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This third issue of BUE Research Bulletin continues to bring to light research accomplishments of BUE community. It covers progress over the past ten months. The reader will find among the activities reported here endeavours in a new area. It is BUE innovation and technology transfer, which is now taking the front seat alongside research and teaching in meeting the university strategic objectives. The vibrant research community at BUE has added a significant number of publications, projects and funds during the reporting period, which held the university’s ranking within Egypt steadily at the top of private universities accredited by the Supreme Council of Universities. Research collaborations have extended to many national and international institutes. Several research grants are progressing in collaboration with the industry. These are key ingredients for a successful innovation and technology transfer mission. Two major projects are advancing BUE agenda in this direction; BUE Science & Innovation Park, and Technology, Innovation Commercialisation Office (TICO). Activities under these projects as well as more detailed reporting on the research elements summarised in this issue of the research bulletin can be found at the research portal of BUE website.BUE steady advancement in research and technology transfer would not have been possible without the support, incentives and rewarding offered by the university leadership. BUE community is grateful to Chairman Mohamed Farid Khamis, President Ahmed Hamad, and members of the Board of Trustees and the University Board for their enormous support and encouragement. I am thankful to colleagues who contributed to this issue of the Research Bulletin and to colleagues in BUE Research Administration Office for publishing of the bulletin in this fine form.

Professor Yehia Bahei-El-DinUniversity Vice President for Research & Postgraduate Studies

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Dr. Hany El-Azab, Chemical Engineering, “Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Particles for Catalysis”, LE 50,000, 24 months.Dr. Walid Hussein, Computer Science, “Advanced Image Processing Applications in Industrial Processes”, LE 49,000, 24 months.Dr. Bassam Ayoub, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, “Enhanced LC-MS/MS Determination of Empagliflozin and Metformin in Healthy Egyptian Volunteers Plasma”, LE 25,000, 12 months.Dr. Mahmoud Salama, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, “Design, Synthesis, and Biological Screening of Novel Analogues Targeting Estrogen Receptor-a”, LE 50,000, 24 months.Dr. Hebatallah Wagdy, Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, ”Surface Imprinting of L-Asparaginase”, LE 50,000, 24 months.Dr. Reham El-Kased, Microbiology & Immunology, “Epitope Mapping of Cardiac Troponin I for Early Cardiovascular Disease Prognosis”, LE 50,000, 24 months.Dr. Yasmeen Attia, Pharmacology, “Potential Novel Treatments for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Fibrosis”, LE 50,000, 24 months.

28 Academic Staff, Teaching Assistants and Students received research awards for academic year 2016/17 for a total of EGP 180,000.• Principle Researcher Award

Prof. Ayman Othman (Architectural Engineering).• Early Research Career Award

Dr. Samy Mohamady (Pharmacy).• High Impact Researcher Award

Dr. Bassam Ayoub (Pharmacy).• Best Puplication Award

Prof. Khaled Nagaty, Dr. Ahmed Gawish, and Samiha Marwan (Computer Science), Dr. Amal Kasry (Basic Science), Dr. El-Sayed Salama (Basic Science) and Dr. Reham El-Kased (Pharmacy).

• Best Postgraduate Thesis Award Dr. Dina Kamel (Chemical Engineering), Ahmed Torky (Civil Engineering), Salma Ibrahim (Mechanical Engineering) and Mai Abdel-Mageed (Pharmacy).

• Best Research/Design Graduation Project Award Yasmine Fahmy (Business Administration), Nada Rostom (Economics), Mai Mahmoud (Political Science), Heba El-Saay (Architectural Engineering), Remon Ashraf (Chemical Engineering), Omar El-Meligy (Civil Engineering), Osama Yousef (Electrical Engineering), Sarah Habashy (Mechanical Engineering), Essraa Osama (Petroleum Engineering and Gas Technology), Mohamed Abbas (Computer Science), Magdy Salem (Computer Networks), Khaled Ahmed (Information systems), Mohamed Abdallah (Software Engineering), Fady Sehyoun and Amira Abdel-Latif (Nursing).

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Academic Staff Travel GrantsTeaching Assistants Short Term Research Leave Conference Participation Fund for Teaching AssistantsPostdoctoral Leave

New Research Policies and Incentives

Erasmus+ Agreements for Staff Mobility

Academic Staff Summer Research Leave (2016)

National University of Public Service, HungaryPolitecnico di Bari, ItalyUniversity of Economics in Katowice, Poland

Dr. Hadia Fakhr-El-Din, BAEPS, Baden International Business School, SwitzerlandDr. Mohamed Rashwan, BAEPS, University of South Carolina, USA (Fulbright Post-doctor Scholarship)Prof. Adel Awad, CTP, University of Kentucky, USADr. Sherif El-Gammal, CTP, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), FranceProf. Gamal Nashed, CTP, University of Cape Town, South AfricaProf. Ahmed El-Baz, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, CanadaDr. Reham El-Kased, Pharmacy, Restock University, GermanyDr. Mahmoud Salama, Pharmacy, South Dakota State University, USADr. Hebatallah Wagdy, Pharmacy, Ulm University, Germany (GERSS-DAAD Scholarship)

Collaborations in Effect

Egyptian Institutes International Institutes• Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute• Ministry of Military Production • National Authority for Remote Sensing

& Space Science• National Council for Women• National Institute for Standards• New and Renewable Energy Authority• Oriental Weavers International• Confucius Institute, Suez Canal

University• National Centre for Judicial Studies• International Advocacy Group

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• British Council, Egypt• London South Bank University, UK• Loughborough University, UK• Queen Margret University, UK• North Carolina State University,

Raleigh, NC, USA• Rovira University, Spain• University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV,

USA• Carinthia University of Applied

Sciences, Austria• Hebei GEO University, China

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Samar Abdelmageed, Assistant Lecturer, Business Administration, participated as a Panelist in “Economics-Perceived and Practiced in the Egyptian Context”, Conference of “Introducing Egypt’s Start-ups and the YEEL Network to the German-Egyptian Business Comm-unity”, organized by German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, November 28, 2016.Dr. Rania Miniesy, Associate Professor, Economics, has been appointed as member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Business and Economics Perspectives (IJBEP), published by the Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines starting July 2016.Dr. Rania Miniesy has been selected as an Associate Editor of the AshEse

Journal of Economics published by AshEse Visionary Limited in Woolwich, UK, starting March 2015.May Nagy, Demonstrator, Business Administration, received Best Essay Award from the World Bank and Economic Research Forum, January 2017.Dr. Zeinab Younis, Lecturer, Business Administration, has been selected as a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of International Management Studies (JIMS).Dr. Zeinab Younis serverd as a reviewer for a book published by the Institute of Higher Learning Education (LIHE), Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2016.

News from Faculty of Business Administration, Economics andPolitical Science

News from Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP)Dr. Amr El-Zant, CTP Director, is collaborating in research with Observatoire de Paris and Institut D’astrophysiquede Paris, France in studying “Understanding the density distribution of galaxies and their surrounding dark matter 'haloes’. This collaboration has been active since June 2013.Dr. Amr El-Zant is collaborating in research with Dr. Justin Read of Uni-

versity of Surrey, UK in studying the analysis of high resolution simulations of driven gas flows in galaxies in order to determine the nature of its coupling to dark matter.Prof. Gamal Nashed is collaborating with Cape Town University, South Africa since 2013; Fukushima University, Japan since 2016 and Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli, Italy starting 2017.

News from Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Sara Abdelsalam, Lecturer, Basic Science, has been appointed as an Editor in of SCIREA Journal of Mathematics, February 2017.Dr. Sara Abdelsalam is collaborating with Prof. John Brady and Prof. Kambiz Vafai in California Institute of

Technology, USA, starting June 2016.Dr. Hany Bastawrous, Lecturer, Electrical Engineering, is collaborating in research with the University of Wollongong, Australia, since September 2014 and University of Nagoya, Japan, since January 2016 .

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Prof. Kamal Hassan, Basic Science, chaired a session in the 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII), organized by KSCM and KSME, South Korea between 24th and 29th July 2016.Dr. Amal Kasry, Lecturer, Basic Science, received "Travel Stipend Max Planck Symposium for Alumni and Early Career Researchers” from the Max Planck Society, Germany, July 2016.Dr. Amal Kasry has been appointed as member of the Editorial Board of DAAD Selection Committee, since August 2016.Dr. Amal Kasry is collaborating in research with the Head of the Computer Molecular Modeling Sector Dr. Phys.-Math. Kholmirzo T. Kholmurodov, in Russia, since October 2016.Dr. Amal Kasry was invited speaker in the 7th International Conference on Optical Spectroscopy, Laser & their Applications, organized by National Research Center, Egypt, October 2016.Dr. Amal Kasry is appointed as a visit-ing academic at Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), Monash University, Australia, from June to September 2017.Dr. Laila Khodir, Lecturer, Architectural Engineering, has been appointed as a reviewer of the Editorial Board of Ain Shams Engineering Journal (AEJ) published by Elsevier, in 2016-2017.

Dr. Laila Khodir was a Keynote Speaker at the Global Congress of Knowledge Economy (GCKE 2017), in Qingdao, China, organized by Global Congress of Knowledge Economy 2017, September 2017.Dr. Gehan Nagy, Associate Professor, Arc-hitectural Engineering, has been appointed as member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Built Environment Studies and Technologies (IJBEST).Dr. Gehan Nagy served as a Coordinator for the Smart Heritage special session in the International Conference on Sustainable Vital Technologies in Engineering and Informatics, BUEACE1, Cairo, Egypt. Nov-ember 2016, Dr. Gehan Nagy is a member of the Review Committee in the upcoming Memaryat Conference, Effat University, KSA, April 2017.Dr. Gehan Nagy is collaborating with Cardiff Metropolitan University and the University of East London, UK.Prof. Shahir Sadek, Vice Dean for Research, chaired a session at the 20th International Conference on Petroleum, Mineral Re-sources and Development, organized by the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo-Egypt, February 2017.Remon Sabry, Demonstrator, Chemical Engineering, received Shield of Excellence from the Military Technical College, July 2016.

Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud, Computer Science, is the Publicity and Finance Chair at the International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA 2017), Dubai-UAE on September, 2017. Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud received Inter-national Engineering Educator Honoris Causa (ING. PAED. IGIP h.c) award from International Society for Engineering

Education, Belfast-UK, September 2016.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud is invited as a Keynote Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Applications (ICKEA 2017), in Imperial College London, UK, October 2017.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud is the Middle East Co-Chair of the International Conference

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on Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2017), Coimbra, Portugal, June 2017.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud is a member of the programme committee of the Tenth Annual International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace (ICELW 2017), New York-USA.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud is the International Chair (Africa) and a senior programme committee member at the 20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and the 46th IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy (ICL 2017), Budapest, Hungary, September 2017.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud was the

International Chair (Africa) of the 10th International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL2016), San Diego, CA, USA, October 2016, .Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud is collaborating in research and Ph.D supervision with the Faculty of Electrotechnic and Informatics, Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany; the Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany; Ulster University, UK and the Centre of Competence in Online Laboratories and Open Learning, Carinthia Tech Institute, University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria.

News from Faculty of PharmacyDr. Reham El-Kased, Lecturer, Microbiology & Immunology, is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical & Biological Research, May 2016.Dr. Reham El-Kased is collaborating in research in Proteome Center, Rostock University, Germany, July - August 2016.Dr. Reham El-Kased is a referee for papers submitted to the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2017), Guangzhou, China, October 2017.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar, Dean of Pharmacy, received “One of the Leaders of the Profession of Pharmacy” award from the El Monofeya Pharmacy Syndicate, October, 2016.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar was an organizer and Chair at the 56th Conference of Egyptian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ESPET), organized by BUE with ESPET, held at BUE, Cairo, January 2017.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar received “One of the Leaders of the Profession of Pharmacy

and One of the Alumni of El Masaaey El Mashkora School” award, January 2017.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar was in the organizing committee and chaired a session at the “9th Breast – Gynecological & Immunology International Cancer Conference (BGICC)”, organized by Arab Organizers for Conference Management, Cairo, Egypt, January 2017.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar is board member in the National Organization for Drug Control & Research (NODCAR), Ministry of Health and Population.Prof. Mohey El-Mazar is board member in the Nile Company for Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Abdullah Gibriel, Lecturer, Biochemistry, received an Appreciation Award and a Trophy from the Egyptian National Committee for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), held at BUE November 2016.Dr. Abdullah Gibriel was a Keynote Speaker and Conference Chair at Novel Disease Markers organized by Egyptian National Committee for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Academy of Scientific Research &

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Technology (ASRT), held at BUE, November 2016.Dr. Abdullah Gibriel is collaborating with Prof. Saber Masmoudi at the University of Sfax, Tunisia.Dr. Shereen Hassib, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, is collaborating with Prof. Shaker Mousa (CO-PI) of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, USA, in YIRG project ”Enhanced LC-MS/MS Determination of Empagliflozin and Metformin in Healthy Egyptian Volunteers Plasma”, starting October 2016. Dr. Shereen Hassib is appointed as reviewer in the AOAC International Journal, published

by AOAC international, starting January 2017.Dr. Shereen Hassib is appointed as reviewer in the Bulletin of Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, published by Elsevier, September 2016. Dr. Hebatallah Wagdy, Lecturer, Pharm-aceutical Analytical Chemistry, received Best Poster Award from the Ninth Inter-national Symposium on New Trends in Chemistry “Analytical for Better Life”, Cairo, Egypt, January 2017.Dr. Hebatallah Wagdy is collaborating with Ulm University, Germany, starting January 2016.

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Dr. Nagwa A. Soliman, English Department, “Elements of Fiction and their Interplay in Critical Literary Analysis”, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-330-01066-6.

AlShaymaa Arafa, Business Administration, “Specific Domain Search Engine Using Association Rules and Frequency”, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-94855-8, ISBN-10: 3659948551.Samar Abdelmageed, Business Administration, “A Study on the Business Environment of MSMEs in Egypt”, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-89167-0, ISBN-10: 3659891673.

Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din and Prof. Maguid Hassan, Editors of the book "Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Systems: Selected Contributions from the International Conference on Sustainable Vital Technologies in Engineering and Informatics, BUE ACE1 2016, 7-9 November 2016, Cairo, Egypt", Springer 2016, ISBN-13: 978-3-319-48725-0, ISBN-10: 3319487248.Prof. Khaled Dewidar and Dr. Gehan Nagy, Architectural Engineering, Editors of the book “Heritage Building Information Modelling”, Taylor & Francis, and contains research articles covering collaboration under the British Council Newton-Musharafa Researcher Links Workshops, which include BUE, the University of West England, Bristol, Salford University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Cairo University, February 20, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1-138-64568-4, ISBN-10: 1138645680.Marianne Nabil, Architectural Engineering, “Coptic Orthodox Art and Architecture; Development and Design of Church”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-57319-4, ISBN-10: 3659573191.Prof. Moustafa Soliman, Chemical Engineering, “Rational Approximation for BratuType Equations of Solid and Hollow Geometries", Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-3330034754, ISBN-10: 3330034750.

Books by Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Books by Faculty of Business Administration, Economics

Book Chapters by Faculty of Business Administration, Economics

Books by Faculty of Engineering

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and Political ScienceDr. Zeinab Younis, Business Administration, “Multiple Tools for Innovative Inter-dependent Learning Techniques in Higher Education to Foster Employability Skills” in “Innovative Teaching and learning in Higher Education”, edited by Branch, A. Horsted, S. Hayes & C. Nygaard. 2016, Libri publishing Ltd.

Dr. Laila Khodir, Architectural Engineering, “Green BIM in Heritage Building: Integrating Building Energy Models (BEM) with Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Sustainable Retrofit on Heritage Buildings” in “Heritage Building Information Modelling”, edited

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Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud, Computer Science, contributed three chapters “Developing an Android Mobile Bluetooth Chat Messenger as an Interactive and Collaborative Learning Aid”, “Studying Security of Data in Cloud Computing through Cryptographic Approach” and “Towards Formally Prioritizing the Activities of Group Course Work Inside Student Teams” in “Interactive Collaborative Learning, volume 545 of the Series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing”, edited by Michael E. Auer, David Guralnick and James Uhomoibhi, published by Springer International Publishing, 2017.Prof. Samir Abou El-Seoud, “A Cognitive and Augmentative Communication System for Special Needs Education” in Challenges Surrounding the Education of Children with Chronic Diseases“, 2016, edited by Maria Gordon, University of Ottawa, Canada, published by Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global.

Book Chapters by Faculty of Informatics and Computer Science

by Yusuf Arayici, John Counsell, Lamine Mahdjoubi, Gehan Ahmed Nagy, Soheir Hawas, Khaled Dweidar, Springer 2017.Dr. Gehan Nagy, Architectural Engineering, "Participatory Sensing for Community Engagement with HBIM" in “Heritage Building Information Modelling”, edited by Yusuf Arayici, John Counsell, Lamine Mahdjoubi, Gehan Ahmed Nagy, Soheir Hawas, Khaled Dweidar, Springer 2017.Dr. Gehan Nagy, "Between Tangible and Intangible: Smart Reading for Smart Heritage" Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Systems; Selected Contributions from the International Conference on Sustainable Vital Technologies in Engineering and Informatics, BUE ACE1 2016, 7-9 November 2016, Cairo, Egypt", edited by Yehia Bahei-El-Din and Maguid Hassan, Springer 2016.

Inauguration of Mostafa El-Sayed Nanotechnology Research Centre

Signing MoU with Confucius Institute, Suez Canal University

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Recent University Research Events

Upcoming University Research Events

Inauguration of Mostafa El-Sayed Nanotechnology Research Centre at BUE, September 4, 2016, during the visit of Professor Mostafa EL-Sayed of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. The centre will be hosted in the Science & Innovation Park, and furnished with state-of-the-art equipment.Visit of Finland Government and Business Delegation to BUE, September 28, 2016. A government and business delegation visited BUE to discuss potential areas of cooperation in the fields of higher education, research and business development. 6th Egyptian School on High Energy Physics, 3-8 December 2016, organized by CTP, co-sponsored by BUE, the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN).First BUE Annual Conference and Exhibition, November 7-9, 2016.Board of Trustees Research Forum, December 10, 2016, to outline BUE research strategic objectives and achievements in scientific research, innovation and technology transfer and discuss with BoT members. From Innovation to Commercialization Workshop, February 1-2, 2017, co-sponsored by BUE and National Council for Women.

Sustaing Built Heritage, Feb 23-25, 2017, Luxor.Signing Memorandum of Understanding between Confucius Institute, Suez Canal University and Continuing Education Centre (CEC), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the British University in Egypt, March 20, 2017.BUE Innovate, March 12, 2017, in celebration of the inauguration of the Technology Innovation Commercialisation Office (TICO) and BUE Science and Innovation Park.The First Arab Forum, Integration Systems for Creativity and Innovation Management and its Impact on Economic Development (Agricultural Sector and Food Industries), April 3-5, 2017, in collaboration with Arab Administrative Development Organization (League of Arab States) and National Council for Women.Small Wind Energy Made in Egypt, April 5, 2017, organized by BUE Centre for Advanced Materials, JW Marriott, Cairo.Nanotechnology Global Chemical Code of Ethics, Safety and Security Workshop, April 11, 2017, organised by Mostafa El-Sayed Nanotechnology Research Centre, BUE, in collaboration with the American Chemical Society.

BUE 3rd Research Forum, April 27, 2017.First Annual Conference of the Electricity and Energy Research Council, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, May 7, 2017.

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BUE ACE1 2016 - 1st BUE Annual Conference and Exhibition

In the first of its international conference series, the British University in Egypt organised the First Annual Conference & Exhibition under the theme of Sustainable Vital Technologies in Engineering & Informatics on 7-9 November 2016. The conference opening ceremony and a Renewable Energy Exhibition were held at the Fairmont Towers, Heliopolis with close to two hundred participants. The conference opening panel included Dr. Mohamed El-Assar, Minister of Military Production, Mr. Mohamed Farid Khamis, BUE Chairman of the Board, Prof. Ahmed Hamad, BUE President, Prof. Mohamed Salah El-Sobki, Chairman of the New and Renewable Energy Authority, and Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din, BUE Vice President for Research and Postgraduate Studies.

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The conference programme included speakers from Egyptian Universities and Research Centres, as well as speakers from Belgium, Greece, Nigeria, South Africa, UK, and USA. The renewable energy exhibition included 20 companies in solar and wind energy, BUE funded projects, and BUE student projects. Majority of the conference papers were published online at BUE website, while a selected number of papers appeared in a special book by Springer International Publishing, entitle Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Systems, which is co-edited by Vice President, Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din and Dean of Engineering, Prof. Maguid Hassan. Another group of selected papers is published in special issues of International Journal of Engineering and Science (iJES) and International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) with Guest Editor Prof. Smair Abou El-Seoud, Informatics and Computer Science.

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SBH 2017 - Sustaining Built Heritage 2O17, Luxor

SBH 2017 Workshop was co-ordinated by Dr. Gehan Nagy, Associate Professor, the British University in Egypt along with John Counsell, Head of the Master Studies in Cardiff Metropolitan University and Prof. Ebad Banissi, Head of Big Data & Informatics Research Group, London South Bank University, UK. The workshop aimed at starting a virtuous circle of practitioner engagement, research informed decision making based on a large automated data set, applying the Internet of Things (IOT), Crowd Sourced, Open and Big Data with analytics and visualization to the field of Heritage and its sustainability, informing key decision makers and the public.The workshop is co-sponserd by the British Council, STDF and Newton Mesharafa Researcher Links-Workshops and was attended by 45 participants from wide range of universities and establishments from Egypt and UK.His Excellency Governor of Luxor met with workshop organisers and mentors and was very interested in learning the purpose and aim of the workshop. News coverage for the workshop can be found in ‘Al Ahram’ newspaper in the issue of the 1st of March, 2017.

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BUE Innovate 2017 - Technology Innovation Commercialisation Office (TICO)In his first official visit to a private uni-versity since taking office last month, Professor Khaled Abdel-Ghafar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research visited BUE on Sunday, March 12 for a special event dedicated to innovation and commercializations. The event is in celebration of the inauguration of the Technology Innovation Commercialisation Office (TICO) and BUE Science and Inn-ovation Park under the supervision of Professor Yehia Bahei-El-Din, Vice President for Research and Post Graduate Studies at the BUE.BUE Innovate is the first event organised by TICO among a series of events, which aim at closing the innovation cycle by linking research with industrial needs, and promoting and raising awareness of innovation and entrepreneurial culture within BUE community in general, and among students in particular. Additionally, such events aim at highlighting the importance of innovation in shaping the future of our country, and shining light on successful role models, both Egyptians and others who have helped in reshaping the world through their innovations.The event was attended by many dig-nitaries; Prof. Mahmoud Sakr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, the Sponsor of BUE TICO, Mr. Song Aiguo, China’s Ambassador to Egypt, Engineer Tarek El-Nabarawy, Head of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate, Mr. Mohamed Farid Khamis, BUE Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor Ahmed Hamad, President of the University and Professor Yehia Bahei-El-Din, Vice President for Research and Postgraduate Studies. Deans, Vice Deans Dr. Hatem Zaghloul, an Egyptian-Canadian entrepreneur, renowned for technologies which supported WiFi and 3G technologies and a large crowd from BUE staff and students were also on hand for the event.

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Dr. Sherif El-Gammal, Centre for Theoretical Physics: h-index=53Prof. Mohey El-Mazar, Dean of Pharmacy: 20Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din, Vice President for Research & Postgraduate Studies: 18Prof. Nabil El-Tayeb, Mechanical Engineering: 18Prof. Gamal Nashed, Centre for Theoretical Physics: 16Prof. Adel Awad, Centre for Theoretical Physics: 14Prof. Mostafa Ali Soliman, Chemical Engineering: 13Dr. Mamdouh Gadalla, Chemical Engineering: 13Prof. Amer El-Korashy, Basic Science, Physics: 12Dr. Tamer El-Idreesy, Chemical Engineering: 11Dr. Amr El-Zant, Centre for Theoretical Physics: 10Dr. Bassam Ayoub, Faculty of Pharmacy: 10

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Amount of Fund / EGP

Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator(s)Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-DinProf. Yehia Bahei-El-Din Dr. Amr Abdel-Kader Dr. Mostafa Shazly Dr. Ahmed SalehProf. Yehia Bahei-El-Din Dr. Amr Abdel-Kader Dr. Mostafa Shazly Dr. Tarek HatemDr. Amr Abdel-Kader Prof. Hani GhaliProf. Ahmed Hamad Prof. Omar Karam Prof. Osman Ibrahim Prof. Samy GhoniemyProf. Amer El-KorashyDr. Tarek HatemProf. Khaled Dewidar Dr. Gehan NagyProf. Yehia Bahei-El-Din Dr. TareK HatemDr. Mostafa ShazlyDr. Maha GhalwashDr. Gehan NagyProf. Gamal Nashed Dr. Sherif El-Gammal Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Azim Dr. Sherif Abdel-Salam Dr. Samar Sheweka Dr. Ann Nosseir Dr. Amr El-Zant Dr. Sayed Akl Dr. Pauline Ghenghesh Dr. Reham El-Kased

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Grants Awarded by Science & Technology Development Fund (STDF)

Dr. Amr Abdel-Kader, Mechanical Engineering, EGP 1,684,200, "Designing and Local Manufacturing of High Speed Single Stage Centrifugal High Pressure Pump For SWRO."Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din (PI), Vice President (Research & Postgraduate Studies) and Dr. Tarek Hatem (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering, EGP 700,000, "Technology Innovation and Commercialization Office" (TICO).Prof. Yehia Bahei-El-Din (PI), Dr. Amr Abdel-Kader, Dr. Mostafa Shazly and Dr. Ahmed Saleh (Co-PIs), Centre for Advanced Materials, EGP 9,954,383,

"National Knowledge and Technology Alliance in Renewable Energy for Egypt's Sustainable Development."Prof. Ahmed Hamad (PI), BUE President, Prof. Omar Karam, Prof. Osman Ibrahim and Prof. Samy Ghoniemy (Co-PIs), Faculty of Informatics & Computer Science, EGP 1,500,000, "Design and Production of a Device of Assessing and Enhancing Personal Innovation Capabilities in Different Fields."Dr. Tarek Hatem, Centre for Simulation Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, EGP 1,000,000, "Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steel."

Dr. Ahmed AbdelAzim (PI), and Prof. Iman El-Mahallawi (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering, EGP 159,600, "Basic & Applied Fabricating and Testing of Thermoelectric Si-nanowires".

Dr. Maha Ghalwash, Polaitical Science, EGP 457,671 "Sounds from Threatened Suburb: Developing a People's History of Heliopolis as a Route to a Sustainable Urban Future."

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Grants Awarded by Science and Tech-

nology Development Fund (STDF)

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Dr. Sherif Abdel-Salam, Civil Engineering, EGP 10,000, "Researcher Connect Professional Development Workshops."Dr. Reham El-Kased, Microbiology and Imm-unology, EGP 8,000, "Researcher Connect Professional Development Workshops."Prof. Hani Ghali, Electrical Engineering, EGP 1,118,725 "Enhancement of Photovoltaic and Wind Turbine Performance for High Temperature and Low Speed Environments."Dr. Gehan Nagy, Architectural Engineering, EGP 364,338 "Sustaining Built Heritage (Internet of Things, Remote Sensed, and Big Data-Visual Analytics of Built Cultural Heritage for Quality of Life, Social Welfare and Economic Impact (Researcher Links Workshops)."

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33Projects

Total Funds

Value of 19 Projects Sponsored by 5 Egyptian Agencies

Value of 12 Projects Sponsored by 3 Joint Egyptian/International Agreements

Value of 2 Projects Sponsored by 2 International Agencies

Since 2005

Egypt / International / Bilateral

64% Egyptian Sponsors

27% Bilateral Sponsorship

9% International Sponsors

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EVENTS

RESEARCH BULLETIN

This booklet is published by BUE Research Administration Office.

Edited by Dr. Gehan Nagy, Dr. Reham Rizk, Mrs. Hoda Hosni

and Ms. Aya Sameer.

Designed by Eman Farouk Hassan.

©BUE April 2017

About the front cover:

The British University in Egypt

Issued by the University Research Administration Office Volume 3, April 2017

Painting Depicting "Galileo Demonstrating the New Astronomical Theories at the University of Padua", by Félix Parra, 1873. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), known as "the Father of Modern Physics", was an Italian polymath, physicist, astronomer, engineer, mathematician and philosopher. He invented an improved telescope that allowed him observe and describe the phases of Venus, the rings of Saturn, sunspots, moons of Jupiter, and the rugged lunar surface. Due to his controversial championing for heliocentrism and copernicanism, he was forced by religious authorities to remain under house arrest for the rest of his life. During that time, he wrote one of his most famous books "Two New Sciences" on kinematics and strength of materials.