On Saturday - 7th July - the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University held its elections for the Deanship for the second time, since the 1990's, Three candidates ran for the position, and each has made a presentation to the Faculty Staff on Saturday, 30th June. The planning for the voting process and its implementation went very smooth. The process started at 9:00 am and was resumed at 10:00 am. By 3:00 pm the voting was closed after which sorting took place and the results were announced. Prof. Sherif MOURAD, current Vice-Dean for Graduate Studies and Research secured 68% of the eligible votes, and has been announced as the winner of the election and the new Dean for the Faculty of Engineering, starting 1 August 2012.

The EECE Department sincerely congratulates Prof. MOURAD for his great win, and wishes him success in accomplishing the goals and objectives he declared during the election campaign.

Meanwhile, the EECE Department would like to extend to Prof. Wael EL-DEGWY its deepest appreciation and sincerest thanks for his great efforts during his term as Dean of Engineering at Cairo University from August 2008 till July 2012.