Awards• MU Top Incentive Award for the academic year 2006/2007.• Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE) starting January 2007.• Excellence Award, Gennum Corp., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 1994-96, and 2000-01.• Faculty of Engineering Scholarship, UW, winter 1992 and fall 1991.• International Student Fee Waiver, UW, winter 1993, spring 1992, and spring 1991.• MU Undergraduate Award (monthly monetary award), 1979-1983.• Ministry of Education Undergraduate Award (fully covered trip for two weeks to WestGermany), Egypt, 1982.• Ministry of Education Secondary-School Award (fully covered trip for a month to Greece,Austria, West Germany, France, and Italy), EGYPT, 1978.Training Programs (Technical and Personal Skills)• Regular Trainer for one day of a three-day Training on Teaching with Technology offered(once every couple of months, on average) to university staff members (all levels up to AssociateProf.) at MU through FLDP, Mansoura, Egypt, starting Aug. 2005.• Attended a three-day The Economics of Funding and Marketing of Scientific Researchoffered at MU, Mansoura, Egypt, June 17-19, 2007.• Attended a three-day Work Pressure and Time Management offered at MU, Mansoura,Egypt, June 3-5, 2007.• Successfully completed the course titled “e-Learning Content Development” offered online asan e-course by AUC for 6 weeks during Nov./Dec. 2005.• Attended a five-day workshop Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning offered andsponsored by UNESCO Cairo office at Notre Dame University in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 5-9,2005.• Attended a three-day Teaching with Technology Training Of Trainers (TOT) offered atAlexandria University for potential trainers from all over Egyptian universities, Alexandria,Egypt, July 26-28, 2005.• Attended a four-day Training Of Trainers (TOT) offered at MU, Mansoura, Egypt, May 21-24, 2005.• Attended a two-day Training Of Trainers (TOT) in Total Quality Management (Part 1:Awareness Campaign) offered by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Projects (QAAP) atAin Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, February 14-15, 2005.• Performed an invited presentation about social styles during the three-day “ResearchMethodology” program offered by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), MU,Mansoura, Egypt, January 1-3, 2005.• Performed an invited presentation about social styles during the attended three-day “ResearchMethodology” program offered by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), MU,Mansoura, Egypt, December 18-20, 2004.• Attended a three-day “Skills for Effective Presentation” program offered by FLDP, MU,Mansoura, Egypt, December 7-9, 2004.• Attended a one-day “Building A High Performance Team” program by On PurposeLeadership Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, January 19, 2003.• Attended a one-day integrated circuits fabrication scientific gathering “Chartered Tech Forum2002” offered by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), San Jose, CA, USA,September 19, 2002.• Attended a three-day technical training “Using Calibre” offered by Mentor Graphics, San Jose,CA, USA, September 16-18, 2002.<strong>CV</strong> of Dr. <strong>Sameh</strong> Rehan 8/2/2007 page 2 of 8
• Attended a four-day technical training “Advanced Silicon Ensemble (SE) Place and Routeversion 5.4” offered by Cadence, San Jose, CA, USA, September 10-13, 2002.• Attended a two-day Wilson Social Styles program, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, April 10-11,1996.Extracurricular ActivitiesI. Engineering• Member, Mansoura University Sustainability Committee (five-member committee selected by MUpresident) to follow up on the HEEPF project (D-042-L0), “Enhance and Coordinate Modern ElectronicsEngineering Courses for the e-Learning Era in Mansoura University,” Mansoura University, Mansoura,Egypt, starting June 2007.• Supervisor, e-Learning labs (75 PCs in three halls), the faculty of engineering at Mansoura University.The e-labs host the Mansoura University’s e-Learning center, the faculty of Engineering’s e-Learningcenter, and the new M.Sc. Engineering Environmental Program (sponsored by TEMPUS), starting Dec.2005.• Manager, faculty of Engineering’s e-Learning center (to promote using e-Learning and help engineeringprofessors to implement their e-courses), starting Dec. 2005. http://elearning.mans.edu.eg• Project Manager, “Enhance and Coordinate Modern Electronics Engineering Courses for the e-Learning Era in Mansoura University,” An $US 95,000 18-month project (D-042-L0) awarded by theHigher Education Enhancement Project Fund (HEEPF), Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, August2005 – February 2007.http://www.mans.edu.eg/projects/heepf/ecmeec• Supervisor, the programming team at Mansoura University to upgrade the printing capabilities of theSIMON (the ONLY nanoelectronics simulator software that is created by Dr. Chris Wasshuberwasshuber@lybrary.com), September 2005 – February 2006.• Chair, Session H (Ewart Hall), The 4 th Conference on e-Learning Applications, The AmericanUniversity in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 3 rd , 2006.• Member, Mansoura University e-Learning Committee (seven-member committee chaired byMansoura University President), Mansoura, Egypt, September 2004 – December 2005.• Member, Mansoura On-Line Exams (MOLEx) development team, CITC, Mansoura University, Egypt,September 2003 – September 2005.• Leader, e-Learning team to build VRML animations for solid state course, Communications andInformation Technology Center (CITC), Mansoura University, Egypt, June – Dec. 2004.II. General• Board Director, Graduate Student Association, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Ontario,Canada, Sept. 1992 - Aug. 1993.• Member, International Graduate Student Committee, UW, Waterloo, Canada, Sept. 1991 - Aug. 1993.• Media and Science Officer, National Egyptian Student Association, North American Branch, Sept. 1991- Aug. 1993.• President, Egyptian Student Association, UW Chapter, Waterloo, Canada, Sept. 1990 - Aug. 1993.CAD Tools Experience• CADENCE Physical Design tools: SoC 1 st Encounter (FE): Physical Design Planning (PDP): IC floorplanning, Silicon Ensemble (SE): digital placement and routing (P&R), Virtuoso: layout editor, ICED:PC layout editor, and Calibre: design rule check (DRC) and layout versus schematic (LVS).• Synopsys Chip Synthesis tools: Design compiler, HDL Compiler, and Design Analyzer.• Mentor Graphics Design tools: HDL Designer Pro (Renoir): RTL digital design, MTI: ModelSim digitalcircuit simulator.• HSPICE and PSPICE circuit simulators & VHDL and Verilog languages.Device and Process Knowledge• MOSFET, BIPOLAR, and JFET devices.• United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) 0.18μm CMOS process.• Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) 0.25 μm CMOS process.<strong>CV</strong> of Dr. <strong>Sameh</strong> Rehan 8/2/2007 page 3 of 8