Annual Report2009-2010fe

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5 foreword 11 a special note 13 office of the dean 41 department of architecture and design 79 department of civil and environmental engineering

105 department of electrical and computer engineering

147 department of mechanical engineering

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As is the case every year in this dynamic Faculty in which I have had the honor of being dean for the past decade, the academic year 2009-10 witnessed a number of important firsts. After many years of arduous self-study preparations, requiring the concentrated teamwork of FEA faculty and staff members followed by the visit of an ABET evaluation team from November 28 through December 2, 2009, I am proud to be able to write that the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET [the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology], one of the most respected and internationally renowned accreditation organizations in USA, has accredited four BE undergraduate engineering programs: civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer and communications engineering, and mechanical engineering. The accreditation decision was announced in August 2010; and the accreditation of these programs is retroactive to October 1, 2008.

ABET accreditation is not an end by itself; it is rather a process requiring ongoing documentation, assessment, and evaluation for the continuous improvement of our undergraduate programs.

Another important first was the awarding of the a PhD Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering which is the first PhD in engineering ever awarded at AUB; this was awarded to Elias Yaacoub in June 2010. With thirty six students currently enrolled in the PhD programs I am confident that this is just the beginning of the many new scholars that FEA will nurture.

No less noteworthy is the fact that the new Chemical Engineering Program admitted students in September 2009. There were twenty seven first-year students who enrolled in the program. The Construction Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also began admitting students in September 2009. There were twenty first-year students enrolled in the new construction program.

The FEA has continued to attract an ever increasing number of highly qualified undergraduate students from high schools, students wishing to transfer from other Faculties within AUB, and students from other universities. As a result, the cutoff scores for admission to the undergraduate programs in FEA have been raised every year making the scores required for admission among the highest on campus. This is in an attempt to keep the enrollment in the Faculty constant. However, the total enrollment in the undergraduate programs was 1,730 in the fall semester of AY 2009-10, [in the fall semester of AY 2008-09 there were

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1,683]; and the enrollment increased to 1,750 in the spring of 2010. Along with all the undergraduate students, there were also 224 students enrolled in master’s degree programs, this is an increase from 175 students in AY 2008-09; and there were thirty six students in the PhD programs, this is also an increase from the twenty enrolled in AY 2008-09.

In June 2010, AUB awarded 327 FEA undergraduate degrees, fifty eight FEA master’s degrees, and one FEA PhD degree.

The hard work of the faculty members was rewarded by the following appointments, reappointments, leaves, and grants in AY 2009-10. Five faculty members were promoted to the rank of associate professor in September 2009: George Arbid and Walid Sadek in ArD; and Louay Bazzi, Mohamad Mansour, and Fadi Karameh in ECE. The promotions of another five assistant professors: Mona Fawaz in ArD, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal in ECE, Zaher Dawy [ECE], Wassim Masri [ECE], and Issam Lakkis in ME to the rank of associate professor; and Associate Professor Hassan Artail to the rank of full professor, were approved in June 2010.

All the departments were able to add to their ranks by attracting highly qualified new faculty members. The new faculty members in September 2009 were Matthew Thomas, as a visiting assistant professor [ArD]; Carole Levesque [ArD], Maya Abou Zeid and Hiam Khoury [CEE], Wassim Masri [ECE], Matthias Liermann [ME], Fouad Azizi and Mahmoud Hindi [ChemE] as assistant professors; and Rabih Jabr [ECE], and Kamel Abou Ghali [ME] as associate professors; Renzo Di Felice [ME] as a visiting professor for one term; and Danielle Nasrallah [ECE] as a lecturer. In addition, after international searches eight new faculty members accepted offers to join the FEA in September 2010: Issam Srour as an assistant professor in EM [he was a visiting assistant professor in EM for two years], George Saad as an assistant professor in CEE, Elie Shammas as an assistant professor in ME, Salem Seifiddine as an assistant professor in ME, Walid Saad as an assistant professor in ChemE, Joseph Zeaiter as an assistant professor in ChemE, Youssef Nasser as a visiting assistant professor in ECE, and Ali Yassine as an associate professor in EM [he was a visiting assistant professor in EM for two years].

The secondment appointment of Prof. Farid Chaaban from ECE through REP, to serve as the Dean of Engineering at Dhofar University in Oman, continued for a third year; and Professor Riad Chedid continued his leave as deputy president at Fahad bin Sultan University in Tabuq, Saudi Arabia. Professors Toufic Mezher from EM, on leave at MASDAR, UAE; and Mazen Saghir from ECE, on leave at the Texas A&M University in Qatar, both resigned from AUB. Isam Kaysi from CEE spent a second year leave of absence at Saudi Arabia. Prof. Fouad Mrad went on an unpaid leave of absence to work on an ESCWA project in January 2010.

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Prof. Nesreen Ghaddar was selected to serve as the Associate Provost after Provost Dallal joined AUB in September 2009. Prof. Ghaddar also was inducted as a member of the Lebanese Academy of Science. Prof. Bilal Hamad was elected Mayor of Beirut on May 9th, and Assist. Prof. Ghassan Chehab was elected to the MESAT Board of Directors to represent Lebanon with a renewable two-year term.

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture students and faculty members have continued to play an important role at national, regional, and international conferences, seminars, and meetings as evidenced in the outline of information included below and in the rest of this report.

During the year I personally travelled to Budapest, Hungary in October to chair a session and give a presentation at the Global Colloquium on Engineering Education; to Abu Dhabi, UAE with the Office of Development to meet with alumni and potential donors in November; to Amman, Jordan in December to represent Lebanon at the meeting of “Pioneers and Innovators of the Arab World”; and to the USA, in March to visit the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at San Diego and at Santa Barbara; and to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During the same trip I attended the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Diego and received the Fellow Award. In April, I attended the Engineering Dean’s Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, where I participated in a panel on the attributes of a global engineer. In June, I was in Paris, France to attend the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.

As the National Secretariat for IAESTE in Lebanon, the FEA arranged for nineteen international students to do their summer training in Lebanon, and for sixteen FEA students to do their summer internships abroad. The FEA Career Development Center arranged 239 job offers for our graduates and 150 internship offers for our third-year students.

Fifty invitations were received by FEA faculty members to participate in academic, research, and professional related activities in the US, Canada, Europe, and the region. Twenty-six of which were supported by URB short term faculty development grants and twenty four were supported by research grants and other external sources. Three faculty members went on URB long-term faculty development leaves in the summer of 2010.

The engineering departments organized thirty academic seminars that were given by external speakers, alumni, guests, and faculty members. The Department of Architecture and Design held nine public lectures and organized the following events: exhibition in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy, student exhibition “OMRANIA/CSBE” Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design, the City Debates 2010 “Security[of/in]the City”, the launching of Areen Architecture Lecture Series presented by Rem Koolhaas

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[the internationally acclaimed architect and urbanist from Harvard University], and the annual exhibition of final year projects “Twenty 10”.

The LNCSR granted nine new research grants valued at $93,501 and extended three existing grants. The URB awarded forty three grants valued at $243,131. Three external research grants were completed, seven are still in progress, and four new [$59,000] were granted from the Association for Forests, Development, and Conservation; ASHRAE; the American Center for Learned Societies; and the Vlingo Corporation. An Intel Corporation grant of $190,000 was awarded to ECE faculty members; and two grants totaling $2,000,000 were received from the Qatar Foundation by ECE faculty members. The ASHA grant for AY 2009-10 was $291,325.

The FEA hosted URB Visiting Scholars Dr. Catherine French [CEE] and Prof. Theresa Caldeira [ArD] who offered seminars and met with faculty and students. Mr. Abdo Rouhana from Philips Lighting Academy, Dubai, offered two ICT short courses to ECE graduate students; and faculty members from Lund University, Sweden, offered a short intensive course to ME graduate students as part of the TEMPUS exchange program.

Faculty news items and events are presented here in the order in which they occurred during the year.The FEA held a naming ceremony for Classroom 409 in the Bechtel Building. It will now be known as The Zuhayr Boulos Classroom, in return for a donation from the Boulos family. On October 9th the Dean’s Reception to welcome new and continuing faculty was held. The Fawzi Azar Award Ceremony and Exhibition to announce and present the winners was held on October 30th. The Intel Multicore Training Course organized by ECE department and Intel Corporation to train university professors and instructors was held from November 20th to 22nd. The FEA hosted the 3rd IEEE Lebanon Communications Workshop 2009 in AUB Hostler Auditorium on November 21st. The fourth FEA Working Retreat for faculty members was held on March 6th. The 9th FEA Student Conference was held on May 19th and 20th; it included plenary presentations by six distinguished alumni, technical sessions, the students’ exhibition, and ended with a reception and awards ceremony. This was followed by a half-day workshop on May 21st where the recipients of the Munib and Angela Masri institute for Energy and Natural Resources research grants presented their findings. The inauguration ceremony for the OMRON Industrial Automation Lab, the first high-tech automation lab of its kind in the Middle East, under the patronage of Mr. Neemat Frem, was held on May 26th. An Applied Energy Workshop in collaboration with several universities in Lebanon and Europe as part of the TEMPUS exchange program was held on June 4th. The FEA commencement reception and awards ceremony was attended by Provost Dallal on June 26th. The Middle East Society of Asphalt Technologies [MESAT] conference and workshop under the patronage of Minister Gahazi Aridi and in collaboration with Balamand University was held at Le Bristol Hotel from

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July 5th through 8th. The FEA hosted a symposium on urban public transport organized by CEE department and the University of California at Berkeley, on August 6th and 7th.

The FEA is still actively seeking to attract donations and gifts from alumni and friends in order to be able to continue to be a leader in providing quality education, research, and service. The establishment of new graduate universities in the region, such as the King Abdallah University of Science and Technology, KAUST, in Saudi Arabia, and MASDAR in the United Arab Emirates are providing challenges and opportunities for the FEA. The challenges we currently face can be met by establishing centers of excellence in key areas of science and technology in order attract funding and be able to initiate collaborative research projects with researchers at these new universities, and with other universities abroad.

The FEA has received donations, gifts, and pledges from a variety of sources to support facilities, academic programs, research, and students. During the AY a total of $7,095 came from a variety of sources to support FEA research and academic activities; $56,000 to support FEA Career Development Center; a donation of $3,000 to support FEA student conference; a total of $32,000 to support ECE final year projects; pledges in the amount of $1,305,000 to name classrooms, halls, and offices in engineering buildings; $50,000 has been dedicated from the Munib and Angela Institute of Energy and Natural Resources to fund five research projects; $100,000 has been dedicated from Dar Al Handasah Endowment Fund to support six research projects; and $20,000 from Mrs. Nahed Agha Salam for the Endowed Engineering Excellence Award.

FEA students have continued to be recognized by external prizes and awards.A team of ECE students ranked 4th in the Arab and North Africa ACM Regional Programming Contest held in Alexandria, Egypt and ranked 11th among 700 teams worldwide in the 2010 ACM-ICPC World Finals in Harbin, China. The animation films of the students in Architecture and Design were selected to be part of the 1st Lebanese Animation Festival, Beirut Animated. Four CEE students in the Environmental Microbiology course won the IBDAA Award for this year on May 21st. Three ECE teams ranked in the first, second, and fifth places in the Second Lebanese Collegiate Programming Contest held at LAU on June 26.

The following awards were granted internally by the FEA: the Areen Award of Excellence in Architecture to Yasmina Carol Charles Chami, [1st], Dara Munther Dajani Daoudi [2nd], and Julie Dany Haddad [3rd]; the Areen Award of Excellence in Graphic Design to Ruba Abdul Rahman Sidani [1st], Lilian Talal Abou Zeki [2nd], and Yousef Ishaq Abed Rabboh [3rd]; the Fawzi Azar Architecture Award to Julie Dany Haddad and Dara Munther Dajani Daoudi; the Abdul Hadi Debs Endowment Award for Academic Excellence at the graduate level to Sally Jack Antoun [ECE]; the Distinguished Graduate Award to Yousef Ishaq Abed Rabboh

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[GD], Jad Elia Makhlouta [CCE], Charles Chebl Mourani [CCE], Fadi Antoine Wakim [CEE], Peter Youssef Kairouz [ECE], and Rita Imad EL Jamal [ME]; the Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement for the projects by Rebecka Naim Farraj [GD], Yasmina Carol Charles Chami [Arch.], Hamza Hussein Harkous and Jad Elia Makhlouta [CCE], Jad Samir Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan Amin Hijazi, and Amir Yusef Salam [CEE], Gaelle Gabriel Abou Hable, and Oscar Walid El Debs [ECE], Emilio Ghassan El Asmar, Yara Hassan Chamaa, Mostafa Ghassan Shaaban, and Mahdi Ali Zahreddine [ME]; the Penrose Award to George Nicolas El Nachef [CEE]; the Farouk W. Agha Mechanical Engineering Excellence Award to Imad Ahmad EL Fay [ME]; the Youssef Salam Civil Engineering Excellence Award to Rawan Amin Hijazi [CEE]; and the Professor Emeritus Fateh Sakkal Renewable Energy Research Award to Amer Maher Keblawi [ME].

The FEA Career Development Center has continued to serve students, alumni, and companies, locally and internationally, helping students to find summer training internships, jobs after graduation, and qualified students to find assistantships in graduate schools at top universities in the US, Canada, and in Europe. The CDC website is very well maintained and is continually upgraded and improved; its database of companies, students and alumni keeps expanding.

The IT Unit in FEA continued to improve the service it provides to faculty and students, who have audio-visual, or hardware and software computing needs. A number of software packages have been developed by the IT Unit to automate: student and faculty records, student petitions, the FEA Career Development Center, and the Student Conference website.

The increase in the number of students, faculty members, and programs in FEA has put pressure on many available resources and on the use of office space, teaching facilities, and laboratories. The delay in the construction of the Irani/Oxy Engineering Building has not helped this situation. Fortunately, the excavations for the Irani/Oxy Engineering Building started in late September.

The FEA Physical Space Committee worked hard during the year to reconfigure and create usable space in existing FEA buildings. The lobby of the CCC Scientific Research Building was used to create eight offices for faculty and staff to use. However, additional faculty offices are still needed to provide office space for new faculty members expected to be hired next year.

I am confident that the FEA has the high quality hard working faculty and students needed to meet the challenges it will inevitably face in the coming years. I look forward to returning to the FEA as a professor in the ECE department in AY 2011-12.

—ibrahim n. hajj, Dean • August 2010

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a special noteAfter the passage of almost a decade of service Dean Ibrahim Hajj decided that it was time for him to turn a page and begin to enjoy the next chapter of his life. We respect this and we are happy for him but not that he is leaving his position. We would like to thank Dean Hajj for his hard work over the past ten years, his dedication to FEA and AUB, and the high standards he consistently set by example for professional working relationships.

Dean Hajj changed the FEA, reshaping it into a much different place from what it was when he was appointed. He empowered chairs and departments and by so doing sought to include and empower all faculty members; he was always on the lookout for individuals to champion initiatives and he found them. He encouraged departments to introduce new programs and minors. He was keen on our programs receiving ABET accreditation and was steadfast even after the application was put on hold. He stressed the importance of research and led the efforts that, after many years, culminated in the introduction of PhD degree programs in the engineering departments. He wisely understood the importance of supporting graduate students in general, and PhD students in particular in order to create and nurture a research culture within the Faculty. For that purpose he approached donors and was successful in starting many endowment funds. Today all our PhD students are fully supported by these funds. Along the same lines, he secured endowments to support research work. Dean Hajj also valued and cared deeply about undergraduate students; he introduced the FEA Career Development Center to help place students in internships and secure jobs after graduation. To promote undergraduate research and to help improve our students’ communication and writing skills, he initiated the Annual FEA Student Conference.

The list of accomplishments during his deanship is long: the Irani-Oxy building, naming of rooms and offices, creation of new offices, and numerous renovation projects.

Even with all these accomplishments, Dean Hajj was always thinking about the unfinished projects, the work still to be done. From my office I could see him daily checking on the huge hole between Bechtel and Ghosn Buildings. The hole seems like a metaphor for his resignation. He remains, I am certain, concerned

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about the accreditation of the architecture and graphic design programs, and also the new engineering programs. He is looking forward to the first graduate of the new Chemical Engineering Program and the eventual formation of a Chemical Engineering Department. I would like to assure him that the projects and ideas he put into motion and tended will continue to grow.

Finally let me just add that as the associate dean, I have had the honor to work closely with Dean Hajj and to discuss, not only work, but also as inevitably happens personal issues. For many of my colleagues who have not had this opportunity I would like to say that I have enormous respect for the Dean who above all is a gentleman and a very considerate person.

Dean Hajj your presence as a Dean leaves a long shadow and will be felt for many years to come.

June 2010

— fadl moukalled, Acting Dean

personnel 14 Officers of the Faculty 14 Staff committees fea representatives on university committees 15 University Senate 15 Standing committees and boards of the Senate standing committees of the fea 15 Academic and Curriculum Committee 15 Administrative Committee 15 Admissions Committee 15 Advisory Committee 16 Graduate Studies Committee 17 Library Committee 18 Research Committee 22 Student Affairs Committee ad hoc committees 25 Student Conference Committee 27 Physical Space Committee 27 Accreditation Committee 27 Math Committee 27 Multi-disciplinary FYP Commitee

support units 28 Student Academic Counseling Services 28 Records Office 29 FEA Career Development Center 33 IT Unit 35 Engineering Shops 37 FEA Computer Labs 40 Supplies, Reproductions, and Buildings

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Ghada Najm, Executive OfficerAlia Kazma, Students Services OfficerLara Touma, Financial OfficerBetsy McGreevy, Academic Support

Haneen Deeb, Administrative AssistantMaya Kouzy, SecretaryEdgard Touma, Filing Clerk

fea career development centerNadia Moufarrej, Career Development CoordinatorClara Mchantaf, Secretary

computer laboratoriesKamal Mikati, SupervisorAziz Natour, Senior MasterRaafat Hajj, Senior Master

engineering shopsJoseph Nassif, SupervisorGeorge Jurdi, Senior Shop MasterJoseph Zoulikian, Material and Manufacturing Shop MasterRamzi Safi, Senior Technician Machine ShopJoseph Khoury, Senior Technician Wood Shop

it unitZiad Shaaban, IT ManagerMaher Itani, System AnalystMohammed Haidar, Web/Application Specialist Toufic Karout, System AdministratorSaro Koulakezian, Senior MasterSaadallah Itani, Research Assistant

fea libraryKhaled Noubani, LibrarianRabi’ Bu-Shahli, Library AssistantZiyad Yamut, Library AssistantSalim Shehab, Library AssistantElie Haddad, Library Assistant

records officeNawal Abou Mosleh, Records Office Assistant

supplies, reproduction, and buildingsSamir Bassil, SupervisorElie Touma, Technician

iaesteFadl Moukalled, National Secretary of IAESTE, Lebanon

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University Senate

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committeesfea representatives on university committees Dean Ibrahim Hajj; Professors: M. A. Abdul-Malak, Ayman Kayssi, Leila Musfy, and Salah Sadek

Academic Development Committee: Professor Ali El-Hajj

Board of Graduate Studies: Professor Karim Kabalan, Assoc. Prof. Ramsey Hamade

Faculty Affairs Committee: Professor Ayman Kayssi

Library Committee: Associate Professor Zeina Maasri

General Education Committee: Professor Ali El-Hajj

Steering Committee: Professor M. A. Abdul Malak

University Admissions Committee: Professor Bilal Hamad

University Committee on Student Affairs: Professor M. A. Abdul-Malak

University Disciplinary Committee: Associate Professor Ali Chehab

University Publications Committee: Associate Professor George Arbid

University Research Board: Associate Professor Alan Shihadeh

University Student Faculty Committee: Associate Professor Fadi Karameh

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composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj; Associate Dean F. Moukalled [Chair]; Profs.: K. Kabalan, S. Sadek, M.Darwish, H. Al-Harithy, M. Harajli, D. Asmar, H. Artail, W. Sadek: Ex-officio members: Registrar and Faculty Representative on Senate Academic Development; FEA Student Representativefunction | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA

composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; Associate Dean Fadl Moukalled; Profs.: K. Kabalan, M. Darwish, H. Al-Harithy, S. Sadek, M. A. Abdul-Malak; and by invitation B. McGreevy [secretary] function | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA

composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; by invitation; Associate Dean F. Moukalled; Profs.: A. Kuran, G. Arbid, M. Awad, A. Chehab; Ex-officio members: Director of Admissions, Faculty Representative on the UAC; FEA Student Representativefunction | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA

composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj [Chair]; Profs.: M. Mabsout, M. Darwish, M. Harajli, A. Kayssi, L. Musfy, and M. A. Abdul-Malakfunction | As explained in the by-laws of the FEA

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composition | Profs.: B. Maddah [Chairperson], M. Harb, K. Kabalan, F. Moukalled; Ms. N. Naffah and Ms. N. Dandan, Admissions Office; Ms. H. Nakad, Registrar; and Ms. A. Kazma, Office of the Dean, [Secretary]

report on activities | This year’s activities for the GSC involved mainly [i] deciding on FEA master’s program student admissions [ii] deciding on FEA PhD student admissions, [iii] reviewing master’s thesis proposals, and [iv] deciding on student petitions. These activities are summarized below.

Master’s Level Admissions: A total of 352 master’s applications were received. Out of these, 298 applications were accepted, a 23% rejection rate. Last year, the number of applicants was 286 and the rejection rate was 34%. This indicates that this year saw 23% more applicants and a decrease in the rejection rate by 11%.

Among departments/programs, EM attracted the largest number of applicants with 132 accepted candidates [44% of the total number accepted]. These numbers are 99 [33%] for ECE, 34 [11%] for ME, 26 [9%] for CEE, and 18 [6%] for ArD [A student may apply to more than one FEA graduate program, hence the sum of percentages of students accepted to different program exceeds 100%]. Last year, these numbers were 105 [56%] for EM, 47 [25%] for ECE, 34 [18%] for ME, 28 [15%] for CEE, and 9 [5%] for ArD. Relative to last year, this indicates increased popularity for EM, ECE, and ArD, with ECE achieving the largest improvement.

PhD Admissions: A total of 32 PhD applications were received. Out of these 13 were accepted, a 59% rejection rate. Last year, 25 applications were received and 8 were rejected, a 32% rejection rate. By department 5 candidates were admitted into ECE, 5 into CEE, and 3 into ME. Descriptive statistics on the GRE scores and equivalent GPAs [all GPAs were converted to an out-of-100 scale] of candidates admitted are as shown below, with a mean GRE score for the admitted candidates of 1210 [quantitative: 766, verbal: 447] and a mean GPA of 89. Last year, the mean PhD admission GRE scores were 1164 [quantitative: 773, verbal: 391] and the mean GPA was 89.72.

PhD Admission Summary Statistics on GRE and GPA

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Standard deviation 28 111 106 8

Minimum 730 350 1080 64

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Master’s Thesis Proposals: A total of 28 master’s thesis proposals were reviewed and approved. By department these were distributed as follows: 14 from ECE, 0 from ME, 8 from EM, 4 from ArD, and 3 from CCE. Last year, the total number of proposals was 25 [9 from ECE, 8 from ME, 6 from EM, and 1 from CCE].

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Petitions: A total of 40 petitions were received. The majority of these were concerned with [i] utilizing overload undergraduate courses to meet graduate requirements, [ii] transferring between concentration areas within FEA departments, and [iii] waving core course requirement for certain areas of concentration, especially in ECE.

composition | Profs.: Z. Maasri [Chair], R. Jabr, S. Najjar; Ex-officio member: University Librarian Lokman Meho; Faculty Representative on the University Library Committee; FEA Student representatives: Lama Atallah and Marcel Prince

The FEA library committee reports the following: Updated Facilities for Students: Based on student demands, the FEA library has ordered four new computers, one A4 scanner and, four printers one in color. A new printing system will be implemented starting next academic year in all the University Libraries including FEA, where all the printers will be networked and linked to student IDs for billing.

Introduction to FEA Library Resources: The Engineering Librarian, Mr. Khaled Noubani, has been conducting introductory sessions on the FEA Library resources and journal databases relevant to engineering for new graduate students. These tutorials have been highly successful and the committee recommends that they become mandatory for all new graduate students. The department chairs and/or graduate program coordinators would need to coordinate between the graduate students and the FEA Library in the organization process.

Print Journal Cancellations: As is the case in all University Libraries, print journals, particularly titles to which the library is subscribed online, are being evaluated using standard indicators [use statistics, impact factor, uniqueness, cost, etc.] to determine which titles to consider for cancellation; the library will seek faculty feedback for final decisions. Previous consultations with FEA faculty members showed that there was a general agreement that journals like ASCE, ASME, and IEEE could be accessed online without the need for their print versions.

Storage Relocation: Print journals preceding 1994 were moved to the Jafet Library temporarily and will be returned to FEA Library once the architecture, planning, and design book and journal collections are transferred from FEA Library to Jafet Library, before October 2010. Access to library material from Jafet will be facilitated by the introduction of on-campus document delivery service starting January 2011.

Merger of Science and Engineering Libraries: The committee members were informed by the University Librarian of future plans to merge the Science and Agriculture Library with the Engineering and Architecture Library. The new Science and Engineering Library is to be located in the Bechtel Building, the merger and relocation will take place in or before 2015 when the construction of the Irani Oxy Engineering Complex is expected to be completed.

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Relocation of the Architecture, Planning and Design Collections: The department of Architecture and Design has proposed to relocate the Architecture, Planning and Design book and periodical collections from the FEA Library and centrally place them in the Jafet Library. The reason behind the relocation lies in the fact that such a collection would normally fit better within a context inclusive of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences collection and less within the future Engineering and Science Library. Additionally, this will minimize the duplication of acquisitions for the new department of Fine Arts and Arts History [FAS]. The Dean of FEA and the University Libraries have approved the proposal.

composition | Profs.: H. Artail [Chair], H. Al-Harithy, K. Ghali, H. Assaf, and A. Shihadeh [FEA Representative on the University Research Board]

report on activities | The major activities of the FEA-RC for 2009-10 were as follows [in chronological order]: 1 Reviewed and submitted recommendations on one paid research leave application. 2 Reviewed the URB Proposal Review Policy at FEA. 3 Implemented minor updates to the proposal review form. This included rewording the budget section of the form to encourage the reviewer to focus on the budget items, not the dollar amounts which were not disclosed on the proposals. 4 Worked closely with the FEA IT Unit to overhaul the online system for proposal submission and review by porting it over to ASP.NET and re-engineering the features that exhibited intermittent technical problems last year. 5 Gave a demonstration of the online system to the FRC of the FAS Faculty. They will be “cloning” the FEA online system for next year’s URB cycle. 6 Generated a list of more than 360 international referees who are knowledgeable in the respective areas of the proposals. This was done through searching scholarly electronic databases for publications in the areas of the proposals. 7 Conducted the review process of 39 proposals [see below]. 8 Updated the FEA faculty on the new URB funding policy, and shared with the Faculty members the report that was sent to the URB. 9 Compiled the received proposal review comments. They will be sent to the applicants as was done last year.10 Reviewed nine seed proposals submitted at the start of the fall AY 2009-10. 11 Reviewed and approved tens of proposals for outside funding, including LNCSR proposals.

URB Proposal Reviews: For the academic year 2010-11, a total of 39 new proposals were submitted by faculty members in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture [FEA] for URB funding. They are categorized by type and by department as follows: Regular proposals: ArD 3, CEE 8, ECE 18, ME 9, and EM 1.

Reviewer Selection Methodology: As evidenced by table 1 below, the FEA FRC made a huge effort to have every proposal reviewed by at least two reviewers [only three proposals were reviewed by one reviewer]. To select the reviewers, the Committee followed the following rules:

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• Select up to one referee from the PI’s list who is not an applicant himself/herself

• Select up to two reviewers from within AUB who are in the area and are not applicants in their respective Faculties for this current cycle.

• Look for outside reviewers so as to have an initial total of five reviewers. The FRC used search databases to identify reviewers who are “experts” [based on their publications] in the subject areas of the proposals.

FRC Handling of Proposals: Each member of the FEA FRC Committee in addition to the FEA Representative on the URB handled the review process of 8 proposals [one handled 7]. He or she was in charge of reviewer selection, monitoring responses [or lack of them] to replenish the system with additional reviewers, answering reviewers’ questions and providing clarifications, and communicating with PIs in regard to issues about their proposals. Of course, all the above was performed in coordination among the rest of the Committee members. Three of the FEA FRC members and the FEA Representative on the URB are applicants themselves. To eliminate conflict of interest, each of their four proposals was handled by someone other than the PI and in an a cyclic manner.

Review Form: The review form comprised five parts, to which the following weights were assigned: Quality: 0.3, Significance: 0.35, Methodology: 0.35, Budget: 0, and Investigator: 0. Note that the budget section was assigned a 0 weight because most proposals requested almost the same amount, which is mostly RA effort [see Table 5] and because the online system is now standardizing the RA and student employment rates. Nevertheless, the reviewers’ explicit comments in this section were considered to determine if adjustments to the budget need to be applied. On the other hand, the category Investigator was not assigned a weight as well. Instead, it was only used as a pass/fail category to check whether the PI is producing research output out of past URB funds. After considering the number of years at AUB, all PIs demonstrated effective use of their past URB funds as evidenced by their research output.

Composition of Reviews: For the 39 regular proposals, the statistics in the following three tables describe different aspects that are related to reviewer solicitation and responses, number of reviews per proposal, and awarded proposal average score.

ece me ce ard engm total percent of totalTotal number of solicited reviews 197 79 68 9 7 360

Reviewers who completed the review 52 25 15 6 4 102 28%

Reviewers who declined 72 33 28 0 0 133 37%

Reviewers who accepted but did not review 2 1 9 3 1 16 4%

Reviewers who did not respond 71 20 16 0 2 109 30%

Reviewers from the department 2 1 2 2 1 8

18%Reviewers outside the department but from AUB

5 2 1 1 0 9

Reviewers from Lebanon 1 0 0 0 0 1

Reviewers from outside Lebanon 44 22 12 3 3 84 82%

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number of reviews per proposal number of proposals1 3

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Min. 1.98

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Average 4.00

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Accounting for Professorial Rank: Consistent with prior practices of the FEA FRC and with those of other Faculties, a mechanism was applied to give assistant professors an edge over associate and full professors, and associate professors a push over full professors. This was done by generating what we called the FRC Score, which is computed for each proposal as follows:

FRC Score = Average Reviewer Score × [1 – Professorial Penalty × Professorial Rank Code]

where Professorial Penalty was set to 0.05 [5%] and Professorial Rank Code is equal to 0 for Assistant Professors, 1 for Associate Professors, and 2 for Full Professors.

After applying this formula, the generated FRC Scores had the following statistics:

frc scoresMin. 2.28

Max. 4.75

Average 3.86

Standard deviation 0.52 Table 4 The proposals were then ranked by FRC scores in ascending order [lowest to highest].

Requested Budgets: This year, the FEA FRC decided not to disclose the dollar value of the budget items to reviewers in an attempt to avoid discouraging those who may think that the relatively low budget amount [i.e., up to $10,000] is not worth their time and effort. The FEA FRC believes this strategy contributed to the high turnout of completed reviews [an average of 2.6 reviews per proposal, as compared to 2.1 reviews

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per proposal last year]. However, the proposal file still included the budget items, most important of which are the RA effort and other forms of labor [e.g., undergraduate student employment]. This allowed the reviewers to evaluate the budget in relation to the proposed work.

Concerning the dollar values of the budget items, the FEA FRC worked with the FEA IT Unit to implement an interface in the FEA Proposal Submission and Evaluation online system which queries the PI during proposal submission time about the different budget elements, and automatically computes the dollar values for these elements and for the proposal as a whole, and stores these amounts in the database. The system allowed for enforcing limits on standard budget items, as per URB guidelines, and ensuring uniformity of RA and student rates.

The requested budget was modified by the FEA FRC only in two situations:

• If the budget includes items that are not allowed by the URB. Examples include general computer hardware and accessories, and society membership fees.

• If a reviewer explicitly pointed out that the specified person effort is inflated.

The statistics of the submitted budgets to the URB are as follows:

budget statisticsMin. $5,100

Max. $10,000

Average $8,384

Standard deviation $1,450

Total $326,992 Table 5

Observations: The FEA FRC continues to improve the research proposal review process and is increasingly depending on voluntary external reviews to evaluate the merit of the submitted proposals. The reviewers are selected by matching their research areas, as indicated by their publications record, with the specific subject areas of the submitted proposals [learned from the title and the abstract]. As was mentioned above, the FEA FRC Committee members used academic search engines to identify these reviewers, and in the vast majority of cases, the FRC members had no prior interactions with the contacted reviewers.

In general, our process currently depends on the following principles:

• The FEA FRC manages the proposal review process, but it does not perform the reviews.

• Ranking of proposals is solely based on the obtained review scores after being adjusted for the professorial rank [i.e., using the FRC Scores].

• Proposals are evaluated by reviewers in the applicants’ fields of research, external to the committee members and the pool of AUB competitor applicants.The FEA FRC is pleased to report that for almost all proposals the reviewers of the

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same proposal were consistent in giving close scores, as shown in the attached Excel sheet. Only one proposal had one very inconsistent review with two others, and it was disqualified after it was studied by the Committee.

Similar to the remark we made last year, this year, the FEA FRC collected further evidence of research output from prior URB funding. It was unmistakably clear that faculty members are making excellent use of the money they receive from the URB, especially when considering the relatively small amounts they receive as compared to institutions in the region and the West. In numbers, the mean number of publications per funded proposal is over 2.4. With this high productivity in mind, the FEA FRC, and along with it the FEA Faculty, is seriously concerned about the negative effects of not funding some proposals on the research output of the concerned Faculty members.

recommendations of the fea frc | The FEA Research Committee feels strongly that the research budget should cover all the submitted proposals, especially since the average review scores is high for the vast majority of proposals, implying that the experts in the fields think highly of the proposed works. Moreover, since the dollar values were not disclosed, the reviewers evaluated the proposals thinking that their budgets are in the range of upward of 100,000 US dollars.

We therefore recommend that all proposals be funded. The total requested budget is $326,000 but in the case that the total allocated budget does not cover the total requested amount, the Committee asks to be given the opportunity to propose an alternative scenario that involves budget distribution, having debated a number of alternatives towards that end.

Next Steps: The following are two future activities that are the continuation of efforts made by the FEA FRC: 1 The FEA FRC will continue to introduce improvements to the proposal review process. The members feel that it would be best no to ask the applicants [PIs] to nominate reviewers so that no “favorable” reviewers are selected because they would bias the review results. 2 The FEA FRC will work with other FRC in AUB to try to use a uniform process for proposal reviewing. As was stated earlier, this activity already started with the FAS FRC, and we think that enough momentum has been developed to get more FRCs on board. The importance of this is that will remove discrepancies and facilitates the process of URB budget allocations among the different Faculties.

composition | Profs.: B. Hamad [Chair], R. Saliba, H. Hajj, M. Shehadeh; Ex-officio members: Dean of Student Affairs represented by T. Nizameddine; Faculty Representative on the UCSA M.A. Abdul-Malak; and FEA Student Representative Weam Abou Alhoson Cases Reviewed

• Case of student reported by professor to be communicating with another student to have

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copied all 21 multiple choice answers from the student sitting in front of him in the second quiz of EECE 310The professor reported that the student scored 4.76/100 in the quiz. Had the version of the student’s exam been the version of the student sitting in front him, his grade would have been 95.24/100. Although the student was not caught cheating during the exam, it is impossible for the student to give 21 answers exactly the same as those of a student with another version. On the other hand, the student denied cheating and said that he did not study for the exam and the answers he put were chosen by random. The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that since the student was not caught cheating during the exam, he could not be charged of cheating. However, the strong evidence raised by the professor raises great suspicion and hence the Committee decided to penalize the student with a Reprimand.Committee’s recommendation: Student be issued a Reprimand

• Case of a student reported by professor to have talked to a student behind him and to have had solution manual sheets with him during the midterm of MECH 421The professor reported that the student committed two violations. First he communi-cated to the student behind him. Second when the student was asked to change his seat, sheets from a solution manual fell. The student admitted to have asked the student behind him for a bottle of water. He also admitted to have had the sheets under his desk by mistake but he did not attempt to cheat from them. He stressed that the GA who reported him to the professor was sitting one table away from him and could have seen him cheating if he were doing so. The student stressed that he did not need to cheat especially that he is a good student with a cumulative average around 84/100. He also told the Committee members that his exam paper was not graded yet.The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that the student violated regulations but there is no evidence that he committed cheating.Committee’s recommendation: Student be issued a Reprimand and his exam paper be graded.

• Case of a student reported by professor to have been involved in selling course projects to students for monetary value. The professor reported that the student, a fourth year ECE student is involved in selling course projects to students for monetary value. The professor shared with the committee the email correspondence between two students-who were taking his OS course- with the student selling the projects describing the transaction that took place. In his email to the professor after this case was discovered, the student confessed that he was involved in soliciting his service for money.The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that all three students committed a gross violation of the University regulations. However, the committee has a limitation on the disciplinary action that can be taken which is a double dean’s warning. Therefore the Committee decided to refer the case to the University Disciplinary Committee. Additionally, the Committee agreed to penalize the students by issuing a double dean’s warning and by passing a recommendation to the ECE chairperson to hold the graduation of the students involved in this case.

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Dean Hajj moved to pass the following three recommendations and the motion was passed unanimously. 1 Pass a recommendation to the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department to hold the graduation of any student involved in this case until the decision of the University Disciplinary Committee is made.2 Students to be issued a double Dean’s warning 3 Refer the case to the University Disciplinary Committee.

Discussion of Four Cases of Cheating during the Final Exams in Spring AY 2009-10

• Case of student reported by a professor to have had previous exams with him during the final exam of an ECE course.The professor reported that during the final exam the student went to the bathroom and spent a longer time than usual there, and that is when he suspected that the student is cheating. When the bathroom was checked, copies of previous exams were found. The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that it is not clear what exactly happened, and a more elaborate discussion with the professor is necessary to get clearer idea of what exactly happened.Committee’s recommendation: Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the professor.

• Case of a student reported by a professor to have cheated several times during CIV 210 final exam.The professor reported that during the final exam of CIV 210, the proctor asked the student not to cheat several times. The student denied that he cheated, but admitted that he talked to his neighbor several times asking him to borrow his text book [the exam was open book and the student came to the exam without a book]. The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that talking during the exam is a form of cheating. Additionally, since the instructor was not present during the meeting, the committee recommended to double check with him to hear his side of the story.Committee’s recommendation: 1 Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the instructor to hear his side of the story.2 Student be issued a Reprimand.

• Case of two students reported by a professor to have talked during the final exam of MECH 431, and that he warned them to stop talking.The professor reported that during the final exam of MECH 431 he caught the students talking to each other, and that he warned them several times to stop talking. Both students denied this accusation and reported that no one approached them during the exam to ask them to stop talking. They added that there must have been a mistake in identifying the people who were talking. The Committee deliberated on the case and decided that if no one approached the students as they say, then there is a possibility that their names were mistaken with others.Committee’s recommendation: Check with the professor to see if there was a mistake in identifying the students who were talking.

• Case of a student reported by a professor to have looked at his neighbor’s paper during the final exam of MECH 314.

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The professor reported that the student committed a violation by looking at his neighbor’s paper, and because of that he asked him to change his seat. The student admitted that he looked at his neighbor but not at the papers, and he denied that his intention was cheating.The Committee deliberated on the case and considered that there must be a reason why the instructor moved the student from his seat. However, it would be useful to re-check with the professor to see how serious this violation was. Committee’s recommendation: Dean Hajj to discuss the case with the professor.

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composition | Dean Ibrahim Hajj, Faculty Members: Ali Chehab [editor], Mayda Freije Makdessi [design], Mona Fawaz, Rabih Jabr, Matthias Liermann, Pascal Saikaly, Issam Srour; IT Unit: Mohammed Haidar, Maher Itani, Ziad Shaaban; Career Development Counselor Nadia Moufarrej; Graphic Design Students: Nadine Chehadeh, Rasha Jamaleddine, Roubina Tutanjian; Student Representatives: Johnny Bassil, Saeed Kharouf The Ninth FEA Student Conference was held on May 19-20, 2010. Following the annual practice, six distinguished alumni were selected and invited to give plenary talks and receive Distinguished Alumni Awards. Their names, affiliations, citations, and the titles of their talks are included below.

Awards were also given to best papers and best poster presentations by students at the conference. The awards were given to the students at a special reception held on May 20. A concert by Prof. Pierre Azoury and AUB students was given on May 20 in the Jassim Al-Qatami Engineering Lecture Hall. A special dinner was given in honor of the Distinguished Alumni the evening of May 19 in the garden of Dean Hajj’s residence on campus.

distinguished alumni awards [in alphabetical order]mr. ziad boustany, BE, Electrical Engineering, AUB, 1987; Founder of A.S. & S., Ltd, Lebanon, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his contributions to industrial control and power electronics, and his service to the ECE Department at AUB” The title of his presentation was: My Vision, My Dream.

ms. miriam “mira” faddoura, Bachelor of Graphic Design, AUB, 2000; Master’s degree in Mass Communication, VCU Brandcenter, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 2002, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Young Alumna Award “in recognition of her numerous achievements in the extremely competitive realm of advertising, including being the first to obtain three gold awards from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, and for the enthusiasm she shows in her approach and expression, and for being an inspiration to the next generation of upcoming designers.” The title of her presentation was: Why Imagination?

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mr. rafic mansour, BE Civil Engineering, AUB, 1964; Executive Director of Astraco Construction and Matrix Construction, UAE, and Major Investor and Director of Pima Industries SPA, Italy, and other international ventures, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his many achievements and leadership as a contractor and entrepreneur in a variety of sectors in the region and beyond, and for his generous support of FEA and AUB.” The title of his presentation was: Reflections of an FEA Alumnus.

dr. samir moujaes, BE and ME, Mechanical Engineering, AUB, 1972 and 1975, respectively; PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1980; Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his pioneering and numerous contributions to energy conservation and to his involvement in promoting the engineering profession.” The title of his presentation was: Survey of Alternative Energy Sources and Conservation Approaches.

dr. walid najjar, BE, Electrical Engineering, AUB, 1979, MS and PhD, Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, 1985 and 1988, respectively; Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his significant contributions to computer architecture and compiler optimizations.” The title of his presentation was: Reconfigurable Hardware Accelerators – Emergence of a New Computing Paradigm.

mr. sami sidawi, BE Civil Engineering, AUB, 1964; Founder and Chairman of Al Nasr Contracting Co., UAE; Readymix Abu Dhabi; and Permoid Industries, UK; and other national and international ventures, was awarded the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award “in recognition of his many achievements and leadership as a contractor and entrepreneur in a variety of sectors in Lebanon, the region, and beyond, and for his generous support of FEA and AUB.” The title of his presentation was: AUB Alumnus – Experience of Success.

student awards | Students were granted the best papers award during the Award Ceremony held on May 20. The Best Paper Awards were granted to undergraduate students as follows:

•Antoine Atallah [Arch.]: “Ayn El-Mraisseh: A Shrinking Space of Public Practices and Social Relations”

•Maha Bazzi [GD]: “Picture Perfect”

•Jad Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan Hijazi, Amir Salam [CEE]: “Ventus Tower”

•Hamza Harkous, Jad Makhlouta [CCE]: “AUBSARF: A Refined Morphological Analyzer”

•Lara Ammar, Bilal Kaddouh, Mariam Mohanna [ECE]: “SMA Aiding Sleeve”

•Haitham Cheaib, Sara Jaafar, Rita El Jamal, Firas Al Mouallem [ME]: “Meso-Scale Droplet Transport”The Best Graduate Paper Awards were granted to students as follows:

•Ahmad ElHajj, Cesar Ghali, Wassim Itani [ECE]: “SinPack: A Security Protocol for Preventing Pollution Attacks in Network-Coded Content Distribution Networks”

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•Maysaa Ramadan [EM]: “Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a Construction Megaproject: When and How?”

The Best Poster Award was granted to:

•First Winner: Mohammad Farhat, Elie Gedeon, Mohammad Nassar, Michael Sabbagh [CEE]: “AUB Parking Structure”

•Second Winner: Dara Daoudi [Arch.]: “Inside/Out… A Landmark of Palestinian Crafts”

composition | Dean I. Hajj, Associate Dean F. Moukalled; Profs.: M. A. Abdul-Malak, H. Al-Harithy, G. Arbid, G. Ayoub, M. Darwish, R. Hamade, K. Kabalan, A. Kayssi, S. Sadek,; by invitation, Lab Manager K. Joujou, and B. McGreevy [secretary]

report on activities | Three meetings of the committee were held during the 2009-10 AY. Noise created by excavation for the IOEC required that classes be reassigned away from the site; some faculty offices were also temporarily moved. The renovation of the SRB lobby to create temporary faculty offices was discussed and completed. A number of sites for possible further renovation, within the existing engineering buildings, also were discussed to meet faculty office needs. Faculty office requirements for AY 2010-11 were considered. Furniture for the lounge and meeting room in RGB was finalized and purchased. The entrance walkway on the west side of the Bechtel Building was discussed and upgrade was completed. Each level of the future IOEC was discussed in detail; suggestions for changes or clarifications to the architect’s plans were sent to the FPDU.

No meetings of the FEA Accreditation Committee were held during AY 2009-10. All work toward accreditation was done at the departmental level. Each engineering department wrote responses to ABET reviewer questions prior to the fall visit of the ABET team. During the spring there were follow-up reports to ABET and an FEA committee was formed to work on creating more multidisciplinary FYPs for students. A proposal was submitted to the Dean by the Graphic Design Program that included the next steps required to move toward NASAD accreditation.

On March 12, 2010 a sub group of this committee met to consider the course MATH 211: Discrete Structures. Consequently the course was modified after a Math Department meeting which will enable it to satisfy the needs of ECE students.

composition | Profs.: A Yassine [chairperson], A. Chehab [ECE], R. Hamade [ME], C. Levesque [Arch.], M. El Fadel [CEE], L. Ghaibeh [GD]; and N. Moufarrej Career Development Center, and B. McGreevy Academic Support and Accreditation

report on activities | The committee met two times to continue the discussions on recommendations from the FEA Annual Retreat. The guidelines for the FYP in each program were clarified and discussed with the goal of standardizing them across the

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FEA to facilitate MD FYPs. A letter was composed to be sent by the CDC to companies to solicit ideas for multidisciplinary FYPs. More work is required by this committee during AY 2010-11 to increase the number of MD FYPs offered to engineering students.

Alia Kazma, Student Services Officer

accomplishments during ay 2009-10•Continued to act as secretary for the following committees: FEA Admissions Committee, Academic and Curriculum Committee, and the Graduate Studies Committee. Served as secretary for the new Ad-hoc Record’s Office Committee.

•Attended all the meetings of the AUB Unified Admissions Committee to represent the FEA.

•Collaborated with the FEA IT Unit to add, to the FEA SIS website, a section that will evaluate graduating students to assure they have fulfilled their degree requirements [specific to each program].

•Organized and implemented the orientation program for new FEA students.

•Organized and implemented the student representative committee elections for FEA members.

•Represented the FEA at the AUB Fair for HS students.

•Represented the FEA at the Harriri Career Fair for HS students in Biel.

•Assisted in the collection of data and statistics for ABET Appendix D.

•Acted as the measure leader for many key performance indicators developed for the strategic planning process; this involved compiling data from the past five years.

• Compiled all of the statistics requested by the Dean concerning student performance and faculty workload.

•Coordinated the FEA graduation ceremony.

•Compiled data concerning course equivalence for courses from other universities.

•Updated the FEA booklet to include the new chemical engineering and construction engineering programs as well as the changes in the graduate programs in the Faculty.

•Worked on updating the FEA part of the AUB video used at the AUB fair for HS students.

recommendation for ay 2010-11Attend training sessions and workshops outside AUB and in the US related to student services, excellence, and academic performance.

Nawal Abu-Mosleh, Secretary

accomplishments during ay 2009-10The seating automation program was tested for two consecutive terms, spring and summer of AY 2009-10, and has proven to be very successful.

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Meetings were held with representatives of the IT Unit to develop a Confidential Proctoring Report for exams and quizzes; the final form will be added to the main database as part of the seating automation program with an easy access to view and to updated data. The information will include student absences, misbehavior etc.

recommendations for ay 2010-11 1 Deploy the seating automation so that it can be viewed by faculty and staff. 2 Add the confidential proctor reporting capacity to the seating automation program. 3 Continue to upgrade the filing system and continue to connect student records to FEA SIS with the goal of reducing the need for paper files. This will involve automating the Completion of Minor Form among others.

Mrs. Nadia Moufarrej, FEA Career CoordinatorClara Mchantaf, Secretary

The FEA Career Development Center [FEA CDC] provides career related services to student interns, graduating students, and alumni. It focuses on the career development needs of FEA undergraduate and graduate students, as well as on those of the alumni.

The CDC maintains close cooperation with employers and universities to provide students with a wide range of potential opportunities for employment and/or continuing their academic work. The CDC attempts to empower students at every stage of their career development process and provide them with the tools to achieve their career and professional goals. The CDC succeeded in placing all 382 third year engineering students in internship positions and secured full time positions for a large number of graduating students both at the BE and ME levels.

In AY 2009-10 the CDC continued to handle requests and offers from companies and institutions. In fact, the number of those seeking the help of the Center has grown to over 623 companies, many of which are multinational; 30 universities; and 3,552 students out of which 3,105 are alumni who are in regular contact with the CDC to use its services, as seen in the below table.

year number of companies number of students and alumni registered

2006 279 1,777

2007 404 2,180

2008 539 2,675

2009 579 3,083

2010 623 3,552

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The CDC offers advice and conducts workshops concerning all phases of the job search process, maintains an online database of job vacancies, and coordinates on-campus employment presentations and interviews. Assistance is also available to those who wish to apply to graduate schools. The number of registered companies and new registered students and alumni has increased by nearly nine hundred new registrations in two years.

Collaboration between AUB/FEA and companies is further translated in different types of support given to the CDC in the form of financial support and donations for the following purposes:

• FEA CDC Website

• FEA CDC Annual Company Report

• Student Internship Program

• Final Year Projects [FYP]

• Activities of students [interns and graduating]

• The Annual FEA Student Conference

• Donations of equipment to the engineering labs

The FEA CDC has a local presence outside of the FEA; it is involved in university committees: a member of the organizing committee of the Annual FEA Student Conference, AUB Annual Job Fair, and the Career Services Committee at AUB. It has also provided assistance to FAS, Health Sciences, and Agriculture in their efforts to establish their own independent career centers.

FEA CDC has also established a global presence by becoming a member of major international career associations such as the National Career Development Association, American Counseling Association, and the California Counseling Association.

The FEA Career Development Center will continue to prepare students for the transition to successful careers, and looks forward to a successful 2010-11 academic year.

cdc events• Organization of corporate visibility days for companies

• Organization of two to three company presentations per week to expose FEA students and alumni to regional and multinational job opportunities. The process is lengthy and involves a lot of preparation and coordination

• Invitation of market leaders and successful engineers to lecture at FEA to share their experiences as they relate to particular topics

• Liaising with universities for graduate/PhD program placements

• Compilation of an annual report that reflects the market situations and status of FEA students and graduates

• Provision for FEA students, and alumni with career related guidance and counseling on a group as well as personal level in terms of •Creating resumes that highlight qualifications •Determining interests and objectives •Making use of the FEA Career Development Center to provide - learn about career paths

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- attend presentations - apply for jobs

• Creation of a resource center for FEA students and graduates which provides access to information related to the job search process

list of supporting companiesplatinum supporters: Beam International , Bechtel , Bond Communications , The CAT Group , Consolidated Contractors Company [CCC], MACE International , MTC Touch, Murex Systems, Petrofac International , Python Engineering Ltd , Saudi Oger LTD, and Telus Technology Strategy gold supporters: Schneider Electric silver supporters: Ranco & Zamil Concrete Industries, Zakhem Engineersbronze supporters: Amplex, Davis Langdon, and Kettaneh Construction

the fea online career development centerRegistered users

• 623 companies offered employment positions

• 136 companies and 13 universities offered internship positions

• 3,552 students and alumni registered: 2,553 BE and ME alumni; 340 BE graduates of 2010: 212 ME students, 382 summer interns, and 65 second year students.

IAESTE Lebanese offers

sendingcountry receiving entity nominations major

Colombia Polypod Studio Andres Felipe Cardona Tejada GD

Cyprus TEAM International Onisilos Pavlides CEE

Cyprus Associated Consulting Engineers [ACE] Marios Philippou ECE

Germany AUB/FPDU Albrecht Schumann CEE

Germany AUB/PPD Francisco Martinez ME

Germany Hadife Architects Matthias Ciesielski Arch.

Germany American University of Beirut/ Prof. Ghaddar Melissa Maria Gbur ME

Hungary Bureau Technique d’Urbanisme et de Travaux Publics Lilla Livia Czepanyi CEE

India Mitsulift Group Vivek Kumar ECE

India Agostine & Raphael Group Harsh Jhunjhunwalla Arch.

Macedonia Polypod Studio Luay Saudi Arch.

Mexico LACECO Herman Herrera ME

Mexico Associated Consulting Engineers [ACE]

Sergio Ernesto Infante Salazar Arch.

Poland Agostine & Raphael Group Anna Malgorzata Malawko Arch.

Serbia Paralx Bojan Todosijevic Arch.

Tunis TEAM International Mohamed Aziz El Ouaer CEE

Tunis Agostine & Raphael Group Saoussen Triki Arch.

Turkey AUB/Prof. Ghaddar Ahmet Ozman ME

UK Dar al Handasah Consultants [Taleb & Partners] Dimitrios Moudouris CEE

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IAESTE received offers

country name of hosting organization major

Brazil Universidad Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita ME

Colombia Mercadeo institucional Universidad de ibagué GD

Colombia Universidad del Sinu-Ebz CCE

Colombia Leon Grafica Ltda GD

Cyprus CYTA ME

Cyprus CYTA CCE

Czech Republic VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, CIT Centrum of information technologies CCE

Germany Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG ME

GermanyLeibniz Zentrum fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung [ZALF] e.V. Institut fur Landschaftsstoffdynamik

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Germany Hochschule Harz Fachbereich Automatisierung und Informatik CCE

Germany TU Hamburg-Harburg Mikrosystemtechnik ECE

Hungary Betonplasztika ltd. CEE

India Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology ECE

India Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology ECE

Mexico Creadise GD

Mexico Cyfra Constructructores, S.A. de C.V. ME

Poland EC Engineering Sp. Z o.o. ME

Serbia Termoelektrana ME

Tunisia Bureau d’Etudes Mohamed Ayadi CEE

Tunisia Entreprise Générale de Travaux Hydrauliques et Routiers CEE

Turkey Mertas insaat sirketi CEE

UK Arup ME

In conclusion, CDC provides FEA students, alumni, and the industries which recruit them, with the highest quality of service. It has continued to research methods to strengthen the collaboration between the center and the companies/universities in order to create better opportunities for FEA students and alumni. Part of the collaboration process has been geared towards seeking the involvement of companies in the development of the Center through financial support.

This effort has been translated into the increased number of companies and universities that have sought partnership with the FEA Career Development Center, as well as an increase in the number of students and alumni who are registered with the Center.CDC coordinates and facilitates employer access to FEA students and alumni for internship and recruitment purposes. This synchronization requires a highly personal

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fea career center recommends the following for ay 2010-11 1 Enhance the existing cooperation that exists with companies to include the organization of workshops and conferences to create awareness on environmental issues with a special focus on Lebanon such as: global warming, renewable energy, green energy, environmental problems, quality control, risk management, and others. 2 Organize career guidance sessions for 3rd year students in collaboration with 4th year students and recent alumni to provide orientation sessions based on engineering topics of interest per major. 3 Cooperate with faculty members to direct students in their 1st and 2nd years with respect to concentration of interest. 4 Organize site visits/company visits for students. 5 Develop the IAESTE program to include: budget allocation for additional new expenses such as sightseeing tours, activities and trips; provide tickets for free lunch at the cafeteria; provide money for transportation from AUB to the hosting companies that are located outside Hamra or Verdun, this would allow us to get more offers to exchange for our students; get in touch with Lebanese tourist agencies to organize sightseeing events, students would pay for their own trips, we just provide them with the organized offers. 6 Develop a newsletter which covers: alumni whereabouts [sharing experiences and photos] sent by the alumni; alumni charts of work locations and type of work; internship experiences and photos; 4th year students’ charts of work locations and type of work and percentage of students who chose graduate studies or work; alumni or student achievements and awards. 7 Prepare pamphlets to introduce the FEA Career Development Center to new companies in Lebanon.

staffZiad Shaaban, IT ManagerMaher Itani, System AnalystMohamad Haidar, Web/ Application SpecialistToufic Karout, System AdministratorSaro Koulakisian, Senior MasterSaad Itani, Research Assistant, assistant to the System Administrator Staff TrainingToufic Karout took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech and also became a certified Apple professional. Mohamad Haidar took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech. Saro Koulakisian took the ITIL foundation training in Formatech.

it unit accomplishments in ay 2009-10Development: The IT unit was very active during the year in area of development.

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Many new features were added to existing systems, and new systems were developed. The Unit supported development projects in departments in the FEA and in other AUB Faculties.

The most important systems that were updated this year are: Student Information System, Career Center, KPI System, URB System, Student Conference Online Submission and Review System, Service Excellence Survey, Exit Survey, Alumni System, Online Work Study, Executive Officer Archive System, Seating Project, Employer Survey, and the Correction System.

The new systems that were developed during the year are:

• Inventory Management System [new version and design]: The decision was made, in coordination with all lab managers and supervisors, to upgrade and add several functions, as well as to change the tagging process.

• URB System [new version]: This application was upgraded as per request of the Chair of the URB Committee.

• FEA SharePoint portal and the FEA IT Unit tasks and project portals.

• AUB Room Reservation: the AUB Registrar in coordination with Mr. Khaled Joujou from ECE requested a system that would enable the Registrar’s Office to reserve rooms for classes based on the location, capacity, and equipment. The IT Unit is coordinating with CNS because the data will be stored on the AUB Oracle server.

In addition to the above applications, the IT Unit assisted the ECE in their development projects by instructing and supporting their developers.

System Administration: After a study prepared by the IT Unit, 50% of the license servers were migrated into virtual servers. Several new services were also provided through virtualization, such as subversion.A plan was formulated to migrate all faculty members from pop mail [Imail] to push mail [exchange]. At this time 40% of the faculty and staff members have been migrated.Faculty members were advised to use external storage or connect to the FEA file server. The unit decided to shift to Forefront antivirus for desktops, along with the rest of the university; and a study is in process of Kaspersky to determine if we will use it on our servers.

A new SharePoint server and a Virtual server were installed that will be used to add additional services [all backup measures were completed].

Apple Authorized Training Center for Education [AATCE]:The program was launched and the majority of graphic design students decided to take the exam.

Mechanical Department Cluster: Several changes were done to the cluster that had been installed to enable the clustering of the Ansys software. A Windows 64-bit was installed. The ME department is planning to use the cluster heavily.

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Miscellaneouscareer center: The IT Unit provided the code and the database for the FAFS Career Center. The system was deployed successfully.aub computer recycling project: The IT Unit, in coordination with Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service, is working on the computer recycling project in which all unused computers are refurbished and given as donation on behalf of AUB.9th student conference: The IT Unit was represented in the FEA SC committee; it was responsible for web design, online submission, and all logistics required.lcd projectors support system: After the renovation of the LCD projectors to connect them all to a network, a program is now being developed to assist in the preventive maintenance of these projectors.video conferencing: The IT Unit received the funding for the VC system and it is in the process of preparing the RFP. The unit also received a donation from the IT-4-Health Company, it consist of a plasma screen holder.final year projects: The IT Unit assisted several student groups with their projects by providing special support or contacts with suppliers willing to fund their projects.it unit logo The IT Unit, with the help of the graphic design department, decided to launch its new logo that will be used on all its documents. microsoft event: The IT Unit and the ECE lab manager coordinated with the student societies and Microsoft Corporation to launch Windows Seven and provide all FEA students with free Microsoft products including Windows Seven.

recommendations for ay 2010-11 1 The IT Unit did some statistics on the budget spent on printing including cartridges, printer maintenance, and papers; the result was that the FEA every semester pays around $15,000. The unit recommends that some measures be taken to decrease this huge amount of money paid for printing services. 2 The IT Manager suggested the preparation of a document that states the policies and procedures for all IT related issues in the Faculty. These will need to be reviewed and approved by the Dean. 3 The IT Unit recommends that all decisions that could affect IT service be coordi- nated with the IT Unit. An example of such tasks is the renovation of offices or shared areas. In this way the unit will be able to determine the IT needs for the renovated area.

staffJoseph Nassif, SupervisorGeorge Jurdi, Senior Shop MasterJoseph Zoulikian, Material and Manufacturing Shop MasterRamzi Safi, Senior Technician [Machine Shop]Joseph Khoury, Senior Technician [Wood Shop]

work accomplished during ay 2009-10Dean’s Office: Locker services for students [allocating, clearance]

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Department of Architecture and Design: Provided help for students in Basic Design, Vertical Studios, Graphic Design, and FYPs. Performed some repair services for the department, and some preparation for exhibitions.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department: Repaired some equipment and manufactured some parts for labs, performed projects for courses, manufactured molds for concrete, four new desalination projects, three projects for PhD students, and four projects for master’s students.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department: Provided services for FYPs and ECE labs, and projects for EECE 200: Introduction to Engineering, and EECE 461: Instrumentation.

Mechanical Engineering Department: MECH 200: Introduction to Engineering. During spring semester 2010, a class of 90 students used the lab to construct and assemble 20 micro racing cars for the Gee-Whiz Competition.MECH 421: Manufacturing Processes Labs. During fall semester 2009, 120 students[23 students during spring semester] were instructed on the use of various machining process including turning, drilling, milling, cutting, lathe machines, and CNC programming. MECH 521 students were given a demonstration and performed sand molding and casting of aluminum using the induction furnace in the shop. As a result 440 parts were manufactured by the students, and eleven small racing cars were assembled according to accurate dimensions.

List of Final Year Projects manufactured in the Shops

• Design and Building of a Smart Braille System for Blind/Deaf People

• High-Performance Bicycling Respirator for use in Polluted Urban Environments

• Design and Build of a Cheap Medical X-Ray Machine for Remote Areas

• Electrical and Computer Engineering: RFID Seal for Package integrity

Six of the FYPs manufactured in the shops were accepted to the Ninth FEA Student Conference: Feeding Machine for Disabled People, Outdoor Stair Climbing Wheelchair,Design of a Self-Energizing Electro Hydraulic Brake for an Elevator, Sensor Fusion for Real-Time Monitoring of Tool Wear in Machining Operations, and Underground Pipe Robot.

In all, services were provided for 35 students.

Research projects and setups for experiments: Machining of about 120 specimens to be used in the lab for experiments in MECH 341

The shop staff updated the shop with specific labels to meet international standards for safety regulations. During the visit of the ABET team of reviewers, on Sunday November 29, 2009, staff members were present in the shop to answer questions.

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machines with digital outputs. These machines are extremely helpful to the machine shop technicians in performing their job in an efficient manner. We would like to thank Prof. M. Darwish for taking into consideration the recommendation of last year to create an FEA lab reservation system on the web at: webfea.aub.edu.lb that can be accessed by engineering and architecture faculty members and students. This will help to avoid conflicts between the labs and to organize the timing of shop use for different purposes. All jobs must be registered on the system before using the shop. This gives the supervisor time to order the necessary materials and insure the proper area for safe functioning.

recommendations for ay 2010-11 1 An electrical hacksaw is urgently needed to replace the old one. 2 A heavy duty drill press to replace the old one would be very helpful. 3 Designate more work space for FYPs. 4 A laser cutting machine would be very helpful to construct models and projects, especially for the architecture and graphic design students. 5 The number of jobs completed has increased noticeably, while the number of staff members has remained the same. Extra staff and space should be considered in order to permit the completion of required jobs with continued high quality. 6 Practical training on new methods of welding is requested for two staff members.

staffKamal Mikati, SupervisorAziz Natour, Senior Master Raafat Hajj, Senior Master

summary of the accomplishments in ay 2009-10Processes to improve the labs continued throughout the academic year; new equipment was added, software was updated, and teaching facilities were improved, in addition the staff received training. Laboratories

• LAB 9: Graphic Design Lab was designated as an Authorized Apple Training Center.

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• LAB 6: 20 computers HP XW4600 workstation Core 2 Duo 3GHZ, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD

• LAB 5: 10 computers HP XW4600 workstation Core 2 Duo 3GHZ, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD

• Server room: 1 server DELL Power Edge PE2950 Quad Core Intel Xeon E5320, 8GB RAM

• Server room: 1 server DELL Power Edge PE R200 Xeon 3220 [2.4GHZ] , 8GB RAM

• Staff: 3 DELL Latitude E6400

Current status

• Nine laboratories house 180 computers distributed over two floors in CCC SRB bldg.

• 2nd floor: seven PC labs, 20 PCs in each lab, total 140 PCs [Labs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7] 3rd floor: two Apple graphic design labs, total 40 MAC computers [Labs 8 and 9]

• Server room: nine DELL servers

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• Installed the latest versions of engineering and graphic design educational software such as Visual studio 2008, Wildfire 4.0 PROE, SQL Server 2005, Net beans JAVA, MAT LAB 2008, ACAD 2008 Lab view 8.5, Xilinx, 3DMax, and Photoshop CS3.

• Apple: OS X10.6.4, Office 2008, Suitcase 12.7, Toast 9, Adobe CS II ME, After Effect 7, Premiere 6.5, Macromedia Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, QuickTime Pro7.0, Finalcut Pro.4, and Quark Express 6.5.

• Implemented Windows 7 in Lab 5 and Lab 6.

• Installed all hot fixes and patches implemented on different operating system platforms of Windows and Apple OS installed in labs and on servers, in addition to antivirus software.

• Implemented Microsoft Server 2008 R2 to part of lab servers.

• Prepared and installed new software image for recently received HP workstations in Lab 5 and Lab 6.

• Updated master software image for all labs, taking into consideration each lab software settings.

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• Installed audio public address system in Lab 1 and Lab 2.

• Installed wiring for parallel video projection in Labs 4, 5, and 6.

Online examinations: During this academic year the labs experienced an increase in reservations for on-line exams. Many AUB departments requested reservations for courses with hundreds of students registered such as economics, physics, computer science, math, biology, and the Olayan School of Business.

Training workshops and other activities

• Staff Training: Lab staff attended Microsoft training courses in Formatech and Apple training centers for Windows 7, Server 2008 and Apple OS X.

• Journalism training sessions were held in Lab 1, provided by the AUB Extension Program.

• Two training workshops were held in the Authorized Apple Training Center located in Lab 9: •Graphics Design students enrolled in a 3 week training workshop for Final Cut software. •Apple Computers Supplier [Adkom] and two AUB staff enrolled in two weeks training Workshop for Apple OS X.6.4 server operating system Essential and Implementation.

• MSC Technology Day, training workshop in Lab 1 was arranged by MSC software,

• WUFI and HEAT Mechanical Master Courses were given in Lab 1 and Lab 2. by Swedish lectures: Jesper Arfvidson, Peter Wallenten, and Dan Gaffner.

• Student Affairs arranged new student orientation sessions.

• Attended DELL production Roadmap seminar, in CNS dept.

• Orientation library training workshops for FEA students.

• ACAD training workshop sessions for civil engineering students in Lab 5.

• Attended scheduled meetings: Supervisors meetings with the Dean; CNS AUBede administrators.

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• Attended all meetings of RFP [Request for Proposal] in CNS dept., where new polices were proposed for getting the best offers from computer suppliers.

• Attended Win-Sys- administrators update presentation for AUB System Administrators, in CNS dept.

• IEEE worldwide 24-hour programming contest arranged by AUB student branch, in Lab 7.

• FEA SRC DotA Tournament arranged by SME [Society of Manufacturing Engineers] in 2 labs.

• Rally paper Tournament arranged by SRC students.

Miscellaneous

• Completed all installation and configuration of 30 HP computers in 2 labs.

• AUB Computer Recycling Project, worked along with the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service [CCECS] where 82 old computers and 80 monitors were refurbished and moved to CCECS for AUB donations.

• Prepared all orders and specifications and attended bids for all received equipment.

• Negotiated through Purchasing Dept. with computer suppliers, for a discount on ordered computers.

• Assisted in all on-line student exams, registration, orientation, and final year projects.

• Completed all installation and configuration of new servers mounted in server room.

• Upgraded storage capacity of backup server.

• Updated labs equipment database for CNS HEAT self service help desk.

• Updated all computers, students accounts, and group polices in AUB WIN2k Active directory domain.

• Preventive maintenance done monthly for all computers and other equipment in all labs.

• Installed many engineering software packages requested by FEA faculty members.

• Checking and implementing all safety requirements.

• Checking and implementing all server room standards as advised by AUB IT auditors.

last year’s proposals and actions taken 1 Staff training: the staff attended several IT training courses for Microsoft and Apple in certified training centers. 2 Replacing old computers in Lab 6: achieved replacement in Lab 6, and partial replacement in Lab 5. 3 Organizing workshops and seminars along with regular lab sessions: the labs witnessed an increase in the number of workshops, especially the lab that is designated as a Certified Apple Training Center. proposals for ay 2010-11 1 Keep Lab staff IT knowledge up-to-date by annually attending the latest software and hardware training courses required for daily work inside the labs. 2 Replace old computers in Lab 5. 3 Continue the replacing old computers every 3 years. 4 Upgrade the storage capacity of lab servers. 5 Organizing more workshops and seminars besides the regular lab sessions.

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work accomplished during ay 2009-10• Redesign of the main lobby of the Science Research Bldg, CCC to create eight offices for FEA professors.

• Completed the renovation of two offices located in Bechtel on the 4th floor, installed new furniture.

• Redesign of the mail boxes for faculty members, [installation of new aluminum coated mail box].

• Replaced aluminum door at the main entrance on the west side of Bechtel Building.

• Continued to photocopy materials such as examination, quizzes, course handouts, scientific and research papers, slides, reports, and publications for FEA.

• Continued to monitor maintenance and construction projects performed by the physical plant for the FEA.

• Continued to fill stationary requisitions and maintain the stock of supplies and machine accessories for FEA Dean’s Office and departments.

• Continued to attend to the security needs of the offices and classrooms by checking the followings electric circuits, air conditionings, heating, lights, LCD projectors, furniture, overhead projectors, photocopier and all the main doors of the FEA buildings.

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personnel 46 Full-Time Faculty 46 Visiting Full-Time Faculty 46 Part-Time Faculty 48 Staff 48 External Advisory Board faculty research and professional activities 48 publications 51 professional activities 56 research funding 57 co-supervision of graduate students

service and committees 57 ArD committees 58 Professional service 58 Academic service 59 Guest jurors

academics 60 final year projects 61 Courses offered

department activities 67 The Areen Architecture Lecture Series 68 TALK20 68 Lectures 72 Exhibitions 74 Conference 75 Workshops

students 77 Undergraduate enrollment 77 Students graduated and distinction 77 Graduate student enrollment 77 Graduate assistants 77 Student employment 78 Awards

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During the academic year 2009-10, the Department of Architecture and Design was home to fifty six faculty members: fourteen full-time and forty two part-time faculty members. It was also home to 258 students: 135 in architecture, 106 in graphic design and 17 in the graduate programs of urban planning and policy, and urban design. Professor Mathew Thomas spent the year at the department as a visiting full time professor in architecture. Seven new part-time faculty members joined the department: Hala Younes, Hani Zgheib, Sandra Richani, Nadine Bekdache, Hassan Zahreddine, Luma Shihab-Edin, and Hiba Bou Akar.

The Department of Architecture and Design opened the new position of “research affiliate” to host visiting researchers conducting research in Lebanon and/or the region on topics related to design and planning. The position is intended to facilitate for the exchange of ideas, foster debates on recent research, and to stimulate a critical discourse within the department.

The position will be offered to one or more applicants dependent upon the availability of space and resources; it will be offered on a semester basis. The department will provide the research affiliate with office space, library and internet access. The research affiliate will be invited to deliver a lecture in his/her area of expertise, give a presentation on his/her most recent research project, and/or participate in design juries. The research affiliate will be assigned a faculty member as a mentor based on profile and need. Applicants who will be considered must be PhD candidates, research fellows, or professors on research leave.

The first applicant appointed to the position was Hiba Bou Akar. Bou Akar is a PhD candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Environmental Design, at the University of California Berkeley, who is conducting her dissertation fieldwork in Beirut. Her research project investigates the role of political and religious parties in shaping the geography of Beirut, through their intervention in zoning, planning, construction, war compensation, as well as land and housing markets, during two periods: post civil war and post July 2006 war.

Six new field electives were introduced during the academic year. These are ARCH 012 The Black Box, ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City, ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion , ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of Complex Structures, ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environ-ment, and GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness.

The academic year was marked by the launching of a full scale curricular review which focused on the development of proposals for graduate programs in the department along multiple tracks; this will be followed by curricular review and development of the undergraduate design tracks. Committees were formed and worked on four different program proposals:

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• History, Theory, and Criticism

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• Master’s of Architecturethat were reviewed and discussed independently, in relation to each other, and in relation to the undergraduate programs on two successive occasions. Proposals were presented and discussed during the annual retreat which was held on the 22nd of January 2010. The proposals were reworked and presented again for discussion during the department meetings with the external advisory board which were held on the 16th and 17th of March 2010. The proposals will continue to be developed towards approval and implementation.

The academic year witnessed the continued efforts of the Department to lead in engaging students, scholars, and professionals in the critical and interdisciplinary academic discourse through multiple venues such as workshops, conferences, lectures, and exhibitions. The Department organized a total of twelve lectures by international scholars, eight workshops by local and international designers,and three major exhibitions:

• ‘Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural Diversity’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, curated by award-winning Spanish graphic designer America Sanchez and held between October 28th and November 20th, 2009.

•‘The OMRANIA/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design’ exhibition was held between April 27th and April 30th, 2010.

• ‘Ready to Read: Book Design from Spain’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and was held between May 26th and June 2nd, 2010.

Our three major annual events also took place:

• TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on March 26, 2010 at the Charles Hostler Center auditorium featuring twelve presentations by local designers and artists.

• City Debates 2010 was organized on the theme of Security [of/in] the City and was held on May 12-14, 2010 featuring fourteen presentations by international scholars and two keynote speakers: Derek Gregory from the University of British Columbia and Teresa Caldeira from UC Berkeley.

• Annual Student Exhibition took place at the Charles Hostler Center on June 23rd 2010.

The year also witnessed the launching of the Areen Architecture Series, which is the result of a generous donation from Mimar to support the hosting of lectures by well-known and established architects. The opening lecture was given by the international award winning architect Rem Koolhaas, in the Issam Fares Hall on May 17th, 2010.

The end of the year was marked as usual with award ceremonies and celebrations. Graphic Designer Miriam Kadoura [class of 2000] received the Distinguished Alumni Award during the Ninth FEA Student Conference which was held on May 19th and 20th, 2010.

Nineteen students graduated from the Architecture Program, twenty three from Graphic Design, and two from the graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy, and Urban Design.

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The Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement went to Yasmina Chami in Architecture and Rebecka Farraj in Graphic Design. The Distinguished Graduate Award went to Yousef Abed Rabboh in Graphic Design. The Architecture Areen Awards went to Yasmina Chami [1st prize], Dara Dajani Daoudi [2nd prize] and Julie Haddad [3rd prize].

The Graphic Design Areen Awards went to Ruba Sidani [1st prize], Lilian Abou Zaki [2nd prize] and Yousef Abed Rabboh [3rd prize].

And finally, Professor Mona Fawaz was promoted to the rank of associate professor in June of 2010.

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architectureHowayda Al-Harithy, Professor, Chairperson; PhD in Art and Architecture History, Harvard University, USA.George Arbid, Associate Professor; DDES in Architecture, Harvard University, USA. Carole Lévesque, Assistant Professor; PhD in Environmental Design, History and Theory of Architecture, University of Montreal, Canada.Karim Najjar, Assistant Professor; Diploma [March], Vienna University of Technology, Austria.Sylvia Shorto, Assistant Professor; PhD in History of Art and Archaeology, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, USA.

graphic designLeila Musfy, Professor; MFA in Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA.Walid Sadek, Associate Professor; MFA in Sculpture, Claremont Graduate School of Art, USA.Zeina Maasri, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design Program; MFA in Design, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, The Netherlands.Daniel Drennan, Assistant Professor; MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University, USA.Lina Ghaibeh, Assistant Professor; MA, Texas Woman’s University, USA.

urban planning and policy | urban designMona Harb, Associate Professor; PhD in Political Science, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence, France.Robert Saliba, Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUPP/MUD Graduate Programs; PhD in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Paris VIII, France.Mona Fawaz, Assistant Professor; PhD in City Planning, MIT, USA.

architecture Matthew Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor; MS in Architecture and Urban Design, Columbia University, USA.

architectureAbdul Halim Jabr, Lecturer; SMArch, MIT, USA.Abir Khoury, Instructor; Bachelor in Architecture, LAU, Lebanon.Antoine Fischfisch, Lecturer; DESS, Lebanese University, DESS, ALBA, Lebanon.Aram Yeretzian, Lecturer; BArch, AUB, presently a candidate for a master’s degree at the University of East London, London, UK.Bassam Kahwagi, Instructor; Alarm Design Company.Bernard Mallat, Lecturer; MArch, University of Maryland, USA.Carla Aramouny, Instructor; Master’s of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.Fadi Hamdan, Lecturer; PhD Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.Ghassan Maasri, Instructor; MA Art and Space, Kingston University, UK.

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Grégoire Serof, Senior Lecturer; Bachelor in Architecture, ALBA, Lebanon.Hala Younes, DEA, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Hani Zgheib, Senior Lecturer; PhD of Engineering major Architecture, Kyushu University, Japan.Hiba Bou Akar, Instructor, Master’s in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.Joy Kanaan, Lecturer; BArch, University of Southern California, USA.Maha Nasrallah, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Karim Nader, Lecturer; March, Rice University, USA.Naji Assi, Lecturer; MUP in Middle East and Maghreb Cities, Paris, Belleville, France.Pascal Hachem, Instructor; Diplome d’Etudes Superieures [DES], USEK.Rana Haddad, Lecturer; AA Diploma RIBA, Architecture Association London, UK.Rana Samara, Senior Lecturer; Master’s in Architecture, McGill University, Canada.Rania Melhem, Instructor; Master’s in Urban Planning, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Rola Idriss, Assistant Instructor; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Sandra Kassab, Instructor; Master’s in Restoration and Conservation of Historical Sites, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Sandra Richani, Instructor; Master’s in Architecture Design, Princeton University, USA.Sany Jamal, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Simone Kosermelli, Senior Lecturer; Master of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia University, NY.Tarek Sinno, Instructor; BArch, AUB, Lebanon.Wajih Najem, Senior Lecturer; ME in Mechanical Engineering, AUB.Walid Bakhos, Lecturer; Master’s in Urban Planning, ALBA, Lebanon.Walid Haddad, Senior Lecturer; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

graphic designAhmad Gharbieh, Instructor; MA in Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths College, UK.Fadi Baki, Instructor; Master’s in Filmmaking, Goldsmiths College, UK.Hatem Imam, Instructor; Master’s, University College for the Creative Arts, UK.Jinane Bacho, Senior Lecturer; MFA in Print-Making and Painting, Pratt Institute, USA.Lara Captan, Assistant Instructor; BFA in Graphic Design, AUB.Mayda Freije, Lecturer; MS in Communication Design, Pratt Institute, USA.Nadine Bekdache, Instructor; MA Culture and Social Change, King’s College London, UK.Rafi Boyadgian, Lecturer; BGD, AUB.Sara-Jane Arida, Lecturer; BFA in Communication Design, Parsons School of Design, University of London, UK.Shawki Youssef, Instructor; working on a master’s degree at St. Joseph University, Beirut.Tarek Dajani, Lecturer; Master’s of Engineering [IT], MIT, USA.Zeina El-Abed, Instructor; Master’s of Art in Visual Culture, Middlesex University London, UK.Rena Karanouh, Lecturer; MFA in Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.March Nader, Senior Lecturer; Diplome Ecole Superieure, Paris, France.Luma Shihab-Edin, Lecturer; MFA in Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.

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Jana Trabulsi, Lecturer; Masters in Media Studies, Ecole National Superieure de Creation on Industielle, Paris, France.Hassan Zahreddine, Instructor; MFA; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.Raghda Jaber, Lecturer; MS in Urban Design, MIT, USA.

Sirene Salam, Administrative AssistantSiwar Karaki, Secretary

Assem Salam, EAB Chair, architect and former President of the Order of Engineers and Architects, Lebanon.Katherine McCoy, designer, consultant, and former Chair of Cranbrook Academy of Art Design Department, President of the American Center for Design, and served as an AIGA National Vice President.Omar Razzaz, urban planner, Director General of the Social Security Corporation in Jordan.Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor in the History of Architecture, University of Paris and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.Ali Jaber, media, managing editor of Dubai Media Incorporated.Bechara Mouzannar, advertising, Regional Executive Creative Director at Leo-Burnett Middle East.Karl Bassil, graphic designer, co-founder of Mind the Gap, Vice-President of the Syndicate of Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon.Donald Bates, architect, Director of LAB Architecture Studio in Australia.Hashem Sarkis, architect, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at Harvard.

faculty research and professional activities

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howayda al-harithy, [ed.] Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, Planning, History and Environment Series, Routledge, UK, 2010.

zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza`: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya [Revised Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War]; Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010.

robert saliba, Beyrouth Architectures: Aux Sources de la Modernité, 1920-1940, Éditions Parenthèses, Octobre 2009.

karim najjar, Coastal Thresholds / Structure between the dynamic and the staticDesign/Vertical Studio 2008, published in 2009 by Karim Najjar, Carla Aramouny, students of the course, and the AUB Department of Architecture and Design.

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personnel 46 Full-Time Faculty 46 Visiting Full-Time Faculty 46 Part-Time Faculty 48 Staff 48 External Advisory Board faculty research and professional activities 48 publications 51 professional activities 56 research funding 57 co-supervision of graduate students

service and committees 57 ArD committees 58 Professional service 58 Academic service 59 Guest jurors

academics 60 final year projects 61 Courses offered

department activities 67 The Areen Architecture Lecture Series 68 TALK20 68 Lectures 72 Exhibitions 74 Conference 75 Workshops

students 77 Undergraduate enrollment 77 Students graduated and distinction 77 Graduate student enrollment 77 Graduate assistants 77 Student employment 78 Awards

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During the academic year 2009-10, the Department of Architecture and Design was home to fifty six faculty members: fourteen full-time and forty two part-time faculty members. It was also home to 258 students: 135 in architecture, 106 in graphic design and 17 in the graduate programs of urban planning and policy, and urban design. Professor Mathew Thomas spent the year at the department as a visiting full time professor in architecture. Seven new part-time faculty members joined the department: Hala Younes, Hani Zgheib, Sandra Richani, Nadine Bekdache, Hassan Zahreddine, Luma Shihab-Edin, and Hiba Bou Akar.

The Department of Architecture and Design opened the new position of “research affiliate” to host visiting researchers conducting research in Lebanon and/or the region on topics related to design and planning. The position is intended to facilitate for the exchange of ideas, foster debates on recent research, and to stimulate a critical discourse within the department.

The position will be offered to one or more applicants dependent upon the availability of space and resources; it will be offered on a semester basis. The department will provide the research affiliate with office space, library and internet access. The research affiliate will be invited to deliver a lecture in his/her area of expertise, give a presentation on his/her most recent research project, and/or participate in design juries. The research affiliate will be assigned a faculty member as a mentor based on profile and need. Applicants who will be considered must be PhD candidates, research fellows, or professors on research leave.

The first applicant appointed to the position was Hiba Bou Akar. Bou Akar is a PhD candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Environmental Design, at the University of California Berkeley, who is conducting her dissertation fieldwork in Beirut. Her research project investigates the role of political and religious parties in shaping the geography of Beirut, through their intervention in zoning, planning, construction, war compensation, as well as land and housing markets, during two periods: post civil war and post July 2006 war.

Six new field electives were introduced during the academic year. These are ARCH 012 The Black Box, ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City, ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion , ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of Complex Structures, ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environ-ment, and GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness.

The academic year was marked by the launching of a full scale curricular review which focused on the development of proposals for graduate programs in the department along multiple tracks; this will be followed by curricular review and development of the undergraduate design tracks. Committees were formed and worked on four different program proposals:

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• History, Theory, and Criticism

• Master’s of Fine Arts

• Master’s of Architecturethat were reviewed and discussed independently, in relation to each other, and in relation to the undergraduate programs on two successive occasions. Proposals were presented and discussed during the annual retreat which was held on the 22nd of January 2010. The proposals were reworked and presented again for discussion during the department meetings with the external advisory board which were held on the 16th and 17th of March 2010. The proposals will continue to be developed towards approval and implementation.

The academic year witnessed the continued efforts of the Department to lead in engaging students, scholars, and professionals in the critical and interdisciplinary academic discourse through multiple venues such as workshops, conferences, lectures, and exhibitions. The Department organized a total of twelve lectures by international scholars, eight workshops by local and international designers,and three major exhibitions:

• ‘Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural Diversity’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, curated by award-winning Spanish graphic designer America Sanchez and held between October 28th and November 20th, 2009.

•‘The OMRANIA/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design’ exhibition was held between April 27th and April 30th, 2010.

• ‘Ready to Read: Book Design from Spain’ exhibition was sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and was held between May 26th and June 2nd, 2010.

Our three major annual events also took place:

• TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on March 26, 2010 at the Charles Hostler Center auditorium featuring twelve presentations by local designers and artists.

• City Debates 2010 was organized on the theme of Security [of/in] the City and was held on May 12-14, 2010 featuring fourteen presentations by international scholars and two keynote speakers: Derek Gregory from the University of British Columbia and Teresa Caldeira from UC Berkeley.

• Annual Student Exhibition took place at the Charles Hostler Center on June 23rd 2010.

The year also witnessed the launching of the Areen Architecture Series, which is the result of a generous donation from Mimar to support the hosting of lectures by well-known and established architects. The opening lecture was given by the international award winning architect Rem Koolhaas, in the Issam Fares Hall on May 17th, 2010.

The end of the year was marked as usual with award ceremonies and celebrations. Graphic Designer Miriam Kadoura [class of 2000] received the Distinguished Alumni Award during the Ninth FEA Student Conference which was held on May 19th and 20th, 2010.

Nineteen students graduated from the Architecture Program, twenty three from Graphic Design, and two from the graduate programs in Urban Planning and Policy, and Urban Design.

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The Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement went to Yasmina Chami in Architecture and Rebecka Farraj in Graphic Design. The Distinguished Graduate Award went to Yousef Abed Rabboh in Graphic Design. The Architecture Areen Awards went to Yasmina Chami [1st prize], Dara Dajani Daoudi [2nd prize] and Julie Haddad [3rd prize].

The Graphic Design Areen Awards went to Ruba Sidani [1st prize], Lilian Abou Zaki [2nd prize] and Yousef Abed Rabboh [3rd prize].

And finally, Professor Mona Fawaz was promoted to the rank of associate professor in June of 2010.

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architectureHowayda Al-Harithy, Professor, Chairperson; PhD in Art and Architecture History, Harvard University, USA.George Arbid, Associate Professor; DDES in Architecture, Harvard University, USA. Carole Lévesque, Assistant Professor; PhD in Environmental Design, History and Theory of Architecture, University of Montreal, Canada.Karim Najjar, Assistant Professor; Diploma [March], Vienna University of Technology, Austria.Sylvia Shorto, Assistant Professor; PhD in History of Art and Archaeology, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, USA.

graphic designLeila Musfy, Professor; MFA in Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA.Walid Sadek, Associate Professor; MFA in Sculpture, Claremont Graduate School of Art, USA.Zeina Maasri, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design Program; MFA in Design, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, The Netherlands.Daniel Drennan, Assistant Professor; MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University, USA.Lina Ghaibeh, Assistant Professor; MA, Texas Woman’s University, USA.

urban planning and policy | urban designMona Harb, Associate Professor; PhD in Political Science, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence, France.Robert Saliba, Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUPP/MUD Graduate Programs; PhD in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Paris VIII, France.Mona Fawaz, Assistant Professor; PhD in City Planning, MIT, USA.

architecture Matthew Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor; MS in Architecture and Urban Design, Columbia University, USA.

architectureAbdul Halim Jabr, Lecturer; SMArch, MIT, USA.Abir Khoury, Instructor; Bachelor in Architecture, LAU, Lebanon.Antoine Fischfisch, Lecturer; DESS, Lebanese University, DESS, ALBA, Lebanon.Aram Yeretzian, Lecturer; BArch, AUB, presently a candidate for a master’s degree at the University of East London, London, UK.Bassam Kahwagi, Instructor; Alarm Design Company.Bernard Mallat, Lecturer; MArch, University of Maryland, USA.Carla Aramouny, Instructor; Master’s of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.Fadi Hamdan, Lecturer; PhD Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.Ghassan Maasri, Instructor; MA Art and Space, Kingston University, UK.

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Grégoire Serof, Senior Lecturer; Bachelor in Architecture, ALBA, Lebanon.Hala Younes, DEA, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Hani Zgheib, Senior Lecturer; PhD of Engineering major Architecture, Kyushu University, Japan.Hiba Bou Akar, Instructor, Master’s in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.Joy Kanaan, Lecturer; BArch, University of Southern California, USA.Maha Nasrallah, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Karim Nader, Lecturer; March, Rice University, USA.Naji Assi, Lecturer; MUP in Middle East and Maghreb Cities, Paris, Belleville, France.Pascal Hachem, Instructor; Diplome d’Etudes Superieures [DES], USEK.Rana Haddad, Lecturer; AA Diploma RIBA, Architecture Association London, UK.Rana Samara, Senior Lecturer; Master’s in Architecture, McGill University, Canada.Rania Melhem, Instructor; Master’s in Urban Planning, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Rola Idriss, Assistant Instructor; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Sandra Kassab, Instructor; Master’s in Restoration and Conservation of Historical Sites, Lebanese University, Lebanon.Sandra Richani, Instructor; Master’s in Architecture Design, Princeton University, USA.Sany Jamal, Lecturer; BArch, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Simone Kosermelli, Senior Lecturer; Master of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia University, NY.Tarek Sinno, Instructor; BArch, AUB, Lebanon.Wajih Najem, Senior Lecturer; ME in Mechanical Engineering, AUB.Walid Bakhos, Lecturer; Master’s in Urban Planning, ALBA, Lebanon.Walid Haddad, Senior Lecturer; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

graphic designAhmad Gharbieh, Instructor; MA in Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths College, UK.Fadi Baki, Instructor; Master’s in Filmmaking, Goldsmiths College, UK.Hatem Imam, Instructor; Master’s, University College for the Creative Arts, UK.Jinane Bacho, Senior Lecturer; MFA in Print-Making and Painting, Pratt Institute, USA.Lara Captan, Assistant Instructor; BFA in Graphic Design, AUB.Mayda Freije, Lecturer; MS in Communication Design, Pratt Institute, USA.Nadine Bekdache, Instructor; MA Culture and Social Change, King’s College London, UK.Rafi Boyadgian, Lecturer; BGD, AUB.Sara-Jane Arida, Lecturer; BFA in Communication Design, Parsons School of Design, University of London, UK.Shawki Youssef, Instructor; working on a master’s degree at St. Joseph University, Beirut.Tarek Dajani, Lecturer; Master’s of Engineering [IT], MIT, USA.Zeina El-Abed, Instructor; Master’s of Art in Visual Culture, Middlesex University London, UK.Rena Karanouh, Lecturer; MFA in Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.March Nader, Senior Lecturer; Diplome Ecole Superieure, Paris, France.Luma Shihab-Edin, Lecturer; MFA in Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.

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Jana Trabulsi, Lecturer; Masters in Media Studies, Ecole National Superieure de Creation on Industielle, Paris, France.Hassan Zahreddine, Instructor; MFA; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.Raghda Jaber, Lecturer; MS in Urban Design, MIT, USA.

Sirene Salam, Administrative AssistantSiwar Karaki, Secretary

Assem Salam, EAB Chair, architect and former President of the Order of Engineers and Architects, Lebanon.Katherine McCoy, designer, consultant, and former Chair of Cranbrook Academy of Art Design Department, President of the American Center for Design, and served as an AIGA National Vice President.Omar Razzaz, urban planner, Director General of the Social Security Corporation in Jordan.Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor in the History of Architecture, University of Paris and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.Ali Jaber, media, managing editor of Dubai Media Incorporated.Bechara Mouzannar, advertising, Regional Executive Creative Director at Leo-Burnett Middle East.Karl Bassil, graphic designer, co-founder of Mind the Gap, Vice-President of the Syndicate of Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon.Donald Bates, architect, Director of LAB Architecture Studio in Australia.Hashem Sarkis, architect, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at Harvard.

faculty research and professional activities

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howayda al-harithy, [ed.] Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, Planning, History and Environment Series, Routledge, UK, 2010.

zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza`: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya [Revised Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War]; Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010.

robert saliba, Beyrouth Architectures: Aux Sources de la Modernité, 1920-1940, Éditions Parenthèses, Octobre 2009.

karim najjar, Coastal Thresholds / Structure between the dynamic and the staticDesign/Vertical Studio 2008, published in 2009 by Karim Najjar, Carla Aramouny, students of the course, and the AUB Department of Architecture and Design.

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howayda al-harithy, “Politics of Post-War Reconstruction in Lebanon, Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, ed. Howayda Al-Harithy, Planning, History and Environment Series, Routledge, UK, 2010.

howayda al-harithy, “The Politics of Identity Construction in Post War Reconstruction,” in Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, ed. Howayda Al-Harithy, Planning, History and Environment Series, Routledge, , 2010.

george arbid, “Hyding the Park,” a foreword for At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar, edited by Fadi Shayy [Beirut: Discursive Formations, 2010].

mona harb, “On Religiosity and Spatiality: Lessons from Hezbollah in Beirut,” in Alsayyad N. and Massoumi M. [eds], The Fundamentalist City, London: Routledge, 2010.

mona harb and mona fawaz, “Influencing the Politics of Reconstruction,” ed. Howayda Al-Harithy, Lessons in Postwar Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War, London: Routledge 2010, pp. 21-45.

zeina maasri, “Les politiques de la mémoire et de l’identité dans les affiches de la guerre civile au Liban” [The politics of memory and identity in Lebanon’s civil war posters]; in Mémoires de guerres au Liban [1975-1990]. Franck Mermier et Christophe Varin [eds.]; [France: Actes Sud/Sindbad, IFPO, 2010].

walid sadek, “An Urgent Dispatch Calmly Read”, an introduction to and translation of Nizar Mroueh’s “The Legitimacy of Noise”[1968] in Nawfal, Z., and Saadawi, G., [eds.] Untitled Tracks; On Alternative Music in Beirut, Amers Editions, pp. 36-45, 2010.

daniel drennan, “Traversing Meaning: Remapping East and West,” Culture Critique Journal; Claremont Graduate University School of Arts and Humanities, July, 2009. http://ccjournal.cgu.edu/

daniel drennan, “Emory Douglas: A Black Panther in Beirut,” Counterpunch web site, January, 2010. http://www.counterpunch.org/drennan01132010.html

fawaz, m., “Hezbollah as Urban Planner? Questions to and from Planning Theory,” Planning Theory, 20[4]: 323-34, 2009.

fawaz, m., “Neo-liberal Urbanity: A View from Beirut’s Periphery,” Development and Change, 40[5]: 827-52, 2009.

fawaz, m. and M. Ghandour, “Spatial Erasure: The Reconstruction of Haret Hreik,” ArteEast Quarterly, special issue on Extra-territoriality in the Middle-East, guest edited by Ursula Biemann, 2009. http://arteeast.org/pages/artenews/extra-territoriality/254/

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Deeb L. and harb m., “Politics, Culture, Religion: How Hizbullah is Constructing an Islamic Milieu in Lebanon,” Review of Middle East Studies, 43[2]:198-206, 2010.

harb m., “Story of a Name,” vol., 22 [supplement Beiroutes: A Guide to Beirut], pp. 71-75, 2009.

harb m., “City Debates 2008: Spaces of Faith and Fun,” International Journal for Urban and Regional Research, 33[4], pp. 1073-78, 2009.

Deeb L. and harb m., “Piety and Pleasure: Youth Negotiations of Moral Authority and New Leisure Sites in al-Dahiya,” Bahithat, 14, forthcoming.

zeina maasri, “Mohammad Moussalli: The King of Portraits” in Bidoun: Arts and Culture from the Middle East; published in NY, issue no.18, Summer 2009.

howayda al-harithy, “Reclaiming the Past and Post-War Reconstruction in Southern Lebanon,” International Conference on Archeology in Conflict, Vienna, Austria 6-10 April 2010.

howayda al-harithy, “The Practice of Art History,” Conference of the National Committee for the History of Art, February 10, 2010, Chicago, USA.

howayda al-harithy, “Mamluk Tripoli Re-inscribed,” Mamluk Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], London, Sept 23-26 2009.

daniel drennan, “The Adoptee’s Voice: From Passive Dispossession to Active Resistance,” Modern Language Association, Northwest Branch Conference April, 2010, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Deeb L. and harb m., “Piety and Pleasure: Youth Negotiations of Moral Authority and New Leisure Sites in al-Dahiya,” The International Conference on Cultural Practices of Youth in the Arab World, organized by Bahithat, AUB, December 11-12, 2009.

zeina maasri, “From Symbols of Militant Shi’ism to Signs of Moderate Nationalism: Transformations in Hizbullah’s Political Posters [1985–present],” Middle East Studies Association, MESA Conference, Boston, November 21-24, 2009.

robert saliba, “Heritage Conservation and Post-War Reconstruction: The Case of Beirut’s Central District,” The International Conference on the Preservation and Rehabil-itation of Iraqi City Centers, PRICC, at the Municipality of Baghdad, March 22-27, 2010.

robert saliba, “Coastal Management and Climate Change: The Case of Lebanon,” The International Conference on Climate Adaptation in the MENA: Challenges and Opportunities, at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, May 3-4, 2010.

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sylvia shorto, “Prisoners of War: Ideologies and the Exhibition of Contemporary Lebanese Art,” 36th Association of Art Historians meeting, Glasgow University, April 16-18, 2010.

sylvia shorto, “Mapping 19th Century Agra,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, April 2, 2010.

professional activities

george arbid, Meeting Room, Ghosn Building, 4th Floor, FEA-AUB, December 2009.

george arbid, renovation and addition of Nina Salem’s house in Bterram, preliminary design, January 2010.

daniel drennan, conception, art direction, and illustration for the newspaper of the Jamaa al-Yad Collective, it-tajammwa.

zeina maasri, book design [in collaboration with Omar Mismar]: Malameh al-niza`: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya al-lubaniya [Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War]; [Beirut: al-Furat publishing, 2010].

leila musfy and Alia Solh, painting/collage: a one-piece collage/design of late Alia Solh; October-November 2009.

leila musfy, Oishii Restaurant: creative director, logo and corporate identity for a Japanese restaurant in Dubai. Applications include print, menu signage, and vehicles. [on going]

leila musfy, Arche de Noé: creative director, mural design for the renovation of a children/adult cultural shop and coffee lounge. Re-design of identity, invitations, signage, programs, and other related items. September 2009 to present.

karim najjar, Kneissl Star Resort 2009: Ski resort in cooperation with two hotel experts, Vienna Goldeck, Carinthia, Austria.

karim najjar, Link 2010: Pedestrian Bridge over Danube Chanel in Vienna.

mona harb, authored a report on “Urban Development Strategies for the City of Saida”; May 2009, for Marketing Opportunities on behalf of the Hariri Foundation.

robert saliba, Revisiting the Regional Master Plan of Al-Mandinah Al-Mouarah: The Impact of the Economic Knowledge City on Urban Physical Growth, July 2009, World Bank Report.

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lina ghaibeh, Festival Screenings of Film Ya Waladi: My Son

• MUESTRA DE CINE DEL MEDIO ORIENTE CONTEMPORÁNEO Arab Film Week in Bogota. Bogota, Columbia, Nov. 2009.

•Bonn Beirut Bonn; Programme on Beirut, Cinematheque Bonn. Three very different films giving an idea about filmmaking in Beirut and the representation of the city in films and video. Bonn, Germany, October 16, 2009.

fawaz, m., Gharbieh A., and harb m., in the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Beirut: Mapping Security; participated in the coordination and editing of the exhibition. The work is also produced as a published newspaper, as part of “Open City: Designing Coexistence – Refuge,” curated by Philipp Misselwitz and Can Altay [September 2009].

zeina maasri, Invited Artist: “Graphic Chronologies” a section of Signs of Conflict: Political Posters of Lebanon’s Civil War 1975-90, in the context of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, “What Keeps Mankind Alive?”, Istanbul, September–November 2009.

walid sadek, “Learning to See Less,” an installation in the group exhibition Red Thread, Tanas Gallery, Berlin, June 16-August 8, 2009.

walid sadek, “Place at Last,” a solo exhibition at the Beirut Art Center, January 27- April 4, 2010.

walid sadek, “Kozo Okamoto Resides in Greater Beirut,” part of the 4th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand, March 12- June 20, 2010.

walid sadek, “A Disarming Figure,” a text published and presented at the Berlin Documentary Forum, from February 6-June 6, 2010.

robert saliba, “Beirut’s Domestic Architecture: The Colonial Heritage,” Haigazian University in collaboration with the French Cultural Mission in Beirut, April 29, 2010.

george arbid, participated in Mediterranean Cities Program Workshop Meeting, April 16, 2010, organized by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona.

daniel drennan participated in Art in the Camps Workshop in Bourj al-Barajneh Camp, April, 2010 in collaboration with Juan Fuentes, artist and activist.

daniel drennan participated in Free Palestine Festival, Ain Al-Mreisseh, Beirut, May, 2010. Workshop, exhibition, and day of activism in conjunction with Filisteen Horra. Students developed calligraphic and illustrative stencils and demonstrated bio-degradable techniques for applying them to attendees.

daniel drennan participated with 20 students in Pinhole Camera Workshop, May, 2010 at AUB. Using a silkscreened die-cut and professionally drilled pinhole, students constructed pinhole cameras out of recycled materials.

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daniel drennan participated with 15 students in Japanese bookbinding workshop May, 2010 at AUB. Using a variety of paper and cover materials, students constructed covered books using the traditional tortoise-shell bookbinding technique.

mona fawaz organized the Nahr el-Bared Reconstruction Workshop The workshop consisted of a three day charette that brought together a number of urban planners and designers [including members of the Nahr el-Bared Reconstruction Commission] as well as students involved in the Design and Planning Workshop in the MUPP/MUD program. Participants explored options for the organization and development of the vicinities of the Nahr el-Bared Camp in North Lebanon, March 2010.

zeina maasri, Organizer: Exhibition Tutti Frutti: Popular Graphics and Cultural Diversity, ArD in collaboration with the Spanish embassy [Oct. 28-Nov 20]. The event included: a public lecture by the exhibition curator and graphic designer, America Sanchez [Winner of the Spanish National Design Prize [1992]; and a public lecture and workshop by internationally acclaimed graphic designer, Reza Abedini.

robert saliba participated in the Istanbul International Workshop “The Süleymaniye Conservation Area”. Workshop organized by the Mies Van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona, and the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, with the collaboration of the University of Istanbul Technical University, the University of Genoa, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille, Alexandria University, the Lebanese American University and AUB; June 19-29, 2010.

robert saliba, co-organizor, Urban Design Workshop 2009, “The Identity of Architecture and Urban Structure in the Context of the Historic Islamic/Arabic Town: Case study and Urban Design Beirut’s Central District Extension to the Waterfront”. Workshop organized by the Brandenburg Technical University, Department for Urban Development and Design, and hosted by the Graduate Program in Urban Design at AUB with the collaboration of the University of Cairo, the University of Aleppo, and AUB; October 18-30, 2009.

robert saliba, invited presentation on the “Experience and Advises from the Perspective of the American University of Beirut and its Interests towards Cooperation” in the context of a three day seminar entitled: Urban Development of Baghdad and useful Cooperation between the University of Baghdad and German Universities in the fields of Urban Design, Urban Development, and Environmental Planning, at the Brandenburg Technical University [BTU]: Feb. 6-10, 2010.

zeina maasri, Signs of Conflict: Political Posters of Lebanon’s Civil War 1975-90, published in the catalogue of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, “What Keeps Mankind Alive?” [Istanbul, September–November 2009].

karim najjar’s work published in the following books:

• Phyllis Richardson XS Small Buildings, Big Ideas [Thames and Hudson 2009]

• LICC Book 01 / 2009 London International Creative Competition 2008 Winners/01-competition htm1.1Bug

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karim najjar’s work was featured in the following journals: Architekrur Aktuell/Germany, March 2009, Freizeit Kurier/Vienna, March 2009, Harmonies Nr. 39/Beirut, December 2009, MD, International Design Scout/July 2010/Germany, Architektur 03, Wohnen/April 2010/Austria, HOME, January 2010/Austria, Yacht, Revue, February 2010/Austria, Harmonies, N°40 March-May 2010/Lebanon, Die Presse, Luxury Estate, June 2010/Austria, Wallpaper, July 2010/UK, MARU, vol. 94, 2010/South Korea Yem Yayin, Kontular, May 2010/Turkey

walid sadek’s work appeared in exhibition catalogue “The Impregnated Witness: Notes on the Event Within” in The Road to Peace; Painting in Times of War, exhibition catalogue, curated by Saleh Barakat, Beirut Art Center, 2009.

howayda al-harithy, “International Actors and Local NGOs in Post-War Reconstruction in Lebanon 2006-2008,” at the University of California, Berkeley on April 5, 2010.

george arbid, “The Architecture and Life of Karol Schayer,” at the Lyceum of Radzionkow, Poland on December 4, 2009.

daniel drennan “Work in progress from the various projects started under the aegis of Jamaa al-Yad, a Beirut-based artists collective,” Talk 20, AUB, March, 2010.

mona fawaz, “Beirut/A City of Security,” in Refuge Urbanism/Open City, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam IABR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands November 19-20, 2009.

mona harb presented “The Cedar Island: Urban Planning, Design and Landscape Issues,” in AUB seminar “Debating the Cedar Island,” March 27, 2009 [prepared with Howayda Al-Harithy and Jala Makhzoumi].

mona harb, “Beirut: Mapping Security,” Lebanese University and IFPO seminar [with Mona Fawaz and Ahmad Gharbieh], May 24, 2010.

mona harb, “The Circulation, Meanings, and Utility of the Islamist [and other related] Labels: Hezbollah as Example,” paper presented at the Linking Theory and Practice: The Politics of Re-Conceptualizing Terms Workshop, George Mason University [Washington] and American University of Beirut, May 13, 2010.

robert saliba, City Street / Notre Dame University “The Changing Paradigms of Urban Form at the Turn of the 21st Century,” Keynote speaker Nov. 17-20, 2009.

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sylvia shorto, “The Popularization of Bentwood in Beirut”. Paper delivered at the workshop, Ambivalent Geographies: Ease/West Dialogues in Middle Eastern Experiences and Cultures, METU Faculty of Architecture, Ankara, May 6 and 7, 2010.

howayda al-harithy, Participant, Panel on “Emerging Art Histories,” chaired by Michael Ann Holly and Marc Gotlieb, the CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, Feb. 11-13, 2010.

george arbid, Invited panelist, “Modern Architecture of Beirut: Reconstruction, and Cultural Identity,” French Institute in New York, May 20, 2010, panel moderated by Ben Prosky.

george arbid, Invited panelist, “At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar,” AUB, May 31, 2010.

daniel drennan ISO: Socialism Conference, July 2010: Oakland, CA. The panel entitled: “Art and Resistance”, presents the work of artists working within a resistance discourse in order to discuss methods, practices, systems, and their successes and failures.

daniel drennan ICON6: Sixth Annual Illustration Conference, July 2010: Pasadena, CA. The panel, entitled: “Give a Damn: Social Illustration”, presents an overview of artists working in a socially conscious manner, and discusses methods and means of working collectively and communally.

zeina maasri, Malameh al-niza: al-mulsaq al-siyasi fi al-harb al-ahliya allubaniya; [Beirut: al-Furat publishing, Jan 2010]. Reviewed by:

•Moris Abu Nader, “Al Harb Al Loubnaniyya Al Ahliyya Bimoulsakatiha Al Moutakalliba,” in Dar Al Hayat, Lebanon, April 16, 2010.

•Mahmoud Al Zibawi, “Harb El Moulsakat Fi AL Harb AL Loubnaniyya,” in An-Nahar Al Moulhak Althakafi, Lebanon, January 3, 2010.

zeina maasri, Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War, London: I.B. Tauris, 2009. Reviewed by:

•Victor Margolin, ‘Book Review,’ in Journal of Design History Advance Access, October 7, 2009.

•Sarah A. Rogers, in the Middle East Report, MER 252 — Fall 2009, p. 48.

•David Crowly, “Walls with Bashir,” in Eye, The International Review of Graphic Design, London, no. 72, Summer 2009, p. 91-2.

•Max Bruinsma, “Betekenis in Beeld,” in Items, Holland, no. 3, Summer 2009, p. 92.

•Steven Heller, “Visuals: The Art of Rebellion,” in NY Times Sunday Book Review, August 9, 2009, [www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/books/review/Heller-t.html].

•Hicham Safieddine, “Lebanon’s Political Posters as Sites of Struggle,” in The Electronic Intifada, June 7, 2009.

•Kaelen Wilson Goldie, in Bidoun: Arts and Culture from the Middle East, Spring 2009, published in NY, pp. 183–4.

•Sune Haugbolle, in Arab Studies Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 1, Spring 2010, p. 334-43.

•Victor Margolin, in Journal of Design History. 2009; 22[4]: p. 426-28.

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harb m., “Story of a Name,” Beiroutes: A Guide to Beirut, 2009 was praised by Mosley M., “Guidebooks from the Edge, and from the Heart,” The Daily Star, March 25, 2010. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&article_id=113126 #ax zz0jfRPsr9b

research funding

howayda al-harithy, Short term URB grant to participate in the International Conference on Archeology in Conflict, Vienna, Austria, April 6-10, 2010.

daniel drennan•Awarded an extension of the URB grant for the proposal entitled: “The Beirut Design Collective”.

•Awarded a CASAR grant for research into American case studies pertaining to artists’ collectives in North America.

mona fawaz•Heinrich Boll Foundation [E 8,000] Beirut, a City of Security –Arabic Version [with Ahmad Gharbieh, Mona Harb, and Nadine Bekdache], 2010.

• AUB, University Research Board. [US $5,233] The Conception of Space in Urban Projects: Four Post-War Reconstruction Projects in Lebanon, 2009-10.

mona harb, Received 2-year grant from the American Center for Learned Societies, Collaborative Research Fellowship, $42,000 – awarded, in progress [salary replacement & project costs] for the project entitled Constructing and Negotiating the Islamic Milieu: New Moralities and Spatialities in Shi’i Lebanon [with Lara Deeb, Scripps College].

carol levesque, URB Seed Grant, $4 138,00: Emergent Space: Contemporary architecture and public space in Spain.

zeina maasri

•Travel Grant [for MESA Conference participation], URB, Nov. 2009.

•Grant award: for the production cost of the website and online database for the project: “Signs of Conflict: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War”. Amount: 10,000 USD. The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Jan. 2010–May 2011.

•Subsidy for the production cost of the Arabic edition of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War, amount: 15,000 USD, from the Heinrich Böll Foundation, [2009].

sylvia shorto•CASAR Summer Research Travel Grant for the project, “Within Boundaries: The Post- 9/11 Display of Middle Eastern Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York”.

•Short-term faculty Development [URB] for the SAH Chicago conference, April 2010.

•CASAR Conference Travel Grant to attend the AAH meeting in Glasgow, April 2010.

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co-supervision of graduate students

george arbid: Marieke Krijnen [Master of Arts, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, AUB- Faculty of Arts and Sciences], Facilitating Real Estate Development in Beirut: A Peculiar Case of Neoliberal Public Policy.

daniel drennan: Nathaniel George, “Imperialism in the Middle East and the Lebanese Crisis of 1973.” [CAMES]; co-advisor with Patrick McGreevy.

mona fawaz: Susan Goedeken [CAMES], Made to Measure? Fitting a Development Project to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Marieke Krijnen [CAMES], Neoliberal State Governance and Urban Development in Beirut during the Hariri Era.

robert saliba: Lee Frederix [MLU], Reclaiming Beirut’s Marginal Landscapes: Cultural Infrastructure as Urban Catalyst – Notre Dame University.

service and committeesSearch Committeecomposition | Al-Harithy [chair], Arbid, Drennan, Fawaz, Ghaibeh, Levesque, Maasri, Musfy, Najjar, Sadek, Saliba, and Shorto GD Accreditation Committeecomposition | Drennan, Ghaibeh, Musfy [chair], and Sadek Graduate Curricular Review and New Programs composition | Al-Harithy, Thomas, Sadek, and Saliba [chair] Areen Architecture Series composition | Al-Harithy [chair], Arbid, and Thomas

Lecture Series Committee composition | Drennan, Maasri, and Shorto [chair]

Annual Exhbition composition | Ghaibeh [chair], Levesque, and Trabulsi

City Debates: Mona Fawaz

TALK20 Committeecomposition | Carla Aramouni and Jana Trabulsi

Design and Publications Committeecomposition | Drennan [chair], Freije, and Musfy

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Website/Plasma Committeecomposition | Dajani, Ghaibeh [chair], and Najjar

Space Planning Committeecomposition | Arbid, Ghaibeh, Najjar [chair], and Musfy

howayda al-harithy•International Correspondent and Editorial Advisor, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review: Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Traditional Environment, University of California at Berkeley, USA.

•Country Editor, World Architecture Organization, January 2009-

george arbid, Moderator, Cultural Sustainability, Yale Arab Alumni Association Conference on Urban Sustainability, AUB, October 2-3, 2009.

mona fawaz, Member, Faculty Advisory Committee for the Palestinian Camps Initiatiative. Issam Fares Institute, AUB.

carol levesque, Moderator, for City Debates, AUB.

zeina maasri, Member of the advisory board of the academic journal The Poster, published in the US with the academic publisher Intellect.

leila musfy•Founding member of ‘Doroob’ an NGO for educational purposes.

•ICOGRADA member of the ‘Iridescent Advisory Panel’.

robert saliba, Member, of the scientific committee for the Memory Museum of the City of Beirut, a consultancy body responsible for advising the Municipalities of Beirut and Paris on the renovation and adaptive reuse of Barakat Building, Beirut, as a cultural center and national museum.

sylvia shorto•9th FEA Student Conference. Session moderator: “Engaging the Image”

•University for Seniors Pilot Program: Taught a six-week Saturday morning pilot course for the University’s Neighborhood Outreach. The course, Building Beirut: Architectural History of the City Center, took the form of six three-hour walking tours of the city, and was attended by 15 seniors.

Review of Academic Files/Refereehowayda al-harithy•Peer reviewer, articles submitted for publication in the Getty Research Journal, March 2010.

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•Peer reviewer, the third cycle of the National Priorities Research Program [NPRP] of the Qatar National Research Foundation, March 2010.

•Referee, abstracts submitted for the IAESTE 2010 conference on “Utopia of Tradition,” organized by University of California, Berkeley, Feb. 2010.

•External reviewer, application for promotion with tenure, Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nov. 2009.

•Peer reviewer, the seventh cycle of Undergraduate Research Experience Program [UREP] of the Qatar National Research Fund [QNRF], Nov. 2009.

•Referee, article submitted for publication, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review [TDSR], University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2009.

mona fawaz acted at least once as a reviewer for the following peer reviewed academic journals

•International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

• Planning Theory

•Conflict, Security, and Development

•Cities

•Cultural Dynamics

mona harb•Review, Journal Article, Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, February 2010.

•Review, Journal Article, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, February 2010.

•Review, Journal Article, International Journal for Urban and Regional Research, March 2009.

carol levesque, Reviewer for FEA student conference papers, spring 2010.

george arbid•Studio Basel [Herz, Rahbaran, Zhou, Herzog and De Meuron], Jury on December 16, 2009, Basel, Switzerland.

•Syria, Final Year Graduation Projects in Architecture, International University of Science and Technology [IUST], Syria, June 20-21, 2010.

• Turkey, Istanbul: Mediterranean Cities Program Workshop, an urban design and architecture studio involving seven universities, June 29, 2010.

• Beirut, Lebanese American University, 1st Year Design Studio, June 10, 2010.

•2nd year design project, Art Pavilion at AUB, November 25, 2009.

•Vertical Studio, Istanbul, December 23, 2009.

lina ghaibeh, Lebanese American University, Graphic Design Juries

carol levesque• Lebanese American University, 2nd year studio, Beirut, May 2010.

• Lebanese American University, Final Year Project, Byblos, June 2010.

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final year projects

architecture• Andre Chedid, “In Change,” Advisor: George Arbid

• Anthony El Khoury, “The Theater, its double and Beirut setting,” Advisor: Matthew Thomas

• Dana Hamdan, “Designing Diplomacy, Architecture in Response to Stereotypes,” Advisor: George Arbid

• Dara Dajani Daoudi, “Inside/Out, a Landmark of Palestinian Crafts,” Advisor: Karim Najjar

• Dima Atchan, “On the Verge of…/the Compass,” Advisor: George Arbid

• Dina Mahmoud, “Biostructure, Architectural Organisms in the Sector of Bachoura,” Advisor: Karim Najjar

• Farah El Alayli, “Rethinking the Corniche: The Mini Saida Experience,” Advisor: Matthew Thomas

• Jad Abdun Nur, “Sectarianism by People for the People,” Advisor: Karim Najjar

• Joanne Choueiri, “Play,” Advisor: Carole Levesque

• Joelle Khoury, “Breaking the Tower”, Advisor: Matthew Thomas

• Julie Haddad, “The Tumor in the City”, Advisor: George Arbid

• Karina El Hage, “In-Transit”, Advisor: Karim Najjar

• Karine Yassine, “LWO”, Advisor: Carole Levesque

• Maissa Naim, “The City Traveler”, Advisor: Karim Najjar

• Marwan Hamadeh, “INFarchitecture Re-designing an Edge on the Waterfront”, Advisor: Matthew Thomas

• Moh’d Abdullah Ramadan, “Fields of Sound and Silence”, Advisor: Carole Levesque

• Rodrigue Antoun, “Taking Chevrolet Down Memory Lane”, Advisor: George Arbid

• Shoghag Ohannessian, “Setting: Architecture for a Narrative”, Advisor: Matthew Thomas

• Yasmina Chami, “Viva la Vida or death and all its friends”, Advisor: Carole Levesque

graphic design• Amira Akl, “Glimbr: Cast the Spell”, Advisor: Ahmad Gharbieh

• Armine Seferian, “The Journey of the Pomegranate”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh

• Farah Esteitie, “Sincerely, Islam”, Advisor: Leila Musfy

• Gloria Tahhan, “Set in Stone - A History of Shemlan through My Home”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh

• Karim Farah, “رحلة يف/على اخلط” A Trip from Screen to Space, Back and Forth, and the Attempt to Live the Real and the Virtual in/on One Line, Advisor: Jana Traboulsi

• Lara Malas, “Bakdesh: Capital Resistance”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh

• Laura Halteh, “Planet Nableon”, Advisor: Fadi Baki

• Lilian Abou Zeki, “اأنا، هي، هّن” Newsletter to be Disseminated at Beauty Parlors, Focusing on Image and Circulation”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri

• Lynn Dakkak, “Kept Secret”, Advisor: Jana Traboulsi

• Maha Bazzi, “Picture Perfect, a Reclaiming Project”, Advisor: Walid Sadek

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• Mariam Krisht, “30.04.09”, Advisor: Leila Musfy

• Maya Akel, “Obstacle-Signs a Lebanese Manifestation of Authority”, Advisor: Jana Traboulsi

• Maya Itani, “He or She or She or He”, Advisor; Fadi Baki

• Maya Moumneh, “اإن ع�شقنا فعذرنا اأن يف وجهنا نظر”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri

• Nadine El Ali, “And Again: The Tension Created between Desire and Pain”, Advisor: Walid Sadek

• Nidal Bou Hamdan, “The New Hierarchy”, Advisor: Fadi Baki

• Rana Kotob, “Lebanese Banknotes: Exploring Alternatives to State Narrative 1989-1994”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri

• Rebecka Farraj, “كيف؟ اآدات تعليمية يف اللغة العربية”, Advisor: Leila Musfy

• Ruba Sidani, “من اأهل البيت”, Advisor: Zeina Maasri

• Soulaf Khalifeh, “شورة وجه�”, Advisor: Walid Sadek

• Walid Aboul Joud, “Dissonance [image and sound]”, Advisor: Walid Sadek

• Yasmina Sabbah, “A Movement and Visual Approach to Sight Singing”, Advisor: Lina Ghaibeh

• Yousef Abed Rabboh, “Regarding the Soul of the Organized City: An Urban Commentary Amman”, Advisor: Ahmad Gharbieh

graduate theses [completed]

• Ibrahim Mneimneh, “Grounding Heritage in Locality”

• Dominique Wierzbowski, “Social Networks as the Social Context”

courses offered

architecture and graphic design summer term 2009

course # title cr. no. of studts instructor instructor instructor

ARCH 241 Surveying/Regional Arch. 9 41 Walid Haddad Naji Assi Antoine

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Sandra Kassab Walid Bakhos

ARCH 373 Training in AutoCAD 0 27 Karim Nader

ARCH 474 Training in Ex-ecution Drawings 0 23 Karim Nader

ARCH 575 Approved Experience 0 22 Karim Nader

GRDS 113 Photography 3 30 Marc Nader

GRDS 462 Approved Experience 0 25 Lina Ghaibeh

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ARCH 100 Basic Design 4 105 Ghassan Maasri George Arbid Shawki

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Pascal Hachem

Sara-Jane Arida

Gregoire Serof

Nadine Bekdache

ARCH 111 Technical Drawings 4 35 George Arbid Rola Idriss

ARCH 121 History of Art and Arch I 3 80 Sylvia Shorto

ARCH 151Statics and Mechanics of Solids

4 40 Walid Haddad

ARCH 202 Arch. Design II 7 40 Carla Aramouny Karim Najjar Matthew

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ARCH 223 History of Art and Arch. III 3 66 Howayda

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ARCH 242 BuildingConstruction I 3 40 Sany Jamal

ARCH 253 Analysis/ Design Struct II 4 40 Walid Haddad

ARCH 325 Contemporary Arch. 3 22 Carole

Levesque

ARCH 406a Vertical Studio A 7 16 Karim Nader Simone Kosremelli

ARCH 406b Vertical Studio B 7 16 Rana Haddad Carole Levesque

ARCH 406c Vertical Studio C 7 16 Tarek Sinno Joy Kanaan

ARCH 261 Building Services 4 25 Wajih Najm

ARCH 508Final Year Design and Research I

7 21 Karim Najjar Mona Fawaz, Coordination Robert Saliba

Rana Samara

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ARCH 021 Imperial Image 3 12 Sylvia Shorto

ARCH 040 Beyond green 3 15 Matthew Thomas

ARCH 016 3DMax 3 15 Bernard Mallat

ARCH 010 Photography 3 15 Marc Nader

ARCH 065 Climate Responsive 3 15 Aram

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graphic design program fall semester 2009-2010

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GRDS 112 Color 3 35 Mayda Freije

GRDS 111 Drawing 3 35 Bassam Kahwaji

GRDS 202 Design II 6 24 Jana Trabulsi Zeina Al-Abed

GRDS 242 Computer Graphics II 3 24 Raffi

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GRDS 251 Typography I 3 24 Leila Musfy Lara Captan

GRDS 304 Design IV 6 31 Daniel Drennan Mayda Freije

GRDS 325 History of GD 3 31 Zeina Maasri

GRDS 344 Interactive Media Design 3 25 Tarek Dajjani

GRDS 361 Professional Practice 3 31 Leila Musfy Raffi

Boyadjian

GRDS 406 Final Year Research 6 25 Walid Sadek Zeina Maasri,

CoordinationDaniel Drennan

Fadi Baki Ahmad Gharbieh Jana Trabulsi

electives

GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative 3 15 Walid Sadek

GRDS 064 AdvancedIllustration 3 15 Daniel

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GRDS 061 Grafix in the Environment 3 15 Leila Musfy

GRDS 042 Rough Cuts 3 15 Fadi Baki

mupp/mud fall semester 2009-2010

course # title cr. no. of studts instructor instructor instructor

URPL 631 Intro. to Planning Theory 3 7 Mona Fawaz

URDS 601/2 Urban Design Studio 6 10 Robert Saliba

electivesURPL 624 Urban Land Use 3 9 Raghda Jaber

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ARCH 101 Architecture Design I 7 38 Rana Haddad Roula Khoury Sandra

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ARCH 112 Descriptive Drawing 3 70 Bassam

KahwajiGregoire Serof

Ghassan Maasri

Shawki Youssef

ARCH 122 History Art and Architecture II 3 80 Howayda

Al-Harithy

ARCH 152 Analysis/ Design Struct I 4 38 Walid Haddad

ARCH 203 Architecture Design III 7 35 Hani Zgheib Joy Kanaan Matthew

Thomas

ARCH 313 CAD 3 35 Rania Melhem

ARCH 224 History Art and Architecture IV 3 80 Sylvia Shorto

ARCH 243 BuildingConstruction II 3 40 Sany Jamal Aram

YeretzianBernard Mallat

ARCH 331 Urbanism 3 30 Mona Fawaz

ARCH 407a Vertical Studio A 7 16 Carole Levesque Hala Younes

ARCH 407b Vertical Studio B 7 18 Matthew Thomas

Carla Aramouny

ARCH 407c Vertical Studio C 7 18 Robert Saliba

Bernard Mallat

ARCH 508/509

Final Year Design and Research I, II

7 21Carole Levesque,Coordination

Matthew Thomas Karim Najjar

George Arbid Sany Jamal Walid Haddad

Wajih Najm

electivesARCH 032 The Black Box 3 14 Karim Nader

ARCH 027 Museum/Store 3 14 Sylvia Shorto

ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut 3 14 Robert Saliba

ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion 3 14 Hiba Bou Akar

ARCH 060 Making It 3 16 Karim Najjar

ARCH 020 Beirut Modern 3 14 George Arbid

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graphic design program spring semester 2010

course # title cr. no. of studts instructor instructor instructor

GRDS 101 Graphic Design I 6 33 Luma Shihab-Elddin Jana Traboulsi Mayda Freije

GRDS 141 Computer Graphics I 3 33 Raffi

Boyadjian

GRDS 214 Illustration 3 33 Daniel Drennan

GRDS 203 Graphic Design III 6 26 Daniel Drennan

Sara Jane Arida

GRDS 231 Intro to Visual Theory 3 26 Walid Sadek

GRDS 252 Typography II 3 32 Leila Musfy Lara Captan

GRDS 305 Graphic Design V 6 32 Leila Musfy Hatem Imam

GRDS 343 Motion Graphics 3 26 Lina Ghaibeh Raffi Boyadjian

GRDS 407 Final Year Project 6 25 Zeina Maasri, Coordination Lina Ghaibeh Ahmad

Gharbieh

Walid Sadek Leila Musfy Jana Traboulsi

Fadi Baki

electives

GRDS 032 Mediated Spectacles 3 14 Zeina Maasri

GRDS 014 Etching 3 16 Zahreddine

GRDS 012 Silkscreen 3 16 Rena Karanouh

GRDS 016 Advanced Photography 3 16 Marc Nader

mupp/mud spring semester 2010

course # title cr. no. of studts instructor instructor instructor

URPL 681/URDS 603 Thesis 6 4 Robert Saliba Howayda

Al-Harithy Mona Fawaz

URPL 632 Urbanism 3 10 Mona Fawaz

URPL 660 Seminar City Debates 0 10 Mona Fawaz

URPL 661/URDS 601

Planning Design Workshop 6 10 Mona Fawaz

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new elective coursesARCH 012 The Black Box The Black Box is a workshop and seminar open to architecture, graphic design and other students. Class meets once a week. Metaphorically, the black box stands for a hiding device that creates a feeling of curiosity and triggers imagination. This seminar is an exploration, interaction and experimentation with the concept of the black box through the three sub-themes of Desire, Imagination and the Unseen. Students are invited to respond to contemporary artistic works [cinema, architecture, literature] as well as to present their own through the media of photography, script-writing and projection.

ARCH 024 Hybrid Beirut: Morphogenesis of the Contemporary City Subjected to colonialism, Beirut was able to develop its own response to early modernization through the assimilation and domestication of Western urban and architectural trends. The resulting cultural hybridity and ownscape diversity is understood by exploring the transitional years from a Medieval Arab-Islamic town in the 1840s to a showcase of the French Mandate in the 1920s and 30s. This course is an attempt to read the contemporary city through its recent colonial past and to trace the continuity and change in its social, economic, and cultural conditions as mirrored in building typologies and spatial urban structure.

ARCH 035 Geographies of Exclusion This course investigates the idea of geographies of exclusion through a multi-disciplinary inquiry which locates space and spatial production at its center. It cross-thinks issues of exclusion across cities in the Global North and the Global South. Gender, class, religion, and race are the main fault lines that we will use to study how certain populations in our cities are left “outside” [through gated communities, “mean” streets, security barriers, segregated parks, etc.], or kept “inside” [refugees in camps, locked-in domestic workers, prisoners, etc.].

ARCH 040 “Making It”: Models and Prototypes of Complex Structures Design and technology studies in schools of architecture are based on the making of things, how they perform in the environment, the experience of the results, and its cognitive interpretation. The scientific knowledge and technical expertise available for architecture are extensive and their rate of change is substantial. The course seeks to develop the ability to learn how to learn, a vital necessity for innovation. . The teaching focus is on craftsmanship, innovation, conceptual and lateral thinking, new technologies, construction, interdisciplinary work, and collaboration with industries.

ARCH 060 Beyond Green: Seeking Sustainability in the Environment The past decade has seen an incredible evolution of architecture and design adapting to the issue of climate change. Greening ourselves and the cities we live in has been widely discussed in the media, while legitimized in regional building codes and master plans. From green washed advertising to zero-emission standards, the design environment has shifted while our tools and techniques [the ones that got us into this situation to begin with] are just beginning to evolve. The Beyond Green seminar will expand our notions of the term “sustainability” in the built environment while questioning its integration

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in the design and building process. The course structure will guide students to expose the underlying processes, multi-scalar systems, and diverse forces of socio-cultural and political flows that impact the lens of sustainable design. In addition to addressing contemporary and historical green building techniques and technologies, students in this course will critically question the green building industry by expanding the conversation of sustainability and the tools available to the architect.

GRDS 031 Carrying the Negative; ethics and aesthetics of survivor-witness The publication of Regina Sneifer’s J’ai Deposé les Armes [2006] in an Arabic translation by Dar Al Farabi in 2008 titled األقيت ال�سالح following the publication of Joseph Saadeh’s Victime et Bourreau[1989] also in an Arabic translation by Dar Al Jadeed in 2006 titled make flagrant the dearth of published testimonies by militant men ,اأنا ال�سحية واجلالد اأناand women active during the Lebanese civil war. Previously, published testimonies by ex-high-ranking members of armed political organizations, such as Fawwaz Trabulsi’s are more numerous but tend to follow the narrative structure of ,[�سورة الفتى بالأحمر] 1997memoirs sedulously maintaining the integrity of the speaking subject and the temporal integrality of the narrative.

In Lebanon, a testimony, if ever spoken, is truncated. It remains afloat without a structure to receive it and enact it into a social political fact. Following Giorgio Agamben’s [1999] move to extricate the witness from the confusion of the ethical with the judicial, this course proposes an approach to these texts not as testimonies which install a process of search for a truth but rather as discursive fields wherein the subject of the survivor-witness can be made to erupt. The survivor-witness is accordingly approached as a subject for experiences from which the author and/or narrator is unable to fully extricate him/herself and about which make pronouncements; a subject of an inconclusive process, a negative value which persists as an insufficiency within a socio-political context bent on promulgating one closure after another.

department activitiesthe areen architecture lecture series

The Areen Architecture Lecture Series was established in 2009 and was launched by the public lecture of Rem Koolhaas on May 17, 2010 in Issam Fares Hall.The series will be used to invite internationally recognized architects, who have designed and executed several projects, to present in Lebanon. rem koolhaas is an internationally acclaimed architect and urbanist. He founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. Koolhaas graduated from the Architectural Association in London and in 1978 published Delirious New York, a Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In 1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections between contemporary society and architecture. At this moment Rem Koolhaas is

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heading the work of OMA as well as AMO the conceptual branch of OMA, a think tank focused on social, economic, and technological issues.

TALK20: is an international design forum happening for the fourth year at AUB, which promotes interdisciplinary exposure to young designers/artists/musicians within Beirut. It happens in the form of an informal gathering, where 10 to 12 speakers, from established professionals, young artists, faculty members, and department students, present their work in the short format of 20x20: 20 slides, 20 seconds each. www.talk20.org.TALK20 Beirut happened this year in its fourth edition on Friday March 26, 2010 at the Charles Hostler Center auditorium. It was organized by the Talk20 committee comprised of faculty members Carla Aramouny and Jana Trabulsi, and architecture students Bassem Chahwan and Firas Abou Fakher. This fourth edition started with a live music performance by Youmna Saba and Sharif Sehnaoui and included the following list of speakers: sharif sehnaoui [musician/Irtijal], daniel drennan [artist/Jamaa al-Yad/ArD Faculty], karim moussawer [architect/PARALX], sarah beydoun [designer/Sarah’s bag], wassef dabboucy [architecture student], tammam yamout [designer/Penguin Cube], pascal hachem [artist/ArD faculty], youmna saba [musician], infrastructurebeirut [students of vertical studio C/ArD], youssef tohme [architect], shawki youssef + carl gerges & firas abou fakher [Artist/ArD Faculty+musician /architecture student], yelostudio [animation, illustration, music videos]. All event graphics were designed by GD students Youssef Abed Rabbo, Joelle Haddad, and Lara Attallah, with follow up by Jana Trabulsi. Event photos were taken by architect-ure student Bassil Abi Hanna.

mrinalini rajagopalan: “Stones, Stories and Science: Architectural Fictions in the Invention of Ancient India.” Monday, October 19, 2009.Mrinalini Rajagopalan, currently Fellow of Urban Studies at the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University, received her PhD in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Her areas of teaching and research interest include the colonial legacies of urbanism in the developing world; the intersection of archaeology and architectural preservation as projects of national modernities; the historiographic traditions of Islamic art and architecture; and the use of visual culture in the production of collective memory and national sentiment in postcolonial nation-states. Mrinalini is co-editor of the book, Colonial Frames/ Nationalist Histories: Architecture, Urbanism and Identity [Ashgate, 2010]. Her lecture was taken from her forthcoming book, a study of the institutionalization of architectural preservation in India, focusing on the nation’s capital city, Delhi.

america sanchez: The keynote lecture of the Tutti Frutti exhibition was given by curator America Sanchez, on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, a winner of the Spanish National Design Prize. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1939, the self-taught artist’s early training was marked by the so-called “Swiss School”, and Josef Müller-Brockmann’s book, The Graphic Artist and his Design Problems. In 1965 Sanchez moved to Barcelona,

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where he set up his own studio, specializing in corporate identity work for businesses and institutions, and graphic design for exhibitions and special events. Sanchez combines his activity as a graphic designer with extended research and experimentation in other spheres of the image: photography, photomontage and video. Since 1963 he has shown in individual and group exhibitions as a photographer and given classes and audiovisual lectures on photographic creativity. His graphic work and photographs are in several international collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

christoph wessling: “The Berlin Experience: Urban Development Strategies for Inner City Unification,” Wednesday, October 21, 2009.Christoph Wessling, who teaches at the Department of Urban Development and Design, University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, is also acting partner of insar consult, Berlin. From 1991 to 1998, he was a team leader for the development studies of several districts in Berlin. In 2003 and 2004, Wessling served as urban planning consultant for the United Nation Mission in Kosovo, preparing an integrated strategy for the urban development of the divided town of Mitrovica. Currently, he is working on the cooperation between German and Middle Eastern Universities in the fields of architecture and urban design. He is also conducting research on the ‘post-fossil’ town in order to identify urban development strategies for energy change.

manuel herz: “Investigating Specificity - Urban Research by ETH Studio Basel,” Wednesday, October 21, 2009.ETH Studio Basel is an institute of urban research founded by architects Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, and Pierre de Meuron at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The research activities of the institute engage issues of the contemporary urban condition by describing the traces of change in the inhabited landscape. Studio Basel investigates regions of cities that are often ambiguous in their development and that are embedded in the globalization process, both shaping it but also affected by its adverse repercussions. They are places that are connected to evolving international energy flows. Investigations are based on the assumption that contemporary cities, shaped by local specificity or historical tradition, but also by the development of new modalities of transformation in the wake of contemporary global networks, do not develop towards a common vanishing point, but rather consolidate, strengthen, transform, or adapt their specific traits. Cities are hence drawn back to their own material configuration through the processes of globalization. Herz lectured on the diverse transformations that underlie the specific situations of cities in these contexts: how cities develop, change, and adapting their physical configurations when connected to the international energy flows. The lecture presented the findings of investigations into the diverse cities of Basel and Nairobi.

reza abedini: The second lecture associated with the Tutti Frutti exhibition was held in the Hostler Center on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, to a packed audience. Reza Abedini was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1967. He graduated as a graphic designer at the school of Fine Arts in 1985, and in 1992 received his B.A. in painting from the Tehran Art University. From 1993 onwards, the reputation of Reza Abedini’s studio grew steadily

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along with its body of work. Recognition came first in Iran, and was quickly followed in the rest of the world. Abedini has given Iranian graphic design its own unique stamp, and its own deserved position on the world map. Abedini has won numerous international awards for the work. He is a member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society and of Alliance Graphique International [AGI]. In 2009, he founded international design agency OrientationLab with strategic director Paul Hughes. Abedini currently lives and works in the Netherlands.

andrew griffin: “Agenda,” Wednesday, December 16, 2009.Andrew Griffin is a Director of JDS Architects, the award-winning young European firm founded by Julien de Smedt. Andrew leads their Copenhagen office. Born in Ireland, Andrew graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture with 1st class honors. He received the Opus award for Best Graduate in Ireland, and Best in Show in London. Before joining JDS Architects, he worked for the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam as a Team Leader; for FKL Architects in Dublin as a Project Architect; and for PLOT in Copenhagen as a Project Architect. He won the inaugural EUROPAN site in Dublin. Andrew teaches and lectures around the world. His talk, Agenda, introduced the newly published book of that name. Both a monograph, a diary, and a collection of essays, interviews, and conversations, Agenda takes the form of a journal-like collective narrative of 365 days activity in the firm, documenting their work and thinking during a year marked by crisis and change.

michael sorkin: “Eutopia Now,” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010.Michael Sorkin is founder of Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City, a design practice devoted to both practical and theoretical projects at all scales that takes special interest in the problems of the city and in green architecture. Sorkin is also Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at The City College of New York. From 1993 to 2000 he was Professor of Urbanism and Director of the Institute of Urbanism at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. As founding President of Terreform, a non-profit organization dedicated to research and intervention in issues of urban morphology and sustainability, Sorkin’s research includes a project to examine the limits of self-sufficiency within New York City and a study of sustainable transport systems. Sorkin is President of the Institute for Urban Design, New York-based education and advocacy organization. Michael Sorkin has written for a wide range of both professional and general publications. He was the architecture critic of The Village Voice for 10 years, and is currently a contributing editor for Architectural Record for which he writes a regular column. His numerous books include Local Code, now considered classics of Urban Planning theory and criticism. Sorkin advocates visionary, rational planning that respects cities as resistance points against what he perceives as the homogenizing forces of global culture. The title of this lecture was taken from his forthcoming book on sustainable cities, Eutopia, a play on changing meaning: “from no place to a better place”.

The lecture by Michael Sorkin was funded in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research [CASAR]

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manuel alvarez fuentes: “Tradition and Innovation: Designer Challenges,” Monday, March 1, 2010.Manuel Alvarez Fuentes, who has more than 38 years experience as a practicing designer in the fields of product, furniture and interior design, packaging, signage, and visual communications, is Director of the Graphic Design program at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, where he teaches the Advanced Industrial Design Workshop. He holds a Master of Industrial Design from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, later becoming Director of their Design Department. In 1975, he received a Master of Design from the Royal College of Art, London. Since 1992, Fuentes has been the senior partner of Diseño Corporativo [diCorp], a design consultancy office based in Querétaro, Mexico. He acts as consultant and advisor for numerous companies and institutions, and is board member of several designers’ associations. He was the founder of the Industrial Design Program at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xoxhmilco in 1976. He is Academic Advisor to the Fine Arts Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro Programs in Visual Communications. He has organized and participated in international design workshops, and lectured at conferences and seminars in his native country and abroad.

juan r. fuentes: “Artwork for Peace and Justice,” Friday, March 5, 2010.The style of Juan Fuentes, a cultural activist and printmaker who lives in San Francisco, was formed during the turbulent times of the 70’s, and was influenced by the social realist tradition of Latin American printmaking. His art is dedicated to involvement in and support of a global movement for social justice. In his silkscreen prints he uses the figure or portrait as a means to tell a story, elaborating on the human condition and the nature of labor. Since 1997, when he began to teach in the San Francisco County prison system, he has also worked extensively with linoleum prints. Fuentes’ has been involved in many solo and collaborative exhibitions. His early poster art is part of the historical Chicano Poster Movement, and can be found in the Smithsonian Institution and in other national collections. Fuentes has taught at art colleges in California, and in the San Francisco County Jails Art and Education Program. Until recently he was Director of Mission Gráfica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. His newly formed organization, “Pajaro Editions” is a collaborative printmaking studio that is part of a larger collective of Chicano/Latino printmakers, Consejo Grafico. They work together to promote and to help sustain Chicano artists across the United States, and to draw attention to the condition of American democracy. Fuentes lecture was accompanied by a display of Fuentes own work and work of the students.

donald bates: “After Image: The Architecture of the Plan,” Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Donald Bates is the design director of LAB Architecture Studio in Melbourne, Australia, an international architectural practice that pursues the formulation of original and challenging contemporary building projects that reveal the social dimensions of space. Bates received his bachelor degree from the University of Houston in 1978, and his Master’s degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1980, studying with Daniel Libeskind. He acted as associate architect to Libeskind on both the Berlin: City Edge competition entry, and the extension to the Berlin Museum competition entry [now

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referred to as the Jewish Museum]. He taught at the Architectural Association in London [1983-89, 93-95] and he founded an independent architectural school, the Laboratory of Primary Studies in Architecture [LoPSiA] in 1990, operating in Paris and at Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation at Briey. Bates’ lecture in the Department looked at ways of re-emphasizing the power and consequence of the plan in the formation of a progressive architectural project.

“brown-bag” talk marwan ghandour: “Spatial Regeneration in Iowa,” Monday, March 29, 2010.Marwan Ghandour is a Professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Architecture where he teaches studios in architectural and urban design as well as multi-disciplinary theory seminars. He is also the Director of Graduate Education in Architecture, managing professional and research graduate degrees and coordinating Landscape Architecture and Urban planning graduate programs for interdisciplinary education. Ghandour is a partner in the Beirut-based architectural firm Bawader Architects, which is involved in institutional building and urban design in Lebanon. His research and practice have been focused on two regions, the Middle East and the American West, and he conducts theoretical and historical research and develops urban regeneration proposals. Gandour’s lecture, the first of a new series of Brown Bag lectures in the Department, focused on his recent collaborative work on alternative mapping in the state of Iowa.

laura u. marks: “The Minimal Part, the Infinitesimal, and the Monad,” Monday, May 3, 2010.Laura U. Marks is Dena Wosk University Professor in Art and Culture Studies at the School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University. Her forthcoming book, Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art [MIT Press, August 2010] traces the points of contact between classical Islamic art and contemporary computer-based art. Marks lectured on how concepts from the history of Islamic thought shed light on contemporary media art: thinkers and calligraphers in the early tenth century ‘Abbasid caliphate developed physics and a system of writing based on the point. To this thinking, the point is the minimal part; there is nothing inside it. Yet at the same time Isma’ili thinkers in Cairo and Iran were considering what might lie inside the point, through the concept of latency or bâtin. These concepts shed light on the art practices of the period and later, and also on contemporary media art’s questions of the pixel, the infinite, and the infinitesimal. Later in Iran, the concept of the monad, or the point that contains the universe, preoccupied both Islamic neo-Platonist philosophers and artists, in a way that helps us understand the relationship between infinite and infinitesimal in art of our time.

“coastal thresholds: structures between the dynamic and the static.”Presentation, Book Launch and Exhibition. Monday October 26, 2009.

“tutti frutti: popular graphics and cultural diversity,” Wednesday, October 28 – November 20, 2009.Sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon and curated by award-winning Spanish

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graphic designer America Sanchez, the Tutti Frutti exhibition comprised more than 200 photographs recording the work of designers, painters, draftsmen and -women, and non-professional or self-taught calligraphers from different parts of the world, asking viewers to think about popular graphics as an effective representation of cultural diversity. The images were displayed by thematic groupings in mosaics, pointing to the affinities and contrasts of a rural and urban iconography. As food for further thought, it also included fragments of accompanying text on popular graphics by visual communications experts from world capitals: Félix Beltrán, Ruedi Baur, Armando Milani, Marcelo Drumond, André Guürtler and Reza Abedini. Tutti Frutti was conceived and organized by DIMAD [Madrid Designers Association] and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, under the auspices of UNESCO.

“the omrania/csbe student award for excellence in architectural design,” Exhibition and Panel Discussion. Tuesday, April 27 to Friday April 30, 2010.The Omrania/CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design aims at recognizing quality in architectural education and encouraging students to excel in their design performance. The annual Award was established in 2008 by Omrania & Associates, the Arab architecture and engineering firm, and the Center for the Study of the Built Environment [CSBE]. The Award is given to students of architecture for their design graduation projects, which they are invited to submit for the Award Jury’s consideration. The first cycle of the Award was limited to projects from Jordanian schools of architecture, but the second cycle was opened up to architecture schools from all over the Arab world. In 2009, there were 66 submissions in total from eleven Arab countries. The exhibition displayed entries and awarded projects from the 2008 and 2009 cycles. The Discussion Panel hosted Hani Hussaini from the organizing committee in Amman, Vladimir Djurovic, a 2009 jury member, and Farah Kassab, winner of the 3rd prize in 2009.

“ready to read: book design from spain,” Wednesday, May 26 to Wednesday, June 2, 2010.The Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Design and the University Libraries at the American University of Beirut, presented the exhibition, ‘Ready to Read’. The exhibition was held in the Jafet Library. More than 450 fine books designed and published in Spain between the years 2000 and 2006, comprising literature and essays, books on art, architecture and design, children’s books and artists’ books from different periods, highlighted the wide range of talents of the designers who work in modern Spanish publishing. The distinguished Catalan design historian Enric Satué was the curator of the original exhibition; whilst Jaime Hayon, who blurs the distinctions between art and design, was responsible for the image and installation design, including the contemporary furniture and furnishings that help to recreate the atmosphere of the reading rooms of the past. The exhibition, which has toured internationally to more than six cities, will now be permanently housed in the Jafet Library, thanks to the generosity of the Spanish Embassy.

annual exhibition of the architecture and graphic design finalyear projectsat Charles Hostler Student Center, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

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city debates 2010: security [of/in] the city. May 12-14, 2010

• Derek Gregory [University of British Columbia]: “Baghdad Burning? Urban Violence and New Wars”

Commentary: Patrick McGreevy [AUB]

• Paul Asmar [UC Santa Barbara]. “Cairo’s Natasha Wars and Harasser Invasions: Human Security Governance, and the Remapping of Gender, Class, and Morality in Neoliberal Egypt.”

Omar Dewachi [AUB]. “Technologies of Security of Displaced Iraqis in the Urban Settings of Damascus and Beirut.”

Hiba Bou Akar [UC Berkeley/AUB]. “The Spatial Construction of the Religious Other: The “Making of” Sahra Choueifat, Lebanon.”

Discussant: AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London].

• Parvati Nair [Queen Mary, University of London]. “Fault-Line City: Tangier Dreaming North.”

Maryam Monalisa Gharavi [Harvard University]. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Security, Sovereignty and Border Wall Geographies.”

Nasser Yassin [AUB]. “Sect and the City: Understanding the Socio-spatial Practices of Young Beirutis.”

Discussant: Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]

• Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]. “Aesthetics of Security.”

Mona Fawaz [AUB]. “A Regulatory Framework for an Architecture of Exclusion: Beirut as Case Study.”

Nasser Abu-Rahme [UNRWA]. “The Bantustan Sublime: Security and Subjectivity in Ramallah.”

Discussant: Derek Gregory [University of British Columbia]

• Teresa Caldeira [UC Berkeley]:Transgressions, Circulations, and Walls: New Configurations of the Public in São Paulo.

Commentary: Asef Bayat [Leiden University], Robert Myers [CASAR/ AUB]

• Roundtable: Normalizing Policing in the Planning of Palestinian Camps

Participants

Moderator/Chair: Philipp Misselwitz [University of Stuttgart]

Ayse Onçu [Sabanci University]. “Neo-Liberalism, Governmentality, and Urban Space.”

Anke Hagemann [Berlin]. “From Stadium to Fanzone: The Urban Footprint of a Mega Sports Event.”

Adriana Young [New York]. “Shop and Awe: Shopping Malls, the War on Terror, and the Freedom to Shop.”

Discussant: Carole Levesque [AUB]

• Slideshow/Student Presentations: “Beirut: A City of Security” Newspaper

AUB, students’ presentations of their work on “Beirut: A City of Security”

Coordinator: Ahmad Gharbieh [AUB/Mind the Gap]

• AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London]. “Securing a Majority.”

Asef Bayat [Leiden University]. “The City Inside Out.”

Abdulhay Sayed [Damascus]. “Informal Housing and Resilience in Damascus.”

Discussant: Teresa Caldeira [UC Berkeley]

• Mustafa Dikeç [Royal Holloway/Sorbonne]

Parvati Nair [Queen Mary, University of London]

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Ayse Onçu [Sabanci University]

AbdouMaliq Simone [Goldsmiths, University of London]

Moderators: Philipp Misselwitz [University of Stuttgart] and Hiba Bou Akar [UC Berkeley/AUB]

18-31, October 2009.A collaboration between Brandenburg Technical University [BTU], Cottbus, and ArD was initiated in October 2007, through a joint workshop in Urban Design.ArD hosted the workshop from 18th to 31st October 2009, and the general theme was “beirut – downtown extension to the waterfront”. Following the same format as the Cairo workshop, 31 participants from four universities were organized into five mixed groups and were introduced to the area of study by 13 lectures by specialists from all participating universities as well as from international experts coming from Iraq, Syria and Germany. The workshop focused on the Eastern edge of Beirut’s Central District between Martyr’s square, Gemmayzeh, and the Port and dealt with the problem of reconnecting the city center with its peripheral districts by proposing innovative design visions, schemes and programs. ArD participants were Professor Robert Saliba [Advisor and co-organizer]; Abir Al-Tayeb, Abdallah El Hajj, Jana Nakkhal, and Antoine Khalil [graduate program in Urban Design]; Patmont Calvin and Thomas Johnsen [visiting students].

In parallel to the workshop, a dialogue forum was held around to the topic of ‘Profiling Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning Study Courses: Designing a cooperative international Study Course’. Professors from the participating universities compared the curricular content of their respective programs on Urban Design and discussed the conditions and strategies for an ongoing cooperation.

reza abedini workshop. November 4 and 5, 2009.Reza Abedini conducted a two-day workshop with students in Graphic Design, which focused on the design interpretation of poetry through experimentations with Arabic typography. The workshop ended with an informal presentation/exhibition of the resulting work on Friday Nov. 6, in the department’s lobby.

workshop i: “advanced techniques in relief printing.” March 3 and 4, 2010.In this workshop Juan Fuentes showed students various advanced techniques for linoleum printing: registration, transfer, multiple-block color printing, reduction color printing, as well as techniques for carving.

workshop ii: “collective silkscreen and collagraph.” March 5, 2010.In the workshop with students and youth in the Bourj al-Barajneh camp, Juan Fuentes and AUB students helped instruct and oversee the camp youth make silkscreen and collagraph prints using affordable, low-tech equipment.

infrastructure workshop. March 5 and March 6, 2010.This two day workshop was a conclusion of the first phase of research of the “Alternative Guide to Beirut” Vertical Studio. Students were divided into four

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main groups each researching one of the four main infrastructural systems and its manifestations in Greater Beirut: Water, transportation, energy, and waste. The workshop was organized as a series of open charettes and live group discussions, with several presentations by invited guest on subjects of urban initiatives, mappings and visual diagramming. During the workshop, the students were required to compile and produce a large collective map of Greater Beirut, placed on their studio wall, and composed from an overlay of all the groups’ research and city mappings. The map/guide serves as a physical graphical matrix of infrastructural information that brings forth an “alternative” reading of the city, and that is used as a studio database for the entire semester. At the end of the workshop, all four groups presented their research and analysis through visual diagrams and mappings.

Participants included: StudioBeirut [Joe Mounzer and Rani Al Rajji], Zeina Maasri, Karim Najjar, George Arbid, Omaya Malaeb, Joumana Medle, Haig Papazian; with presentations by StudioBeirut, Joumana Medlej & Zeina Maasri.

“the welcoming city.” May 14, 2010.In the Spring semester of 2010, the studio “The Welcoming City” invited the students to look at Beirut as a found object, as a place liberated from its past in order to project and imagine what could be a welcoming Beirut. Through discussions revolving around sustainable cities in which the right to public space is possible, the students invested the abandoned St-George Church in Bachoura and transformed it in a temporary public space where the installation of small architectures gave a right to appropriation. Using recycled materials, four constructions were built in the church, each one revealing urban actions, as the first seeds of change towards a welcoming Bachoura. The final event took place on site, on May 14th 2010.

calligraphy workshop: typography i class, Fall 2009-2010.Mr. Ali Assi, well-known calligrapher, conducted a three-session calligraphy workshop in Fall 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 2nd year graphic design students as part of the typography I class. The workshop was successful and students learned the basics and could later refine, develop and apply.

calligraphy workshop: design v, Spring 2009-2010.Mr. Ali Assi, well-known calligrapher, conducted a one-session calligraphy workshop in Spring 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 3rd year graphic design students upon their request. The workshop was successful and students learned a few basics in the application of the ‘Naskh’ lettering.

graffiti workshop: typography ii class, Spring 2009-2010.Messrs Omar and Mohamad Kabbani, of the ‘Ashekman’ group conducted a graffiti workshop in Spring 2009-2010. This workshop was given to 2nd year graphic design students as part of the typography II class. The workshop was successful and students learned preliminary techniques of graffiti art. The results of the workshops are boards now displayed on the FEA dean’s terrace.

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signage workshop: design v, Spring 2009-2010.At the beginning of the spring 2010 semester Manuel Alvarez Fuentes conducted a three-day signage workshop given to 3rd year graphic design students. The project was to design a signage system in a designated space in downtown Beirut. The students were divided into groups and presented their proposals to an audience.

May 3 to 11, 2010.The Graphic Design students, class of 2011, planned and organized a trip to Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, to attend the Kuala Lumpur International Design Week.

June 10to 21, 2010. A ten-day study trip with Prof. Sylvia Shorto to New York City, with twenty-five architecture and graphic design students to look at art and architecture in the city.

Between May 1 and June 3, 2010.George Arbid in conjunction with the Beirut Modern class visited the following areas: Hamra, Ras Beirut, Ministry of Defense, Tobacco Regie, and the Tripoli Fair.

studentsarchitecture1st year: 372nd year: 323rd year: 264th year: 215th year: 19

graphic design1st year: 292nd year: 243rd year: 304th year: 23

architecture: 19 [1 with distinction]graphic design: 23 [2 with distinction]

mud: 10mupp: 7

Fall semester 2009-10: 9Spring semester 2009-10: 8

Summer term 2009: 2Fall semester 2009-10: 15Spring semester 2010: 6

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dean’s award for creative achievement [Architecture]Yasmina Chami

dean’s award for creative achievement [Graphic Design]Rebecka Farraj

distinguished graduate award [Graphic Design]Yousef Abed Rabboh

fawzi azar architectural awardDara Dajani Daoudi Julie Haddad

architecture areen awards1st prize: Yasmina Chami2nd prize: Dara Dajani Daoudi3rd prize: Julie Haddad

graphic design areen awards1st prize: Ruba Sidani2nd prize: Lilian Abou Zaki3rd prize: Yousef Abed Rabboh

chadirji award for architecture students in lebanonJuries took place on November 30, 2009 at the Order of Architects and Engineers, Beirut.Candidates selected from AUB: Ryam Idriss and Farah Kassab.Award Ceremony took place on December 7, 2009 at Order of Engineers and Architects; Farah Kassab was awarded the 2nd prize.

the omrania award for excellence in architectural designFarah Kassab [Class of 2009] won the 3rd prize of the Omrania and Centre of Study for the Built Environment 2009 award [CSBE]. It is a student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design.The award ceremony was held at the National Gallery for Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan, on October 31st 2009.

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department initiatives and activities100 Civil Engineering Seminars 100 Environmental Engineering, and Science Seminar Series 101 Educational movies and lectures 102 Field trips

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This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the CEE department for the period spanning from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The academic year 2009-10 was marked by continued success and development of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [CEE at AUB].

The highlights of the year:The two PhD programs in the department, Civil Engineering [CE] and Environmental and Water Resources Engineering [EWRE], which were launched in AY 2007-08, have grown. The programs now include eleven active students, and three more have been accepted for the AY 2010-11. We expect to graduate the 1st CE PhD by 2011. Of the eleven students currently enrolled, four have successfully completed their comprehensive examinations. We are very proud of both the caliber of students the programs are attracting and the quality of research currently under way by the PhD candidates.

The new undergraduate program in construction engineering has successfully completed its first year. The quality of the students admitted for fall 2010 is excellent and the program is witnessing increased interest in terms of applicants and transfer students.

In July 2009 the department submitted the ABET Self Study Report for the undergraduate civil engineering [BE] program. This was the culmination of many years of work which required assessment at all levels of the program and of the department. It was reviewed by an accreditation team who followed up with an onsite visit to the department in Nov.-Dec. of 2009. The department has just been informed that the undergraduate Civil Engineering Program has received ABET accreditation effective retroactively to October2008.

The 2009-10 AY witnessed a continuation of the trend of increased demand for our undergraduate programs. Ever increasing numbers of highly qualified applicants have resulted in a very competitive admission process. The market demand for civil engineers is not wavering and has resulted in continued increases to the minimum admission scores for entry to the programs. This trend and influx of highly motivated and excellent students will undoubtedly continue to enrich the department. With the support of the FEA administration, new faculty members are being recruited to address the increased teaching load.

In the fall semester of AY 2009-10 Dr. Maya Abou Zeid [Transportation Engineering, PhD from MIT 2009] and Dr. Hiam Khoury [Construction Engineering, PhD from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009] joined the department. The department was also successful in recruiting one new faculty member who will be joining us in the fall of AY 2010-11: Dr. George Saad [Structures Engineering, University of Southern California, 2007]. Plans are underway to advertize for two new positions in the academic year 2010-11 in the areas of construction engineering and structural/materials.

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In May 2010, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture awarded Mr. Rafic Mansour, CEE alumnus-1964 and Mr. Sami Sidawi CEE alumnus-1964 the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 9th Annual FEA Student Conference.

Mr. Rafic Mansour is the Executive Director of ASTRACO Construction and Matrix Construction in the UAE, and a major investor and Director of Prima Industrie SPA in Italy. Mr. Sami Sidawi is the Founder and Chairman of Al Nasr Contracting Co. in the UAE, Readymix in Abu Dhabi, and Permoid Industries in the UK.

Further academic activities and news:CEE faculty members maintained a high level of research productivity and service contribution to the university and community, as is evidenced in the core of this report.

The departmental newsletter, which was initiated by the Civil Engineering Society [CES] student chapter at FEA in collaboration with the CEE department, published its fifth installment. This newsletter is now emailed to the full record of CEE alumni along with a hard copy available to all. It has become a new link between the CEE student body, faculty members, alumni, and staff that communicates departmental activities, achievements, and future plans.

Several social events took place during the year in the CEE department: activities and gatherings continued to be organized by the CES; the traditional Civil Engineering Gala dinner was held at the end of the year, where the CEE community of AUB and its guests gathered to bid farewell and best wishes for a successful future and career to graduating students.

—salah sadek, Chairperson

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In the AY 2009-10 the CEE department counted fourteen full-time faculty lines. The faculty lines were distributed as follows: environmental engineering and technology [3], geotechnical [2], structural [3], transportation [2], engineering materials [1], construction engineering [1] and water resources [2]. The rank distribution of the twelve faculty members on board during 2009-10 was: six assistant professors and eight professors. All of the full-time faculty members are PhD holders from top US, UK, or Canadian institutions of higher learning.

George Ayoub, Professor, PhD, London University, Imperial College. His areas of interest are water and wastewater management, physico-chemical and biological treatment processes, development of low cost methods and materials in water and wastewater treatment, and industrial waste treatment.

Habib Basha, Professor, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest are development of analytical and numerical models for infiltration, modeling groundwater flow, solute transport in water networks, rainfall-runoff, and mathematical analysis of conduit flow.

Mutasem El Fadel, Professor, PhD, Stanford University. His areas of interest are strategic and environmental impact assessment; water allocation, policy planning, and conflict management; environmental and water quality socio-economics; air quality management, transport systems and climate change; physical, chemical, and biological processes in landfills; and solid and industrial waste management.

Bilal Hamad, Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest are design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures, bond and development of reinforcement, repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures, and concrete technology.

Mohamad Harajli, Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His areas of interest are design and behavior of reinforced, pre-stressed, and fiber reinforced concrete under static and seismic loads; and repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures using advanced composites.

Isam Kaysi, Professor, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of interest are maritime transport and port operations, advanced technology applications in transport, national and regional transportation planning, and public transport systems.

Mounir Mabsout, Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest are structural mechanics, finite element analysis, soil-structure interaction, and computing and information technology in civil engineering.

Salah Sadek, Professor and Chair, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest are electrical properties of clays, properties of solid waste fills and their evaluation, alternative landfill cover systems, and seismic design of dams.

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Maya Abou Zeid, Assistant Professor, PhD, MIT. Her areas of interest are transportation systems, sustainable energy systems, engineering design and advanced manufacturing, and bio- engineering.

Hamed Assaf, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of British Columbia. His areas of interest are water resources planning and management, watershed modeling, GIS, risk analysis, integration of information technology in engineering applications, and agents technology.

Ghassan Chehab, Assistant Professor, PhD, North Carolina State University. His areas of interest are pavement engineering, materials of construction, nondestructive testing, and modeling of asphalt concrete.

Hiam Khoury, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her areas of interest are construction engineering technology, interactive visualization of project information in engineering applications, and simulation and visualization of construction operations.

Shadi Najjar, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest are geotechnical engineering–reliability based design of foundations, risk assessment for geotechnical engineering systems, offshore foundation design, and soil and site improvement.

Pascal Saikaly, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Cincinnati. His areas of interest are bioremediation of emerging contaminants, biological wastewater treatment, public health microbiology, environmental sustainability, microbial ecology of engineered and natural systems, molecular microbial ecology, and mathematical modeling of population dynamics.

George Saad [Structural Engineering, PhD from University of Southern California 2007], is expected to join the department in the fall of 2010.

During the academic year 2009-10, fourteen part-time faculty members were appointed by the CEE department to assist in teaching basic undergraduate and laboratory courses, and specialized graduate courses. Constantine Inglessis, Associate Professor [Hydraulics], MSc, Colorado State University.Kamal Azar, Senior Lecturer [GIS], PhD, MIT.Ibrahim El Khatib, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.Youssef Fawaz, Lecturer [Transportation], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.Fouad Kasti, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, University of California, Berkeley.Ali Karnib, Lecturer [Structures], PhD, Atrois University.Halim Nader, Lecturer [Surveying], BE, American University of Beirut.Khaldoun Nasreddine, Lecturer [Geotechnical], PhD, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

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Salah El-Dinn Sadek, Lecturer [CAD], PhD, Bordeaux III University, France.Akram Haroun, Instructor [Structures], ME, American University of Beirut.Hayssam Hasbini, Instructor [Information Technology], MS, Boston University.Elias Nehme, Instructor [Transportation], ME, American University of Beirut.Maha Saleh, Instructor [Geotechnical], ME, American University of Beirut

Bashir Asyala, Technician in Structural and Materials LaboratoryJamil Bashir, Technician in Soil Mechanics LaboratoryChristiane Chedid, Secretary of CEE LaboratoriesJoseph Daoud, Technician in EERC and Environmental LaboratoriesZakeya Deeb, Administrative Assistant of CEE DepartmentHelmi El-Khatib, Manager of EERC LaboratoriesKhaled Hallak, Assistant Technician in Hydraulics LaboratoryAbdel Rahman El-Sheikh, Supervisor in Structural and Materials LaboratoryLucy Semerjian, Research Associate in EERC and Environmental Laboratories

Helmi El-Khatib, Manager, CEE Laboratories, MS, University of Toledo. He taught construction materials and soil mechanics lab sessions.

Lucy Semerjian, Research Associate, EERC and Environmental Laboratories, PhD, University of Bradford. She conducted and supervised environmental lab sessions, taught an environmental microbiology elective course, and co-taught an environmental engineering course.

The External Advisory Board [EAB] was formed in December 2000 to advise the CEE department on matters pertaining to its academic programs, research, professional activities, and development. In AY 2009-10, the EAB was composed of fourteen prominent members from professional consulting and contracting firms, international development organizations, and faculty members of distinguished institutions. A reasonable balance between academic and professional expertise in the background of members is maintained on the board.

Mr. Mahmoud Abdul-Baki, Advisor, Consolidated Contractors Co. [CCC]Dr. Sati’Arnaout, Senior Urban Specialist, The World Bank, USA.Dr. Alain Cordahi, Vice President, Council for Development and Reconstruction [CDR].Mr. Bassim Halaby, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Development.Prof. Adib Kanafani, Professor of Civil/Transportation Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, USA.Prof. Mounir Khatib, Founder and Partner, Khatib and Alami – CEC, Lebanon.Mr. Fawzi Kiryakos-Saad, CEO of Emerging Markets, EMEA Region, Credit Suisse.Prof. Hani Mahmassani, Professor of Civil/Transportation Engineering, University of Maryland, USA.Prof. Antoine Naaman, Professor of Civil/Structural Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.Dr. Tammam Nakkash, Managing Partner, Lebanon, Team International.

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Dr. Nabil Qaddoumi, Chairman, PROJACS.Mr. Talal Sha’ir, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dar Al-Handasah [Sha’ir and Partners].Prof. Makram Suidan, Professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA.Mr. Abdallah Zakhem, [Chair of EAB], President, Zakhem International, Lebanon.

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h. assaf, “Impact of Climate Change on Infrastructure,” Chapter 9 of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development [AFED] Report, Arab Environment: Climate Change Impact on the Arab World, 2009.

m. abou-zeid and M. Ben-Akiva, “A Model of Travel Happiness and Mode Switching,” in Choice Modeling: the State-of-the-Art and the State-of-Practice, Proceedings from the Inaugural International Choice Modeling Conference, Hess, S. and Daly, A. [eds.], Emerald, pp. 289-305, 2010.

g. chehab and R. Kim, “Linear Viscoelastic [LVE] Response Functions,” Chapter 6, Modeling of Asphalt Concrete, ASCE/McGraw Hill, Reston VA, USA, pp. 139-62, 2009. R. Kim, S. Underwood, g. chehab, J. Daniel, H. J. Lee, and T. Y. Yun, “Viscoelastoplastic Continuum Damage Modeling of Asphalt Concrete with Growing Damage,” Chapter 7, Modeling of Asphalt Concrete, ASCE/McGraw Hill, Reston VA, USA, pp. 163-200, 2009.

M. Sarraf, L. Croitoru, m. el-fadel, K. El-Jisr, E. Ikaheimo, E. Gundlach and S. Al-Duaij, “Oil Spill and Waste Due to Conflict: The Case of Lebanon,” L. Croitoru and M. Sarraf [Eds.] The Cost of Environmental Degradation: Case studies from Middle East and North Africa Region, Directions in Development, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2010.

R. Abbyad and i. kaysi, “Prioritization of National Road Projects in Saudi Arabia: Weighting of Multiple Criteria,” forthcoming in refereed proceedings of Urban Transport XVI: 16th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment, A. Pratelli and C. Brebbia [eds.], WIT Press [2010].

h. assaf, “Climate Change in the Levant and North Africa Region: An Assessment of Implications for Water Resources, Regional State of Awareness and Preparedness, and the Road head,” presented at the Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process in the Levant and North Africa workshop organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs on August 04, 2009. This paper will appear in Banking Executive issue 1, January 2010.

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l. semerjian, J. Dennis and G. Ayoub, “Trihalomethane Formation Potential in Selected Drinking Waters of Lebanon,” Water Science and Technology – Water Supply, 9.3, 2009.

E. Donnel, g. chehab, X. Tang, and D. Schall, “Exploratory Analysis of Accelerated Wear Testing to Evaluate Performance of Pavement Marking,” Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2107, pp. 76-84, 2009.

M. Massoud, R. Fayyad, m. el-fadel, and R. Kamleh, “Drivers, Barriers and Incentives to Implementing Environmental Management Systems in the Food Industry,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 18, 3, 200-09, 2010.

m. el-fadel, L. Abi-Esber and T. Ayash, “A Modeling Approach towards Air Quality Management at Highly Industrialized Areas,” Atmospheric Environment, 43 [32], 5015-26, 2009.

b. hamad and C. Abou Abas, “Effect of FRP Confinement of on Bond Strength of Hooked Bars in High Strength Concrete,” ACI Structural Journal, vol. 106, no. 6, pp. 831-39 November-December 2009.

b. hamad, “Guide for Lap Splice and Development Length of High Relative Rib Area Reinforcing Bars in Tension and Commentary,” ACI 408.3R-09, Reported by Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 408, October 2009.

b. hamad and F. Ibrahim, “Effect of FRP Confinement on Bond Strength of Hooked Bars: Normal Strength Concrete Structures”, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 279-91, July/August 2009.

m. harajli, “Effect of Steel Fiber Reinforcement on the Bond Behavior between Steel Bars and Concrete under Static and Cyclic Loading: Experimental Evaluations and Analytical Modeling,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, vol. 22, no. 7, pp.1-13, July 2010.

m. harajli, F. Dagher, and A. ElSouri, ”Cyclic Response of RC Columns with Bond-Critical Zones Repaired using FRP or Steel Confinement,” accepted for publication in a special publication of the American Concrete Institute, ACI SP, 2010.

s. najjar, s. sadek, and T. Maakaroun, “Effect of Sand Columns on the Undrained Load Response of Soft Clay,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, to be published in October [2010].

K. Charif, s. najjar, and s. sadek, “Side Friction along Drilled Shafts in Weak Carbonate Rocks,” The Art of Foundation Engineering Practice, Geotechnical Special Publication no. 198, ASCE, 2010.

s. najjar, s. sadek, and F. Freiha, “Shear Strength of Fiber-reinforced Sands,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136, [3], 490-99.

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najjar, s.s., and Gilbert, R.B., “Importance of Lower-bound Capacities in the Design of Deep Foundations,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 135, [7], 890-900, 2010.

E. Awwad, b. hamad, m. mabsout, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material Using Hemp Fibers – Preliminary Study,” Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy June 28 - 30, 2010.

E. Awwad, m. mabsout, b. hamad, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material Incorporating Natural Fibers – Preliminary study,” The 16th International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science [LAAS], Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, November 13-15, 2009.

N. Nehme, B. Maddah, I. Kaysi, and F. Mneimneh. “An Integrated Model for Resource Allocation and Scheduling in a Transshipment Container Terminal,” submitted for publication in Computer and Operations Research [Special Issue on Transport Scheduling], 2010.

i. kaysi and F. Mneimneh. “Integrative Approach for Optimizing Quayside and Yard Operational Decisions for Transshipment Activities in a Container Terminal,” submitted for publication in Journal of Franklin Institute, 2009.

h. assaf, “A Hydro-economic Model for Managing Groundwater Resources in Semi-arid Regions,” Brebbia, C.A. and Popov, V. [Eds.] Water Resources Management V, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, vol. 125, WIT Press, Southampton, pp. 85-96. doi:10.2495/WRM090091, presented at the Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management held in Malta, Sept. 9-11, 2009.

M. Ben-Akiva, A. de Palma, M. McFadden, m. abou-zeid, P.A. Chiappori, M. de Lapparent, S. Durlauf, M. Fosgerau, D. Fukuda, S. Hess, C. Manski, A. Pakes, N. Picard, and J. Walker, “Process and Context in Choice,” presented at the 8th Triennial Choice Symposium, Key Largo, USA, 2010.

m. abou-zeid, “Happiness and Random Utility Models,” presented at the 8th Triennial Choice Symposium, Key Largo, USA, 2010.

m. abou-zeid, and M. Ben-Akiva, M. “An Experimental Study of Happiness and Travel Behavior Modification,” presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Jaipur, India, 2009.

E. Awwad, b. hamad, m. mabsout, and H. Khatib, “Sustainable Construction Material Using Hemp Fibers – Preliminary Study,” accepted to be included in the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Ancona, Italy, June 28-30, 2010.

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s. najjar and s. sadek, “A Reliability-based Approach to the Design of Spread Footings on Granular Soil,” Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication no. 199, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2143-152, 2010.

s. sadek, s. najjar, and T. Maakaroun, “Undrained Load Response of Soft Clays Reinforced with Geosynthetic-encased Sand Columns,” Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication no. 199, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2388-397, 2010.

p. saikaly, T. Lu , and D. B. Oerther, “Modeling Bacterial Diversity in Activated Sludge System Using Trade-Off-Based Resource Competition Model,” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of Research Symposium, WEFTEC, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2-6, 2010, CD-ROM, 2010.

p. saikaly and D. B. Oerther, “Biodiversity Enhances Resistance of Activated Sludge to Toxic Shock Loads,” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of Research Symposium, WEFTEC, Orlando, FL, Oct. 10-14, 2009, CD-ROM, 2009.

i. kaysi, M. Kassab, and F. Mneimneh, “Evolving Patterns of Transshipment Activities andContainer Flows in The Eastern Mediterranean–Nine Years Later,” forthcoming in Proceed-ings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010.

i. kaysi, M. Harb, and A. Al-Dour, “Fleet Reduction Reform of Lebanese Jitneys,” forthcoming in [refereed] Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010.

i. kaysi, H. Al-Hathloul, F. Darwish, and M. Whiteway, “Prioritization of National Road Projects in Saudi Arabia: Framework and Implementation,” forthcoming in Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon - Portugal, July 2010.

D. Ayyala, g. chehab, and J. Daniel, “Sensitivity of the MEPDG Level 2 and 3 Inputs Using Statistical Analysis Techniques for New England States,” 89th Annual Conference Proceedings, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2010.

D. Morian, S. Sadasivam, S. Stoffels, g. chehab, and T. Kumar, “Mechanistic Evaluation of Second Generation Preservation Overlays,” Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference [BCR2A’09], June 29 - July 2 2009, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Illinois, USA, 2009.

m. el fadel, “Climate Change Research and Capacity Needs and Opportunities in the Middle East: A Scoping Study,” International Development and Research Center, p. 83, July 2010.

m. el fadel and L. Abi-Esber, “Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability of PET Perform Production.” Prepared for Sebeel Al Safa Company for Petrochemical Industries and General Trading and Water Filling for submittal to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group, p. 45, July 2010.

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h. assaf, participated in a two-day workshop entitled Managing Sponsored Programs: Pre- and Post-Award Issues in Research Administration. The workshop was organized by the AUB Office of Grants and Contracts [OGC] and facilitated by Professor Mary Ellen Sheridan, Co-Chair of Business and Operations Advisory Committee at the National Science Foundation [NSF], October 21-22, 2009.

p. saikaly was a co-moderator on “Leading Edge Research Symposium: Microconstituents, WEFTEC, Water Environment Federation,” session Orlando, FL, October 10-14, 2009.

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Development of a Water Resources Planning Model for Lebanon to Assess the Impact of Potential Climate Change and Identify Adaptation Policy Options

H. Assaf $6,000

Gap Acceptance Study Using a Driving Simulator M. Abou Zeid $4,138

Analytical Modeling of Solute Transport in Rivers H. Basha $6,015

Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide in Lebanon G. Chehab $4,138

Correlation between the Effects of Stirrups, FRP Sheets, and Steel Fibers on Bond Strength of Hooked Bars in Normal Strength Concrete Beam-column Joints

B. Hamad $8,180

Hybrid GPS and RFID Based Localization for Information Delivery in Construction H. Khoury $4,138

The Behavior of Soft Clays Reinforced with Sand Column Groups S. Najjar $7,100

Influence of Skewness on Continuous Multilane Concrete Slab Bridges M. Mabsout $4,800

Enhancing the in Situ Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments using Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell

P. Saikaly $ 7,685

Improved Mechanistic Design Methodology for Buried Conduits S. Sadek $ 4,591

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Development of a Water Resources Planning Model for Lebanon to Assess the Impact of Potential Climate Change and Identify Adaptation Policy Options

H. Assaf $6,000

Development of Solar Still Desalination System with Enhanced Productivity G. Ayoub 10,000,000 LL

Construction Demolition Waste Management Plan I. Srour $12,000

Sustainable Building Systems – Alternative Construction Materials

M. Mabsout and B. Hamad 24,000,000 LL

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project title pi funding agency amount durationWater Resources Planning Model for Lebanon with Emphasis on the Potential Impact of Climate Change

H. AssafIssam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

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Development of Solar Still with Enhanced Productivity G. Ayoub Middle East Desalina-

tion Research Center $20,000 2009-2011

Study of Bead Gun Angle when Applying Glass Beads on Waterborne Paint

G. Chehab [Co-PI]

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Mid-Atlantic University Transportation Research Council

$332,719April 2008- Nov. 09

Determination of the Structural Benefits of PennDOT-Approved Geogrids in Pavement Design

G. Chehab

Department of Transportation and Mid-Atlantic Univer-sity Transportation Research Council

$144,778 Feb.2008-Feb. 2010

Evaluating Performance of Limestone Prone to Polishing

G. Chehab [Co-PI]

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Mid-Atlantic Univer-sity Transportation Research Council

$149,074 Jan.2008-June 2009

Litani River Basin Manage-ment and Development M. El Fadel International

Resource Group $750,000 2010-2012

Biotechnology Advancement through Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste

M. El Fadel [PI], P. Saikaly [Co-PI]

Munib Masri Institute $20,000 2009-2011

Advancing the Blue Revolution Initiative El Fadel Development

Alternatives $66,000 2009-2010

3D Model Augmentation for Infrastructure-Less Localization in Dynamic Construction Sites

H. Khoury [PI], S. Najjar and S. Sadek [Co-PI]

Dar Al-Handassah [Shair & Partners] Endowment Fund for Research in Engineering

$40,000 2010-2012

Sustainable and Alternative Construction Materials

B. Hamad [PI], M. Mabsout and H. Khatib [Co-PI]

Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources

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Microbial Fuel Cells and Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion: Biotechnology Advancements Providing Sustainable Solutions to Energy Insecurity in Developing Countries

P. Saikaly

Munib R. and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources

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Assessing Transport and Mobility Alternatives for the Urban University/ Neighborhood Interface

I. Kaysithe Ford Foundation through the Neigh-borhood Initiative

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The CEE department held twelve departmental meetings between July I, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Over the course of the year many important issues were dealt with, including: PhD applications, committees, and exams; an AUB and UC Davis agreement; the promotion of part-time faculty members; awards; the Center for Infrastructure and Development; the Construction Engineering Program; non-thesis options; new faculty applications; and a CEE marketing video. In addition, a number of special meetings were held, dealing with full-time faculty promotion cases, ABET accreditation, and curriculum changes. An ABET retreat was also held in November to discuss matters of accreditation.

ghassan chehab was consultant on Product Development for Buzwair Asphalt Plants, Doha, Qatar, February 2010.

mutasem el fadel was consultant for the IDRC on Climate Change Research and Capacity Needs and Opportunities in the Middle East; for ESCWA on Integrated Water Resources Management and Adaptation to Climate Change and for the World Bank, Iraq on National Environmental Action Plan.

bilal hamad was an expert consultant for Al Saad General Contracting Company and Mena Capital to conduct a structural design review, dynamic modeling, and value engineering studies of SkyGate residential and commercial tower in Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon, 2010; and an expert consultant to Solidere to conduct a Seismic Hazard Analysis for the Beirut Central District [BCD], prepare seismic design specifications for the BCD, and provide geotechnical recommendations/guidelines relevant to the Reclaimed Zone [with particular emphasis on infrastructure works], Beirut, Lebanon, 2010.

isam kaysi works as a special advisor to the Rector of Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He also works a Senior Expert, SETS sarl – Beirut, Lebanon and Jeddah/Riyadh, KSA.

maya abou zeid attended meetings at the Technical University of Lisbon, IST, Lisbon, Portugal, from [November 23-27, 2010] to work on research within the MIT-Portugal program and to discuss a research proposal within the EU 7th Framework Program. She was the assigned academic advisor to [E1[34], and PhD [ECIV] [1]]. In addition, she advised 4th year students on the preparation of their training reports and presentations.

hamed assaf was invited as a panellist at the Regional Summer School “Climate Change – Intelligent Energy Policies – Nuclear Energy,” organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey [July 3, 2010]. He made a presentation on the impact of climate change on water resources in Lebanon at the Impact of Climate Change in Lebanon Conference organized by the Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon [June 3, 2010]. He participated in the “Second Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting: Vulnerability, Impact Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change” organized by the Ministry of Environment, Second National Communication [SNC] to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] Project, Beirut [April 14, 2010],

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in the “2nd Regional Workshop: Post-Copenhagen Regional Research and Policy Priorities” organized by the Issam Fares Institute [IFI] for Public Policy and International Affairs, [Jan 26, 2010]. He also participated in the “Energy, Water and Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” [EWACC 2010] conference organized by the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center [EEWRC] of the Cyprus Institute [January 11 to 15, 2010]. This activity was sponsored by the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affair [IFI]. Dr. Assaf also participated as a facilitator in the “Awareness Raising and Training Workshop on the Water Management Decision Support System WEAP for Lebanese Institutions” held at ESCWA headquarters [December 7 to December 9, 2009]. He participated in a workshop organized by the Abdel Al Organiza-tion to discuss Arab Strategy for the Jordan River Basin [Nov. 12, 2009], in a workshop organized by the World Bank to discuss the “Lebanon - Water Sector Public Expenditure Review” draft report [Beirut, October 2, 2009], and in another workshop on “Lebanon and Climate Change” organized by the UN Information Centre in Beirut [UNIC] and the Association for Forests, Development and Conservation [AFDC] on September 25, 2009. He attended, by invitation, the “Water, Energy, and Low Carbon Emission” conference held by the Korean Embassy in Lebanon [December 22, 2009]. He presented the find-ings from an assessment study on the impact of climate change on infrastructure in the Arab region at the Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Develop-ment [AFED] held in Beirut, 19-20, November 2009. He also presented the AWARENET’s Climate Change Working Group [CCWG] and made presentation on its activities at the inaugural Climate Change Coordination Gathering of regional and international institu-tions working on climate change-related research and policy issues in the Arab world. The meeting was organized by the Issam Fares Institute in Beirut on Sept. 28, 2009. He presented a paper at the “Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process in the Levant and North Africa” workshop organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs on August 04, 2009. He attended and was elected as chairman at the first meeting of the Climate Change Working Group [CCWG] of the Arab Integrated Water Resources Management Network [AWARENET] held in Beirut [29-30 July 2009]. The meeting was sponsored by the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [ESCWA] and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources [BGR].

He also participated by invitation in the workshop on “Identification and Removal of Bottlenecks for Extended Use of Wastewater for Irrigation or for other Purposes,’ sponsored by the European Investment Bank [EIB] and held in Alexandria, Egypt [June 9-10, 2009] and in a workshop on the Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East” sponsored by the Danish Embassy in Lebanon [June 2, 2009]. He was the assigned academic advisor to E2[7], E3 [12], and E4 [15].

george ayoub was invited to carry out the evaluation for promotion of a candidate from the rank of associate professor to full professor at Al-Balqa Applied University. He was the assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [2],E2 [7], E3 [16], and E4 [4]; and to EWRE graduate students [4].

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habib basha was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [17], E2[16], and E3 [7]; and to EWRE PhD student [1].

ghassan chehab attended a workshop on Role of Testing in Projects Quality, sponsored by Public Works Authority, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning, Doha, Qatar, February 8-9, 2010. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [7], E2 [11], E3 [8], and E4 [8].

mutasem el fadel was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [13], E3 [3], and E4 [7]]; ETP graduate students [10]; and to EWRE PhD students [2].

bilal hamad had an interview with Al Jadeed TV in the program “The Week in One Hour” on earthquake hazards in Lebanon and the design of buildings to resist earthquakes, January 24, 2010. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [1], E3 [11], and E4 [23].

mohamed harajli was a member of the CEE ABET ad-hoc committee. The committee was charged with finalizing the CEE self-study report and the organization of the course assessment reports and courses files in preparation for the ABET accreditation visit. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [9], E2 [13], E3 [6], and E4[3]. He is also assigned to CE PhD students [2].

hiam khoury was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E1 [34]. H. Khoury worked on redesigning the three-year construction engineering program curriculum. She also worked on developing a new 4-credit course offered for Construction Engineering students [CIVE 371].

mounir mabsout, as Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service [CCECS] at AUB, initiated, coordinated, organized, and/or implemented com-munity service and development projects and initiatives in collaboration with partners inside or outside the university. Dr. Mabsout had a public panel appearance on Jordan TV Morning Show on “Service Learning and Roles of Universities in Civic Engagement” [Jan. 25, 2010]. He was invited to “Social Entrepreneurship and Investment Roundtable” discussion organized by the Middle East Youth Initiative [MEYI] in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute [IFI] for Public Policy and International Affairs [AUB, Nov. 13, 2009]. He was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [13], E3 [20]; and CE PhD student [1].

shadi najjar was assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [10], E3 [20] and E4 [2]. S. Najjar gave a lecture to 50 graduating high-school students at Brummana High School on November 12, 2009. The lecture was about the new BS degree in construction engineering offered by the CEE department of AUB. He also worked on the restructure of the foundations course [CIVE 530] by adding a new project component and new software sessions.

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salah sadek was the faculty supervisor of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory. He was the assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [21], E3 [1], and E4 [1]; and to CE graduate students [11].

mounir mabsout served as chair of the Task Force for Reconstruction and Community Service [TFRCS]. He was appointed as Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service as of February 2008. He organized and coordinated the Civil Camp held in the summer of 2008 with the Civil Engineering Society [CES]. He was the as-signed academic advisor to undergraduate students [E1 [9], E2 [21], E3 [3], and E4 [6]].

pascal saikaly was a member of IBSAR organizing committee. He was the assigned academic advisor to undergraduate students E2 [11], E3 [29], and E4 [1]; to ETP graduate students [4]; and to EWRE PhD student [1].

academicscourses offered | The following table includes the civil engineering courses offered by the department during AY 2009-10, along with the related information on enrollment and instructors.

undergraduate courses summer term 2009-2010

course # title instructor/s no. of students

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CIVE 310 Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.] F. Kasti 19 1

CIVE 311 Structures I [3 cr.] H. Basha 23 1

CIVE 320 Const. Materials [2 cr.] H. El Khatib 37 2

CIVE 360 Surveying [2 cr.] H. Nader 128 4

CIVE 430 Engineering Geology [3 cr.]

S. Najjar and S. Sadek 128 4

CIVE 500 Approved Experience [0 cr.]

S. Sadek [Coordinator] 82 1

undergraduate courses fall term 2009-2010

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CIVE 200 Introduction to CE [2 cr.] S. Sadek 109 2

CIVE 210 Statics [3 cr.] F. Kasti 133 2

CIVE 310 Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.] G. Chehab 97 2

CIVE 311 Structures I [3 cr.] A. Karnib 16 1

CIVE 320 Const. Materials [2 cr.] H. El Khatib 81 4

CIVE 340 Fluid Mech. and lab [3 cr.] C. Inglessis 51 2

CIVE 350 Envir. Engineering [3 cr.] P. Saikaly 104 2

CIVE 351 Envir. Microbiology [3 cr.] L. Semerjian 11 1

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CIVE 370 Introduction to IT [3 cr.] H. Assaf 83 3

CIVE 371 Introduction to IT [4 cr.] H. Khoury 19 1

CIVE 410 Structures II [3 cr.] I. Khatib 87 2

CIVE 420 Concrete I [3 cr.] M. Harajli 84 2

CIVE 421 Concrete II [3 cr.] B. Hamad 39 1

CIVE 431 Soil Mech. and Lab [3 cr.] S. Sadek 35 2

CIVE 440 Hydraulics and Lab [3 cr.] H. Basha 72 4

CIVE 441 Engg. Hydrology [3 cr.] M. Hatem-Musallem 49 1

CIVE 450 Water and Wastewater Treatment and lab [3 cr.] G. Ayoub 30 1

CIVE 460 Highway Engg. [3 cr.] Y. Fawaz 66 2

CIVE 461 Transportation Engineering[3 cr.] M. Abou Zeid 49 1

CIVE 501 Final Year Project [1 cr.] M. El Fadel [Coordinator] 85 1

CIVE 530 Foundation Engineering [3 cr.] S. Najjar and K. Nasreddine 81 2

CIVE 580 Construction Management [3 cr.]M.A. Abdul Malak and I. Srour

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CIVE 610 Advanced Structural Analysis [3 cr.] M. Mabsout 9 1

CIVE 620 Plain Concrete [3 cr.] B. Hamad 32 1

CIVE 625 Strength and Rehab. [3 cr.] M. Harajli 23 1

CIVE 632 Reliability Based Design of CE[3 cr.] S. Najjar 28 1

CIVE 646 Water Resources System: Planning and Management [3 cr.] H. Assaf 24 1

CIVE 653 Water and Sewage Works Design [3 cr.] G. Ayoub 11 1

CIVE 654 Solid Waste Management [3 cr.] M. El Fadel 14 1

CIVE 660 Pavement Design [3 cr.] G. Chehab 22 1

CIVE 672 Introduction to GIS [3 cr.] K. Azar 26 1

CIVE 751 Air Pollution Modeling M. El Fadel [3 cr.] M. El Fadel 2 1

ENSC 620 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology [3 cr.] G. Ayoub 9 1

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CIVE 210 Statics [3 cr.] F. Kasti 94 2

CIVE 220 Construction Drawings S. Sadek 19 1

CIVE 310 Mechanics of Materials [3 cr.] G. Chehab 38 1

CIVE 311 Structures I [3 cr.] M. Mabsout 95 2

CIVE 320 Const. Materials [2 cr.] H. El Khatib 22 2

CIVE 340 Fluid Mech. and lab [3 cr.] C. Inglessis 92 4

CIVE 350 Envir. Engineering [3 cr.] P. Saikaly 53 1

CIVE 351 Envir. Microbiology [3 cr.] L. Semerjian 32 1

CIVE 370 Introduction to IT [3 cr.] H. Assaf 50 2

CIVE 410 Structures II [3 cr.] I. Khatib 53 1

CIVE 420 Concrete I [3 cr.] M. Harajli 48 1

CIVE 421 Concrete II [3 cr.] B. Hamad 39 82

CIVE 431 Soil Mech. and Lab [3 cr.] S. Sadek and M. Saleh 85 4

CIVE 440 Hydraulics and Lab [3 cr.] H. Basha 40 2

CIVE 441 Engineering Hydrology [3 cr.] M. Hatem-Musallem 60 2

CIVE 450 Water and Wastewater Treatment and Lab [3 cr.] G. Ayoub 73 2

CIVE 460 Highway Engg. [3 cr.] M. Abou Zeid 58 2

CIVE 461 Transportation Engineering [3 cr.] Y. Fawaz 70 2

CIVE 501 Final Year Project [1 cr.] M. El Fadel [Coordinator] 85 1

CIVE 530 Foundation Engg. [3 cr.] K. Nasreddine 18 1

CIVE 580 Construction Management [3 cr.] I. Srour 27 1

graduate courses spring term 2010

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CIVE 581 Specifications and Cost Estimation [3 cr.]

M. A. Abdul Malak 38 1

CIVE 586 Const. Equip. Methods and Safety [3 cr.] H. Khoury 36 1

CIVE 622 Prestressed Concrete [3 cr.] M. Harajli 23 1

CIVE 624 Steel Design [3 cr.] B. Hamad 32 1

CIVE 630 Applied Foundation Engineering [3 cr.] S. Sadek 12 1

CIVE 644 Coastal Engineering [3 cr.] H. Basha 15 1

CIVE 647 GIS for Water Res. and Envir. Engg. [3 cr.] H. Assaf 6 1

CIVE 649 Micro Ecol. and Molecular Biology [3 cr.] P. Saikaly 23 1

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CIVE 655 Solid Waste Management II [3 cr.] M. El Fadel 1 1

CIVE 656 Air Pollution Control [3 cr.] M. El Fadel 13 1

CIVE 661 Urban Transportation Planning I [3 cr.] M. Abou Zeid 7 1

CIVE 667 Highway Materials and Construction [3 cr.] G. Chehab 1 27

CIVE 672 Introduction to GIS [3 cr.] K. Azar 33 1

CIVE 797 Seminar in Civil Engineering [0 cr.]

S. Sadek [Coordinator] 15 1

ENSC 620 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology [3 cr.] G. Ayoub 4 1

final year projects

As part of the Final Year Project – FYP [CIVE 501/502], teams of students were formed and the following projects were submitted and presented during AY 2009-10.

• Le Levant Sea Bridge; Joe Chayya Salloum, Hind El Fadel, Caline Nassar, Fadi Wakim, and Ursula Youness; Advsior: Prof. Habib Basha

• The Ventus Tower; Jad Abou Mjahed, Alexander Alcovero, Rawan Hijazi, and Amir Salam; Advisor: Prof. Mohamed Harajli

• Summit Lodge; Cynthia Bitar, Romayh El Jurdi, Selim Choeiry, Nazem El Khoury, and Rabih El Ayoubi; Advisor: Prof. Hamed Assaf

• Le Book Hotel; Hicham Fayad, Mohammad El Nakib, Tarek Itani, and Abdallah Halawani; Advisor: Prof. Bilal Hamad

• Sky Walk Bridge; Nour El Dahdah, Rawad Hanna, Lea Kraitem, Michel Abou Jaoude, and Gwen Mouzannar; Advisor: Prof. Mounir Mabsout

• The Eden Project; Building It Greener; Ibrahim El Khatib, Rami Debs, and Wael El Hadi; Advisor: Prof. George Ayoub

• Desert Urbanization: Construction Facilities; Mustapha Abel Rahman, Elie Khawajah, Sherine Matta, Lina Rassi, and Julie Soto; Advisor: Prof. Hiam Khoury

• REM Metro System; Ahmad Nasreddine, Dary Moghraby, Amjad Rayess, and Elias Moufarrige; Advisor: Prof. Maya Abou Zeid

• Shear Walls: Earthquake Protection for Tyre Region; Mohamad Mostapha, Farah Fathallah, Suha Saleh, and Nadim Sibai; Advisor: Prof. Salah Sadek

• Energetic Resort; Suzan Ahmad, Mohamad Fakih, Ali Ghosn, and Youssef Najdi; Advisor: Prof. Pascal Saikaly

• Beirut-Tripoli Railway; Bassam Al Khalil, Omar El Tel, Laith Suheimat, and Rabih Yaghi; Advisor: Prof. Maya Abou Zeid

•The Phoenix Resort; Dina Bachir, George El Nachef, Rami Hajj Deeb, and Moh’d Rabih Al Jammal; Advisor: Prof. Ghassan Chehab

•Wind Farming as a Renewable Energy Contributor to Energy Shortage; Joanna Al Khattar, Yayha Hajj Shehadeh, Karim Khalife, and Yasmine Sahyoun; Advisor: Prof. Pascal Saikaly

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• Upgraded Retro-Fittings for Earthquake Protection; Georges Kai, Charbel Moubarak, and Tony Geagea; Advisor: Prof. Salah Sadek

• AUB Parking Facility; Mohamad Farhat, Elie Gedeon, Mohmad Nasser, and Michael Raja Sabbagh; Advisor: Prof. Hiam Khoury

• World Trade Center; Ali Al Hammoud, Ali Mazyad, Ahmad Fawaz, and Ali Naboulsi; Advsior: Prof. Mohamad Harajli

• Military Airport; Charbel Maroun, Walid Jalkh, Toufic Abou Khalil, Nakhle Daoud; Advisor: Prof. Ghassan Chehab

• Msaylha Dam; Karin Araman, Oscar Asly, Ali Balhas, Milad Mouawad and Rami Mansour; Advisor: Prof. Hamed Assaf

• The Tripod Tower; Ahmad Barazi, Rami Harika, Kamil Zarife, and Bilal Kheir; Advisor: Prof. Bilal Hamad

• Five Star Prison: A Correction Facility in Lebanon; Elian Touma, Roger Laham, and Dalia Ghanem; Advisor: Prof. George Ayoub• Civil and Infrastructure Upgrading of an Informal Slum Setting in Sabra Area; Selma Siage, Bassel Daher, and Jihad Jammal; Advisor: Prof. Mounir Mabsout

graduate thesesphd thesis proposals approved in ay 2009-10

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Elie Awwad CE M. Mabsout [B. Hamad, G. Chehab and M. Farran]

Sustainable Building Systems-Alternative Construction Materials

December 28, 2009

Fatima El Meski CE

M. Harajli [M. Mabsout, G. Chehab, H. Basha, and S. Sadek]

Strengthening of Un-Bonded Post- Tensioned Concrete Systems Using External FRP Composites: Experimental Evaluation and Analytical Modeling

March 8, 2010

master’s thesis proposals approved in ay 2009-10

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Hana Abdel Nabi ETP M. El Fadel [M. Massoud,

D. Jamali]

Public Perception and Economic Implication of Bottled Water Consumption

March 1, 2010

Abbas Fayad EWRE H. Assaf [G. Ayoub,

H. Basha and G. Faour]

Watershed Modeling in Lebanon Using Integrated Hydrologic Systems

March 1, 2010

Carla Huijer CE M. Harajli [S. Sadek and A. Elias]

Implications of the Recent Discovery of Offshore Thrust Fault System and Other Seismo-tectonic Devel-opments on the Seismic Hazard of Lebanon

March 1, 2010

Darine Mawla ETP M. El Fadel [M. Massoud

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Socio-Economics of Waterborne Diarrhea and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Interventions

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The CEE department organized and was involved in many academic activities duringthe AY 2009-10. Such activities included organizing workshops, lectures and seminars;showing educational movies; and undertaking technical field trips.

The Civil Engineering Seminar Series [CIVE 797] was offered to CE graduate students during AY 2009-10, and was open to the public. The seminar series was coordinated by prof. salah sadek, chairman of the CEE department.

“seismic design principles and role of experimental research in advancing performance-based engineering,” Dr. Catherine French, Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota; December 16, 2009.

“integrated corridor systems management [icsm]: analysis tools and challenges,” Mr. Gustave Cordahi, Transportation Engineering Planning Consultant; December 23, 2009.

“structural health monitoring using robust sequential data assimilation techniques,” Dr. George Saad, John Hopkins/University of Southern California; March 18, 2010.

“awareness on seismic design of buildings-lebanon,” Dr. Hanan El Nimry, Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology; May 20, 2010.

The Seminar Series in Environmental Engineering and Science [ENSC 690] was offered to the interfaculty graduate program in Environmental Sciences and to the EWRE graduate program, and was open to the AUB community and the public. The seminar series was coordinated by prof. mutasem el fadel.

“effects of narghile smoke on local dust, sea salt, and anthropogenic emissions,” Dr. Marianne Kazopoulo, Research Associate, MIT; October 14, 2009.

“library resources at aub: databases, on-line references, and access,”Mr. Khaled Noubani, AUB Librarian; October 21, 2009.

“omsar’s intervention in municipal solid waste management,” Mr. Farouk Merhebi, OMSAR; November 11, 2009.

“interaction of lung cells with ozone and diesel exhaust particles: signaling elements and translational significance,” Dr. Ramzi Kfoury, AUB, FHS; November 25, 2009.

“methodologies for conducting vulnerability assessments to climate change,” Dr. Georges Nasr, Lebanese University; December 9, 2009.

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“understanding water and understanding health: the case of bebnine,” Dr. Rima Habib, AUB, FHS; December 16, 2009.

“environmental aspects of coastal developments; the case of saraya aqaba,” Ms Nisrene El-Hougeiri, Laceco; January 13, 2010.

“decision support system for water quality management in the upper litani basin,” Dr. Mutasem El Fadel, AUB, FEA; January 20, 2010.

A number of documentary movies and lectures on various civil engineering topics were shown as part of the CIVE 200 course [Introduction to Civil Engineering] during fall 2009-10. The purpose of the course was to introduce first year CEE students to the world of civil engineering. Discussions followed the showings, moderated by CEE faculty members. The course was coordinated by prof. salah sadek.

introduction to course and cee department [Lecture]; Prof. Mounir Mabsout; October 8, 2009.

introduction to course and cee department [Lecture]; Prof. Salah Sadek; October 15, 2009.

engineering the impossible – part i [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; October 22, 2009.

structures – why things don’t fall down [Lecture]; Prof. Mounir Mabsout; October 29, 2009.

engineering the impossible – part ii, [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; November 5, 2009.

project/documentary– 1st discussion [Movie]; Prof. Salah Sadek; November 12, 2009.

construction engineering overview [Lecture]; Prof. Hiam Khoury; November 19, 2009.

the development of the port of beirut as one of the top 100 ports in the world [Lecture]; Prof. Amman Kanaan; December 17, 2009.

Movie – project presentation; Prof. Salah Sadek; December 17, 2009.

Field trips were organized by the CEE faculty with the objective of exposing students to real life experiences in the practical civil engineering world. Visits to the projects, offices, and plants [listed below] were also aimed at enhancing student learning in specific courses.

tripoli water treatment plant at bahsas; accompanying faculty: Prof. George Ayoub; Course/Class; CIVE 450 [Water and Wastewater Treatment]/CE 2011 [3rd year students]; fall AY 2009-10.

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chekka cement plant; accompanying faculty: Prof. Mutasem El Fadel; Course/Class: CIVE 656 [Air Pollution and Control]/[graduate students]; spring 2010.

zahle solid waste disposal facility; accompanying faculty: Prof. Mutasem El Fadel; Course/Class: CIVE 656 [Air Pollution and Control]/[graduate students]; fall AY 2009-10

dalal steel plant, taanayel, bekaa; accompanying faculty: Prof. Bilal Hamad; Course/Class; CIVE 624 [Steel Design]/[graduate students]; spring 2010.

zgheib ready/mix plant, jisr el basha, mount lebanon; accompanying faculty; Prof. Bilal Hamad; Course/Class: CIVE 620 [Plain Concrete]/[graduate students]; fall AY 2009-10.

studentsIn the fall of AY 2009-10, 451 students were enrolled in the CEE department comprising 407 undergraduate, 33 master’s students, and 11 PhD students distributed as follows:

class year 2009-10

Undergraduate 1st year 86

Undergraduate 2nd year 122

Undergraduate 3rd year 131

Undergraduate 4th year 68

Graduate-CE 15

Graduate-EWRE 6

Graduate-ET 12

PhD–CE 6

PhD-EWRE 5

Total 451

It is worth noting that the number of applicants for undergraduate admission into civil engineering has witnessed a significant increase over the past four years. The CEE department has been able to raise the admissions scores, thereby improving the academic performance of students in this major.

2009-2010 graduationSeventy undergraduate students were granted the Bachelor of Engineering [BE] degree, major Civil Engineering [CE], in AY 2009-10, ten with distinction and four with high distinction.

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Two graduate students were granted the Masters of Engineering [ME] degree, major Environmental and Water Resources Engineering [EWRE] during AY 2009-10, as listed below:Mustapha Hachem Lara Muallem

student employmentGraduate assistantships [GA] were granted to ten students in the summer of 2009, twenty-one students in fall 2009-10, and seventeen students in the spring of 2010. GA tasks included assisting in courses and labs, as well as with various departmental tasks.

During the AY 2009-10, forty-eight undergraduate students from various majors and classes across FEA and AUB worked in the CEE laboratories and department. The students were mainly assigned to the Soil Mechanics Laboratory to assist in testing.

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On behalf of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, I am pleased to present the annual report which provides an overview of our activities during the 2009-10 academic year.

It was a year in which we further solidified our efforts for ABET accreditation and strengthened our PhD program. At the accreditation level, the department was visited by ABET reviewers in the fall of 2009 and received the decision for accreditation of both the undergraduate programs, Computer and Communications Engineering Program [BE] and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program [BE], from the Engineering Commission of ABET in August 2010. In terms of the PhD, the department was able to recruit qualified PhD students, bringing the total number of PhD students in the department to twenty. Elias Yaacoub received a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the first ever awarded in AUB’s history, on May 27, 2010, after having successfully defended his PhD dissertation. During the academic year 2009-10, four faculty members were promoted. Hassan Artail was promoted to the rank of professor, and Ibrahim Abou Faycal, Zaher Dawy, and Wassim Masri were promoted to the rank of associate professor.

Prof. Rabih Jabr joined the department in the fall term as an associate professor. Prof. Rabih Jabr was an associate professor and chairman of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Communication Engineering at Notre Dame University in Lebanon. He serves on the editorial boards of IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and Electric Power Components and Systems. His main research interests center on energy system analysis, design optimization, and power electronics. He earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London in 2000. He received the Eryl Cadwaladar Davies Prize [2000] which is awarded annually by the Imperial College for the best PhD dissertation submitted to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department. He also received the Sebastien De Ferranti Premium Award [2003] from the Institution of Electrical Engineers [UK] for his research work on optimal security dispatch. Dr. Rabih Jabr has been very active in research despite his heavy teaching load. In fact, he has published more than thirty papers mostly in top engineering journals such as IEEE and IEE, he has also presented five conference papers.

To support the programs and research in the department, several new laboratories were introduced in the last two years; these include the internet security lab, the antenna measurement facility, the industrial automation laboratory, and the cooperative robotics laboratory. The internet security laboratory has been installed and is ready to offer its first session in the summer of 2010. It was equipped with the generous support of ASHA and donations from SETS and CIS. The industrial automation laboratory was inaugurated in May 2010 and the first course will be offered in the spring of 2011. This lab was established with a generous donation from METACS/Omron. The orders and specifications of the antenna measurement facility have been finalized. The facility will be ready by January of 2011 and will be able to provide its users with operational frequencies of from 700MHz to 40 GHz. The power systems lab received a generous

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donation from Mr. Jamal Hachem. The donation includes a power relay testing device which will allow the students to learn proper testing procedure and will allow the depart-ment to provide external service. As for the cooperative robotics laboratory, discussions are underway to acquire humanoids, unmanned aircrafts, and submersibles. On the facilities side, the ECE department is eagerly looking forward to the completion of the FEA/IOEC building that will be the permanent home for many of our laboratory facilities.

Concerning lab support, Mr. M. Khaled Joujou was promoted to the rank of lab manager; two lab engineers, Miss Sara Khaddaj and Mr. Mihran Gurunian, and two lab instructors joined the department. Ms. Khaddaj received her BE degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from AUB with distinction in 2005 and her ME degree from the same department in June 2007. During the academic year 2007-08, Ms. Khaddaj served as an instructor with a full load in the department and was responsible for: the electronics lab [five sections of third year students], introduction to engineering LABVIEW [first year students, four sections], Computer Organization Lab [second year students, six sections], and the development of new experiments and lab manuals. Mr. Gurunian received his BE and ME degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from AUB in 2000, and 2002, respectively. His experience in the Control and Instrumentations Lab at AUB dates back to academic year 2002-03. From 2002-03, Mr. Gurunian reviewed and edited the analog control experiments, and implemented Matlab as a simulation tool to use in the newly assigned EECE 460L pre-lab sections. During the AY 2003-04, he introduced PIC-microcontrollers and designed three additional digital control experiments to complement the ‘analog control’ lab section. During the AY 2004-05, he introduced six new PC-based motion control experiments to implement various control schemes to regulate DC motor speed and shaft position over existing TQ Servo-Motors. During the AY 2005-06, he introduced EECE 503S: Audio Engineering, and incorporated web learning tools [webCT and then Moodle] to both topics. During the AY 2007-08, he reviewed, edited, and taught the new EECE 460L: Instrumentation Lab.

This year the department established the ECE-FYP support initiative. As part of the initiative several alumni were contacted and asked to support final year projects both technically and financially. Our alumni responded positively and the fund was able to support over fifteen FYPs that were supervised by ten different faculty members. This initiative positively impacted the quality and complexity of the FYP projects offered and the results achieved. As a positive outcome of this initiative, several alumni informed the department that they are willing to make their financial support an annual contribution. As chairperson I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to Mr. Jamal Hachem, CEO, Energy & Power Cont. Co. Ltd; Dr. Khaldoun Farhat, General Manager, Terranet, Lebanon; Mr. Issam Darwish, CEO, UBC sevices; and Mr. Ziad Boustany, CEO, S. & A.S, Lebanon.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at AUB is committed to helping its students take the initial steps to prepare themselves for the challenges of the rapidly changing fields of electrical and computer engineering. The department strives to achieve a high quality reputation at the national, regional, and international levels.

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professorsMohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: image and signal processing with applications to filters, communications, controls, and biomedical engineering; pattern recognition, neural networks, and machine intelligence with applications to character, speech, image recognition, combating illiteracy and aiding the handicapped.

Farid Chaaban, PhD, University of Liverpool; Areas of interest: design and analysis of electric machines and drives, energy systems and their impact on the environment, air pollution from power plants.

Riad Chedid, PhD, University of London; Areas of interest: analysis of electric machines and power, energy policies, renewable and hybrid energy systems.

Hassan Diab, PhD, University of Bath; Areas of interest: performance evaluation of parallel processing systems, application of fuzzy methodology to performance evaluation in parallel processing systems, performance evaluation of reconfigurable computer architectures, simulation for engineering education.

Ali El-Hajj, Docteur Ingénieur, University of Rennes I; Areas of interest: antenna theory, electromagnetic field computations, software development, telecommunication applications.

Ibrahim Hajj, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Areas of interest: design and verification of VLSI circuits and systems, design for reliability and optimization, design automation, mixed-mode simulation, fault simulation and testing.

Karim Kabalan, PhD, Syracuse University; Areas of interest: antenna theory, electromagnetic field computations, software development, telecommunication applications.

Sami Karaki, PhD, University of Manchester; Areas of interest: renewable energy systems modeling; generation expansion planning and production costing; application of neural networks, fuzzy systems, and genetic algorithms in energy systems.

Ayman Kayssi, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Areas of interest: internet technologies; information security and trust; VLSI design, modeling, and simulation; digital system testing.

Fuad Mrad, PhD, Purdue University; Areas of interest: control, robotics, industrial automation, instrumentation.

Jean Saade, PhD, Syracuse University; Areas of interest: communication systems, fuzzy sets and logic, design of intelligent systems using fuzzy logic and other tools, optimization techniques for intelligent and decision-making systems.

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Nassir Sabah, PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo; Areas of interest: electrophysiology of nerve and muscle, modeling of the electrical behavior of nerve and muscle cells, modeling of the behavior of the human neuromuscular system.

associate professorsHassan Artail, PhD, Wayne State University; Areas of interest: distributed and mobile computing; mobile ad-hoc and vehicle ad-hoc networks; data knowledge and engineering.

Louay, Bazzi, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: theory of error correcting codes, design and analysis of algorithms, cryptography, and number theory.

Ali Chehab, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Areas of interest: VLSI testing and information security, dynamic power supply current [iDDT] testing, development of automatic test pattern generation [ATPG].

Rabih Jabr, PhD, University of London-Imperial College; Areas of Interest: mathematical optimization techniques; power system analysis, computing, and economics; electric power applications.

Fadi Karameh, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: system identification and control, biological systems, neural system modeling, and gene expression arrays.

Mohamad Mansour, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Areas of interest: digital IC design; VLSI for communications, signal processing and general purpose computing systems; coding theory, code design on graphs, decoding algorithms and architectures; algorithm and architecture optimizations for VLSI using abstract algebra.

assistant professorsIbrahim Abou Faycal, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Areas of interest: information theory, digital communications, software radio communication systems, noise probabilistic modeling.

Haitham Akkary, PhD, Portland State University; Areas of interest: computer architecture, VLSI design.

Mariette Awad, PhD, University of Vermont; Areas of interest: machine learning, pattern recognition, image recognition, ubiquitous computing, intelligent systems, and quality control.

Zaher Dawy, Dr.-Ing., Munich University of Technology; Areas of interest: genomic coding theory, gene expression modeling, genetic mapping, gene network estimation, protein-protein interaction inference, distributed and cooperative communications, cellular technologies [WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX], radio network planning and optimization, and multimedia transmission over communication networks.

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Hazem Hajj, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Areas of Interest: data mining and applications, wireless network planning, image processing, software engineering, and yield analysis.

Imad Elhajj, PhD, Michigan State University, Areas of interest: computer and sensor networking, internet security, medical and health informatics, robotics and automation, and human machine interfacing.

Wassim Masri, PhD, Case Western Reserve University; Areas of interest: program analysis and its applications to software engineering: software testing, fault localization, program comprehension, and software security.

Fadi Zaraket, PhD, University of Texas at Austin; Areas of interest: static and dynamic analysis of software, formal verification, programming languages, parallel computation, computational Arabic, and software engineering.

visiting assistant professorsAbdul Kader Barbir, PhD, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Areas of interest: security, policies, web services security, data architect, computer architecture, software design, data encryption, mappings, and specialized security solutions [joined the department in the spring of 2009].

Wassim El hajj, PhD, Western Michigan University, Areas of interest: network security, network planning, and bioinformatics [joined the department in the spring of 2009].

lecturerDanielle Nasrallah, PhD, McGill University; Areas of interest: robotics, mobile robots, nonholonomic systems, and nonlinear control.

instructorAli Marmar, ME, Lebanese American University

adjunct professorShahwan Khoury, PhD, Carnegie Institute of Technology

senior lecturesHazem Chahine, Diploma, Loughborough College of TechnologyLama Hamandi, PhD, Ohio State UniversityErnst Huijer, PhD, University of Florida

lecturersGhassan Droubi, ME, American University of BeirutMehran Gurunian, ME, American University of BeirutTaan Mohtar, MS, University of PragueAli Moukalled, MS, Western Michigan University

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instructorsZaher Kanafani, BE, American University of BeirutAli Marmar, ME, Lebanese American UniversityBassel Slim, ME, American University of BeirutMona Tawil, ME, American University of Beirut

ece administrative assistantRabab Abi Shakra

ece LabsM. Khaled Joujou, Lab ManagerSara Khaddaj, Lab EngineerSalam Abiad, SupervisorFuad Shihab, Senior Technician

The External Advisory Board [EAB] plays an important role in advising, promoting, and supporting the ECE department. The following is a list of the members of the EAB.

Mr. George Kadifa, CEO of Silverlake, USA Dr. Walid Moneimne, Chairman, Nokia-SiemensMr. Hussein Rifai, CEO, MDCDr. Bassam Frenn, Director General, Industrial Research Institute – IRIMr. Neemat Frem, President of Indevco Group [Chairman of the External Advisory Board]Dr. Farid Najm, Professor, University of TorontoMr. Ziad Boustany, President of S & AS ControllersDr. Toufic Chebaro, Director of IT, OGEROMr. Ghassan Boulbol, CEO-Liban CableDr. Milad Seebaaly, CEO - Universal Knowledge Solutions [UKS]Dr. Walid Najjar, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, RiversideDr. Imad Hoballah, Head of Telecommunications Technologies Unit, Lebanese Telecommunications Regulatory AuthorityMr. Issam Darwish, CEO and Founder of UBC ServicesDr. Khaldoun Farhat, General Manager, Professional Computer Association of Lebanon [PCA] Mr. Jamal Hachem, General Manager, Energy & Power Cont. Co. Ltd, KSADr. Tawfic Arabi, Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel CorporationDr. Hassan Charif, CNRS

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Ibrahim Abou Faycal EECE 330 [23] EECE 641 [14]

EECE 442 [8]EECE 644 [8], SEECE 798B [6]

Haitham AkkaryEECE 320 [40]EECE 421 [37]EECE 621 [4]

EECE 321 [50]EECE 621 [7]

M. Adnan Al-Alaoui EECE 442 [9]EECE 695 [4]

EECE 442[13]EECE 694 [7]

Hassan Artail EECE 330 [27]EECE 430 [35]

EECE 230 [33]EECE 450 [44]EECE 630 [3]

EECE 230 [27]EECE 656 [29]

Mariette Awad EECE 310 [23]EECE 668 [5]

EECE 503A [30]EECE 667 [14]

Louay BazziEECE 230 [36]EECE 631 [6] EECE 230 [25]

EECE 431 [15]

Farid Chaaban On leave On leave On leave

Riad Chedid On leave On leave On leave

Ali Chehab EECE 230 [55]EECE 330 [30]

EECE 230 [36]EECE 320 [36]EECE 632 [36]

EECE 230 [33]EECE 624 [38]

Zaher Dawy EECE 442 [45]EECE 640 [11]

EECE 450 [39]EECE 640 [20]

Hassan Diab VP REP VP REP VP REP

Ali El-Hajj EECE 230 [18]EECE 330 [16]

EECE 430 [34]EECE 430 [34]

EECE 230 [36]EECE 680 [8]

Imad Elhajj EECE 210 [31] Research leaveEECE 210 [34]EECE 461 [18]EECE 655 [5]

Hazem Hajj EECE 290 [40]EECE 433 [27]

EECE 330 [36]EECE 639 [4]

EECE 433 [37]EECE 633 [13]

Ibrahim Hajj Dean FEA Dean FEA Dean FEA

Rabih Jabr EECE 310 [50]EECE 370 [51]

EECE 210 [56]EECE 678 [10]

Karim Kabalan Chairperson EECE 200 [148]Chairperson

EECE 340 [42]EECE 682 [2]Chairperson

Sami Karaki EECE 471 [52]EECE 670 [7]

EECE 473 [53]EECE 675 [43]

Fadi Karameh EECE 210 [43]EECE 663 [8]

EECE 340 [41]EECE 603 [12]

Ayman Kayssi EECE 310 [18]EECE 311 [23]

EECE 310 [63]EECE 651 [33]

EECE 311 [56]EECE 311 [48]EECE 657 [7]

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Wassim Masri EECE 230 [54]EECE 638 [12]

EECE 230 [35]EECE 434 [22]

Mohamad Mansour EECE 320 [12] EECE 321 [51]EECE 412/612 [64]

EECE 321 [43]EECE 412/612 [15]

Fuad Mrad EECE 460 [28] EECE 460 [60]EECE 660 [26] On leave

Danielle Nasrallah EECE 460 [29]EECE 661 [23]

EECE 210 [56]EECE 210 [50]EECE 798 C [12]

Jean Saade EECE 442 [32]EECE 442 [28]

EECE 646 [10]EECE 664 [27]

EECE 340 [46]EECE 340 [42]

Nassir Sabah EECE 210 [39]EECE 601 [16]

EECE 290 [34]EECE 602 [7]

Fadi Zaraket EECE 330 [36]EECE 637 [7]

EECE 432 [31]EECE 636 [6]EECE 798E [5]

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Using Gauss-Hermite Bases in Studying Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels Abou-Faycal, Ibrahim 4,690

Latency Tolerant Multiple Data Threading Execution Akkary, Haitham 7,972

Support Vector Machines and Al-Alaoui Pattern Recognition Algorithm with Applications to Data Mining

Al-Alaoui, Mohamad Adnan 7,835

Developing a Short Range Cognitive Radio System for Vehicle Ad hoc Networks to Assist Road Safety Applications

Artail, Hassan 8,787

Dynamically Classifying Polyps in Virtual Colonoscopy Using Support Vector Machines Awad, Mariette 2,500

Polylogarithmic Independence and Bounded Depth Circuits Bazzi, Louay 8,568

New Model for Gate-Oxide Shorts in CMOS Circuits Chehab, Ali 7,206

Collaborative Resource Allocation in OFDMA Uplink Using Cognitive Radio Techniques Dawy, Zaher 6,168

Design of a Directional Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Antenna with Reconfigurable Radiation patterns

El-Hajj, Ali 4,250

Optimal WiMAX Radio and Core Network Planning Using Lebanon as Case Study Hajj, Hazem 4,000

Generation Planning in Power Distribution Networks Jabr, Rabih 4,138

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Design of a Multiband Fractal-Based Printed Slot Antenna Kabalan, Karim 7,711

Application of the Boundary Series Method with Edge Function to Magnetic Structures of infinite Permeability

Karaki, Sami 3,981

Spatiotemporal Dynamic Modeling of Brain Electric Signals Karameh, Fadi 4,533

Protection Against Script-Based Attacks in Computer Networks Kayssi, Ayman 4,250

On Parallelizing Sequentially-Pruned Interleavers Mansour, Mohammad 8,549

Leveraging Combinations of Multi-Type Program Elements to Enhance Software Reliability Masri, Wassim 5,902

Program Analysis Using Decision and Transformation Algorithms Zaraket, Fadi 7,000

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Distributed Video Coding M. A. Al-Alaoui 7,500,000

Relational Queries for Arabic Text Mining Fadi Zaraket 8,000,000

Opinion Polling in English and Arabic Web Pages Hazem Hajj 8,000,000

Remote Context Based Multi-lingual Information Retrieval for Tourism. Mariette Awad 8,500,000

Privacy-Preserving Trust-Based System for VANET Security Ayman Kayssi 9,000,000

Debugging Based on Dynamic Program Analysis Wassim Masri 7,000,000

Securing the Dynamic Discovery and Invocation of Web Services from Mobile Devices Hassan Artail 8,500,000

A Mathematical Optimization Approach for Radio Network Planning of GSM/UMTS Co-Citing with Electromagnetic Radiation based Objective Function

Zaher Dawy 7,500,000

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AUB-Intel Middle East Energy Research [MER] Center - Design Method-ologies of Power Aware Software and Hardware Architectures for Parallel Platforms

A. Chehab, H. Akkary, M. Awad, H. Hajj, A. Kayssi, M. Mansour

Intel Corporation

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Enhancing the Reliability of Bioinformatics Soft-ware by Correlating User Feedback and Execution Data award

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NSF- Software for Real-World Systems

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Automated.NET Program Debugging Based on Dynamic Program Analysis

W. Masri ASTF 30,120 2 years

Forest Fire Prediction and Alerting I. Elhajj

Association for Forests, Development and Conservation

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Disjoint Out-of-Order Execution H. Akkary Intel 80,000 2 years

Open Gain Project S. Karaki and K.Y. Kabalan

European Union 163,000 3 years

Golf Cart Mariette Awad National Instruments 4,000 1 year

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Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui

The 2009 International Conference on Genetics and Evolutionary Methods, GEM 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

July 2009

Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui

The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing and Computer Vision, IPCV 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

July 2009

Imad Elhajj IEEE/ASME International Conference on Ad-vanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore July 2009

Mariette Awad 19th International Conference on Field, Program-mable Logic and Applications [FPL 09], Prague August 2009

Hazem Hajj XXI AEC/APC European Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA September 2009

Zaher DawyIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications [PIMRC’09], Tokyo, Japan

September 2009

Imad Elhajj

Workshop on Haptic Human-Robot Interaction held in conjunction with IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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Ali Chehab5-Th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks [Q2SWinet], Tenerife, The Canary Islands, Spain

October 2009

Karim Kabalan International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey November 2009

Mohammad Mansour

IEEE International Global Communications Conference [GlobeCOM’09], Honolulu, Hawaii, USA November 2009

Ali El-Hajj International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey November 2009

Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui

The 2009 International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2009, Yasmine-Hammamet, Tunisia

December 2009

Imad Elhajj IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics [ROBIO 2009], Guilin, Guangxi, China December 2009

Ayman Kayssi IEEE/IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility, and Security, Cairo, Egypt December 2009

Sami Karaki

Energy Education at AUB, NSF-Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Texas A&M Qatar, University of Minnesota, and University of Central Florida, Doha, Qatar

December 2009

Jean Saade VIP Symposia on Internet related research with elements Conference, Amalfi, Italy March 2010

Sami Karaki

Energy Management System in a Hybrid Renewable Energy System, NSF-Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Cairo University and Georgia Tech, Cairo, Egypt

March 2010

Wassim Masri International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, ICST 2010, Paris, France

April 2010

Ibrahim Abou Faycal

17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications, Doha, Qatar April 2010

Zaher Dawy17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010] in Doha, Qatar

April 2010

Hazem HajjInternational Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference [IWCMC 2010], Caen, France

June 2010

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faculty conference dateImad Elhajj Junior Faculty Research Leave Fall 2009

Mariette Awad Visiting Scholar Intel Portland August 2009

Haitham Akkary Visiting Scholar Intel Portland Summer 2009

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n.h. sabah, Electronics: Basic, Analog, and Digital with PSpice, CRC Press, Florida, 766 pages, 2010.

D. Gabor, A. El-Zein, W. Roesner, f. zaraket, Techniques for modeling variables in sub-programs in of hardware description language programs, Filing 20090193390, July 2009.

m. awad, Method and apparatus for compensating for variances of a buried resistor in an integrated circuit, US7595681, September 2009.

f. zaraket, A. El-Zein, Co-optimization of embedded systems using symbolic execution, Filing 20100058256, March 2010.

h. akkary, Scalable rename map table recovery, US 7711932, May 2010.

R. Deghaili, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Trust-Privacy Tradeoffs in Distributed Computing,” Collaborative Computer Security and Trust Management, J. M. Seigneur and A. Slagell [Eds.], pp. 216-25, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-60566-414-9.

W. El-Hajj, h. hajj, E. Barka, z. dawy, O. El Hmaissy, D. Ghaddar, and Y. Aitour, “Optimal WiMax Planning with Security Considerations,” Security and Communication Networks, published online in July 2009.

A. Al-Hajj, D. Fares, K. Mershad, N. Abou Zeinab, and k.y. kabalan, ‘’M/G/∞/n Traffic Model of CDMA Networks using Adaptive Antennas,” International Journal of Computing and Information Technology, vol.1, no. 2, July 2009.

m. a. al-alaoui, M.A. Abou Harb, Z. Abou Chahine, and E. Yaacoub, “A New Approach for Arabic Offline Handwriting Recognition,” IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 89-97, July 2009.

A. H. Ramadan, k. y. kabalan, a. el-hajj, s. khoury, and M. Al-Husseini, “A Reconfigurable U-KOCH Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Applications,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research, [PIER], vol. 93, pp. 355-67, July 2009.

r. a. jabr and B. C. Pal, “Computing Closest Saddle Node Bifurcations in a Radial System via Conic Programming,” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 243-48, July 2009.

R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r.a. jabr, “Choice of Estimator for Distribution System State Estimation,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 666-678, July 2009.

r.a. jabr and B. C. Pal, “Ordinal Optimization Approach for Locating and Sizing of Distributed Generation,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 713-23, August 2009.

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m.m. mansour, “A Parallel Pruned Bit-Reversal Interleaver,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1147-151, August 2009.

J. Weindl, z. dawy, P. Hanus, J. Zech, and J. C. Mueller, “Modeling Promoter Search by E. Coli RNA Polymerase: One-Dimensional Diffusion in a Sequence-Dependent Energy Landscape,” Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 259, no. 3, pp. 628-34, August 2009.

E. Yaacoub, Z. Dawy, a. el-hajj, and k. y. kabalan, “Distributed Uplink Scheduling and Rate Control in cdma2000 using Adaptive Antenna Arrays,” International Journal of Electronics and Communication [AEU], vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 841-52, October 2009.

h. artail and K. Mershad, “MDPF: Minimum Distance Packet Forwarding for Search Applications in Mobile Ad hoc Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 1412-426, October 2009.

w. masri and A. Podgurski, “Measuring the Strength of Information Flows in Programs,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology [TOSEM], vol. 19, no. 2, Article 5, October 2009.

m.m. mansour, “Parallel Lookahead Pruned Interleavers,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 3188-194, November 2009.

J. Costantine, S. Al-Saffar, C.G. Christodoulou, k. y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “The Analysis of a Reconfigurable Antenna with a Rotating Feed,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 943-46, November 2009.

A. Tajeddine, a. kayssi, a. chehab, and h. artail, “Fuzzy Reputation-based Trust Model,” The Journal of Applied Soft Computing, DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2009.11.025, available online: November 2009.

W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “Smart Encryption Channels for Securing Virtual Machine-Based Networked Applications,” Security and Communication Networks, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 507-18, November/December 2009.

H. Denkilkian, A. Koulakezian, R. Ohannessian, M. Chalfoun, m. k. joujou, a. chehab,i. elhajj, “Wireless Sensor for Continuous Real-Time Oil Spill Thickness and Location Measurement,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 4001-11, December 2009.

h. artail, H. Safa, and A. Idris, “Compacting SQL Queries for Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network Applications,” International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 440-60, December 2009.

W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “PLEDGE: A Policy-Based Security Protocol For Protecting Content Addressable Storage Architectures,” International Journal of Network Security and Its Applications [IJNSA], vol. 2, no. 1, pp 98-115, January 2010.

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R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r. a. jabr, “Distribution System State Estimation through Gaussian Mixture Model of the Load as pPseudo-measurement,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 50-59, January 2010.

m. awad, Y. Motai, J. Näppi and H. Yoshida, “A Clinical Decision Support Framework for Incremental Polyps Classification in Virtual Colonoscopy,” Algorithms, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-20, January 2010.

r. a. jabr, “Generation Self-scheduling with Partial Information on the Probability Distribution of Prices,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution – Special Issue on Electricity Markets, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 138-49, February 2010.

R. Singh, B. C. Pal, and r. a. jabr, “Statistical Representation of Distribution System Loads Using Gaussian Mixture Model,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 29-37, February 2010.

R. Deghaili, a. chehab, a. kayssi, and W. Itani, “STRIDE: A Secure Framework for Modeling Trust-Privacy Tradeoffs in Distributed Computing Environments,” International Journal of Dependable and Trustworthy Information Systems [IJDTIS], vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 60-81, January-March 2010.

z. dawy and I. Abdel Nabi, “Fixed Relaying with Adaptive Antenna Arrays for the Downlink of Multihop Cellular Networks,” European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 167-77, March 2010.

H. Safa, h. artail, and M. Nahas, “A Cache Invalidation Strategy for Mobile Networks,” Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 168-82, March 2010.

H. Safa, h. artail, and D. Tabet, “A Cluster-Based Trust-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” Wireless Networks, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 969-84, May 2010.

K. Mershad and h. artail, “SSUM: Smart Server Update Mechanism for Maintaining Cache Consistency in Mobile Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 778-95, June 2010.

M. Al-Husseini, Y. Tawk, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, “A Low-Cost Microstrip Antenna for 3G/WLAN/WiMAX and UWB Applications,” The 2009 International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’2009], Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, July 2009.

A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Reconfigurable PCB Antenna for WiMAX, C-band and X-band Operation,” The 2009 International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’2009], Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, July 2009.

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Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, H. Yu, and i.h. elhajj, “Design, Fabrication and Testing of CNT Based ISFET for NANO pH Sensor Application,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, July 2009.

G.E. Sakr, i.h. elhajj, and U.C. Wejinya, “Multi Level SVM for Subject Independent Agitation Detection,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, July 2009.

w. masri, and M. El-Ghali, “Test Case Filtering and Prioritization Based on Coverage of Combinations of Program Elements,” Seventh International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis [WODA], Chicago, IL, July 2009.

w. masri, R. Abou-Assi, M. El-Ghali, and N. Fatairi, “An Empirical Study of the Factors that Reduce the Effectiveness of Coverage-based Fault Localization,” International Workshop on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS], Chicago, IL, July 2009.

f. zaraket and w. masri, “Property Based Coverage Criterion,” International Workshop on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS], Chicago, IL, July 2009.

E. Yaacoub, H. Al-Asadi, and z. dawy, “Low Complexity Scheduling Algorithms for the LTE Uplink,” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications [ISCC’09], Sousse, Tunisia, July 2009.

I. Al-Kassem, S. Sharafeddine, and z. dawy, “Hybrid Ring Tree Scatternet Formation in Bluetooth Networks,” IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications [ISCC’09], Sousse, Tunisia, July 2009.

E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “Centralized and Distributed LTE Uplink Scheduling in a Distributed Base Station Scenario,” International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’09], Beirut, Lebanon, July 2009.

S. Al-Chikhani, L. Al-Kanj, and z. dawy, “Video Distribution over Wireless Networks with Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperation,” International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications [ACTEA’09], Beirut, Lebanon, July 2009.

m. a. al-alaoui, “Simulation and Discretization of Fractional Order Systems,” The 2009 International Conference on Genetics and Evlutionary Methods [GEM 2009], Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2009.

m. a. al-alaoui, “Al-Alaoui Pattern Recognition Algorithm: A MSE Asymptotic Bayesian Approach to Boosting,” The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing and Computer Vision [IPCV 2009], Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2009.

f. zaraket and w. masri, “Property Based Coverage Criterion,” The 2nd International Workshop on Defects in Large Software Systems [DEFECTS ], Chicago, USA, July 2009.

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m. awad, “FPGA Supercomputer Platforms: A Survey,” The 19th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications [FPL 09], Prague, Czech Republic, August 2009.

A. M. El-Hajj, E. Yaacoub, and z. dawy, “On Uplink OFDMA Resource Allocation with Ergodic Sum-Rate Maximization,” IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications [PIMRC’09], Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.

m. awad and A. El Mobacher, “HISI: A Soft Framework for Building Recognition,” The Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control [ICSCCW 2009], Famagusta, North Cyprus, September 2009.

R. Baly and h. hajj, “Yield Analysis based on Data Mining with Support Vector Machines,” 21st AEC/APC Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, September 2009.

P. Reaidi, P. Bou Abboud, E. Kabkab, and h. artail, “An Efficient File Piece Discovery and Information Collection Scheme for VANETs,” 5th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications [WiMob’2009], Marrakech, Morocco, October 2009.

Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, i.h. elhajj, and M. Meyyappan, “Characterization of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers Grown on Ni Dots Nanoelectrode Array Using Atomic Force Microscopy,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009.

W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “PETRA: A Secure and Energy-Efficient Software Update Protocol for Severely-Constrained Network Devices,” 5th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks [Q2SWinet], Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, October 2009.

S. Chehade, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Modeling of Gate Oxide Short Defects in MOSFETS,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 2009.

M. Abou Rjeily,a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Transient Current Testing for Future CMOS Technologies,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 2009.

A. Ghandour, K. Fawaz, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Wavelet Transform-Based Transient Current Analysis for Detection of Gate-Oxide Shorts in CMOS,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 2009.

C. Serhal, a. chehab, and a. kayssi, “Clustering Techniques for Improving Transient Current Testing,” 4th IEEE International Design and Test Workshop, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 2009.

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f. mrad, ”Scientific Innovation among Arab Youth: A Sampling Tour and Reality TV Workshop Perspective,” The 13th IBIMA International Business Information Management Association Conference on Knowledge Management and Innovation in Advancing Economies, Morocco, November 2009.

m.m. mansour, “Optimized Architecture for Computing Zadoff-Chu Sequences with Application to LTE,’’ IEEE International Global Communications Conference [GlobeCOM’09], Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 2009.

A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, ‘’Design of a Small Printed Monopole Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Appliations,” International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009.

A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, ‘’A Small-sized Reconfigurable Antenna for Ultra-wideband, C-band and X-band Operation,” International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009.

M. Al-Husseini, A. Ramadan, Y. Tawk, a. el-hajj, and k.y. kabalan, “Design and Ground Plane Consideration of a CPW-Fed UWB Antenna,” International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa, Turkey, November 2009. f.b. chaaban, and H. Hassan, “Modeling and Measurements of the Electromagnetic Field of High Voltage Transmission Lines: A Practical Case in Lebanon,” International Conference on Electrical Energy and Industrial Electronics Systems, EEIES, Penang, Malaysia, December 2009.

W. Itani, a. kayssi, and a. chehab, “Privacy as a Service: Privacy-Aware Data Storage and Processing in Cloud Computing Architectures,” International Workshop on Security in Cloud Computing, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, December 2009.

Z. Dong, U.C. Wejinya, H.D. Tourtillott, i.h. elhajj, and M. Meyyappan, “Scanning and Measurement of Carbon Nanofiber Nanoelectrode Arrays Using Atomic Force Microscopy,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics [ROBIO], Guilin, Guangxi, China, December 2009.

S. Wehbe, A. Kayssi, A. Chehab, and i.h. elhajj, “Mutual Authentication Scheme for EPC Tags-Readers in the Supply Chain,” International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, Cairo, Egypt, December 2009.

K. Zeineddine and i. abou-faycal, “How Much Training is Optimal in Adaptive PSAM Over Markov Rayleigh Fading Channels,” IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Ajman, UAE, December 2009.

I. Ahmad, Z. Ahmad and i. abou-faycal, “Delay-Efficient GOP Size Control Algorithm in Wyner-Ziv Video Coding,” IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Ajman, UAE, December 2009.

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K. Mershad and h. artail, ‘’Semantic Caching for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” 5th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks [MSN 2009], Wu Yi Mountain, China, December 2009.

m.a. al-alaoui, “Discretization Methods of Fractional Parallel PID Controllers,” The 16th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems [ICECS 2009], Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2009.

j.j. saade, “Fuzzy Sets and Inference as an Effective Methodology in the Construction of Intelligent Controllers,” VIPSI’ 2010 Conference, Amalfi, Italy, March 2010.

J. Fahs and i. abou-faycal, “On the Capacity of Some Deterministic Non-linear Channels Subject to Additive White Gaussian Noise,” IEEE 17th International Conference on Telecommunications [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

A. Ramadan, k.y. kabalan, a. el-hajj, S. Khoury, M. Al-Husseini, “A Frequency-selective U-Koch Monopole-type PCB Antenna for Wireless Applications,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2010 [EuCAP 2010], Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.

A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, Y. Tawk, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Novel Frequency/Pattern reconfigurable Microstrip Antenna for WLAN Applications,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2010 [EuCAP 2010], Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.

w. masri and R. Abou-Assi, “Cleansing Test Suites from Coincidental Correctness to Enhance Fault-Localization,” Third International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, [ICST 2010], Paris, France, April, 2010.

K. Mershad and h. artail, “Using RSUs as Delegates for Pervasive Access to Services in Vehicle Ad hoc Networks,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

K. Fawaz, A. Ghandour, M. Olleik, and h. artail, “Improving Reliability of Safety Applications in Vehicle Ad hoc Networks through the Implementation of a Cognitive Network,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

A. Fawaz and h. artail, “Enhanced Cooperative Collision Avoidance in Sudden Vehicle Braking Scenarios,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

E. Yaacoub, A. M. El-Hajj, and z. dawy, “Ergodic Sum-Rate Maximization in OFDMA Uplink with Discrete Rates,” European Wireless Conference 2010 [EW 2010], Lucca, Italy, April 2010.

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A. Abdel Khalek, L. Al-Kanj, z. dawy, and G. Turkiyyah, “Site Placement and Site Selection Algorithms for UMTS Radio Planning with Quality Constraints,” 17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

L. Al-Kanj and z. dawy, “Optimized Energy Efficient Content Distribution over Wireless Networks with Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperation,” 17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “A Transparent Pricing Scheme for Interference Mitigation in Uplink OFDMA with Collaborative Distributed Scheduling,” 17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

E. Yaacoub and z. dawy, “A Comparison of Uplink Scheduling in OFDMA and SCFDMA,” 17th International Conference on Telecommunications 2010 [ICT 2010], Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

W. Saad, S. Sharafeddine, and z. dawy, “Joint BS Assignment and End-to-End Scheduling for Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Services,” IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing [ISWPC’10], Modena, Italy, May 2010.

F. Chraim and s.h. karaki, “Fuel Cell Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks,” 2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference [I2MTC 2010], Austin, Texas, May 2010. B. R. Saab, B. Tabshouri, M. El Habbal, M. El Moghrabi, O. Monajjed, and a. kayssi, “An Electronic Gadget for Excisional Biopsies,” 19th WONCA World Conference, Cancun, Mexico, May 2010.

s. h. karaki, A, Bou Ghannam, and f. mrad, “Optimal Scheduling of Hybrid Energy Systems using Load and Renewable Resources Forecast,” International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion [SPEEDAM], June 14–16, 2010, Pisa, Italy, June 2010.

E. Yaacoub, z. dawy, a. el-hajj,and k.y. kabalan, “Opportunistic Beamforming for Uplink OFDMA Scheduling in Severe Interference Conditions,” The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.

M. Al-Husseini, A. Ramadan, J. Costantine, C.G. Christodoulou, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “Ultrawideband Antennas with Switchable Band Notch Using Complementary Split-ring Resonators,” The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.

A. Ramadan, M. Al-Husseini, k.y. kabalan, and a. el-hajj, “A Circularly Polarized Decagonal Slot Antenna,” The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.

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M. Al-Husseini, a. el-hajj, k.y. kabalan, Y. Tawk, and C.G. Christodoulou, “A Simple Dual-port Antenna System for Cognitive Radio Applications,” The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010.

F. Adib, h. hajj, “Efficient Time and Frequency Methods for Sampling Filter Functions,” The International Conference on Image and Signal Processing 2010 [ICISP 2010], Quebec, Canada, June 2010.

h. hajj, W. El Hajj, M. M. El Dana, M. Dakroub, and F. Fawaz, “An Extensible Software Framework for Building Vehicle to Vehicle Applications,” The Sixth International Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference [IWCMC] 2010, Caen, France, June 2010.

aaas fellowshipProfessor Ibrahim N. Hajj, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering was elected, by the American Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS], to the rank of AAAS Fellow. Dean Hajj was honored during the AAAS Fellows Forum on February 20, 2010, at the Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. Dean Hajj will be recognized for his “contributions to computer-aided simulation and reliable and low power design of VLSI circuits and for engineering education”.

service and committeesECE Assessment and ABET Committeemembers | K. Kabalan [Chairperson], H. Akkary, Z. Dawy, A. El-Hajj, and I. El-Hajj.

EECE Undergraduate Academic Committeemembers | S. Karaki [Chairperson], L. Bazzi, W. El Hajj, R. Jabr, F. Karameh, and W. Masri.

ECE Graduate Committeemembers | M. Mansour [Chairperson], M. Adnan Al-Alaoui, M. Awad, H. Hajj, R. Jabr, and W. Masri.

ECE Recruiting Committeemembers | M. A. Al-Alaoui [Chairperson], S. Karaki, F. Karameh, and J. Saade

Ad-hoc Committee on Student Advisingmembers | I. Abou Faycal [Chairperson] and F. Mrad

Ad-hoc Committee on Communicationsmembers | J. Saade [Chairperson], M. A. Al-Alaoui, I. Abou Faycal, and Z. Dawy

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Ad-hoc Committee on Signal Processingmembers | M. A. Al-Alaoui [Chairperson], M. Awad, H. Hajj, and F. Karameh

Ad-hoc Committee on Computer Architecture and VLSI Systemsmembers | M. Mansour [Chairperson], H. Akkary, A. Chehab, and A. Kayssi

Ad-hoc Committee on Software Engineeringmembers | A. El-Hajj [Chairperson], H. Artail, L. Bazzi, H. Hajj, and F. Zaraket v

Ad-hoc Committee on Computer Networksmembers | H. Artail [Chairperson], Z. Dawy, I. Elhajj, and A. Kayssi

Ad-hoc Committee on Control Systemsmembers | F. Mrad [Chairperson], M. Awad, I. Elhajj, and F. Karameh

Ad-hoc Committee on Internshipmembers | F. Karameh [Chairperson], M. Awad, L. Bazzi, and F. Zaraket

Ad-hoc Committee on EM/RFmembers | K. Kabalan [Chairperson], A. El-Hajj, and S. Khoury

Ad-hoc Committee on Power Systemsmembers | S. Karaki [Chairperson], R. Chedid and F. Chaaban

Ad-hoc Committee on Biomedical Engineeringmembers | N. Sabah [Chairperson] and F. Karameh

Final Year Project Coordinator: A. ChehabIEEE Student Branch Coordinator: A. ChehabEECE Website Coordinator: A. KayssiEECE Graduate Seminar Coordinator: H. HajjECE External Advisory Board Coordinator: F. Mrad

ibrahim abou-faycal• Reviewer for various IEEE and international journals and conferences

• Session Chair: IEEE ISSPIT 2009

• MIT Club of Lebanon, Executive Committee

• Invited speaker at CAMS

m. adnan al-alaoui• Member, Scientific Committee, Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications [SETIT 2009], 2009

• Member, Scientific Committee, E-MEDISYS 2009-10

• Member, Executive Committee of the IEEE Lebanon Section

• Reviewer for IEEE

• Reviewer for IET

• Reviewer International Journal on Control and for other journals and conferences

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hassan artail • Editor of the International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributes Systems [IJPEDS]

• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE INFOCOM

• Technical Program Committee member of ACM ICPS

• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE PICOM

• Reviewed over six journal and eight conference papers

mariette awad• Chair, International Conference on Energy Aware Computing

• Member, The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation

• Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, July 2009

• Session Chair, FEA 2009 Student Conference

• Faculty Advisor of student group for Women in Engineering [WIE]

• Chair of Women in Engineering, Lebanon Chapter

louay bazzi• Member, Lebanese Collegiate Programming Competition Committee, LAU 2009/10

• Represented AUB in the 2010 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in Harbin, China, February 1-6, 2010

• Represented the FEA in the 2009 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, 12th Arab and North African Regional Contest in Alexandria, Egypt, November 22-25, 2009

• Member of the Lebanese Collegiate Programming Competition Committee, LAU 2008/09

ali chehab• Member, Technical Program Committee, ICC 2010, reviewed 5 papers

• Member, Technical Program Committee, GLOBECOM 2009, reviewed 5 papers

• Reviewed a paper for ICP 2009, April 2009

• Reviewed a paper for the International Journal of Network Security, March 2009

• Member, Technical Program Committee, DTIS 2009, reviewed 2 papers

• Member, Technical Program Committee, ICC 2009, reviewed 5 papers

zaher dawy• Chair, IEEE Communications Society, Lebanon Chapter of the IEEE Lebanon Section [since Jan. 2009]

• General Chair, IEEE Lebanon Communications Workshop 2009 [IEEE LCW’09], held at AUB, November 2009

• Technical Program Committee member of IEEE Globecom 2010; Wireless Communications Symposium, 17th ICT 2010; Wireless and Satellite Communications Track, IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference [VTC2010-Fall]; Transmission Technologies Track, IEEE WCNC 2009; Phy/MAC Track, IEEE ICC 2009; Phy/ MAC Track, IEEE WiMob 2009

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ali el-hajj• Program Committee member: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems [ICCES’09], Cairo, Egypt, December 2009

• International Technical Program Committee member, Mobility Conference 2009, The International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, Nice, France, September 2009

imad elhajj• Serving on the jury the NI Mine Detection Robot Design Contest

• Program Committee member, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Tianjin, China, December 2010

• Program Committee member, International Conference on Telecommunications- Networking and Internet Computing, Doha, Qatar, April 2010

• Program Committee member, IEEE International Workshop on Underwater Networks [WUnderNet], organized in conjunction with IEEE International Communications Conference [ICC] in Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010

• Session Chair, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, 2009

• Participated in the meeting “Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management: Building Partnerships” held on May 5, 2009 in Grand Serail, Beirut, Lebanon

• Represented IEEE Lebanon Section during the IEEE Region 8 Committee meeting, Venice, Italy, April 25-26, 2009

• Review meeting in Shenyang, China May 2009 for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems to be held in St Louis, Missouri, USA, 2009; Program Co-Chair and Program Committee member, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics [ROBIO 2009], Guilin, Guangxi, China, December 18-22, 2009

• Editorial board member for the book entitled: Advances in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks: Developments and Challenges. Published by IGI Global and scheduled for release in 2010.

• Program Committee member, IEEE International Workshop on Underwater Networks [WUnderNet], Bradford, UK, May 2009 organized in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications.

• Organized/Special Sessions Chair and Program Committee member IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 2009.

hazem hajj• Coordinator, Intel Multicore Lab Owner, workshop on parallel programming offered by Intel. Drove adoption and usage of the lab by faculty members in FEA and FAS

• Intel’s CENA Nanocenter collaboration with AUB: initiated discussions and invited director of Intel’s Nanocenter at KACST for research collaborations and funding

• Co-chair of the Computing System’s track - 6th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 2009

• Technical program committee for WiMAX Technology Group, co-located with ICUMT- Workshop-1 [WiMAX Technology Workshop]

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rabih jabr• Member, International Editorial Board, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

• Member, International Editorial Board, Electric Power Components and Systems

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems/Power Delivery

• Vice-Chairperson, IEEE CAS/PE/PEL Lebanon Chapter

karim kabalan • Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Computing and Information Technology [IJCI], July 2008–present

• Organizer, Special Session on Advances in Computational Methods in Electromagnetics, Antenna Design, and Application, The 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation [HPCS 2010], Caen, France, June 2010

sami karaki• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Rotary Club of Beirut Cosmopolitan, September 2009

• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Conference on Water, Energy, and Low Carbon Emissions, Organized by Korean Embassy in Beirut and Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, December 2009

• Presenter, Renewable Energy in Lebanon, Middle East University, Sabtiyyeh, Lebanon, May 2010

• Presenter, Energy Education at AUB, NSF-Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Texas A&M Qatar, University of Minnesota, and University of Central Florida, December 2009

• Presenter, Energy Management System in a Hybrid Renewable Energy System, NSF- Sponsored Workshop, Co-sponsored by Cairo University, and Georgia Tech, March 2010

ayman kayssi• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Services Computing; IEEE Transactions on Education; Electronics Letters; IET Circuits, Devices, and Systems; Security and Communication Networks; and The Computer Journal

fadi karameh• Reviewer for the 4th International Symposium on Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2010

• Research grant review for Qatar University 2009

mohammad m. mansour• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II [TCAS-II], April 2008 – present

• Member, Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems Technical Committee, IEEE Signal Processing Society [Feb. 2006 - present]. [Committee runs two international conferences, the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop and the IEEE Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing]

• Member, Technical Program Committee, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Dallas, Texas, USA, March 2010

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• Member, Best Student Paper Award Selection Committee, 2009 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Tampere, Finland, September 2009

• Member, Technical Program Committee, 2009 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Tampere, Finland, October 2009

• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - Part I and II and IEEE Transactions on Communications [2005-present]

fuad mrad• Industrial Research Institute: Innovation for Industrialization Support: www. innovationhub-lb.org Summer 2009

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization [UNIDO], National Assessor of the “Increase Access to Export Markets for Lebanese Products”, MACLE, October 2009

• Khayal Production, Qatar: Engineering Jury Member and technical expert for Qatar Foundation program “Stars of Science”: www.starsofscience.com Review, interview, and supervise expert team for selecting potential inventors for a reality TV program broadcast throughout the Arab World [conducted interviews in 7 Arab countries, equipment and material selection and procurement, supervision on the implementation of 16 top innovation projects from Arab countries], summer and fall 2009

wassim masri• Member, Program Committee, Testing Academic and Industrial Conference – Practice and Research Techniques, London, UK. TAIC-PART 2010

• Member, Program Committee, 8th International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis, WODA 2010, Trento, Italy

• Member, Program Committee, 7th International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis, WODA 2009, Chicago, Illinois

• Member, Program Committee, 20th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 2009, Bengaluru-Mysuru, India

jean j. saade• Presenter, Invited Keynote Speech, VIPSI Conference, Amalfi, Italy, March 2010

fadi zaraket• Reviewer, IEEE and ACM journals such as ICSE, ASE, ICCAD, TLPL and TSE

ali el-hajj, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia: strategic planning and financial model, AY 2009-2010

karim kabalan, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia: strategic planning and financial model, AY 2009-2010.

zaher dawy, Professional training for telecom engineers on advanced wireless cellular technologies including standardization, design, and performance related areas, Ericsson, July 2009 - June 2010

ayman kayssi, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, undergraduate programs, 2009-2010

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courses offered

summer term 2009undergraduate courses graduate coursescourse # title course # course nameEECE 210 Electric Circuits EECE 799 Thesis

EECE 230 Introduction to Programming EECE 991 PhD Dissertation

EECE 290 Analog Signal Processing

EECE 310 Electronics I

EECE 311 Electronics II

EECE 320 Digital Systems Design

EECE 330 Data Structures and Algorithms

EECE 370 Electric Machines and Power Fundamentals

EECE 433 Database Systems

EECE 442 Communication Systems

EECE 450 Computer Networks

EECE 460 Control Systems

EECE 500 Approved Experience

fall term 2009-2010undergraduate courses graduate coursescourse # title course # course nameEECE 200 Introduction to ECE EECE 601 Biomedical Engineering I

EECE 210 Electric Circuits EECE 612 Digital Integrated Circuits

EECE 230 Introduction to Programming EECE 613 RF and Microwave Circuits and Communications

EECE 310 Electronics I EECE 615 Computer Methods for Circuit and System Analysis

EECE 312 Electromnics EECE 621 Advanced Computer Architecture

EECE 320 Digital Systems Design EECE 630 Distributed and Object Database Systems

EECE 330 Data Structures and Algorithms EECE 631 Advanced Topics in

Algorithms

EECE 370 Electric Machines and Power Fundamentals EECE 632 Cryptography and Computer

Security

EECE 380 Engineering Electromagnetic EECE 637 Advanced Programming Practice

EECE 412 Digital Integrated Circuits EECE 638 Software Testing

EECE 421 Computer Architecture EECE 639 Advanced Topics and Applications in Data Mining

EECE 430 Software Engineering EECE 640 Wireless Communications

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fall term 2009-2010undergraduate courses graduate coursescourse # title course # course nameEECE 460 Control Systems EECE 651 Internet Engineering

EECE 471 Fundamentals of Power Systems Analysis EECE 660 System Analysis and Design

EECE 475 Industrial Electrification EECE 661 Robotics

EECE 499 Research EECE 663 System Identification

EECE 501 Final Year Project EECE 664 Fuzzy Sets, Logic and Applications

EECE 503 Audio Engineering EECE 668 Game Theory and Decision Making

EECE 670 Power System Planning

EECE 680 Antenna Design

EECE 682 Time-Harmonics Electromagnetic Fields

EECE 695 Adaptive Filtering

EECE 696 Conferencing Applications

EECE 798 High Voltage Engineering

EECE 799 Thesis

EECE 991 PhD Dissertation

EECE 992 PhD Dissertation

EECE 993 PhD Dissertation

laboratory coursesEECE 310L Electric Circuits Lab

EECE 312L Electric Circuits Lab

EECE 442L Communications Lab

EECE 451L Internetworking Lab

EECE 460L Control Systems Lab

EECE 470L Electric Machines Lab

EECE 473L Power Electronics and Drives lab

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spring term 2010undergraduate courses graduate coursescourse # title course # course nameEECE 210 Electric Circuits EECE 602 Biomedical Engineering II

EECE 230 Introduction to Programming EECE 603 Biomedical Signal and Image

Processing

EECE 290 Analog Signal Processing EECE 612 Digital Integrated Circuits

EECE 311 Electronics II EECE 621 Advanced Computer Architecture

EECE 321 Computer Organization EECE 624 Digital Systems Testing

EECE 340 Signals and Systems EECE 633 Data Mining

EECE 380 Engineering Electromagnetics EECE 636 Software Validation and

Programming Practices

EECE 431 Design and Analysis of Algorithms EECE 640 Wireless Communications

EECE 432 Operating Systems EECE 644 Stochastic Processes,Detection and Estimation

EECE 433 Database Systems EECE 655 Internet Security

EECE 434 Programming Languages Design and Implementation EECE 656 Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor

Networks

EECE 401 Biomedical Engineering Seminar EECE 657 Wireless Security

EECE 412 Digital Integrated Circuits EECE 667 Pattern Recognition

EECE 442 Communications Systems EECE 675 Renewable Energy

EECE 450 Computer Networks EECE 678 Advanced Power System Analysis

EECE 461 Instrumentation EECE 680 Antenna Theory and Design

EECE 473 Power Electronics EECE 682 Time-Harmonics Electromagnetic Fields

EECE 476 Power System Protection and Switchgear EECE 694 Digital Image Processing

EECE 499 Research EECE 732 Pseudo Randomness

EECE 502 Final Year Project EECE 798A Introduction to Lighting Concepts and Applications

EECE 503 Special Topics: Audio Engineering EECE 798B Software Radio

Communication Systems

EECE 503A Artificial Intelligence EECE 798C Mobile Robots

EECE 798DOperation of Power Generation and Transmission Systems

EECE 798D Introduction to Computational Arabic

EECE 799 Thesis

EECE 991 PhD Dissertation

EECE 992 PhD Dissertation

EECE 993 PhD Dissertation

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spring term 2010laboratory coursesEECE 321L Computer Organization Lab

EECE 413L Electronics Lab

EECE 442L Communications Lab

EECE 451L Internetworking Lab

EECE 460L Control Systems Lab

EECE 470L Machines Lab

EECE 471L Power System Lab

EECE 473L Power Electronics and Drives Lab

EECE 640L Wireless Communications Lab

EECE 651L Internetworking Lab

EECE 694L DIP lab

new eece coursesEECE 434 Programming Language Design and ImplementationThis course will provide an introduction to the design and implementation of various programming paradigms, namely object-oriented [Java, C++ and C#], functional [Haskell], and logic [Prolog]. Compiler construction will be covered, in addition to topics such as, virtual machines, intermediate languages, and concurrency.

EECE 637 Advanced Programming PracticeThis course is an advanced course on programming practices with a focus on verification. The course introduces programming tools and techniques that make individual engineers more effective and productive and help them develop quality code. Teams will work in Agile and eXtreme programming environments with a focus on design by contract. They will use formal specifications, design patterns and aspect oriented programming. Projects will use tools for code control, building, configuration, language recognition, dynamic documentation, fast prototyping, refinement, coverage, automated and manual debugging, and dynamic and static verification.

EECE 638 Software TestingThe course focuses on concepts, techniques and tools for testing software. It provides practical knowledge of a variety of ways to test software and an understanding of some of the tradeoffs between testing techniques. The covered topics include: software testing at the unit, module, and system levels; functional and structural testing; regression testing; mutation testing; test suite minimization and prioritization; automatic test case generation.

EECE 639 Advanced Topics and Applications in Data Mining A course that covers advanced topics in data mining and recent progress in this field. Discussions will include which techniques fit best for complex applications in data mining. Mining complex data will include general text mining, Arabic text mining, social

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network analysis, spatial data mining, mining of the world wide web, stream data, time-series data, and sequence data. We will also discuss recent application sectors and trends in Data Mining such as for Telecomms, Biological, and Financial sectors.

EECE 668 Game Theory and Decision Making Game theory provides a set of tools, approaches, and perspectives on decision making to mimic the human elements of decision making that is best described by strategy, coercion and cooperation. This course offers an introduction to fundamentals of game theory and decision making with a special emphasis on the foundations of the mathematical background. Topics covered include: static, evolutionary, supermodular, repeated, cooperative, network, potential and congestion games as well as bargaining and uncertainty in games. Students will be assigned real-world examples of game theory and strategic decision making to investigate as projects.

EECE 678 Advanced Power System Analysis A course on optimal dispatch of generation, symmetrical components and unbalanced faults, transient stability, control of generation, state estimation in power systems, and power system simulation.

EECE 694L Image Processing Laboratory The EECE 694L graduate lab comprises a set of MATLAB/C++ based lab experiments in different image processing topics covering image pre and post processing techniques, image compression, morphological transformations, image restoration and enhancement techniques, colour image processing, computer vision basics, and geographical image processing. In addition, students will be exposed to software optimizations for real time image processing using SIMD instructions.

EECE 732 PseudorandomnessPseudorandomness is a branch of computational complexity theory whose aim is to construct randomness generators which use little randomness, but still appear random to computations with limited time, space, or circuit resources. This course covers the basics of the area of pseudorandomness. Topics include: Randomized complexity classes review; Background material from coding theory; Computational indistinguishability and pseudorandom generators; Hardness versus randomness: Nisan-Wigderson generator, Impagliazzo-Wigderson theorem; Simple generators: k-wise independence, almost k-wise Independence, and small-bias spaces; Unconditional generators for constant depth circuits, low-degree polynomials, and space-bounded computation; DNF counting algorithms; Weak random sources, randomness extractors, and Trevisan’s extractor.

EECE 798C Special Topics on “Mobile Robots”A course that provides an in-depth coverage of wheeled mobile robots [WMR], pertaining to distinct classes/topologies. The material covers the nonholonomy, its mathematical definition and its impact on modeling, controllability, control and instrumentation. Two classes of WMR are studied: car-like robots and mobile wheeled pendulums. For each class, modeling, nonholonomy test, controllability test and control strategies are covered. The instrumentation on-board of WMR is investigated.

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EECE 798E Introduction to Computational ArabicThe course focuses on knowledge necessary to develop software applications and systems that deal with Arabic data and tend to Arabic users. The course discusses computational challenges specific to the Arabic language including representation, display, rendering, processing, directionality, structure, interface, and recognition. The course also discusses multilingual texts and visits several text processing techniques and algorithms such as encoding, matching, tokenization, search, indexing, and pattern matching and explores the necessary changes to accommodate the Arabic language. The last part of the course discusses the state of the art in automating Arabic language processing, understanding, and recognition.

final year projects

name project title supervisorBilal KaddouhLara AmmarMariam Mohanna

Haptic Glove Imad Elhajj

George DarakjiAbdou Rahman JazarMahmoud El Halabi

Automated Parking Control System. Zaher Dawy

Salim ChedrawiPierre El KhouryPaul Salameh

A Service Discovery Framework for Clus-tered Nodes in Mobile Ad hoc Networks Hassan Artail

Rami DebsRaed MaouadHoussein Mounzer

Software Synthesis Tool for Parallel Programming Fadi Zaraket

Charly HallakLayal HamdarLina Hijazi

Hybrid Car Karim KabalanMariette Awad

Elie Adam Yasmina YaredElie Noune

A System for Music Recommendation based on Harmonic Content Fadi Karameh

Karim El Jurdi Nabil Catcho Rifaat Takkouch Omar Nowaihed

Sensorless Variable Voltage Variable Frequency Drive for Induction Motors

Rabih JabrImad Elhajj

l’Emir Salim ChehabGhina Al Shafii Diana MehdiMohammad Alam Eddin

Mosaic Assembly using SCARA Fouad Mrad

Rami FatayriNada Jaber Salwa Adriana Saab

Cooperative MPEG Distribution Testbed for Wireless Networks Zaher Dawy

Abraham HajjarNaji Kamal Mazen Moukarzel

Renewable Energy Management System Sami Karaki

Majed El SaadiRawad Olabi Rima Ajib

Naval and Seismic Data Sensing, Acquisition and Transmission Prototype

Haitham AkkaryImad Elhajj

Hana DibSarah Chehade Abdallah Salami

Intelligent Security and Economic Analysis using Vehicle Information Ali Chehab

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name project title supervisorGharib MakkiHussein Assaf Hassan Harb

Smart, Personalized, On-location Ad-vertising System using Radio Frequency Identification

Ali ChehabAyman Kayssi

Mona Mouteirek Jinan Bou Karroum Sharif El Khatib

Smart Posters Mariette AwadAyman Kayssi

Anis Younes Fawaz Bou Alwan Layale Constantine

Optimal WiMAX/LTE Network Co-deploy-ment

Hazem HajjZaher Dawy

Mahmoud Zeineddine Hashem SaroutMostafa Dikmak

Mobile Clickers Zaher DawyMariette Awad

Jad Makhlouta Hamza HarkousFarah Hutayt

Maximizing Data Delivery in Opportu-nistic Environments using Dynamically Selected Alternative Networks

Hassan Artail

Ziad El Dana Karim Srouji Ghida Fakhouri

Monitor and Control of Two DC-Brush Motors in order to Implement the Inverted Pendulum Robot [InPeRo]

Danielle Nasrallah

Nancy Zakhour Sarkis Hasserjian Rola Aoun

Optimizing MPPT and Converter Efficiency for PV Modules

MohammadM. MansourSami Karaki

Maya KabkabPeter Kairouz Charles Mourani

Media Search Fadi ZaraketFadi Karameh

Abdul Hamid Kabbara Reslan Hseiki Nizar Ajeeb

Automatic Fire Detection on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

Raffi Aknadibossian Raffi Doniguian Ali Abou Daya

RFID Itlization in Package Integrity Ayman Kayssi

Jad Khalife Fawzi Halimi Marie Stephanie Sadaka

Digital Audio Watermarking Ibrahim Abou-Faycal

Ahmad Saad Ziad Lawand Ahmad Hammoud

Face RecognitionMohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui

Hisham Jibreel Dany Daya Tarek Ibrahim

Energy Harvesting Mariette Awad

Bahaa Saab Areej Khaddaj Rafik Ajour

Forest Fire Detector and Predictor Imad Elhajj

George Mourad Samer Mardini Camil El Chantiry

A Data-Driven Fuzzy Approach to Robot Motion Planning in a Varying Environ-ment of Moving Obstacles

Jean Saade

Rami Jawhar Ibrahim Mikati Yaser Saleh

Social Behavior in Vehicular Networks Mariette Awad

Christine Abboud Habib El Hourani Hadi Nehme

A Program Analysis and Visualization Tool Wassim Masri

Samer Murad Nicholas Mitri Chadi Mansour

Prosthetic/Remote Robotic Arm Imad Elhajj

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name project title supervisorAli Nehme Rudy Yazbek Georges Chamcham

Trading Robot Fadi Zaraket

Khalil Najjar Jerome Abou Abdallah Akram Matar

Solar Thermal Power Generator using Parabolic Concentrators Sami Karaki

Ameen Kridieh Rabih Yafawi Nabeel Abdallah

Content Charging Mariette Awad

Jad Baroudi Chirine Damaj Lena Jahed

InPeRo Project - Real Time Programming Task

Danielle Nasrallah

Bruno Sawaya Oussama Hariz Hisham Kanaan

Hand-Held Respiration Pattern Monitor Nassir Sabah

Joe Ghanem Elie Rustom Ziad Nader

Modeling Neuronal Communication using NS-2 Fadi Karameh

Anthony Abou Nader Joanne Braidi Youmna Saloumi

Electricity Production with Methane Gas in Zahle Rabih Jabr

Sara Daher Sara Alame Joe El Haddad

Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Danielle Nasrallah

Elias Najjar Odette Malkoun Elie Challita

Active Solid State Drive [SSD] Prototype Haitham Akkary

Saeed Kharouf Lama Chatila

SRAM with Peripheral: Physical Design and Circuitry

Mohammad M. MansourAli Chehab

Bahij Ryan Attiyeh Maria Abu Arbid

Design and Synthesis of a Prototype of Various Functions in a X86 ArchitectureMicroprcoessor

Haitham Akkary

Nadine Marie Moacdieh Noura Farra Bilal El Sayed

Mobile Sensor Orthopedic System Hazem Hajj

Dahlia El Assi Maurice Salem Elie Samia

Speech RecognitionMohamadAdnan Al-Alaoui

Hadi TarhiniKarl YaacoubLoay Reda

Automatic CAD Tool for the Assesment and Deployment of Digital Radio Broadcast System

Jean Saade

Roy Hage Elias Omar El GharibMohamad Chehab

IR Leak Detection System Fouad MradImad Elhajj

Wafic Alameddine Wassim Sarhane Ahmad Itani

Digital Power Analyzer Sami Karaki

Sami Bejjani George El Ghaoui Johnny Bassil

Control of an Induction Motor for Maximum Efficiency

Sami KarakiRabih Jabr

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FYPs continued name project title supervisorMohamed Joumaa Noor Abbani Takwa Tarhini

Trust Negotiation Network System Hassan ArtailKarim Kabalan

Mohammad Hassan Tanal Younes Marwan Abi Najem

Electrification and Power System Plan-ning and Design of a Developed Area

Hazem Chahine

Gaelle Abou Hable Oscar El Debs Bluetooth Transceiver Ali Chehab

graduate theses

doctor of philosophy: major electrical and computer engineeringYaacoub, Elias: Efficient Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Systems, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.

doctor of philosophy thesis in progressKhaleel Mershad: Exploiting VANET Infrastructure for Maximum Data Availability, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

master of engineering thesesAbdel Khalek, Amin, Optimized Cooperative Video Distribution with Statistical QoS Provisions over Wireless Networks, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.

Antoun, Sally, MEMS for Machine and Structural Health Monitoring, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Imad Elhajj.

Chamoun, Youssef, Multi-level Application Layer Security Framework for Ad-Hoc Networks, February 2010, supervised by Prof. Ayman Kayssi.

El Arid, Amal, Web Traffic and Energy Modeling using Energy Profiling of Mobile Devices, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.

Fahs, Jihad, Using Hermite Bases in Studying Capacity Achieving Distribution over Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels, June 2010, supervised by Prof. Ibrahim Abou Faycal.

Ghandour, Ali, Improving Data Communication in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks via Cognitive Radio Techniques, February 2010, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Wehbe, Saleem, Security and Privacy for Low-Cost RFID Tags, February 2010, supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.

Tobji, Roger, VMP Performance Evaluation of Cell Processor Versus Networking Processors, June 2010, supervised by Profs. Mazen Saghir and Imad Elhajj.

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master of engineering theses in progressAbou Harb, Mohammad Amin, Feature Bases of Arabic Handwriting Recognition, supervised by Prof. Mohamad Adnan Al-Alaoui.

Abul Hoda, Abdallah, [TRUMA-DB] TRUsted Mobile Ad-hoc Database, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Adwan, Samir, Wind Farm Grid Integration, supervised by Prof. Sami Karaki.

Ahmad, Oussama, Hybrid Geographic-Proactive Routing Protocol, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Al Rifai, Farah, Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltic Cells, supervised by Prof. Riad Chedid.

Alwani, Imad, Software Reliability in Web Development: A Feedback Control Approach, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Asad, Baslan, Artificial Vision System for Visually Impaired People, co-supervised by Profs. Fadi Karameh and M. Adnan Al-Alaoui.

Eid, Rola, Iris Recognition Systems, supervised by Prof. M. Adnan Al Alaoui.

El Halabi, Moustafa, Design of Digital Radio Broadcast Systems Based on Signal Quality Assessment in Different Geographical Reasons, supervised by Prof. Jean Saade.

El Zein, Zeina, Spectrum Sensing and Identification in Cognitive Radio using Independent Component Analysis, supervised by Prof. Zaher Dawy.

Fawaz, Kassem, Client Side Consistency Mechanisms and Security Provisions for Cache Deployment in MANETs, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Gerges, Charbel, Content-Based Synchronization for Interactive Multimedia Application, supervised by Prof. Imad Elhajj.

Ghali, Cesar, CATRAC: A Context Aware Trust-Based and Role-Based Access Control for Composite Web Services, supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.

Hamade, Samer, A Quantitative Evaluation of Reconfigurable Co-Processor Architectures for Soft CPU Cores, supervised by Prof. Mazen Saghir.

Kamaleddine, Issam, Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication, supervised by Prof. Karim Kabalan.

Kassab, Hussein, Enhancing DVC using Motion Sensors, supervised by M. A. Al-Alaoui.

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Khawam, Sami, Performance Evolution of a Raptor-Enabled Transport Protocol over Networking Applications, supervised by Prof. Mohamad Mansour.

Kawwas, Iman, Analysis of Islamic Narations using Text Mining, supervised by Profs. Hazem Hajj and Fadi Zaraket.

Lahhoud, Camille: Dynamic Modeling to Prevent SQL Injections Attacks, supervised by Prof. Wassim Masri.

Nehme, Manal, Improvement and Evaluation of CRUST, supervised by Prof. Hassan Artail.

Saab, Solaph, Secure Coverage for Wireless Sensor Networks, supervised by Profs. Ali Chehab and Ayman Kayssi.

Salloum, Hussein, Design and Optimization of a Small Power Permanent Magnet Generator, supervised by Prof. Farid Chaaban.

Tabbarah, Tammam, Role of Burst Firing Cortical Cells in Neural Synchronization and Coding, supervised by Prof. Fadi Karameh.

departmental actvitiesThe ECE department holds several seminars each semester to expose students to professional and research projects of interest to electrical and computer engineers. Speakers include both professional engineers and researchers. The ECE department organized twenty-one technical seminars during the AY 2009-10.

Automated Trace Analysis of Distributed Systems: A Formal Approach to Property Testing, dr. hesham hallal, Computer Research Institute of Montreal [CRIM], October 15, 2009

A Performance Study of Fork-on-Call in Disjoint Out-of-Order Execution Processors, prof. haitham akkary, ECE department, AUB, October 22, 2009

Evaluation of Yield Prediction using Data Mining Techniques, prof. hazem hajj, ECE department, October 29, 2009

A Fast Algorithm for Finding the k Shortest Simple Paths on a Weighted Directed Graph prof. ibrahim c. abou-faycal, ECE department, AUB, November 19, 2009

Mobile Wheeled Pendulums: Applications, Modeling, Control and Experimental Realization, dr. danielle nasrallah, ECE department, AUB, December 10, 2009

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The Multi-Dimensional Design Space of Power, Reliability, Temperature and Voltage in Highly Scaled Geometries, prof. fadi kurdahi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Irvine, December 15, 2009

RFID Security and Privacy, prof. ayman kayssi, ECE department, AUB, January 14, 2010

Resource Allocation in the Uplink of Multicell OFDMA Systems,mr. elias yaacoub, PhD Candidate, ECE department, AUB, January 19, 2010

Reducing Power and Increasing Performance with Clock Data Compensation, dr. tawfik arabi, Intel Corporation, February 25, 2010

The Way to Long Term Evolution [LTE], mr. salem itani, MTC Lebanon, February 25, 2010

Hardware Optimization of Error Control Decoders, dr. emmanuel boutillon, The University of South Britany, Lorient, France, March 4, 2010

UMTS Architecture Evolution and an Overview of a UMTS Call, mr. yamine badawi, Ericsson Lebanon, March 11, 2010

Overview of Airline Engineering and Maintenance, mr. youssef hobeika, Bardawil Aviation Company, March 18, 2010

Notebook Platform Architecture with Discussions on Low Power Architecture and Bluetooth Architecture, mr. jim kardach, Intel Corporation, March 23, 2010

An Eddy-Current Prototype for Crack Detection in Conductive Materials, dr. rafic bachnak, Texas A&M International University [TAMIU], March 30, 2010

Introducing Essential Library Resources and Services for Effective Research,mr. khaled noubani, Engineering Library, AUB, April 8, 2010

Encoderless Control of AC Electric Drives using Wavelet Transforms, dr. georges murr, Newcastle University, UK, April 13, 2010

Deep Brain Stimulation for the Management of Movement Disorders, mr. ayman doughan, Medtronic Company, April 15, 2010

Trust and Privacy in Attribute Based Access Control for Collaboration Environments,dr. waleed smari, ECE department, Dayton University, April 22, 2010

Transmission Challenges in Power Transfer, mr. ahmed b. adra, Saudi Cable and Xenel Group Operations in Lebanon, April 29, 2010

HIV-1 Rev is Highly Mutable with Partner RNAs, prof. colin smith, Biology Department, AUB, May 6, 2010

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The above chart shows the distribution of the students across the different graduate programs that are offered by the department: Electrical Engineering [EE], Computer and Communications Engineering [CCE], Information and Communications Technology [EICT], Electrical and Computer Engineering with Thesis [ECET], and Electrical and Computer Engineering Non Thesis [ECEN].

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The ECE department had 100 students registered in the student work scholarship program in the AY 2009–10 [10 students in summer, 54 students in the fall term, and 36 students in the spring term]. Student employment provides support to the faculty members in grading homework assignments, preparing course notes, course websites, laboratory operations, clerical work, etc. at the rate of three to six hours per week.

Fellowships covering tuition and stipends are available for graduate students in return for assisting faculty members in teaching and/or research for a specified number of hours per week. Recipients are selected by the department on the basis of academic record and departmental need. The ECE department offered 73 graduate assistantships during the AY 2009-10.

abdul hadi debs awardThe Abdul Hadi Debs Award for academic excellence at the graduate level was awarded this year to Miss Sally Antoun. Sally completed a near-PhD level master’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Imad Elhajj.

distinguished graduate awardMr. Peter Kairouz, a fourth year ECE student, received the Distinguished ECE Graduate Award. The award is given each year to the graduating senior student who demonstrates high academic achievement, outstanding character, and contribution to the department. Peter was nominated by 3 full-time faculty members; his grade average was 93.48.

Two fourth year CCE students, Mr. Charles Mourani and Mr. Jad Makhlouta received CCE Distinguished Graduate Awards. Charles graduated with an average of 93.4 and Jad graduated with an average of 93.87.

dean’s award for creative achievementThe Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement was awarded this year for Jad Makhlouta [CCE] and Mr. Hamza Harkous [CCE] for the project entitled: AUB “Sarf”. It was also awarded to Miss Gaelle Abou Hable [ECE] and Mr. Oscar El Debs [ECE] for the project entitled: “Four-Channel USB-based Caller Identification Unit with PC software Interface”.

stars of science awardMr. Mohammed Amin Abou Harb, a graduate student in the ECE department, was ranked third in the newly-created Stars of Science reality TV show--the Star Academy of Science Wiz-Kids. Amin received $10,000 for his goggles that allow viewers to watch two TV channels simultaneously, a project that he started at AUB under the supervision of Prof. I. Abou Faycal.

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academics 157 Courses offered 160 final year projects 162 graduate theses

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This was a year focused on ABET accreditation. The FEA hosted our first ABET review visit that culminated with the accreditation of our undergraduate mechanical engineering program. Students, faculty both full-time and part time, and staff all played an active role in the preparations and during the visit. It is worth stressing that this accreditation is the result of the continuous effort and dedication of our enthusiastic faculty to ensure a high quality program, to the continuous investment of the University in ensuring well equipped laboratories and an academically sound working environment, and not the least to our highly motivated and academically excellent student body.

This year also witnessed an important recruitment drive that resulted in four new faculty members set to join in academic year 2010-11, Dr. Elie Shammas [control and robotics] and Dr. Samer Safieddine [materials and characterization] in the Mechanical Engineering Program; and Dr. Joseph Zeaiter [process control] and Dr. Walid Saad [pharmaceuticals] in to the Chemical Engineering Program. This is in addition to the two faculty members who were welcomed into our department this year, namely Prof. Liermann and Prof. Ghali. The recruitment drive will continue during the coming year.

Just as rewarding, as recruiting new faculty members, was the promotion of Issam Lakkis to the rank of associate professor. In addition to being a very demanding and popular teacher, his many contributions to the development of the vortex method for the accurate simulation of large Reynolds number flows in bounded domains have received wide acclaim.

With ABET accreditation completed, we are ready to move ahead to address new challenges. The focus in the coming year will include: enhancing our ties to regional industries, and strengthening our graduate programs.

The Chemical Engineering Program ready to begin its second year is growing with new faculty members and new students. This year saw a substantial investment in new equipment for the FEA shops and in our undergraduate laboratories that will lead to the establishment of two new chemical engineering labs and an overhaul of our instrumentation and control Labs.

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professors Marwan Darwish, Professor and Chairperson; PhD, Brunel University; Areas of interest: materials, solidification and computational mechanics.

Nesreen Ghaddar, Professor, Qatar Chair in Energy Studies, and Associate Provost; PhD, MIT; Areas of interest: heat and moisture transport in fibrous materials, thermal comfort, optimization of energy systems performance, and energy conversion.

Fadl Moukalled, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; PhD, Louisiana State University; Area of interest: computational fluid dynamics.

associate professorsRamsey Hamade, Associate Professor; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Areas of interest: design, materials, and manufacturing.

Albert Kuran, Associate Professor; MS, Yale University.

Alan Shihadeh, Associate Professor; ScD, MIT; Areas of interest: aerosol dynamics, air pollution, and combustion.

Kamel Ghali, Associate Professor, PhD, Kansas State University; Areas of interest: thermal comfort, heat transfer, transport, HVAC systems.

assistant professorsIssam Lakkis, Assistant Professor; PhD, MIT; Areas of interest: analysis, modeling, and design of RF MEMS devices; system level modeling of MEMS; design and analysis of RF circuits and systems.

Daniel Asmar, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Waterloo; Areas of interest: robotics, mechatronics, and computer vision.

Ghanem Oweis, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Area of interest: experimental fluid mechanics.

Mutasem Shehadeh, Assistant Professor; PhD, Washington State University; Areas of interest: crystal plasticity, multiscale modeling, high strain rate deformation, shock waves in solids, dislocation dynamics, nanomechanics.

Matthias Liermann, Assistant Professor; PhD, RWTHA Aachen University; Area of interest: servohydraulic drives.

Mahmoud Al-Hindi, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of London; Areas of interest: desalination, membrane processes, heat exchanger networks.

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Fouad Azizi, Assistant Professor; PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Areas of interest: reactor design, reaction engineering, process intensification, mixing, multiphase flows, mass transfer, computer modeling, population balance equations, interface science.

Pierre Azoury, Professor; PhD, University of LondonTalal Hassoun, Professor; PhD, University of TexasRenzo di Felice, Visiting Professor; PhD University College LondonDanielle Nasrallah, Visiting Assistant Professor; PhD, McGill University, CanadaNaser Hassanieh, Visiting Professor from Lund UniversityHadi Abou Chakra, Lecturer; PhD, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK [new appointment]Mohamad Nasreddine, Lecturer; PhD, François Rabelais University, Tours, France [newappointment]Nathalie Rouhana, Lecturer; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TNJihad Kasamani, Lecturer; ME, AUB Wajih Najm, Lecturer; ME, AUBCharbel Seif, Instructor; ME, AUBRana Chmaitelly, Instructor; ME, AUBJack Aboud, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUBNareg Karaogklanian, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUBLina Kassis, Assistant Instructor; ME, AUBAmer Keblawi, Assistant Instructor; BE, AUBElie Kfoury, Assistant Instructor; BE, AUB

Layla Al-Shaar, Administrative Assistant; BA, LU

me labGhassan Deeb, Mechanical Engineering Labs Technical Manager; MS, LSUHisham Ghalayini, ME Lab SupervisorDori Rouhana, Senior TechnicianRoger Said, Mechatronics Lab Master

Prof. Bassem Armaly, University of Missouri-RollaMr. Garbis Dantziguian, General Manager Dantziguian Aluminium and Steel WorksMr. Suheil Sabbag, Director, Consolidated Contractors International Company S.A.L.Mr. Maroun Semaan, President and CEO Petrofac International Ltd.Mr. Najjad Zeenni, General Manager Valentine Maritime [Gulf] L.L.C.Dr. Omar Mardam-Bey, Khatib & Alami, Consolidated Engineering CompanyDr. Nazih Taleb, Dar al HandassahDr. Habib N. Najm, Sandia National Laboratories, CA, USAMr. Tony Haddad General Manager Technica International Lebanon [new]Mr. Antoine Baroud Managing Partner SIOM Lebanon [new]Mr. Imad Makhzoumi COO Future Pipe Industries [S.A.L.] [new]

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For the period October 2009 – September 2010university research grants [urb]

project title principal investigator amountGenerating Rich Maps via Omni-Slam - Part II Daniel Asmar $6,426

Analytical Modeling of the Cathodic Weakening of Steel/Rubber Adhesive Bonded Joints Ramsey Hamade $6,447

Mesh-Free Redistribution Method for the Simulation of Diffusion in Arbitrary Domains Issam Lakkis $3,668

An Unstructured Dynamic Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Coarsening Algorithm for Fluid Flow at all Speeds using a Coupled Solver

Fadl Moukalled $5,122

Experiments on Solidification Behind a Backward Facing Step Ghanem Oweis $5,214

Modeling of Plastic Deformation in Small Volumes at Extreme Conditions Mutasem Shehadeh $6,900

Determination of Evaporation Coefficients of Semi-Volatile Organic Aerosols using the Coupled IVM-TDMA Technique

Alan Shihadeh $9,007

Fouling of Reserve Osmosis used for Polish-ing Treated Sewage Effluent for use in District Cooling Plants

Mahmoud Al-Hindi $4,138

Design and Analysis of Intensified Gas-Liquid Reactors Fouad Azizi $4,138

Design of a Nonlinear Control for a Self-Energizing Electro-Hydraulic Braking System Matthias Liermann $4,138

Moisture Buffering Capacity of Hygroscopic Curtains: Theoretical and Experimental Study Kamel Ghali $4,138

For the period October 2009 – September 2010lebanese national council for scientific research grants

project title principal investigator amountDiscovering Whereabouts through Localization and Mapping Daniel Asmar LL 7,500,000

Bio-Climatic Planning for Comfort of Active Humans in Outdoor Spaces of Beirut Kamel Ghali LL 18,000,000

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project title pi funding agency amount durationStudy of Microclimate Ventilation for a Walling Clothed Human: Modeling and Experimentation

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Swedish Research Council 195,000 SEK

Jan. 13, 2009- Dec. 31, 2012

Academic Curriculum in Manufacturing Engineering [ACME]

Ramsey Hamade

European Community TEMPUS Programme [University of Napoli]

EU 123,675 June 15, 2009-June 15, 2010

publications

ghaddar n. and ghali k., “Design for Ventilation,” Chapter 13, Textiles for Cold Weather Apparel, Edited by John Williams, Woodhead Publishing, CRC Press, 2009, accepted for publication.

r. f. hamade, “The Positive Effects of γ-APS on the Cathodic Delamination of Elastomer-Metal Adhesive Joints,” Silanes and Other Coupling Agents, vol. 5, ed. K. L. Mittal, pp. 123-34, 2009.

A. Keblawi, n. ghaddar, k. ghali, and L. Jensen, “Chilled Ceiling Displacement Ventilation Design Charts Correlations to Employ in Optimized System Operation for Feasible Load Ranges,” Energy and Buildings, 41 [11], pp. 1155-164 [2009].

n. ghaddar, k. ghali, M. Othmani, I. Holmer, and K. Kuklane, “Experimental and Theoretical Study of Ventilation and Heat Loss from Clothed Vertical Isothermally- Heated Cylinder in Uniform Flow Field,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2010, in press.

n. ghaddar, k. ghali, and R. Saadeh, “Optimized Selection and Operation of the Combined Chilled Ceiling System and Displacement Ventilation,” International Journal of Energy Research, 2010, in press.

r. f. hamade, “Profiling the Desirable CAD Trainee: Technical Background, PersonalityAttributes, and Learning Preferences,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 131 [12], December 2009.

Beydoun, G., Hoffmann, A., hamade r.f., “Automating Dimensional Tolerancing using Ripple Down Rules [RDR],” Expert Systems with Applications 37:5101–5109, 2010.

r. f. hamade, Sverker Sikström, and M. Jaber, “Using Univariate, Multivariate, and Aggregate Learning Curve Models to Investigate CAD Competence,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 56, 4, pp.1510-18, 2009.

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r. f. hamade, “Studies on the Prediction of Elastomer to Steel Adhesive Bond Life in Cathodic Environments,” invited for a special issue of Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology [JAST] on durability of adhesive bonds, 23[4], pp. 579-600.

moukalled, f. and darwish, m., “Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Porous Rhombic Annulus,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol. 58:2, pp. 101-24, 2010.

moukalled, f., Abdel Aziz A., Darwish M., “Comparison between the NWF and DC Methods for Implementing HR Schemes within a Fully Coupled Finite Volume Solver,” Applied Mathematics Computation, 2010.

C. Sommariva, m. al-hindi, C. Fabbri, Palm Jumeirah, “The First Large SWRO with Ultra-filtration Plant in the Gulf,” DA [International Desalination Association] World Congress 2009 on Desalination and Water Reuse, Paper No.: DB09- 025, 12 pp., November 7-12, 2009.

R. Ingham, L. Mansour, T. Qadan, m. al-hindi, O. Attawnaeh, R.O., “Pretreatment Design and Performance Under Challenging Conditions in the Arabian Gulf,” IDA [International Desalination Association] World Congress 2009 on Desalination and Water Reuse, Paper No.: DB09- 341, 14 pp., November 7-12, 2009.

Sapozhnikov O, Bailey M, Cunitz B, Kaczkowski P, oweis g, “Moving Stones Inside a Kidney Using Acoustic Radiation Force from HIFU,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rome, Sept. 2009.

m. shehadeh, “Shock Induced Plasticity in Small Volumes,” Proceeding of X International Confer-ence on Computational Plasticity 2009, Barcelona, Spain.

k. ghali, n. ghaddar, and A. Alsaidi. 2010. “Optimized Operation of an Integrated Solar Desalination and Air-Conditioning System: Theoretical Study,” International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality [ICREPQ’10], Granada, Spain, March 23-25, 2010.

ghaddar n. and ghali k. , “Effect of Moisture Transport on Mixed Convection in Vertical Annu-lus of a Heated Clothed Vertical Wet Cylinder in Uniform Cross Wind,” The 14th International Heat Transfer Conference [IHTC14], Washington D.C., August 7-13, 2010. Abstract accepted, IHTC14-22342, submitted January 2010.

r. f. hamade, S. P. Manthri, F. Pusavec, K. A. Zacny, L. A. Taylor, O. W. Dillon, Jr., K. E. Rouch, and I. S. Jawahir, “A Methodology Towards Sustainable PCD Compact Core Drilling on Planet Mars,” IMECE2009-10133, Symposium on Joining Technologies for Advanced Materials and Structures, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

A. Ammouri and r. f. hamade, “A Bi-Directional Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration Actuator [BU-EVA] for Micro Machining,” Sympsium on Tooling and Rapid Prototyping, IMECE

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2009-10132, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

r. f. hamade, “Studying Your Students as They Learn: A Case Study of CAD Education,” IMECE2009-10195, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

r. f. hamade, n. ghaddar, “Mechanical Engineering Tools: A Problem-based, Introductory Design Course at the American University of Beirut,” IMECE2009-10196, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

r. f. hamade, I. S. Jawahir, “Core Drilling versus Chisel Drilling with an Eye on Sustainability,” IMECE2009-10171, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

r. f. hamade, “A Methodology for Predicting the Durability of Adhesively Bonded Joints in Cathodic Environments,” IMECE2009-10131, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

A. Ammouri and r. f. hamade, “Bi-directional Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration Actuator [BUEVA] for Vibration Mechanical Micro-Machining,” 2nd International Researchers Symposium 2009 on Innovative Production Machines and Systems, July 22 - 24 2009, Ischia, Italy.

Bassam Jalgha and daniel asmar, “A Simple Momentum Controller for Humanoid Push Recovery,” FIRA RoboWorld Congress, vol. 5744 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science [LNCS], pp.95-102, 2009.

darwish m., Abdel Aziz A., and moukalled f., “A Coupled Finite Volume Solver for the Simula-tion of Disperse Multiphase Flows,” 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICFM 2010, Tampa, FL, USA, May 30-June 4, 2010.

darwish m., Rached J., moukalled f., “Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Coarsening for Fluid Flow at all Speeds using a Coupled Solver,” [ICNAAM 2009] 7th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, 2009.

moukalled f., Abdel Aziz A., darwish m., “Comparison between the NWF and DC Methods for Implementing HR Schemes within a Fully Coupled Finite Volume Solver,” [ICNAAM 2009] 7th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, 2009.

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Departmental Meetings

Separate community meetings for each undergraduate and graduate class were held during the spring and fall terms of AY 2009-10.

The ME department held twenty departmental meetings during the AY 2009-10. Some of the issues dealt with were: exit survey results, budget planning, graduate student recruitment, a promotional video, new courses, visiting speakers and teachers, a proposed minor in chemical engi-neering, modifications to the PhD program, lab policies, enrollment, faculty recruitment, awards, and grading guidelines.

ASME Student Chapter, Adviser: G. OweisME Secretary: F. Azizi

ME Graduate Committee members | A. Shihadeh, M. Darwish [Chairperson], G. Oweis

ME ABET Committeemembers | M. Darwish [Chairperson], A. Shihadeh, R. Hamade, F. Moukalled; and B. McGreevy [Accreditation support]

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faculty conference date

Marwan Darwish4th Symposium on Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer at the ICNAAM 2009, Crete, Greece

Sept. 18-22, 2009

Ramsey Hamade ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Con-ference and Exposition IMECE 2009, Florida, USA Nov. 13-19, 2009

Ramsey Hamade2nd International Researchers Symposium 2009 on Innovative Production Machines and Systems, Ischia, Italy

July 22-24, 2009

Daniel Asmar Paid Research Leave Spring 2010

Kamel Ghali International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality, Granada, Spain March 23-25, 2010

Marwan Darwish International Conference on Multiphase Flows 2010 [ICMF 2010] Tampa, Florida

May 30 – June 4, 2010

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Mutasem Shehadeh X International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS X, Barcelona, Spain Sept. 2-4, 2009

Alan Shihadeh28th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Oct. 26-30, 2009

Mutasem Shehadeh IV European Conference Computational Mechanics, Paris, France May 16-21, 2010

academics courses offered during academic year 2009-10

summer term 2009course # and title instructors no. studentsMECH 310 Thermodynamics I K. Ghali 43

MECH 320 Mechanics of Materials M. Nasreddine 13

MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines [1,2] D. Asmar 22

MECH 340 Engineering Materials M. Darwish 51

MECH 414 Thermodynamics II K. Ghali 24

MECH 430 Instrumentation and Measurements [1-5]L

D. Asmar, E. Kfouri, N. Karaogklanian, A. Keblawi 45

MECH 500 Approved Experience M. Darwish 96

MECH 778 Special Project on Renewable Energy Systems Design N. Ghaddar 4

fall term 2009-2010course # and title instructors no. students

MECH 220 Engineering Graphics [1-8] L C. Seif, J. Aboud, L. Kassis, N. Karaogklanian 88

MECH 230 Dynamics W. Najm 32

MECH 310 Thermodynamics [1,2] K. Ghali, I. Lakkis 109

MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines A. Kuran 45

MECH 340 Engineering Materials [1,2] R. Hamade, M. Nasreddine 69

MECH 341L Materials Lab [1-4] C. Seif, E. Kfouri 40

MECH 410 Thermal/Fluid Systems Lab [1-5]

A. Shihadeh, L. Kassis, J. Aboud, N. Karaogklanian 62

MECH 414 Thermodynamics II [1,2] A. Shihadeh, G. Oweis 91

MECH 420 Mechanical Design [1,2] M. Shehadeh 103

MECH 421 Manufacturing Processes I [1-7]L

R. Hamade, H. Abou Chakra, E. Kfouri 72

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MECH 431 Control Systems [1-3]L M. Liermann, J. Aboud, N. Karaogklanian 26

MECH 501 Final Year Project I M. Darwish 97

MECH 510 Design of Thermal Systems [1-5]L K. Ghali, A. Keblawi 21

MECH 511 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics R. De Felice 18

MECH 513 Air Conditioning F. Moukalled 58

MECH 514 Gas Turbines P. Azoury 34

MECH 530 Mechatronics D. Asmar 16

MECH 550 Computer Application M. Darwish 13

MECH 600 Applied Reservoir Engineering I T. Hassoun 42

MECH 604 Refrigeration A. Kuran 14

MECH 607 Micro Flows Fundamentals and Applications I. Lakkis 8

MECH 609 Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics G. Oweis 6

MECH 619 Quality Control in Manufacturing Systems H. Abou Chakra 25

MECH 633 Biomechanics M. Nasreddine 37

MECH 641 Robotics D. Nasrallah 5

MECH 670 Renewable Energy Lab A. Shihadeh, L. Kassis 10

MECH 676 Passive Building Design N. Ghaddar 15

MECH 673 Efficient Buildings with Good Indoor Air Quality N. Ghaddar 32

MECH 796 Special Project in Mechanical Engineering D. Asmar 1

MECH 798B Energy Recovery N. Hassanieh 6

CHEN 200 Introduction to Chemical Engineering M. Al-Hindi, R. De Felice 24

CHEN 415 Separation Processes N. Rouhana 4

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R. Hamade, J. Aboud, R. Chmaitely 89

MECH 220 Engineering Graphics [1-7]L C. Seif, E. Kfoury, L. Kassis 97

MECH 230 Dynamics [1-5]L W. Najm, J. Kasamani 70

MECH 310 Thermodynamics I M. Al-Hindi 38

MECH 314 Intro. to Fluids Engineering [1-4] G. Oweis, I. Lakkis, F. Azizi 136

MECH 320 Mechanics of Materials [1,2] M. Shehadeh, M. Nasreddine 112

MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines [1,2] A. Kuran 71

MECH 341 Materials Lab. [1-5] C. Seif 68

MECH 410 Thermal and Fluid Laboratory[1-5]

G. Oweis, J. Aboud,A. Keblawi 14

MECH 412 Heat Transfer [1,2] N. Ghaddar, K. Ghali 101

MECH 421 Manufacturing Processes I [1-4] Shops H. Abou Chakra, E. Kfoury 27

MECH 430 Instrumentation and Measurements [1-5]L

G. Deeb, J. Aboud, N. Karaogklanian 50

MECH 431 Control Systems [1-6] L M. Liermann, L. Kassis, N. Karaogklanian 131

MECH 502 Final Year Project M. Darwish 97

MECH 516 Aerodynamics G. Oweis 31

MECH 519 Compressible Flow P. Azoury 28

MECH 521 Manufacturing Processes II [1-6] L

H. Abou Chakra, R. Chmaitely, E. Kfoury 38

MECH 522 CAD/CAM R. Hamade 20

MECH 608 Applied Reservoir Engineering II T. Hassoun 15

MECH 634 Biomaterial and Medical Devices [1,2] M. Nasreddine 71

MECH 663 Introduction to CFD M. Darwish 5

MECH 672 Energy Systems Modeling F. Moukalled 16

MECH 674 Energy Economics and Policy I. Ruble 19

MECH 677 Heat Pumps K. Ghali 31

MECH 679 Energy Audit Lab S. Karaki, L. Kassis 3

MECH 721 Elasticity and Plasticity M. Shehadeh 7

MECH 765 Advanced Finite Volume Techniques M. Darwish 1

MECH 798E Computer Modeling and Building Physics Applications N. Ghaddar 11

MECH 798 D Moisture Transport in Bldg. Envelops N. Ghaddar 17

CHEN 415 Chemical Engineering Separations N. Rouhana 36

CHEN 416 Kinetics and Reactor Design N. Rouhana 10

CHEN 490 Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering T. Hassoun 20

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new me courses The following new courses were approved by the FEA Academic Committee during the AY 2009-10 or were offered for the first time.

MECH 535 Fluid Power Systems [3 credits] A senior undergraduate lecture course which teaches the fundamentals of fluid power transmission and drive technology. It familiarizes with the main components, their design as well as static and dynamic characteristics. By use of simulation the course will enable the students to design complex fluid power systems. Prerequisites: MECH 314: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, MECH 431: Control and Automation.

CHEN 612 Desalination [3 credits]A course that will provide an in depth coverage of the commonly used thermal and membrane based desalination technologies. Fundamental thermodynamic and transport processes which govern desalination will be developed. Environmental, sustainability and economic factors which may influence the performance, affordability and more wide-spread use of desalination systems for fresh water production and reuse will be highlighted. Renewable energy technologies coupled with de-salination processes will be reviewed. A team based student project will be assigned to design a reverse osmosis membrane desalination plant [brackish water, seawater, or treated sewage effluent] using conventional or alternative energy sources. Prerequisites: MECH 310: Thermodynamics I CHEN 411: Heat and Mass Transfer [or equivalent]. MECH 646 Wheeled Mobile Robots [3 credits]A course that provides an in-depth coverage of wheeled mobile robots. The material covers [i] non-holonomy and integrability of kinematic constraints; [ii] modeling: kinematics, dynamics [using the natural orthogonal complement method] and state-space representation; [iii] nonlinear controllability based on lie-algebra; and [iv] nonlinear control strategies [open-loop and closed–loop]. Three case studies are covered all-over the course: car-like, cart-like, and self-balancing two-wheeled robots. Prerequisites: EECE 460: Control Systems.

final year projects

The department hosted a total of twenty-three final year projects. These included projects in design, mechatronics, manufacturing, and thermal and fluid systems. The projects list is shown below:

Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Network; Rami Khalife, Abed El Rahman Sidani, Rami Rahal, Sobhi Takkoush, Hassan Hammieh; Advisor: Prof. M. Al-Hindi

Design of a BWRO Plant; Ahmad Harb, Souheil Kassab, Samir Sarouphim, Hadi Taki; Advisor: Prof. M. Al-Hindi

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Qualitative Investigation of Bubble Coalescence Processes; Abdallah Kebbe, Antoine Chraim, Daniel Farhat, Wael Jurdi; Advisor: Prof. F. Azizi

Outdoor Stair Climbing Wheel Chair; M. Waleed Noaman, Ahmad Hafez, Mohammad Shaaban, Mohammad Abou Merh; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh

Automatic Feeding Machine; Jihad Bou Nasr, Imad El Fay, Julien El Khoury, Hatem Gharzeddine; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh

Sensor Fusion for Real-time Condition Monitoring of Tool Wear in Machining Operations; Hussam Aqil, Karim Sahyoun, Namor Sahyoun, Khalil Skaf; Advisor: Prof. R. Hamade

High-performance Bicycling Respirator for use in Polluted Urban Environments; Carlos Breidy, Teddy Hobeika, Paul Romanos, Mario Zeidan; Advisor: Prof. A. Shihadeh

Design and Build a Cheap X-ray Machine for Remote Areas; Rayan Taleb, Jad Riachi, Ghassan El Tayara, Rami Zebian; Advisor: Prof. G. Oweis

Wind Turbine Stacks for Beirut; Adham Chamseddine, Rani Garzidin, Mahdi Muhsen, Carlos Yunis; Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis

Self Energizing Mechanically Actuated Hydraulic Brake; Emilio El Asmar, Yara Chamaa, Mostafa Shaaban, Mahdi Zahreddine; Advisor: Prof. M. Liermann

Design of a Portable Chair; Abed El Rahman Shaar, Ahmad Farhat, Rayan Awada, Samir Rawas; Advisor: Prof. M. Shehadeh

Submarine; Amer Charbaji, Eyad Ghazal, Ahmad Sankari, Mohammad Soussi; Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis

Fully-Controlled Lung Spirometer; Firas Al Mouallem, Sarah Jaafar, Rita El–Jamal, Haitham Cheaib; Advisor: Prof. M. Nasreddine

Design and Building of a Smart Braille Devise; Youssef Aaraj, Michel Eid, Cesar Moukarzel, Mi-lad Mahfoud; Advisor: Prof. M. Nasreddine

Setting up a Hydraulic Test Bench for Position and Pressure Control Applications and Generate Precise Simulation Model by Measurements; Christopher El Achkar, Sarah Karam, Samer Moussa, Wassim Restom; Advisor: Prof. M. Liermann

The Design of a Mobile Robot for Quality Control of a Pipe after it has been Laid Underground; Jad Hayek, Mohammad Abou Raya, Sevag Babikian; Advisor: Prof. D. Asmar

CFD Modeling of an AC Unit; Wissam Mecherkany, Mohammad Serhal, Claude Tabar; Advisor: Prof. F. Moukalled

Mesoscale Droplet Transport; Firas Al Mouallem, Sarah Jaafar, Rita El –Jamal, Haitham Cheaib; Advisor: Prof. I. Lakkis

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Thermal Comfort of Active People in Transitional Spaces; Ghina Annan, Farid El-Briedi, Adnan Mortada, Adnan El Makdah; Advisor: Prof. N. Ghaddar

Outdoor Thermal Comfort; Ahmad Abbas, Ali Rahal, Jacques Pechdimaljian, Viken Sarkis; Advisor: Prof. K. Ghali

Impact of Hygroscopic Curtains on Humidity; Mazen El-Khoury, Ramzi Hjeily, Emile Jebbawi, Ga-briel Zeinoun; Advisor: Prof. K. Ghali

Local Ventilation of Clothed Human; Carmen Chraim, Hind Hobeika, Tressia Hobeika, Rita Oghassabian; Advisor: Prof. N. Ghaddar

Indoor Air Quality and Noise Study of Bechtel Building Classrooms; Maher Habchi, Melissa Kanaan, Toni Kondakji, Samer Moubarak; Advisor: Prof. A. Shihadeh

graduate theses

thesis completed in 2009-10Graduate students whose master’s thesis were approved by the FEA Graduate Studies Committee, during the academic year 2009-10

student name thesis title advisor

Amer Keblawi

Optimized Online Control Strategy of Chilled Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation System for Energy Savings

N. Ghaddar

Mohamad Kanaan

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Indoor Air Quality and Energy Conservation in Combined Chilled Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation System

N. Ghaddar

Abdelkader Al Saidi

Experimental and Theoretical Study of an Optimized Integrated Solar Desalination and Air-conditioning Unit

N. Ghaddar

theses under supervisionME faculty members are supervising the master’s theses of the following current students who will be submitting proposals in the AY 2010-2011.

student name advisor

Samir Shaker D. Asmar

Sabine El Kahi D. Asmar

Raja Oweis D. Asmar

Bassam Jalgha D. Asmar

Aram Kazandjian D. Asmar

Marc El Helou A. Shihadeh

Sarah Saffieddine A. Shihadeh

Kamar Al Sahmarani A. Shihadeh

Nabil Audah N. Ghaddar

Muhyieddine Jradi N. Ghaddar

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Mohamad Ibrahim N. Ghaddar

Omar Katanani K. Ghali

Riad Sawan K. Ghali

Patrick Kattan K. Ghali

George Mokbel K. Ghali

Mahmoud ElBizri K. Ghali

phd theses under supervision

student name advisor

Ali Ammouri R. Hamade

Amer AbdelAziz F. Moukalled

Nadim Diab I. Lakkis

Alan Makhoul K. Ghali

Lilian Malaeb K. Ghali

awardsProfessor Nesreen Ghaddar was elected as a Fellow to the Lebanese Academy of Science, in November 2009. She is the first AUB faculty member to be elected to this prestigious position.

mechanical engineering distinguished graduate awardRita El Jamal

sakkal renewable energy graduate thesis awardAmer Keblawi received the Sakkal Renewable Energy Graduate Thesis Award for his thesis entitled: Optimized Online Control Strategy of Chilled Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation System for Energy Savings.

abdul hadi debs awardAmer Keblawi also received the Abdul Hadi Debs Award, an endowed award for academic excellence of graduating students, at the graduate level.

penrose awardMostafa Shaaban

farouk w. agha engineering excellence awardImad Al Fay received the Farouk W. Agha Engineering Excellence Award which is awarded to the student ranked first among civil and mechanical engineering students for the AY 2009-10.

dean’s award for creative achievementMostafa Shaaban, Emilio El Asmar, Yara Chamaa, and Mahdi Zahreddine.

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flexible manufacturing systems, November 10, 2009 by Dr. Raed El Khalil

vortex methods for natural convection: handling of nonlinear diffusion, volumetric expansion, and vorticity generation, December 1, 2009 by Prof. Issam Lakkis

characteristics and control of a self-energizing electro-hydraulic brake December 8, 2009 by Prof. Matthias Liermann

novel diagnostics for measuring degradation of materials by wear and corrosion, December 22, 2009 by Prof. Marwan Azzi

mean flow models for wall-injected duct flows, January 4, 2010 by Dr. Tony Saad

the structure of turbulence inside vegetated canopies and its implications for effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on the biosphere, January 11, 2010 by Dr. Gaby Katul

the fluid dynamic behavior of solid-liquid suspensions, January 19, 2010 by Dr. Renzo Di Felice

cfd research at aub, February 2010 by Prof. Marwan Darwish

metals that remember: on the modeling of shape memory alloys and related problems, February 22, 2010 by Dr. Wael Zaki

development of a nanoparticle formulation of paclitaxel, a chemotherapy agent, March 08, 2010 by Dr. Walid Saad

techniques for phase aberration correction in vivo ultrasonic imaging of the human calcaneus bone, March 12, 2010 by Dr. Mohamad Nasreddine

two-dimensional turbulence in magnetically confined plasmas March 16, 2010 by Dr. Ghassan Antar

dynamic modeling, meta-modeling and analysis of mechanical snubbing systems, March 22, 2010 by Dr. Sudhir Kaul

the magic of high-speed machining: a succinct overview, April 12, 2010 by Dr. Asif Iqbal

lubrication of amorphous carbon coatings: superlubricity with alcohols, May 3, 2010 by Dr. Christine Matta

microreactors: design, concept, and application, May 24, 2010 by Dr. Radwan Abdallah

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sumo robot competitionThis year the second Sumo Robot Competition was conducted as part of the MECH 200 course. More that twenty five teams participated in the event over a two weeks period.

gee-whiz car competitionThe Gee-Wizz Micro-Car Contest is an annual event organized by the ME department in which first year engineering students are involved in the design and building of a small DC-motor operated car. The car performance is tested in a four-event contest which includes speed [Speed Demon], traction [Climb that Hill], stability [Obstacles Course], and endurance [Tug of War]. The contest took place inside the AUB main gate at the end of the spring semester.

entropy on stageThe first year chemical engineering students performed a play on entropy as part of their MECH 310 course. The play, explaining the concept of entropy, was developed by a group of students under the supervision of Prof. M. Al-Hindi. Entropy on Stage was performed at the International University Theatre Festival that was held at LAU in July 22-28, 2010.

studentsundergraduate student enrollment1st year 65

2nd year 121

3rd year 114

4th year 85

students graduating in october 2009BE [Major ME] 11

Master’s Degree [Major ME] 1

students graduating in february 2010Bachelor of Engineering [Major ME] 8

Master’s Degree [Major ME] 0

students graduating in june 2010Bachelor of Engineering [Major ME] 71

Master’s Degree [Major ME] 1

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transfer studentstransfer students accepted from outside aub to me and second degreeFall 2009 9

Spring 2010 1

transfer students from within aub to meTotal fall and spring [sophomore and freshmen]

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transfer students from within fea to me Fall 2009-10 2

Spring 2009-10 9

students who transferred from me to other fea majorsFall 2009-10 2

Spring 2009-10 3

graduate student enrollment Summer 2009 9

Fall 2009-10,ME and Applied Energy 20

Spring 2009-10, ME and Applied Energy 23

graduate assistants [ga]Summer 2009 7

Fall 2009-10 15

Spring 2009-10 16

research assistants [ra]Academic year 2009-10 11

In the Student Study Program, thirty-three registered undergraduate ME students were selected under the Specialized Work category for the academic year 2009-10. Their work assignments included clerical work, help in research and lab experiments, developing material for the website and similar tasks. The selection is based on merit and departmental need.

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faculty research professional and activities 171 Journal Articles 172 research proposals

service and committees 174 Program committees academics 175 Graduate students 175 Enrollment 175 Undergraduate students with minors 177 Courses offered program activities 178 Seminars and presentations students 179 GA appointments

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With the end of the 2009-10 academic year, the Engineering Management Program celebrates its 20th anniversary in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture as a multidisciplinary graduate program that has maintained a remarkable degree of success in attracting excellent graduates from various engineering disciplines, architecture, and other fields including mathematics, physics, computer science, and the actuarial sciences. More than 150 applications were received during this past year, contributing to an enrollment figure of above 90 students. The total numbers of students who graduated with master’s degrees under the thesis and non-thesis options were 5 and 38, respectively [a total of 43 students]; and the number of bachelor’s degree students who graduated with a minor in engineering management was 80.

Two new full-time appointments were successfully concluded in the operations research/product development and the construction engineering/project management areas. One vacancy remains open in the information and technology management area, following the departure of Prof. Toufic Mezher, who has recently joined the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the U.A.E.

The program has embarked on a study of one of its long-standing initiatives: to establish a new area of concentration in Construction Law and Financial Management. This effort has been encouraged through consultations with the Office of Development for potential endowment support from construction industry partners. The need for this new area of concentration has also been tested through a survey that was sent to more than a hundred graduates of the program.

—m. asem abdul-malak, Program Coordinator

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professorsMohamad Asem Abdul-Malak, Professor and Coordinator; PhD in Civil Engineering/Construction Engineering, and Project Management; the University of Texas at Austin.

Moueen Salameh, Professor; PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Virginia Tech.

Toufic Mezher, Professor [on Leave]; PhD in Science in Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors; George Washington University.

associate professorWalid Nasrallah, Associate Professor; PhD in Construction Engineering and Management; Stanford University.

assistant professorBacel Maddah, Assistant Professor, PhD in Industrial and System Engineering; Virginia Tech.

visiting assistant professorsIssam Srour, Visiting Assistant Professor; PhD in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, and Project Management; University of Texas at Austin.

Ali Yassine, Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD in Industrial Engineering; Wayne State University.

Samir Traboulsi, Senior Lecturer; PhD in Mechanical Engineering; Beirut Arabic University.Nazem Noueihed, Senior Lecturer; BA/MA Combined Degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics; City University of New York.Nader Ghazal, Lecturer; PhD in Project Management; University of Cincinnati, USA.Akram Tannir, Senior Lecturer; PhD Industrial Engineering and M.S.O.R; Georgia Institute of Technology.Hassan Charif, Lecturer; PhD in Nuclear Engineering; Berkley.Youssef Saad, Instructor; MEM, Information and Organization Management; AUB.Rana El Chemaitely, Instructor; MEM, Information and Organization Management; AUB.Jordan Srour, Lecturer; PhD in Management-Logistics; Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Maya Kouzi

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mezher, t., D. Noamani, m.a. abdul-malak, and b. maddah, “Analyzing Sustainability Knowledge in the Arab World,” accepted for publication in the Sustainable Development Journal, [forthcoming, 2010].

maddah, b., m.k. salameh, and L. Moussawi, “Order Overlapping: A Practical Approach for Preventing Shortages during Screening,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 58: 691–95.

srour, i.m., Chong, O.W., and Zhang, F. [2010] “Beyond Contractors ‘Responsibilities of Contractors’ Recycling Effort: A Case Study to Understand the True Barriers of Building Materials Recycling in Two Different Cities,” accepted for publication, Journal of Sustainable Development.

maddah, b., L. Moussawi, M. El-Taha, and H. Rida*1 [2010], “Dynamic Cruise Ship Revenue Management,” European Journal of Operational Research, 207: 445-455.

maddah, b., M. El-Taha, and R. Abou Tayeh* [2010], “Allocation of Processing Time in a Load Balancing System,” Computers and Operations Research, 37: 2173-181.

maddah, b., L. Moussawi, and M. Y. Jaber [2010], “Lot Sizing with a Markov Production Process and Imperfect Items Scrapped,” International Journal of Production Economics, 124: 340-47.

Viswanathan, M., yassine, a., Clark, J., “Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces: Creating Educational Initiatives in Radically Challenging Contexts,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, Forthcoming. 2010.

yassine, a., “A Model of Design Adaptation in Highly Competitive Markets,” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, forthcoming, 2010. Online version available March 8, 2010.

Browning, T., yassine, a., “A Comprehensive Study of the Resource Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling Problem,” International Journal of Production Economics, 126[2], 2010, 212–28.

Browning, T., yassine, a., “A Test Bank Generator for Resource-Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling Problems,” Journal of Scheduling, 13[2], 2010, 143-61.

Collins, S., Bradley, J.,yassine, a., “Analyzing Product Development Task Networks to Examine Organizational Change,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Forthcoming, 2010. Online version available November 9, 2009.

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yassine, a., Sidhu, I., Bradley, J., “Sustaining and Disruptive Categorization of University-Licensed Technologies: The Impact on Licensee and University Technology Revenue Stream at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,” International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 217-37, 2010.

srour, i.m., Chehab, G.R., Awwad, E., and Chong, O., “The Use of Sustainable Materials and Techniques in the Context of the Lebanese Construction Industry,” 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, June 28-30, 2010, Ancona, Italy.

srour, i.m., and Chehab, G.R. “Recycling Construction Materials in a Developing Country: Four Case Studies,” 2nd International Conference on Engineering Systems Management and its Applications, March 30-April 1, 2010, Sharjah, UAE.

Jablonowski, C., Ettehadtavakkol, A., Ogunyomi, B.A., and srour, i.m., “Incorporating Learning Curves in Probabilistic Well Construction Estimates,” Middle-East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Manama, Bahrain, October 26-28, 2009.

maddah, bacel: On the Interaction between Retail Assortment, Pricing and Inventory Decisions; INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009.

issam srour: Served as guest speaker in Kansas University’s, September 2009 CMGT 500 [Construction Engineering]: “Management of Construction Projects in the Middle East” and ARCE 103 [Intro. to Architectural Engineering]: “Introduction to Construction Engineering and Management”.

research proposals

fea funded research• yassine, ali: Dar Al-Handasah, Outsourcing Trends and Development Methodologies in the Software Industry: the Lebanese Potential, June 2010- June 2012. $40,000. Co-PI: Prof. F. Zaraket.

• bacel maddah: Portfolio Management of Upstream, Offshore, Petroleum Activities with Applications to Lebanon. PI: Bacel Maddah. Co-PIs: Lama Moussawi, Mazen Skaf, and Ali Yassine: Source: Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources. Date: October 2009 - September 2011. Budget: $20,000. urb• srour, issam: Awarded URB seed grant of $7,000. “What Makes a Construction Project Successful in the Middle East,” Feb. 2009-Sept. 2009. Budget: $7000.

• bacel maddah: Inventory Management with Imperfect Quality and Screening. PI: Bacel Maddah. Date: October 2009 - September 2010. Budget: $5,000.

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• srour, issam: Construction Demolition Management in Lebanon: Opportunities and Threats. Co-PI: Profs.: Ghassan Chehab and Mutasem El Fadel, Feb. 2010-Feb. 2012 Budget: 20,000,000 LL.

service and committeesm. a. abdul-malak

• The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management of the American Society of Civil Engineers [1]

moueen salameh • European Journal of Operations Research [1]

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research [1]

• Omega, The International Journal of Management Science [1]

• Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing [1]

• International Journal of Production Economics [1]

• Computers and Industrial Engineering [2]

• International Journal of System Sciences [2]

• International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making [1]

bacel maddah• European Journal of Operational Research [1 article]

• International Journal of Production Economics [2 articles]

• Computers and Industrial Engineering [1 article]

• Quantitative Finance [1 article]

• Undergraduate Research Experience Program in Qatar [1 proposal]

ali yassine• International Journal of Production Economics [1 article]

• Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing [1 article]

• Computers and Industrial Engineering [1 article]

issam srour• Journal of Management Research News, [1 article]

• Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policies [1 article]

m. a. abdul-malak• Local PhD Advisor for Grace Younis, a graduate of the EM program who pursued her PhD degree under the Merit PhD Program at the University of Salford, England. [Dissertation was successfully submitted in March 2010.]

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• Local PhD Advisor for Habib Abou Jawdeh, a graduate of the EM program and a doctoral candidate pursing a PhD degree under the Merit PhD Program at the University of Salford, England. [Interim Assessment successfully passed in May 2010 and expected graduation: Fall 2011.]

moueen salameh• Dohfar University, Oman

• Behrain University College, Behrain

• Ahfad University for Women, Sudan

• Mohammed Al Manaa College of Health Sciences [MACHS], Al Khobar, KSA

• Fahd Bin Sultan National University [FBSU], Tabuk, KSA

service to the program: program committeesFive regular program group meetings were held, during which topics including course offerings, planned curriculum changes, seminar series and invited lectures, and new program initiatives were discussed. Additional three meetings were held by the ad-hoc committee that was formed of Profs. Abdul-Malak and Srour to move forward with the initiative to establish a new area of concentration in construction law and financial management. In addition, two meetings were held by Prof. Abdul-Malak with the Office of Development for the same purpose. Two other meetings were held, by eligible faculty members, to study the applications received for two EM vacancies, which resulted in recommending the regular appointments of visiting professors Ali Yassine and Isam Srour to the positions of associate professor and assistant professor, respectively.

academicsgraduate thesis supervisionm. a. abdul-malak

thesis title student graduation dateDetailed Performance Monitoring Framework for Construction Project Financiers Sorial, Mark Expected Graduation:

June 2011

The 1999 FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: Managing the Period Preceding the Calling for a DAB’s or an Engineer’s Decision

Makarem, Ayman Expected Graduation:December 2010

The Examination of the Relationship between Construction Project Success and Project Management Success

Mariam Nasser Feb. 2010

ali yassinethesis title student graduation dateOptimal Investments Decisions in Product Development Remi Makhlouf Expected graduation:

2011

Multi-Domain DSM Optimization: Simultaneously Optimizing Product, Process and Team Domains

Rawia Chidiac Expected graduation: 2011

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issam srourthesis title student graduation dateRoadmap for the Assessment of Megaprojects: Four Cases from Lebanon Rikaz El-Bsat June 2010

Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a Construction Megaproject: When and How Maysaa Ramadan June 2010

Examination of the Execution of Formal Pre-Project Planning Processes in the Industrial Construction Sector

Samer Samara June 2010

Effective Risk Management from the Perspective of Lebanese Real-Estate Developers – The Case of Beirut Central District

Moustafa Fattal June 2010

Higher Education in Engineering Versus Career Paths Opportunities Amal Bakshan Expected graduation:

October 2010

Effective Construction Demolition Management in Developing Countries Suha Saleh Expected graduation:

June 2011

bacel maddahdissertation/thesis title student graduation dateDissertation: An Integrated Framework for Optimizing Seaport Operations. Nabil Nehme Expected graduation:

June 2012

Thesis: Analysis of Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contracts and Auctions for Lebanon Najat Younes Expected graduation:

October 2010

Thesis: An Integrated Exploration/ Production Model for Upstream Portfolio Management of Hydrocarbon Assets

Imad Melki Expected graduation: June 2011

graduate students enrolledsummer 2009 fall 2009-10 spring 2010

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enrollment in coursessummer 2009 fall 2009-10 spring 2010

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ug students graduating with a minor degree in engineering managementay 2006-07 ay 2007-08 ay 2008-09 ay 2009-10

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student thesis title

Maysaa Ramadan Fast-Tracking the Design Phase of a Construction Mega Project: When and How June 2010

Mariam Nasser Examining the Relationship between Construction Project Success and Project management Success June 2010

Rikaz El Bsat Roadmap for the assessment of megaprojects [RAMP]: four cases from Lebanon June 2010

Mustapha FatalEffective risk management from the perspective of Lebanese real-estate developers – the case of Beirut Central District

May 2010

Samer Samara Investigating the execution of formal pre-project planning processes in the industrial sector June 2010

graduates: non-thesis option

student non-thesis tracks

Adeeb Harb Financial Engineering

Mohamad Aidibi Financial Engineering

Mansour El Ghazzi Financial Engineering

Lama Saab Financial Engineering

Albert Shamieh Financial Engineering

Hussein Tarhini Financial Engineering

Marwan Al Rifai Financial Engineering

Tarek Ghantous Financial Engineering

Nathalie Hitti Financial Engineering

Christian Bassil General

Imad Al Kaisi Information and Organizational Management

Karim Geahchan Information and Organizational Management

Mona Itani Information and Organizational Management

Anouche Kerbabian Information and Organizational Management

Roland Makso Information and Organizational Management

Joy Muallem Information and Organizational Management

Alaa Sukarieh Information and Organizational Management

Elias Karaa Information and Organizational Management

Omar El Sayyed Information and Organizational Management

Marwa Farhat Project and the Built Environment

Zakaria Abbas Project and the Built Environment

Ralph El Hachem Project and the Built Environment

Bassil Abdo Khoury Project and the Built Environment

Tarek Attoui Project and the Built Environment

Ernest Bou Habib Project and the Built Environment

Amjad Chamseddine Project and the Built Environment

Rawad Halawi Project and the Built Environment

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Malak Hamdan Project and the Built Environment

Ziad Kassab Project and the Built Environment

Amer Mehio Project and the Built Environment

Hassan Mohamad Project and the Built Environment

Mario Saab Project and the Built Environment

Youmn El Rawi Project and the Built Environment

Hussein El Hariri Project and the Built Environment

Omar El Moghrabi Project and the Built Environment

Souad Al Sarraf Project and the Built Environment

Noura Soueid Project and the Built Environment

Samer Malaeb Project and the Built Environment

courses offered

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summer 2009

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Nazem Noueihed

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Bacel Maddah

ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics M. A. Abdul-Malak

ENMG 613 Manufacturing Systems and Facilities Planning Akram Tannir

ENMG 625 Financial Engineering II Bacel Maddah

ENMG 637 Logistics, Technologies and Productivity Concepts M. A. Abdul-Malak

fall2009-2010

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Rana El Chemaitely

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Samir Traboulsi

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Nazem Noueihed

ENMG 500 Engineering Management I Moueen Salameh

ENMG 500 Engineering Management I Bacel Maddah

ENMG 500 Engineering Management I Ali Yassine

ENMG 502 Construction Management M. A. Abdul-Malak

CIVE 580 Construction Management [Section 1] M. A. Abdul-Malak

CIVE 580 Construction Management [Section 2] Issam Srour

ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics [sections 1 & 2] Samir Traboulsi

ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics Youssef Saad

ENMG 601 Management Theory Nader Ghazal

ENMG 602 Introduction to Financial Engineering Bacel Maddah

ENMG 615 Industrial Scheduling Akram Tannir

ENMG 623 Stochastic Models and Applications Ali Yassine

ENMG 632 Engineering Project Management M. A. Abdul-Malak

ENMG 651 Decision Support Systems Akram Tannir

ENMG 698 Sp. Topic: Lean Engineering Concepts Issam Srour

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ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Rana El Chemaitely

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy [sections 2 and 3] Samir Traboulsi

ENMG 400 Engineering Economy Nazem Noueihed

ENMG 501 Engineering Management II Bacel Maddah

ENMG 501 Engineering Management II Jordan Srour

ENMG 503 Specifications and Cost Estimation M. A. Abdul-Malak

CIVE 581 Specifications and Cost Estimation M. A. Abdul-Malak

ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics Youssef Saad

ENMG 504 Engineering Ethics Samir Traboulsi

ENMG 603 Probability and Decision Analysis [Online] Walid Nasrallah

ENMG 604 Deterministic Optimization Models Ali Yassine

ENMG 617 Engineering Management Statistics Akram Tannir

ENMG 622 Simulation Bacel Maddah

ENMG 631 Pre-Project Planning and Feasibility Analysis Issam Srour

ENMG 635 Project Deliverance and Contracts M. A. Abdul-Malak

ENMG 653 Knowledge Management Akram Tannir

ENMG 656 Management of Technological Innovations Ali Yassine

ENMG 661 Strategic Management Nader Ghazal

ENMG 698 Sp. Topic: Construction, Equipments, Methods and Safety Hiam Khoury

program activitiesseminars and presentations

date topic guest lecturer

Nov. 6, 2009A Comparison of On-line Optimization and Multi-agent Systems

Dr. Jordan Srour [Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands]

Nov. 20, 2009

Context Aware Information Access and Retrieval for Rapid On-Site Decision Making in Construction, Inspection and Maintenance of Constructed Facilities

Prof. Hiam Khoury [Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, AUB]

Dec. 4, 2009 Behavioral Issues in Dealing with Claims

Dr. Grace Younis [D.G. Jones and Partners]

Dec. 18, 2009 Supply Chain Management Consulting at Webb

Mr. Fadi Hajal [General Manager, Webb]

Jan. 8, 2009Improving Construction Workflow- The Role of Production Planning and Control

Dr. Farook Hamzeh [Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, USA]

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The following were appointed as GAs for the AY 2009-10. The table below shows the terms granted.

ga terms granted

Hassan Mohamad Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Remy Makhlouf Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Khaled Bechara Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Zeina Kabbani Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Mona Itani Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Mansour El Ghazzi Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Rawia Chidiac Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Areej Itani Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Amal Bakshan Su09, Fa09, Sp10

Imad Melki Su09, Fa09

Samer Samara Su09, Fa09

Rawad Halawi Su09, Fa09

Roland Makso Su09, Fa09

Albert Shamieh Su09, Fa09

Anouche Kerbabian Su09, Fa09

Ossama Abbas Su09

Amal Hajjaj Su09

Rikaz El Bsat Su09

Marwan Dagher Fa09, Sp10

Najat Youness Fa09, Sp10

Ayman Makarem Fa09, Sp10

Mohamad Aidibi Fa09, Sp10

Majd Olleik Fa09, Sp10

Rina Kurdahi Fa09, Sp10

Sandra El Hattab Fa09

Raghid Mahfouz Sp10

Nicolas Harmoush Sp10

Ali Charanek Sp10

Ali Zreik Sp10

GA Appointments

students