Annual Report 2007-08 - FEA - American University of Beirut

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24 Company/University Student Name Country Major Tarek Attoui California Institute of Technology Aliaa Atwi USA CCE BT Netherlands Samer Azar Holland ECE IASTE Wissam Baalbaki Mexico CCE CSAIL MIT Cambridge Ibrahim Badr USA ECE Midmac Contracting Ayman Badreddine Qatar ECE MTC Moussa Barakat Lebanon CCE Kharafi National Christian Bassil Abou Dhabi ECE University of Toronto Jamal Bazzi Canada CCE Institute of Communication & Navigation Samer Bazzi Germany CCE CCC Ara Bissal Qatar ECE Polytronics Milad Chalfoun Lebanon ECE Leo Burnett Aline Chalhoub Dubai CCE Orange Business Services Equant Fabienne Challita Lebanon CCE IBM Razan Charafeddine Dubai CCE FAO Nadim Cheaib Italy CCE Saudi Oger LTD Hazem Daher KSA ECE MAPCO Monah Dahrouj Abou Dhabi ECE SODENA Tala Debs Paris CCE Tetracom Hovig Denkilkian Lebanon CCE Digipen Institute of Technology Michel Doumet USA CCE CCC Ahmad Ebrik Dubai BML- Istisharat Anthony Eid Lebanon CCE Besix Construct Cyril El Adm Dubai ECE General Electric Security Rami El Ghoussainy Lebanon CCE Thermo LLC- Abou Dhabi Mohammad El Habbal UAE ECE Lindenberg Ali El Hafni UAE ECE Institute of Communication & Navigation Jad El Hage Germany CCE MTC Khouloud El Hakim Lebanon ECE University of Western Ontario Zouheir El Jabi UK CCE Saudi Binladin Group Ibrahim El Kaakour KSA ECE Institute of Communication & Navigation Malek El Khatib Germany CCE BTC- Networks Mohammad El Matbouli Lebanon ECE Camiant, Inc.- Marlborough Jad El Mir USA CCE Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Maya El Moghrabi Canada CCE GAMCO Eric El Obeid Abou Dhabi ECE Khorafi Mohammed Bachir El Tannir Kuwait ECE Saudi Diyar Consultants Ahmad El Turk KSA ECE Saudi Oger LTD Khaled El Zein KSA CCE Company/University Student Name Country Major BLOM Bank Youssef El Zmeter Lebanon ECE MIT Clauda Ephrem USA CCE Petrofac International Hadi Esper UAE ECE Bahen Centre for Information Technology Samer Faour Canada CCE Cisco Systems Maya Farah USA CCE CNS Kamal Farran Lebanon CCE CCC Moustafa Fattal KSA ECE Arizona State University Elias Ferzli USA ECE Ericsson Tamar Ghadban Lebanon CCE Ericsson Ali Ghandour Lebanon CCE Lindenberg Wissam Ghoussaini UAE CCE Royal Institute of Technology & Sting Stephanie Habib Sweden CCE OTIS LLC Serge Haiby Dubai ECE Petrofac International Issa Hajir UAE CCE Bouygues Constructions Abed El Afou Halabi Dubai ECE NTNU- Department of Telematics Reem Hammouda Holland CCE Petrofac International Fadi Hariz UAE ECE Arab Business Machine Micheline Harmouche Dubai ECE University of Toronto Reine Heloue Canada CCE Oger Systems Samer Hijazi KSA ECE Electronics & Computer Systems (ECS) Mohamad Hindi Sweden ECE Mr. Akram Hourieh Firm Hani Hmedan Al Samsam Lebanon ECE University of Berkely Tarek Ibrahim USA CCE CCC Mohammad Ibrahim Qatar ECE Mobinets Karim Idriss Lebanon ECE German Aeropace Center (DLR) Hussein Helmi Jalloul Germany CCE PWC Serouj Jamijian Dubai CCE MTC Firas Jarrah Lebanon ECE The CAT Group Malek Kalash Lebanon CCE IBM Chaukat Kamareddine Germany ECE CCC Elias Karaa Lebanon ECE CAT Group Ziad Kassab Qatar ECE Clemenceau- Gefinore Center Nazelie Kassabian Lebanon CCE CCC Rami Kdouh Qatar ECE University of Toronto Agop Koulakezian Canada CCE Kyube- Mansourieh Camille Lahoud Lebanon CCE The Talkies Philippe Araman Lebanon ECE PWC Logistics Sobhi Malas Dubai CCE Terranet Iman Mansour Lebanon ECE 3. academics 25
26 Company/University Student Name Country Major University of Waterloo Hrag Margossian Canada ECE IT.CAL Elie Matta France ECE JCC (Jeddah Cable Company) Omar Monajjed KSA ECE KTH & Sting Networks Ayman Mukaddam Sweden CCE ABB (Asean Brown Boveri) Marwan Nadda Switzerland CCE ABB/ AG Patrick Nadim Germany ECE University of Waterloo Rostom Ohannessian Canada CCE University of California at Berkley Nahi Ojeil USA CCE Prima Industry Amira Panayoti Italy CCE TARGET Engineering Construction Co Manar Rabbani UAE ECE Bank Audi Lama Saab Lebanon CCE ABB Switzerland Ltd. Power Systems Rami Saade Switzerland ECE TU Braunschweig Tania Safar Germany CCE Institute of Communication & Navigation Malak Safieddine Germany CCE Saudi Oger LTD Rayyan Saklawi KSA ECE Philips Medical Systems Marie Joe Salloum France ECE MIT Samir Salman USA CCE Kharafi National Ragheed Santina Kuwait ECE Kharafi National Georges Saroufim Abou Dhabi ECE University of Belgrade IAESTE Mohammed Ali Seblani Serbia CCE EVI Audio Telex El Emir Fouad Shehab Germany CCE Dar Al Handasah- Shaer Ahmad Sidawi Lebanon CCE General Elactric International Operation Rania Skayneh Dubai CCE MDS Holdings Faissal Sleiman Lebanon CCE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sami Smaili USA ECE Casamed- Airport Road Dar Al Handasah Assil Smeismeh Lebanon ECE CCC Hussein Tarhini Qatar ECE University of Wales Sarah Thoubian UK CCE Schlumberger Hani Tohme Kuwait ECE CNS- AUB Ramzi Touma Lebanon ECE IAESTE- Cyprus Ward Wehbeh Cyprus ECE Lindenberg Paul Yaacoub UAE CCE S & AS Co Ltd Farah Yahya Lebanon CCE Saudi Oger LTD Wissam Yassine KSA ECE LBC International- MAN entreprise Christian Habib Qatar ECE What no other place could offer… Lian Kanj (PHD Student) As soon as I got my Master of Engineering in Computer and Communications Engineering degree from AUB on June 30, 2007, I began to seriously ask myself “Where should I do my PhD studies?” Shall I do it in Europe, wait and apply to universities in the United States, or stay at AUB? In September 2007, I was happy to learn that I had been accepted to the PhD program in the ECE department at AUB from among a very competitive group of applicants. Considering the pros and cons of all my available opportunities, I was confused in making a decision, but finally I chose AUB still asking myself the important question “Am I making the right decision?” In September 2007, I started my PhD studies with three other candidates as the first group of students in the newly introduced PhD program. Having done my master’s degree at AUB, the environment was very familiar to me as I knew most of the professors, staff, and graduate students. The main difference that I have felt is in my perspective. I have always been a dedicated and serious student in my work; however, I realized a spontaneous difference in my attitude towards my courses, research, and everything else that I had to do. I feel more independent and I feel that I have the ability to guide my own academic track, under the supervision of my great and supporting adviser Prof. Zaher Dawy and with the advice of our caring chairperson Prof. Karim Kabalan. During the last 3. academics fall, spring, and summer semesters, I took courses that were of great value to me, and I cannot forget the enthusiasm of most of the professors who also had a different perspective and high expectations of the PhD students. During the last academic year, I also had the chance to attend my first international conference, the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2008), held from June 22 to 26, 2008 in Athens, Greece where I gave my first international talk. It was a great experience where I had the opportunity to meet researchers from universities and companies located in forty different countries. An interesting part was that I was the only participant from Lebanon, and I remember clearly when one of the Greek organizers told me that he did not know that anyone did research in optical communications at AUB. He was happy about this because the best students that he gets at his institute are from AUB. It was really a pleasure for me to be AUB’s first representative at this conference. I felt that I had contributed, though on a small scale, in achieving one of the aims of the PhD program which is to contribute to the international recognition of AUB. Having obtained the Schengen visa to attend the conference, the way was paved for me to visit my loving and caring brother, Emad, in Italy where I spent an unforgettable week and visited Milan, Rome, Florence, and Venice. There is still a lot to do and to plan. However, I feel that I can now confidently give an answer to the question that I asked ten months ago and say “yes, I made the right decision.” I enjoy what I am doing and there is nothing else that I would prefer to do more. I believe in what Abraham Lincoln said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it,” by proper planning and hard working. 27
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