News Highlights
Author:
Maha Al-Azar,
Media Relations Officer,
Office of Information and Public Relations,
ma110@aub.edu.lb
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Students showcase their final-year-projects at this year's FEA student conference
 | Engineering, architecture and graphic design students exhibit their projects
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The 6th Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA) Student conference was held on May 23 and 24, with more than 80 final-year engineering projects showcased and awards distributed to nine student teams.
For the first time since the start of the student conference, AUB opened participation to students from other Lebanese universities, thus attracting 31 non-AUB students out of a total of 94 participants.
Hajj noted that research at the faculty has increased in the past seven years as attested in the increase of external research funds acquired annually. In 1999-2000 the
amount of external active research funds, excluding funds from the University
Research Board (URB) and the Lebanese National Council for Scientific research (LNCSR) was $60,393. In 2005-2006 the amount is $2,150,265.
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 | Lebanese Ex-Minister Hamieh receives an award from Dean Hajj
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"We are in the process of starting Ph.D. degree programs in all engineering departments in the very near future. Already four programs at the faculty are expected to start in the next academic year," he said.
The following students and graduates received awards for the excellent work they did:
Rola Idriss for her architectural design project; Farah Assir for her graphic design project; the team of Jad Abi-Ghosn, Ayoub-Marc Aoun, Ragi Edde, and Serge Eid, for their civil and environmental engineering project on a formula 1 circuit in Beirut; the team of Marwan Ramadan, Layal El Zein and Marwan Al-Rifai for their computer and communications engineering project; the team of Roger Mousalli and Nabil Ghanem for their electrical and computer engineering project on processors; the team of Carla Bahri, Marc Ghoussoub and Hiba Sheheitli for their mechanical engineering project on a simulator for solvated proteins; and Samir Shaker, a student from Notre Dame University, for his project on modeling a robot's environment in 3-D.
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 | Bahraini Ex-Minister Al-Jishi receives an award too...
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Meanwhile, graduate student Walid Saad won an award for his computer and communications project and the team of civil engineering students Ali Mourtada, Elias Bachir and Zeina Abi Jaoude won an award in the best poster category.
Six distinguished alumni were asked to participate in the conference's plenary session and were also awarded for their contributions to the field of engineering and architecture.
Bahraini former minister of public works and electricity, Mr Jawad al-Jishi (B.E in civil engineering, 1955) spoke of opportunities in the rail sector in the Middle East, noting that the Middle East, and in particular the Gulf region, is going through a rapid development of its rail sector.
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Lebanese Former Minister of Public Works and Transport Adel Hamieh (B.E. in civil engineering, 1962) spoke of how an engineering background could help open up opportunities in non-engineering sectors.
Fullbright scholar and urban planner Simone Kosremelli (B.A. in architecture, 1974) spoke of how small, 'artisanal' architectural firms could still make an impact, creating valuable designs, in a globalized world in which large global companies are imposing their will.
Purdue University Professor Mikhael Atallah (B.E. in electrical engineering ,1975) spoke of managing access to resources and information.
Wael Yared, vice president of imaging systems, who obtained his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from AUB in 1983, spoke of creating imaging systems that would allow for better diagnosis of diseases.
University of Toronto Professor Farid Najm (B.E. in electrical engineering, 1983) spoke of electric power management in circuits.
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