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Graduate Program
The Construction and Mechancial Engineering Departments
offers a Master of Science in Engineering degree and a Graduate Diploma
in Engineering. These programs are designed to provide graduate students
with a broad global vision of engineering concepts coupled with depth
in an advanced area of specialization including:
- Construction Engineering
- Engineering Design
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
These programs develop the students' skills and knowledge
to cope with current technological developments and latest research outcomes.
Objectives
Graduates of this program are able to:
- Develop a global vision of engineering problems and
their solutions.
- Serve as experts in an area of specialization.
Programs
The Master of Science in Engineering program
requires the successful completion of 33 credit hrs. divided as follows:
- Common courses (9cr.)
Students select 9 cr. out of 12 cr. of courses
of a global nature that help broaden their perspectives in engineering
and provide a solid foundation for their research practice.
- Specialization courses (9 cr.)
Students select 9 credits from a group of specialization
courses offered in one of the following areas. Construction
Engineering Design Environmental Engineering Industrial Engineering
Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electives (6 cr.)
Students select 6 cr. as electives from Engineering
or any related field of interest.
- Seminar (3 cr.)
Students take two Graduate Research Seminar courses
in which they develop their research skills and present their thesis
proposals.
- Thesis (min 6 cr.)
Graduate thesis work is an important part of the
Master's degree program. Each student must submit a thesis that
is approved by a committee including the advisor, members from the
department and external members.
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering program consists
of a course program of 18 cr. hrs. Nine credits at least are selected
from one area of the specialization courses offered in the Master's program.
The other 9 credits may be taken from other graduate level courses in
Engineering or other related field of interest.
Why should you
join AUC for Graduate Study in Engineering?
- Outstanding faculty who have;
- Ph.D.s from leading universities in the U.S.,
Canada, Europe and Egypt.
- Recognized track record in research and scholarship;
- International and local professional engineering
experience and contacts
- One of the best libraries in the Middle East equipped
with state of the art information access technologies.
- Up to date computer facilities with software for
advanced design & computation and analysis.
- Well equipped experimental labs for research.
- AUC provides a quality education from an American
based system entirely in the English language, thus well preparing
students for Ph.D. programs in the west and for global engineering
job opportunities.
- AUC is a non-profit organization and thus offers
Egyptian students reduced tuition.
- Campus is located in the heart of downtown Cairo
with ready access to technology related governmental ministries
and industry as well as the cultural and social life of Egypt's
capital city.
Financial Opportunities
AUC has several opportunities of financial assistance
at the engineering department for outstanding students. Some of
these are:
- Graduate Fellowships
- Merit
- Department
- Laboratory
- Industry supported
These fellowships cover partial or full tuition for students
plus a small stipend and students are expected to assist in the department
and be devoted to complete their Master's degree.
Teaching and Research
Assistantship
Several openings are available for graduate students
to assist in teaching undergraduate students or work on research projects.
Requirements for
Admission
- A candidate for the master's program must have a
B.Sc. degree in Engineering
- An overall GPA of 2.75, “very good” and
a major GPA of 3.0 are required for full admission. Otherwise, students
having minimally a 2.5 undergraduate GPA, “good” or equivalent
may be accepted provisionally or under special status. Provisional
and special status acceptance may be granted for students who have
some deficiency in their undergraduate training but are well- qualified
in other respects: The Department will prescribe prerequisite, non-credit
courses to be completed.
Conctruction Engineering Faculty
- Mohamed Abou Zeid, Associate
Professor (Ph.D. University of Kansas)
- Abdallah Bazaraa, Professor
(Ph.D. Colorado State University)
- A. Samer Ezzeldin, Associate
Professor (Ph.D. Rutgers University)
- Ezzat Fahmy, Professor (Ph.D.,
McMaster University)
- Sherif Farghal, Assistant
Professor (Ph.D. University of Michigan)
- Medhat Haroun, Professor
- Amr Hassanein, Associate
Professor (Ph.D., University of Illinois)
- Safwan Khedr, Professor and
Department Chair (Ph.D., Ohio State University)
- A. Moaty, Associate Professor
- Ahmed Sherif, Associate
Professor (D. Arch., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Edward Smith, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty
- Amr
Abdel Hamid, Professor(Ph.D., Syracuse University)
- Nahed
Abdel Nour, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Ain Shams University)
- Alaa
El Butch, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Helwan)
- Mahmoud
Farag, Professor and Vice Provost (Ph.D., Sheffield University)
- Salah
El-Haggar, Professor (Ph.D., Washington State University)
- Keith
Hekman, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Amin
El-Kharbotly, Professor (Ph.D. Rutgers University)
- Amr
Serag-Eldin, Professor (Ph.D., Imperial College)
- Maher
Younan, Professor (Ph.D., University of Tennessee)
Faculty's Research
- Construction Engineering
- Construction Management and Technology:
Selection and adoption of appropriate construction
technology, quality improvement of construction details and
assembly, resource utilization in construction, financial management
for construction firms and projects, project management and
cost control.
- Structural Engineering:
Behavior and retrofitting of masonry structures,
applications of ferrocement concrete, finite element analysis
of concrete structures, composite steel-concrete structures
- Public Works Engineering:
Silica fume concrete, pavement system and design,
rubber expanded asphalt concrete, durability of air entrained
concrete, soil plasticity. Use of innovative materials
and industrial by-products in construction.
- Design
- Geometric and material non-linear analysis of
components and structures
- modeling and analysis of manufacturing processing
using finite elements
- failure analysis of structures
- dynamic stress analysis and fatigue of structures
- propagation of three dimensional stress waves
- pressure vessels and piping
- robotics
- automatic control
- renewable energy resources.
- Environmental Engineering
- Water quality analysis and modeling
- Innovative and cost-effective treatment technologies
- Waste minimization and recycling, hydraulic analysis
of irrigation and river control systems.
- Industrial Engineering
- CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing CAD/CAM/CAPP)
integration
- Real time control of automatic processes
- Production planning and quality control
- JIT
- Expert systems in solving manufacturing management
problems
- Optimization, simulation and modeling
- Quality assurance and process control
- Plant layout and materials handling
- Work study
- Productivity analysis
- Automation
- Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
- Effect of structure on material behavior
- Superplasticity
- Composite materials
- Machining
- Die design
- Aluminizing of steel
- Casting and solidification of metals
- EDM
Research Facilities
The Engineering Department is well equipped with modern
experimental and computational facilities and laboratories. Some
of these labs cover the areas of soil mechanics, concrete, materials
manufacturing and testing, metallurgical preparation of and microstructure
examination, electro-scanning microscope, vibrations and control, environmental
labs, CAD/CAM, robotics, CNC, thermofluids, Quality Assurance and Process
Control. Most of these labs have the most recent equipment
and software in their fields.
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