Services

July 27, 2025

Community Services

University Services
  • Participated actively in preparing the necessary documents to get ACQUIN Accreditation for Mechatronics Engineering program at German University in Cairo.
  • Participated in the development of National Academic Reference Standards (NARS) for Mechatronics Engineering while I was working as a consultant for National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Education (NAQAAE).
  • Supervised 9 ZC students toward participation in SpacX Hperloop Pod Design Competition, 2016-2017.
  • Wrote a proposal for 9 laboratories for Space and Communication Program at ZC that support both undergraduate teaching and postgraduate research and stimulate the curiosity of both students and researchers, 2016-2017.
  • Reviewed and refined the Space and Communication Program curriculum, 2016-2017.
  • Founder of GUC Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory that supports different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and allows conducting research in the areas of computational intelligence, algorithmic robotics, cooperative multi-robot systems, multi-sensor data fusion and autonomous systems.
  • Co-founder of Suez University Centre of Excellence for Energy and Water, 2013.
  • Founder and coordinator of Control Technology Unit (CTU) funded by Siemens at Suez University, 2012-2013.
  • Wrote a proposal for the establishment of University of Waterloo Center of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI). CPAMI started officially in March 1, 2011 and I currently serve as an affiliated member of this center.
  • Founding Coordinator of Robotics and Autonomous Systems Focus Group, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab (PAMI), University of Waterloo, Canada, 2008-2010.
  • Coordinator of Machine Perception and Sensors Focus Group, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab (PAMI), University of Waterloo, Canada, 2008-2010.
  • Coordinator of Autonomous Systems and Real Time Distributed Design (ASRTDD) Focus Group, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab (PAMI), University of Waterloo, Canada, 2004-2005 & 2008-2010.
  • Founder and coordinator of Robotics and Automation Club (RAC), Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez Canal University, 2006-2013.
  • Founder and coordinator of SuezBot: Cruising the Canal Robotic Competition, Robotics and Automation Club (RAC), Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez Canal University, 2011.
  • Founding Editor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems e-Newsletter, University of Waterloo, 2005-2009.
  • Supporting the development of new Mechatronics Engineering programs at in and Faculty of Engineering, , 2006.

Editorial Boards
  • Editor of Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), 2013-present.
  • Guest co-Editor, Special Issue on Robotics in the Developing World, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016.
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Acta Press, since 2009-present.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Intelligent Systems in Context-Based Distributed Information Fusion, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2012.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Advances in Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, International Journal on Control and Intelligent Systems, 2010.

Reviewer
  • Funding Agencies and Institutional Financers
    • Ministry Of Transport And Logistic Services - Innovation Award - Mobility and Logistics
    • Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council
    • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
    • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
    • French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche - ANR)
    • NTRA - National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority.
  • Journals
    • Elsevier Information Fusion
    • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
    • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
    • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
    • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B
    • IEEE Transactions on Education
    • International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems
    • Journal of Autonomous Robots, Kluwer Academic Publishers
    • Journal of Sensors, MDPI Publishing
    • International Journal on Engineering Education, TEMPUS Publications
    • Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, IOS Press
    • International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems
    • Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Conferences
    • IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility
    • International Conference on Engineering and Technology (ICET2012), October 10-11, New Cairo City, Egypt.
    • 3rd International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS’09), Djerba, Tunisia, 6-8 November 2009.
    • The 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, .
    • RoboCup International Symposium 2007, 9-10 July 2007, Georgia Tech, .
    • The 2006 American Control Conference.
    • The Second International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 27 - 29 August 2005,
    • The 11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED'03, .
    • Tercer Congreso Interacción Persona Ordenador Interacción 2002, Universidad Charles III de Madrid del 8 al 10 de mayo de 2002.