and collaborative exhibitions. His early poster art is part of the historical
Chicano Poster Movement, and can be found in the Smithsonian Institution and in
other national collections. Fuentes has taught at art colleges in California, and in the
San Francisco County Jails Art and Education Program. Until recently he was Director
of Mission Gráfica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. His newly formed
organization, “Pajaro Editions” is a collaborative printmaking studio that is part of a
larger collective of Chicano/Latino printmakers, Consejo Grafico. They work together
to promote and to help sustain Chicano artists across the United States, and to draw
attention to the condition of American democracy. Fuentes lecture was accompanied by
a display of Fuentes own work and work of the students.
donald bates: “After Image: The Architecture of the Plan,” Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
Donald Bates is the design director of LAB Architecture Studio in Melbourne, Australia,
an international architectural practice that pursues the formulation of original and
challenging contemporary building projects that reveal the social dimensions of space.
Bates received his bachelor degree from the University of Houston in 1978, and his
Master’s degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1980, studying with Daniel
Libeskind. He acted as associate architect to Libeskind on both the Berlin: City Edge
competition entry, and the extension to the Berlin Museum competition entry [now
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juan r. fuentes: “Artwork for Peace and Justice,” Friday, March 5, 2010.
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referred to as the Jewish Museum]. He taught at the Architectural Association in London
[1983-89, 93-95] and he founded an independent architectural school, the Laboratory of
Primary Studies in Architecture [LoPSiA] in 1990, operating in Paris and at Le Corbusier’s
Unite d’Habitation at Briey. Bates’ lecture in the Department looked at ways of reemphasizing the power and consequence of the plan in the formation of a progressive
architectural project.
“brown-bag” talk
marwan ghandour: “Spatial Regeneration in Iowa,” Monday, March 29, 2010.
Marwan Ghandour is a Professor at Iowa State University in the Department of
Architecture where he teaches studios in architectural and urban design as well as
multi-disciplinary theory seminars. He is also the Director of Graduate Education in
Architecture, managing professional and research graduate degrees and coordinating
Landscape Architecture and Urban planning graduate programs for interdisciplinary
education. Ghandour is a partner in the Beirut-based architectural firm Bawader
Architects, which is involved in institutional building and urban design in Lebanon.
His research and practice have been focused on two regions, the Middle East and the
American West, and he conducts theoretical and historical research and develops
urban regeneration proposals. Gandour’s lecture, the first of a new series of Brown Bag
lectures in the Department, focused on his recent collaborative work on alternative
mapping in the state of Iowa.
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laura u. marks: “The Minimal Part, the Infinitesimal, and the Monad,”
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Monday, May 3, 2010.
Laura U. Marks is Dena Wosk University Professor in Art and Culture Studies at the
School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University. Her forthcoming book,
Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art [MIT Press, August
2010] traces the points of contact between classical Islamic art and contemporary
computer-based art. Marks lectured on how concepts from the history of Islamic
thought shed light on contemporary media art: thinkers and calligraphers in the early
tenth century ‘Abbasid caliphate developed physics and a system of writing based on
the point. To this thinking, the point is the minimal part; there is nothing inside it. Yet at
the same time Isma’ili thinkers in Cairo and Iran were considering what might lie inside
the point, through the concept of latency or bâtin. These concepts shed light on the art
practices of the period and later, and also on contemporary media art’s questions of the
pixel, the infinite, and the infinitesimal. Later in Iran, the concept of the monad, or the
point that contains the universe, preoccupied both Islamic neo-Platonist philosophers
and artists, in a way that helps us understand the relationship between infinite and
infinitesimal in art of our time.
Exhibitions
“coastal thresholds: structures between the dynamic and the static.”
Presentation, Book Launch and Exhibition. Monday October 26, 2009.
“tutti frutti: popular graphics and cultural diversity,” Wednesday, October 28
– November 20, 2009.
Sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and curated by award-winning Spanish
graphic designer America Sanchez, the Tutti Frutti exhibition comprised more than
200 photographs recording the work of designers, painters, draftsmen and -women,
and non-professional or self-taught calligraphers from different parts of the world,
asking viewers to think about popular graphics as an effective representation of cultural
diversity. The images were displayed by thematic groupings in mosaics, pointing to
the affinities and contrasts of a rural and urban iconography. As food for further
thought, it also included fragments of accompanying text on popular graphics by visual
communications experts from world capitals: Félix Beltrán, Ruedi Baur, Armando Milani,
Marcelo Drumond, André Guürtler and Reza Abedini. Tutti Frutti was conceived and
organized by DIMAD [Madrid Designers Association] and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Cooperation, under the auspices of UNESCO.
“the omrania/csbe student award for excellence in architectural design,”
“ready to read: book design from spain,” Wednesday, May 26 to Wednesday,
June 2, 2010.
The Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture
and Design and the University Libraries at the American University of Beirut, presented
the exhibition, ‘Ready to Read’. The exhibition was held in the Jafet Library. More than
450 fine books designed and published in Spain between the years 2000 and 2006,
comprising literature and essays, books on art, architecture and design, children’s books
and artists’ books from different periods, highlighted the wide range of talents of the
designers who work in modern Spanish publishing. The distinguished Catalan design
historian Enric Satué was the curator of the original exhibition; whilst Jaime Hayon,
who blurs the distinctions between art and design, was responsible for the image and
installation design, including the contemporary furniture and furnishings that help to
recreate the atmosphere of the reading rooms of the past. The exhibition, which has
toured internationally to more than six cities, will now be permanently housed in the
Jafet Library, thanks to the generosity of the Spanish Embassy.
annual exhibition of the architecture and graphic design finalyear projects
at Charles Hostler Student Center, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
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Exhibition and Panel Discussion. Tuesday, April 27 to Friday April 30, 2010.
The Omrania/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design aims at
recognizing quality in architectural education and encouraging students to excel in
their design performance. The annual Award was established in 2008 by Omrania &
Associates, the Arab architecture and engineering firm, and the Center for the Study
of the Built Environment [CSBE]. The Award is given to students of architecture for
their design graduation projects, which they are invited to submit for the Award Jury’s
consideration. The first cycle of the Award was limited to projects from Jordanian
schools of architecture, but the second cycle was opened up to architecture schools
from all over the Arab world. In 2009, there were 66 submissions in total from eleven
Arab countries. The exhibition displayed entries and awarded projects from the 2008
and 2009 cycles. The Discussion Panel hosted Hani Hussaini from the organizing
committee in Amman, Vladimir Djurovic, a 2009 jury member, and Farah Kassab, winner
of the 3rd prize in 2009.
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Conference
city debates 2010: security [of/in] the city. May 12-14, 2010
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• Derek Gregory [University of British Columbia]: “Baghdad Burning? Urban Violence 74
and New Wars”
Commentary: Patrick McGreevy [AUB]
• Paul Asmar [UC Santa Barbara]. “Cairo’s Natasha Wars and Harasser Invasions: Human Security Governance, and the Remapping of Gender, Class, and Morality in Neoliberal Egypt.”
Omar Dewachi [AUB]. “Technologies of Security of Displaced Iraqis in the Urban Settings of Damascus and Beirut.”
Hiba Bou Akar [UC Berkeley/AUB]. “The Spatial Construction of the Religious Other: The “Making of” Sahra Choueifat, Lebanon.”
Discussant: AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London].
• Parvati Nair [Queen Mary, University of London]. “Fault-Line City: Tangier Dreaming North.”
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi [Harvard University]. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Security, Sovereignty and Border Wall Geographies.”
Nasser Yassin [AUB]. “Sect and the City: Understanding the Socio-spatial Practices of Young Beirutis.”
Discussant: Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]
• Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]. “Aesthetics of Security.”
Mona Fawaz [AUB]. “A Regulatory Framework for an Architecture of Exclusion: Beirut as Case Study.”
Nasser Abu-Rahme [UNRWA]. “The Bantustan Sublime: Security and Subjectivity in Ramallah.”
Discussant: Derek Gregory [University of British Columbia]
• Teresa Caldeira [UC Berkeley]:Transgressions, Circulations, and Walls: New Configurations
of the Public in São Paulo.
Commentary: Asef Bayat [Leiden University], Robert Myers [CASAR/ AUB]
• Roundtable: Normalizing Policing in the Planning of Palestinian Camps
Participants
Moderator/Chair: Philipp Misselwitz [University of Stuttgart]
Ayse Onçu [Sabanci University]. “Neo-Liberalism, Governmentality, and Urban Space.”
Anke Hagemann [Berlin]. “From Stadium to Fanzone: The Urban Footprint of a Mega Sports Event.”
Adriana Young [New York]. “Shop and Awe: Shopping Malls, the War on Terror, and the Freedom to Shop.”
Discussant: Carole Levesque [AUB]
• Slideshow/Student Presentations: “Beirut: A City of Security” Newspaper
AUB, students’ presentations of their work on “Beirut: A City of Security”
Coordinator: Ahmad Gharbieh [AUB/Mind the Gap]
• AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London]. “Securing a Majority.”
Asef Bayat [Leiden University]. “The City Inside Out.”
Abdulhay Sayed [Damascus]. “Informal Housing and Resilience in Damascus.”
Discussant: Teresa Caldeira [UC Berkeley]
• Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]
Parvati Nair [Queen Mary, University of London]
Ayse Onçu [Sabanci University]
AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London]
Moderators: Philipp Misselwitz [University of Stuttgart] and Hiba Bou Akar [UC
Berkeley/AUB]
18-31, October 2009.
A collaboration between Brandenburg Technical University [BTU], Cottbus, and ArD was
initiated in October 2007, through a joint workshop in Urban Design.
ArD hosted the workshop from 18th to 31st October 2009, and the general theme was
“beirut – downtown extension to the waterfront”. Following the same format
as the Cairo workshop, 31 participants from four universities were organized into five
mixed groups and were introduced to the area of study by 13 lectures by specialists
from all participating universities as well as from international experts coming from
Iraq, Syria and Germany. The workshop focused on the Eastern edge of Beirut’s Central
District between Martyr’s square, Gemmayzeh, and the Port and dealt with the problem
of reconnecting the city center with its peripheral districts by proposing innovative
design visions, schemes and programs. ArD participants were Professor Robert Saliba
[Advisor and co-organizer]; Abir Al-Tayeb, Abdallah El Hajj, Jana Nakkhal, and Antoine
Khalil [graduate program in Urban Design]; Patmont Calvin and Thomas Johnsen
[visiting students].
In parallel to the workshop, a dialogue forum was held around to the topic of ‘Profiling
Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning Study Courses: Designing a cooperative
international Study Course’. Professors from the participating universities compared
the curricular content of their respective programs on Urban Design and discussed the
conditions and strategies for an ongoing cooperation.
reza abedini workshop. November 4 and 5, 2009.
Reza Abedini conducted a two-day workshop with students in Graphic Design, which
focused on the design interpretation of poetry through experimentations with Arabic
typography. The workshop ended with an informal presentation/exhibition of the
resulting work on Friday Nov. 6, in the department’s lobby.
workshop i: “advanced techniques in relief printing.” March 3 and 4, 2010.
In this workshop Juan Fuentes showed students various advanced techniques for
linoleum printing: registration, transfer, multiple-block color printing, reduction color
printing, as well as techniques for carving.
workshop ii: “collective silkscreen and collagraph.” March 5, 2010.
In the workshop with students and youth in the Bourj al-Barajneh camp, Juan Fuentes
and AUB students helped instruct and oversee the camp youth make silkscreen and
collagraph prints using affordable, low-tech equipment.
infrastructure workshop. March 5 and March 6, 2010.
This two day workshop was a conclusion of the first phase of research of the
“Alternative Guide to Beirut” Vertical Studio. Students were divided into four
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main groups each researching one of the four main infrastructural systems and its
manifestations in Greater Beirut: Water, transportation, energy, and waste. The
workshop was organized as a series of open charettes and live group discussions,
with several presentations by invited guest on subjects of urban initiatives, mappings
and visual diagramming. During the workshop, the students were required to compile
and produce a large collective map of Greater Beirut, placed on their studio wall, and
composed from an overlay of all the groups’ research and city mappings. The map/guide
serves as a physical graphical matrix of infrastructural information that brings forth
an “alternative” reading of the city, and that is used as a studio database for the entire
semester. At the end of the workshop, all four groups presented their research and
analysis through visual diagrams and mappings.
Participants included: StudioBeirut [Joe Mounzer and Rani Al Rajji], Zeina Maasri, Karim
Najjar, George Arbid, Omaya Malaeb, Joumana Medle, Haig Papazian; with presentations
by StudioBeirut, Joumana Medlej & Zeina Maasri.
“the welcoming city.” May 14, 2010.
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In the Spring semester of 2010, the studio “The Welcoming City” invited the students
to look at Beirut as a found object, as a place liberated from its past in order to project
and imagine what could be a welcoming Beirut. Through discussions revolving around
sustainable cities in which the right to public space is possible, the students invested
the abandoned St-George Church in Bachoura and transformed it in a temporary public
space where the installation of small architectures gave a right to appropriation. Using
recycled materials, four constructions were built in the church, each one revealing urban
actions, as the first seeds of change towards a welcoming Bachoura. The final event took
place on site, on May 14th 2010.
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calligraphy workshop: typography i class, Fall 2009-2010.
Mr. Ali Assi, well-known calligrapher, conducted a three-session calligraphy workshop in
Fall 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 2nd year graphic design students as part of
the typography I class. The workshop was successful and students learned the basics and
could later refine, develop and apply.
calligraphy workshop: design v, Spring 2009-2010.
Mr. Ali Assi, well-known calligrapher, conducted a one-session calligraphy workshop in
Spring 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 3rd year graphic design students upon
their request. The workshop was successful and students learned a few basics in the
application of the ‘Naskh’ lettering.
graffiti workshop: typography ii class, Spring 2009-2010.
Messrs Omar and Mohamad Kabbani, of the ‘Ashekman’ group conducted a graffiti
workshop in Spring 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 2nd year graphic design
students as part of the typography II class. The workshop was successful and students
learned preliminary techniques of graffiti art. The results of the workshops are boards
now displayed on the FEA dean’s terrace.
signage workshop: design v, Spring 2009-2010.
At the beginning of the spring 2010 semester Manuel Alvarez Fuentes conducted a
three-day signage workshop given to 3rd year graphic design students. The project was
to design a signage system in a designated space in downtown Beirut. The students were
divided into groups and presented their proposals to an audience.
May 3 to 11, 2010.
The Graphic Design students, class of 2011, planned and organized a trip to Kuala
Lumpur, MALAYSIA, to attend the Kuala Lumpur International Design Week.
June 10to 21, 2010.
A ten-day study trip with Prof. Sylvia Shorto to New York City, with twenty-five
architecture and graphic design students to look at art and architecture in the city.
Between May 1 and June 3, 2010.
George Arbid in conjunction with the Beirut Modern class visited the following areas:
Hamra, Ras Beirut, Ministry of Defense, Tobacco Regie, and the Tripoli Fair.
students
Undergraduate
Enrollment
architecture
1st year: 37
2nd year: 32
3rd year: 26
4th year: 21
5th year: 19
1st year: 29
2nd year: 24
3rd year: 30
4th year: 23
Students
Graduated and
Distinction
architecture: 19 [1 with distinction]
graphic design: 23 [2 with distinction]
Graduate
Student
Enrollment
mud: 10
mupp: 7
Graduate
Assistants
Fall semester 2009-10: 9
Spring semester 2009-10: 8
Student
Employment
Summer term 2009: 2
Fall semester 2009-10: 15
Spring semester 2010: 6
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Awards
dean’s award for creative achievement [Architecture]
Yasmina Chami
dean’s award for creative achievement [Graphic Design]
Rebecka Farraj
distinguished graduate award [Graphic Design]
Yousef Abed Rabboh
fawzi azar architectural award
Dara Dajani Daoudi
Julie Haddad
architecture areen awards
1st prize: Yasmina Chami
2nd prize: Dara Dajani Daoudi
3rd prize: Julie Haddad
graphic design areen awards
1st prize: Ruba Sidani
2nd prize: Lilian Abou Zaki
3rd prize: Yousef Abed Rabboh
chadirji award for architecture students in lebanon
Juries took place on November 30, 2009 at the Order of Architects and Engineers, Beirut.
Candidates selected from AUB: Ryam Idriss and Farah Kassab.
Award Ceremony took place on December 7, 2009 at Order of Engineers and Architects;
Farah Kassab was awarded the 2nd prize.
the omrania award for excellence in architectural design
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Farah Kassab [Class of 2009] won the 3rd prize of the Omrania and Centre of Study
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for the Built Environment 2009 award [CSBE]. It is a student Award for Excellence in
Architectural Design.
The award ceremony was held at the National Gallery for Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan, on
October 31st 2009.
Department
of Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
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personnel 83 Full-Time Faculty
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Faculty recruitment
Part-Time Faculty
Staff
Academic support
External Advisory Board
faculty research and
professional activities
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90 research fundings
service and commitees
92 Departmental meetings
92 Professional consulting
92 Outreach, community, and
departemental service
academics
95 Courses offered
98 final year projects 99 graduate theses
department initiatives and activities
100 Civil Engineering Seminars
100 Environmental Engineering,
and Science Seminar Series
101 Educational movies and lectures
102 Field trips
students
102 Enrollment
102 2009-2010 Graduation
introduction
This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the CEE department for
the period spanning from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The academic year 2009-10
was marked by continued success and development of the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering [CEE at AUB].
The highlights of the year:
The two PhD programs in the department, Civil Engineering [CE] and Environmental and
Water Resources Engineering [EWRE], which were launched in AY 2007-08, have grown.
The programs now include eleven active students, and three more have been accepted
for the AY 2010-11. We expect to graduate the 1st CE PhD by 2011. Of the eleven students
currently enrolled, four have successfully completed their comprehensive examinations.
We are very proud of both the caliber of students the programs are attracting and the
quality of research currently under way by the PhD candidates.
In July 2009 the department submitted the ABET Self Study Report for the
undergraduate civil engineering [BE] program. This was the culmination of many years
of work which required assessment at all levels of the program and of the department.
It was reviewed by an accreditation team who followed up with an onsite visit to the
department in Nov.-Dec. of 2009. The department has just been informed that the
undergraduate Civil Engineering Program has received ABET accreditation effective
retroactively to October2008.
The 2009-10 AY witnessed a continuation of the trend of increased demand for our
undergraduate programs. Ever increasing numbers of highly qualified applicants have
resulted in a very competitive admission process. The market demand for civil engineers
is not wavering and has resulted in continued increases to the minimum admission
scores for entry to the programs. This trend and influx of highly motivated and excellent
students will undoubtedly continue to enrich the department. With the support of the
FEA administration, new faculty members are being recruited to address the increased
teaching load.
In the fall semester of AY 2009-10 Dr. Maya Abou Zeid [Transportation Engineering, PhD
from MIT 2009] and Dr. Hiam Khoury [Construction Engineering, PhD from University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009] joined the department. The department was also successful
in recruiting one new faculty member who will be joining us in the fall of AY 2010-11:
Dr. George Saad [Structures Engineering, University of Southern California, 2007]. Plans
are underway to advertize for two new positions in the academic year 2010-11 in the
areas of construction engineering and structural/materials.
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The new undergraduate program in construction engineering has successfully
completed its first year. The quality of the students admitted for fall 2010 is excellent
and the program is witnessing increased interest in terms of applicants and transfer
students.
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In May 2010, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture awarded Mr. Rafic Mansour,
CEE alumnus-1964 and Mr. Sami Sidawi CEE alumnus-1964 the FEA Distinguished
Alumnus Award at the 9th Annual FEA Student Conference.
Mr. Rafic Mansour is the Executive Director of ASTRACO Construction and Matrix
Construction in the UAE, and a major investor and Director of Prima Industrie SPA in
Italy. Mr. Sami Sidawi is the Founder and Chairman of Al Nasr Contracting Co. in the UAE,
Readymix in Abu Dhabi, and Permoid Industries in the UK.
Further academic activities and news:
CEE faculty members maintained a high level of research productivity and service
contribution to the university and community, as is evidenced in the core of this report.
The departmental newsletter, which was initiated by the Civil Engineering Society
[CES] student chapter at FEA in collaboration with the CEE department, published its
fifth installment. This newsletter is now emailed to the full record of CEE alumni along
with a hard copy available to all. It has become a new link between the CEE student
body, faculty members, alumni, and staff that communicates departmental activities,
achievements, and future plans.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | introduction
Several social events took place during the year in the CEE department: activities and
gatherings continued to be organized by the CES; the traditional Civil Engineering
Gala dinner was held at the end of the year, where the CEE community of AUB and its
guests gathered to bid farewell and best wishes for a successful future and career to
graduating students.
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—salah sadek, Chairperson
personnel
Full
Professors
In the AY 2009-10 the CEE department counted fourteen full-time faculty lines. The
faculty lines were distributed as follows: environmental engineering and technology [3],
geotechnical [2], structural [3], transportation [2], engineering materials [1], construction
engineering [1] and water resources [2]. The rank distribution of the twelve faculty
members on board during 2009-10 was: six assistant professors and eight professors.
All of the full-time faculty members are PhD holders from top US, UK, or Canadian
institutions of higher learning.
George Ayoub, Professor, PhD, London University, Imperial College. His areas of interest
are water and wastewater management, physico-chemical and biological treatment
processes, development of low cost methods and materials in water and wastewater
treatment, and industrial waste treatment.
Habib Basha, Professor, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest are
development of analytical and numerical models for infiltration, modeling groundwater
flow, solute transport in water networks, rainfall-runoff, and mathematical analysis of
conduit flow.
Mutasem El Fadel, Professor, PhD, Stanford University. His areas of interest are
strategic and environmental impact assessment; water allocation, policy planning, and
conflict management; environmental and water quality socio-economics; air quality
management, transport systems and climate change; physical, chemical, and biological
processes in landfills; and solid and industrial waste management.
Bilal Hamad, Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest are
design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures, bond and development of
reinforcement, repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures, and
concrete technology.
Mohamad Harajli, Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His areas of
interest are design and behavior of reinforced, pre-stressed, and fiber reinforced
concrete under static and seismic loads; and repair and rehabilitation of concrete
structures using advanced composites.
Isam Kaysi, Professor, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of
interest are maritime transport and port operations, advanced technology applications
in transport, national and regional transportation planning, and public transport systems.
Mounir Mabsout, Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest are
structural mechanics, finite element analysis, soil-structure interaction, and computing
and information technology in civil engineering.
Salah Sadek, Professor and Chair, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. His areas
of interest are electrical properties of clays, properties of solid waste fills and their
evaluation, alternative landfill cover systems, and seismic design of dams.
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Assistant
Professors
Maya Abou Zeid, Assistant Professor, PhD, MIT. Her areas of interest are transportation
systems, sustainable energy systems, engineering design and advanced manufacturing,
and bio- engineering.
Hamed Assaf, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of British Columbia. His areas of
interest are water resources planning and management, watershed modeling, GIS, risk
analysis, integration of information technology in engineering applications, and agents
technology.
Ghassan Chehab, Assistant Professor, PhD, North Carolina State University. His areas
of interest are pavement engineering, materials of construction, nondestructive testing,
and modeling of asphalt concrete.
Hiam Khoury, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her areas
of interest are construction engineering technology, interactive visualization of project
information in engineering applications, and simulation and visualization of construction
operations.
Shadi Najjar, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of
interest are geotechnical engineering–reliability based design of foundations, risk
assessment for geotechnical engineering systems, offshore foundation design, and soil
and site improvement.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | personnel
Pascal Saikaly, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Cincinnati. His areas of interest
are bioremediation of emerging contaminants, biological wastewater treatment, public
health microbiology, environmental sustainability, microbial ecology of engineered and
natural systems, molecular microbial ecology, and mathematical modeling of population
dynamics.
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Faculty
Recruitment
George Saad [Structural Engineering, PhD from University of Southern California 2007],
is expected to join the department in the fall of 2010.
Part-Time
Faculty
During the academic year 2009-10, fourteen part-time faculty members were appointed
by the CEE department to assist in teaching basic undergraduate and laboratory
courses, and specialized graduate courses.
Constantine Inglessis, Associate Professor [Hydraulics], MSc, Colorado State
University.
Kamal Azar, Senior Lecturer [GIS], PhD, MIT.
Ibrahim El Khatib, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Youssef Fawaz, Lecturer [Transportation], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Fouad Kasti, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Ali Karnib, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, Atrois University.
Halim Nader, Lecturer [Surveying], BE, American University of Beirut.
Khaldoun Nasreddine, Lecturer [Geotechnical], PhD, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et
Chaussées.
Salah El-Dinn Sadek, Lecturer [CAD], PhD, Bordeaux III University, France.
Akram Haroun, Instructor [Structures], ME, American University of Beirut.
Hayssam Hasbini, Instructor [Information Technology], MS, Boston University.
Elias Nehme, Instructor [Transportation], ME, American University of Beirut.
Maha Saleh, Instructor [Geotechnical], ME, American University of Beirut
Staff
Academic
Support
Bashir Asyala, Technician in Structural and Materials Laboratory
Jamil Bashir, Technician in Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Christiane Chedid, Secretary of CEE Laboratories
Joseph Daoud, Technician in EERC and Environmental Laboratories
Zakeya Deeb, Administrative Assistant of CEE Department
Helmi El-Khatib, Manager of EERC Laboratories
Khaled Hallak, Assistant Technician in Hydraulics Laboratory
Abdel Rahman El-Sheikh, Supervisor in Structural and Materials Laboratory
Lucy Semerjian, Research Associate in EERC and Environmental Laboratories
Helmi El-Khatib, Manager, CEE Laboratories, MS, University of Toledo. He taught
construction materials and soil mechanics lab sessions.
External
Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board [EAB] was formed in December 2000 to advise the CEE
department on matters pertaining to its academic programs, research, professional
activities, and development. In AY 2009-10, the EAB was composed of fourteen
prominent members from professional consulting and contracting firms, international
development organizations, and faculty members of distinguished institutions. A
reasonable balance between academic and professional expertise in the background of
members is maintained on the board.
Mr. Mahmoud Abdul-Baki, Advisor, Consolidated Contractors Co. [CCC]
Dr. Sati’Arnaout, Senior Urban Specialist, The World Bank, USA.
Dr. Alain Cordahi, Vice President, Council for Development and Reconstruction [CDR].
Mr. Bassim Halaby, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Development.
Prof. Adib Kanafani, Professor of Civil/Transportation Engineering at the University of
California at Berkeley, USA.
Prof. Mounir Khatib, Founder and Partner, Khatib and Alami – CEC, Lebanon.
Mr. Fawzi Kiryakos-Saad, CEO of Emerging Markets, EMEA Region, Credit Suisse.
Prof. Hani Mahmassani, Professor of Civil/Transportation Engineering, University of
Maryland, USA.
Prof. Antoine Naaman, Professor of Civil/Structural Engineering, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Dr. Tammam Nakkash, Managing Partner, Lebanon, Team International.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | personnel
Lucy Semerjian, Research Associate, EERC and Environmental Laboratories, PhD,
University of Bradford. She conducted and supervised environmental lab sessions,
taught an environmental microbiology elective course, and co-taught an environmental
engineering course.
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Dr. Nabil Qaddoumi, Chairman, PROJACS.
Mr. Talal Sha’ir, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dar Al-Handasah [Sha’ir and
Partners].
Prof. Makram Suidan, Professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of
Cincinnati, USA.
Mr. Abdallah Zakhem, [Chair of EAB], President, Zakhem International, Lebanon.
faculty research
and professional activities
publications
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Chapters
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h. assaf, “Impact of Climate Change on Infrastructure,” Chapter 9 of the Arab Forum
for Environment and Development [AFED] Report, Arab Environment: Climate Change
Impact on the Arab World, 2009.
m. abou-zeid and M. Ben-Akiva, “A Model of Travel Happiness and Mode Switching,” in
Choice Modeling: the State-of-the-Art and the State-of-Practice, Proceedings from
the Inaugural International Choice Modeling Conference, Hess, S. and Daly, A. [eds.],
Emerald, pp. 289-305, 2010.
g. chehab and R. Kim, “Linear Viscoelastic [LVE] Response Functions,” Chapter 6,
Modeling of Asphalt Concrete, ASCE/McGraw Hill, Reston VA, USA, pp. 139-62, 2009.
R. Kim, S. Underwood, g. chehab, J. Daniel, H. J. Lee, and T. Y. Yun, “Viscoelastoplastic
Continuum Damage Modeling of Asphalt Concrete with Growing Damage,” Chapter 7,
Modeling of Asphalt Concrete, ASCE/McGraw Hill, Reston VA, USA, pp. 163-200, 2009.
M. Sarraf, L. Croitoru, m. el-fadel, K. El-Jisr, E. Ikaheimo, E. Gundlach and S. Al-Duaij,
“Oil Spill and Waste Due to Conflict: The Case of Lebanon,” L. Croitoru and M. Sarraf
[Eds.] The Cost of Environmental Degradation: Case studies from Middle East and North
Africa Region, Directions in Development, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2010.
R. Abbyad and i. kaysi, “Prioritization of National Road Projects in Saudi Arabia:
Weighting of Multiple Criteria,” forthcoming in refereed proceedings of Urban Transport
XVI: 16th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment, A. Pratelli
and C. Brebbia [eds.], WIT Press [2010].
Journal
Publications
h. assaf, “Climate Change in the Levant and North Africa Region: An Assessment of
Implications for Water Resources, Regional State of Awareness and Preparedness, and
the Road head,” presented at the Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process
in the Levant and North Africa workshop organized by the Issam Fares Institute for
Public Policy and International Affairs on August 04, 2009. This paper will appear in
Banking Executive issue 1, January 2010.
l. semerjian, J. Dennis and G. Ayoub, “Trihalomethane Formation Potential in Selected
Drinking Waters of Lebanon,” Water Science and Technology – Water Supply, 9.3, 2009.
E. Donnel, g. chehab, X. Tang, and D. Schall, “Exploratory Analysis of Accelerated Wear
Testing to Evaluate Performance of Pavement Marking,” Transportation Research
Record, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2107, pp. 76-84, 2009.
M. Massoud, R. Fayyad, m. el-fadel, and R. Kamleh, “Drivers, Barriers and Incentives
to Implementing Environmental Management Systems in the Food Industry,” Journal of
Cleaner Production, 18, 3, 200-09, 2010.
m. el-fadel, L. Abi-Esber and T. Ayash, “A Modeling Approach towards Air Quality
Management at Highly Industrialized Areas,” Atmospheric Environment, 43 [32],
5015-26, 2009.
Bars in High Strength Concrete,” ACI Structural Journal, vol. 106, no. 6, pp. 831-39
November-December 2009.
b. hamad, “Guide for Lap Splice and Development Length of High Relative Rib Area
Reinforcing Bars in Tension and Commentary,” ACI 408.3R-09, Reported by Joint ACIASCE Committee 408, October 2009.
b. hamad and F. Ibrahim, “Effect of FRP Confinement on Bond Strength of Hooked Bars:
Normal Strength Concrete Structures”, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction,
vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 279-91, July/August 2009.
m. harajli, “Effect of Steel Fiber Reinforcement on the Bond Behavior between Steel
Bars and Concrete under Static and Cyclic Loading: Experimental Evaluations and
Analytical Modeling,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, vol. 22, no. 7, pp.113, July 2010.
m. harajli, F. Dagher, and A. ElSouri, ”Cyclic Response of RC Columns with Bond-Critical
Zones Repaired using FRP or Steel Confinement,” accepted for publication in a special
publication of the American Concrete Institute, ACI SP, 2010.
s. najjar, s. sadek, and T. Maakaroun, “Effect of Sand Columns on the Undrained Load
Response of Soft Clay,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering,
ASCE, to be published in October [2010].
K. Charif, s. najjar, and s. sadek, “Side Friction along Drilled Shafts in Weak Carbonate
Rocks,” The Art of Foundation Engineering Practice, Geotechnical Special Publication
no. 198, ASCE, 2010.
s. najjar, s. sadek, and F. Freiha, “Shear Strength of Fiber-reinforced Sands,” Journal of
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136, [3], 490-99.
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b. hamad and C. Abou Abas, “Effect of FRP Confinement of on Bond Strength of Hooked
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najjar, s.s., and Gilbert, R.B., “Importance of Lower-bound Capacities in the Design of
Deep Foundations,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE,
135, [7], 890-900, 2010.
E. Awwad, b. hamad, m. mabsout, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material
Using Hemp Fibers – Preliminary Study,” Second International Conference on
Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Università Politecnica delle
Marche, Ancona, Italy June 28 - 30, 2010.
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E. Awwad, m. mabsout, b. hamad, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material
Incorporating Natural Fibers – Preliminary study,” The 16th International Conference
of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science [LAAS], Beirut Arab
University, Lebanon, November 13-15, 2009.
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N. Nehme, B. Maddah, I. Kaysi, and F. Mneimneh. “An Integrated Model for Resource
Allocation and Scheduling in a Transshipment Container Terminal,” submitted for
publication in Computer and Operations Research [Special Issue on Transport
Scheduling], 2010.
i. kaysi and F. Mneimneh. “Integrative Approach for Optimizing Quayside and Yard
Operational Decisions for Transshipment Activities in a Container Terminal,” submitted
for publication in Journal of Franklin Institute, 2009.
Conference
Proceedings
h. assaf, “A Hydro-economic Model for Managing Groundwater Resources in
Semi-arid Regions,” Brebbia, C.A. and Popov, V. [Eds.] Water Resources Management V,
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, vol. 125, WIT Press, Southampton, pp.
85-96. doi:10.2495/WRM090091, presented at the Fifth International Conference
on Sustainable Water Resources Management held in Malta, Sept. 9-11, 2009.
M. Ben-Akiva, A. de Palma, M. McFadden, m. abou-zeid, P.A. Chiappori, M. de Lapparent,
S. Durlauf, M. Fosgerau, D. Fukuda, S. Hess, C. Manski, A. Pakes, N. Picard, and J. Walker,
“Process and Context in Choice,” presented at the 8th Triennial Choice Symposium, Key
Largo, USA, 2010.
m. abou-zeid, “Happiness and Random Utility Models,” presented at the 8th Triennial
Choice Symposium, Key Largo, USA, 2010.
m. abou-zeid, and M. Ben-Akiva, M. “An Experimental Study of Happiness and Travel
Behavior Modification,” presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel
Behavior Research, Jaipur, India, 2009.
E. Awwad, b. hamad, m. mabsout, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material
Using Hemp Fibers – Preliminary Study,” accepted to be included in the proceedings
of the Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and
Technologies, Ancona, Italy, June 28-30, 2010.
s. najjar and s. sadek, “A Reliability-based Approach to the Design of Spread Footings
on Granular Soil,” Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special
Publication no. 199, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2143-152, 2010.
s. sadek, s. najjar, and T. Maakaroun, “Undrained Load Response of Soft Clays
Reinforced with Geosynthetic-encased Sand Columns,” Advances in Analysis, Modeling
and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication no. 199, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida,
2388-397, 2010.
p. saikaly, T. Lu , and D. B. Oerther, “Modeling Bacterial Diversity in Activated Sludge
System Using Trade-Off-Based Resource Competition Model,” Water Environment
Federation, Proceedings of Research Symposium, WEFTEC, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2-6,
2010, CD-ROM, 2010.
p. saikaly and D. B. Oerther, “Biodiversity Enhances Resistance of Activated Sludge
i. kaysi, M. Kassab, and F. Mneimneh, “Evolving Patterns of Transshipment Activities and
Container Flows in The Eastern Mediterranean–Nine Years Later,” forthcoming in Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010.
i. kaysi, M. Harb, and A. Al-Dour, “Fleet Reduction Reform of Lebanese Jitneys,”
forthcoming in [refereed] Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport
Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010.
i. kaysi, H. Al-Hathloul, F. Darwish, and M. Whiteway, “Prioritization of National Road
Projects in Saudi Arabia: Framework and Implementation,” forthcoming in Proceedings
of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon - Portugal, July 2010.
Research
Reports
D. Ayyala, g. chehab, and J. Daniel, “Sensitivity of the MEPDG Level 2 and 3 Inputs
Using Statistical Analysis Techniques for New England States,” 89th Annual Conference
Proceedings, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2010.
D. Morian, S. Sadasivam, S. Stoffels, g. chehab, and T. Kumar, “Mechanistic Evaluation
of Second Generation Preservation Overlays,” Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and
Airfields: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference [BCR2A’09], June 29 - July 2
2009, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Illinois, USA, 2009.
m. el fadel, “Climate Change Research and Capacity Needs and Opportunities in the
Middle East: A Scoping Study,” International Development and Research Center, p. 83,
July 2010.
m. el fadel and L. Abi-Esber, “Performance Standards on Social and Environmental
Sustainability of PET Perform Production.” Prepared for Sebeel Al Safa Company for
Petrochemical Industries and General Trading and Water Filling for submittal to the
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group, p. 45, July 2010.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
to Toxic Shock Loads,” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of Research
Symposium, WEFTEC, Orlando, FL, Oct. 10-14, 2009, CD-ROM, 2009.
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Professional
Development
h. assaf, participated in a two-day workshop entitled Managing Sponsored Programs:
Pre- and Post-Award Issues in Research Administration. The workshop was organized
by the AUB Office of Grants and Contracts [OGC] and facilitated by Professor Mary Ellen
Sheridan, Co-Chair of Business and Operations Advisory Committee at the National
Science Foundation [NSF], October 21-22, 2009.
p. saikaly was a co-moderator on “Leading Edge Research Symposium:
Microconstituents, WEFTEC, Water Environment Federation,” session Orlando, FL,
October 10-14, 2009.
research funding
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
university research grants [urb]
90
project title
principle
amount
investigator
Development of a Water Resources Planning Model for
Lebanon to Assess the Impact of Potential Climate Change
and Identify Adaptation Policy Options
H. Assaf
$6,000
Gap Acceptance Study Using a Driving Simulator
M. Abou Zeid
$4,138
Analytical Modeling of Solute Transport in Rivers
H. Basha
$6,015
Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement
Design Guide in Lebanon
G. Chehab
$4,138
Correlation between the Effects of Stirrups, FRP Sheets,
and Steel Fibers on Bond Strength of Hooked Bars in Normal
Strength Concrete Beam-column Joints
B. Hamad
$8,180
Hybrid GPS and RFID Based Localization for Information
Delivery in Construction
H. Khoury
$4,138
The Behavior of Soft Clays Reinforced with Sand Column
Groups
S. Najjar
$7,100
Influence of Skewness on Continuous Multilane Concrete
Slab Bridges
M. Mabsout
$4,800
Enhancing the in Situ Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments using Sediment Microbial
Fuel Cell
P. Saikaly
$ 7,685
Improved Mechanistic Design Methodology for Buried
Conduits
S. Sadek
$ 4,591
lebanese national council for scientific research grants
project title
principle
amount
investigator
Development of a Water Resources Planning Model
for Lebanon to Assess the Impact of Potential Climate
Change and Identify Adaptation Policy Options
H. Assaf
$6,000
Development of Solar Still Desalination System with
Enhanced Productivity
G. Ayoub
10,000,000 LL
Construction Demolition Waste Management Plan
I. Srour
$12,000
Sustainable Building Systems – Alternative
Construction Materials
M. Mabsout
and B. Hamad
24,000,000 LL
external funding grants
pi
funding agency
Water Resources Planning
Model for Lebanon with
Emphasis on the Potential
Impact of Climate Change
H. Assaf
Issam Fares Institute
for Public Policy and
International Affairs
$5,875
Development of Solar Still
with Enhanced Productivity
G. Ayoub
Middle East Desalination Research Center
$20,000
2009-2011
G. Chehab
[Co-PI]
Pennsylvania
Department of
Transportation and
Mid-Atlantic
University
Transportation
Research Council
$332,719
April
2008Nov. 09
G. Chehab
Department of
Transportation and
Mid-Atlantic University Transportation
Research Council
$144,778
Feb.2008Feb. 2010
Evaluating Performance
of Limestone Prone to
Polishing
G. Chehab
[Co-PI]
Pennsylvania
Department of
Transportation and
Mid-Atlantic University Transportation
Research Council
$149,074
Jan.2008June 2009
Litani River Basin Management and Development
M. El Fadel
International
Resource Group
$750,000
2010-2012
Biotechnology Advancement
through Thermophilic
Anaerobic Digestion of
Organic Waste
M. El Fadel
[PI],
Munib Masri Institute
P. Saikaly
[Co-PI]
$20,000
2009-2011
Advancing the Blue
Revolution Initiative
El Fadel
Development
Alternatives
$66,000
2009-2010
3D Model Augmentation for
Infrastructure-Less
Localization in Dynamic
Construction Sites
H. Khoury
[PI], S.
Najjar and
S. Sadek
[Co-PI]
Dar Al-Handassah
[Shair & Partners]
Endowment Fund
for Research in
Engineering
$40,000
2010-2012
Sustainable and Alternative
Construction Materials
B. Hamad
[PI], M.
Mabsout
and H.
Khatib
[Co-PI]
Munib and Angela
Masri Institute of
Energy and Natural
Resources
Microbial Fuel Cells and
Thermophilic Anaerobic
Digestion: Biotechnology
Advancements Providing
Sustainable Solutions to
Energy Insecurity in
Developing Countries
P. Saikaly
Munib R. and Angela
Masri Institute of
Energy and Natural
Resources
$20,000
2009-2011
Assessing Transport and
Mobility Alternatives for
the Urban University/
Neighborhood Interface
I. Kaysi
the Ford Foundation
through the Neighborhood Initiative
$60,000
2009-2011
Study of Bead Gun Angle
when Applying Glass Beads
on Waterborne Paint
Determination of the
Structural Benefits of
PennDOT-Approved
Geogrids in Pavement
Design
amount
duration
Oct. 1,
2009 to
Sept. 30,
2010
30,000,000
2009
LL
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
project title
91
service and committees
Departmental
Meetings
Professional
Consulting
The CEE department held twelve departmental meetings between July I, 2009 and June
30, 2010. Over the course of the year many important issues were dealt with, including:
PhD applications, committees, and exams; an AUB and UC Davis agreement; the
promotion of part-time faculty members; awards; the Center for Infrastructure and
Development; the Construction Engineering Program; non-thesis options; new faculty
applications; and a CEE marketing video. In addition, a number of special meetings were
held, dealing with full-time faculty promotion cases, ABET accreditation, and curriculum
changes. An ABET retreat was also held in November to discuss matters of accreditation.
ghassan chehab was consultant on Product Development for Buzwair Asphalt Plants,
Doha, Qatar, February 2010.
mutasem el fadel was consultant for the IDRC on Climate Change Research and
Capacity Needs and Opportunities in the Middle East; for ESCWA on Integrated Water
Resources Management and Adaptation to Climate Change and for the World Bank, Iraq
on National Environmental Action Plan.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | service and committees
bilal hamad was an expert consultant for Al Saad General Contracting Company and
Mena Capital to conduct a structural design review, dynamic modeling, and value
engineering studies of SkyGate residential and commercial tower in Achrafieh, Beirut,
Lebanon, 2010; and an expert consultant to Solidere to conduct a Seismic Hazard
Analysis for the Beirut Central District [BCD], prepare seismic design specifications
for the BCD, and provide geotechnical recommendations/guidelines relevant to the
Reclaimed Zone [with particular emphasis on infrastructure works], Beirut, Lebanon, 2010.
isam kaysi works as a special advisor to the Rector of Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,
Saudi Arabia. He also works a Senior Expert, SETS sarl – Beirut, Lebanon and Jeddah/
Riyadh, KSA.
Outreach,
Community,
and
Departmental
Service
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maya abou zeid attended meetings at the Technical University of Lisbon, IST, Lisbon,
Portugal, from [November 23-27, 2010] to work on research within the MIT-Portugal
program and to discuss a research proposal within the EU 7th Framework Program. She
was the assigned academic advisor to [E1[34], and PhD [ECIV] [1]]. In addition, she advised
4th year students on the preparation of their training reports and presentations.
hamed assaf was invited as a panellist at the Regional Summer School “Climate
Change – Intelligent Energy Policies – Nuclear Energy,” organized by the Heinrich Böll
Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey [July 3, 2010]. He made a presentation on the impact of
climate change on water resources in Lebanon at the Impact of Climate Change in
Lebanon Conference organized by the Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon
[June 3, 2010]. He participated in the “Second Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting:
Vulnerability, Impact Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change” organized by the
Ministry of Environment, Second National Communication [SNC] to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] Project, Beirut [April 14, 2010],
He also participated by invitation in the workshop on “Identification and Removal of
Bottlenecks for Extended Use of Wastewater for Irrigation or for other Purposes,’
sponsored by the European Investment Bank [EIB] and held in Alexandria, Egypt [June
9-10, 2009] and in a workshop on the Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: climate
change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East” sponsored by the Danish
Embassy in Lebanon [June 2, 2009]. He was the assigned academic advisor to E2[7], E3
[12], and E4 [15].
george ayoub was invited to carry out the evaluation for promotion of a candidate
from the rank of associate professor to full professor at Al-Balqa Applied University. He
was the assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [2],E2 [7], E3 [16], and
E4 [4]; and to EWRE graduate students [4].
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | service and committees
in the “2nd Regional Workshop: Post-Copenhagen Regional Research and Policy Priorities”
organized by the Issam Fares Institute [IFI] for Public Policy and International Affairs,
[Jan 26, 2010]. He also participated in the “Energy, Water and Climate Change in the
Mediterranean and the Middle East” [EWACC 2010] conference organized by the Energy,
Environment and Water Research Center [EEWRC] of the Cyprus Institute [January 11
to 15, 2010]. This activity was sponsored by the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public
Policy and International Affair [IFI]. Dr. Assaf also participated as a facilitator in the
“Awareness Raising and Training Workshop on the Water Management Decision Support
System WEAP for Lebanese Institutions” held at ESCWA headquarters [December 7 to
December 9, 2009]. He participated in a workshop organized by the Abdel Al Organization to discuss Arab Strategy for the Jordan River Basin [Nov. 12, 2009], in a workshop
organized by the World Bank to discuss the “Lebanon - Water Sector Public Expenditure
Review” draft report [Beirut, October 2, 2009], and in another workshop on “Lebanon
and Climate Change” organized by the UN Information Centre in Beirut [UNIC] and the
Association for Forests, Development and Conservation [AFDC] on September 25, 2009.
He attended, by invitation, the “Water, Energy, and Low Carbon Emission” conference
held by the Korean Embassy in Lebanon [December 22, 2009]. He presented the findings from an assessment study on the impact of climate change on infrastructure in the
Arab region at the Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development [AFED] held in Beirut, 19-20, November 2009. He also presented the AWARENET’s
Climate Change Working Group [CCWG] and made presentation on its activities at the
inaugural Climate Change Coordination Gathering of regional and international institutions working on climate change-related research and policy issues in the Arab world.
The meeting was organized by the Issam Fares Institute in Beirut on Sept. 28, 2009. He
presented a paper at the “Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process in the
Levant and North Africa” workshop organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public
Policy and International Affairs on August 04, 2009. He attended and was elected as
chairman at the first meeting of the Climate Change Working Group [CCWG] of the Arab
Integrated Water Resources Management Network [AWARENET] held in Beirut [29-30
July 2009]. The meeting was sponsored by the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia [ESCWA] and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources [BGR].
93
habib basha was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [17], E2[16],
and E3 [7]; and to EWRE PhD student [1].
ghassan chehab attended a workshop on Role of Testing in Projects Quality, sponsored
by Public Works Authority, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning, Doha,
Qatar, February 8-9, 2010. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students
E1 [7], E2 [11], E3 [8], and E4 [8].
mutasem el fadel was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [13],
E3 [3], and E4 [7]]; ETP graduate students [10]; and to EWRE PhD students [2].
bilal hamad had an interview with Al Jadeed TV in the program “The Week in One Hour”
on earthquake hazards in Lebanon and the design of buildings to resist earthquakes,
January 24, 2010. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [1], E3
[11], and E4 [23].
mohamed harajli was a member of the CEE ABET ad-hoc committee. The committee
was charged with finalizing the CEE self-study report and the organization of the course
assessment reports and courses files in preparation for the ABET accreditation visit.
He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [9], E2 [13], E3 [6], and
E4[3]. He is also assigned to CE PhD students [2].
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | service and committees
hiam khoury was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [34].
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H. Khoury worked on redesigning the three-year construction engineering program
curriculum. She also worked on developing a new 4-credit course offered for
Construction Engineering students [CIVE 371].
mounir mabsout, as Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Community
Service [CCECS] at AUB, initiated, coordinated, organized, and/or implemented community service and development projects and initiatives in collaboration with partners
inside or outside the university. Dr. Mabsout had a public panel appearance on Jordan
TV Morning Show on “Service Learning and Roles of Universities in Civic Engagement”
[Jan. 25, 2010]. He was invited to “Social Entrepreneurship and Investment Roundtable”
discussion organized by the Middle East Youth Initiative [MEYI] in collaboration with the
Issam Fares Institute [IFI] for Public Policy and International Affairs [AUB, Nov. 13, 2009].
He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [13], E3 [20]; and CE
PhD student [1].
shadi najjar was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [10],
E3 [20] and E4 [2]. S. Najjar gave a lecture to 50 graduating high-school students at
Brummana High School on November 12, 2009. The lecture was about the new BS degree
in construction engineering offered by the CEE department of AUB. He also worked on
the restructure of the foundations course [CIVE 530] by adding a new project component
and new software sessions.
salah sadek was the faculty supervisor of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory. He was the
assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [21], E3 [1], and E4 [1]; and to CE
graduate students [11].
mounir mabsout served as chair of the Task Force for Reconstruction and Community
Service [TFRCS]. He was appointed as Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and
Community Service as of February 2008. He organized and coordinated the Civil Camp
held in the summer of 2008 with the Civil Engineering Society [CES]. He was the assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students [E1 [9], E2 [21], E3 [3], and E4 [6]].
pascal saikaly was a member of IBSAR organizing committee. He was the assigned
academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [11], E3 [29], and E4 [1]; to ETP graduate
students [4]; and to EWRE PhD student [1].
academics
courses offered | The following table includes the civil engineering courses offered
undergraduate courses
summer term 2009-2010
course # title
of
no. of
instructor/s no.
students sections
CIVE 310
F. Kasti
19
1
1
Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.]
CIVE 311
Structures I [3 cr.]
H. Basha
23
CIVE 320
Const.
Materials [2 cr.]
H. El Khatib
37
2
CIVE 360
Surveying [2 cr.]
H. Nader
128
4
CIVE 430
Engineering
Geology [3 cr.]
S. Najjar and
S. Sadek
128
4
CIVE 500
Approved
Experience [0 cr.]
S. Sadek
[Coordinator]
82
1
undergraduate courses
course #
title
fall term 2009-2010
of
instructor/s no.
students
CIVE 200
Introduction to CE [2 cr.]
S. Sadek
109
2
CIVE 210
Statics [3 cr.]
F. Kasti
133
2
CIVE 310
Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.]
G. Chehab
97
2
CIVE 311
Structures I [3 cr.]
A. Karnib
16
1
CIVE 320
Const. Materials [2 cr.]
H. El Khatib
81
4
CIVE 340
Fluid Mech. and lab [3 cr.]
C. Inglessis
51
2
CIVE 350
Envir. Engineering [3 cr.]
P. Saikaly
104
2
CIVE 351
Envir. Microbiology [3 cr.]
L. Semerjian
11
1
no. of
sections
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | academics
by the department during AY 2009-10, along with the related information on enrollment
and instructors.
95
undergraduate courses
course #
title
fall term 2009-2010
of
instructor/s no.
students
CIVE 370
Introduction to IT [3 cr.]
H. Assaf
CIVE 371
Introduction to IT [4 cr.]
H. Khoury
19
1
2
CIVE 410
Structures II [3 cr.]
I. Khatib
CIVE 420
Concrete I [3 cr.]
M. Harajli
84
2
CIVE 421
Concrete II [3 cr.]
B. Hamad
39
1
CIVE 431
Soil Mech. and Lab [3 cr.]
S. Sadek
35
2
CIVE 440
Hydraulics and Lab [3 cr.]
H. Basha
72
4
CIVE 441
Engg. Hydrology [3 cr.]
M. HatemMusallem
49
1
CIVE 450
Water and Wastewater
Treatment and lab [3 cr.]
G. Ayoub
30
1
CIVE 460
Highway Engg. [3 cr.]
Y. Fawaz
66
2
CIVE 461
Transportation Engineering
[3 cr.]
M. Abou Zeid
49
1
CIVE 501
Final Year Project [1 cr.]
M. El Fadel
[Coordinator]
85
1
CIVE 530
Foundation Engineering [3 cr.]
S. Najjar and
K. Nasreddine
81
2
CIVE 580
M.A. Abdul
Construction Management [3 cr.] Malak and
I. Srour
88
2
course # title
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | academics
3
87
graduate courses
96
83
no. of
sections
fall term 2009-2010
of
no. of
instructor/s no.
students sections
Advanced Structural Analysis [3 cr.] M. Mabsout
9
1
CIVE 620
Plain Concrete [3 cr.]
B. Hamad
32
1
CIVE 625
Strength and Rehab. [3 cr.]
M. Harajli
23
1
CIVE 632
Reliability Based Design of CE
[3 cr.]
S. Najjar
28
1
CIVE 646
Water Resources System:
Planning and Management [3 cr.]
H. Assaf
24
1
CIVE 653
Water and Sewage Works Design
[3 cr.]
G. Ayoub
11
1
CIVE 654
Solid Waste Management [3 cr.]
M. El Fadel
14
1
CIVE 660
Pavement Design [3 cr.]
G. Chehab
22
1
CIVE 672
Introduction to GIS [3 cr.]
K. Azar
26
1
CIVE 751
Air Pollution Modeling M. El Fadel
[3 cr.]
M. El Fadel
2
1
ENSC 620
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Technology [3 cr.]
G. Ayoub
9
1
ENSC 690
Seminar in Envir. Science [0 cr.]
M. El Fadel
[Coordinator]
41
1
CIVE 610
undergraduate courses
spring term 2010
course # title
instructor/s
CIVE 210
Statics [3 cr.]
F. Kasti
94
2
CIVE 220
Construction Drawings
S. Sadek
19
1
CIVE 310
Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.]
G. Chehab
38
1
CIVE 311
Structures I [3 cr.]
M. Mabsout
95
2
CIVE 320
Const. Materials [2 cr.]
H. El Khatib
22
2
CIVE 340
Fluid Mech. and lab [3 cr.]
C. Inglessis
92
4
CIVE 350
Envir. Engineering [3 cr.]
P. Saikaly
53
1
CIVE 351
Envir. Microbiology [3 cr.]
L. Semerjian
32
1
CIVE 370
Introduction to IT [3 cr.]
H. Assaf
50
2
CIVE 410
Structures II [3 cr.]
I. Khatib
53
1
CIVE 420
Concrete I [3 cr.]
M. Harajli
48
1
CIVE 421
Concrete II [3 cr.]
B. Hamad
39
82
CIVE 431
Soil Mech. and Lab [3 cr.]
S. Sadek and
M. Saleh
85
4
CIVE 440
Hydraulics and Lab [3 cr.]
H. Basha
40
2
CIVE 441
Engineering Hydrology [3 cr.]
M. HatemMusallem
60
2
CIVE 450
Water and Wastewater
Treatment and Lab [3 cr.]
G. Ayoub
73
2
CIVE 460
Highway Engg. [3 cr.]
M. Abou Zeid
58
2
CIVE 461
Transportation Engineering [3 cr.] Y. Fawaz
70
2
85
1
CIVE 501
Final Year Project [1 cr.]
M. El Fadel
[Coordinator]
CIVE 530
Foundation Engg. [3 cr.]
K. Nasreddine
18
1
I. Srour
27
1
CIVE 580
Construction Management [3 cr.]
graduate courses
course # title
spring term 2010
of
instructor/s no.
students
no. of
sections
CIVE 581
Specifications and Cost
Estimation [3 cr.]
M. A. Abdul
Malak
38
1
CIVE 586
Const. Equip. Methods and
Safety [3 cr.]
H. Khoury
36
1
CIVE 622
Prestressed Concrete [3 cr.]
M. Harajli
23
1
CIVE 624
Steel Design [3 cr.]
B. Hamad
32
1
CIVE 630
Applied Foundation Engineering
[3 cr.]
S. Sadek
12
1
CIVE 644
Coastal Engineering [3 cr.]
H. Basha
15
1
CIVE 647
GIS for Water Res. and
Envir. Engg. [3 cr.]
H. Assaf
6
1
CIVE 649
Micro Ecol. and Molecular
Biology [3 cr.]
P. Saikaly
23
1
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | academics
no. of
no. of
students sections
97
graduate courses
course # title
spring term 2010
of
instructor/s no.
students
no. of
sections
CIVE 655
Solid Waste Management II
[3 cr.]
M. El Fadel
1
1
CIVE 656
Air Pollution Control [3 cr.]
M. El Fadel
13
1
CIVE 661
Urban Transportation
Planning I [3 cr.]
M. Abou Zeid
7
1
CIVE 667
Highway Materials and
Construction [3 cr.]
G. Chehab
1
27
CIVE 672
Introduction to GIS [3 cr.]
K. Azar
33
1
CIVE 797
Seminar in Civil Engineering
[0 cr.]
S. Sadek
[Coordinator]
15
1
ENSC 620
Water and Wastewater
Treatment Technology [3 cr.]
G. Ayoub
4
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final year projects
As part of the Final Year Project – FYP [CIVE 501/502], teams of students were formed
and the following projects were submitted and presented during AY 2009-10.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | academics
• Le Levant Sea Bridge; Joe Chayya Salloum, Hind El Fadel, Caline Nassar, Fadi Wakim, 98
and Ursula Youness; Advsior: Prof. Habib Basha
• The Ventus Tower; Jad Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan Hijazi, and
Amir Salam; Advisor: Prof. Mohamed Harajli
• Summit Lodge; Cynthia Bitar, Romayh El Jurdi, Selim Choeiry, Nazem El Khoury, and Rabih El Ayoubi; Advisor: Prof. Hamed Assaf
• Le Book Hotel; Hicham Fayad, Mohammad El Nakib, Tarek Itani, and Abdallah
Halawani; Advisor: Prof. Bilal Hamad
• Sky Walk Bridge; Nour El Dahdah, Rawad Hanna, Lea Kraitem, Michel Abou Jaoude, and Gwen Mouzannar; Advisor: Prof. Mounir Mabsout
• The Eden Project; Building It Greener; Ibrahim El Khatib, Rami Debs, and Wael El Hadi; Advisor: Prof. George Ayoub
• Desert Urbanization: Construction Facilities; Mustapha Abel Rahman, Elie Khawajah, Sherine Matta, Lina Rassi, and Julie Soto; Advisor: Prof. Hiam Khoury
• REM Metro System; Ahmad Nasreddine, Dary Moghraby, Amjad Rayess, and Elias Moufarrige; Advisor: Prof. Maya Abou Zeid
• Shear Walls: Earthquake Protection for Tyre Region; Mohamad Mostapha, Farah
Fathallah, Suha Saleh, and Nadim Sibai; Advisor: Prof. Salah Sadek
• Energetic Resort; Suzan Ahmad, Mohamad Fakih, Ali Ghosn, and Youssef Najdi;
Advisor: Prof. Pascal Saikaly
• Beirut-Tripoli Railway; Bassam Al Khalil, Omar El Tel, Laith Suheimat, and Rabih Yaghi; Advisor: Prof. Maya Abou Zeid
• The Phoenix Resort; Dina Bachir, George El Nachef, Rami Hajj Deeb, and Moh’d Rabih Al Jammal; Advisor: Prof. Ghassan Chehab
• Wind Farming as a Renewable Energy Contributor to Energy Shortage; Joanna
Al Khattar, Yayha Hajj Shehadeh, Karim Khalife, and Yasmine Sahyoun;
Advisor: Prof. Pascal Saikaly
• Upgraded Retro-Fittings for Earthquake Protection; Georges Kai, Charbel Moubarak, and Tony Geagea; Advisor: Prof. Salah Sadek
• AUB Parking Facility; Mohamad Farhat, Elie Gedeon, Mohmad Nasser, and Michael Raja Sabbagh; Advisor: Prof. Hiam Khoury
• World Trade Center; Ali Al Hammoud, Ali Mazyad, Ahmad Fawaz, and Ali Naboulsi;
Advsior: Prof. Mohamad Harajli
• Military Airport; Charbel Maroun, Walid Jalkh, Toufic Abou Khalil, Nakhle Daoud;
Advisor: Prof. Ghassan Chehab
• Msaylha Dam; Karin Araman, Oscar Asly, Ali Balhas, Milad Mouawad and Rami
Mansour; Advisor: Prof. Hamed Assaf
• The Tripod Tower; Ahmad Barazi, Rami Harika, Kamil Zarife, and Bilal Kheir;
Advisor: Prof. Bilal Hamad
• Five Star Prison: A Correction Facility in Lebanon; Elian Touma, Roger Laham, and Dalia Ghanem; Advisor: Prof. George Ayoub
• Civil and Infrastructure Upgrading of an Informal Slum Setting in Sabra Area; Selma Siage, Bassel Daher, and Jihad Jammal; Advisor: Prof. Mounir Mabsout
graduate theses
phd thesis proposals approved in ay 2009-10
name
major
advisor
[committee members] thesis title
date
approved
Elie Awwad
CE
Sustainable Building
M. Mabsout [B. Hamad,
Systems-Alternative
G. Chehab and M. Farran]
Construction Materials
December
28, 2009
CE
M. Harajli [M. Mabsout,
G. Chehab, H. Basha,
and S. Sadek]
March 8,
2010
master’s thesis proposals approved in ay 2009-10
major
advisor
[committee members] thesis title
date
approved
Hana Abdel
Nabi
ETP
Public Perception and
M. El Fadel [M. Massoud, Economic Implication
D. Jamali]
of Bottled Water
Consumption
March 1,
2010
Abbas
Fayad
EWRE
H. Assaf [G. Ayoub,
H. Basha and G. Faour]
Watershed Modeling in
Lebanon Using Integrated
Hydrologic Systems
March 1,
2010
M. Harajli [S. Sadek
and A. Elias]
Implications of the
Recent Discovery of
Offshore Thrust Fault
System and Other
Seismo-tectonic Developments on the Seismic
Hazard of Lebanon
March 1,
2010
Socio-Economics of
Waterborne Diarrhea and
Cost-Benefit Analysis of
Mitigation Interventions
March 1,
2010
name
Carla Huijer
Darine
Mawla
CE
ETP
M. El Fadel [M. Massoud
and D. Jamali]
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | academics
Fatima
El Meski
Strengthening of
Un-Bonded PostTensioned Concrete
Systems Using External
FRP Composites:
Experimental Evaluation
and Analytical Modeling
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department initiatives
Civil
Engineering
Seminars
The CEE department organized and was involved in many academic activities during
the AY 2009-10. Such activities included organizing workshops, lectures and seminars;
showing educational movies; and undertaking technical field trips.
The Civil Engineering Seminar Series [CIVE 797] was offered to CE graduate students
during AY 2009-10, and was open to the public. The seminar series was coordinated by
prof. salah sadek, chairman of the CEE department.
“seismic design principles and role of experimental research in advancing
performance-based engineering,” Dr. Catherine French, Visiting Professor,
University of Minnesota; December 16, 2009.
“integrated corridor systems management [icsm]: analysis tools and
challenges,” Mr. Gustave Cordahi, Transportation Engineering Planning Consultant;
December 23, 2009.
“structural health monitoring using robust sequential data assimilation
techniques,” Dr. George Saad, John Hopkins/University of Southern California;
March 18, 2010.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | initiatives and activities
“awareness on seismic design of buildings-lebanon,” Dr. Hanan El Nimry,
Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology; May 20, 2010.
Environmental
Engineering
and Science
Seminar Series
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The Seminar Series in Environmental Engineering and Science [ENSC 690] was offered
to the interfaculty graduate program in Environmental Sciences and to the EWRE
graduate program, and was open to the AUB community and the public. The seminar
series was coordinated by prof. mutasem el fadel.
“effects of narghile smoke on local dust, sea salt, and anthropogenic
emissions,” Dr. Marianne Kazopoulo, Research Associate, MIT; October 14, 2009.
“library resources at aub: databases, on-line references, and access,”
Mr. Khaled Noubani, AUB Librarian; October 21, 2009.
“omsar’s intervention in municipal solid waste management,” Mr. Farouk
Merhebi, OMSAR; November 11, 2009.
“interaction of lung cells with ozone and diesel exhaust particles:
signaling elements and translational significance,” Dr. Ramzi Kfoury, AUB,
FHS; November 25, 2009.
“methodologies for conducting vulnerability assessments to climate
change,” Dr. Georges Nasr, Lebanese University; December 9, 2009.
“understanding water and understanding health: the case of bebnine,”
Dr. Rima Habib, AUB, FHS; December 16, 2009.
“environmental aspects of coastal developments; the case of saraya aqaba,”
Ms Nisrene El-Hougeiri, Laceco; January 13, 2010.
“decision support system for water quality management in the upper litani
basin,” Dr. Mutasem El Fadel, AUB, FEA; January 20, 2010.
Educational
Movies and
Lectures
A number of documentary movies and lectures on various civil engineering topics were
shown as part of the CIVE 200 course [Introduction to Civil Engineering] during fall
2009-10. The purpose of the course was to introduce first year CEE students to the
world of civil engineering. Discussions followed the showings, moderated by CEE faculty
members. The course was coordinated by prof. salah sadek.
introduction to course and cee department [Lecture]; Prof. Mounir Mabsout;
October 8, 2009.
introduction to course and cee department [Lecture]; Prof. Salah Sadek;
October 15, 2009.
structures – why things don’t fall down [Lecture]; Prof. Mounir Mabsout;
October 29, 2009.
engineering the impossible – part ii, [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; November 5, 2009.
project/documentary– 1st discussion [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; November 12, 2009.
construction engineering overview [Lecture]; Prof. Hiam Khoury; November 19, 2009.
the development of the port of beirut as one of the top 100 ports in the world
[Lecture]; Prof. Amman Kanaan; December 17, 2009.
Movie – project presentation; Prof. Salah Sadek; December 17, 2009.
Field Trips
Field trips were organized by the CEE faculty with the objective of exposing students
to real life experiences in the practical civil engineering world. Visits to the projects,
offices, and plants [listed below] were also aimed at enhancing student learning in
specific courses.
tripoli water treatment plant at bahsas; accompanying faculty: Prof. George
Ayoub; Course/Class; CIVE 450 [Water and Wastewater Treatment]/CE 2011 [3rd year
students]; fall AY 2009-10.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | initiatives and activities
engineering the impossible – part i [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; October 22, 2009.
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tripoli wastewater treatment plant at el-mina; accompanying faculty:
Prof. George Ayoub; Course/Class; CIVE 450 [Water and Wastewater Treatment]/
CE 2011 [3rd year students]; fall AY 2009-10.
chekka cement plant; accompanying faculty: Prof. Mutasem El Fadel; Course/Class:
CIVE 656 [Air Pollution and Control]/[graduate students]; spring 2010.
zahle solid waste disposal facility; accompanying faculty: Prof. Mutasem El Fadel;
Course/Class: CIVE 656 [Air Pollution and Control]/[graduate students]; fall AY 2009-10
dalal steel plant, taanayel, bekaa; accompanying faculty: Prof. Bilal Hamad;
Course/Class; CIVE 624 [Steel Design]/[graduate students]; spring 2010.
zgheib ready/mix plant, jisr el basha, mount lebanon; accompanying faculty;
Prof. Bilal Hamad; Course/Class: CIVE 620 [Plain Concrete]/[graduate students];
fall AY 2009-10.
students
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | students
In the fall of AY 2009-10, 451 students were enrolled in the CEE department comprising
407 undergraduate, 33 master’s students, and 11 PhD students distributed as follows:
Enrollment
class
year 2009-10
Undergraduate 1st year
86
Undergraduate 2nd year
122
Undergraduate 3rd year
131
Undergraduate 4th year
68
Graduate-CE
15
Graduate-EWRE
6
Graduate-ET
12
PhD–CE
6
PhD-EWRE
5
Total
451
It is worth noting that the number of applicants for undergraduate admission into
civil engineering has witnessed a significant increase over the past four years. The
CEE department has been able to raise the admissions scores, thereby improving the
academic performance of students in this major.
2009-2010 graduation
Undergraduate
Students
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Seventy undergraduate students were granted the Bachelor of Engineering [BE]
degree, major Civil Engineering [CE], in AY 2009-10, ten with distinction and four with
high distinction.
Graduate
Students
Two graduate students were granted the Masters of Engineering [ME] degree, major
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering [EWRE] during AY 2009-10, as listed
below:
Mustapha Hachem
Lara Muallem
student employment
Undergraduate
Student-work
Scholarships
Graduate assistantships [GA] were granted to ten students in the summer of 2009,
twenty-one students in fall 2009-10, and seventeen students in the spring of 2010. GA
tasks included assisting in courses and labs, as well as with various departmental tasks.
During the AY 2009-10, forty-eight undergraduate students from various majors and
classes across FEA and AUB worked in the CEE laboratories and department. The
students were mainly assigned to the Soil Mechanics Laboratory to assist in testing.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | students
Graduate
Assistants
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Department
of Electrical
and Computer
Engineering
107 introduction
personnel 109
111
112
112
Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Staff
External Advisory Board
faculty research and
professional activities
113 Teaching
114 research and travel grants
118 publications
service and commitees
126 Departmental committee service
127 Professional service
131 Consultancy work
academics
132 Courses offered
137 final year projects
140 graduate theses
departmental activities
142 Seminars
students
144
144
144
145
145
145
Enrollment
Undergraduate students
Graduate students
Student employment
Graduate assistants
Student awards
introduction
On behalf of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Faculty of
Engineering and Architecture, I am pleased to present the annual report which provides
an overview of our activities during the 2009-10 academic year.
Prof. Rabih Jabr joined the department in the fall term as an associate professor. Prof.
Rabih Jabr was an associate professor and chairman of the Department of Electrical,
Computer, and Communication Engineering at Notre Dame University in Lebanon.
He serves on the editorial boards of IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution,
and Electric Power Components and Systems. His main research interests center on
energy system analysis, design optimization, and power electronics. He earned his PhD
degree in Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London in 2000. He received the
Eryl Cadwaladar Davies Prize [2000] which is awarded annually by the Imperial College
for the best PhD dissertation submitted to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department. He also received the Sebastien De Ferranti Premium Award [2003] from
the Institution of Electrical Engineers [UK] for his research work on optimal security
dispatch. Dr. Rabih Jabr has been very active in research despite his heavy teaching
load. In fact, he has published more than thirty papers mostly in top engineering journals
such as IEEE and IEE, he has also presented five conference papers.
To support the programs and research in the department, several new laboratories were
introduced in the last two years; these include the internet security lab, the antenna
measurement facility, the industrial automation laboratory, and the cooperative
robotics laboratory. The internet security laboratory has been installed and is ready to
offer its first session in the summer of 2010. It was equipped with the generous support
of ASHA and donations from SETS and CIS. The industrial automation laboratory was
inaugurated in May 2010 and the first course will be offered in the spring of 2011. This
lab was established with a generous donation from METACS/Omron. The orders and
specifications of the antenna measurement facility have been finalized. The facility
will be ready by January of 2011 and will be able to provide its users with operational
frequencies of from 700MHz to 40 GHz. The power systems lab received a generous
Electrical and Computer Engineering | introduction
It was a year in which we further solidified our efforts for ABET accreditation and
strengthened our PhD program. At the accreditation level, the department was visited
by ABET reviewers in the fall of 2009 and received the decision for accreditation
of both the undergraduate programs, Computer and Communications Engineering
Program [BE] and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program [BE], from the
Engineering Commission of ABET in August 2010. In terms of the PhD, the department
was able to recruit qualified PhD students, bringing the total number of PhD students
in the department to twenty. Elias Yaacoub received a PhD in Electrical and Computer
Engineering, the first ever awarded in AUB’s history, on May 27, 2010, after having
successfully defended his PhD dissertation. During the academic year 2009-10, four
faculty members were promoted. Hassan Artail was promoted to the rank of professor,
and Ibrahim Abou Faycal, Zaher Dawy, and Wassim Masri were promoted to the rank of
associate professor.
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | introduction
donation from Mr. Jamal Hachem. The donation includes a power relay testing device
which will allow the students to learn proper testing procedure and will allow the department to provide external service. As for the cooperative robotics laboratory, discussions
are underway to acquire humanoids, unmanned aircrafts, and submersibles. On the
facilities side, the ECE department is eagerly looking forward to the completion of the
FEA/IOEC building that will be the permanent home for many of our laboratory facilities.
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Concerning lab support, Mr. M. Khaled Joujou was promoted to the rank of lab manager;
two lab engineers, Miss Sara Khaddaj and Mr. Mihran Gurunian, and two lab instructors
joined the department. Ms. Khaddaj received her BE degree in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from AUB with distinction in 2005 and her ME degree from the same
department in June 2007. During the academic year 2007-08, Ms. Khaddaj served as an
instructor with a full load in the department and was responsible for: the electronics lab
[five sections of third year students], introduction to engineering LABVIEW [first year
students, four sections], Computer Organization Lab [second year students, six sections],
and the development of new experiments and lab manuals. Mr. Gurunian received his BE
and ME degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from AUB in 2000, and 2002,
respectively. His experience in the Control and Instrumentations Lab at AUB dates
back to academic year 2002-03. From 2002-03, Mr. Gurunian reviewed and edited the
analog control experiments, and implemented Matlab as a simulation tool to use in
the newly assigned EECE 460L pre-lab sections. During the AY 2003-04, he introduced
PIC-microcontrollers and designed three additional digital control experiments to
complement the ‘analog control’ lab section. During the AY 2004-05, he introduced six
new PC-based motion control experiments to implement various control schemes to
regulate DC motor speed and shaft position over existing TQ Servo-Motors. During the
AY 2005-06, he introduced EECE 503S: Audio Engineering, and incorporated web learning
tools [webCT and then Moodle] to both topics. During the AY 2007-08, he reviewed,
edited, and taught the new EECE 460L: Instrumentation Lab.
This year the department established the ECE-FYP support initiative. As part of the
initiative several alumni were contacted and asked to support final year projects both
technically and financially. Our alumni responded positively and the fund was able to
support over fifteen FYPs that were supervised by ten different faculty members. This
initiative positively impacted the quality and complexity of the FYP projects offered and
the results achieved. As a positive outcome of this initiative, several alumni informed the
department that they are willing to make their financial support an annual contribution.
As chairperson I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to Mr. Jamal
Hachem, CEO, Energy & Power Cont. Co. Ltd; Dr. Khaldoun Farhat, General Manager,
Terranet, Lebanon; Mr. Issam Darwish, CEO, UBC sevices; and Mr. Ziad Boustany, CEO, S.
& A.S, Lebanon.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at AUB is committed to helping
its students take the initial steps to prepare themselves for the challenges of the rapidly
changing fields of electrical and computer engineering. The department strives to
achieve a high quality reputation at the national, regional, and international levels.
—karim kabalan, Chairperson
personnel
professors
Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Areas of interest:
image and signal processing with applications to filters, communications, controls, and
biomedical engineering; pattern recognition, neural networks, and machine intelligence
with applications to character, speech, image recognition, combating illiteracy and aiding
the handicapped.
Farid Chaaban, PhD, University of Liverpool; Areas of interest: design and analysis of
electric machines and drives, energy systems and their impact on the environment, air
pollution from power plants.
Riad Chedid, PhD, University of London; Areas of interest: analysis of electric machines
and power, energy policies, renewable and hybrid energy systems.
Hassan Diab, PhD, University of Bath; Areas of interest: performance evaluation
of parallel processing systems, application of fuzzy methodology to performance
evaluation in parallel processing systems, performance evaluation of reconfigurable
computer architectures, simulation for engineering education.
Ali El-Hajj, Docteur Ingénieur, University of Rennes I; Areas of interest: antenna theory,
electromagnetic field computations, software development, telecommunication
applications.
Ibrahim Hajj, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Areas of interest: design and
verification of VLSI circuits and systems, design for reliability and optimization, design
automation, mixed-mode simulation, fault simulation and testing.
Karim Kabalan, PhD, Syracuse University; Areas of interest: antenna theory,
electromagnetic field computations, software development, telecommunication
applications.
Sami Karaki, PhD, University of Manchester; Areas of interest: renewable energy
systems modeling; generation expansion planning and production costing; application
of neural networks, fuzzy systems, and genetic algorithms in energy systems.
Ayman Kayssi, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Areas of interest: internet
technologies; information security and trust; VLSI design, modeling, and simulation;
digital system testing.
Fuad Mrad, PhD, Purdue University; Areas of interest: control, robotics, industrial
automation, instrumentation.
Jean Saade, PhD, Syracuse University; Areas of interest: communication systems,
fuzzy sets and logic, design of intelligent systems using fuzzy logic and other tools,
optimization techniques for intelligent and decision-making systems.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | personnel
Full-Time
Faculty
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Nassir Sabah, PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo; Areas of interest:
electrophysiology of nerve and muscle, modeling of the electrical behavior of nerve and
muscle cells, modeling of the behavior of the human neuromuscular system.
associate professors
Hassan Artail, PhD, Wayne State University; Areas of interest: distributed and
mobile computing; mobile ad-hoc and vehicle ad-hoc networks; data knowledge and
engineering.
Louay, Bazzi, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: theory of
error correcting codes, design and analysis of algorithms, cryptography, and number
theory.
Ali Chehab, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Areas of interest: VLSI
testing and information security, dynamic power supply current [iDDT] testing,
development of automatic test pattern generation [ATPG].
Rabih Jabr, PhD, University of London-Imperial College; Areas of Interest: mathematical
optimization techniques; power system analysis, computing, and economics; electric
power applications.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | personnel
Fadi Karameh, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: system
identification and control, biological systems, neural system modeling, and gene
expression arrays.
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Mohamad Mansour, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Areas of interest:
digital IC design; VLSI for communications, signal processing and general purpose
computing systems; coding theory, code design on graphs, decoding algorithms and
architectures; algorithm and architecture optimizations for VLSI using abstract algebra.
assistant professors
Ibrahim Abou Faycal, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest:
information theory, digital communications, software radio communication systems,
noise probabilistic modeling.
Haitham Akkary, PhD, Portland State University; Areas of interest: computer architecture,
VLSI design.
Mariette Awad, PhD, University of Vermont; Areas of interest: machine learning,
pattern recognition, image recognition, ubiquitous computing, intelligent systems, and
quality control.
Zaher Dawy, Dr.-Ing., Munich University of Technology; Areas of interest: genomic
coding theory, gene expression modeling, genetic mapping, gene network estimation,
protein-protein interaction inference, distributed and cooperative communications,
cellular technologies [WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX], radio network planning and
optimization, and multimedia transmission over communication networks.
Hazem Hajj, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Areas of Interest: data mining and
applications, wireless network planning, image processing, software engineering, and
yield analysis.
Imad Elhajj, PhD, Michigan State University, Areas of interest: computer and sensor
networking, internet security, medical and health informatics, robotics and automation,
and human machine interfacing.
Wassim Masri, PhD, Case Western Reserve University; Areas of interest: program
analysis and its applications to software engineering: software testing, fault
localization, program comprehension, and software security.
Fadi Zaraket, PhD, University of Texas at Austin; Areas of interest: static and dynamic
analysis of software, formal verification, programming languages, parallel computation,
computational Arabic, and software engineering.
visiting assistant professors
Abdul Kader Barbir, PhD, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Areas of interest:
security, policies, web services security, data architect, computer architecture,
software design, data encryption, mappings, and specialized security solutions [joined
the department in the spring of 2009].
Wassim El hajj, PhD, Western Michigan University, Areas of interest: network security,
network planning, and bioinformatics [joined the department in the spring of 2009].
Danielle Nasrallah, PhD, McGill University; Areas of interest: robotics, mobile robots,
nonholonomic systems, and nonlinear control.
instructor
Ali Marmar, ME, Lebanese American University
Part-Time
Faculty
adjunct professor
Shahwan Khoury, PhD, Carnegie Institute of Technology
senior lectures
Hazem Chahine, Diploma, Loughborough College of Technology
Lama Hamandi, PhD, Ohio State University
Ernst Huijer, PhD, University of Florida
lecturers
Ghassan Droubi, ME, American University of Beirut
Mehran Gurunian, ME, American University of Beirut
Taan Mohtar, MS, University of Prague
Ali Moukalled, MS, Western Michigan University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | personnel
lecturer
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instructors
Zaher Kanafani, BE, American University of Beirut
Ali Marmar, ME, Lebanese American University
Bassel Slim, ME, American University of Beirut
Mona Tawil, ME, American University of Beirut
Staff
ece administrative assistant
Rabab Abi Shakra
ece Labs
M. Khaled Joujou, Lab Manager
Sara Khaddaj, Lab Engineer
Salam Abiad, Supervisor
Fuad Shihab, Senior Technician
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | personnel
External
Advisory
Board
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The External Advisory Board [EAB] plays an important role in advising, promoting, and
supporting the ECE department. The following is a list of the members of the EAB.
Mr. George Kadifa, CEO of Silverlake, USA
Dr. Walid Moneimne, Chairman, Nokia-Siemens
Mr. Hussein Rifai, CEO, MDC
Dr. Bassam Frenn, Director General, Industrial Research Institute – IRI
Mr. Neemat Frem, President of Indevco Group [Chairman of the External Advisory Board]
Dr. Farid Najm, Professor, University of Toronto
Mr. Ziad Boustany, President of S & AS Controllers
Dr. Toufic Chebaro, Director of IT, OGERO
Mr. Ghassan Boulbol, CEO-Liban Cable
Dr. Milad Seebaaly, CEO - Universal Knowledge Solutions [UKS]
Dr. Walid Najjar, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of
California, Riverside
Dr. Imad Hoballah, Head of Telecommunications Technologies Unit, Lebanese
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Mr. Issam Darwish, CEO and Founder of UBC Services
Dr. Khaldoun Farhat, General Manager, Professional Computer Association of
Lebanon [PCA]
Mr. Jamal Hachem, General Manager, Energy & Power Cont. Co. Ltd, KSA
Dr. Tawfic Arabi, Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation
Dr. Hassan Charif, CNRS
faculty research
and professional activities
teaching | This section includes the courses taught by the full-time faculty members in
the department with the corresponding number of students in each course.
courses taught
fall 2009-10
spring 2010
Ibrahim Abou Faycal
EECE 330 [23]
EECE 641 [14]
EECE 442 [8]
EECE 644 [8], S
EECE 798B [6]
Haitham Akkary
EECE 320 [40]
EECE 421 [37]
EECE 621 [4]
EECE 321 [50]
EECE 621 [7]
M. Adnan Al-Alaoui
EECE 442 [9]
EECE 695 [4]
EECE 442[13]
EECE 694 [7]
EECE 230 [33]
EECE 450 [44]
EECE 630 [3]
EECE 230 [27]
EECE 656 [29]
EECE 310 [23]
EECE 668 [5]
EECE 503A [30]
EECE 667 [14]
Hassan Artail
summer 2009
EECE 330 [27]
EECE 430 [35]
Mariette Awad
EECE 230 [36]
EECE 631 [6]
Louay Bazzi
EECE 230 [25]
EECE 431 [15]
Farid Chaaban
On leave
On leave
On leave
Riad Chedid
On leave
On leave
On leave
Ali Chehab
EECE 230 [55]
EECE 330 [30]
EECE 230 [36]
EECE 320 [36]
EECE 632 [36]
Zaher Dawy
EECE 230 [33]
EECE 624 [38]
EECE 442 [45]
EECE 640 [11]
EECE 450 [39]
EECE 640 [20]
Hassan Diab
VP REP
VP REP
VP REP
Ali El-Hajj
EECE 230 [18]
EECE 330 [16]
EECE 430 [34]
EECE 430 [34]
EECE 230 [36]
EECE 680 [8]
Imad Elhajj
EECE 210 [31]
Research leave
EECE 210 [34]
EECE 461 [18]
EECE 655 [5]
Hazem Hajj
EECE 290 [40]
EECE 433 [27]
EECE 330 [36]
EECE 639 [4]
EECE 433 [37]
EECE 633 [13]
Ibrahim Hajj
Dean FEA
Dean FEA
Dean FEA
EECE 310 [50]
EECE 370 [51]
EECE 210 [56]
EECE 678 [10]
EECE 200 [148]
EECE 340 [42]
EECE 682 [2]
Rabih Jabr
Karim Kabalan
Chairperson
Chairperson
Chairperson
Sami Karaki
EECE 471 [52]
EECE 670 [7]
EECE 473 [53]
EECE 675 [43]
Fadi Karameh
EECE 210 [43]
EECE 663 [8]
EECE 340 [41]
EECE 603 [12]
EECE 310 [63]
EECE 651 [33]
EECE 311 [56]
EECE 311 [48]
EECE 657 [7]
Ayman Kayssi
EECE 310 [18]
EECE 311 [23]
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
name
113
name
courses taught
summer 2009
Wassim Masri
EECE 230 [54]
EECE 638 [12]
EECE 230 [35]
EECE 434 [22]
EECE 320 [12]
EECE 321 [51]
EECE 412/612 [64]
EECE 321 [43]
EECE 412/612 [15]
Fuad Mrad
EECE 460 [28]
EECE 460 [60]
EECE 660 [26]
On leave
EECE 460 [29]
EECE 661 [23]
EECE 210 [56]
EECE 210 [50]
EECE 798 C [12]
EECE 646 [10]
EECE 664 [27]
EECE 340 [46]
EECE 340 [42]
Nassir Sabah
EECE 210 [39]
EECE 601 [16]
EECE 290 [34]
EECE 602 [7]
Fadi Zaraket
EECE 330 [36]
EECE 637 [7]
EECE 432 [31]
EECE 636 [6]
EECE 798E [5]
Jean Saade
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
spring 2010
Mohamad Mansour
Danielle Nasrallah
114
fall 2009-10
EECE 442 [32]
EECE 442 [28]
research and travel grants
urb grants
project title
principal
investigators
amount
in usd
Using Gauss-Hermite Bases in Studying Additive
White Gaussian Noise Channels
Abou-Faycal, Ibrahim
4,690
Latency Tolerant Multiple Data Threading
Execution
Akkary, Haitham
7,972
Support Vector Machines and Al-Alaoui Pattern
Recognition Algorithm with Applications to
Data Mining
Al-Alaoui, Mohamad
Adnan
7,835
Developing a Short Range Cognitive Radio
System for Vehicle Ad hoc Networks to Assist
Road Safety Applications
Artail, Hassan
8,787
Dynamically Classifying Polyps in Virtual
Colonoscopy Using Support Vector Machines
Awad, Mariette
2,500
Polylogarithmic Independence and Bounded
Depth Circuits
Bazzi, Louay
8,568
New Model for Gate-Oxide Shorts in CMOS
Circuits
Chehab, Ali
7,206
Collaborative Resource Allocation in OFDMA
Uplink Using Cognitive Radio Techniques
Dawy, Zaher
6,168
Design of a Directional Ultra-Wideband
Microstrip Antenna with Reconfigurable
Radiation patterns
El-Hajj, Ali
4,250
Optimal WiMAX Radio and Core Network
Planning Using Lebanon as Case Study
Hajj, Hazem
4,000
Generation Planning in Power Distribution
Networks
Jabr, Rabih
4,138
project title
principal
investigators
amount
in usd
Design of a Multiband Fractal-Based Printed
Slot Antenna
Kabalan, Karim
7,711
Application of the Boundary Series Method with
Edge Function to Magnetic Structures of infinite
Permeability
Karaki, Sami
3,981
Spatiotemporal Dynamic Modeling of Brain
Electric Signals
Karameh, Fadi
4,533
Protection Against Script-Based Attacks in
Computer Networks
Kayssi, Ayman
4,250
On Parallelizing Sequentially-Pruned
Interleavers
Mansour, Mohammad
8,549
Leveraging Combinations of Multi-Type Program
Elements to Enhance Software Reliability
Masri, Wassim
5,902
Program Analysis Using Decision and
Transformation Algorithms
Zaraket, Fadi
7,000
project title
principal
investigator
amount
in ll
Distributed Video Coding
M. A. Al-Alaoui
7,500,000
Relational Queries for Arabic Text Mining
Fadi Zaraket
8,000,000
Opinion Polling in English and Arabic Web Pages
Hazem Hajj
8,000,000
Remote Context Based Multi-lingual Information
Retrieval for Tourism.
Mariette Awad
8,500,000
Privacy-Preserving Trust-Based System for VANET
Security
Ayman Kayssi
9,000,000
Debugging Based on Dynamic Program Analysis
Wassim Masri
7,000,000
Securing the Dynamic Discovery and Invocation of
Web Services from Mobile Devices
Hassan Artail
8,500,000
A Mathematical Optimization Approach for Radio
Network Planning of GSM/UMTS Co-Citing with
Electromagnetic Radiation based Objective Function
Zaher Dawy
7,500,000
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
lncsr grants
115
external grants
project tile
principal
investigator[s]
AUB-Intel Middle East
Energy Research [MER]
Center - Design Methodologies of Power Aware
Software and Hardware
Architectures for Parallel
Platforms
A. Chehab,
H. Akkary,
M. Awad,
H. Hajj,
A. Kayssi,
M. Mansour
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
Enhancing the Reliability
of Bioinformatics Software by Correlating User
Feedback and Execution
Data award
116
funding
agency
amount
in usd
duration
Intel
Corporation
970,000
[~480K
for
student
internships at
Intel]
3 years
139,236
3 years
NSF-
W. Masri
Software for
Real-World
Systems
Automated.NET Program
Debugging Based on
W. Masri
Dynamic Program Analysis
ASTF
30,120
2 years
Forest Fire Prediction
and Alerting
I. Elhajj
Association
for Forests,
Development
and
Conservation
5,000
1 year
Disjoint Out-of-Order
Execution
H. Akkary
Intel
80,000
2 years
Open Gain Project
S. Karaki and
K.Y. Kabalan
European
Union
163,000
3 years
Golf Cart
Mariette Awad
National
Instruments
4,000
1 year
short term grants
faculty
conference
date
Mohamad Adnan
Al-Alaoui
The 2009 International Conference on Genetics
and Evolutionary Methods, GEM 2009, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA
July 2009
Mohamad Adnan
Al-Alaoui
The 2009 International Conference on Image
Processing and Computer Vision, IPCV 2009,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
July 2009
Imad Elhajj
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Ad-
vanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore
July 2009
Mariette Awad
19th International Conference on Field, Programmable Logic and Applications [FPL 09], Prague
August 2009
Hazem Hajj
XXI AEC/APC European Conference, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA
September 2009
Zaher Dawy
IEEE International Symposium on Personal,
Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications
[PIMRC’09], Tokyo, Japan
September 2009
Imad Elhajj
Workshop on Haptic Human-Robot Interaction
held in conjunction with IEEE/RSJ International
Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems,
St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
October 2009
conference
date
Ali Chehab
5-Th ACM International Symposium on QoS and
Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks
[Q2SWinet], Tenerife, The Canary Islands, Spain
October 2009
Karim Kabalan
International Conference on Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey
November 2009
Mohammad
Mansour
IEEE International Global Communications
November 2009
Conference [GlobeCOM’09], Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Ali El-Hajj
International Conference on Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey
November 2009
Mohamad Adnan
Al-Alaoui
The 2009 International Conference on
Electronics Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2009,
Yasmine-Hammamet, Tunisia
December 2009
Imad Elhajj
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Biomimetics [ROBIO 2009], Guilin, Guangxi, China
December 2009
Ayman Kayssi
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on New
Technologies, Mobility, and Security, Cairo, Egypt
December 2009
Sami Karaki
Energy Education at AUB, NSF-Sponsored
Workshop, Co-sponsored by Texas A&M Qatar,
University of Minnesota, and University of
Central Florida, Doha, Qatar
December 2009
Jean Saade
VIP Symposia on Internet related research with
elements Conference, Amalfi, Italy
March 2010
Sami Karaki
Energy Management System in a Hybrid
Renewable Energy System, NSF-Sponsored
Workshop, Co-sponsored by Cairo University
and Georgia Tech, Cairo, Egypt
March 2010
Wassim Masri
International Conference on Software Testing,
Verification and Validation, ICST 2010, Paris,
France
April 2010
Ibrahim Abou
Faycal
17th IEEE International Conference on
Telecommunications, Doha, Qatar
April 2010
Zaher Dawy
17th International Conference on
Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010] in
Doha, Qatar
April 2010
Hazem Hajj
International Wireless Communications and
Mobile Computing Conference [IWCMC 2010],
Caen, France
June 2010
long term grants
faculty
conference
date
Imad Elhajj
Junior Faculty Research Leave
Fall 2009
Mariette Awad
Visiting Scholar Intel Portland
August 2009
Haitham Akkary
Visiting Scholar Intel Portland
Summer 2009
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
faculty
117
publications
Book
n.h. sabah, Electronics: Basic, Analog, and Digital with PSpice, CRC Press, Florida,
766 pages, 2010.
Patents
D. Gabor, A. El-Zein, W. Roesner, f. zaraket, Techniques for modeling variables in subprograms in of hardware description language programs, Filing 20090193390, July 2009.
m. awad, Method and apparatus for compensating for variances of a buried resistor in
an integrated circuit, US7595681, September 2009.
f. zaraket, A. El-Zein, Co-optimization of embedded systems using symbolic execution,
Filing 20100058256, March 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
h. akkary, Scalable rename map table recovery, US 7711932, May 2010.
Book
Chapters
R. Deghaili, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Trust-Privacy Tradeoffs in Distributed
Computing,” Collaborative Computer Security and Trust Management, J. M. Seigneur
and A. Slagell [Eds.], pp. 216-25, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-60566-414-9.
Journal
Papers
W. El-Hajj, h. hajj, E. Barka, z. dawy, O. El Hmaissy, D. Ghaddar, and Y. Aitour, “Optimal
WiMax Planning with Security Considerations,” Security and Communication Networks,
published online in July 2009.
[sorted by date]
118
A. Al-Hajj, D. Fares, K. Mershad, N. Abou Zeinab, and k.y. kabalan, ‘’M/G/∞/n Traffic
Model of CDMA Networks using Adaptive Antennas,” International Journal of Computing
and Information Technology, vol.1, no. 2, July 2009.
m. a. al-alaoui, M.A. Abou Harb, Z. Abou Chahine, and E. Yaacoub, “A New Approach for
Arabic Offline Handwriting Recognition,” IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 89-97, July 2009.
A. H. Ramadan, k. y. kabalan, a. el-hajj, s. khoury, and M. Al-Husseini, “A
Reconfigurable U-KOCH Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Applications,” Progress in
Electromagnetics Research, [PIER], vol. 93, pp. 355-67, July 2009.
r. a. jabr and B. C. Pal, “Computing Closest Saddle Node Bifurcations in a Radial System
via Conic Programming,” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems,
vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 243-48, July 2009.
R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r.a. jabr, “Choice of Estimator for Distribution System State
Estimation,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 666-678,
July 2009.
r.a. jabr and B. C. Pal, “Ordinal Optimization Approach for Locating and Sizing of
Distributed Generation,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 3, no. 8, pp.
713-23, August 2009.
m.m. mansour, “A Parallel Pruned Bit-Reversal Interleaver,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI
Systems, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1147-151, August 2009.
J. Weindl, z. dawy, P. Hanus, J. Zech, and J. C. Mueller, “Modeling Promoter Search by
E. Coli RNA Polymerase: One-Dimensional Diffusion in a Sequence-Dependent Energy
Landscape,” Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 259, no. 3, pp. 628-34, August 2009.
E. Yaacoub, Z. Dawy, a. el-hajj, and k. y. kabalan, “Distributed Uplink Scheduling and
Rate Control in cdma2000 using Adaptive Antenna Arrays,” International Journal of
Electronics and Communication [AEU], vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 841-52, October 2009.
h. artail and K. Mershad, “MDPF: Minimum Distance Packet Forwarding for Search
Applications in Mobile Ad hoc Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8,
no. 10, pp. 1412-426, October 2009.
w. masri and A. Podgurski, “Measuring the Strength of Information Flows in Programs,”
Article 5, October 2009.
m.m. mansour, “Parallel Lookahead Pruned Interleavers,’’ IEEE Transactions on
Communications, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 3188-194, November 2009.
J. Costantine, S. Al-Saffar, C.G. Christodoulou, k. y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “The
Analysis of a Reconfigurable Antenna with a Rotating Feed,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless
Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 943-46, November 2009.
A. Tajeddine, a. kayssi, a. chehab, and h. artail, “Fuzzy Reputation-based Trust Model,”
The Journal of Applied Soft Computing, DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2009.11.025, available online:
November 2009.
W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “Smart Encryption Channels for Securing Virtual
Machine-Based Networked Applications,” Security and Communication Networks, vol. 2,
no. 6, pp. 507-18, November/December 2009.
H. Denkilkian, A. Koulakezian, R. Ohannessian, M. Chalfoun, m. k. joujou, a. chehab,
i. elhajj, “Wireless Sensor for Continuous Real-Time Oil Spill Thickness and Location
Measurement,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 58, no. 12,
pp. 4001-11, December 2009.
h. artail, H. Safa, and A. Idris, “Compacting SQL Queries for Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor
Network Applications,” International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database
Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 440-60, December 2009.
W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “PLEDGE: A Policy-Based Security Protocol For
Protecting Content Addressable Storage Architectures,” International Journal of
Network Security and Its Applications [IJNSA], vol. 2, no. 1, pp 98-115, January 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology [TOSEM], vol. 19, no. 2,
119
R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r. a. jabr, “Distribution System State Estimation through
Gaussian Mixture Model of the Load as pPseudo-measurement,” IET Generation,
Transmission and Distribution, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 50-59, January 2010.
m. awad, Y. Motai, J. Näppi and H. Yoshida, “A Clinical Decision Support Framework for
Incremental Polyps Classification in Virtual Colonoscopy,” Algorithms, vol. 3, no. 1, pp.
1-20, January 2010.
r. a. jabr, “Generation Self-scheduling with Partial Information on the Probability
Distribution of Prices,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution – Special Issue on
Electricity Markets, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 138-49, February 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r. a. jabr, “Statistical Representation of Distribution System
Loads Using Gaussian Mixture Model,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 25, no.
1, pp. 29-37, February 2010.
R. Deghaili, a. chehab, a. kayssi, and W. Itani, “STRIDE: A Secure Framework
for Modeling Trust-Privacy Tradeoffs in Distributed Computing Environments,”
International Journal of Dependable and Trustworthy Information Systems [IJDTIS], vol.
1, no. 1, pp. 60-81, January-March 2010.
z. dawy and I. Abdel Nabi, “Fixed Relaying with Adaptive Antenna Arrays for the
Downlink of Multihop Cellular Networks,” European Transactions on Telecommunications,
vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 167-77, March 2010.
H. Safa, h. artail, and M. Nahas, “A Cache Invalidation Strategy for Mobile Networks,”
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 168-82, March 2010.
H. Safa, h. artail, and D. Tabet, “A Cluster-Based Trust-Aware Routing Protocol for
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” Wireless Networks, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 969-84, May 2010.
K. Mershad and h. artail, “SSUM: Smart Server Update Mechanism for Maintaining
Cache Consistency in Mobile Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,
vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 778-95, June 2010.
Conference
Papers
[sorted by date]
120
M. Al-Husseini, Y. Tawk, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, “A Low-Cost Microstrip Antenna
for 3G/WLAN/WiMAX and UWB Applications,” The 2009 International Conference on
Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’2009], Zouk
Mosbeh, Lebanon, July 2009.
A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Reconfigurable PCB
Antenna for WiMAX, C-band and X-band Operation,” The 2009 International Conference
on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’2009], Zouk
Mosbeh, Lebanon, July 2009.
Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, H. Yu, and i.h. elhajj, “Design, Fabrication and Testing of CNT
Based ISFET for NANO pH Sensor Application,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, July 2009.
G.E. Sakr, i.h. elhajj, and U.C. Wejinya, “Multi Level SVM for Subject Independent
Agitation Detection,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics, Singapore, July 2009.
w. masri, and M. El-Ghali, “Test Case Filtering and Prioritization Based on Coverage
of Combinations of Program Elements,” Seventh International Workshop on Dynamic
Analysis [WODA], Chicago, IL, July 2009.
w. masri, R. Abou-Assi, M. El-Ghali, and N. Fatairi, “An Empirical Study of the Factors that
Reduce the Effectiveness of Coverage-based Fault Localization,” International Workshop
on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS], Chicago, IL, July 2009.
on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS], Chicago, IL, July 2009.
E. Yaacoub, H. Al-Asadi, and z. dawy, “Low Complexity Scheduling Algorithms for the LTE
Uplink,” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications [ISCC’09], Sousse, Tunisia,
July 2009.
I. Al-Kassem, S. Sharafeddine, and z. dawy, “Hybrid Ring Tree Scatternet Formation
in Bluetooth Networks,” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications [ISCC’09],
Sousse, Tunisia, July 2009.
E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “Centralized and Distributed LTE Uplink Scheduling in a
Distributed Base Station Scenario,” International Conference on Advances in
Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’09], Beirut, Lebanon, July 2009.
S. Al-Chikhani, L. Al-Kanj, and z. dawy, “Video Distribution over Wireless Networks with
Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperation,” International Conference on Advances in Computational
Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’09], Beirut, Lebanon, July 2009.
m. a. al-alaoui, “Simulation and Discretization of Fractional Order Systems,” The 2009
International Conference on Genetics and Evlutionary Methods [GEM 2009], Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA, July 2009.
m. a. al-alaoui, “Al-Alaoui Pattern Recognition Algorithm: A MSE Asymptotic Bayesian
Approach to Boosting,” The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing and
Computer Vision [IPCV 2009], Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2009.
f. zaraket and w. masri, “Property Based Coverage Criterion,” The 2nd International
Workshop on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS ], Chicago, USA, July 2009.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
f. zaraket and w. masri, “Property Based Coverage Criterion,” International Workshop
121
m. awad, “FPGA Supercomputer Platforms: A Survey,” The 19th International Conference
on Field Programmable Logic and Applications [FPL 09], Prague, Czech Republic, August
2009.
A. M. El-Hajj, E. Yaacoub, and z. dawy, “On Uplink OFDMA Resource Allocation with
Ergodic Sum-Rate Maximization,” IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and
Mobile Radio Communications [PIMRC’09], Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
m. awad and A. El Mobacher, “HISI: A Soft Framework for Building Recognition,” The Fifth
International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions
in System Analysis, Decision and Control [ICSCCW 2009], Famagusta, North Cyprus,
September 2009.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
R. Baly and h. hajj, “Yield Analysis based on Data Mining with Support Vector Machines,”
21st AEC/APC Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, September 2009.
122
P. Reaidi, P. Bou Abboud, E. Kabkab, and h. artail, “An Efficient File Piece Discovery
and Information Collection Scheme for VANETs,” 5th IEEE International Conference
on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications [WiMob’2009],
Marrakech, Morocco, October 2009.
Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, i.h. elhajj, and M. Meyyappan, “Characterization of Vertically
Aligned Carbon Nanofibers Grown on Ni Dots Nanoelectrode Array Using Atomic Force
Microscopy,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St.
Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009.
W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “PETRA: A Secure and Energy-Efficient Software
Update Protocol for Severely-Constrained Network Devices,” 5th ACM International
Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks [Q2SWinet],
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, October 2009.
S. Chehade, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Modeling of Gate Oxide Short Defects in
MOSFETS,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, November 2009.
M. Abou Rjeily,a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Transient Current Testing for Future CMOS
Technologies,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, November 2009.
A. Ghandour, K. Fawaz, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Wavelet Transform-Based Transient
Current Analysis for Detection of Gate-Oxide Shorts in CMOS,” 4th IEEE International
Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 2009.
C. Serhal, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Clustering Techniques for Improving Transient
Current Testing,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, November 2009.
f. mrad, ”Scientific Innovation among Arab Youth: A Sampling Tour and Reality TV
Workshop Perspective,” The 13th IBIMA International Business Information Management
Association Conference on Knowledge Management and Innovation in Advancing
Economies, Morocco, November 2009.
m.m. mansour, “Optimized Architecture for Computing Zadoff-Chu Sequences with
Application to LTE,’’ IEEE International Global Communications Conference
[GlobeCOM’09], Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 2009.
A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, ‘’Design of a Small Printed
Monopole Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Appliations,” International Conference on
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009.
M. Al-Husseini, A. Ramadan, Y. Tawk, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, “Design and Ground
Plane Consideration of a CPW-Fed UWB Antenna,” International Conference on Electrical
and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009.
f.b. chaaban, and H. Hassan, “Modeling and Measurements of the Electromagnetic
Field of High Voltage Transmission Lines: A Practical Case in Lebanon,” International
Conference on Electrical Energy and Industrial Electronics Systems, EEIES, Penang,
Malaysia, December 2009.
W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “Privacy as a Service: Privacy-Aware Data Storage
and Processing in Cloud Computing Architectures,” International Workshop on Security
in Cloud Computing, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, December 2009.
Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, H.D. Tourtillott, i.h. elhajj, and M. Meyyappan, “Scanning
and Measurement of Carbon Nanofiber Nanoelectrode Arrays Using Atomic Force
Microscopy,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics [ROBIO], Guilin,
Guangxi, China, December 2009.
S. Wehbe, A. Kayssi, A. Chehab, and i.h. elhajj, “Mutual Authentication Scheme for
EPC Tags-Readers in the Supply Chain,” International Conference on New Technologies,
Mobility and Security, Cairo, Egypt, December 2009.
K. Zeineddine and i. abou-faycal, “How Much Training is Optimal in Adaptive PSAM
Over Markov Rayleigh Fading Channels,” IEEE International Symposium on Signal
Processing and Information Technology, Ajman, UAE, December 2009.
I. Ahmad, Z. Ahmad and i. abou-faycal, “Delay-Efficient GOP Size Control Algorithm
in Wyner-Ziv Video Coding,” IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and
Information Technology, Ajman, UAE, December 2009.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, ‘’A Small-sized Reconfigurable
Antenna for Ultra-wideband, C-band and X-band Operation,” International Conference on
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009.
123
K. Mershad and h. artail, ‘’Semantic Caching for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” 5th
International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks [MSN 2009], Wu Yi
Mountain, China, December 2009.
m.a. al-alaoui, “Discretization Methods of Fractional Parallel PID Controllers,” The
16th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems [ICECS 2009],
Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2009.
j.j. saade, “Fuzzy Sets and Inference as an Effective Methodology in the Construction
of Intelligent Controllers,” VIPSI’ 2010 Conference, Amalfi, Italy, March 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
J. Fahs and i. abou-faycal, “On the Capacity of Some Deterministic Non-linear
Channels Subject to Additive White Gaussian Noise,” IEEE 17th International Conference
on Telecommunications [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
124
A. Ramadan, k.y. kabalan, a. el-hajj, S. Khoury, M. Al-Husseini, “A Frequencyselective U-Koch Monopole-type PCB Antenna for Wireless Applications,” European
Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2010 [EuCAP 2010], Barcelona, Spain, April
2010.
A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, Y. Tawk, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Novel Frequency/
Pattern reconfigurable Microstrip Antenna for WLAN Applications,” European
Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2010 [EuCAP 2010], Barcelona, Spain, April
2010.
w. masri and R. Abou-Assi, “Cleansing Test Suites from Coincidental Correctness
to Enhance Fault-Localization,” Third International Conference on Software Testing,
Verification and Validation, [ICST 2010], Paris, France, April, 2010.
K. Mershad and h. artail, “Using RSUs as Delegates for Pervasive Access to Services
in Vehicle Ad hoc Networks,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications
2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
K. Fawaz, A. Ghandour, M. Olleik, and h. artail, “Improving Reliability of Safety
Applications in Vehicle Ad hoc Networks through the Implementation of a Cognitive
Network,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010],
Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
A. Fawaz and h. artail, “Enhanced Cooperative Collision Avoidance in Sudden Vehicle
Braking Scenarios,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT
2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
E. Yaacoub, A. M. El-Hajj, and z. dawy, “Ergodic Sum-Rate Maximization in OFDMA
Uplink with Discrete Rates,” European Wireless Conference 2010 [EW 2010], Lucca, Italy,
April 2010.
A. Abdel Khalek, L. Al-Kanj, z. dawy, and G. Turkiyyah, “Site Placement and Site Selection
Algorithms for UMTS Radio Planning with Quality Constraints,” 17th International
Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
L. Al-Kanj and z. dawy, “Optimized Energy Efficient Content Distribution over Wireless
Networks with Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperation,” 17th International Conference on
Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “A Transparent Pricing Scheme for Interference Mitigation in
Uplink OFDMA with Collaborative Distributed Scheduling,” 17th International Conference
on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.
W. Saad, S. Sharafeddine, and z. dawy, “Joint BS Assignment and End-to-End Scheduling
for Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Services,” IEEE International
Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing [ISWPC’10], Modena, Italy, May 2010.
F. Chraim and s.h. karaki, “Fuel Cell Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks,” 2010
IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference [I2MTC
2010], Austin, Texas, May 2010.
B. R. Saab, B. Tabshouri, M. El Habbal, M. El Moghrabi, O. Monajjed, and a. kayssi, “An
Electronic Gadget for Excisional Biopsies,” 19th WONCA World Conference, Cancun,
Mexico, May 2010.
s. h. karaki, A, Bou Ghannam, and f. mrad, “Optimal Scheduling of Hybrid Energy
Systems using Load and Renewable Resources Forecast,” International Symposium on
Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion [SPEEDAM], June 14–16,
2010, Pisa, Italy, June 2010.
E. Yaacoub, z. dawy, a. el-hajj,and k.y. kabalan, “Opportunistic Beamforming for
Uplink OFDMA Scheduling in Severe Interference Conditions,” The 2010 International
Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France,
June 2010.
M. Al-Husseini, A. Ramadan, J. Costantine, C.G. Christodoulou, k.y. kabalan, and
a. el-hajj, “Ultrawideband Antennas with Switchable Band Notch Using
Complementary Split-ring Resonators,” The 2010 International Conference on High
Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.
A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Circularly Polarized
Decagonal Slot Antenna,” The 2010 International Conference on High Performance
Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | faculty research and professional activities
E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “A Comparison of Uplink Scheduling in OFDMA and SCFDMA,”
17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April
2010.
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M. Al-Husseini, a. el-hajj, k.y. kabalan, Y. Tawk, and C.G. Christodoulou, “A Simple
Dual-port Antenna System for Cognitive Radio Applications,” The 2010 International
Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France,
June 2010.
F. Adib, h. hajj, “Efficient Time and Frequency Methods for Sampling Filter Functions,”
The International Conference on Image and Signal Processing 2010 [ICISP 2010], Quebec,
Canada, June 2010.
h. hajj, W. El Hajj, M. M. El Dana, M. Dakroub, and F. Fawaz, “An Extensible Software
Framework for Building Vehicle to Vehicle Applications,” The Sixth International
Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference [IWCMC] 2010, Caen,
France, June 2010.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
Faculty
Award
aaas fellowship
Professor Ibrahim N. Hajj, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, and
professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering was elected, by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS], to the rank of AAAS Fellow.
Dean Hajj was honored during the AAAS Fellows Forum on February 20, 2010, at the
Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. Dean Hajj will be recognized for his
“contributions to computer-aided simulation and reliable and low power design of VLSI
circuits and for engineering education”.
service and committees
Departmental
Committee
Service
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ECE Assessment and ABET Committee
members | K. Kabalan [Chairperson], H. Akkary, Z. Dawy, A. El-Hajj, and I. El-Hajj.
EECE Undergraduate Academic Committee
members | S. Karaki [Chairperson], L. Bazzi, W. El Hajj, R. Jabr, F. Karameh, and W. Masri.
ECE Graduate Committee
members | M. Mansour [Chairperson], M. Adnan Al-Alaoui, M. Awad, H. Hajj, R. Jabr,
and W. Masri.
ECE Recruiting Committee
members | M. A. Al-Alaoui [Chairperson], S. Karaki, F. Karameh, and J. Saade
Ad-hoc Committee on Student Advising
members | I. Abou Faycal [Chairperson] and F. Mrad
Ad-hoc Committee on Communications
members | J. Saade [Chairperson], M. A. Al-Alaoui, I. Abou Faycal, and Z. Dawy
Ad-hoc Committee on Signal Processing
members | M. A. Al-Alaoui [Chairperson], M. Awad, H. Hajj, and F. Karameh
Ad-hoc Committee on Computer Architecture and VLSI Systems
members | M. Mansour [Chairperson], H. Akkary, A. Chehab, and A. Kayssi
Ad-hoc Committee on Software Engineering
members | A. El-Hajj [Chairperson], H. Artail, L. Bazzi, H. Hajj, and F. Zaraket v
Ad-hoc Committee on Computer Networks
members | H. Artail [Chairperson], Z. Dawy, I. Elhajj, and A. Kayssi
Ad-hoc Committee on Control Systems
members | F. Mrad [Chairperson], M. Awad, I. Elhajj, and F. Karameh
Ad-hoc Committee on Internship
members | F. Karameh [Chairperson], M. Awad, L. Bazzi, and F. Zaraket
Ad-hoc Committee on EM/RF
members | K. Kabalan [Chairperson], A. El-Hajj, and S. Khoury
Ad-hoc Committee on Power Systems
Ad-hoc Committee on Biomedical Engineering
members | N. Sabah [Chairperson] and F. Karameh
Final Year Project Coordinator: A. Chehab
IEEE Student Branch Coordinator: A. Chehab
EECE Website Coordinator: A. Kayssi
EECE Graduate Seminar Coordinator: H. Hajj
ECE External Advisory Board Coordinator: F. Mrad
Professional
Service
ibrahim abou-faycal
• Reviewer for various IEEE and international journals and conferences
• Session Chair: IEEE ISSPIT 2009
• MIT Club of Lebanon, Executive Committee
• Invited speaker at CAMS
m. adnan al-alaoui
• Member, Scientific Committee, Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications [SETIT 2009], 2009
• Member, Scientific Committee, E-MEDISYS 2009-10
• Member, Executive Committee of the IEEE Lebanon Section
• Reviewer for IEEE
• Reviewer for IET
• Reviewer International Journal on Control and for other journals and conferences
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
members | S. Karaki [Chairperson], R. Chedid and F. Chaaban
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hassan artail
• Editor of the International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributes Systems [IJPEDS]
• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE INFOCOM
• Technical Program Committee member of ACM ICPS
• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE PICOM
• Reviewed over six journal and eight conference papers
mariette awad
• Chair, International Conference on Energy Aware Computing
• Member, The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation
• Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, July 2009
• Session Chair, FEA 2009 Student Conference
• Faculty Advisor of student group for Women in Engineering [WIE]
• Chair of Women in Engineering, Lebanon Chapter
louay bazzi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
• Member, Lebanese Collegiate Programming Competition Committee, LAU 2009/10
• Represented AUB in the 2010 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest 128
World Finals in Harbin, China, February 1-6, 2010
• Represented the FEA in the 2009 ACM International Collegiate Programming
Contest, 12th Arab and North African Regional Contest in Alexandria, Egypt, November 22-25, 2009
• Member of the Lebanese Collegiate Programming Competition Committee, LAU 2008/09
ali chehab
• Member, Technical Program Committee, ICC 2010, reviewed 5 papers
• Member, Technical Program Committee, GLOBECOM 2009, reviewed 5 papers
• Reviewed a paper for ICP 2009, April 2009
• Reviewed a paper for the International Journal of Network Security, March 2009
• Member, Technical Program Committee, DTIS 2009, reviewed 2 papers
• Member, Technical Program Committee, ICC 2009, reviewed 5 papers
zaher dawy
• Chair, IEEE Communications Society, Lebanon Chapter of the IEEE Lebanon Section [since Jan. 2009]
• General Chair, IEEE Lebanon Communications Workshop 2009 [IEEE LCW’09], held at AUB, November 2009
• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE Globecom 2010; Wireless Communications Symposium, 17th ICT 2010; Wireless and Satellite Communications Track, IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference [VTC2010-Fall]; Transmission Technologies Track, IEEE WCNC 2009; Phy/MAC Track, IEEE ICC 2009; Phy/ MAC Track,
IEEE WiMob 2009
ali el-hajj
• Program Committee member: The 2009 International Conference on Computer
Engineering and Systems [ICCES’09], Cairo, Egypt, December 2009
• International Technical Program Committee member, Mobility Conference 2009, The International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, Nice, France, September 2009
imad elhajj
Biomimetics, Tianjin, China, December 2010
• Program Committee member, International Conference on Telecommunications Networking and Internet Computing, Doha, Qatar, April 2010
• Program Committee member, IEEE International Workshop on Underwater Networks [WUnderNet], organized in conjunction with IEEE International Communications
Conference [ICC] in Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010
• Session Chair, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics, Singapore, 2009
• Participated in the meeting “Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management:
Building Partnerships” held on May 5, 2009 in Grand Serail, Beirut, Lebanon
• Represented IEEE Lebanon Section during the IEEE Region 8 Committee meeting, Venice, Italy, April 25-26, 2009
• Review meeting in Shenyang, China May 2009 for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems to be held in St Louis, Missouri, USA, 2009;
Program Co-Chair and Program Committee member, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics [ROBIO 2009], Guilin, Guangxi, China, December
18-22, 2009
• Editorial board member for the book entitled: Advances in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks:
Developments and Challenges. Published by IGI Global and scheduled for release
in 2010.
• Program Committee member, IEEE International Workshop on Underwater Networks [WUnderNet], Bradford, UK, May 2009 organized in conjunction with the IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications.
• Organized/Special Sessions Chair and Program Committee member IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St Louis, Missouri,
USA, 2009.
hazem hajj
• Coordinator, Intel Multicore Lab Owner, workshop on parallel programming offered by Intel. Drove adoption and usage of the lab by faculty members in FEA and FAS
• Intel’s CENA Nanocenter collaboration with AUB: initiated discussions and invited director of Intel’s Nanocenter at KACST for research collaborations and funding
• Co-chair of the Computing System’s track - 6th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 2009
• Technical program committee for WiMAX Technology Group, co-located with ICUMT-
Workshop-1 [WiMAX Technology Workshop]
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
• Serving on the jury the NI Mine Detection Robot Design Contest
• Program Committee member, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
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rabih jabr
• Member, International Editorial Board, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution
• Member, International Editorial Board, Electric Power Components and Systems
• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems/Power Delivery
• Vice-Chairperson, IEEE CAS/PE/PEL Lebanon Chapter
karim kabalan
• Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Computing and Information Technology [IJCI], July 2008–present
• Organizer, Special Session on Advances in Computational Methods in
Electromagnetics, Antenna Design, and Application, The 2010 International
Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010
sami karaki
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Rotary Club of Beirut Cosmopolitan,
130
September 2009
• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Conference on Water, Energy, and Low
Carbon Emissions, Organized by Korean Embassy in Beirut and Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, December 2009
• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Middle East University, Sabtiyyeh, Lebanon, May 2010
• Presenter, Energy Education at AUB, NSF-Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Texas A&M Qatar, University of Minnesota, and University of Central Florida, December 2009
• Presenter, Energy Management System in a Hybrid Renewable Energy System, NSF-
Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Cairo University, and Georgia Tech, March 2010
ayman kayssi
• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Services Computing; IEEE Transactions on
Education; Electronics Letters; IET Circuits, Devices, and Systems; Security and
Communication Networks; and The Computer Journal
fadi karameh
• Reviewer for the 4th International Symposium on Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2010
• Research grant review for Qatar University 2009
mohammad m. mansour
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II [TCAS-II], April
2008 – present
• Member, Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems Technical
Committee, IEEE Signal Processing Society [Feb. 2006 - present]. [Committee runs two international conferences, the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop and the IEEE
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing]
• Member, Technical Program Committee, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Dallas, Texas, USA, March 2010
• Member, Best Student Paper Award Selection Committee, 2009 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Tampere, Finland, September 2009
• Member, Technical Program Committee, 2009 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Tampere, Finland, October 2009
• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - Part I and II and IEEE Transactions on Communications [2005-present]
fuad mrad
• Industrial Research Institute: Innovation for Industrialization Support: www.
innovationhub-lb.org Summer 2009
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization [UNIDO], National Assessor of the “Increase Access to Export Markets for Lebanese Products”, MACLE, October 2009
• Khayal Production, Qatar: Engineering Jury Member and technical expert for Qatar Foundation program “Stars of Science”: www.starsofscience.com Review, interview,
and supervise expert team for selecting potential inventors for a reality TV program broadcast throughout the Arab World [conducted interviews in 7 Arab countries, equipment and material selection and procurement, supervision on the implementation
of 16 top innovation projects from Arab countries], summer and fall 2009
wassim masri
and Research Techniques, London, UK. TAIC-PART 2010
• Member, Program Committee, 8th International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis, WODA 2010, Trento, Italy
• Member, Program Committee, 7th International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis, WODA 2009, Chicago, Illinois
• Member, Program Committee, 20th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 2009, Bengaluru-Mysuru, India
jean j. saade
• Presenter, Invited Keynote Speech, VIPSI Conference, Amalfi, Italy, March 2010
fadi zaraket
• Reviewer, IEEE and ACM journals such as ICSE, ASE, ICCAD, TLPL and TSE
Consultancy
Work
ali el-hajj, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia: strategic planning and financial
model, AY 2009-2010
karim kabalan, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia: strategic planning and
financial model, AY 2009-2010.
zaher dawy, Professional training for telecom engineers on advanced wireless cellular
technologies including standardization, design, and performance related areas,
Ericsson, July 2009 - June 2010
ayman kayssi, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, undergraduate programs,
2009-2010
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | service and committees
• Member, Program Committee, Testing Academic and Industrial Conference – Practice 131
academics
courses offered
summer term 2009
undergraduate courses
graduate courses
course #
title
course #
course name
EECE 210
Electric Circuits
EECE 799
Thesis
EECE 230
Introduction to Programming
EECE 991
PhD Dissertation
EECE 290
Analog Signal Processing
EECE 310
Electronics I
EECE 311
Electronics II
EECE 320
Digital Systems Design
EECE 330
Data Structures and Algorithms
EECE 370
Electric Machines and Power
Fundamentals
EECE 433
Database Systems
EECE 442
Communication Systems
EECE 450
Computer Networks
EECE 460
Control Systems
EECE 500
Approved Experience
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
fall term 2009-2010
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undergraduate courses
graduate courses
course #
title
course #
course name
EECE 200
Introduction to ECE
EECE 601
Biomedical Engineering I
EECE 210
Electric Circuits
EECE 612
Digital Integrated Circuits
EECE 230
Introduction to Programming
EECE 613
EECE 310
Electronics I
EECE 615
Computer Methods for
Circuit and System Analysis
EECE 312
Electromnics
EECE 621
Advanced Computer
Architecture
EECE 320
Digital Systems Design
EECE 630
Distributed and Object
Database Systems
EECE 330
Data Structures and
Algorithms
EECE 631
Advanced Topics in
Algorithms
EECE 370
Electric Machines and Power
Fundamentals
EECE 632
Cryptography and Computer
Security
EECE 380
Engineering Electromagnetic
EECE 637
Advanced Programming
Practice
EECE 412
Digital Integrated Circuits
EECE 638
Software Testing
EECE 421
Computer Architecture
EECE 639
Advanced Topics and
Applications in Data Mining
EECE 430
Software Engineering
EECE 640
Wireless Communications
RF and Microwave Circuits
and Communications
fall term 2009-2010
undergraduate courses
course #
title
graduate courses
course #
course name
EECE 460
Control Systems
EECE 651
Internet Engineering
EECE 471
Fundamentals of Power
Systems Analysis
EECE 660
System Analysis and Design
EECE 475
Industrial Electrification
EECE 661
Robotics
EECE 499
Research
EECE 663
System Identification
EECE 501
Final Year Project
EECE 664
Fuzzy Sets, Logic and
Applications
EECE 503
Audio Engineering
EECE 668
Game Theory and Decision
Making
EECE 670
Power System Planning
EECE 680
Antenna Design
EECE 682
Time-Harmonics
Electromagnetic Fields
EECE 695
Adaptive Filtering
EECE 696
Conferencing Applications
EECE 798
High Voltage Engineering
EECE 799
Thesis
EECE 991
PhD Dissertation
EECE 992
PhD Dissertation
EECE 993
PhD Dissertation
EECE 310L
Electric Circuits Lab
EECE 312L
Electric Circuits Lab
EECE 442L
Communications Lab
EECE 451L
Internetworking Lab
EECE 460L
Control Systems Lab
EECE 470L
Electric Machines Lab
EECE 473L
Power Electronics and Drives lab
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
laboratory courses
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
spring term 2010
134
undergraduate courses
graduate courses
course #
title
course #
course name
EECE 210
Electric Circuits
EECE 602
Biomedical Engineering II
EECE 230
Introduction to
Programming
EECE 603
Biomedical Signal and Image
Processing
EECE 290
Analog Signal Processing
EECE 612
Digital Integrated Circuits
EECE 311
Electronics II
EECE 621
Advanced Computer
Architecture
EECE 321
Computer Organization
EECE 624
Digital Systems Testing
EECE 340
Signals and Systems
EECE 633
Data Mining
EECE 380
Engineering
Electromagnetics
EECE 636
Software Validation and
Programming Practices
EECE 431
Design and Analysis of
Algorithms
EECE 640
Wireless Communications
EECE 432
Operating Systems
EECE 644
Stochastic Processes,
Detection and Estimation
EECE 433
Database Systems
EECE 655
Internet Security
EECE 434
Programming Languages
Design and Implementation
EECE 656
Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor
Networks
EECE 401
Biomedical Engineering
Seminar
EECE 657
Wireless Security
EECE 412
Digital Integrated Circuits
EECE 667
Pattern Recognition
EECE 442
Communications Systems
EECE 675
Renewable Energy
EECE 450
Computer Networks
EECE 678
Advanced Power System
Analysis
EECE 461
Instrumentation
EECE 680
Antenna Theory and Design
EECE 473
Power Electronics
EECE 682
Time-Harmonics
Electromagnetic Fields
EECE 476
Power System Protection
and Switchgear
EECE 694
Digital Image Processing
EECE 499
Research
EECE 732
Pseudo Randomness
EECE 502
Final Year Project
EECE 798A
Introduction to Lighting
Concepts and Applications
EECE 503
Special Topics: Audio
Engineering
EECE 798B
Software Radio
Communication Systems
EECE 503A
Artificial Intelligence
EECE 798C
Mobile Robots
EECE 798D
Operation of Power
Generation and Transmission
Systems
EECE 798D
Introduction to
Computational Arabic
EECE 799
Thesis
EECE 991
PhD Dissertation
EECE 992
PhD Dissertation
EECE 993
PhD Dissertation
spring term 2010
laboratory courses
EECE 321L
Computer Organization Lab
EECE 413L
Electronics Lab
EECE 442L
Communications Lab
EECE 451L
Internetworking Lab
EECE 460L
Control Systems Lab
EECE 470L
Machines Lab
EECE 471L
Power System Lab
EECE 473L
Power Electronics and
Drives Lab
EECE 640L
Wireless Communications
Lab
EECE 651L
Internetworking Lab
EECE 694L
DIP lab
new eece courses
EECE 434 Programming Language Design and Implementation
EECE 637 Advanced Programming Practice
This course is an advanced course on programming practices with a focus on
verification. The course introduces programming tools and techniques that make
individual engineers more effective and productive and help them develop quality
code. Teams will work in Agile and eXtreme programming environments with a focus
on design by contract. They will use formal specifications, design patterns and aspect
oriented programming. Projects will use tools for code control, building, configuration,
language recognition, dynamic documentation, fast prototyping, refinement, coverage,
automated and manual debugging, and dynamic and static verification.
EECE 638 Software Testing
The course focuses on concepts, techniques and tools for testing software. It provides
practical knowledge of a variety of ways to test software and an understanding
of some of the tradeoffs between testing techniques. The covered topics include:
software testing at the unit, module, and system levels; functional and structural
testing; regression testing; mutation testing; test suite minimization and prioritization;
automatic test case generation.
EECE 639 Advanced Topics and Applications in Data Mining
A course that covers advanced topics in data mining and recent progress in this field.
Discussions will include which techniques fit best for complex applications in data
mining. Mining complex data will include general text mining, Arabic text mining, social
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
This course will provide an introduction to the design and implementation of various
programming paradigms, namely object-oriented [Java, C++ and C#], functional [Haskell],
and logic [Prolog]. Compiler construction will be covered, in addition to topics such as,
virtual machines, intermediate languages, and concurrency.
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network analysis, spatial data mining, mining of the world wide web, stream data, timeseries data, and sequence data. We will also discuss recent application sectors and
trends in Data Mining such as for Telecomms, Biological, and Financial sectors.
EECE 668 Game Theory and Decision Making
Game theory provides a set of tools, approaches, and perspectives on decision making
to mimic the human elements of decision making that is best described by strategy,
coercion and cooperation. This course offers an introduction to fundamentals of
game theory and decision making with a special emphasis on the foundations of the
mathematical background. Topics covered include: static, evolutionary, supermodular,
repeated, cooperative, network, potential and congestion games as well as bargaining
and uncertainty in games. Students will be assigned real-world examples of game theory
and strategic decision making to investigate as projects.
EECE 678 Advanced Power System Analysis
A course on optimal dispatch of generation, symmetrical components and unbalanced
faults, transient stability, control of generation, state estimation in power systems, and
power system simulation.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
EECE 694L Image Processing Laboratory
The EECE 694L graduate lab comprises a set of MATLAB/C++ based lab experiments
in different image processing topics covering image pre and post processing
techniques, image compression, morphological transformations, image restoration
and enhancement techniques, colour image processing, computer vision basics, and
geographical image processing. In addition, students will be exposed to software
optimizations for real time image processing using SIMD instructions.
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EECE 732 Pseudorandomness
Pseudorandomness is a branch of computational complexity theory whose aim is
to construct randomness generators which use little randomness, but still appear
random to computations with limited time, space, or circuit resources. This course
covers the basics of the area of pseudorandomness. Topics include: Randomized
complexity classes review; Background material from coding theory; Computational
indistinguishability and pseudorandom generators; Hardness versus randomness: NisanWigderson generator, Impagliazzo-Wigderson theorem; Simple generators: k-wise
independence, almost k-wise Independence, and small-bias spaces; Unconditional
generators for constant depth circuits, low-degree polynomials, and space-bounded
computation; DNF counting algorithms; Weak random sources, randomness extractors,
and Trevisan’s extractor.
EECE 798C Special Topics on “Mobile Robots”
A course that provides an in-depth coverage of wheeled mobile robots [WMR], pertaining
to distinct classes/topologies. The material covers the nonholonomy, its mathematical
definition and its impact on modeling, controllability, control and instrumentation.
Two classes of WMR are studied: car-like robots and mobile wheeled pendulums. For
each class, modeling, nonholonomy test, controllability test and control strategies are
covered. The instrumentation on-board of WMR is investigated.
EECE 798E Introduction to Computational Arabic
The course focuses on knowledge necessary to develop software applications and
systems that deal with Arabic data and tend to Arabic users. The course discusses
computational challenges specific to the Arabic language including representation,
display, rendering, processing, directionality, structure, interface, and recognition. The
course also discusses multilingual texts and visits several text processing techniques
and algorithms such as encoding, matching, tokenization, search, indexing, and pattern
matching and explores the necessary changes to accommodate the Arabic language.
The last part of the course discusses the state of the art in automating Arabic language
processing, understanding, and recognition.
name
project title
supervisor
Bilal Kaddouh
Lara Ammar
Mariam Mohanna
Haptic Glove
Imad Elhajj
George Darakji
Abdou Rahman Jazar
Mahmoud El Halabi
Automated Parking Control System.
Zaher Dawy
Salim Chedrawi
Pierre El Khoury
Paul Salameh
A Service Discovery Framework for Clustered Nodes in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Hassan Artail
Rami Debs
Raed Maouad
Houssein Mounzer
Software Synthesis Tool for Parallel
Programming
Fadi Zaraket
Charly Hallak
Layal Hamdar
Lina Hijazi
Hybrid Car
Karim Kabalan
Mariette Awad
Elie Adam
Yasmina Yared
Elie Noune
A System for Music Recommendation
based on Harmonic Content
Fadi Karameh
Karim El Jurdi
Sensorless Variable Voltage Variable
Nabil Catcho Rifaat Takkouch
Frequency Drive for Induction Motors
Omar Nowaihed
Rabih Jabr
Imad Elhajj
l’Emir Salim Chehab
Ghina Al Shafii
Diana Mehdi
Mohammad Alam Eddin
Mosaic Assembly using SCARA
Fouad Mrad
Rami Fatayri
Nada Jaber
Salwa Adriana Saab
Cooperative MPEG Distribution Testbed
for Wireless Networks
Zaher Dawy
Abraham Hajjar
Naji Kamal
Mazen Moukarzel
Renewable Energy Management System
Sami Karaki
Majed El Saadi
Rawad Olabi
Rima Ajib
Naval and Seismic Data Sensing,
Acquisition and Transmission Prototype
Haitham
Akkary
Imad Elhajj
Hana Dib
Sarah Chehade
Abdallah Salami
Intelligent Security and Economic
Analysis using Vehicle Information
Ali Chehab
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
final year projects
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
FYPs continued
138
name
project title
supervisor
Gharib Makki
Hussein Assaf
Hassan Harb
Smart, Personalized, On-location Advertising System using Radio Frequency
Identification
Ali Chehab
Ayman Kayssi
Mona Mouteirek
Jinan Bou Karroum
Sharif El Khatib
Smart Posters
Mariette Awad
Ayman Kayssi
Anis Younes
Fawaz Bou Alwan
Layale Constantine
Optimal WiMAX/LTE Network Co-deployment
Hazem Hajj
Zaher Dawy
Mahmoud Zeineddine
Hashem Sarout
Mostafa Dikmak
Mobile Clickers
Zaher Dawy
Mariette Awad
Jad Makhlouta
Hamza Harkous
Farah Hutayt
Maximizing Data Delivery in Opportunistic Environments using Dynamically
Selected Alternative Networks
Hassan Artail
Ziad El Dana
Karim Srouji
Ghida Fakhouri
Monitor and Control of Two DC-Brush
Motors in order to Implement the
Inverted Pendulum Robot [InPeRo]
Danielle
Nasrallah
Nancy Zakhour
Sarkis Hasserjian
Rola Aoun
Optimizing MPPT and Converter
Efficiency for PV Modules
Mohammad
M. Mansour
Sami Karaki
Maya Kabkab
Peter Kairouz
Charles Mourani
Media Search
Fadi Zaraket
Fadi Karameh
Abdul Hamid Kabbara
Reslan Hseiki
Nizar Ajeeb
Automatic Fire Detection on an
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Ibrahim
Abou-Faycal
Raffi Aknadibossian
Raffi Doniguian
Ali Abou Daya
RFID Itlization in Package Integrity
Ayman Kayssi
Jad Khalife
Fawzi Halimi
Marie Stephanie Sadaka
Digital Audio Watermarking
Ibrahim
Abou-Faycal
Ahmad Saad
Ziad Lawand
Ahmad Hammoud
Face Recognition
Mohamad
Adnan
Al-Alaoui
Hisham Jibreel
Dany Daya
Tarek Ibrahim
Energy Harvesting
Mariette Awad
Bahaa Saab
Areej Khaddaj
Rafik Ajour
Forest Fire Detector and Predictor
Imad Elhajj
George Mourad
Samer Mardini
Camil El Chantiry
A Data-Driven Fuzzy Approach to Robot
Motion Planning in a Varying Environment of Moving Obstacles
Jean Saade
Rami Jawhar
Ibrahim Mikati
Yaser Saleh
Social Behavior in Vehicular Networks
Mariette Awad
Christine Abboud
Habib El Hourani
Hadi Nehme
A Program Analysis and Visualization Tool Wassim Masri
Samer Murad
Nicholas Mitri
Chadi Mansour
Prosthetic/Remote Robotic Arm
Imad Elhajj
name
project title
supervisor
Ali Nehme
Rudy Yazbek
Georges Chamcham
Trading Robot
Fadi Zaraket
Khalil Najjar
Jerome Abou Abdallah
Akram Matar
Solar Thermal Power Generator using
Parabolic Concentrators
Sami Karaki
Ameen Kridieh
Rabih Yafawi
Nabeel Abdallah
Content Charging
Mariette
Awad
Jad Baroudi
Chirine Damaj
Lena Jahed
InPeRo Project - Real Time Programming
Task
Danielle
Nasrallah
Bruno Sawaya
Oussama Hariz
Hisham Kanaan
Hand-Held Respiration Pattern Monitor
Nassir Sabah
Joe Ghanem
Elie Rustom
Ziad Nader
Modeling Neuronal Communication
using NS-2
Fadi Karameh
Anthony Abou Nader
Joanne Braidi
Youmna Saloumi
Electricity Production with Methane
Gas in Zahle
Rabih Jabr
Sara Daher
Sara Alame
Joe El Haddad
Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum
Danielle
Nasrallah
Elias Najjar
Odette Malkoun
Elie Challita
Active Solid State Drive [SSD] Prototype
Haitham
Akkary
Saeed Kharouf
Lama Chatila
SRAM with Peripheral: Physical Design
and Circuitry
Mohammad
M. Mansour
Ali Chehab
Bahij Ryan Attiyeh
Maria Abu Arbid
Design and Synthesis of a Prototype of
Various Functions in a X86
ArchitectureMicroprcoessor
Haitham
Akkary
Nadine Marie Moacdieh
Noura Farra
Bilal El Sayed
Mobile Sensor Orthopedic System
Hazem Hajj
Dahlia El Assi
Maurice Salem
Elie Samia
Speech Recognition
Mohamad
Adnan
Al-Alaoui
Hadi Tarhini
Karl Yaacoub
Loay Reda
Automatic CAD Tool for the Assesment
and Deployment of Digital Radio
Broadcast System
Jean Saade
Roy Hage
Elias Omar El Gharib
Mohamad Chehab
IR Leak Detection System
Fouad Mrad
Imad Elhajj
Wafic Alameddine
Wassim Sarhane
Ahmad Itani
Digital Power Analyzer
Sami Karaki
Sami Bejjani
George El Ghaoui
Johnny Bassil
Control of an Induction Motor for
Maximum Efficiency
Sami Karaki
Rabih Jabr
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
FYPs continued
139
FYPs continued
name
project title
supervisor
Mohamed Joumaa
Noor Abbani
Takwa Tarhini
Trust Negotiation Network System
Hassan Artail
Karim Kabalan
Mohammad Hassan
Tanal Younes
Marwan Abi Najem
Electrification and Power System Planning and Design of a Developed Area
Hazem
Chahine
Gaelle Abou Hable
Oscar El Debs
Bluetooth Transceiver
Ali Chehab
graduate theses
doctor of philosophy: major electrical and computer engineering
Yaacoub, Elias: Efficient Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Systems, June 2010,
supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.
doctor of philosophy thesis in progress
Khaleel Mershad: Exploiting VANET Infrastructure for Maximum Data Availability,
supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
master of engineering theses
Abdel Khalek, Amin, Optimized Cooperative Video Distribution with Statistical QoS
Provisions over Wireless Networks, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
Antoun, Sally, MEMS for Machine and Structural Health Monitoring, June 2010,
supervised by Prof. Imad Elhajj.
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Chamoun, Youssef, Multi-level Application Layer Security Framework for Ad-Hoc
Networks, February 2010, supervised by Prof. Ayman Kayssi.
El Arid, Amal, Web Traffic and Energy Modeling using Energy Profiling of Mobile
Devices, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.
Fahs, Jihad, Using Hermite Bases in Studying Capacity Achieving Distribution over
Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels, June 2010,
supervised by Prof. Ibrahim Abou Faycal.
Ghandour, Ali, Improving Data Communication in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks via
Cognitive Radio Techniques, February 2010, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Wehbe, Saleem, Security and Privacy for Low-Cost RFID Tags, February 2010,
supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.
Tobji, Roger, VMP Performance Evaluation of Cell Processor Versus Networking
Processors, June 2010, supervised by Profs. Mazen Saghir and Imad Elhajj.
master of engineering theses in progress
Abou Harb, Mohammad Amin, Feature Bases of Arabic Handwriting Recognition,
supervised by Prof. Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui.
Abul Hoda, Abdallah, [TRUMA-DB] TRUsted Mobile Ad-hoc Database,
supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Adwan, Samir, Wind Farm Grid Integration, supervised by Prof. Sami Karaki.
Ahmad, Oussama, Hybrid Geographic-Proactive Routing Protocol,
supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Al Rifai, Farah, Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltic Cells,
supervised by Prof. Riad Chedid.
Alwani, Imad, Software Reliability in Web Development: A Feedback Control Approach,
supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Asad, Baslan, Artificial Vision System for Visually Impaired People,
co-supervised by Profs. Fadi Karameh and M. Adnan Al-Alaoui.
Eid, Rola, Iris Recognition Systems, supervised by Prof. M. Adnan Al Alaoui.
El Zein, Zeina, Spectrum Sensing and Identification in Cognitive Radio using
Independent Component Analysis, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.
Fawaz, Kassem, Client Side Consistency Mechanisms and Security Provisions for Cache
Deployment in MANETs, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Gerges, Charbel, Content-Based Synchronization for Interactive Multimedia Application,
supervised by Prof. Imad Elhajj.
Ghali, Cesar, CATRAC: A Context Aware Trust-Based and Role-Based Access Control for
Composite Web Services, supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.
Hamade, Samer, A Quantitative Evaluation of Reconfigurable Co-Processor
Architectures for Soft CPU Cores, supervised by Prof. Mazen Saghir.
Kamaleddine, Issam, Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication,
supervised by Prof. Karim Kabalan.
Kassab, Hussein, Enhancing DVC using Motion Sensors, supervised by M. A. Al-Alaoui.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | academics
El Halabi, Moustafa, Design of Digital Radio Broadcast Systems Based on Signal
Quality Assessment in Different Geographical Reasons, supervised by Prof. Jean Saade.
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Khawam, Sami, Performance Evolution of a Raptor-Enabled Transport Protocol over
Networking Applications, supervised by Prof. Mohamad Mansour.
Kawwas, Iman, Analysis of Islamic Narations using Text Mining,
supervised by Profs. Hazem Hajj and Fadi Zaraket.
Lahhoud, Camille: Dynamic Modeling to Prevent SQL Injections Attacks,
supervised by Prof. Wassim Masri.
Nehme, Manal, Improvement and Evaluation of CRUST, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.
Saab, Solaph, Secure Coverage for Wireless Sensor Networks,
supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.
Salloum, Hussein, Design and Optimization of a Small Power Permanent Magnet
Generator, supervised by Prof. Farid Chaaban.
Tabbarah, Tammam, Role of Burst Firing Cortical Cells in Neural Synchronization and
Coding, supervised by Prof. Fadi Karameh.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | departmental activities
departmental actvities
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Seminars
The ECE department holds several seminars each semester to expose students to
professional and research projects of interest to electrical and computer engineers.
Speakers include both professional engineers and researchers. The ECE department
organized twenty-one technical seminars during the AY 2009-10.
Automated Trace Analysis of Distributed Systems: A Formal Approach to Property
Testing, dr. hesham hallal, Computer Research Institute of Montreal [CRIM],
October 15, 2009
A Performance Study of Fork-on-Call in Disjoint Out-of-Order Execution Processors,
prof. haitham akkary, ECE department, AUB, October 22, 2009
Evaluation of Yield Prediction using Data Mining Techniques, prof. hazem hajj, ECE
department, October 29, 2009
A Fast Algorithm for Finding the k Shortest Simple Paths on a Weighted Directed Graph
prof. ibrahim c. abou-faycal, ECE department, AUB, November 19, 2009
Mobile Wheeled Pendulums: Applications, Modeling, Control and Experimental
Realization, dr. danielle nasrallah, ECE department, AUB, December 10, 2009
The Multi-Dimensional Design Space of Power, Reliability, Temperature and Voltage in
Highly Scaled Geometries, prof. fadi kurdahi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department, University of California, Irvine, December 15, 2009
RFID Security and Privacy, prof. ayman kayssi, ECE department, AUB, January 14, 2010
Resource Allocation in the Uplink of Multicell OFDMA Systems,
mr. elias yaacoub, PhD Candidate, ECE department, AUB, January 19, 2010
Reducing Power and Increasing Performance with Clock Data Compensation,
dr. tawfik arabi, Intel Corporation, February 25, 2010
The Way to Long Term Evolution [LTE], mr. salem itani, MTC Lebanon, February 25, 2010
Hardware Optimization of Error Control Decoders, dr. emmanuel boutillon, The
University of South Britany, Lorient, France, March 4, 2010
UMTS Architecture Evolution and an Overview of a UMTS Call, mr. yamine badawi,
Ericsson Lebanon, March 11, 2010
Notebook Platform Architecture with Discussions on Low Power Architecture and
Bluetooth Architecture, mr. jim kardach, Intel Corporation, March 23, 2010
An Eddy-Current Prototype for Crack Detection in Conductive Materials,
dr. rafic bachnak, Texas A&M International University [TAMIU], March 30, 2010
Introducing Essential Library Resources and Services for Effective Research,
mr. khaled noubani, Engineering Library, AUB, April 8, 2010
Encoderless Control of AC Electric Drives using Wavelet Transforms, dr. georges murr,
Newcastle University, UK, April 13, 2010
Deep Brain Stimulation for the Management of Movement Disorders,
mr. ayman doughan, Medtronic Company, April 15, 2010
Trust and Privacy in Attribute Based Access Control for Collaboration Environments,
dr. waleed smari, ECE department, Dayton University, April 22, 2010
Transmission Challenges in Power Transfer, mr. ahmed b. adra, Saudi Cable and Xenel
Group Operations in Lebanon, April 29, 2010
HIV-1 Rev is Highly Mutable with Partner RNAs, prof. colin smith, Biology Department,
AUB, May 6, 2010
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | departmental activities
Overview of Airline Engineering and Maintenance, mr. youssef hobeika, Bardawil
Aviation Company, March 18, 2010
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students
Student
Enrollment
undergraduate students
120
107
100
96
80
60
67
78
70
91
78
65
40
20
cce
0
1st year
[class of 2013]
2nd year
[class of 2012]
3rd year
[class of 2011]
eece
4th year
[class of 2010]
A total of 652 undergraduate students were enrolled in the ECE department in both
majors, Computer and Communications Engineering [CCE] and Electrical and Computer
Engineering [ECE], during the academic year 2009-10.
graduate students
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | students
30
144
cce
30
25
eict
ecet
25
ecen
20
15
13
10
10
9
5
0
2
2
fall 2009-2010
0
1
spring 2009-2010
2
3
1
summer 2009-2010
The above chart shows the distribution of the students across the different graduate
programs that are offered by the department: Electrical Engineering [EE], Computer and
Communications Engineering [CCE], Information and Communications Technology [EICT],
Electrical and Computer Engineering with Thesis [ECET], and Electrical and Computer
Engineering Non Thesis [ECEN].
Graduate
Assitants
Awards
The ECE department had 100 students registered in the student work scholarship
program in the AY 2009–10 [10 students in summer, 54 students in the fall term, and
36 students in the spring term]. Student employment provides support to the faculty
members in grading homework assignments, preparing course notes, course websites,
laboratory operations, clerical work, etc. at the rate of three to six hours per week.
Fellowships covering tuition and stipends are available for graduate students in return
for assisting faculty members in teaching and/or research for a specified number of
hours per week. Recipients are selected by the department on the basis of academic
record and departmental need. The ECE department offered 73 graduate assistantships
during the AY 2009-10.
abdul hadi debs award
The Abdul Hadi Debs Award for academic excellence at the graduate level was awarded
this year to Miss Sally Antoun. Sally completed a near-PhD level master’s thesis under
the supervision of Prof. Imad Elhajj.
distinguished graduate award
Mr. Peter Kairouz, a fourth year ECE student, received the Distinguished ECE Graduate
Award. The award is given each year to the graduating senior student who demonstrates
high academic achievement, outstanding character, and contribution to the department.
Peter was nominated by 3 full-time faculty members; his grade average was 93.48.
Two fourth year CCE students, Mr. Charles Mourani and Mr. Jad Makhlouta received CCE
Distinguished Graduate Awards. Charles graduated with an average of 93.4 and Jad
graduated with an average of 93.87.
dean’s award for creative achievement
The Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement was awarded this year for Jad Makhlouta
[CCE] and Mr. Hamza Harkous [CCE] for the project entitled: AUB “Sarf”. It was also
awarded to Miss Gaelle Abou Hable [ECE] and Mr. Oscar El Debs [ECE] for the project
entitled: “Four-Channel USB-based Caller Identification Unit with PC software
Interface”.
stars of science award
Mr. Mohammed Amin Abou Harb, a graduate student in the ECE department, was ranked
third in the newly-created Stars of Science reality TV show--the Star Academy of
Science Wiz-Kids. Amin received $10,000 for his goggles that allow viewers to watch
two TV channels simultaneously, a project that he started at AUB under the supervision
of Prof. I. Abou Faycal.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | students
Student
Employment
145
Department
of Mechanical
Engineering
149 introduction
personnel 150
151
151
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Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Staff
External Advisory Board
faculty research
and activities
152 research grants
153 publications
service
156 Faculty development
academics
157 Courses offered
160 final year projects
162 graduate theses
departmental activities
163 Awards
164 Seminars
students
165 Enrollment
166 Student employment
introduction
This was a year focused on ABET accreditation. The FEA hosted our first ABET
review visit that culminated with the accreditation of our undergraduate mechanical
engineering program. Students, faculty both full-time and part time, and staff all played
an active role in the preparations and during the visit. It is worth stressing that this
accreditation is the result of the continuous effort and dedication of our enthusiastic
faculty to ensure a high quality program, to the continuous investment of the University
in ensuring well equipped laboratories and an academically sound working environment,
and not the least to our highly motivated and academically excellent student body.
This year also witnessed an important recruitment drive that resulted in four new
faculty members set to join in academic year 2010-11, Dr. Elie Shammas [control and
robotics] and Dr. Samer Safieddine [materials and characterization] in the Mechanical
Engineering Program; and Dr. Joseph Zeaiter [process control] and Dr. Walid Saad
[pharmaceuticals] in to the Chemical Engineering Program. This is in addition to the
two faculty members who were welcomed into our department this year, namely Prof.
Liermann and Prof. Ghali. The recruitment drive will continue during the coming year.
Just as rewarding, as recruiting new faculty members, was the promotion of Issam
Lakkis to the rank of associate professor. In addition to being a very demanding and
popular teacher, his many contributions to the development of the vortex method for
the accurate simulation of large Reynolds number flows in bounded domains have
received wide acclaim.
With ABET accreditation completed, we are ready to move ahead to address new
challenges. The focus in the coming year will include: enhancing our ties to regional
industries, and strengthening our graduate programs.
—marwan darwish, Chairperson
Mechanical Engineering | introduction
The Chemical Engineering Program ready to begin its second year is growing with
new faculty members and new students. This year saw a substantial investment in
new equipment for the FEA shops and in our undergraduate laboratories that will lead
to the establishment of two new chemical engineering labs and an overhaul of our
instrumentation and control Labs.
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personnel
Full-Time
Faculty
professors
Marwan Darwish, Professor and Chairperson; PhD, Brunel University;
Areas of interest: materials, solidification and computational mechanics.
Nesreen Ghaddar, Professor, Qatar Chair in Energy Studies, and Associate Provost;
PhD, MIT; Areas of interest: heat and moisture transport in fibrous materials, thermal
comfort, optimization of energy systems performance, and energy conversion.
Fadl Moukalled, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; PhD, Louisiana
State University; Area of interest: computational fluid dynamics.
associate professors
Ramsey Hamade, Associate Professor; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
Areas of interest: design, materials, and manufacturing.
Albert Kuran, Associate Professor; MS, Yale University.
Alan Shihadeh, Associate Professor; ScD, MIT;
Areas of interest: aerosol dynamics, air pollution, and combustion.
Kamel Ghali, Associate Professor, PhD, Kansas State University;
Areas of interest: thermal comfort, heat transfer, transport, HVAC systems.
assistant professors
Department of Mechanical Engineering | personnel
Issam Lakkis, Assistant Professor; PhD, MIT; Areas of interest: analysis, modeling, and
design of RF MEMS devices; system level modeling of MEMS; design and analysis of RF
circuits and systems.
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Daniel Asmar, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Waterloo;
Areas of interest: robotics, mechatronics, and computer vision. Ghanem Oweis, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
Area of interest: experimental fluid mechanics.
Mutasem Shehadeh, Assistant Professor; PhD, Washington State University;
Areas of interest: crystal plasticity, multiscale modeling, high strain rate deformation,
shock waves in solids, dislocation dynamics, nanomechanics.
Matthias Liermann, Assistant Professor; PhD, RWTHA Aachen University;
Area of interest: servohydraulic drives.
Mahmoud Al-Hindi, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of London;
Areas of interest: desalination, membrane processes, heat exchanger networks.
Fouad Azizi, Assistant Professor; PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada;
Areas of interest: reactor design, reaction engineering, process intensification, mixing,
multiphase flows, mass transfer, computer modeling, population balance equations,
interface science.
Part-Time
Faculty
Staff
Pierre Azoury, Professor; PhD, University of London
Talal Hassoun, Professor; PhD, University of Texas
Renzo di Felice, Visiting Professor; PhD University College London
Danielle Nasrallah, Visiting Assistant Professor; PhD, McGill University, Canada
Naser Hassanieh, Visiting Professor from Lund University
Hadi Abou Chakra, Lecturer; PhD, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK [new appointment]
Mohamad Nasreddine, Lecturer; PhD, François Rabelais University, Tours, France [new
appointment]
Nathalie Rouhana, Lecturer; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Jihad Kasamani, Lecturer; ME, AUB
Wajih Najm, Lecturer; ME, AUB
Charbel Seif, Instructor; ME, AUB
Rana Chmaitelly, Instructor; ME, AUB
Jack Aboud, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUB
Nareg Karaogklanian, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUB
Lina Kassis, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUB
Amer Keblawi, Assistant Instructor; BE, AUB
Elie Kfoury, Assistant Instructor; BE, AUB
Layla Al-Shaar, Administrative Assistant; BA, LU
me lab
External
Advisory Board
Prof. Bassem Armaly, University of Missouri-Rolla
Mr. Garbis Dantziguian, General Manager Dantziguian Aluminium and Steel Works
Mr. Suheil Sabbag, Director, Consolidated Contractors International Company S.A.L.
Mr. Maroun Semaan, President and CEO Petrofac International Ltd.
Mr. Najjad Zeenni, General Manager Valentine Maritime [Gulf] L.L.C.
Dr. Omar Mardam-Bey, Khatib & Alami, Consolidated Engineering Company
Dr. Nazih Taleb, Dar al Handassah
Dr. Habib N. Najm, Sandia National Laboratories, CA, USA
Mr. Tony Haddad General Manager Technica International Lebanon [new]
Mr. Antoine Baroud Managing Partner SIOM Lebanon [new]
Mr. Imad Makhzoumi COO Future Pipe Industries [S.A.L.] [new]
Department of Mechanical Engineering | personnel
Ghassan Deeb, Mechanical Engineering Labs Technical Manager; MS, LSU
Hisham Ghalayini, ME Lab Supervisor
Dori Rouhana, Senior Technician
Roger Said, Mechatronics Lab Master
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faculty research and activities
research grants
For the period October 2009 – September 2010
Department of Mechanical Engineering | faculty research and activities
university research grants [urb]
152
project title
principal investigator
amount
Generating Rich Maps via Omni-Slam - Part II
Daniel Asmar
$6,426
Analytical Modeling of the Cathodic Weakening
of Steel/Rubber Adhesive Bonded Joints
Ramsey Hamade
$6,447
Mesh-Free Redistribution Method for the
Simulation of Diffusion in Arbitrary Domains
Issam Lakkis
$3,668
An Unstructured Dynamic Adaptive Mesh
Refinement and Coarsening Algorithm for Fluid
Flow at all Speeds using a Coupled Solver
Fadl Moukalled
$5,122
Experiments on Solidification Behind a
Backward Facing Step
Ghanem Oweis
$5,214
Modeling of Plastic Deformation in Small
Volumes at Extreme Conditions
Mutasem Shehadeh
$6,900
Determination of Evaporation Coefficients
of Semi-Volatile Organic Aerosols using the
Coupled IVM-TDMA Technique
Alan Shihadeh
$9,007
Fouling of Reserve Osmosis used for Polishing Treated Sewage Effluent for use in District
Cooling Plants
Mahmoud Al-Hindi
$4,138
Design and Analysis of Intensified Gas-Liquid
Reactors
Fouad Azizi
$4,138
Design of a Nonlinear Control for a SelfEnergizing Electro-Hydraulic Braking System
Matthias Liermann
$4,138
Moisture Buffering Capacity of Hygroscopic
Curtains: Theoretical and Experimental Study
Kamel Ghali
$4,138
For the period October 2009 – September 2010
lebanese national council for scientific research grants
project title
principal investigator
amount
Discovering Whereabouts through
Localization and Mapping
Daniel Asmar
LL 7,500,000
Bio-Climatic Planning for Comfort of Active
Humans in Outdoor Spaces of Beirut
Kamel Ghali
LL 18,000,000
external research grants
project title
pi
funding agency
amount
duration
Study of Microclimate
Ventilation for a
N.
Walling Clothed Human:
Ghaddar
Modeling and
Experimentation
Swedish
Research Council
195,000 SEK
Jan. 13, 2009Dec. 31, 2012
Academic Curriculum
in Manufacturing
Engineering [ACME]
European Community
TEMPUS Programme
[University of Napoli]
EU 123,675
June 15, 2009June 15, 2010
Ramsey
Hamade
publications
Book Chapters
ghaddar n. and ghali k., “Design for Ventilation,” Chapter 13, Textiles for Cold Weather
Apparel, Edited by John Williams, Woodhead Publishing, CRC Press, 2009, accepted for
publication.
r. f. hamade, “The Positive Effects of γ-APS on the Cathodic Delamination of
Elastomer-Metal Adhesive Joints,” Silanes and Other Coupling Agents, vol. 5, ed. K. L.
Mittal, pp. 123-34, 2009.
A. Keblawi, n. ghaddar, k. ghali, and L. Jensen, “Chilled Ceiling Displacement
Ventilation Design Charts Correlations to Employ in Optimized System Operation for
Feasible Load Ranges,” Energy and Buildings, 41 [11], pp. 1155-164 [2009].
n. ghaddar, k. ghali, M. Othmani, I. Holmer, and K. Kuklane, “Experimental and
Theoretical Study of Ventilation and Heat Loss from Clothed Vertical IsothermallyHeated Cylinder in Uniform Flow Field,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2010,
in press.
n. ghaddar, k. ghali, and R. Saadeh, “Optimized Selection and Operation of the
Combined Chilled Ceiling System and Displacement Ventilation,” International Journal
of Energy Research, 2010, in press.
r. f. hamade, “Profiling the Desirable CAD Trainee: Technical Background, Personality
Attributes, and Learning Preferences,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 131 [12],
December 2009.
Beydoun, G., Hoffmann, A., hamade r.f., “Automating Dimensional Tolerancing using
Ripple Down Rules [RDR],” Expert Systems with Applications 37:5101–5109, 2010.
r. f. hamade, Sverker Sikström, and M. Jaber, “Using Univariate, Multivariate, and
Aggregate Learning Curve Models to Investigate CAD Competence,” Computers and
Industrial Engineering, vol. 56, 4, pp.1510-18, 2009.
Department of Mechanical Engineering | faculty research and activities
Journal Papers
153
r. f. hamade, “Studies on the Prediction of Elastomer to Steel Adhesive Bond Life in
Cathodic Environments,” invited for a special issue of Journal of Adhesion Science and
Technology [JAST] on durability of adhesive bonds, 23[4], pp. 579-600.
moukalled, f. and darwish, m., “Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Porous Rhombic
Annulus,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol. 58:2, pp. 101-24, 2010.
moukalled, f., Abdel Aziz A., Darwish M., “Comparison between the NWF and DC
Methods for Implementing HR Schemes within a Fully Coupled Finite Volume Solver,”
Applied Mathematics Computation, 2010.
Conference
Papers
C. Sommariva, m. al-hindi, C. Fabbri, Palm Jumeirah, “The First Large SWRO with
Ultra-filtration Plant in the Gulf,” DA [International Desalination Association] World
Congress 2009 on Desalination and Water Reuse, Paper No.: DB09- 025, 12 pp.,
November 7-12, 2009.
R. Ingham, L. Mansour, T. Qadan, m. al-hindi, O. Attawnaeh, R.O., “Pretreatment Design
and Performance Under Challenging Conditions in the Arabian Gulf,” IDA [International
Desalination Association] World Congress 2009 on Desalination and Water Reuse, Paper
No.: DB09- 341, 14 pp., November 7-12, 2009.
Department of Mechanical Engineering | faculty research and activities
Sapozhnikov O, Bailey M, Cunitz B, Kaczkowski P, oweis g, “Moving Stones Inside a
Kidney Using Acoustic Radiation Force from HIFU,” IEEE International Ultrasonics
Symposium, Rome, Sept. 2009.
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m. shehadeh, “Shock Induced Plasticity in Small Volumes,” Proceeding of X International
Confer-ence on Computational Plasticity 2009, Barcelona, Spain.
k. ghali, n. ghaddar, and A. Alsaidi. 2010. “Optimized Operation of an Integrated Solar
Desalination and Air-Conditioning System: Theoretical Study,” International Conference
on Renewable Energies and Power Quality [ICREPQ’10], Granada, Spain, March 23-25, 2010.
ghaddar n. and ghali k. , “Effect of Moisture Transport on Mixed Convection in
Vertical Annu-lus of a Heated Clothed Vertical Wet Cylinder in Uniform Cross Wind,”
The 14th International Heat Transfer Conference [IHTC14], Washington D.C., August 7-13,
2010. Abstract accepted, IHTC14-22342, submitted January 2010.
r. f. hamade, S. P. Manthri, F. Pusavec, K. A. Zacny, L. A. Taylor, O. W. Dillon, Jr., K. E. Rouch,
and I. S. Jawahir, “A Methodology Towards Sustainable PCD Compact Core Drilling
on Planet Mars,” IMECE2009-10133, Symposium on Joining Technologies for Advanced
Materials and Structures, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena
Vista, Florida.
A. Ammouri and r. f. hamade, “A Bi-Directional Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration Actuator
[BU-EVA] for Micro Machining,” Sympsium on Tooling and Rapid Prototyping, IMECE
2009-10132, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
r. f. hamade, “Studying Your Students as They Learn: A Case Study of CAD Education,”
IMECE2009-10195, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
r. f. hamade, n. ghaddar, “Mechanical Engineering Tools: A Problem-based,
Introductory Design Course at the American University of Beirut,” IMECE2009-10196,
Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
r. f. hamade, I. S. Jawahir, “Core Drilling versus Chisel Drilling with an Eye on
Sustainability,” IMECE2009-10171, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena
Vista, Florida.
r. f. hamade, “A Methodology for Predicting the Durability of Adhesively Bonded Joints
A. Ammouri and r. f. hamade, “Bi-directional Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration Actuator
[BUEVA] for Vibration Mechanical Micro-Machining,” 2nd International Researchers
Symposium 2009 on Innovative Production Machines and Systems, July 22 - 24 2009,
Ischia, Italy.
Bassam Jalgha and daniel asmar, “A Simple Momentum Controller for Humanoid Push
Recovery,” FIRA RoboWorld Congress, vol. 5744 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
[LNCS], pp.95-102, 2009.
darwish m., Abdel Aziz A., and moukalled f., “A Coupled Finite Volume Solver for the
Simula-tion of Disperse Multiphase Flows,” 7th International Conference on Multiphase
Flow, ICFM 2010, Tampa, FL, USA, May 30-June 4, 2010.
darwish m., Rached J., moukalled f., “Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Refinement and
Coarsening for Fluid Flow at all Speeds using a Coupled Solver,” [ICNAAM 2009] 7th
International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, 2009.
moukalled f., Abdel Aziz A., darwish m., “Comparison between the NWF and DC
Methods for Implementing HR Schemes within a Fully Coupled Finite Volume Solver,”
[ICNAAM 2009] 7th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied
Mathematics, 2009.
Department of Mechanical Engineering | faculty research and activities
in Cathodic Environments,” IMECE2009-10131, Proceedings of the ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009,
Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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service
Community
Meetings
Departmental
Meetings
Separate community meetings for each undergraduate and graduate class were held
during the spring and fall terms of AY 2009-10.
The ME department held twenty departmental meetings during the AY 2009-10. Some
of the issues dealt with were: exit survey results, budget planning, graduate student
recruitment, a promotional video, new courses, visiting speakers and teachers, a
proposed minor in chemical engi-neering, modifications to the PhD program, lab policies,
enrollment, faculty recruitment, awards, and grading guidelines.
ASME Student Chapter, Adviser: G. Oweis
ME Secretary: F. Azizi
ME Graduate Committee
members | A. Shihadeh, M. Darwish [Chairperson], G. Oweis
ME ABET Committee
members | M. Darwish [Chairperson], A. Shihadeh, R. Hamade, F. Moukalled; and
B. McGreevy [Accreditation support]
faculty development
short-term faculty development grants
faculty
conference
4th Symposium on Numerical Analysis of Fluid
Marwan Darwish Flow and Heat Transfer at the ICNAAM 2009,
Crete, Greece
Department of Mechanical Engineering | service
Ramsey Hamade
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ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition IMECE 2009, Florida, USA
date
Sept. 18-22, 2009
Nov. 13-19, 2009
2nd International Researchers Symposium 2009
Ramsey Hamade on Innovative Production Machines and Systems,
Ischia, Italy
July 22-24, 2009
Daniel Asmar
Paid Research Leave
Spring 2010
Kamel Ghali
International Conference on Renewable Energies
and Power Quality, Granada, Spain
March 23-25, 2010
Marwan Darwish
International Conference on Multiphase Flows
2010 [ICMF 2010] Tampa, Florida
May 30 –
June 4, 2010
long-term faculty development grants
faculty
research institution
date
Mutasem Shehadeh
X International Conference on Computational
Plasticity, COMPLAS X, Barcelona, Spain
Sept. 2-4, 2009
Alan Shihadeh
28th Annual Conference of the American
Association for Aerosol Research,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Oct. 26-30, 2009
Mutasem Shehadeh
IV European Conference Computational
Mechanics, Paris, France
May 16-21, 2010
academics
courses offered during academic year 2009-10
summer term 2009
instructors
MECH 310 Thermodynamics I
K. Ghali
43
MECH 320 Mechanics of Materials
M. Nasreddine
13
MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines [1,2]
D. Asmar
22
MECH 340 Engineering Materials
M. Darwish
51
MECH 414 Thermodynamics II
K. Ghali
24
MECH 430 Instrumentation and
Measurements [1-5]L
D. Asmar, E. Kfouri, N.
Karaogklanian, A. Keblawi
45
MECH 500 Approved Experience
M. Darwish
96
N. Ghaddar
4
MECH 778 Special Project on Renewable
Energy Systems Design
no. students
fall term 2009-2010
course # and title
instructors
MECH 220 Engineering Graphics [1-8] L
C. Seif, J. Aboud, L. Kassis,
N. Karaogklanian
88
MECH 230 Dynamics
W. Najm
32
MECH 310 Thermodynamics [1,2]
K. Ghali, I. Lakkis
109
MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines
A. Kuran
45
MECH 340 Engineering Materials [1,2]
R. Hamade, M. Nasreddine
69
MECH 341L Materials Lab [1-4]
C. Seif, E. Kfouri
40
MECH 410 Thermal/Fluid Systems Lab
[1-5]
A. Shihadeh, L. Kassis, J.
Aboud, N. Karaogklanian
62
MECH 414 Thermodynamics II [1,2]
A. Shihadeh, G. Oweis
91
MECH 420 Mechanical Design [1,2]
M. Shehadeh
103
MECH 421 Manufacturing Processes I
R. Hamade, H. Abou Chakra,
E. Kfouri
72
[1-7]L
no. students
Department of Mechanical Engineering | academics
course # and title
157
fall term 2009-2010
course # and title
instructors
MECH 431 Control Systems [1-3]L
M. Liermann, J. Aboud,
N. Karaogklanian
26
MECH 501 Final Year Project I
M. Darwish
97
K. Ghali, A. Keblawi
21
MECH 511 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
R. De Felice
18
MECH 513 Air Conditioning
F. Moukalled
58
MECH 514 Gas Turbines
P. Azoury
34
MECH 530 Mechatronics
D. Asmar
16
MECH 550 Computer Application
M. Darwish
13
T. Hassoun
42
A. Kuran
14
I. Lakkis
8
G. Oweis
6
H. Abou Chakra
25
MECH 633 Biomechanics
M. Nasreddine
37
MECH 641 Robotics
D. Nasrallah
5
MECH 670 Renewable Energy Lab
A. Shihadeh, L. Kassis
10
MECH 676 Passive Building Design
N. Ghaddar
15
N. Ghaddar
32
MECH 510 Design of Thermal Systems
[1-5]L
MECH 600 Applied Reservoir
Engineering I
MECH 604 Refrigeration
MECH 607 Micro Flows Fundamentals
and Applications
MECH 609 Experimental Methods in
Fluid Dynamics
MECH 619 Quality Control in
Manufacturing Systems
MECH 673 Efficient Buildings with Good
Indoor Air Quality
MECH 796 Special Project in Mechanical
Engineering
MECH 798B Energy Recovery
CHEN 200 Introduction to Chemical
Department of Mechanical Engineering | academics
Engineering
158
CHEN 415 Separation Processes
no. students
D. Asmar
1
N. Hassanieh
6
M. Al-Hindi, R. De Felice
24
N. Rouhana
4
spring term 2010
instructors
MECH 200 Intro. to Mechanical
Engineering [1-6]L
R. Hamade, J. Aboud, R.
Chmaitely
89
MECH 220 Engineering Graphics [1-7]L
C. Seif, E. Kfoury, L. Kassis
97
MECH 230 Dynamics [1-5]L
W. Najm, J. Kasamani
70
MECH 310 Thermodynamics I
M. Al-Hindi
38
MECH 314 Intro. to Fluids Engineering [1-4]
G. Oweis, I. Lakkis, F. Azizi
136
MECH 320 Mechanics of Materials [1,2]
M. Shehadeh, M. Nasreddine
112
MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines [1,2]
A. Kuran
71
MECH 341 Materials Lab. [1-5]
C. Seif
68
MECH 410 Thermal and Fluid
Laboratory[1-5]
G. Oweis, J. Aboud,
A. Keblawi
14
MECH 412 Heat Transfer [1,2]
N. Ghaddar, K. Ghali
101
H. Abou Chakra, E. Kfoury
27
G. Deeb, J. Aboud,
N. Karaogklanian
50
MECH 431 Control Systems [1-6] L
M. Liermann, L. Kassis,
N. Karaogklanian
131
MECH 502 Final Year Project
M. Darwish
97
MECH 516 Aerodynamics
G. Oweis
31
MECH 519 Compressible Flow
P. Azoury
28
MECH 521 Manufacturing Processes II
[1-6] L
H. Abou Chakra,
R. Chmaitely, E. Kfoury
38
MECH 522 CAD/CAM
R. Hamade
20
MECH 608 Applied Reservoir Engineering II T. Hassoun
15
MECH 421 Manufacturing Processes I
[1-4] Shops
MECH 430 Instrumentation and
Measurements [1-5]L
MECH 634 Biomaterial and Medical
no. students
M. Nasreddine
71
MECH 663 Introduction to CFD
M. Darwish
5
MECH 672 Energy Systems Modeling
F. Moukalled
16
MECH 674 Energy Economics and Policy
I. Ruble
19
MECH 677 Heat Pumps
K. Ghali
31
MECH 679 Energy Audit Lab
S. Karaki, L. Kassis
3
MECH 721 Elasticity and Plasticity
M. Shehadeh
7
M. Darwish
1
N. Ghaddar
11
N. Ghaddar
17
N. Rouhana
36
CHEN 416 Kinetics and Reactor Design
N. Rouhana
10
CHEN 490 Fundamentals of Petroleum
Engineering
T. Hassoun
20
Devices [1,2]
MECH 765 Advanced Finite Volume
Techniques
MECH 798E Computer Modeling and
Building Physics Applications
MECH 798 D Moisture Transport in Bldg.
Envelops
CHEN 415 Chemical Engineering
Separations
Department of Mechanical Engineering | academics
course # and title
159
new me courses
The following new courses were approved by the FEA Academic Committee during the
AY 2009-10 or were offered for the first time.
MECH 535 Fluid Power Systems [3 credits]
A senior undergraduate lecture course which teaches the fundamentals of fluid power
transmission and drive technology. It familiarizes with the main components, their
design as well as static and dynamic characteristics. By use of simulation the course will
enable the students to design complex fluid power systems. Prerequisites: MECH 314:
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, MECH 431: Control and Automation.
CHEN 612 Desalination [3 credits]
A course that will provide an in depth coverage of the commonly used thermal and
membrane based desalination technologies. Fundamental thermodynamic and transport
processes which govern desalination will be developed. Environmental, sustainability
and economic factors which may influence the performance, affordability and more
wide-spread use of desalination systems for fresh water production and reuse will
be highlighted. Renewable energy technologies coupled with de-salination processes
will be reviewed. A team based student project will be assigned to design a reverse
osmosis membrane desalination plant [brackish water, seawater, or treated sewage
effluent] using conventional or alternative energy sources. Prerequisites: MECH 310:
Thermodynamics I CHEN 411: Heat and Mass Transfer [or equivalent].
Department of Mechanical Engineering | academics
MECH 646 Wheeled Mobile Robots [3 credits]
A course that provides an in-depth coverage of wheeled mobile robots. The material
covers [i] non-holonomy and integrability of kinematic constraints; [ii] modeling:
kinematics, dynamics [using the natural orthogonal complement method] and statespace representation; [iii] nonlinear controllability based on lie-algebra; and [iv]
nonlinear control strategies [open-loop and closed–loop]. Three case studies are
covered all-over the course: car-like, cart-like, and self-balancing two-wheeled robots.
Prerequisites: EECE 460: Control Systems.
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final year projects
The department hosted a total of twenty-three final year projects. These included
projects in design, mechatronics, manufacturing, and thermal and fluid systems. The
projects list is shown below:
Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Network; Rami Khalife, Abed El Rahman Sidani, Rami
Rahal, Sobhi Takkoush, Hassan Hammieh; Advisor: Prof. M. Al-Hindi
Design of a BWRO Plant; Ahmad Harb, Souheil Kassab, Samir Sarouphim, Hadi Taki;
Advisor: Prof. M. Al-Hindi
Qualitative Investigation of Bubble Coalescence Processes; Abdallah Kebbe, Antoine
Chraim, Daniel Farhat, Wael Jurdi; Advisor: Prof. F. Azizi
Outdoor Stair Climbing Wheel Chair; M. Waleed Noaman, Ahmad Hafez, Mohammad
Shaaban, Mohammad Abou Merh; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh
Automatic Feeding Machine; Jihad Bou Nasr, Imad El Fay, Julien El Khoury, Hatem
Gharzeddine; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh
Sensor Fusion for Real-time Condition Monitoring of Tool Wear in Machining Operations;
Hussam Aqil, Karim Sahyoun, Namor Sahyoun, Khalil Skaf; Advisor: Prof. R. Hamade
High-performance Bicycling Respirator for use in Polluted Urban Environments; Carlos
Breidy, Teddy Hobeika, Paul Romanos, Mario Zeidan; Advisor: Prof. A. Shihadeh
Design and Build a Cheap X-ray Machine for Remote Areas; Rayan Taleb, Jad Riachi,
Ghassan El Tayara, Rami Zebian; Advisor: Prof. G. Oweis
Wind Turbine Stacks for Beirut; Adham Chamseddine, Rani Garzidin, Mahdi Muhsen,
Carlos Yunis; Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis
Self Energizing Mechanically Actuated Hydraulic Brake; Emilio El Asmar, Yara Chamaa,
Mostafa Shaaban, Mahdi Zahreddine; Advisor: Prof. M. Liermann
Design of a Portable Chair; Abed El Rahman Shaar, Ahmad Farhat, Rayan Awada, Samir
Rawas; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh
Submarine; Amer Charbaji, Eyad Ghazal, Ahmad Sankari, Mohammad Soussi;
Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis
Fully-Controlled Lung Spirometer; Firas Al Mouallem, Sarah Jaafar, Rita El–Jamal,
Haitham Cheaib; Advisor: Prof. M. Nasreddine
Setting up a Hydraulic Test Bench for Position and Pressure Control Applications and
Generate Precise Simulation Model by Measurements; Christopher El Achkar, Sarah
Karam, Samer Moussa, Wassim Restom; Advisor: Prof. M. Liermann
The Design of a Mobile Robot for Quality Control of a Pipe after it has been Laid
Underground; Jad Hayek, Mohammad Abou Raya, Sevag Babikian; Advisor: Prof. D. Asmar
CFD Modeling of an AC Unit; Wissam Mecherkany, Mohammad Serhal, Claude Tabar;
Advisor: Prof. F. Moukalled
Mesoscale Droplet Transport; Firas Al Mouallem, Sarah Jaafar, Rita El –Jamal, Haitham
Cheaib; Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis
Mechanical Engineering | academics
Design and Building of a Smart Braille Devise; Youssef Aaraj, Michel Eid, Cesar
Moukarzel, Mi-lad Mahfoud; Advisor: Prof. M. Nasreddine
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Thermal Comfort of Active People in Transitional Spaces; Ghina Annan, Farid El-Briedi,
Adnan Mortada, Adnan El Makdah; Advisor: Prof. N. Ghaddar
Outdoor Thermal Comfort; Ahmad Abbas, Ali Rahal, Jacques Pechdimaljian, Viken Sarkis;
Advisor: Prof. K. Ghali
Impact of Hygroscopic Curtains on Humidity; Mazen El-Khoury, Ramzi Hjeily, Emile
Jebbawi, Ga-briel Zeinoun; Advisor: Prof. K. Ghali
Local Ventilation of Clothed Human; Carmen Chraim, Hind Hobeika, Tressia Hobeika,
Rita Oghassabian; Advisor: Prof. N. Ghaddar
Indoor Air Quality and Noise Study of Bechtel Building Classrooms; Maher Habchi,
Melissa Kanaan, Toni Kondakji, Samer Moubarak; Advisor: Prof. A. Shihadeh
graduate theses
thesis completed in 2009-10
Department of Mechanical Engineering | personnel
Graduate students whose master’s thesis were approved by the FEA Graduate Studies
Committee, during the academic year 2009-10
162
student name
thesis title
advisor
Amer Keblawi
Optimized Online Control Strategy of Chilled Ceiling
and Displacement Ventilation System for Energy
Savings
N. Ghaddar
Mohamad Kanaan
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Indoor Air
Quality and Energy Conservation in Combined Chilled
Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation System
N. Ghaddar
Abdelkader Al Saidi
Experimental and Theoretical Study of an
Optimized Integrated Solar Desalination and
Air-conditioning Unit
N. Ghaddar
theses under supervision
ME faculty members are supervising the master’s theses of the following current
students who will be submitting proposals in the AY 2010-2011.
student name
advisor
Samir Shaker
D. Asmar
Sabine El Kahi
D. Asmar
Raja Oweis
D. Asmar
Bassam Jalgha
D. Asmar
Aram Kazandjian
D. Asmar
Marc El Helou
A. Shihadeh
Sarah Saffieddine
A. Shihadeh
Kamar Al Sahmarani
A. Shihadeh
Nabil Audah
N. Ghaddar
Muhyieddine Jradi
N. Ghaddar
student name
advisor
Mohamad Ibrahim
N. Ghaddar
Omar Katanani
K. Ghali
Riad Sawan
K. Ghali
Patrick Kattan
K. Ghali
George Mokbel
K. Ghali
Mahmoud ElBizri
K. Ghali
phd theses under supervision
student name
advisor
Ali Ammouri
R. Hamade
Amer AbdelAziz
F. Moukalled
Nadim Diab
I. Lakkis
Alan Makhoul
K. Ghali
Lilian Malaeb
K. Ghali
awards
Faculty Award
Professor Nesreen Ghaddar was elected as a Fellow to the Lebanese Academy of
Science, in November 2009. She is the first AUB faculty member to be elected to this
prestigious position.
Graduate
Student Awards
mechanical engineering distinguished graduate award
Rita El Jamal
sakkal renewable energy graduate thesis award
Amer Keblawi received the Sakkal Renewable Energy Graduate Thesis Award for his
abdul hadi debs award
Amer Keblawi also received the Abdul Hadi Debs Award, an endowed award for academic
excellence of graduating students, at the graduate level.
Undergraduate
Student Awards
penrose award
Mostafa Shaaban
farouk w. agha engineering excellence award
Imad Al Fay received the Farouk W. Agha Engineering Excellence Award which is awarded
to the student ranked first among civil and mechanical engineering students for the
AY 2009-10.
dean’s award for creative achievement
Mostafa Shaaban, Emilio El Asmar, Yara Chamaa, and Mahdi Zahreddine.
Department of Mechanical Engineering | personnel
thesis entitled: Optimized Online Control Strategy of Chilled Ceiling and Displacement
Ventilation System for Energy Savings.
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departmental activities
Seminars
and
Presentations
flexible manufacturing systems, November 10, 2009 by Dr. Raed El Khalil
vortex methods for natural convection: handling of nonlinear diffusion,
volumetric expansion, and vorticity generation,
December 1, 2009 by Prof. Issam Lakkis
characteristics and control of a self-energizing electro-hydraulic brake
December 8, 2009 by Prof. Matthias Liermann
novel diagnostics for measuring degradation of materials by wear and
corrosion, December 22, 2009 by Prof. Marwan Azzi
mean flow models for wall-injected duct flows, January 4, 2010 by Dr. Tony Saad
the structure of turbulence inside vegetated canopies and its implications
for effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on the biosphere,
January 11, 2010 by Dr. Gaby Katul
the fluid dynamic behavior of solid-liquid suspensions,
January 19, 2010 by Dr. Renzo Di Felice
cfd research at aub, February 2010 by Prof. Marwan Darwish
Department of Mechanical Engineering | departmental activities
metals that remember: on the modeling of shape memory alloys and related
problems, February 22, 2010 by Dr. Wael Zaki
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development of a nanoparticle formulation of paclitaxel, a chemotherapy
agent, March 08, 2010 by Dr. Walid Saad
techniques for phase aberration correction in vivo ultrasonic imaging of the
human calcaneus bone, March 12, 2010 by Dr. Mohamad Nasreddine
two-dimensional turbulence in magnetically confined plasmas
March 16, 2010 by Dr. Ghassan Antar
dynamic modeling, meta-modeling and analysis of mechanical snubbing
systems, March 22, 2010 by Dr. Sudhir Kaul
the magic of high-speed machining: a succinct overview,
April 12, 2010 by Dr. Asif Iqbal
lubrication of amorphous carbon coatings: superlubricity with alcohols,
May 3, 2010 by Dr. Christine Matta
microreactors: design, concept, and application, May 24, 2010 by Dr. Radwan Abdallah
sumo robot competition
This year the second Sumo Robot Competition was conducted as part of the MECH 200
course. More that twenty five teams participated in the event over a two weeks period.
gee-whiz car competition
The Gee-Wizz Micro-Car Contest is an annual event organized by the ME department in
which first year engineering students are involved in the design and building of a small
DC-motor operated car. The car performance is tested in a four-event contest which
includes speed [Speed Demon], traction [Climb that Hill], stability [Obstacles Course],
and endurance [Tug of War]. The contest took place inside the AUB main gate at the end
of the spring semester.
entropy on stage
The first year chemical engineering students performed a play on entropy as part of
their MECH 310 course. The play, explaining the concept of entropy, was developed by
a group of students under the supervision of Prof. M. Al-Hindi. Entropy on Stage was
performed at the International University Theatre Festival that was held at LAU in July
22-28, 2010.
students
undergraduate student enrollment
1st year
65
2nd year
121
3rd year
114
4th year
85
BE [Major ME]
11
Master’s Degree [Major ME]
1
students graduating in february 2010
Bachelor of Engineering [Major ME]
8
Master’s Degree [Major ME]
0
students graduating in june 2010
Bachelor of Engineering [Major ME]
71
Master’s Degree [Major ME]
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering | students
students graduating in october 2009
165
transfer students
transfer students accepted from outside aub to me and second degree
Fall 2009
9
Spring 2010
1
transfer students from within aub to me
Total fall and spring [sophomore and
freshmen]
18
transfer students from within fea to me
Fall 2009-10
2
Spring 2009-10
9
students who transferred from me to other fea majors
Fall 2009-10
2
Spring 2009-10
3
graduate student enrollment
Summer 2009
9
Fall 2009-10,ME and Applied Energy
20
Spring 2009-10, ME and Applied Energy
23
graduate assistants [ga]
Summer 2009
7
Fall 2009-10
15
Spring 2009-10
16
research assistants [ra]
Academic year 2009-10
Department of Mechanical Engineering | students
Student
Employment
166
11
In the Student Study Program, thirty-three registered undergraduate ME students
were selected under the Specialized Work category for the academic year 2009-10.
Their work assignments included clerical work, help in research and lab experiments,
developing material for the website and similar tasks. The selection is based on merit
and departmental need.
Engineering
Management
Program
169 introduction
personnel 170 Full-Time Faculty
170 Part-Time Faculty
faculty research
professional and activities
171 Journal Articles
172 research proposals
service and committees
174 Program committees
academics
175 Graduate students
175 Enrollment
175 Undergraduate students with minors
177 Courses offered
program activities
178 Seminars and presentations
students
179 GA appointments
introduction
With the end of the 2009-10 academic year, the Engineering Management Program
celebrates its 20th anniversary in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture as a
multidisciplinary graduate program that has maintained a remarkable degree of success
in attracting excellent graduates from various engineering disciplines, architecture, and
other fields including mathematics, physics, computer science, and the actuarial
sciences. More than 150 applications were received during this past year, contributing
to an enrollment figure of above 90 students. The total numbers of students who
graduated with master’s degrees under the thesis and non-thesis options were 5 and 38,
respectively [a total of 43 students]; and the number of bachelor’s degree students who
graduated with a minor in engineering management was 80.
Two new full-time appointments were successfully concluded in the operations
research/product development and the construction engineering/project management
areas. One vacancy remains open in the information and technology management area,
following the departure of Prof. Toufic Mezher, who has recently joined the Masdar
Institute of Science and Technology in the U.A.E.
The program has embarked on a study of one of its long-standing initiatives: to establish
a new area of concentration in Construction Law and Financial Management. This
effort has been encouraged through consultations with the Office of Development for
potential endowment support from construction industry partners. The need for this
new area of concentration has also been tested through a survey that was sent to more
than a hundred graduates of the program.
Engineering Management Program | introduction
—m. asem abdul-malak, Program Coordinator
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personnel
Full-Time
Faculty
professors
Mohamad Asem Abdul-Malak, Professor and Coordinator; PhD in Civil Engineering/
Construction Engineering, and Project Management; the University of Texas at Austin.
Moueen Salameh, Professor; PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research;
Virginia Tech.
Toufic Mezher, Professor [on Leave]; PhD in Science in Artificial Intelligence and Human
Factors; George Washington University.
associate professor
Walid Nasrallah, Associate Professor; PhD in Construction Engineering and Management;
Stanford University.
assistant professor
Bacel Maddah, Assistant Professor, PhD in Industrial and System Engineering;
Virginia Tech.
visiting assistant professors
Issam Srour, Visiting Assistant Professor; PhD in Civil Engineering, Construction
Engineering, and Project Management; University of Texas at Austin.
Engineering Management Program | personnel
Ali Yassine, Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD in Industrial Engineering; Wayne State
University.
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Part-Time
Faculty
Samir Traboulsi, Senior Lecturer; PhD in Mechanical Engineering; Beirut Arabic University.
Nazem Noueihed, Senior Lecturer; BA/MA Combined Degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics; City University of New York.
Nader Ghazal, Lecturer; PhD in Project Management; University of Cincinnati, USA.
Akram Tannir, Senior Lecturer; PhD Industrial Engineering and M.S.O.R; Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Hassan Charif, Lecturer; PhD in Nuclear Engineering; Berkley.
Youssef Saad, Instructor; MEM, Information and Organization Management; AUB.
Rana El Chemaitely, Instructor; MEM, Information and Organization Management; AUB.
Jordan Srour, Lecturer; PhD in Management-Logistics; Rotterdam School of
Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Secretary
Maya Kouzi
faculty research and
professional activities
mezher, t., D. Noamani, m.a. abdul-malak, and b. maddah, “Analyzing Sustainability
Knowledge in the Arab World,” accepted for publication in the Sustainable Development
Journal, [forthcoming, 2010].
maddah, b., m.k. salameh, and L. Moussawi, “Order Overlapping: A Practical Approach
for Preventing Shortages during Screening,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 58:
691–95.
srour, i.m., Chong, O.W., and Zhang, F. [2010] “Beyond Contractors ‘Responsibilities of
Contractors’ Recycling Effort: A Case Study to Understand the True Barriers of Building
Materials Recycling in Two Different Cities,” accepted for publication, Journal of
Sustainable Development.
maddah, b., L. Moussawi, M. El-Taha, and H. Rida*1 [2010], “Dynamic Cruise Ship Revenue
Management,” European Journal of Operational Research, 207: 445-455.
maddah, b., M. El-Taha, and R. Abou Tayeh* [2010], “Allocation of Processing Time in a
Load Balancing System,” Computers and Operations Research, 37: 2173-181.
maddah, b., L. Moussawi, and M. Y. Jaber [2010], “Lot Sizing with a Markov Production
Process and Imperfect Items Scrapped,” International Journal of Production Economics,
124: 340-47.
Viswanathan, M., yassine, a., Clark, J., “Sustainable Product and Market Development
for Subsistence Marketplaces: Creating Educational Initiatives in Radically Challenging
Contexts,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, Forthcoming. 2010.
yassine, a., “A Model of Design Adaptation in Highly Competitive Markets,” Journal of
Intelligent Manufacturing, forthcoming, 2010. Online version available March 8, 2010.
Browning, T., yassine, a., “A Comprehensive Study of the Resource Constrained MultiProject Scheduling Problem,” International Journal of Production Economics, 126[2],
2010, 212–28.
Browning, T., yassine, a., “A Test Bank Generator for Resource-Constrained MultiProject Scheduling Problems,” Journal of Scheduling, 13[2], 2010, 143-61.
Collins, S., Bradley, J.,yassine, a., “Analyzing Product Development Task Networks
to Examine Organizational Change,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,
Forthcoming, 2010. Online version available November 9, 2009.
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Journal
Articles
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yassine, a., Sidhu, I., Bradley, J., “Sustaining and Disruptive Categorization of UniversityLicensed Technologies: The Impact on Licensee and University Technology Revenue
Stream at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,” International Journal of
Technology Transfer and Commercialization, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 217-37, 2010.
Refereed
Conference
Proceedings
srour, i.m., Chehab, G.R., Awwad, E., and Chong, O., “The Use of Sustainable Materials
and Techniques in the Context of the Lebanese Construction Industry,” 2nd International
Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, June 28-30, 2010,
Ancona, Italy.
srour, i.m., and Chehab, G.R. “Recycling Construction Materials in a Developing
Country: Four Case Studies,” 2nd International Conference on Engineering Systems
Management and its Applications, March 30-April 1, 2010, Sharjah, UAE.
Jablonowski, C., Ettehadtavakkol, A., Ogunyomi, B.A., and srour, i.m., “Incorporating
Learning Curves in Probabilistic Well Construction Estimates,” Middle-East Drilling
Technology Conference and Exhibition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Manama,
Bahrain, October 26-28, 2009.
Presentations
maddah, bacel: On the Interaction between Retail Assortment, Pricing and Inventory
Engineering Management Program | faculty research and professional activities
Decisions; INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009.
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issam srour: Served as guest speaker in Kansas University’s, September 2009 CMGT
500 [Construction Engineering]: “Management of Construction Projects in the Middle
East” and ARCE 103 [Intro. to Architectural Engineering]: “Introduction to Construction
Engineering and Management”.
research proposals
fea funded research
• yassine, ali: Dar Al-Handasah, Outsourcing Trends and Development Methodologies
in the Software Industry: the Lebanese Potential, June 2010- June 2012. $40,000.
Co-PI: Prof. F. Zaraket.
• bacel maddah: Portfolio Management of Upstream, Offshore, Petroleum Activities with Applications to Lebanon. PI: Bacel Maddah. Co-PIs: Lama Moussawi, Mazen Skaf, and Ali Yassine: Source: Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources. Date: October 2009 - September 2011. Budget: $20,000.
urb
• srour, issam: Awarded URB seed grant of $7,000. “What Makes a Construction Project Successful in the Middle East,” Feb. 2009-Sept. 2009. Budget: $7000.
• bacel maddah: Inventory Management with Imperfect Quality and Screening.
PI: Bacel Maddah. Date: October 2009 - September 2010. Budget: $5,000.
lncsr
• yassine, ali: Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contracts: Benchmarking and Recommendations for Lebanon, Jan. 2010-Jan. 2011, LL 9,500,000.
Co-PIs: Prof. Maddah and Mousawi.
• srour, issam: Construction Demolition Management in Lebanon: Opportunities and
Threats. Co-PI: Profs.: Ghassan Chehab and Mutasem El Fadel, Feb. 2010-Feb. 2012 Budget: 20,000,000 LL.
service and committees
Reviews for
Professional
Journals
m. a. abdul-malak
• The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management of the American Society of Civil Engineers [1]
moueen salameh
• European Journal of Operations Research [1]
• Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research [1]
• Omega, The International Journal of Management Science [1]
• Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing [1]
• International Journal of Production Economics [1]
• Computers and Industrial Engineering [2]
• International Journal of System Sciences [2]
• International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making [1]
• European Journal of Operational Research [1 article]
• International Journal of Production Economics [2 articles]
• Computers and Industrial Engineering [1 article]
• Quantitative Finance [1 article]
• Undergraduate Research Experience Program in Qatar [1 proposal]
ali yassine
• International Journal of Production Economics [1 article]
• Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing [1 article]
• Computers and Industrial Engineering [1 article]
issam srour
• Journal of Management Research News, [1 article]
• Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policies [1 article]
PhD
Committees
outside
of AUB
m. a. abdul-malak
• Local PhD Advisor for Grace Younis, a graduate of the EM program who pursued her PhD degree under the Merit PhD Program at the University of Salford, England. [Dissertation was successfully submitted in March 2010.]
Engineering Management Program | service and committees
bacel maddah
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REP Activities
• Local PhD Advisor for Habib Abou Jawdeh, a graduate of the EM program and a doctoral candidate pursing a PhD degree under the Merit PhD Program at the
University of Salford, England. [Interim Assessment successfully passed in May 2010 and expected graduation: Fall 2011.]
moueen salameh
• Dohfar University, Oman
• Behrain University College, Behrain
• Ahfad University for Women, Sudan
• Mohammed Al Manaa College of Health Sciences [MACHS], Al Khobar, KSA
• Fahd Bin Sultan National University [FBSU], Tabuk, KSA
service to the program: program committees
Five regular program group meetings were held, during which topics including course
offerings, planned curriculum changes, seminar series and invited lectures, and new
program initiatives were discussed. Additional three meetings were held by the
ad-hoc committee that was formed of Profs. Abdul-Malak and Srour to move forward
with the initiative to establish a new area of concentration in construction law and
financial management. In addition, two meetings were held by Prof. Abdul-Malak with
the Office of Development for the same purpose. Two other meetings were held, by
eligible faculty members, to study the applications received for two EM vacancies,
which resulted in recommending the regular appointments of visiting professors Ali
Yassine and Isam Srour to the positions of associate professor and assistant professor,
respectively.
academics
Engineering Management Program | academics
graduate thesis supervision
m. a. abdul-malak
thesis title
174
student
graduation date
Detailed Performance Monitoring Framework
Sorial, Mark
for Construction Project Financiers
Expected Graduation:
June 2011
The 1999 FIDIC Conditions of Contract for
Construction: Managing the Period
Preceding the Calling for a DAB’s or an
Engineer’s Decision
Makarem, Ayman
Expected Graduation:
December 2010
The Examination of the Relationship between
Construction Project Success and Project
Management Success
Mariam Nasser
Feb. 2010
student
graduation date
Optimal Investments Decisions in Product
Development
Remi Makhlouf
Expected graduation:
2011
Multi-Domain DSM Optimization:
Simultaneously Optimizing Product, Process
and Team Domains
Rawia Chidiac
Expected graduation:
2011
ali yassine
thesis title
student
graduation date
Roadmap for the Assessment of
Megaprojects: Four Cases from Lebanon
Rikaz El-Bsat
June 2010
Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a
Construction Megaproject: When and How
Maysaa Ramadan
June 2010
Examination of the Execution of Formal
Pre-Project Planning Processes in the
Industrial Construction Sector
Samer Samara
June 2010
Effective Risk Management from the
Perspective of Lebanese Real-Estate
Moustafa Fattal
Developers –The Case of Beirut Central District
June 2010
Higher Education in Engineering Versus
Career Paths Opportunities
Amal Bakshan
Expected graduation:
October 2010
Effective Construction Demolition
Management in Developing Countries
Suha Saleh
Expected graduation:
June 2011
bacel maddah
dissertation/thesis title
student
graduation date
Dissertation: An Integrated Framework for
Optimizing Seaport Operations.
Nabil Nehme
Expected graduation:
June 2012
Thesis: Analysis of Hydrocarbon Production
Sharing Contracts and Auctions for Lebanon
Najat Younes
Expected graduation:
October 2010
Thesis: An Integrated Exploration/
Production Model for Upstream Portfolio
Management of Hydrocarbon Assets
Imad Melki
Expected graduation:
June 2011
graduate students enrolled
summer 2009
fall 2009-10
64
spring 2010
85
enrollment in courses
summer 2009
92
fall 2009-10
spring 2010
UG
GR
UG
GR
UG
GR
77
98
367
198
316
280
ug students graduating with a minor degree in engineering management
ay 2006-07
ay 2007-08
ay 2008-09
ay 2009-10
23
43
84
80
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issam srour
thesis title
175
graduates: thesis option
student
thesis title
Maysaa Ramadan
Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a Construction Mega
Project: When and How
June 2010
Mariam Nasser
Examining the Relationship between Construction Project
Success and Project management Success
June 2010
Rikaz El Bsat
Roadmap for the assessment of megaprojects [RAMP]:
four cases from Lebanon
June 2010
Mustapha Fatal
Effective risk management from the perspective of
Lebanese real-estate developers – the case of Beirut
Central District
May 2010
Samer Samara
Investigating the execution of formal pre-project planning
processes in the industrial sector
June 2010
Engineering Management Program | academics
graduates: non-thesis option
176
student
non-thesis tracks
Adeeb Harb
Financial Engineering
Mohamad Aidibi
Financial Engineering
Mansour El Ghazzi
Financial Engineering
Lama Saab
Financial Engineering
Albert Shamieh
Financial Engineering
Hussein Tarhini
Financial Engineering
Marwan Al Rifai
Financial Engineering
Tarek Ghantous
Financial Engineering
Nathalie Hitti
Financial Engineering
Christian Bassil
General
Imad Al Kaisi
Information and Organizational Management
Karim Geahchan
Information and Organizational Management
Mona Itani
Information and Organizational Management
Anouche Kerbabian
Information and Organizational Management
Roland Makso
Information and Organizational Management
Joy Muallem
Information and Organizational Management
Alaa Sukarieh
Information and Organizational Management
Elias Karaa
Information and Organizational Management
Omar El Sayyed
Information and Organizational Management
Marwa Farhat
Project and the Built Environment
Zakaria Abbas
Project and the Built Environment
Ralph El Hachem
Project and the Built Environment
Bassil Abdo Khoury
Project and the Built Environment
Tarek Attoui
Project and the Built Environment
Ernest Bou Habib
Project and the Built Environment
Amjad Chamseddine
Project and the Built Environment
Rawad Halawi
Project and the Built Environment
student
non-thesis tracks
Malak Hamdan
Project and the Built Environment
Ziad Kassab
Project and the Built Environment
Amer Mehio
Project and the Built Environment
Hassan Mohamad
Project and the Built Environment
Mario Saab
Project and the Built Environment
Youmn El Rawi
Project and the Built Environment
Hussein El Hariri
Project and the Built Environment
Omar El Moghrabi
Project and the Built Environment
Souad Al Sarraf
Project and the Built Environment
Noura Soueid
Project and the Built Environment
Samer Malaeb
Project and the Built Environment
courses offered
summer
2009
course # and title
instructor
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Nazem Noueihed
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Bacel Maddah
ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics
M. A. Abdul-Malak
ENMG 613 Manufacturing Systems and Facilities
Planning
ENMG 625 Financial Engineering II
ENMG 637 Logistics, Technologies and
Productivity Concepts
fall
2009-2010
Akram Tannir
Bacel Maddah
M. A. Abdul-Malak
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Rana El Chemaitely
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Samir Traboulsi
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Nazem Noueihed
ENMG 500 Engineering Management I
Moueen Salameh
ENMG 500 Engineering Management I
Bacel Maddah
ENMG 500 Engineering Management I
Ali Yassine
ENMG 502 Construction Management
M. A. Abdul-Malak
CIVE 580 Construction Management [Section 1]
M. A. Abdul-Malak
CIVE 580 Construction Management [Section 2]
Issam Srour
ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics [sections 1 & 2]
Samir Traboulsi
ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics
Youssef Saad
ENMG 601 Management Theory
Nader Ghazal
ENMG 602 Introduction to Financial Engineering
Bacel Maddah
ENMG 615 Industrial Scheduling
Akram Tannir
ENMG 623 Stochastic Models and Applications
Ali Yassine
ENMG 632 Engineering Project Management
M. A. Abdul-Malak
ENMG 651 Decision Support Systems
Akram Tannir
ENMG 698 Sp. Topic: Lean Engineering Concepts
Issam Srour
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term
177
term
spring
2010
course # and title
instructor
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Rana El Chemaitely
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy [sections 2 and 3]
Samir Traboulsi
ENMG 400 Engineering Economy
Nazem Noueihed
ENMG 501 Engineering Management II
Bacel Maddah
ENMG 501 Engineering Management II
Jordan Srour
ENMG 503 Specifications and Cost Estimation
M. A. Abdul-Malak
CIVE 581 Specifications and Cost Estimation
M. A. Abdul-Malak
ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics
Youssef Saad
ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics
Samir Traboulsi
ENMG 603 Probability and Decision Analysis [Online] Walid Nasrallah
ENMG 604 Deterministic Optimization Models
Ali Yassine
ENMG 617 Engineering Management Statistics
Akram Tannir
ENMG 622 Simulation
Bacel Maddah
ENMG 631 Pre-Project Planning and Feasibility
Analysis
Issam Srour
ENMG 635 Project Deliverance and Contracts
M. A. Abdul-Malak
ENMG 653 Knowledge Management
Akram Tannir
ENMG 656 Management of Technological
Innovations
ENMG 661 Strategic Management
Nader Ghazal
ENMG 698 Sp. Topic: Construction, Equipments,
Methods and Safety
Ali Yassine
Hiam Khoury
program activities
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seminars and presentations
178
date
topic
guest lecturer
Nov. 6, 2009
A Comparison of On-line
Optimization and Multi-agent
Systems
Dr. Jordan Srour [Rotterdam School
of Management, Erasmus
University, Rotterdam, Netherlands]
Nov. 20, 2009
Context Aware Information Access
and Retrieval for Rapid On-Site
Decision Making in Construction,
Inspection and Maintenance of
Constructed Facilities
Prof. Hiam Khoury [Department of
Civil and Environmental
Engineering, AUB]
Dec. 4, 2009
Behavioral Issues in Dealing with
Claims
Dr. Grace Younis [D.G. Jones and
Partners]
Dec. 18, 2009
Supply Chain Management
Consulting at Webb
Mr. Fadi Hajal [General Manager,
Webb]
Jan. 8, 2009
Improving Construction WorkflowThe Role of Production Planning
and Control
Dr. Farook Hamzeh [Department of
Civil Engineering, Colorado State
University, USA]
students
The following were appointed as GAs for the AY 2009-10. The table below shows the
terms granted.
ga
terms granted
Hassan Mohamad
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Remy Makhlouf
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Khaled Bechara
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Zeina Kabbani
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Mona Itani
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Mansour El Ghazzi
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Rawia Chidiac
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Areej Itani
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Amal Bakshan
Su09, Fa09, Sp10
Imad Melki
Su09, Fa09
Samer Samara
Su09, Fa09
Rawad Halawi
Su09, Fa09
Roland Makso
Su09, Fa09
Albert Shamieh
Su09, Fa09
Anouche Kerbabian
Su09, Fa09
Ossama Abbas
Su09
Amal Hajjaj
Su09
Rikaz El Bsat
Su09
Marwan Dagher
Fa09, Sp10
Najat Youness
Fa09, Sp10
Ayman Makarem
Fa09, Sp10
Mohamad Aidibi
Fa09, Sp10
Majd Olleik
Fa09, Sp10
Rina Kurdahi
Fa09, Sp10
Sandra El Hattab
Fa09
Raghid Mahfouz
Sp10
Nicolas Harmoush
Sp10
Ali Charanek
Sp10
Ali Zreik
Sp10
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GA
Appointments
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