Communication Systems, Channel Coding, Data Security
Consultant for Ministry of Public Work and Water Resources, Main System Management Project (MSM), Cairo, Egypt. This is a data collection system for River Nile Irrigation System. It includes about 600 remote data collecting units, 20 directorates, and 2 master stations. The project was funded by US AID and the US Consultant firm was Harza Engineering Co. (July 86 August 89). • Co-designer of a fully electronic computer controlled branch exchange (CBX) for (EOIP), Cairo, Egypt. Also working in other projects including TV firmware, data acquisition systems, communication systems over power lines. EOIP is a leading company in Egypt in the field of system design. It has designed and developed an automatic meter reading (AMR) system for electricity distribution companies. (1986 1990). • Consultant for AGIBA Petroleum Co. (Through EOIP team) in establishing a network for its inshore and off sure sites. In addition to basic consultancy services, the duties include study of available technologies, and cost analysis of the different alternatives. The network is for data and voice. The project was design and implemented based on VSAT technology and Frame Relay technology (1998 – 2000). • Member in a team of university professors that designed and implemented the first Egyptian KWAM automatic reading system, (AMR) for Energy Distribution companies. The system has been deployed in Alexandria, Upper Egypt, and Suez Canal region (1996-2001). • Consultant for Cairo University for the main Campus Telephone Networks. Among the activities; Upgrading Cairo University main exchange in 2005. Replacement of Faculty of Engineering PBX, main campus and Sheik Zaied Branch. The new systems support both circuit switching and IP telephony. Similar projects for other Cairo University Faculties such as the school of Medicine is on going .(2001-Current). Former Director of National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
- Senior Member (SM) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), (S83, M84, SM92) Information Theory and Communications Societies. - Co-founder of the Scientific Society of Telecom Engineers (SSTE) in 1986, and member of the board of directors since that time. SSTE is an NGO society that cares about the Telecom sectors technical problems and skills of its engineers. It holds monthy seminars about the new technologies, telecom services and policies as well as its impact on the society. Web site:// www.eecd-cu.edu.eg/sste - Member of National Radio Science Committee, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. - Member of SEAD research group on Wireless Communication System. A research team formed from staff members from both the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Cairo University.
Taught courses of Automatic Telephony (senior), Communication Theory and Systems (senior), Electromagnetic Fields (undergraduate), Assembly and Machine Languages (undergraduate) Electronic Devices and Circuits (undergraduate), Probabilities and Statistics (undergraduate), Digital Systems (undergraduate), Switching Systems (graduate), Traffic and Queuing Theory (graduate), Information Theory (graduate), Error Correcting Coding (graduate), Network Security (graduate),Satellite Communication Systems (graduate) ( Cairo University, Military College, Qatar University, AAST, MSA ). *
• Co author of the text books (Electronics for first, second and third year students) for the Electronics Dept., The Industry Secondary School, Qatar (1992 and 1994). • Shared in Preparing and developing the curricula of the Department of Electronics, the Industry Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Doha, Qatar. (1991). • Member of the Compilation and Editing Boards of the "Computer Dictionary ", Al Ahram Press, Cairo, Egypt, 1987. • Supervisor and co-supervisor as well as examiner of several Ph.D. and M. Sc. Students at Cairo University, Ain Shams, Helwan, Azhar Univerity, and Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain. • Member of several research projects at Cairo University that are sponsored by the National Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in the fields of Mobile Communications and LEO Remote Sensing Systems.
