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Faculty

Project Directors

Dr. Sedki Riad
US-Based Project Director
Professor of Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering, Virginia Tech

459 Durham Hall - 0111
Blacksburg, VA, 24061

vtmena@vt.edu
Dr. Yasser Hanafy
Ph.D. 1995, Duke, USA
MENA-Resident Project Director
Dean, College of Computing

Arab Academy for Science and Technology

P.O. Box 1029

Abou Qir, Alexandria, Egypt

yhanafy@vt.edu

 

VT Management Oversight Committee

Name

Representing

Jim Thorp 

ECE Dept.

Bill Tranter

ECE Dept.

Dennis Kafura

CS Dept.

Glenda Scales

College of Engineering

Roger Avery

Grad School

Tom Wilkinson

IDDL, Office of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

S.K. DeDatta

Office of Vice Provost for Outreach & Int?l Affairs

Hassan Aref

College of Engineering

Hudnal Croasdale

Office of Vice President for Info. Technology

 

Graduate Committee Chairs

ECE Dept
Dr. William Tranter
Bradley Professor of Electrical Eng
.

Dept of Electrical and Computer Eng.
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061-0111

btranter@vt.edu

CS Dept
Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Blacksburg, VA 24061
naren@cs.vt.edu

 

MENA-Based Adjunct Faculty

 

Dr. M. Waleed Fakhr
fakhr@vt.edu
Ph.D. 1993, Waterloo, Canada

Fall 05-ECE 5620

Dr. Ayman Abdel-Hamid
hamid@vt.edu
Ph.D. 2003, Old Dominion, USA

Fall 05-CS 5704
Spring 06 - CS 4254 Bbg
Spring 06 - CS 5984 Bbg

Dr. Tamir Hegazy
thegazy@vt.edu
Ph.D. 2004, Georgia Tech, USA

Spring 06 - ECE/CS 5504 MENA

 Dr. Ibrahim Imam
imam@vt.edu
Ph.D. 1995, George Mason, USA

Fall 05 - CS 4804 Bbg
Fall 05 - CS 5804 Bbg
Spring 06 - CS 5804 MENA

Dr. Ossama Ismail
ossama@aast.edu 
Ph.D. 1994, Queen's, Canada

Spring 06

Dr. Mohamed Khedr
khedr@vt.edu
Ph.D. 2004, Ottawa, Canada

Fall 05 - ECE 5605 Bbg
Fall 05 - ECE 5984 Bbg
Spring 06 - ECE 5654 MENA

Dr. Mohab Mangoud
mohab@vt.edu
Ph.D. 2001, Bradford, UK

Spring 06 - ECE 4624 Bbg
Spring 06 - ECE 5984 Bbg

Dr. Mohamad Abou El-Nasr
mnasr@vt.edu
Ph.D. 2003, Georgia Tech, USA

Fall 05 - ECE 4500 Bbg
Fall 05 - ECE 5984 Bbg
Spring 06 - ECE 4500 Bbg
Spring 06 - ECE 5604 MENA

       

 

US-Based Faculty Traveling to MENA

 

Dr. Allen MacKenzie

Assistant Professor, ECE Dept

Fall 05 - ECE 5605
Fall 05 - ECE/CS 5565
Dr. Lynn Abbott

Associate Professor, ECE Dept

Spring 06 - ECE 5524
Spring 06 - ECE 5554
Dr. Scott McCrickard

Assistant Professor, CS Dept

Fall 06 - ECE 5714
Fall 06 - ECE 5764
Dr. Mohamed Eltoweissy

Associate Professor, ECE Dept

Fall 06 - CS/ECE 5565
Fall 06 - ECE 5560

       
       

 

US-Based Faculty Teaching MENA by Video Conference

 

Dr. Dennis Kafura

Professor, CS Dept

Fall 05 - CS 5204
Dr. Tim Pratt

Professor, ECE Dept

Fall 05 - ECE 5655
Dr. Bill Tranter

Professor, ECE Dept

Spring 06 - ECE 5664
Dr. Dennis Gracanin

Assistant Professor, CS Dept

Spring 06 - CS 5314
Dr. JoAnn Paul

Associate Professor, ECE Dept

Fall 06 - ECE 5514
Dr. Jeff Reed

Professor, ECE Dept

Fall 06 - ECE 5674
Dr. Bill Davis

Professor, ECE Dept

Fall - ECE 5105