Grants Received by E-JUST Faculty
Proposal Title: Designing, Manufacturing and Developing of Prototype Desalination Systems.
Funding Agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF).
Participants:
Dr. Abu Bakr Abdullah (PI),
Prof. Mohamed Ayad,
Dr. Ahmed Tawfik,
Dr. Mohamed Gepreel,
Prof. Ahmed Galal (Cairo University),
Dr. Osama Fouaad (Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute CMRDI)
Dr. Ahmed El-Zatahry (CSAT) (Co-Is).
Budget: 1,754,240 EGP.
Duration:Three years.
Status: Waiting to be transferred to E-JUST.
Proposal Title: Enhancement Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles on Bio-hydrogen Production from Organic Wastes via Pilot – Scale Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR).
Funding Agency: Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, a Joint Research Grant under the South African/Egypt Research Partnership Bilateral Agreement Program.
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed Tawfik (PI).Budget:248,000 EGP.
Duration: Two Years.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: A Novel Pilot- Scale Application for Bio-hydrogen Fermentation of Starch Wastewater Industry and Synthesize of New Materials for Chemical Storage of Hydrogen.
Funding Agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) – USA.
Participants:
Egyptian Side: Dr. Ahmed Tawfik (PI) and Dr. Aboubakr Abdullah (Co-PI).
US Side: Prof. Bruce Logan, Penn State University (PI).
Budget : US side: 119, 498 US Dollars. E-JUST side: 128,880 US Dollars.
Duration:Two Years (October 1st, 2011 – October 1st, 2013).
Status: Waiting to be transferred to E-JUST.
Proposal Title:
Smart Traffic Control.
Funding Agency: IBM.
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed El-Mahdy, Assistant Professor, E-JUST, (PI),
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor (CO-PI).
Budget : $20,000 per year (renewable for one more year).
Duration: 1 Year.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Innovation of Sewage Treatment Technology for Agricultural Reuse in Arid Region from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to implement an innovative full scale sewage treatment plant in one of the Egyptian villages.
Funding Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Participants: Dr. Ahmed Tawfik in cooperation with Prof. Harada (PI) from Tohoku University.
Budget : Tohoku University.
Duration: Up to five years.
Status: Feasibility study for one year. If evaluation of the feasibility study gains high score, then the research team will be allowed to proceed with the implementation stage for five years.
Proposal Title: Electrospun Nanofibers for Encapsulation and Sustained Release of Ciprofloxacin HCl drug.
Funding Agency: Pharco.
Participants:
Ahmed Abdel-Moniem (PI),
Dr. Mona Bakr (Co-PI)
Mohamed Gepreel (member).
Budget : 362,000 EGP.
Duration: 2 Years.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Smart Traffic Control.
Funding Agency: IBM.
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed El-Mahdy, Assistant Professor, E-JUST, (PI).
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor (CO-PI).
Budget : $20,000.
Duration: 1 Year.
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: IBM Faculty Award
Funding Agency: IBM.
Participants:
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor (PI).Budget : $10,000
Duration: One Year.
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: Amazon Simple Notification Service for CSE601 Course.
Funding Agency:Amazon Education Grant
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed El-Mahdy.Budget : $1,100.
Duration: One Year (03/01/2011 – 03/01/2012).
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Googlers 2011 EMEA Android EDU Program.
Funding Agency: Google.
Participants:
Dr. Moustafa Youssef.Budget : 5,000 US Dollars
Duration: 2011.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Research, Design and Implementation of the Physical Layer of the Long Term Evolution Mobile Station with Beamforming Antenna System.
Funding Agency: NPRP 09-231-2-095, third cycle of the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) of QNRF.
Participants:
Dr Essam Sourour, Professor, Alexandria University, (Lead PI).
Dr. Tamer Khattab, Qatar University, (Co-Lead PI).
Dr. Hossam Shalaby, Professor, E-JUST (Co-PI).
Dr. Said El-Noubi, Professor, Alexandria University, (Co-PI)
Dr. Ahmed Abou-Auf, Associate Professor, American University in Cairo, (Co-PI).
Budget: $ 700,000 ≈ 3,990,000 EGP.
Duration: 2 Years.
Status: In Progress, managed at Alexandria University.
Proposal Title: Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Ladar Systems for Crash Avoidance.
Funding Agency: Advanced Research Project (ARP), ITAC, Egypt.
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed Abou Auf, Associate Professor, American University Cairo, (PI)
Dr. Hossam Shalaby, Professor, E-JUST, (Researcher).
Budget : 350,000 EGP.
Duration: 9 months.
Status: In Progress, E-JUST receives 9,480 EGP per month.
Proposal Title: Locationoid: An Accurate Energy-Efficient Location Provider for the Android Platform.
Funding Agency: Google Inc., USA.
Participants:
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST (PI).Budget: Research Award:$38,800.
Status: In Progress (E-JUST received $38,800 out of $51,680).
Proposal Title: Parallel Networks Architecture (ParaNets).
Funding Agency: Networking Systems Lab (NSL), Carnegie Mellon, University – Qatar.
Participants:
Dr. Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST (PI).Budget: 85,500 EGP.
Duration: 2 years (September 2010 – September 2012).
Status: In Progress (E-JUST received 85,500 EGP).
Proposal Title: Microsoft Research Project Hawaii
Funding Agency: Microsoft Research USA
Participants:
Dr. Moustafa Youssef (PI).Budget : 3,000 US Dollars.
Duration: Spring 2011.
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: Wireless Research Projects.
Funding Agency: TWAS-AAS-Microsoft.
Participants:
Dr. Moustafa Youssef (PI).Budget : 3,000 Euros.
Duration: January 2011.
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: Co-existence between 4 G communication and cognitive radio.
Funding Agency: National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA).
Participants:
Prof.Dr. Salwa Elramly, ASU, (PI).
Dr. Maha Elsabrouty, Assistant Professor, E-JUST, (CO-PI).
Dr. Fatma Newegy
Dr. Sherif Welson
Budget: 1,401,804 EGP
Duration: 2 Years (March 2011 – March 2013)
Status: In Progress (managed at Ain Shams University).
Proposal Title: Implementation of the physical layer of the DVB-T2
Funding Agency: National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA).
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed Shalash, Varkon Semiconductors (PI)
Dr. Maha Elsabrouty, Assistant Professor, E-JUST.
Budget: 1,185,000 EGP.
Duration: 2 year. (July 2011 – July 2013).
Status: In Progress (managed at Varkon Semiconductors).
Proposal Title: Advanced Capacity Boosting Techniques in 4th Generation Wireless Systems
Funding Agency: National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA).
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Khaled El-Sayed (PI, Professor, Cairo Univ.),
Dr. Mostafa El-Khamy (Co-PI, E-JUST),
Dr. Mahmoud Ismail (Co-PI, Assist. Prof., Cairo Univ.)
Dr. Haitham Hamza (Co-PI, Assist. Prof., Cairo Univ.)
Budget: 1.6 Million EGP
Duration: 2 years
Status: In Progress (managed at Cairo University)
Proposal Title: Nuzzer: A Device-free Passive Localization System for Wireless Environments.
Funding Agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Young Investigator Award.
Participants:
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST (PI).
Nile University.
Budget : 620,000 EGP.
Duration: Three Years (January 2010 – January 2013).
Status: Waiting to be transferred to E-JUST.
Proposal Title: Wireless Physical Layer Security- From Theory Practice.
Funding Agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), STDF-US Joint Research Grants.
Participants:
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST (Egypt - PI).
Hesham Elgamal, Ohio State University (USA - PI).
Nile University.
Budget: $199,951.00
Duration: Three Years (January 2010 – January 2013).
Status: Waiting to be transferred to E-JUST.
Proposal Title: Computational Complexity over the Real Numbers.
Funding Agency: IMHOTEP award 2011-2012 (Academy of Scientific Research).
Participants:
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor, E-JUST.Budget : 20,000 EGP 7,000 EUROS.
Duration: 2 Years (January 1st, 2011 – December 31, 2012).
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Collaboration between E-JUST and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA).
Funding Agency: French Cultural Center in Cairo (Travel Grant).
Participants:
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor, E-JUST.Budget :3600 Euros.
Duration: July 6, 2011 – July 13, 2011 (Travel Grant)
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: The framework of the French-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology 2010.
Funding Agency: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA).
Participants:
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor, E-JUST.Budget : 5000 Euros.
Duration: One Year - 2010
Status: Finished.
Proposal Title: Developing Computational Models for the GRNs of Common Diseases in Egypt
Funding Agency: Pharco.
Participants:
Dr. Walid Gomaa, Assistant Professor, E-JUST.
Dr. Mahmoud El-Hefnawi, Adjunct Professor.
Budget: 80,000 EGP.
Duration: OneYear (June 1st, 2011 – June 1st, 2012)
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: CellChek: A Cost-effective Cell Phone-based Patient Monitoring and Advising System.
Funding Agency: Microsoft Research Grant, UK.
Participants:
Tamer Elbatt, Nile University(PI)
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST, (Co-PI).
Budget: $25,000.
Duration: One Year (September 2010 – September 2011).
Status: Finished (managed at Nile University).
Proposal Title: Micro and Nanotechnology Based Wireless Sensors for Agriculture and Water Management
Funding Agency: Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Program.
Participants:
Yehia Ismail, Nile University (PI)
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST, (Co-PI).
Budget: 550,000 EURO.
Duration: 2 Years (September 2009 – September 2011)
Status: Finished, managed at Nile University.
Proposal Title: Bio-hydrogen production from waste materials.
Funding Agency: Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF).
Participants:
Ahmed, Associate Professor, E-JUST (PI).
National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Water Pollution Research Dept. Cairo, Egypt.
Budget: 652,000 EGP.
Duration: Three years ( May 2009 – May 2012).
Status: In Progress (managed at National Research Centre, Cairo)
Project Title: Computing with Continuous, Complex and Concurrent Systems (in Collaboration with CARTE Team in Loria Lab, France)
Funding Agency: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA).
Participants:
Walid Gomaa, E-JUST.
CARTE team in Loria Lab, France
Budget: 40,000 Euro.
Duration: 2 Years (January 1st, 2010 – December 31, 2011)
Status: In Progress (managed at CARTE Team, Loria Lab, France.
Project Title: New Nano Catalyst Prepared by Laser for New Energy Applications.
Funding Agency: Photonic Research Department of National
Electronics, Communications, and Photonics (ECP) Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
Participants:
Prof. Attiah Al-Ghamdi (PI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST),
Dr. Aboubakr M. Abdullah (Co-PI), E-JUST,
Dr. Ahmed El-Zatahry (Co-PI),
King Saud University,
Dr. Ahmed Maarouf (Co-PI),
EGNC (Egypt Nanotechnology Center).
Budget: One Million Saudi Riyals.
Duration: One Year (November 1, 2011 – October 31, 2012)
Status: In Progress (Managed by ECP Program, Saudi Arabia).
An agreement for supporting two E-JUST students is pending.
Proposal Title: IPS: A Ubiquitous Indoor Positioning System.
Funding Agency: Google Research Awards Program, USA.
Participants: Dr. Moustafa Youssef.Budget: 126,000 EGP ($21,000).
Duration: one year.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: Access to Amazon Cloud Computer.
Funding Agency: Amazon Research Grant
Participants: Dr. Ahmed El-Mahdy.
Budget : $5,000 (Cloud Access Credit).
Duration: Two Years.
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: A Location-aided Framework for High Performance Cognitive Radio Networks
Funding Agency: Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Participants: Moustafa Youssef (PI), Mustafa Elnainanay AlxU-VTMENA(Co-PI)
Budget: 1,365,315 EGP
Duration: Two years
Status: Approved
Proposal Title: Microsoft Research Project Hawaii
Funding Agency: Microsoft Research USA
Participants: Moustafa Youssef (PI)Budget: 500 USD
Status: In Progress
Proposal Title: A Real-time Facial Recognition Framework on Mobile Phones Using Embedded GPUs.
Funding Agency: Information Technology Academia Collaboration (ITAC), Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).
Participants: Dr. Ahmed Elmahdy.
Budget: 130,000 EGP
Duration: One year
Status: In Progress.
Proposal Title: A Real-time Facial Recognition Framework on Mobile Phones Using Embedded GPUs.
Funding Agency: Information Technology Academia Collaboration (ITAC), Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).
Participants: Dr. Ahmed Elmahdy (PI).
Budget: 130,000 EGP
Duration: One year
Status: Approved.
Equipment Donation:
Proposal Title: Designing and Prototyping with Catapult C Synthesis.
Funding Agency: Mentor Graphics, USA.
Participants:
Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Professor, E-JUST (PI).Budget: Retail value of Software Package is $510,000.
Proposal Title: Towards Practical Information Theoretically Secure Authentication and Data Integrity for RFID.
Funding Agency: Intel Research, USA.
Participants:
Moustafa Youssef, Assistant Professor, E-JUST (PI),
Hesham Elgamal, Ohio State University (Co-PI).
Budget: N/A.
Proposal Title: Production of Metals, Alloys, and Compounds of High Purity in the Single Crystal and Polycrestalline Form.
Funding Agency: Signature Facilities Initiative Equipment Grant.
Participants:
Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Hady Gepreel.Budget: $100,000.
Proposal Title: The Wireless Research Facility.
Funding Agency: Signature Facilities Initiative Equipment Grant.
Participants:
Moustafa Youssef (PI) and Dr. Ahmed Allam (Co-PI).Budget: $100,000.
Proposal Title: AndroidEDU program
Funding Agency: Google EMEA
Participants: Moustafa Youssef (PI)
Budget : 5,000 USD
Proposal Title: "Development of a cost effective crop monitoring with accurate control for intelligent irrigation systems"
Funding Agency: Information Technology Academia Collaboration (ITAC), Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).
Participants:
Dr. Ahmed Allam and Dr. Victor Goulart. (E-JUST) Professor Samir Ismail and Dr. Dr. Diaa El-Ansary, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University. "Business link" is the industrial partner.
Budget: 130,000 EGP
Duration: One year
Status: In Progress.