Section I: Personal

Nationality:                  USA - Egypt

Date of Birth:                February, 19, 1946 (Egypt)

Marital Status:             Married, 3 Children

Languages:                   English and Arabic

Education

• 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).  

• M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1972.          

• 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.