The Department of Architecture invites you to attend the discussion of the doctoral dissertation submitted by researcher and engineer Nihal Nabil Mohamed, entitled "The Impact of Operational Policies on the Architectural Design of Hospital Inpatient Units in Egypt," on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 11:00 AM.

The College celebrates World Environment Day and issues an environmental statement.

In line with the university and college's commitment to the environment and its issues, and on the occasion of World Environment Day, which falls on June 5th each year, the Community Service and Environmental Development Committee held a comprehensive meeting for the month of June. Various committees affiliated with the Community Service and Environmental Development sector of the college participated, along with Professor Dr. Khaled Salah, Dean of the College. The meeting was attended by the following members of the Community Service and Environmental Development Committee: Professor Dr. Salwa Abdel Rahman Mogahed, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development and Head of the Committee; Professor Dr. Mohamed Abu El-Qassem Mohamed, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and former Dean of the College; Professor Dr. Ahmed Helal Ahmed, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Architectural Engineering; Professor Dr. Samia Abdel Fattah Ali, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering; Professor Dr. Hesham Mohamed Ahmed Diab, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering; and Professor Dr. Nabil Youssef Abdel Shafi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Also in attendance were Professor M. Dr. Walid Abu Al-Wafa (Facility Utilization Committee), Dr. Mosaad Ali Hussein (Director of Crisis and Emergency Unit), Dr. Mustafa Kamel Ragheb (Smoking Prevention Committee)

The college celebrated World Environment Day and issued an environmental statement.

In his address, the Dean of the College emphasized the college's commitment to all environmental issues, particularly those with engineering dimensions such as water, energy, pollution, and environmental impact, in addition to the various dimensions of sustainability and its goals as set by the United Nations. He also affirmed that this commitment stems from the university's focus on environmental issues, under the leadership of Professor Dr. Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of the University, and Professor Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Adawy, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development.

Professor Dr. Salwa Abdel Rahman Megahed, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, presented a report on the college's activities during the 2025-2026 academic year. These activities contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and highlight the college's active role in this field, alongside the various other activities undertaken by the college's Community Service and Environmental Development sector. In this context, the College issued an environmental statement affirming its commitments, which reads as follows:

As part of the College of Engineering's commitment to its academic and community role, and its keenness to support the state's directions towards achieving sustainable development and preserving natural resources for current and future generations, the College emphasizes the importance of establishing the concepts of environmental sustainability and promoting responsible practices that contribute to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life.

The College calls upon all academic departments, faculty members, teaching assistants, staff, and students to actively contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through:

* Spreading a culture of environmental conservation and rationalizing resource consumption.

* Rationalizing electricity consumption by switching off lights and unused appliances after work hours.

* Setting air conditioning units to appropriate temperatures and not operating them in unoccupied rooms.

* Expanding the use of electronic correspondence and documents and reducing paper printing as much as possible.

* Using water wisely and immediately reporting any leaks or malfunctions.

* Encouraging waste sorting and recycling of recyclable materials whenever possible.

* Maintaining the cleanliness of the facilities, buildings, and open spaces within the College. * Encouraging reuse, recycling, and waste reduction as much as possible.

* Supporting environmental activities and initiatives aimed at raising awareness of sustainability issues and climate change.

* Integrating sustainability and environmental conservation concepts into the educational process, research, and student projects.

* Encouraging innovative ideas and initiatives that contribute to improving the environmental performance of the college and the community.

The college also emphasizes that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is a collective responsibility requiring the participation of all its members, and that commitment to sound environmental practices is an essential part of the college's culture and its mission towards the community and the environment.

The college calls upon all academic departments to support initiatives and activities related to environmental sustainability and to document outstanding efforts and practices that contribute to enhancing the college's position as a leading educational institution in serving the community and promoting sustainable development.

Assiut University engineering students achieve an international research achievement in artificial intelligence and the development of smart traffic systems

Within the framework of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s direction towards supporting innovation and employing artificial intelligence applications in facing development challenges, students of the Faculty of Engineering at Assiut University achieved a distinguished research achievement by publishing a scientific research extracted from their graduation project in a prestigious international scientific journal, which addressed the development of an intelligent system for adaptive control of traffic signals using artificial intelligence and multi-agent reinforcement learning techniques.

This achievement reflects the advanced scientific level of Egyptian university students and their ability to produce applied research related to the needs of society and contribute to supporting the country’s efforts towards digital transformation and the development of smart cities and intelligent transportation systems.

Students participated in preparing the research: Ahmed Hamdi Muhammad Mustafa, Salah El-Din Talaat Younis, Karim Hatem Hashem, John Imad Fawzi, Abdul Rahman Shaaban Muhammad Farghali, and Abdul Rahman Ali Muhammad Kamal, under the supervision of a scientific team from the Departments of Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the College of Engineering.

This success confirms the growing role of Egyptian universities in supporting applied scientific research and preparing cadres capable of providing innovative solutions that contribute to achieving sustainable development goals and building a knowledge economy.

A team including a graduate from the Electrical Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering secured second place in the Huawei ICT Competition finals.

Huawei ICT Academy - Egypt announced that a team of graduates, including Eng. Kyrillos Magdy, a 2022 graduate from the Electrical Engineering Department's Electronics and Communications Engineering program, achieved second place (along with other teams) in the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 finals held in Shenzhen, China. The team, which included the alumnus, won second place in the Network Track.

The team's participation was through the Huawei ICT Academy - Egypt and consisted of Kyrillos Magdy Lotfy Habib (Assiut University), Ramy Khaled Kamal El-Din Moharram (Arab Open University - AOU), and Mohamed Khaled Eid Youssef (Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Fayoum). Professor Khaled Salah, Dean of the College, explained that this achievement reflects the high quality of the college's educational programs and their ability to equip graduates with highly competitive, globally-minded skills. This, coupled with the skills and qualifications required by the local job market, enables graduates to stand out among their peers. This success is made possible through the support and guidance of the university administration, headed by Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of the University, and Professor Ahmed Abdel-Mawla, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs.

The Dean extends his sincere congratulations to Engineer Kyrillos Magdy on this significant achievement and wishes him continued success in future competitions. He also congratulates all members of the Electrical Engineering Department and the Electronics and Communications Engineering program on this distinction.

This recognition is part of the college's ongoing commitment to supporting and nurturing its outstanding graduates.

Fourth-year students in the Electrical Engineering Department achieve a distinguished research accomplishment.

Within the framework of the university and college's ongoing support for academic excellence and community-oriented scientific research, and in the spirit of collaboration between the college's various scientific disciplines, fourth-year students in the Electrical Engineering Department – ​​Computer and Control Program – under the supervision of professors from the Electrical and Civil Engineering Departments, have achieved a distinguished scientific accomplishment by publishing a research paper derived from their graduation project studies in the journal "Sustainability." This international journal is ranked in the second quartile (Q2) of the Web of Science database and the first quartile (Q1) of the Scopus database. This achievement reflects the outstanding academic level of the college's students and their ability to compete in research at the international level.

Professor Khaled Salah, Dean of the Faculty, explained that this achievement represents a serious model of academic cooperation between the various scientific disciplines within the Faculty. Furthermore, it exemplifies applied scientific research that strives to provide engineering solutions to societal problems. This underscores the role of the University and the Faculty in preparing students and graduates capable of employing the latest artificial intelligence technologies to solve real-world problems and serve the community. This reflects the serious collaboration and integration between the education, scientific research, and community service sectors at the University. He expressed his appreciation for the significant support from the University administration, headed by Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of the University, and including Professor Ahmed Abdel-Mawla, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Professor Gamal Badr, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, and Professor Mohamed Adawy, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, which culminated in this honorable result for the Faculty and the University.

The Dean also extended his thanks and appreciation to the faculty members supervising the students from the Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering departments for their significant collaborative efforts. He also congratulated the students of the Electrical Engineering department on this outstanding scientific research achievement.

The research paper, titled "Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: A Comparison of Control Strategies," explores the development of an intelligent adaptive traffic signal control system using artificial intelligence and multi-agent reinforcement learning (MAR) techniques. This system enables traffic signals to collaborate in real-time to make more efficient operational decisions, thereby reducing traffic delays, shortening queues, and improving traffic flow within urban networks.

Professor Mahmoud Awais explained that the study's significance lies in its reliance on a real-world case study in Assiut Governorate, specifically through the modeling and analysis of traffic flow at the 25th of January Bridge, a major traffic artery in the governorate. The results demonstrated the potential for employing artificial intelligence techniques to achieve tangible improvements in the performance of traffic intersections, positively impacting travel times, fuel consumption, and environmental emissions. Furthermore, the paper provides a scientific framework that can be utilized to support the state's efforts toward digital transformation and the implementation of smart city concepts and intelligent transportation systems, contributing to increased efficiency in the transportation system and an improved quality of life for citizens.

This research was conducted under the supervision of a joint scientific committee from the Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments, comprising:

From the Civil Engineering Department:

* Professor Dr. Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Awais
* Engineer Badr Ayoun - Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department

From the Electrical Engineering Department:

* Professor Dr. Samia Abdel Fattah Ali
* Professor Dr. Alaa El-Din Abdel Hakim Mohamed Ali
* Dr. Islam Mohamed El-Qabbani

Students who participated in preparing the research:

* Ahmed Hamdi Mohamed Mostafa
* Salah El-Din Talaat Younis
* Karim Hatem Hashem
* John Emad Fawzy
* Abdel Rahman Shaaban Mohamed Farghaly
* Abdel Rahman Ali Mohamed Kamal

The Dean of the Faculty receives the members of the judging and discussion committee for the doctoral dissertation submitted by Dr. Islam Kamal Suleiman in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Professor Dr. Khaled Salah, Dean of the Faculty, received today, Monday, June 1, 2026, the members of the judging and discussion committee for the doctoral dissertation submitted by Dr. Islam Kamal Suleiman, Assistant Lecturer at the Egyptian-German Technological College, Assiut International Technological University. The dissertation is titled "Design and Analysis of Multi-Output Power Supply of Metal Forming Applications." The Dean received Professor Dr. Al-Moataz Youssef Abdel Aziz, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, and Rapporteur of the Committee for the Promotion of Professors and Associate Professors in the field of Electrical Power and Machines at the Supreme Council of Universities; Professor Dr. Gamal Mahmoud Desouki, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, as external examiners; Professor Dr. Hamdi Zeidan, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University; and Professor Dr. Khairy Fathi Abdel Sayed, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University, who supervised the dissertation. The reception was attended by Professor Dr. Mohamed Abbas Abdel-Radi, Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, and Professor Dr. Ahmed El-Naeem El-Nozahy.

During the meeting, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Assiut University emphasized the Faculty's commitment to providing a distinguished academic and research environment that contributes to producing scientific research with practical applications serving industry and sustainable development. The meeting also included friendly discussions on ways to support scientific cooperation among Egyptian universities.

Professor Dr. Hamdy Zeidan, the thesis supervisor, explained that the thesis addressed the design and analysis of multi-output power systems for metal forming and welding applications, utilizing solar energy, artificial intelligence techniques, and optimization. A comprehensive practical component was implemented within the laboratories of the Faculty of Engineering at Assiut University, resulting in the publication of four peer-reviewed scientific papers based on the thesis findings.