Section I: Personal
Nationality: USA - Egypt
Date of Birth: February, 19, 1946 (Egypt)
Marital Status: Married, 3 Children
Languages: English and Arabic
Education
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Ph.D., Eng. Sc., University of Toledo, Ohio, 1976. Dissertation research was conducted at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado, Boulder (1975-76).
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M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1972.
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B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, with Honors, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1966.
Section II: Appointments & Employments
APPOINTMENTS and EMPLOYMENT
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Director of VT-MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Program, April 2005 – Present.
- Director of International Programs, College of Engineering, January 2005 – July 2007.
- Director of International Programs, Office of the Associate Provost for Special Initiatives, 2002-2003.
- In charge of Middle East Programs, VT International Institute for Information Technology, 2000-2002.
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Professor Emeritus, 2016 – Present.
- Professor, August 1988 – December 2015.
- Associate Professor, September 1983 - July 1988.
- Assistant Professor, September 1979 - August 1983.
- Partners for a Competitive Egypt, USAID Project, Cairo, Egypt
- Senior Technical Advisor, May 2002 – May 2003
- National Institute for Standards and Technology, Electromagnetics Division, Boulder, Colorado.
- Electronic Engineer, June 1986 - December 1986. (on leave from Virginia Tech)
- King Saud University, Electrical Eng. Dept., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Associate Professor, September 1984 - August 1985. (on leave from Virginia Tech)
- University of Central Florida, Electrical Eng. Dept., Orlando, Florida
- Assistant Professor, August 1977 - August 1979.
- National Bureau of Standards, Electromagnetics Division, Boulder, Colorado
- Guest Worker, August 1975 - August 1977.
- University of Colorado, Electrical Eng. Dept., Boulder, Colorado
- Research Assistant, August 1975 - December 1976.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, December 1976 - August 1977.
- University of Toledo, Community Technical College, Toledo, Ohio
- Part-time Faculty, March 1973 - June 1975.
- University of Toledo, Electrical Eng. Dept., Toledo, Ohio
- Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, March 1973 - August 1975.
- University of Eindhoven, Holland
- Exchange Research Student, May 1970 - August 1970.
- Cairo University, Physical Sciences Dept., Cairo, Egypt
- Instructor, October 1966 - March 1973.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Worked in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (see Appointments)
- Director of VT-MENA Program, Alexandria, Egypt (50% time of Admin duties in Egypt)
- Worked on USAID project in Egypt (see Appointments)
- Consulted in the US and Egypt (see Consultantships)
- Traveled extensively to conferences in US, Europe, Middle East, and the far East (see Conferences and Reviewing)
- Reviewer for several technical journals and international conferences (see Conferences and Reviewing)
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
At Virginia Tech
- Director of VT-MENA Program, April 2005 – Present
- Director of International Programs, College of Engineering, January 2005 – July 2007.
- Director of Middle East Programs, VT International Institute for Information Technology, towards establishing a VT graduate center in the Middle East. 2002-2003.
- Director of Time Domain & RF Measurement Laboratory, ECE Dept.
Summary of Research and Publications
Graduate Students:
21 MS & 18 PhD Students
PUBLICATIONS
- 1 Text book, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Engineering, Sedki M. Riad and Iman M. Salama, Mc-Graw Hill, ISBN10: 1260457141, 688 pages, 2020.
- 3 Chapters of books, editor of books or proceedings
- 66....... Journal Papers
- 3 Notes and review articles
- 15 Invited papers / presentations
- 182 Conference papers / presentations
- 54 Formal research reports:
Research Projects
Supervised and Participated in over 100 Research Projects.