Section IV: Honors, Fellowships & Professional Societies Memberships
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS
- Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE. January 1992, Citation: "For contributions to time-domain measurements through physical modeling of sampling devices, simulation, and deconvolution."
- Appointed a U. S. Academy-Research Council Representative (U.S. Delegate) to the URSI General Assemblies:
- URSI-GA-XXVII, Istanbul, Turkey, August/September 2011.
- URSI-GA-XXVII, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August/September 2002.
- URSI-GA-XXVI, Ontario, Canada, August/September 1999.
- URSI-GA-XXIV, Kyoto, Japan, August/September 1993.
- URSI-GA-XXIII, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August/September 1990.
- URSI-GA-XXI, Florence, Italy, August 1984.
- Best Paper Award, “Plastic Package Modeling and Characterization at RF/Microwave Frequencies,” S.M. Riad, W. Su, I Salama, and A. Elshabini-Riad, presented in Third International Symposium and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging Materials, Processes, Properties, and Interfaces, Atlanta, Georgia, March 9-12, 1997. The Conference is sponsored by IMAPS & IEEE/CPMT Societies.
- Best Paper Award for an Outstanding Technical Paper, ISHM '82 Conference, Reno, Nevada, November 1982.
- Outstanding Young Men of America, 1979, 1981.
- Appointed the Engineer-of-the-year, Student Chapter of the Orlando Section of IEEE, 1979.
- B. Sc. E. E. with Honors, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, July 1966.
- Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Academic Years 1962-63, 1964-65, and 1965-66.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/ORGANIZATIONS
- Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE:
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE. Citation: "For contributions to time-domain measurements through physical modeling of sampling devices, simulation, and deconvolution."
- Member, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
- Member, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.
- Member, IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society.
- Past Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
- Past Chairman, Student Activity Committee, IEEE VA Mountain Section, 1980-81.
- Past Vice Chairman, IEEE Virginia Mountain Section, 1987-88.
- Past Chairman, IEEE Virginia Mountain Section, 1988-89.
- Past Chairman, Nomination Committee, IEEE Virginia Mountain Section, 1989-90.
- Past Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Virginia Mountain Section, 1989-90
- URSI, The International Union of Radio Science:
- Member, U.S. National Committee of URSI, Commission A.
- Member, U.S. National Committee of URSI, Commission D.
- Member, International Intercommission Working Group on Time Domain Waveform Measurement (IWG-TDWM); a subcommittee of URSI.
- Past Chairman, Technical Activities, Commission A, U.S. National Committee of URSI.
- Past Interim Vice Chair, U.S. National Committee of URSI, Commission A,
- Past Chairman, Commission A, U.S. National Committee of URSI (Term ended 1996).
- Past Vice Chairman, U.S. National Committee of URSI, Commission A.
- Past Chairman, Technical Activities, Commission A, U.S. National Committee of URSI.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, several URSI meetings.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, URSI 1994, Boulder, CO, October 1994.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, several APS-URSI meetings.
- Member, U.S. Delegation to several General Assembly of URSI.
- Member at Large, Membership Committee, Commission A, URSI, 1986-1987.
- Appointed as the representative of URSI-Commission A to the APS-URSI conference, Blacksburg, VA, June 1987.
- Chairman, Membership Committee, Commission A, URSI, 1987-present.
- Member, U.S. Delegate, 23rd URSI General Assembly, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1990.
- Appointed as the technical committee representative of URSI-Commission A to the APS-URSI conference, Chicago, IL, June 1992.
- Appointed as the technical committee representative of URSI-Commission A to the APS-URSI conference, Ann-Arbor, MI, June 1993.
- Member, U.S. Delegate, 24th URSI General Assembly, Kyoto, Japan, 1993.
- Professional Engineering:
- Registered Professional Engineer - P.E. 7353/2, Egypt. (since 1966)
- Registered Professional Engineer - P.E. 26498, State of Florida. (since 1978)
- Past Member, ARFTG, Automatic RF Techniques Group.
- Past Member, International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics, (ISHM).
- Past Member, ASM, American Society for Materials.
CIVIC APPOINTMENTS, CIVIC CLUB MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER POSTS
- Invited Speaker to several Rotary and Lion’s Club meetings in the US.
- Invited Speaker to several Civic Seminars and Panel discussions in the US.
- Invited Speaker to several TV shows in both US and Egypt.
- Invited Speaker by numerous US Churches to make presentations to their assemblies.
- Taught several short courses at the YMCA Open University in USA.
- Member of several Arab and Muslim American organizations in the US.
- Past Faculty Advisor, Egyptian Student Association at Virginia Tech, USA
- Past Faculty Advisor, Muslim Volunteers Association at Virginia Tech, USA
- Faculty Advisor, Islamic Student Assembly at Virginia Tech, USA
- Director and Founder of the Islamic Center of Blacksburg, Blacksburg, VA, USA
- Active in Da’wa activities since 1979 in Blacksburg, VA
- Coordinated several Islamic activities and events in the area including Virginia Tech
- Invited several Islamic scholars for da’wa purposes for Muslims and non-Muslims
- Active in church “da’wa” visits for over 28 years as well as visits to religious groups, schools, and universities in the area.
- Represented the Muslim community in TV and media talks and editorials.
- Gave several workshops and lectures about Islam to the non-Muslims in the area.
- Published several articles on internet and newspapers.
- Directed the local weekend Islamic school for over 8 years.
- Taught the “Conversational Arabic” class for faculty and staff, coordinated by the Foreign Language and Literature department.
- Several Invited presentations, speaking engagements, and panel discussions on Islam, VT Campus, Radford U. Campus, Radio and TV stations.
- Organized and participated in the presentation of the “Understanding Islam” seminar, VT Squires Student Center, attended by over 300 students and faculty, October 2001.
- Authored and delivered “Islam: the Faith and Way of Life,” Short Course (6 hrs), offered by VT-YMCA, Feb. 02 and April 02, Course material made available on CD.
- Founder of the ICB websites Islamview.org and Islamic Audio Studio.
- Co-Founder of Masjid Al-Hedaya in Blacksburg, VA.
- Co-Founder of Kids Heaven Childcare in Blacksburg, VA
- Khateeb (Speaker) at the Islamic Center of Blacksburg (Masjid Al-Hedaya).