Faculty Bulletin

The following list includes faculty grants only. Graduate student grants are now handled exclusively by Dr. Amr Shaarawi, Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. Please contact Dr. Shaarawi’s office for news about the status of applications for Graduate Student Grants.

My office will process the checks for the following grants as quickly as we can, but please allow some time for this to happen, since there is a very heavy workload for my assistant (Nancy Wadie) once the grant decisions are made. If you have not yet provided a letter of acceptance from the conference for which you have received a grant, no check will be issued until we receive such a letter.

If you see any typographical or other errors, or if you believe yourself to be wrongly missing from this list, please contact me immediately at gharman@aucegypt.edu.

CONFERENCE GRANTS

BUS (School of Business)

*Mohamed A. Elbannan (ACCT). Frankfurt, Germany. February 2013.

*Mohamed Elbarkouky (MGMT). Montreal, QC, Canada. May-June 2013.

*Maha Mourad (MGMT). Las Vegas, USA. February 2013.

*Khaled Samaha (ACCT). Paris, France. May 2013.

*Hamed Shamma (MGMT). Sharjah, UAE. February 2013.

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Usha Natarajan (Law). St. Andrews, Scotland, UK. April-May 2013.

GSE (Graduate School of Education)

*Heba El-Deghaidy (GSE). Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. April 2013.

HUSS (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

*Tahia Abdel Nasser (ECLT). Boston, USA. January 2013.

*Ashraf Abdou (ALI). Bloomington, IN, USA. February-March, 2013.

*Catarina Belo (PHIL). Lisbon, Portugal. April 2013.

*Jason Blum (HIST). Baltimore, USA. March 2013.

*Carol Clark (ELI). Dallas, USA. March 2013.

*Brooke Comer (RHET). Boston, USA. March 2013.

*Lori Fredricks (ELI). Riga, Latvia. May 2013.

*Atta Gebril (ELI). Munich, Germany. August 2012.

*Nagwa Kassabgy (ELI). Dallas, USA. March 2013.

*Sanaa Makhlouf (ELI). Liverpool, UK. April 2013.

*Ian Morrison (SAPE). New York, USA. February 2013.

*Yasmine Motawy (RHET). Boston, USA. March 2013.

*Amy Motlagh (ECLT). Boston, USA. January 2013.

*Alissa Nostas (ELI). Dubai, UAE. March 2013.

*Susanne Rizzo (ELI). Dubai, UAE. March 2013.

*Nadine Sika (POLS). Mersin, Turkey. March 2013.

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Khaled El-Ayat (CSCE). Nuremberg, Germany. February 2013.

*Sherine El Baradei (CANG). Rome, Italy. February 2013.

*Mohamed Elbarkouky (CANG). University Park, PA, USA. April 2013.

*Tarek Elkewidy (PENG). Kuwait City, Kuwait. December 2012.

*Lotfi Gaafar (MENG). Cocoa Beach, FL, USA. March 2013.

*Adel Ragab (PENG). Cairo. April 2013.

*Ahmed Rafea (CSCE). Innsbruck, Austria. February 2013.

*Nagwa Sherif (CANG). Milan, Italy. September 2013.

*Mohamed Swillam (PHYS). San Francisco, USA. February 2013.

*Mohamed Swillam (PHYS). Sharjah, UAE. March 2013.

RESEARCH GRANTS

BUS (School of Business)

*Mohamed Hegazy (ACCT). “Content Analysis on Minutes of an Audit Committee: The Egyptian Perspective.” Cairo. August 2012-February 2013.

*Maha Mourad (MGMT). “Assessing the Impact of European Standards for Internal Quality Assurance on Students’ Satisfaction and Intention Behavior.” Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. January-June 2013.

*Khaled Samaha (ACCT). “Reporting and Governance Reform and the Timeliness of Financial Reports in an Emerging Capital Market: Evidence from Egypt.” Cairo. October 2012-September 2013.

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Hamid Ali (PPAD). “Military Spending and Natural Resourcces: Evidence from Rentier States in Middle East and North Africa.” Cairo. December 2012-May 2013.

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Shereef Abdel-Azeem (EENG). “Online Arabic Handwriting Recognition.” Cairo. September 2012-August 2013.

*Ahmed Abou-Auf (MENG). “Fault Modeling and Worst-Case Test Vectors for Failures Induces in FPGAs by Total Ionizing Radiation.” Cairo. October 2012-September 2013.

*Nageh Allam (PHYS). “Hybrid Metal/Semiconductor Nanostructured Electrodes for Photo-Induced Charge Separation: Application to Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production.” Pasadena, CA. May-September 2013.

*Edwin Cruz-Rivera (BIOL). “Interactions Between Ontogeny, Autonomy, and Gut Flora in an Intertidal Crab.” Ain Sukhna, Egypt. Januar-September 2013.

*Tarek Elkewidy (PENG). “Characterization of the Egyptian Oil Shale Potentials for Economical Hydrocarbon Production as Unconventional Resources Integrated with Renewable Energy.” Cairo. February 2013-February 2014.

*Sherif Safar (CANG). “Shear Strengthening of Steel Plate Girders Using CFRP.” Cairo. January-April 2013.

*Adel Salem (PENG). “Application of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Egyptian Oil Fields.” Cairo. February-May 2013.

*Mohamed Serry (MENG). “Fabrication of MEMS Microstrip Patch Antennas Utilizing Novel Flexible Nanostructured Composite Substrates for Wearable and Implantable Biomedical Applications.” KAUST, Saudi Arabia. December 2012-September 2013.

TEACHING ENHANCEMENT GRANTS

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Kim Fox (JRMC). “Sounds Elemental: Gravity.” Brooklyn, NY, USA. December 2012.

HUSS (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

*Doris Jones (RHET). “First-Year Experience: Building Best Practices for Sustainable and Life-Long Learning for AUC Students and the Community.” Orlando, FL, USA. February 2013.

*Robert Williams (ELI). “Observation and Interaction in Online Beginning Foreign Language Courses.” Chapel Hill, NC, USA. February 2013.

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Ashraf Abdelbar (CSCE). “2013 ABET Assessment.” Portland, OR, USA. April 2013.

*Nagwa Sherif (CANG). “What Defines the Quality of an Architectural Student: Assessment of Screening Mechanisms for the Admission of Architectural Engineering Students at AUC.” Cairo. December 2012-April 2013.

Dear Colleagues:

What follows is a list of all Faculty Support Grants approved from the September application cycle. (Graduate Student Grants are now handled by Dr. Amr Shaarawi, Dean of Graduate Studies; inquiries can be made with his office.) All unsuccessful applicants have already been informed by email. If you think you have been wrongly omitted from the list, or if there is a typographical or other error in your listing, please let me know at gharman@aucegypt.edu. Such mistakes are easy to fix. Please note that under the new travel policy, my office will initially only be processing checks for the non-travel portion of your grant. As for the travel portion, you can either (a) book your tickets through the AUC Travel Office, or (b) book them yourself. The procedures for the two cases are as follows:

(a) The Travel Office will receive a list from me of everyone approved for travel for this cycle, including the destination and approximate dates. Since not everyone will choose to use the Travel Office, they will not automatically book your tickets for you; you must contact them to make this request, but please wait until at least Sunday, October 23 before doing so. Once the Travel Office tells us that you are booking through them, we will then pay the cost. Naturally, this amount will count against your annual maximum (which is $3,500 for Conference Grants and $6,500 for Research Grants).

(b) If you choose to book the tickets yourself, you must be reimbursed after travel is complete, after presenting your boarding passes for the whole of the trip. Please note that the amount of reimbursement will be determined by the Travel Office. If for some reason you need a more complicated itinerary than direct travel to the research/conference site, you are allowed to book such an itinerary, but of course you will only be reimbursed for what the fair price would have been for a direct route. Naturally, this amount will count against your annual maximum.

Important Note: faculty are not allowed more than the maximum amount in each grant category for any reason. If for example the airfare and per diem for a distant conference add up to more than $3,500, you may be left with some out-of-pocket expenses. Faculty are encouraged to consider this point when deciding on which conferences to attend during any given academic year.

Another Important Note (October 19): We do not process Conference Grants for which the letter of acceptance is still pending until the letter of acceptance is forwarded to my office.

Dr. Graham Harman, Associate Provost for Research Administration

CONFERENCE GRANTS

BUS (School of Business)

*Neveen Ahmed (MGMT). Washington, DC, USA. November 2011.

*Mohamad Al-Ississ (ECON). Chicago, USA. January 2012.

*Hala El-Ramly (ECON). Chicago, USA. January 2012.

*Steven Formaneck (MGMT). Bangkok, Thailand. December 2011.

*Maha Mourad (MGMT). Venice, Italy. January 2012.

*Maha Mourad (MGMT). Nicosia, Cyprus. March 2012.

*Samir Youssef (MGMT). Rotterdam, The Netherlands. June 2012.

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Hamid Ali (PPAD). Chicago, USA. January 2012.

*Timothy Dolan (PPAD). Penang, Malaysia. December 2011.

*Mohamad Elmasry (JRMC). Beirut, Lebanon. October 2011.

*Kim Fox (JRMC). Beirut, Lebanon. October 2011.

*Naila Hamdy (JRMC). Beirut, Lebanon. October 2011.

*Kevin Keenan (JRMC). Beirut, Lebanon. October 2011.

*Kevin Keenan (JRMC). Juba, South Sudan. November 2011.

*Usha Natarajan (LAW). Eugene, Oregon, USA. October 2011.

*AKM Ahsan Ullah (CMRS). Phuket, Thailand. May 2012.

GSE (Graduate School of Education)

*Ana Gil Garcia (GSE). Madrid, Spain. November 2011.

*Ted Purinton (GSE). Rhodes, Greece. January 2012.

HUSS (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

*Zeinab Abul-Magd (HIST). Washington, DC, USA. December 2011.

*Holger Albrecht (POLS). Washington, DC, USA. December 2011.

*Stancil Campbell (PVA). Long Beach, CA, USA. March 2012.

*Agnes Czajka (SAPE). Berlin, Germany. October 2011.

*Sophie Farag (ELI). Glasgow, Scotland. March 2012.

*Lori Fredricks (ELI). Antigua, Guatemala. November 2011.

*Camilo Gómez-Rivas (ARIC). Washington, DC, USA. November-December 2011.

*Joseph Hill (SAPE). Montreal, Canada. November 2011.

*Amy Holmes (SAPE). Boston, USA. November 2011.

*Nagwa Kassabgy (ELI). Chicago, USA. November 2011.

*Sara Magrin (PHIL). Ithaca NY. October 2011.

*Sanaa Makhlouf (ELI). Ankara, Turkey. October 2011.

*Javed Maswood (POLS). Taiwan. November 2011.

*Sean McMahon (POLS). Dunedin, New Zealand. November-December, 2011.

*William Melaney (ECLT). Pittsburgh, USA. October 2011.

*Amy Motlagh (ECLT). Washington, DC, USA. December 2011.

*Bernard O’Kane (ARIC). Sydney, Australia. October 2011.

*Rashmika Pandya (PHIL). Reykjavik, Iceland. November 2011.

*Rose Parfitt (POLS). Helsinki, Finland. October 2011.

*Sylvain Perdigon (SAPE). Washington, DC, USA. December 2011.

*Susanne Rizzo (ELI). Philadelphia, USA. March 2012.

*Yasmine Salah El-Din (ELI). Chicago, USA. November 201

*Ann Shafer (PVA). San Francisco, USA. November 2011.

*Mohammed Tabishat (SAPE). Montreal, Canada. November 2011.

*Mark Westmoreland (SAPE). New Orleans, USA. November 2011.

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Nageh K. Allam (PHYS). Boston, USA. November-December 2011.

*Christian Bauriedel (CANG). Nairobi, Kenya & Madrid, Spain. November 2011.

*Ali Darwish (EENG). Montreal, Canada. June 2012.

*Sherine Elbaradei (CANG). Sharjah, UAE. November 2011.

*Tarek Elkewidy (PENG). Bangkok, Thailand. November 2011.

*Maki Habib (MENG). Oita, Japan. January 2012.

*Ali Hadi (MACT). Lahore, Pakistan. December 2011.

*Tarek Madkour (CHEM). Tokyo, Japan. December 2011.

*Khaled Nassar (CANG). Weimar, Germany. November 2011.

*Ahmed Rafea (CSCE). Alexandria. October 2011.

*Hanadi Salem (MENG). Orlando, Florida, USA. March 2012.

*Mohamed Hassan Sayed (PENG). Washington, DC, USA. October 2011.

RESEARCH GRANTS

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Naila Hamdy (JRMC). “Prediction of Media Credibility in Egypt’s Post-Revolution Transitional Phase.” Cairo. October-December 2011.

HUSS (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

*Mariam Ayad (SAPE). “Epigraphic Fieldwork in the Tomb of Harwa (TT37).” Luxor. December 2011-January 2012.

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Ahmed Abou-Auf (EENG). “Fault Modeling ad Worst-Case Test Vectors for Delay Failure Induced in CMOS ASIC Devices by Total Ionizing Radiation.” Cairo. October 2011-September 2012.

*Wael Ahmed (CHEM). “Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposites as Surface Coatings for Biomolecular Absorption.” Cairo. October 2011-October 2012.

*Edwin Cruz-Rivera (BIOL). “The Role of Structural Versus Chemical Defenses in Turbinaria.” El Gouna, Egypt. November 2011-June 2012.

*Maki Habib (MENG). “Design and Development of GSM Based Remote Control and Monitoring System.” Cairo. October 2011-October 2012.

*Tarek Madkour (CHEM). Cairo. “Development of the Molecular Parameters for the Design of New Nano-Structured Highly Permeable and Highly Selective Polyimide Membranes for the Green Separation of Natural Gas.” Cairo. September 2011-June 2012.

*Tamer Shoeib (CHEM). Cairo. “Theoretical Modeling and Structural Analysis of Gluathione Complexes with the Anti-Cancer Drugs Cisplatin and Oxaliplatin.” Cairo. November 2011-October 2012.

*Mohamed Swillam (PHYS). “Design and Fabrication of Nanoscale Plasmonic Networks.” Toronto, Canada. November 2011-October 2012.

TEACHING ENHANCEMENT GRANT

SSE (School of Sciences and Engineering)

*Mohamed Aly (MENG). “Development of Drawing and Dimensioning Library for Mechanical Components According to Different International Drawing Standards.” Cairo. December 2011-December 2012.

*Lamyaa El-Gabry (MENG). “Sustainable Solar Systems in Mechanical Engineering.” Egypt, Spain. December 2011-December 2012.

*Basil Kamel (CANG). “Design Methodology: Studies in Design Studio Experiential Learning.” Cairo. October 2011-August 2012.

CO-ORDINATION OF A CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP GRANT

GAPP (School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

*Thomas Skouteris (LAW). “International Law and the Periphery,” in co-operation with the University of Sydney, Australia. February 2012.