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New Academic Vacant Positions

2012-01-01

The Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Department (CPE) at the Egypt – Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) invites applications for a faculty position in the Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Program at the assistant/associate/level. The successful candidate will complement and add to the program's foundational strength in bimolecular engineering, biochemical engineering and biomedical engineering. Also, applicants in the biotechnology field with an engineering background are welcome to apply.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in the mentioned fields, and demonstrated excellence in research and strong commitment to teaching the related courses, such as introduction to biomacromolecules, molecular biotechnology, fundamentals of biotransport phenomena,engineering aspects of controlled drug delivery and fundamentals of membrane science for biological separations.
Faculty members are expected to develop and maintain an internationally recognized and externally funded research program, teach graduate and undergraduate courses, advise students, and undertake service activities within the university and in the professional community.

E-JUST is a governmental research-oriented university with a partnership with twelve Japanese universities. It has good research facilities and infrastructure support. Located at New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt, E-JUST is in the core of most of the chemical and petrochemical industries in Egypt.

Interested candidates please apply online . For further information, please contact Professor M.M. Ayad, Chairperson of chemical and petrochemicals department at mohamad [dot] ayad [at] ejust [dot] edu [dot] eg.

The position will remain open until it is filled.

Strategy for Egypt and Arab countries for R & D Manufacturing and promotion of PV

2012-01-01

Strategies for Egypt and Arab Countries for R & D, Manufacturing and Promotion of PV

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Purpose
Photovoltaic's (PV) is finally gaining solid ground in the Arab Countries, in view of the abundant solar radiation on this region. However, no national strategy yet exists in any of the Arab Countries for R & D, Manufacturing and Application or for the Promotion of the Use of PV. Egypt-Japan University for Science & Technology (E-JUST) has arranged a Workshop for addressing these topics. Top scientists in the field of PV were invited from Egypt, Europe, Japan and US to the WS to deliver presentations and take part in the formation of the three-pronged National Strategy of the Arab Countries. The Strategy could then be adapted by each country according to its circumstances, and recommended for adoption. The conference programe included sessions on
 Current R & D on PV in the Arab countries, Europe, Japan and USA
 The Technology of Manufacturing of PV in the Arab countries, Europe, Japan and USA in the Arab countries, Europe, Japan and USA
 Promotion Plans of and Activities for the Use PV in Egypt, Europe, Japan & USA.
 In the final Session an outline of a Comprehensive Strategy for R & D, Manufacturing and Promotion of PV was discussed and agreed upon.

The Agenda of the Workshop (WS) is included in Annex 1, whereas a short report of the WS is given below.

The WS was held in Hilton Dream Land (6Oct. Cairo), and attended by more than 50 participants from Egypt and other Arab Countries. A number of Egyptian and Foreigner Experts from Egypt, Europe, Japan and USA gave lectures in the WS. Prof. Salah Bedair from North Carolina State Univ. (NCSU) talked about the different structures solar cells, the Multi-junction solar cells and their efficiencies and economics. Prof. Yehia ElMahgary from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the Counselor of Egypt-Japan Univ. for Science & Technology (E-JUST) talked about the Potential applications PV in Egypt and mentioned that there are regions in Egypt with the highest insolation in the world and that each square meter of the Egyptian deserts receives annually an amount of solar energy equals to the energy contained in two oil barrels. Prof. Yehia Bahnas from Cairo University showed the current high level of assembling and manufacturing PV cells in Egypt, while Prof. Salah Arafa from the American University of Cairo (AUC) describe his pioneering work on pilot and demonstration PV Plants Basaisa 1 and Basaisa 2 in Egypt and the lessons learned from both of them. Prof. Teijiro Ichiumura from EJUST gave an account of the development of Solar Energy Utilization in Japan Europe and US. Prof. Ahmad Hamza, the Dean of the School of Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering (ERE) of E-JUST described the 500-kW PV Plant being constructed in E-JUST, to form the largest PV plant so for established in
Egypt. Prof. Waheed Badawy, Cairo University described how Nano-Technology could be used in manufacturing PV cells. Following that the National Strategies for R & D, Manufacturing and Application or for the Promotion of the Use of PV was discussed, modified and agreed upon.

1. Strategy for R & D

 Create more Post-Doctorate and Post-Graduate Missions to Countries well developed in PV
 Increase the posts of Adjunct & Visiting Professors to and from Countries with developed R & D work in PV
 Undertake joined researches & projects on topics of direct applicability to the receiving countries (types of PV suitable for desert conditions, improving the operation of PV in desert, relevant types of PV to Egypt and problems in manufacturing then in Egypt, etc.)
 Provide Funds for R & D and installation of modern laboratories to undertake national and international researches.
 Encourage and support efforts of establishing Eco-Cities and New Borg El-Arab.
 Study & Develop ideas of using the Desert for Large Scale Solar Energy Production, particularly for cooling, refrigeration and electricity production, especially in Aswan and Al-Oksor region.

2. Manufacturing

 Encourage and support the existing local efforts for Assembling and Manufacturing of PV Systems, by providing incentives as eliminating of custom duties, provision of soft loans, etc.
 Encourage the Establishment of Commercial Projects & Joint Ventures for Manufacturing of PV Panels
 Establish an easy Funding Mechanism for PV Projects.
 Initiate and Encouraging Cooperation between Industry & Research Institutes

3. Promotion

 Lift gradually fossil fuel subsidy and substitute it with well planned system to increase the income of low & medium salary natives.
 Provide financial incentives to PV and other Renewable Energy systems that do not cause pollution to the environment.
 Plan and execute Awareness Campaign targeted at Decision Makers and another one targeted at Potential Users of PV System.
 Provide funds for Demonstration Projects to gain more experience and to increase confidence in this emerging technology.
 Arrange Training for professionals (planners, installers) and Plan Guidebooks to raise their awareness and to overcome the current lack of expertise amongst them.

JICA national staff Eiman Barakat has started the Japanese course.

2012-01-01

Two workshops during Arab Forum organized by E-JUST

2012-01-01

Workshop on Photovoltaics in the Arab Countries: Present and Future.

E-JUST sponsored the workshop entitled "Photovoltaics in the Arab Countries: Present and Future", December 27, 2011.
E-JUST faculty had the following presentations:
"R&D on PV in Japan" by Prof. Teijiro Ichimura.
"PV Plant of E-JUST" by Prof. Ahmed Hamza.
"Barriers for the Promotion & Use of PV" by Prof. Yahia El-mahgary.

Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) Workshop: "Microfabrication Create Micro Systems":

E-JUST sponsored the workshop entitled "Microfabrication Create Micro Systems", December 28, 2011.
Prof. Osamu Tabata, Prof. Hidetoshi Kotera and Dr. Ahmed Fath El-BAB were presenters at the workshop.

Smart Alexandria starts from E-JUST

2012-01-01

Prof. Mori gave UC members a talk on International Affairs

2011-12-25

Prof. Mori gave UC members a talk on International Affairs

Prof. Mori from Kyoto University gave a talk titled "Internationalization Strategy of Kyoto University" E-JUST UC members on December 25.

Dr. Ahmed Tawfik may contribute to solve the the energy crisis!

2011-12-23

Dr. Ahmed Tawfik presentation on december 12 entitled “Energy Production From Pre-Treated Rice Straw Via Anaerobic Dark Fermentation Reactor“, could be found on the rice straw project website http://www.biomassandbioenergy.nl/ricestraw.htm The goal of the rice straw project is to identify economically viable and environmentally sound alternative uses for the approximately 4 M tons of rice straw in Egypt that are produced each year and thereby reduce the environmental impact of field burning, which is the current disposal method. As part of this project, a seminar on rice straw utilization options was conducted on December 12th, 2011. The objectives of the Rice Straw seminar were threefold: 1. To share the results of the Research project “Alternative concepts and technologies for beneficial utilization of rice straw”, carried out by Wageningen UR, 2. To review other potential applications for rice straw within Egypt and abroad, 3. To accelerate knowledge transfer and commercialization of new technologies by facilitating greater exchange among private sector involved in for agricultural waste management.

E-JUST and IBM Celebration of Smart City Initiative on December 21

2011-12-23

E-JUST and IBM Celebration of Smart City Initiative on December 21

IBM has held a special event to celebrate the Smart City Initiative with E-JUST. The event was hosted on Wednesday, 21st of December, in Helnan Palestine Hotel, Alexandria. HE Prof. Osama El-Fouly, Governor of Alexandria, Eng. Amr Taleb, General Manager of IBM Egypt, Prof. Yousry El-Gamal, Chairman of the Board-of-Trustees of E-JUST, Prof. Ahmed Khairy, President of E-JUST, Prof. Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Vice President for Research and Dean Mohamed Ragab have attended the Event. Among the attendees were EJUST CSE staff, students, and reporters from various newspapers and magazines.

Dr Ahmed El-Mahdy, the director of E-JUST Smart City research Facility, has presented a general overview of the research objective of the facility. He mentioned that it is expected that within 40 years, 70% of the world population would be living in cities; however, recent research has shown significant stress levels for city living. He then mentioned that computing technology can be developed to apply to help improve quality of life of city dwellers by exploiting a novel holistic modeling approach, and leveraging cloud computing and parallel processing.

Dr El-Mahdy introduced two PhD students (also holders of the prestigious IBM PhD Fellowships), Eng. Mohamed Abdel Aziz and Eng. Sameh AboSamra who are working on two important objectives. Eng. Abdel Aziz presented his research work, under the supervision of Dr Walid Gomaa, in utilizing 'multi-agents' in controlling complex scenarios of a multi-intersection traffic zones. The work targets a real-zone in Alexandria. Eng. Sameh, presented is research (under the supervision of Dr. El-Mahdy), in developing a parallel computation platform on the cloud for efficiently executing smart application. Initial results achieved more than 70 times speedup than typical for controlling a single intersection. The work is published in Springer Lectures Notes in Computer Science.

It was mentioned that research progress is a result of the close interactions with Dr. Hisham El-Shishiny, World-Wide Leader of IBM Centre of Advanced Studies. Dr El-Shishiny is actively supporting the initiative, and providing access to IBM BlueGene supercomputer to E-JUST. Also the research is due to many fruitful discussions with Prof. Amin Shoukry, chairman of CSE department, Egyptian and Japanese professors.

IBM has announced the renewal of the IBM PhD Fellowships for the two students; that followed by press conference, where reporters had various interesting questions about the applicability problems of such research in Egypt, and a spirit of joint collaboration between the government of Alexandria, E-JUST, and IBM was emphasized.

Sunday evening special seminar

2011-12-22

Dr. Mohamed Fanni, who is the associate professor of Mansoura University, will give us a talk on December 25. The title of the talk is "Analysis & Optimum Structure/Control Design of Dynamical System".

Arab Forum is coming on December 27-29

2011-12-21

Arab Forum is coming on December 27-29

"Industrial Applications of Nanotechnology Arab Forum" will be held at Hilton Dream, Dream Land sburb of Cairo From December 27 through 29.

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Nomination as the fellow of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

2011-12-21

Nomination as the fellow of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Prof. Mohamed Ayad, Professor of Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering, was nominated to be a fellow in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The Fellows Program recognizes past service to the Union and facilitates continuing dialogue with individuals active in prior IUPAC programs who are not currently members of any IUPAC body.

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New project, cooperation agreement with ENPPI

2011-12-21

New project, cooperation agreement with ENPPI

On Thursdsy December 15, 2011, Eng. Fakhry Ali Eid, Chairman and CEO of Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI) and President Ahmed Khairy signed a Cooperation Agreement for Research, Training and Development.

Dr. Amr Eltawil presentation at the holding company

2011-12-21

Dr. Amr Eltawil presentation at the holding company

On December 17, 2001, Dr. Amr Eltawil conducted the presentation “ Container Yard Planning Decisions” at the holding Company for Maritime and land Transport. The presentation was attended by over 50 professionals from the company.

December 20 the last day of the public seminar

2011-12-20

On December 20 the last day of the public seminar was held at CSAT. Seven candidates of Master gave presentations.

December 19 the second day of the public seminar

2011-12-19

On December 19 the second day of the public seminar was held at CSAT. Four candidates of Master had the presentations. They are ECE electronics students.

December18 the first day of the public seminar

2011-12-18

On December18 the first day of the public seminar was held at CSAT. Three candidates of Master had the presentations. They are ECE communications students.

"PV Its present & future in arab countries" Workshop on 12/27/2011

2011-12-07

E-JUST invites you to register for the one-day workshop on 27th of December 2011. The workshop title is " Photovoltaic ( PV ) the present and the future in Arab countries." The lecturers are: - Prof. Selah Bedair (USA) - Prof. Yahia Bahnas (Egypt) - Eng. Ibrahim Samak (Germany) - Prof. Teijiro Ichimura (Japan) - Prof. Fouad Abo El-fotuh (Egypt - USA) - Dr. Ahmed Abd Almonein (Egypt) - Prof. Yahia ElMahgary (Egypt - Finland) - Prof. Moataz Soliaman (Egypt) There is a possibility to follow the lectures Live on the Internet. For participating kindly inform (before 17th of December 2011) Ms. Nancy Arrief Email: rrn21@yahoo.com Mobile: (+20) 1223512536

Public Seminar for Graduation of M.Sc. Students, Accepted in Spring 2010

2011-12-15

You are invited to the Public Seminar for Graduation of M.Sc. Students (Spring 2012), / First Batch of M.Sc. students Accepted in Spring 2010 From 18th to 20th of December, 2011. click here for the attached Schedule

Postgraduate Scholarships (Extended)

2011-11-24

The university invites applicants with engineering and science majors to apply for MSc and PhD programs in 7 different disciplines. Scholarships are also available for qualified graduates. (more information)

Regional Conference for Technological Cooperation between Industry and Academic Institutions

2011-12-12

President Ahmed Khairy and E-JUST delegation attended the “Regional Conference for Technological Cooperation between Industry and Academic Institutions”, in Six of October City on November 23-24, 2011. The conference was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, Egyptian Ministry of State for Military Production, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Nano Tech and E-JUST. President Ahmed Khairy provided a keynote speech on behalf of the Minister of Higher Education. Also, he provided the presentation entitled “Roadmap for Enhancing Collaboration between Academia & Industry, E-JUST Prospective “. Dr. Shoukry Shoukry, Chairman of Board of Directors for the Science and Technology Center of Excellence, provided a keynote speech on behalf of the Minister of State for Military Production. Also, he provided the presentation entitled “Cooperation between Industry and Academic Institutions to Build an Economy Based on Knowledge in the Arabic Region”. Dr. Mona Bakr had the presentation “Converging Technologies: Nano, Bio, ICT, Cong.: Its Role to Enhance our Societies & Nanotechnology and its Role to Enhance our Local Industries. E-JUST was selected to be one of the main members of the Network for the Expansion of Convergence Technology in the Arab Region (NECTAR). Other members are UNESCO and Nano Tech. Other universities will be also added . Special thanks to Dr. Bakr for her role in organizing this event.

Academic Vacancies

2011-07-06

The university invites skilled academic staff willing to excel in research and innovation in its areas of interest to apply online now, for details please check our website. Apply now

Vacancies

2011-06-30

Senior Staff and Engineers are required for Technology Department.

MTR Program holds a Weekly Research Seminar for its Students

2010-11-23
Following the Japanese best educational practices, the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Program at E-JUST started an initiation that follows a tradition in the Japanese schools where each department head/professor holds a research seminar on a monthly basis and students get to compete over presenting and illustrating their research activities and proposals in front of their class mates and professors in addition to studying and presenting other research papers from external reputable journals. The professors and program heads then hold a monthly party celebrating the winning students with their colleagues and young staff members with the purpose of strengthening the professors-students relationship as well as relieving the work stress. The MTR program at E-JUST started this initiation with two main activities; research seminar and paper seminar. In a research seminar; the student gets to present his research proposal and share his progress and current status with his colleagues and professors while in a paper seminar; the student selects, study’s and presents a published paper in one of the reputable scientific journal that is related to his research work. With this activity, students will become more familiar with other teams working in their field, understand deeply and get acquainted with the state-of-the-art technologies and findings in this field and may get used of the published data in his paper. Paper seminars are considered a very good opportunity to students in widening their scientific scope and perspective by getting many ideas from different research areas. In both paper and research seminars each student is allowed to give 20 minutes talk + 10 minutes for faculty members and students questions. The Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering graduate program is one of the active programs at E-JUST, with a total of 12 MSc and PhD students enrolled. The program has recently conducted the “Mechatronics Simulation Day” which was done in collaboration with Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) and in partnership with Promech and MSC Software as well as the “Bio-robotics workshop” held in partnership with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). For more information: pr@ejust.edu.eg

Vice Presidents Selection Results

2011-06-11

E-JUST Board of Trustees, in its fourth meeting approved the final nominations of E-JUST president nominees for vice presidents positions. The international call for applications for the vice presidents for E-JUST started on March 8, 2011. A total of 85 applicants submitted their complete applications to the three positions. The applicants CVs and credentials were screened and assessed by a joint Egyptian and Japanese committee, and three candidates for each position were finally interviewed by the joint committee. Based on the outcome of the whole process, E-JUST president nominated three candidates for E-JUST BOT members during their fourth meeting on June 11th, 2011 to obtain their final approval.

The BOT unanimously approved the nomination of the president for the following three candidates:

Professor Ahmed Abdel-Moneim Aly Abo-Ismail Vice President For Academic Affairs and Education (PROVOST)

Professor Ismail I. Gomaa Vice President For Support Services

Dr. Mohamed El-Sharkawy Vice President For Research

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Professor Mostafa El-Sayed lectures at E-JUST

2010-12-28
The Chemicals and Petrochemicals Engineering Program of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) received the distinguished Egyptian scholar Professor Mostafa El-Sayed, Professor at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, where he gave a Lecture entitled: “Confinement Effects on the Nanoscale and some of their Applications” on December 28, 2010 within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). The lecture was attended by all E-JUST students, academic and administrative staff headed by Professor Ahmed Khairy, E-JUST President. Professor El-Sayed shed light on the Nanoscience and the property changes of material on the nanoscale and its confinement effects, where he mentioned the idea of changing the size of a material which changes its properties and thus helps in discovering new materials. Professor El-Sayed highlighted the effects of confining reactions to nano-particles cavities (nanoreactors) which enhance their rates and applications to environmental problems, while confining photons to the size of gold nano-particles, enhance their light scattering properties and absorption rates. Professor El-Sayed also illustrated his newest findings and techniques in using gold-nanoparticles in cancer treatment. They can scatter light very strongly and, if bound to cancer cells, they enable us to detect cancer. Depending on their size and shape, they can also absorb light very strongly and convert it into localized photo thermal heat that can melt attached cancer cells. Gold nanoparticles can act as drugs as well. He also mentioned that metallic gold is more precious on the nanoscale as it reacts and catalyzes different reactions with different shapes, confines reactants to its nanoscale and enhances its catalytic properties, captures resonant photons, strongly absorbed light is converted to heat and heat could be used to destroy unwanted cells. The lecture was concluded with Professor Khairy presenting E-JUST token as a gesture for this memorial event. “We are all honored to have such an eminent and distinguished scholar among our new born University, wishing this could be the beginning of fruitful cooperation”… Professor Khairy stated. Professor El-Sayed received his B.Sc. at Ain Shams U. Cairo, Egypt; Ph.D. at Florida State University; Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology. He was a Faculty member at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA (1961-94) and the Julius Brown Chair and Regents’ Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology (1994-present). He is an Elected Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1980), an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986), an Elected Associate Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences (1984); an Inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. He is an elected Honorary Fellow of the Indian and the Chinese Chemical Societies. He received the King Faisal International Prize in the Sciences an honorary Doctor Degrees from the Colleges of Medicine of both Mansoura and Alexandria Universities in Egypt. He has received a number of national awards such as the Fresenius, the Tolman, the Richard’s, the Lindeman’s and the Seaborg’s Medals as well as other numerous local American Chemical Society sectional awards. In 2002, he received the ACS-APS Langmuir National Award in Chemical Physics and in 2007 he was the Georgia Tech’s distinguished Professor of the year, the Fairchild Professor at Cal Tech and visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkley. Professor El-Sayed Received the 2007 USA National Medal of Science from the President of the United States in 2008 and in 2009 he received the Medal of the Egyptian Republic of the First Class from the President of Egypt.

E-JUST 26th Weekly Seminar: Paving the Way to Quality Research and Development by CSSP

2011-01-09
Being an active promoter of scientific research, E-JUST held its 26th Weekly Seminar entitled” Center for Special Studies and Programs: Paving the Way to Quality Research and Development” on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. The seminar took place within the premises of E-JUST Educational Building at its Housing Complex. The seminar was conducted by Dr. Mohamed El-Faham, Director of the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. Dr. El-Faham is also a Professor and Director of Power Systems Group at the Department of Electrical and Computer Control Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria. The seminar was attended by Professor Youssry El-Gamal, E-JUST BoT Chairperson, Professor Ahmed B. Khairy E-JUST President and E-JUST academics, students and administrative staff. Dr.El-Faham commenced the seminar by presenting a short movie that shed a light on the Bibliotheca’s remarkable achievements during the past 5 years in addition to its outstanding facilities as; internet archive; six specialized libraries; four museums; a planetarium; culturama; VISTA (The Virtual Immersive Science and Technology Applications system); eight academic research centers; fifteen permanent exhibitions; four art galleries; a conference center and a dialogue forum. As stated by Dr. El Faham, the CSSP was established in 2003; it is one of the 8 academic research centers associated to the new Library of Alexandria-Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA).The CSSP’s main targets are to create a network of international research collaborations; support activities that enhance career progressions; sponsor scientific research projects; promote science and technology through public awareness programs. The CSSP hold various scientific events; workshops; conferences and lectures. It’s worth mentioning that the CSSP has held 60 conferences since 2002, finalizing 2010 with 2 important conferences which are TWAS and Bio Vision where E-JUST participated in both events. TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, is an autonomous international organization founded in 1983 in Trieste, Italy, by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan. It was officially launched as the “Third World Academy of Sciences” by the secretary general of the United Nations in 1985 with the mission of promoting scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South. To help TWAS design, disseminate and implement its activities throughout the various regions of the developing world, the Academy has established 5 regional offices. These are hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China; the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt; the African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi, Kenya. As for the latter, Bio Vision Alexandria (BVA) is an international event organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in partnership with the World Life Sciences Forum, Bio Vision. It is a continuation of the tradition that started in Bio Vision 1999 in Lyon, France in which Bio Vision Alexandria Conference was held every even year, alternating with the World Life Sciences Forum held in Lyon every odd year since 2004.The conference focuses on three major themes: Health; Food and Agriculture and Environment. The CSSP has held 18 workshops; the last one was the Biorobotics workshop that was held in cooperation with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), and E-JUST from 13 to 15 December, 2010. The workshop covered different topics in the fields of Robotics and Biorobotics, and gave the attendees the opportunity to comprehend both theories and applications. In addition to the mentioned above, the CSSP, helps researchers and scientists get the best support needed to advance their work through international collaboration. And this takes place under the research grants program that offers Egyptian scientists the opportunity to boost their career in their own institution by providing them with financial support. For more info, please visit It is worth mentioning that the scientists’ achievements after the grants were very fruitful, as a result there were 35 awards given to Egyptian researchers, 39 books and 208 published papers. Bibliotheca Alexandrina exerts great efforts to advance the Egyptian scientific research, aiming to place Egypt on the global map of science, technology and research which coincides with the vision of E-JUST. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

Lessons Learnt from Japan by Professor Aya Maher

2010-12-28
With the attendance of Professor Youssry El-Gamal, E-JUST Board of Trustees Chairperson and Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) received Professor Aya Maher, Professor of Human Resources Management at the American University in Cairo (AUC) & Member of the Educational Committee, Policy Making Secretariat of Egypt, National Democratic Party (NDP) at its 25th weekly seminar on Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Professor Aya shared with E-JUST students and staff her experience during her participation at the “World Youth in Japan” program; an initiation that was made by the government of Japan, where more than 700 youth from all over the world were selected to spend 2 and ½ months in Japan. This initiation was made with the objective of culture exchange and exploring the youth minds in many nationalities and their perspective towards Japanese people and culture. During the trip to Japan, each country had to show their program and exchange their culture “On Ship” in addition to staying with a Japanese family, visiting schools and educational institutions, governmental organizations and industrial enterprises. “During my stay onboard the ship and in Japan, I have learnt a number of lessons which helped in re-shaping my personal and career life ever since” … Professor Aya stated. I learnt to plan ahead and organize every minor detail; 1 hour of planning saves 3 hours of implementation, a big part of the Japanese success is due to their high organizational skills. I learnt to be self-motivated and have a positive thinking; Japanese people could really convert any failure to a trial experience that will lead to success. I learnt how to manage crises effectively; that was during our stay on the ship, where the program heads rang a fake emergency alarm as an alert that the ship was sinking to test the reactions of all cultures in dealing with such a crises; a real reflection and life experience for all your crises management. “Our strength lies in taking care of our family members and loving each other”… Professor Aya stated. In spite of the Japanese fast pace environment, they still preserve the warm and close family relationships; Japanese families are used to gather at tea ceremonies, lunch and dinner gatherings with neighbors on a daily basis where they mingle and share a lot of talks. “There is never something called ‘last opportunity’ or ‘last chance’ as life is full of them” … Professor Aya said. I learnt to have more than one solution and options in various aspects of life; you should always have “Plan B”. As a summary, I learnt a lot from this experience; effective decision making was one of the major inputs, time and crises management, early planning, self motivation and positive thinking, organization, attention to details and effective communication, group and teamwork. “Be a balanced person to live happily and successfully” … Professor Aya stated. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST President participated in the 2nd Japan Arab Economic Forum in Tunisia

2010-12-11
Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President, accompanied by Professor Mohamed ElSharkawy, Chair of E-JUST Research Committee, Eng. Amir Wassef, Advisor to the President for External Relations and Industry Liaison and Professor Ahmed Hamza, Chair of Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering Program, attended the 2nd Japan-Arab Economic Forum held from 11-12 December 2010 in Tunisia. The forum was hosted by the Government of Tunisia on the basis of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the Government of Japan and the League of Arab States (LAS). The Forum was held with the objective of strengthening mutual economic relations between Japan and the Arab countries through cooperation in a wide range of areas including trade, investment, sustainable development, energy, technology and human resource development, in addition to deepening mutual understanding between the public and private sectors in the Arab countries and Japan, and providing new and concrete business opportunities for both sides. The Forum was opened by H.E. Seiji Maehara, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of the Arab States, H.E. Mr. Akihiro Ohata, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, and H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ghannouchi, Prime Minister of Tunisia, and attended by Arab ministers of trade and investment, as well as Arab and Japanese businessmen and trade associations. With the attendance of a wide range of high-level participants as ministers, government officials and businessmen from public and private sectors of both Japan and Arab countries; a diverse discussions and dialogues were addressed between various enterprises leading to many fruitful outcomes as; recognizing and confirming over steps for the development of Japan Arab economic relations and contribution to peace, cooperation in the field of Energy and Environment, cooperation in the field of Human Resources development, Education and Science and Technology and cooperation in the field of Investment, Tourism, Finance and Trade. E-JUST participated at three workshops: IT, High Technology and Satellite, Infrastructure (Construction, Railway, Financing the Infrastructure) and Solar Photovoltaic Power and Solar Thermal Power. The university’s participation at the IT workshop was represented by Professor Ahmed Khairy, where he provided a comprehensive illustration of E-JUST role in linking Egypt and the Arab World to Japan’s Advanced IT and Technology, highlighting E-JUST vision and basic concepts, in addition to the university’s supporting bodies in both Egypt and Japan, whereas Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawy shed a light on the ICT facilities and research centers with some examples of E-JUST ICT projects. E-JUST was also involved in the “Construction, Railways, Financing, and Infrastructure” session; co-chaired by Mr. Tabba’a Former Minister of Industry and Trade in Jordan and Senator in Upper House of Parliament, and Mr. Ichikawa Director of Infrastructure in METI. The address was delivered by Eng. Amir Wassef, were he focused on the role of E-JUST in linking Industry and Academia within the strategic objectives of E-JUST to enhance its social responsibility. The talk focused on the necessary infrastructure and organizational issues necessary to foster links between Government, Academia, Industry and Society as the major stakeholders and partners. Also the E-JUST Foundation was introduced as the main vehicle for the implementation of this role. Additionally all attendants were invited to consider E-JUST as a strategic partner for all Arab and African cooperation with Japan through its extensive network of partnership with the 12 Japanese supporting universities, and good contacts were fostered with JICA, and METI, as well as some of the main financing houses for infrastructure mega-projects. As for the third workshop titled “Solar Photovoltaic Power and Solar Thermal Power”, Professor Ahmed Hamza presented an introduction and background of E-JUST future plans towards the installation of its photovoltaic station which comes within E-JUST belief of being a complete Eco Town by utilizing Japanese new technologies, whereas this power generation station is intended to be the kernel of E-JUST education and research laboratories and thus enhancing photovoltaic green energy image. Professor Hamza also shed a light on the concentration photovoltaic power generation, gained experience with PV in hot arid area, large scale utilization of solar cooling technology, system performance assessment and the gained experience with solar cooling system. Several future projects were also addressed within the Forum. Both sides welcomed the increase of new projects by Japanese private enterprises which were confirmed in the Forum, in addition to the development of the concrete cooperation conducted by Japanese relevant organizations, such as Nippon Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations), Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc (JFTC), the Middle East Research Institution of Japan and Japan Arab Association. For more information on the Forum, click HERE For More Information: pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST represented at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010

2010-12-06
The IEEE GLOBECOM Conference is held annually within the context of Academia-Industry Collaboration; this year, it was held in Miami, Florida, USA from 6-10 December2010. The IEEE Global Communications Conference covers wide areas of mutual interest in the field of communications between academia and industry. It is considered the premier telecommunications event for industry professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world, themed "MIAMI: Moving Into the Age of Mobile Interactivity”. The conference covers the entire range of communications technologies, offering intensive information on the latest developments in voice, data, image, and multimedia. Dr. Mostafa Youssef-Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering represented E-JUST at the IEEE GLOBECOM2010 by publishing two papers titled “CellSense: A Probabilistic RSSI-based GSM Positioning System” and “GAC: Energy-Efficient Hybrid GPS-Accelerometer-Compass GSM Localization”. “Participating in such important conferences is a very good opportunity for researchers and scientists...The published papers go through peer reviewing, which gives us the chance to get feedback and acknowledgments from our peers within the same field, also networking with experts, finding funding agents and enhancing the cooperation between academia and industry” said Dr. Mostafa Youssef. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Mostafa Youssef is a member in the Technical Program Committee of MobiCom, the International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. MobiCom, the International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, is a series of annual conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. MobiCom is considered to be the best conference in these areas, and it is the fifth highest-impact venue in all of Computer Science. The quality of papers published in this conference is very high. The acceptance rate of MobiCom typically around 10%, meaning that only one tenth of all submitted papers make it through the tough peer review filter. Being a research oriented university, E-JUST highly encourages its distinguished researchers and scientists in participating in such prominent conferences where they would be able to address their intelligent ideas and heighten their scientific experience. For more information on IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, click HERE

E-JUST participated at the 6th Annual Meeting of the TWAS-ARO

2010-12-22
Sponsored by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), the Academy of Sciences and Technology (TWAS) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World Arab Region Office (TWAS-ARO), Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), participated at the 6th Annual Meeting of the TWAS-ARO, held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on December 22 and 23, 2010. With the participation of a number of eminent and renowned speakers and scholars as Dr. Mostafa EL-Sayed, Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and Dr. Mohamed Abdou, Director, Energy and Fusion Centers, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, this year’s conference entitled “Linking Research to Industry in the Arab World” aimed at creating cooperation among Arab countries, in addition to exploring ways to improve knowledge transfer between academia and research institutions with industry. Professor Youssry El-Gamal, E-JUST Board of Trustees Chairperson and Former Minister of Education and Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President were on top of E-JUST official delegation accompanied by Eng. Amir Wassef, Advisor to the President for External Relations and Industry Liaison and Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Head of E-JUST Research Committee. The opening session was commenced by Dr. Mohamed El-Faham, CSSP Director with welcome remarks to all speakers and participants followed by 2 videos of Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 5th anniversary and the library’s most remarkable achievements and accomplishments. Chaired by Professor Youssry El-Gamal, the first TWAS session titled “Bridging Research to Industry in the Arab World” was held with the participation of Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, Eng. Amir Wassef, Dr. Rashid Hassan, Director, Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), South Africa University of Pretoria in South Africa/Sudan and Dr. Abdin Saleh, Professor, University of Khartoum. The session aimed at shedding light on the current status of industry and academia relations in Egypt and the Arab World highlighting major challenges, postulates and strategies needed to motivate industrial enterprises to conduct various research projects that leads to economic growth. The session also gave some successful examples of industry and academia cooperation through exploring the experience of establishing; Sekem Company and Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) in Egypt and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) in Sudan. “We need a University for the 21st century; we have to care for nature and for our society”… Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish …. Founder of Sekem Company. “For the industry to contribute in research applications, there should be R & D incentives” … Eng. Amir Wassef Advisor to E-JUST President for External Relations and Industry Liaison The upcoming world threat of water scarcity was comprehensively illustrated within the session by Dr. Abdin Saleh, highlighting the importance of conducting research applications and strategies to overcome the expected war in the Middle East over water not politics. “Water Scarcity should be viewed as an opportunity rather than a constraint to sustainable development” … Dr. Abdin Saleh, Professor, University of Khartoum The next session titled “Industry and Academia Relations: Convergence or Divergence” was chaired by Dr. Elias Baydoun, Professor, Biology Department, American University of Beirut with the participation of Dr. Saad Hasan, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University , Dr. Mohamed Hamdan, Senior Advisor, Arab Open University in Jordan and Mr. Reyad Swafta, President and CEO of Quartek Corporation in Palestine/USA. The session continued addressing the gap between industry and academia in Egypt and the Arab World and recommendations for increasing the contribution of industry to academic research while addressing some serious obstacles as legal issues and governmental policies in order to provide incentives for business funding of academic research. The day was concluded with a panel discussion chaired by Dr. Mohamed Abdou, Director, Energy and Fusion Centers, University of California, Los Angeles entitled “Strengthening the Links between Universities, Science & Technology, R & D Institutions and Industry”. Panel members were; Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President, Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, Founder of Sekem Company, Dr. Rasheed Azzam, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans and Mr. Reyad Sawafta, President and CEO of Quartek Corporation. The panel discussed various issues related to industry and academia relations in the Arab World, most importantly the role of governments, universities, academic institutions and industrial enterprises in promoting for and conducting researches that would lead to economic growth which is mainly driven by innovation. The panel also discussed the major obstacles and challenges young scholars face in applying and implementing their research points as governmental policies and insufficient funding. “To achieve economic growth, 3 elements should be considered; the government, academia and industry, each of which should have a well defined and specified role” … Professor Ahmed B. Khairy. “We have to solve our problems and not wait for help from abroad, we have great mental abilities that should be well employed” … Mr. Reyad El-Sawafta. “The main role of academia is social innovation …. Students should learn what is research, and learn how to catalyze and solve” … Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish. “Science has no nationality” … Dr. Rasheed Azzam. The panel was concluded with an open discussion between the panel members and the audience ended with an announcement by Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish and Mr. Reyad El-Sawafty in declaring the willingness of their reputable corporations in providing 10 research grants for eminent and distinguished young researchers. A final summary was given by the Chair, Dr. Mohamed Abdou highlighting the elements of creating the real prosperity in the Arab World through; universities (having the brain power), industry (having the fund) and government (providing the support). “I would like to encourage all youth, don’t be depressed, you can do a lot” … Dr. Mohamed Abdou. Next day of the TWAS conference witnessed having the distinguished scholar and speaker Dr. Mostafa El-Sayed, Professor at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, where he gave a Lecture entitled: “Beating Cancer Cells to Death with Gold Nanoparticles in More than One Way”. Dr. El-Sayed shed light on the newest findings and techniques in using gold-nanoparticles in cancer treatment. They can scatter light very strongly and, if bound to cancer cells, they enable us to detect cancer. Depending on their size and shape, they can also absorb light very strongly and convert it into localized photo thermal heat that can melt attached cancer cells. Gold nanoparticles can act as drugs as well. TWAS , the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, is an autonomous international organization founded in 1983 in Trieste, Italy, by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan. It was officially launched as the “Third World Academy of Sciences” by the secretary general of the United Nations in 1985 with the mission of promoting scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South. To help TWAS design, disseminate and implement its activities throughout the various regions of the developing world, the Academy has established 5 regional offices. These are hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China; the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt; the African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi, Kenya

Appointments of E-JUST Academic Leadership

2011-01-05
Professor Ahmed Khairy, President of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), announced on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 the appointment of the first vice-president and deans at E-JUST university as follows; Professor Ahmed Abo Ismail as the Acting Vice President, Education and Academic Affairs & Acting Dean, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Professor Mohamed El-Sayed Ragab as Dean, School of Electronics, Communications and Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawy as Dean, E-JUST Centers of Excellence. The decree is effective as of December 30, 2010. Professor Ahmed Abo Ismail is a professor of Automatic Control and has been appointed as the Acting Chairperson of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering program at E-JUST since 2009. Prior to joining E-JUST, Professor Abo Ismail served as the Dean of Faculty of Engineering in Assiut University from 2003 to 2006 and from 2000 to 2003 he was the Vice-Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. Professor Abo Ismail established the “Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering” Educational Program in Assiut University in 2006, he also established the “Engineering Education Development Center” as Center of Excellence at Assiut University in 2004. Professor Abo Ismail was the Manager of the Project “Development of Mechatronics Courses for Undergraduate Program” DMCUP Project- HEEPF Grant A-085-10, Ministry of Higher Education – Egypt, 2004-2006.read more Professor Mohamed El-Sayed Ragab is a Professor of Electronics and Communications at E-JUST. Professor Ragab was appointed on August 2008, by the Minister of Higher Education in Egypt, as a member of the Executive Committee for establishing E-JUST, about one and half year before the official soft-opening of the new born university. He has formerly served as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria University Egypt. Later he served as a Professor in Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon September 2002-September 2006. From October 1986 to July 1987, he was a visiting Assistant Professor at Institute National Poltytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), Grenoble, France. read more Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawy is a Professor of Electronics and Communications at E-JUST. He assumed his duties in 2009. He is the Chair of E-JUST Research Committee. Professor Sharkawy is responsible of establishing three research centers at E-JUST: Alexandria Smart City Center using high performance cloud computing, Wireless Research Center and Alexandria Regional Nontechnology Research Center. read more All E-JUST community deeply congratulates E-JUST eminent academics wishing more of fruitful achievements and accomplishments.

Visiting Professors from Japan: Intensive 2-months Courses for MTR Students

2010-12-08
Within the context of the mutual cooperation between Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and the consortium of 12 top ranked universities and institutions in Japan, the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Department at E-JUST received Dr. Salvatore Sessa – Assistant Professor at Waseda University in Japan, Department of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering for a 2 months PBL (Project Based Learning) course. This visit is a continuation for the intensive lectures held by Dr. Sessa on micro-controllers during his first visit to the premises E-JUST in October 2010. As described by Dr. Sessa, a micro-controller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals. Micro-controllers are used in automatically controlled products and devices, such as automobile engine control systems, implantable medical devices, remote controls, office machines, appliances, power tools, and toys. By reducing the size and cost compared to a design that uses a separate microprocessor, memory, and input/output devices, microcontrollers make it economical to digitally control even more devices and processes.. In other words, “Micro-controllers are the intelligent connections between the sensors and actuators” … Dr. Sessa stated. Speaking about E-JUST students, Dr. Sessa commended on their high level performance, retention and curiosity in absorbing the material studied, where brainstorming sessions and discussions are conducted frequently and each student is required to study an international journal or conference to get more ideas to be used in their research proposals. “The retention of E-JUST students is really impressive, I believe they really have very high potentials” … Dr. Sessa stated. As one of the course objectives, students are currently working on a project on the electromyography EMG); a technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles., The students are expected, by the end of this course, to learn how to use the microcontroller and the EMG technique in designing an “Artificial Hand” for people with physical disability. Speaking about the establishment of the first University holding Japan's name in Egypt, Dr. Sessa described E-JUST as a promising project by saying “E-JUST is a symbol of strong collaboration between Egypt and Japan, I believe opening a Japanese University in Egypt is a golden opportunity for new intellectuals to help nourish both economies” … said Dr. Sessa. The Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Graduate Program is one of the active programs at E-JUST, with a total of 12 MSc and PhD students enrolled. The Department has recently conducted the “Mechatronics Simulation Day” which was done in collaboration with Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) and in partnership with Promech and MSC Software and is currently in the process of preparing for the “Bio-robotics Workshop” planned to be held in December 2010 in partnership with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).

How to make Robots Emulate or Simulate Living Biological Organisms at the Joint Biorobotics Workshop

2010-12-15
With the participation of eminent speakers in the field of mechatronics and robotics engineering from Egypt and Japan and a number of elite students and professors from eminent Egyptian universities; Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) in collaboration with the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Academy of Sciences for Developing World (TWAS) held the Biorobotics Workshop from December 13 – 15, 2010. The first 2 days were held within the premises of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, while the 3rd day was hosted at E-JUST temporary location of Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) in New Borg El-Arab City. Day 1 was commenced with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 5th anniversary video followed by welcome remarks by Dr. Mohamed El-Faham, CSSP Director highlighting the importance of the field of biorobotics as a new emerging and deeply interdisciplinary field that could be used for various scientific tools and applications. The first session was conducted by Professor Minoru Asada, Professor of Mechanical Engineering for Computer-Controlled Machinery at Osaka University where he presented an illustration about the various “Real Robot Leagues” focusing on the “RoboCup ”. As described by Professor Asada; the “RoboCup”is an international research and education initiative. It is an attempt to foster intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as being used for integrated project-oriented education. “RoboCup is a landmark project to set a goal high enough so that a series of technical breakthroughs is necessary to accomplish the task, this set of technologies should form the foundation of the next generation of industries”… Professor Asada stated. For this purpose, RoboCup chose to use “Soccer Game” as a primary domain, and organizes RoboCup (originally called “The Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences”, now called “RoboCup World Championship and Conference”). In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies must be incorporated including: design principles of autonomous agents, multi-agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning, robotics and sensor-fusion. RoboCup is a task for a team of multiple fast-moving robots under a dynamic environment. Professor Asada also shed a light on the RoboCup Junior Leagues; a project-based educational robotics activity for students up to age 19 which are competitions designed to reach creative young minds with a range of interests and skills emphasizing cooperative problem solving. The RoboCup Junior has 3 leagues; the Rescue, Soccer and Dance league. The second session titled “Future Robotics” by Professor Asada, discussed the next generation robot industry in Japan in general and in Osaka specifically. Faced with the major challenges of the aging of society, the falling of the birth rate and the declining population, Professor Asada mentioned Japan’s increasing need to utilize robots in fields such as nursing care and welfare; where under such circumstances, government councils such as the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy and the Council for Science and Technology Policy are focusing on robots as priority issue. With such political significance of robots, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is advancing technological development and improvement of the robot market environment, which are slated as two pillars of its robot industry. Day 2 was also commenced by Professor Asada where he discussed the “Cognitive Development Robotics (CDR)” and its core idea. The CDR as explained by Professor Asada aims at understanding human cognitive developmental process by synthetic or constructive approaches, where its core idea is “Physical Embodiment” that enables information structuring through interactions with the environment including other agents. Several CDR design issues were presented; as the kinds of capabilities or structures that should be embedded, how to set up the environment so that robots embedded therein can gradually adapt themselves to more complex tasks in more dynamic situations and the temporal development structure. Several videos and simulations were displayed illustrating the Visuo-Tactile Face Representation through Self-induced motor and Vowel Acquisition by Maternal Imitation. Last day sessions were conducted by Professor Hiroshi Yamakawa, Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University and Dr. Sessa Selvatore, Adjunct Professor at the Program of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering at E-JUST. The day began with welcome remarks by Professor Ahmed B. Khairy – E-JUST President to all attendees in addition to congratulatory note by Dr. Mohamed El-Fahham, Director of the CSSP at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to Professor Khairy for winning E-JUST President Selection competition with a consensus of votes and being appointed as the first President of E-JUST University. The opening session was followed by a documentary movie about E-JUST. The first session was conducted by Professor Yamakawa, where he discussed the “Proposition of New Concept of Plant Type Robots and Development” which aims at adding functions which plants do not have, sensing environment and entertainment. Several modules were illustrated during the presentation as the leaf and branch module, stem and leaf module, root module (with its development phases) and the fruit and flower module. The session was followed by Dr. Salvatore Sessa’s presentation titled “Inertial Measurement Units and their applications for Human Performance Analysis” which aims at developing an Objective Skill Training System that helps in the skill evaluation and quantitative feedback, implementation in reality training, VR training and operation room, assist clinical diagnosing and treatment and being adaptive for multiple medical applications. “Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) are a very promising frontier on the wearable and reliable Motion Capture system as it can be virtually used everywhere” … Dr. Sessa stated. The workshop was concluded with a group photo of all participants following a guided tour by Dr. Ahmed Ramadan, E-JUST Assistant Professor among the university’s Mechatronics and Robotics laboratories. For more information, please contact pr@ejust.edu.eg

Ahmed B. Khairy is announced 1st E-JUST President

2010-12-02
E-JUST Board of Trustees held its 3rd meeting within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). E-JUST Presidential Selection topped the agenda of the meeting, where Professor Youssry El-Gamal Bot Chairperson and former Minister of Education announced Professor Ahmed Bahaa Eldin Khairy E-JUST Acting President as the 1st President by a consensus of votes. This announcement is considered the third and final step of the selection process; an experience to be considered one of its kind in Egypt, as for the first time a governmental university president is selected through a joint committee between two countries; Egypt and Japan, as stated in the establishing convention of the University. The committee, headed by Professor El-Gamal and a jury consisted of 6 distinguished academics from Egypt and Japan, screened dozens of candidates applications from all over the world, on the basis of four key criteria, as the following: scientific competence and professional competence, research and international relations. This stage was followed by personal interviews of the candidates by the Selection Committee and, accordingly the final ranking of candidates was determined, and finally the Selection Committee presented the names to the Board of Trustees at its 3rd meeting to vote on and they declared Professor Ahmed B. Khairy as the 1st E-JUST University President. Professor Khairy is a university professor and an industrial expert in Production Technology and Management, with more than 33 years of extensive and varied experiences in advising and managing, at senior level, a wide range of activities and projects in academia and industry. He was as a managing Director for two small-scale enterprise projects for 5 years, supported by the Social Development Fund of Egypt, and as chief coordinator of a large-scale enterprise for 4 years. He serves as a Prime Consultant to the Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Technological Development, Ministry of Investment, and Ministry of Economy, Minister of International Cooperation and the Holding Company of Pharmaceuticals. He was Egypt’s Cultural Counselor and Director of Education Bureau in Canada for three years (2001-2004), setting on many top-management positions in academia and higher education, also served as the First Undersecretary of State for Cultural Affairs and Missions, Ministry of Higher Education (2004-2008) and conducted a reform and modernization strategy to the whole sector. He was appointed in August 2008 to chair the Executive Committee of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), a novel state university in Egypt in partnership with Japan, leading, as a project manager, and as E-JUST Acting President in February 2010. Professor El-Gamal commenced the 3rd BoT meeting by his Welcome Statement acknowledging the progress that E-JUST achieved within the past six months and expressing his hopes for this university to help in maintaining a long standing partnership between the two countries and to be a world-class university following the best practices of our Japanese partners. Then, he introduced and welcomed the new BoT members; Mr. Kiyoshi Kodera, JICA Vice President, and Mr. Nobuo Fujishima, Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This meeting witnessed voting on selecting Mr. Kodera as BoT Vice Chairperson. The meeting was attended by the BoT members, from the Egyptian side; Professor Youssry El-Gamal – BoT Chairperson and former Minister of Education, H.E. Dr. Mervat El-Tallawy – Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor Hind Hanafy – President of Alexandria University, Professor Essam El-Kordi – Secretary General, Education Development Fund (EDF), Professor Hassan Nadir Kheirallah – Representative of the Ministry of Higher Education and Secretary General of BoT, and Dr. Mohamed El-Faham -on behalf of Dr. Ismail Serag Eldin-Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria. From the Japanese side; H.E. Norihiro Okuda– Ambassador of Japan to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr. Nobou Fujishima– Director General of International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Mr.Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Professor Setsuo Arikawa – President of Kyushu University, Professor Katsuhiko Shirai-Former President of Waseda University, Professor Hiroshi Matsumoto- President of Kyoto University through the video conference, and Mr. Tatsushi Nakagawa– on behalf of Mr. Mikio Sasaki, Chairperson Mitsubishi Corporation.

E-JUST signs MoU with the Ministry of Trade & Industry

2010-12-19
Under the auspices and attendance of H.E. Eng. Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed, Minister of Trade and Industry, and the attendance of their Excellencies, Dr. Hatem El-Gabaly, Minister of Health, Dr. Hany Helal, Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research and Mr. Dominik Furgler, Ambassador of Switzerland to Egypt, E-JUST signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Technology and Innovation Council, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Egypt on December 19, 2010. Represented by Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President and Mr. Ahmed Samy, Chairman of the Technology and Innovation Council, the MoU was signed for the “Development of the Technical Textile Unit with the Japanese Technology”. The signing ceremony comes within the initiation of the Technology and Innovation Council for “Empowering Industry through Innovation and Technology”. Four protocols have been signed with the American University in Cairo (AUC), Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT), Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), the Swiss Embassy on behalf of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The ceremony was commenced with welcome remarks and introductory presentation by Mr. Ahmed Samy highlighting in brief the main activities and strategies of the establishment of the Technology and Innovation Council, working as a strategic umbrella for technology and innovation transfer within the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Egypt. Mr. Samy highlighted the initiative for signing an MoU with E-JUST for establishing an industrial development unit for technical textile, textile fabric, dyeing and finishing with Japanese technology saying that such an initiation is expected to bring further fruitful success in developing a new range of high value-added products, promotion of knowledge-based textile industry, increasing the productivity and efficiency of the textile industry supply chain and enabling the textile industry to enhance its exports portfolio. Prior to the signing protocols, keynote speeches were stated by their Excellencies expressing their gladness and expected fruitful success and development. “I would like to congratulate the government of Egypt for this initiation and happy for Switzerland to share in this, we invest in public infrastructure, private sector development and work on improving international competitiveness” … H.E. Mr. Dominik Furgler, Ambassador of Switzerland to Egypt. “What we’re witnessing today, is the integration between science applications and government policies” … H.E. Dr. Hatem El-Gabaly, Minister of Health. “We believe that innovation is a key factor for our economy to be a knowledge-based economy, and I’m glad to see the new born E-JUST is on board on such an initiation” … H.E. Dr. Hany Helal, Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research. “Our motto is … {whatever we do is not enough} … we’re launching together this very important initiation with the objective of putting professors and faculty members into industry, we’re working on integrating the minds of Egyptian industry in terms of scientific research and the minds of academia in terms of industry” … H.E. Eng. Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed, Minister of Trade and Industry.

World’s Energy Situation at E-JUST 24th Weekly Seminar

2010-12-21
E-JUST held its 24th Weekly Seminar titled “The World Energy Situation and the Role of Renewable Energy Sources and Advanced Nuclear Technologies in Solving the Energy and Environmental Problems”. This Seminar comes within the frame of E-JUST concern with the energy status and problems all over the globe and especially in Egypt, Africa and the Arab region.on December 19, 2010. The Seminar was conducted by Professor Mohamed Abdou- Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Energy Science and Technology (CESTAR), University of California - Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Seminar took place within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). Prior to the Seminar, Professor Mohamed Abdou discussed with Professor Youssry El-Gamal, E-JUST BoT Chairperson, Professor Ahmed B.Khairy E-JUST President and E-JUST academics, the different research projects that could be conducted through E-JUST which could help in increasing E-JUST’s contribution to the understanding of energy matters. Professor Abdou provided a comprehensive illustration about the world’s energy situation and how renewable energy as solar energy, wind energy and more specifically nuclear energy could help in finding solutions to the major environmental and energy problems. He explained that the energy problem is global and that is due to the increase in the world’s population, hence, higher energy consumption. Professor Abdou mentioned that the real problem is the economic, environmental, security risks of fossil fuel dependence. “80% of energy is generated by burning fossil fuels causing the climate change and debilitating pollution...Carbon dioxide levels have been rising over the past the decades..We are provoking the atmosphere!!” said Professor Abdou. Meeting the energy challenge and reducing the Green House gas emission requires pursuing a diversified portfolio approach: • Improve energy efficiency • Expand use of existing “clean” energy sources (e.g. nuclear and renewable sources – solar, wind, etc.) • Develop technologies to reduce impact of fossil fuels use (e.g. carbon capture and sequestration) • Develop major new (clean) energy sources (e.g. fusion) • Develop alternate (synthetic) fuels and electrical energy storage for transportation He reviewed the evolution of nuclear power and the current nuclear energy research objectives that mainly tackle the means of extending the life of currently operating plants from 40 years to beyond 60 years. He also highlighted the importance of the advanced nuclear technologies and that the nuclear power must remain a key part of our energy portfolio.” The United States of America currently has 104 nuclear power plants, 1 more under construction and 9 additional are planned” added Professor Abdou. In conclusion, the Seminar addressed how energy plays a critical role in economic prosperity, national security and environmental quality. Professor Mohamed Abdou was a graduate of the 1st batch of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. He received his PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin and worked as Department Head at Argonne National Laboratory and Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology prior to joining UCLA. Professor Abdou is one of the world’s most recognized leaders of fusion science and technology. For more detailed CV, please visit E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST 23rd Weekly Seminar discussed Leading Change and Communication

2010-12-14
Understanding the fact that change is the only constant and how the entire world is encountering changes in all aspects, E-JUST held its 23rd Weekly Seminar entitled “Leading Change and Communication 2.0 Bye Bye Complexity..Hello Simplicity” on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. The seminar took place within the premises of E-JUST Educational Building at its Housing Complex. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Donath Markus - Senior Expert Capacity and Organizational Development, Program of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Egypt. Since 1956, GTZ has been implementing many different projects in all parts of the country on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). GTZ also works on behalf of other German public-sector clients and international organizations. The seminar focused on the changes which the markets are undertaking as globalization and digitalization and the correct and innovative management methodologies and proper communication techniques that help in following the path of change. Mr. Donath highlighted the importance of academia-industry cooperation in tackling market challenges and evaluating different strategic scenarios. Moreover, Mr. Donath presented the 8 steps required for leading change as follows; • Create sense of urgency: which means promoting for the idea of change and convincing everyone with the need of major improvements and to look forward for something new, different and better. • Pull together the guiding team: meaning that inspiring people to change needs leaders with a combination of management and leadership skills. • Create a change vision and strategy: A specific and well-written vision will help the industrial organization to consolidate and know where it’s heading and what to focus on. • Communicate for buy in: Many change attempts fail due to the lack of proper communication techniques, therefore, communication needs to be simple, actionable and reach far enough into the organization. • Empower others to realize the change vision: It’s important to empower employees and make them feel they can influence the vision and get them attached to the critical issues otherwise they would feel ineffective and powerless. • Produce short term wins: Change takes a long time so it’s better to produce short term wins as recognition makes employees focus on the vision. • Don’t let up- consolidate your success: Consolidating gains is important. With highlighting wins and them up together to a greater one, employees with feel the change within the organization. • Anchor change in culture: The organization’s culture must reflect the new change; otherwise employees might suggest going back to the “old way”. The seminar was concluded by explaining the different challenges that could face the organization that is seeking change and how commitment is the basic ingredient in the recipe of success. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST President attends 2nd Japan-Arab Economic Forum in Tunisia

2010-12-11
Professor Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST President, leaves to Tunisia to attend the 2nd Japan-Arab Economic Forum; accompanied by a high-level delegation including E-JUST distinguished academics and consultants. The 2nd Japan-Arab Economic Forum will take place from 11-12 December, 2010. This Forum aims at strengthening the Arab-Japan economic relations through cooperation in vital fields as trade and investment, energy, technology and human resources development. On the first day, a ministerial-level meeting will be held with the participation of both public and private sectors, in which they will discuss ways to deepen economic relations in close coordination between both sectors. On the second day, the main actors of the program will be the private sector, and sector-based seminars are expected to deepen discussions.

E-JUST participates in Biorobotics Workshop

2010-12-13
In cooperation with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), E-JUST organizes the Biorobotics Workshop from 13 to 15 December, 2010. It is a three-day workshop; the first two days will take place within the premises of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and will be finalized on the 3rd day at E-JUST Mechatronics laboratories. Biorobotics is a term that loosely covers the fields of cybernetics, bionics and even genetic engineering as a collective study. Biorobotics is often used to refer to a real subfield of robotics: studying how to make robots that emulate or simulate living biological organisms mechanically or even chemically. The welcome note will be addressed by Professor Youssry El-Gamal, Chairperson, E-JUST Board of Trustees and Former Minister of Education; the sessions will be conducted by prominent academics as Professor Hiroshi Yamakawa of Waseda University, Japan, Professor Minoru Asada of Osaka University, Dr. Ahmed Ramadan, Assistant Professor, E-JUST Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering and Dr. Salvatore Sessa of E-JUST/Waseda University. The workshop will cover different topics in the fields of Robotics and Biorobotics, giving the attendees the opportunity to comprehend both theories and applications. For more information, please contact pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST Academics Awarded for Scientific Contribution

2010-11-01
Scientific research is believed to have a major goal and a positive impact on people’s lives in different fields; creating a better life for mankind. From this point, Professor Mohamed Ayad-Professor of Physical Chemistry at E-JUST Chemicals and Petrochemicals Engineering program- and Dr. Mostafa Youssef- Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering were awarded for their scientific achievements in the fields of Chemistry and Computer Science. Professor Ayad was awarded by Misr EL kheir Foundation for his scientific contribution in one of the global challenges we are facing now which is pollution. Misr El kheir is a civil foundation established in Egypt under the auspices of Dr. Ali Gommaa-Grand Mofti-, the foundation is mainly involved with charity and enhancement of scientific research in Egypt believing that it is the roadmap for nations’ development. Professor Ayad’s research topic was” Determination of Air Pollution Specifically Volatile Organic Compounds such as Chlorinated Hydrocarbon, Amines and Alcohols in the Vapor State”. The research dealt with the different sources of air pollution, how to control it, and the development of new technology for detecting pollution in industrials areas. “This appreciation promotes young researchers’ enthusiasm and encourages teamwork” said Professor Ayad. He also mentioned that he expects promising outcome from the researches to be conducted through E-JUST Chemicals and Petrochemicals Engineering program, highlighting the importance of petrochemicals as they are involved in many fields in our lives as; polymers, detergents and other significant industries. This award comes after Professor’s Ayad visit to University of Rivera I Virgili, Tarragona where he was invited to address a seminar to MSc students entitled ‘Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Master Program’ and to participate in an International Multidisciplinary Seminar Program of the Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Notably, Professor Ayad was awarded the State Incentive Award in Chemistry in 1995 and as the Highly Cited Professor in Tanta University through the 2nd International Conference for Scientific Research Development 2009. Within the same context, Dr. Mostafa Youssef received the TWAS-AAS-Microsoft 2010 Award for Young Scientists. This award is given by 3 distinguished and internationally-recognized scientific entities: Microsoft Research, the academy of sciences for the developing world (TWAS), the academy of sciences for the developing world, and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the award ceremony will take place in Kenya in February, 2011. They have established the TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists for three-year period to recognize young scientists working and living in Africa whose research in computer science has had, or could have, a positive impact in the developing world. Dr. Mostafa Youssef ‘s research in computer science was able to address developing countries’ needs in enhancing health care using mobile devices, dealing with adequate infrastructure, promoting communication in rural areas, enhancing the economy, and increasing highly educated human capacity. “This award highlights that we are on the right track. And recognition is always good, it feels good that the researches benefit people and affect their lives positively” mentioned Dr. Mostafa Youssef. “It worth mentioning that the IT sector in Egypt is booming now and the computer science research conducted at E-JUST will definitely contribute in the rise of this promising sector.” said Dr. Mostafa Youssef. Dr. Mostafa Youssef was awarded the Invention of the Year Award from the Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Maryland for the Horus work, April 2004 and Second place winner, ACM SIGMobile undergraduate student research competition in the Fifteenth ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom’09) Our sincere and heartfelt congratulations for the distinguished achievements!

Japanese Mission to E-JUST: Joint Preparations for opening IESM Program

2010-11-01
Following the visit of E-JUST academic staff affiliation to Tokyo Institute of Technology (TOKYO TECH) in early October 2010, E-JUST Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM) program received Professor Junishi Lijima – Head of the Industrial Engineering and Management department at TOKYO TECH and Professor Yoshio Saito – Senior Professor at the Industrial Engineering and Management department at TOKYO TECH for a 4 day visit from November 1 to November 4, 2010. This visit comes within the joint preparations of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and its counterpart in Japan for opening the new Engineering discipline “Industrial Engineering and Systems Management” in February 2011. Outcomes of E-JUST academic affiliation program have been presented to Professor Ahmed B. Khairy – E-JUST Acting President, where conclusions were drawn and recommendations were discussed. A curriculum meeting was held where all the program curriculum and remarks were comprehensively conferred and discussed in details, followed by scheduling tasks required for opening the program, setting a blue print for the operations processes and phases and discussing and placing in action all equipment and software priority list. In addition, the program research agenda was discussed and linked to the mission, vision and objectives of the program, whereas a tentative schedule for further visits of Japanese professors to E-JUST was also provided by Professor Lijima. Within the framework and plan of the formulation of the program’s research directions and tracks that will be considered, a tour within the industrial zone of Borg El-Arab City was organized for the Japanese visitors. The delegation was received by the Vice Chair of Pharco Corporation, Dr. Sherine Helmy and the CEO Dr. Abduallah Molokhia during the delegation’s visit to the “European Egyptian Pharmaceuticals” company. Another visit was to “Toshiba El-Araby” complex in Quesna, Banha, where the delegation was received by Eng. Medhat El-Araby – Chief Strategy Officer. The Industrial Engineering and Systems Management program is one of E-JUST Engineering disciplines, planned to start in February 2011 with the objectives of developing and enhancing interdisciplinary skills and integrated team work to develop sound creative and incorporated solutions to existing problems, create proactively creative systems to improve competitiveness, focus on international business integration and global development, improving the competitive advantage and establish long lasting and effective co-operation with other national and international research institutes, universities and industry. For more information: industrial.graduate@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST IESM Academics in Japan

2010-10-03
Within the framework of the mutual cooperation between Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and the Japanese Supporting Universities Consortium (JSUC) – a consortium of 12 top ranked universities and educational institutions in Japan, Dr. Amr El-Tawil – Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management at E-JUST and Dr. Nermine Harraz – Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM) at E-JUST paid a visit to the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IESM) at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TOKYO TECH) in Japan from October 3 to 15, 2010. The visit comes within E-JUST joint preparations with its counterpart in Japan for opening E-JUST new Engineering discipline “Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM)” in February 2011. Strategic meetings were held with JSUC representatives where further means of cooperation in conducting joint research work and co-supervision of E-JUST graduate students, in addition to highlighting opportunities of research grants to E-JUST were on top of the agenda of discussions with the Japanese counterpart. The visit was interspersed with curriculum meetings, research seminars and visits of laboratories as the ergonomics and eye tracking research lab, manufacturing science and technology lab, precision and micro-forming technology, cold welding amorphous carbon film application in cutting tool coating, intelligent and integrated manufacturing lab and nano/micro structure fabrication of metal surfaces using nano plastic forming, coating and roller imprinting processes. On the side lines of the visit, Dr. El-Tawil and Dr. Harraz observed some classes held by Japanese professors illustrating topics as the strategies and systems of innovation, ergonomics of structures and system design, IT value in practice and the process/environment management. E-JUST academic delegation also got the opportunity to pay some industrial visits to “Daikin Industry” – the leading air conditioners manufacturer in Japan and the second worldwide and “NTT Docomo” – the number one mobile service provider in Japan; where an upcoming visit of TOKYO TECH Professors to E-JUST is expected by early November to finalize further arrangements and preparations for the program opening. The Industrial Engineering and Systems Management program is one of E-JUST Engineering disciplines, planned to start in February 2011 with the objectives of developing and enhancing interdisciplinary skills and integrated team work to develop sound creative and incorporated solutions to existing problems, create proactively creative systems to improve competitiveness, focus on international business integration and global development, improving the competitive advantage and establish long lasting and effective co-operation with other national and international research institutes, universities and industry. For more information: industrial.graduate@ejust.edu.eg

Third Meeting of E-JUST Board of Trustees

2010-12-02
Within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT), E-JUST Board of Trustees will hold its third meeting on Thursday, December 2, 2010. This meeting comes after 6 months of the Board’s last meeting on June 2, 2010. Voting over and announcing the University President comes on top of the discussions agenda of the third BoT meeting. The president selection committee is expected to report on the president selection process which has started in September 2010 by announcing the shortlisted applicants and interviews results to be voted over by the rest of the Board members and announcing the winning candidate. Several items of the university’s activities and operations for the past 6 months will be raised for discussion, most importantly will be addressing the status of the university’s permanent campus construction and reviewing the university’s academic, technical and promotional plans. On the side lines of the meeting, Professor Youssry El-Gamal – E-JUST BoT Chairperson will introduce the two newly joined members (Ex-Officio) who have been appointed recently to the rest of the board members; H.E. Mr. Norihiro Okuda – Ambassador of Japan to the Arab Republic of Egypt and Mr. Nobuo Fujishima - Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Members of E-JUST Board of Trustees were selected to comprise a number of eminent figures in both Egypt and Japan in a matter that would serve E-JUST main objective of being established under the best practices of the Egyptian and Japanese educational methods. Worth mentioning, the first Board of Trustees meeting was held in February, 11, 2010 within the premises of the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers at the Smart Village, Cairo under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Ahmed Nazif - Prime Minister of Egypt.

Google Seeks Talented Researchers at E-JUST 21st Weekly Seminar “Google University Programs for Staff and Students”

2010-11-23
As part of E-JUST continuous efforts of enriching its students with the most updated and advanced methods of research and engineering, E-JUST held its 21st Weekly Seminar titled “Google University Programs for Staff and Students” on Tuesday, November23, 2010. The Seminar took place within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). The Seminar was attended by Professor Youssry El-Gamal, E-JUST BoT Chairperson, E-JUST distinguished academics, administrative staff and students. Ms. Noha Salem, Google University Relations Manager for Middle East and North Africa, started the seminar by explaining Google’s interest in outreaching talented researchers and building a bridge of cooperation between Google and E-JUST. Ms. Salem presented the various programs that Google offers for academics such as contracting with superstar researchers, web technology workshops that aim at increasing the awareness about cloud computing and other technologies that go along with it, sponsoring researchers to attend international conferences, enrolling at Google fellowship programs, attending Google University Access Programs(GUAP). And as for students, Google has a variety of programs as organizing Developers Days G-Egypt which E-JUST Computer Science students are participating in within the coming period, Google Campus Ambassador Program, Google Internship Program, ANITA Scholarship for ladies, sponsoring Graduation Projects related to computer science in addition to Job/Career fairs. Ms. Salem stressed on the importance of engaging the MENA region in the field of online business and Google’s interest to see more research in the Middle East and Africa. “More effort is needed to promote the idea of online business and time is ripe for the MENA region to be seen internationally in this field” stated Professor El-Gamal while discussing with Ms. Salem and the audience the importance of online business. For more information checkGoogle Programs E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST Delegation heading back from Japan

2010-10-05
With the participation of approximately 1000 leading scientists, policymakers, business leaders and media leaders from 104 countries, regions and international organizations, Professor Youssry El-Gamal – E-JUST Board of Trustees Chairperson and Professor Ahmed Khairy- Acting President of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) are back from Japan joining a high level Egyptian delegation, after attending the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum held in Kyoto, Japan from October 3 to October 5, 2010. On behalf of H.E. Dr. Hany Helal – Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research, the Egyptian delegation was headed by Professor Maged El-Sherbini – President of the Academy for Scientific Research and membership of; Professor Hind Hanafy – President of Alexandria University, Professor Aly El-Shafaei – Executive Director of Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Dr. Ismail Serag El-Din – Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina and an official delegation from the Bibliotheca. The Forum aimed at creating a global human network based on trust and providing a framework for open discussions regarding the further progress of science and technology for the benefit of humankind, while controlling ethical, safety and environmental issues resulting from their application: “The Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology.” The Forum also addressed the necessity of keeping possible risks under proper control based on shared values, and to establish a common base for promoting science and technology to ensure further progress in this field throughout the 21st century. One of the key outcomes of the Forum was shedding a light on the importance of the collaboration among academia, industry, philanthropy and government contributes to maintaining economic and social vitality. The Forum also addressed the essential role of universities and research institutions in providing basic research, advanced results of R&D stimulating innovation, as well as science and engineering education, where universities are considered the hub that links the humanities and science, promoting critical thinking and preparing students to be responsible global citizens, in addition to supporting education and research and local entrepreneurs creating spin-offs for capacity-building in developing countries. On the side lines of the visit, Professor El-Gamal conducted a meeting with Arata Isozaki; first prize winner of E-JUST International Architectural Competition over designing the University campus, to discuss the development plan and the operational phases of the campus design, while a visit from Isozaki to Egypt is expected soon to meet and finalize the agreement with the Ministry of Higher Education and the Education Development Fund (EDF) of Egypt. Another visit was to Kyoto University to discuss conducting the research points of a number of E-JUST students at Kyoto University where a schedule and clear timetable for each student has been set based on the students research proposals and prepared in coordination with the supervising committee of professors from Egypt and Japan which includes conducting phases of the student's research points in Japan. The visit was concluded with a meeting at the office of Japan Foundation in Kyoto to discuss possible means of collaboration between the foundation and E-JUST in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Establishment of an office for the Japan Foundation in Borg El-Arab City in Alexandria was one of the raised issues during the discussions and still under study from both sides.

Workshop and Lectures conducted by Japanese Professors at E-JUST

2010-11-16
Within the framework of the mutual cooperation between Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and the consortium of 12 top ranked universities and institutions in Japan, the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Department at E-JUST received Dr. Kiyotaka Iwasaki – Associate Professor at Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Mechanical Engineering Department and Professor Shuichi Shoji – Professor at Waseda University, Electronic and Photonic Systems Department for a comprehensive 3 days workshop and lectures Dr. Iwasaki held a workshop titled “Advanced Bio-mechatronics” to provide E-JUST students with a demonstration of recent cutting-edge advancements in artificial organ and tissue engineering research where the contribution from Mechanical Engineering is the central focus. Dr. Iwasaki highlighted the objectives of the workshop as to provide students with a clear understanding of the performance criteria required for artificial organs and tissue construct, methodology to assess practical performance of several types of artificial organs by mechanical simulator and modeling of human physiologic characteristics. Encompassing the fields of robotics and neuroscience, Dr. Iwasaki spoke about the field of the Bio-mechatronics as an interdisciplinary science that draws all its basic concepts and knowledge from a variety of fields and areas of science including biology, mechanics, electronics, and mechanical engineering. “Biomechatronics deals with the interaction between organs of the human body and electromechanical devices or systems” he stated. Speaking about the establishment of the first University holding Japan's name in Egypt, Dr. Iwasaki described E-JUST as a promising project by saying "I believe that E-JUST is a promising project that aims to play an effective role in the research activities in Egypt and the region.” On the other hand, Professor Shuichi Shoji conducted 3 days lectures to students of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering on the Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS). On his first visit to E-JUST, Professor Shoji expressed his great satisfaction to see the new born University come to live saying” this is my first visit to E-JUST and I’m really impressed to see the nascent University starts functioning, I wish for more and more improvement to provide good circumstances for education and research”. Within the framework of the mutual cooperation between Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and the consortium of 12 top ranked universities and institutions in Japan, the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Department at E-JUST received Dr. Kiyotaka Iwasaki – Associate Professor at Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Mechanical Engineering Department and Professor Shuichi Shoji – Professor at Waseda University, Electronic and Photonic Systems Department for a comprehensive 3 days workshop and lectures Dr. Iwasaki held a workshop titled “Advanced Bio-mechatronics” to provide E-JUST students with a demonstration of recent cutting-edge advancements in artificial organ and tissue engineering research where the contribution from Mechanical Engineering is the central focus. Dr. Iwasaki highlighted the objectives of the workshop as to provide students with a clear understanding of the performance criteria required for artificial organs and tissue construct, methodology to assess practical performance of several types of artificial organs by mechanical simulator and modeling of human physiologic characteristics. Encompassing the fields of robotics and neuroscience, Dr. Iwasaki spoke about the field of the Bio-mechatronics as an interdisciplinary science that draws all its basic concepts and knowledge from a variety of fields and areas of science including biology, mechanics, electronics, and mechanical engineering. “Biomechatronics deals with the interaction between organs of the human body and electromechanical devices or systems” he stated. Speaking about the establishment of the first University holding Japan's name in Egypt, Dr. Iwasaki described E-JUST as a promising project by saying "I believe that E-JUST is a promising project that aims to play an effective role in the research activities in Egypt and the region.” On the other hand, Professor Shuichi Shoji conducted 3 days lectures to students of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering on the Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS). On his first visit to E-JUST, Professor Shoji expressed his great satisfaction to see the new born University come to live saying” this is my first visit to E-JUST and I’m really impressed to see the nascent University starts functioning, I wish for more and more improvement to provide good circumstances for education and research”. Professor Shoji provided E-JUST students a brief presentation on the MEMS technology and its importance in the chemical, biochemical and medical applications while highlighting the microfluidic devices and systems realized by micro/nano fabrication technologies based on semiconductor technologies. Professor Shoji highlighted the MEMS technology as the technology of very small mechanical devices driven by semiconductor fabrication technology. Though it’s still a new technology in Egypt, MEMS could be implemented using a number of different materials and manufacturing techniques, depending on target device and market sector. Speaking about E-JUST students, Professor Shoji commended on their high motivation, retention and absorption of the course saying “I can say that I got a very positive feedback during my short stay here and I believe E-JUST has many promising students who have high potentials of becoming true researchers”. The Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Graduate Program is one of the active programs at E-JUST, with a total of 12 MSc and PhD students enrolled. The Department has recently conducted the “Mechatronics Simulation Day” which was done in collaboration with Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) and in partnership with Promech and MSC Software and is currently in the process of preparing for the “Bio-robotics Workshop” planned to be held in December 2010 in partnership with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).

Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarships to E-JUST

2010-11-03
Under the auspices and attendance of H.E. Dr. Hany Helal – Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research, Professor Ahmed B. Khairy – E-JUST Acting President and Mr. Tatsushi Nakagawa - General Manager, Cairo Liaison Office of Mitsubishi Corporation (on behalf of Mr. Minoru Akita - General Manager, CSR & Environmental Affairs Office of Mitsubishi Corporation) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarships granted to E-JUST students. The MOU was signed within the premises of the Ministry of Higher Education, Cairo with the attendance and witness of an official delegation from Mitsubishi Corporation, Professor Aly El-Shafaei – Executive Director of the Science & Technology Development Fund (STDF), Professor Essam El-Kordi – Director of the Education Development Fund (EDF) and E-JUST BoT Member, Professor Hasan Nadeer – Director of the Higher Education Development Projects Unit and E-JUST BoT member, in addition to E-JUST students granted Mitsubishi MSc scholarships in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Program and Computer Science and Engineering Program. H.E. Dr. Hany Helal expressed his great satisfaction with this initiation from Mitsubishi Corporation which indicates the essential role of industrial enterprises and their contribution in promoting and supporting various applied research activities in Egyptian universities and various educational institutions. His Excellency referred to this MOU as an opportunity to students and faculty to be exposed to several research activities meeting industrial research requirements. His Excellency also highlighted E-JUST role in promoting Japanese technologies and educational standards by saying; “E-JUST is a landmark of Science and Technology of Japan in Egypt, Arab World, Africa and Egypt.” On the other hand, Mr. Tatsushi Nakagawa - General Manager, Cairo Liaison Office of Mitsubishi Corporation expressed his gladness for signing the MOU with E-JUST in a matter that would help E-JUST scholars get acquainted with Japanese systems, know-how and technological advancements highlighting the role of Egypt in promoting the Japanese Science and Technology in the region by saying; We hope that Egypt will be a springboard to the Japanese Technologies in Egypt, Arab World, Africa and the Middle East. As one of the policies of Mitsubishi Corporation, Mr. Nakagawa shed a light on the contribution of the company in establishing several projects aiming to serve the Egyptian community in fields of education, culture, environment, poverty and many others, through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects all over the world; as the Care center for street children established in Ismalia (2008), Planting trees and flowers in Suez (2009) and an English Learning Center for Blind in Cairo (2010, project in progress). Eventually, Mr. Nakagawa wished the very best of luck to E-JUST students granted Mitsubishi scholarships hoping that students would absorb the Japanese know-how and spread it to the whole Egyptian community and even coming generations. Moreover, Professor Ahmed B. Khairy – E-JUST Acting President expressed his hopes for this MOU to be the beginning of further fruitful cooperation with Mitsubishi Corporation and many other industrial enterprises in the field of applied research. On the side lines of the ceremony, Professor Khairy shed a light on having a clear plan for E-JUST MSc and PhD programs with a schedule and clear timetable for each student based on his research proposal prepared in coordination with the supervising committee of professors from Egypt and Japan which includes conducting phases of the student's research points in Japan. Worth mentioning, Mitsubishi Corporation has granted scholarships to students in more than 40 universities all over the world, most of them were in countries of the South-East of Asia like Indonesia, Thailand and Pakistan and also in Africa, Europe and South America as; Nairobi, Russia and Santiago. This is considered to be the second time for Mitsubishi Corporation to grant scholarships to a university in Egypt, the first was in 2009 and was also granted to Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST).

E-JUST Acting President participates in the “Internationalization of the University System in Egypt”

2010-11-16
Under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Egypt and the Ministry of Higher Education, Professor Ahmed B. Khairy – E-JUST Acting President participated in theConference of Internationalization of the University System in Egypt, held within the premises of Cairo University from 19 – 20 October 2010. The Opening Ceremony was attended by H.E. Dr. Hany Helal - Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research, H.E. Stefania Craxi - Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Claudio Pacifico - Ambassador of Italy in Egypt, and Professor Hossam Kamel - President of Cairo University. On the first day, Professor Khairy chaired the session for “The General Framework for Inter-University Cooperation”, where the Bologna Process was discussed by Professor Maria Sticchi Damiani, National Coordinator for the Bologna Expert Group, and Professor Galal Abdel Hamid from the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, followed with a concrete example of the collaboration between the Università Telematica Internazional (UNINETTUNO) and Helwan University. The day was concluded with a session by Professor Adel Beshay from the American University in Cairo (AUC), highlighting the terms of the Internationalization of the graduate economic program at the AUC. On the second day and under the title of “Universities in Egypt with Foreign National Names”, Professor Khairy shared with the audience a comprehensive illustration on the experience of establishing Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), being the first University holding Japan’s name outside the country of Japan. Professor Khairy mentioned the unique framework of building E-JUST to the best practices of the Japanese universities, while highlighting the influence and the necessity of cross-border transfer of expertise and knowledge among nations and the importance of building a model university capable of meeting the requirements of the 21st century. “At E-JUST, we hold to our vision of becoming a role model for higher education in the 21st century”, Professor Khairy stated. Representatives of international universities in Egypt as the British University in Egypt, American University in Cairo (AUC), German University in Cairo (GUC), French-Egyptian University and the Egyptian Russian University were invited to give an account of the process that led to the establishment of their universities as private or semiprivate institutions with international accreditation of their Academic degrees. The 2-days Conference provided an opportunity to explore ways of enhancing the quality of teaching and research in Egyptian universities through international cooperation, while showcasing the present status and the current experience of international collaboration involving both public and private Egyptian universities. During the Conference, the Bologna Process, ERASMUS and TEMPUS programs were presented, and the experience of Italian universities vis-à-vis the internationalization process was also elaborated in line with the progress towards the establishment of the Egyptian-Italian University.

First Paper Accepted for Publication by E-JUST Student

2010-11-03
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), celebrated the first research paper accepted for publication by E-JUST student at the 1st Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation (MECAP) 2010. The paper was submitted by Eng. Adel Barakat – MSc student at Electronics and Communications Engineering Program and co-authored by Dr. Mostafa El-Khamy – Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communications Engineering at E-JUST, titled "Bandwidth extension of UWB planar antenna with band-notched characteristics”. Being the first paper accepted for publication by an E-JUST student, Eng. Adel has been awarded a certificate of appreciation by Professor Ahmed Khairy – E-JUST Acting President, for his sincere efforts and dedication on his research work. “I would like to seize this opportunity to thank Eng. Adel for his outstanding efforts and I consider this the first step towards achieving E-JUST objective in playing a leading role in the reformation of research in Egypt” … Professor Khairy stated. In his paper, Eng. Adel proposed an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a band notched filter. As well known, the transmission range of this antenna covers the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unlicensed band from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz with a notch filter from 4.9 to 6.3 GHz to avoid interference with IEEE802.11a system. The notch filter is implemented using a U-shaped slot. To extend the impedance bandwidth of the antenna, an electro band-gap (EBG) structure is used. EBG lattice holes surrounding the radiating patch enhances the impedance bandwidth to be from 3 GHz to 12 GHz with a return loss (S11 < -10 dB). The return loss (S11) for the designed antenna is simulated using HFSS® software package. The antenna design is also fabricated on Rogers RO3006 substrate and measured using Vector Network Analyzer (HP8719ES). The measurement results also confirm that the proposed technique is effective in extending the impedance bandwidth to 12 GHz. “Extending the bandwidth by 2 GHz will help in increasing data rates especially for applications that require high bandwidth, I hope my research work would be of benefit to all users” …. Eng. Adel stated. The Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation (MECAP) is an IEEE international conference supported by the top level associations in Antennas & Propagation (IEEE APS, IEEE MTTS). It provides through its presentations and exhibition, the ideal place for the exchange of scientific and technical information, both at academic and industrial levels, and fosters collaboration and cooperation in the Antenna and Propagation domain both at the Middle East and global levels. Cairo, Egypt was chosen this year to endorse the conference for the first time in the Middle East from 20 to 22 October 2010 after the remarkable success of the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP) 2009 held in Berlin, Germany. This year’s conference is sponsored by a number of reputable institutions in Egypt and worldwide as the IEEE, American University in Cairo (AUC), Smart Com Incorporation and many others. All members of E-JUST community extend their sincere wishes to Eng. Adel for this remarkable achievement. Congratulations Eng. Adel!

Spring 2011 Admission: 2nd Orientation Session at Zagazig University

2010-11-03
E-JUST continued the orientation sessions for its 3rd Student Recruitment Campaign for February 2011 admission and on behalf of Professor Ahmed B. Khairy- E-JUST Acting President, Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawy- Professor of Electronics & Communications Engineering Program and E-JUST University Council Member accompanying a delegation of E-JUST academics and administrative staff, held the 2nd orientation session to potential students at Zagazig University. Professor Ashraf El-Shihy-Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research at Zagazig University- started the session by welcoming E-JUST members highlighting the importance of cooperation and discussing the means of collaboration between E-JUST and Zagazig University. In the same way, Professor Sharkawy gave a comprehensive illustration about E-JUST development stages where he stressed on the fact that E-JUST highly encourages the cooperation with eminent Egyptian governmental universities. Leaving the floor for Professor Ahmed Hamza, Professor of Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Ahmed Ramadan, Assistant Professor of Mechatronics and Robotics, they presented a brief description of their engineering programs in addition to the programs mission and objectives as well as the proposed research themes to the audience. During the orientation session, E-JUST professors gave detailed presentations on the University’s objectives, courses, accommodation and other related issues. They have also responded to student questions and concerns. E-JUST is built in partnership with eminent Egyptian and Japanese institutions. From the Egyptian side, the University is supported by the Ministry Higher Education, Ministry of International cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Supreme Council of Universities, Science and Technology for Development Fund, Council of Private Universities, Council of Research Centers, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Academy of Science and Technology. As for the Japanese side, it consists of a consortium of top 12 Japanese universities in addition to other prominent institutions.

E-JUST holds an Orientation Session at Menofia University

2010-11-01
On behalf of Professor Ahmed Khairy – E-JUST Acting President, Professor Mohamed Ragab – Professor of Electronics & Communications Engineering Program and E-JUST University Council Member accompanying a delegation of E-JUST academics and administrative staff, held an orientation session to potential students at Menofia University. This session comes within E-JUST tour on its third Student Recruitment Campaign for February 2011 admission. The session was commenced by welcome remarks from Professor Saiid Shalaby Montasser - Vice President of Menofia University congratulating E-JUST members on the opening of E-JUST, wishing the new born University to play a leading role in addressing various research activities in Egypt following the best practices of Japanese universities. Professor Shalaby then highlighted the proposed cooperation between Menofia University and E-JUST saying “We are looking forward for a fruitful cooperation between E-JUST and Menofia University by addressing various research areas in a matter that would serve the Egyptian community”. Professor Ragab then conducted a presentation illustrating the progress of E-JUST project through discussing the major milestones the university passed with during the past 7 years in addition to the mutual visits between the two countries till its official declaration as an Egyptian governmental university with a Japanese partnership under the presidential degree number 149. “E-JUST is a new model for the Egyptian governmental universities” … Professor Ragab stated. During the presentation, Professor Ragab elaborated on E-JUST vision, mission, basic concepts, academic programs, temporary location and facilities, in addition to E-JUST supporting bodies and the great contribution of the universities consortium; 12 prominent Japanese universities forming the Japanese Supporting Universities Consortium (JSUC) and 8 top Egyptian universities, in addition to the contribution of the industrial sector and private enterprises in both countries especially investors of Borg El-Arab City, within the framework of E-JUST objective in serving industrial research requirements. Moreover, Dr. Ahmed Abd El-Moneim – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Dr. Abbas Anwar – Associate Professor of Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering presented a brief description of their Engineering programs in addition to the programs mission and objectives as well as the proposed research themes to the audience. Eventually, the floor was open for discussions where E-JUST academic professors replied to several students’ inquiries related to the admission criteria, research proposals and means of collaboration between E-JUST and various educational institutions in Egypt and Japan. The day was then concluded by Professor Ragab and Professor Shalaby exchanging the universities tokens as a gesture for this memorial event. Within E-JUST tour on its third Student Recruitment Campaign, the next visit is expected to be on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 heading to Zagazig University.

Egyptian-Japanese and French Computer Science Cooperation

2010-10-24
In the framework of the French-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology 2010, E-JUST organized a workshop on Computer Science Research on October 24, 2010 that took place within the premises of E-JUST temporary location; Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) The workshop gathered researchers from the CARTE team from Loria Lab in France along with Egyptian and Japanese researchers from E-JUST. The workshop provided the researchers with the required scientific environment for exchanging opinions and ideas. As the workshop was multidisciplinary, the panel presentation and discussion covered wide areas of research in Computer Science particular to Japanese, Egyptian and French experiences. This was followed by highlighting the plans and means of collaboration that could enhance and strengthen scientific cooperation between France and E-JUST. This workshop aimed at sharing expertise and successful experiences, and paving the road for future joint efforts and progress through positive communication, learning, and sharing. For further information, contact E-JUST Research Committee on research.committee@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST holds its 19th Weekly Seminar “Science and Technology Policy in the Related 10 Countries”

2010-10-26
In continuation to the previous E-JUST Weekly Seminar, Mr. Masaru Tsukamoto- Advisor to the Ministry of Scientific Research - proceeded with the Science and Technology topics in E-JUST 19th Weekly Seminar entitled “ Science and Technology Policy in the Related 10 Countries ” that was held on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Mr. Tsukamoto’s presentation provided a broad explanation about the applied policies of Science and Technology in 10 countries (Egypt, Japan, Turkey, South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, South-Korea and China). Mr. Tsukamoto used input indicators: R&D expenditure and number of researchers, and output indicators as number of patents for comparing between the 10 related countries with Japan’s number of researchers, for instance, is 826,565 while the number of patents applications is 427,078. As for Egypt’s Science and Technology Policy, Mr. Tsukamoto presented the challenges that Egypt is facing in this field; most notably in human resources and scientific research funding , as for the status of Science and Technology Policy in Egypt, it is worth mentioning that more research centers are being established. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

E-JUST 20th Weekly Seminar: Effects of Operating Conditions on the Performance and Chemical Degradation of PEM Fuel Cells’ Membrane Electrode Assembly

2010-11-09
Dr. Aboubakr M.Abdullah- Associate Professor of Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering held E-JUST 20th Weekly Seminar titled “Effects of Operating Conditions on the Performance and Chemical Degradation of PEM Fuel Cells’ Membrane Electrode Assembly”within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). Dr. Aboubakr started his presentation by explaining what fuel cells are, moving to illustrating how proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells work and the challenges facing PEM fuel cells that are mainly; expensive platinum catalysts, storage methods and water management. Dr. Aboubakr highlighted that the main objectives of this study are; illustrating the effect of the operating conditions e.g. relative humidity (RH) and working temperatures on the current and temperature distributions within PEMFCs, and explaining a new and simple in situcharacterization technique for determining the onset of the chemical degradation of Nafion membranes. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

Ambassador of Japan to Egypt visits E-JUST Premises

2010-03-04
Prof. Ahmed Khairy E-JUST Acting President received H.E. Kaoru Ishikawa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Arab Republic of Egypt within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) to stand on the recent phases of E-JUST project and discuss future prospects. H.E. Ishikawa visited students’ labs and lecture rooms, administrative offices and the students’ dormitories.

AlAhram Mr. Kamal Jaballah with E-JUST Students

2010-05-20
Mr. Kamal Jaballah – Managing Editor of Al-Ahram Newspaper meets with E-JUST students, academic and administrative staff within the premises of E-JUST temporary location to present and illustrate the major milestones of E-JUST establishment since introducing the idea in the Japan-Arab dialogue forum in 2003. Mr. Kamal also shed a light on his personal experiences in Japan and dealing with Japanese culture, customs and traditions during his period of working there as the Director of Al-Ahram office in Tokyo from 2001 to 2005.

E-JUST holds its 16th Weekly Seminar on Digital Mobile Communication

2010-09-23
Professor Yoshihiko AKAIWA – Professor at University of Electro-Communications held E-JUST 16th weekly seminar within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). The seminar shed light on the development of cellular/digital technology and its importance in today’s business markets. The seminar started by highlighting the increasing necessity of mobile communication technologies such as the hand-held phone, notebook computers, pagers, personal digital assistants, and palmtop computers. Professor AKAIWA then presented opportunities offered by Digital Technology through improving transmission in cellular systems as well as providing the basis for security in the forms of encryption and authentication. All the development stages of Digital Mobile Communication were illustrated starting from the introduction of Digital Cellular Systems moving to the GSM, CDMA and the 3G and TDMA evolution as well as future prospects as the 4G. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee inviting eminent scholars, scientists, officials and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community on a weekly basis. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

Prof. Setsuo Arikara Visits E-JUST

2010-02-07
Prof. Ahmed Khairy E-JUST Acting President received a delegation from Kyushu University headed by Prof. Setsuo Arikawa – President of Kyushu University to discuss means of collaboration between E-JUST and Kyushu University in terms of academic programs, cultural and student exchange and research cooperation among students and faculty members.

Announcement for Graduate Students Enrollment (Fall 2010)

2010-05-01
The University invites graduate student applicants with Engineering and Science background to apply for Master and PhD programs (click here for available programs/research directions) that will start in September 2010. The University is open to those qualified up to its admission rules. Scholarships are available for distinguished instructors and teaching assistants working in the governmental Egyptian Universities and research centers through the Ministry of Higher Education (Click here to download the press advertisement). Electronic submission form and more details are now available here. The deadline for submission is May 1st, 2010 extended to June 1st, 2010.

H.E.Dr. Hany Helal with E-JUST Students

2010-05-20
H.E. Dr. Hany Helal – Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research held an open discussion with E-JUST students within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) to address students’ needs and requirements.

E-JUST holds Mechatronics Simulation Seminar

2010-09-23
In collaboration with Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) and in partnership with MSC Software and Promech, E-JUST Mechatronics and Robotics (MTR) Engineering Program hosted the “Mechatronics Simulation Seminar” on Thursday, September 23, 2010. The seminar was attended by a selection of professors and students from E-JUST and various Egyptian universities and representatives from Promech and MSC Software companies. Holding the “Mechatronics Simulation Day” was intended to deliver to the attendees advanced training and shedding light on the best practices on Computer Aided Engineering. The simulation started with a presentation highlighting the history and evolution of Computer Aided Engineering and the importance of this technology being a key technology to innovate and improve the products robustness while reducing the time to market. The seminar also focused on the importance of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) in facing many challenges like bridges’ collapses, sinking ships; leakage of gasoline in fuel tanks...etc; where experiments can be done through the simulation of real world behavior. The seminar was followed by a practical workshop offering all attendees training on SimXpert, MD Nastran & MD Adams and provided demonstrations showcasing practical use of mechanical simulation towards various industries. The MTR Program hosted Professor Hidetoshi Kotera – Vice President of Kyoto University from September 27 to September 28, 2010 as part of a 2 day lectures to PhD students of MTR for the course of Micro Fabrication of MEMS. The program will also host Dr. Kiyotaka Iwasaki from Waseda University from October 5 to October 7, 2010 for the Bio-mechatronics course for the MTR students.

E-JUST Acting President Flying to Japan

2010-09-30
Professor Youssry El-Gamal – E-JUST Board of Trustees Chairperson and Professor Ahmed Khairy-E-JUST Acting President left Alexandria on their way to Japan to attend the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum held from October 3 to October 5, 2010 in Kyoto, Japan. The Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum was first established in November 2004 as a non-profit organization and it holds an annual meeting that starts on the first Sunday of October, every year. Meetings are intended to give the chance to leaders from different fields; academics, policymakers, business executives, scientists and researchers, and media from all over the world to discuss issues related to science and technology and their impact on our environment and how to keep possible risks under the proper control. Many eminent figures are participating in 2010 forum as Prof. Ahmed Zewial-Chair Professor of Chemistry and Physics, California Institute of Technology, Prof. Akito Arima-Chairman, Japan Science Foundation. This visit comes in an attempt to activate the role of E-JUST in developing science and technology applications and resolving environmental problems that result from these applications.

Professor Akira Suzuki –Hokkaido University- wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2010-10-06
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) is happily congratulating its partner Hokkaido University for the winning of Professor Emeritus Akira Suzuki the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010 for developing tools to synthesize carbon-based molecules found in nature; sharing the prize with the Japanese scientist Ei-Ichi Negishi of Purdue University and the US scientist Richard F. Heck of the University of Delaware. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; which announced the winning of the researchers for finding "more efficient ways of linking carbon atoms together to build the complex molecules that are improving our everyday lives". The painkiller naproxen, a generic sold in the USA under the brand name Aleve, Merck & Co.'s allergy treatment Singulair and Boscalid, a fungicide made by BASF SE, are some of the chemicals made possible by their work. Such an award would highly encourage young researchers from both Egypt and Japan to explore more eras of research addressing various fields of development in both countries … “I want young people to continue their endeavors in their own fields” Professor Suzuki said. Hokkaido University is a member of the Japanese Supporting Universities Consortium (JSUC) since its formulation in 2009; this consortium is meant to support E-JUST in conducting various educational and research activities, in a matter that would serve E-JUST main objective of becoming a world-class university with national and global reach. Note worthy, members of the JSUC are Japanese governmental institutions, industrial enterprises and top eminent Japanese universities. Congratulations to Hokkaido University!

Egyptian Earth Observation Satellite and History of Science and Technology as seen by Japanese Professors

2010-10-12
Professor Zen KAWASAKI– Advisor to the School of Electronics, Communications and Computer Engineering held E-JUST 17th Weekly Seminar ” For Egyptian Earth Observation Satellite” within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). Professor Kawasaki started the seminar by highlighting a basic concept which is OJT (On Job Training) through field campaigns, studying through lectures and training in the fields, moving to the Radar Observation and Networking based on OJ, and the Concept of Next Generation Radar Networking. Then he provided a comprehensive illustration on Micro Satellite Design and Manufacturing based on OJT; Case study SOHLA-1 Satellite. Professor Kawasaki also mentioned that know-how should be shared between Egypt and Japan. The 18th Weekly Seminar was given by Mr. Masaru TSUKAMOTO the Advisor to the Egyptian Ministry of Scientific Research. The seminar discussed the history of Japanese science and technology and their relation with the society. It was divided into two sessions titled “Consideration from the history of Japanese Science and Technology” and “Science and Technology” and “Society”. Mr. Tsukamoto provided a comprehensive illustration about the history of Japanese science and technology where he divided the topic into historical stages from 1868 till 2000’s. During the 2nd session, Mr. Tsukamoto delivered a broad interpretation on the relation between Science and Technology and the Society, explaining the objectives of Science and Technology that are mainly divided into; wisdom and knowledge, quality of life and welfare, industrial growth and economy, and national security. Mr.Tsukamoto will hold E-JUST 19th Weekly Seminar on Tuesday, October 26, 2010.The seminar will be divided into two sessions titled “Consideration about Innovation” and” From My Experiences in S&T Administration.” E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to: pr@ejust.edu.eg

President of Kyoto University Visits E-JUST Premises

2010-02-05
Prof. Ahmed Khairy E-JUST Acting President, received a delegation from Kyoto University headed by Prof. Hiroshi Matsumoto, President of Kyoto University, to discuss the final arrangements for E-JUST first student batch of Spring 2010 and confirm the progress of the preparations of “Material Science Engineering Program” and “Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering Program” which will start 2011 under the support of Kyoto University. President Matsumoto discussed with Prof. Ahmed Khairy the studying areas of　possible collaboration between both universities and promised that Kyoto University will fully support E-JUST in its quest to become a unique university. The visit witnessed the raising of E-JUST sign for its temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technological Applications (MuCSAT), jointly by Prof. Ahmed B. Khairy, representing E-JUST, and Prof. Hiroshi Matsumoto, representing Kyoto University.

E-JUST Celebrates its Official Opening at Smart Village, Cairo

2010-06-04
Under the auspices and attendance of H.E. Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister of Egypt, E-JUST celebrated its official opening held on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Smart Village Conference Center, Cairo. The ceremony was attended by H.E. Dr. Hany Helal – Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research, H.E. Ms. Fayza Aboulnaga – Minister of International Cooperation, H.E. Dr. Sadako Ogata – President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mr. Mikio Sasaki – Chairman of Mitsubishi Corporation and H.E. Mr. Kaoru Ishikawa – Ambassador of Japan to Cairo. The ceremony was also witnessed by a number of ministers, major political and academic figures in addition to reputable public figures in the business and civil society from both Egypt and Japan. On the side lines of the ceremony, H.E. Dr. Hany Helal – Minister of Higher Education and H.E. Mr. Kaoru Ishikawa – Ambassador of Japan to Egypt signed the agreement on cooperation in Science and Technology between Egypt and Japan witnessed by H.E. Prime Minister of Egypt, H.E. President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and H.E. Minister of International Cooperation

E-JUST Board of Trustees Announces Search for the President of the University

2010-08-31
A Presidential Search committee composed of the Board of Trustees of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) announces a search for President of the University of Egyptian or Japanese nationality. Appointment is to be effective soon a proper candidate is found, or as designated by the Board. The President of the University leads an academic community with a strong mission of excellence in teaching, research, public service and engagement. The University President Search page: Click here

E-JUST Receives its Second Batch of Postgraduate Students

2010-09-19
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) received its second batch of postgraduate students of Fall 2010 within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). The new batch attended an orientation week which included meeting and socializing with E-JUST first student batch, a tour within E-JUST premises, Borg El-Arab and Alexandria cities and sessions and lectures conducted by Egyptian and Japanese academics. Students were received by E-JUST academic and administrative staff headed by Professor Youssry El-Gamal – E-JUST Board of Trustees Chairperson, Professor Ahmed Khairy- E-JUST Acting President, and Dr. Manabu Tsunoda –JICA/E-JUST Project Advisor. Students had the opportunity to meet and mingle with the first batch of students, academics and administrative staff at the President’s Welcome Lunch, where they got further information about the facilities and support services provided to them as students of the University. "From our side, we promise you to exert all efforts to make this university competent to its counterparts and to be a model university in all areas of application. We need you to understand that you are the most important element in the university and a promise from a father to his sons, we assure you to have full peace of mind during your period of study at E-JUST", Professor Khairy said addressing E-JUST students. Conducting the orientation week was in the framework of giving new students’ batch a closer view and thorough information about the university while listening to their inquiries before beginning their academic year. The new batch participated in a Student Host program which included a campus tour and the chance to hear about life as a postgraduate student at E-JUST in addition to sessions about lab based education, research ethics and tools and Japan from Egyptian eyes conducted by E-JUST academics, ending with comprehensive sessions about students’ rights and duties. Welcome E-JUST 2nd Student Batch!

First Courtesy Visit of Ambassador Norihiro Okuda to E-JUST

2010-09-27
H.E. Ambassador Norihiro Okuda, Ambassador of Japan to Egypt, paid his first courtesy visit to Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) to meet with its students, academics, and staff, and to visit its temporary location at Mubarak City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (MuCSAT), its Housing Complex, and its allocated 840.000square meters campus; the visit came few days after the start of the academic year, with more 25 students joining the E-JUST family for Fall Semester 2010. Ambassador Norihiro Kotera toured the laboratories, lecture halls, accompanied by Prof. Yousry ElGamal, E-JUST BoT Chairperson and Prof. Ahmed B. Khairy, E-JUST Acting President who briefed him on the recent development of the University, and the growing status either in Egypt or in the Region. Listening to Prof. Ahmed Abo Ismail’s explanation on the various activities of the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Program (MTR), he attended the lab class of Prof. Hidetoshi Kotera, Vice President of Kyoto University, which comes as part of his intensive 2-day lectures to PhD students of MTR for the course of Micro Fabrication of MEMS. The supervision of the visiting Japanese professors to E-JUST students’ research work come as one of the core components of the educational and research plan of the University. “I have been involved with this project of E-JUST since several years ago, even when I was back in Tokyo from 2006 to 2008, and I am very pleased to see that E-JUST has started since half a year ago…I really hope that this project will be a sort of symbol of good working relationship between the two countries… And I understand that this project is meant to be directed not only for Egypt, but also the other Arab countries and African countries.” highlighted His Excellency during the Honoree Lunch held in presence of Prof. El-Gamal, Prof. Khairy, Mr. Abdelfattah Ragab, General Counsel of Japan in Alexandria, E-JUST University Council, as well as Egyptian and Japanese senior academics. Prof. Khairy stressed on the importance of the visit saying “We have been building our E-JUST hand in hand with our Japanese partners, aspiring it to become a model university of the best quality of higher education and scientific research, not only in Egypt, but in the entire Arab World and Africa. We very much appreciate and respect our partnership with Japan, and honor His Excellency’s visit to our E-JUST.” The visit comes one day before Prof. Khairy’s departure to Japan to attend the annual Science and Technology Society (STS) Forum held at Kyoto from 3 – 5 October 2010, where head of universities, scientists, researchers, and academics meet to explore the latest development in science and technology, and discuss means and channels of cooperation between the different institutions all over the world.

Orientation for E-JUST 1st Student Batch

2010-01-14
E-JUST conducted an orientation session to its first student batch of spring 2010 within the premises of its temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT) to give students a closer view and thorough information about the university while listening to their inquiries before beginning their academic year.

E-JUST Holds its 2nd Board of Trustees Meeting

2010-06-03
Within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT), E-JUST received the Egyptian and Japanese Board of Trustees members for its second meeting held on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. On the side lines of the meeting, Dr. Sadako Ogata – President of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Major General Adel Labib - Governor of Alexandria and Ambassador Kaoru Ishikawa – Ambassador of Japan to Cairo laid the cornerstone of the university campus, club and mall. Note worthy, E-JUST first Board of Trustees meeting was held on February 11, 2010 within the premises of the Presidency of the Cabinet of Ministers at the Smart Village, Cairo.

E-JUST and Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized IBM Cloud Computing Workshop

2010-10-19
E-JUST and Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized the Cloud Computing Workshop in collaboration with IBM Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) in Cairo within the premises of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina which was held from 19 to 21 October, 2010. E-JUST professors and students, BA and IBM representatives attended the workshop. Dr. Hisham El- Shishiny - IBM Master Inventor and World-wide Leader of IBM’s Centers for Advanced Studies- opened the event with a presentation that provided information about Cloud Computing, which in the simplest terms, is IT as a service where a third party hosts databases or software in large sever farms that are accessible by companies over the internet. The workshop provided a platform for E-JUST, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and IBM to present their research, pointing the way to further opportunities for collaboration. The presentations were informative, and led to fruitful discussion over the three days. “ Cloud Computing is expected to boost IT business in developing countries as startup IT businesses can use the service or lease it for less cost.. And on the micro level students, for instance, can use it for research paper storage.” stated Dr. El-Shishiny while explaining how developing countries could benefit from Cloud Computing on both macro and micro levels. IBM Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) is believed to be a trusted source of innovation as their systems offer industry-leading performance, virtualization and energy efficiency. IBM has the proper expertise and deep experience in infrastructure, applications, processes, and information across all technology platforms, which makes them one the best providers of Cloud Computing services. Cloud Computing is expected to double by 2012 as it’s cheap, quick, up-to-date, scaleable and mobile.

E-JUST 22nd Weekly Seminar: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

2010-11-26
One of the problems facing nanotechnology is the confusion about its definition. From this point, E-JUST held its 22nd Weekly Seminar titled “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” in an attempt to give a clear explanation about the difference between Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The seminar was given by Professor Mohamed Ayad- Professor of Physical Chemistry- E-JUST Chemicals and Petrochemicals Engineering and it took place within the premises of E-JUST temporary location at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT). Professor Ayad gave a comprehensive illustration about the introductory concepts to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology where he explained that Nanotechnology as the technology dealing with the design, characterization, production and application of structures, devices and systems of sizes less than 100 nanometer(nm) while Nanoscience is knowing and understanding the unique physical, chemical, biological properties of the objects. Moreover, Professor Ayad presented the history and basis of Nanotechnology, categories of nanomaterials, tools of studying Nanoscale, special properties and applications of nanomaterials and finally the potentials risks of Nanotechnology. E-JUST Weekly Seminar Series is organized by E-JUST Research Committee, and weekly invites eminent scholars, scientists, officials, and public figures to discuss and explore wide range of topics with E-JUST community. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pr@ejust.edu.eg

Alexandria University Ranks 147

2010-09-20
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) is happily announcing the selection of our distinguished partner; Alexandria University (AU) on the Times Higher Education Universities Ranking for 2010-2011. AU comes as the only Egyptian and Arab university, and the second African university on the list, with a rank of 147, and a score of 51.9. THE rankings of the top universities across the globe employ 13 separate performance indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research to knowledge transfer. These 13 elements are brought together into five headline categories, which are: • Teaching — the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score) • Research — volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent) • Citations — research influence (worth 32.5 per cent) • Industry income — innovation (worth 2.5 per cent) • International mix — staff and students (worth 5 per cent). E-JUST seizes this opportunity to extend its sincere congratulations to Alexandria University for the distinguished achievement that takes the entire Egyptian higher education into a more challenging path on the international sphere, and makes each and every one of E-JUST community proud of the resounding success of our partner AU on the local, regional and international level. The success of Alexandria University is a success to all Egyptian, Arab and African universities and particularly at E-JUST which enjoys a unique relationship of cooperation with AU. Congratulations to Alexandria University!

E-JUST First Exhibition at BA BioVision Alex 2010

2010-04-11
As a research-based University and within the framework of E-JUST keenness on participating and interacting with the regional and international research community of science and technology, E-JUST took its first exhibition presence at the BioVision Alex 2010 that was held under the auspices of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on April 11,2010. This year’s conference comes under the title “New Life Sciences: A Look to the future” where it focuses on 3 core themes: health, agriculture and food, and environment. The conference comes as a continuation of the tradition that began in the Conference on the "BioVision 1999" which was held in the city of Lyon, France and then organized by the Library of Alexandria for the first time in 2004 where it was decided that the conference shall be held annually, alternating between Alexandria and Lyon. The event was enriched by the participation of 5 Nobel Prize holder Scientists in the fields of Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine and Economics. “We are keen on activating E-JUST’s role in participating and interacting with the regional and international research community in science and technology…BioVision Alex2010 is an opportunity to interact with scientists and researchers from all over the world” highlighted Prof.Ahmed B.Khairy E-JUST Acting President. This participation comes within the University’s preparations for receiving its second batch of graduate students in the 5 engineering programs: Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering with the opening of Computer Science and Engineering program in September 2010 and the opening of Chemical and Petrochemicals and Material Science Engineering programs in 2011.