The Association  of Arab Universities relaunched the prize for basic sciences and engineering for three months from May till the end of July 2014. This prize was formely withheld over lack of suitable candidates.

Terms of Conditions: 1- The candidate must be arab and works for an arabic university for at least five years. 2-The age of the candidate must not exceed 50 years old. 3-Four copies of the research paper must be delivered. 4-The candidate must send the approval of his university or his institution. 5- Research papers can be accepted in Arabic, English, or French. 6-All the required documents must be sent at once and any other papers will not be accepted.

The environmental development and community service in the faculty of medicine invites the faculty members to attend the first charity forum to save the patients of upper Egypt on Sunday  22-6-2014 in the eighth hall in the administration building- Assiut University.

May 2014 Issue of the journal Engineering Sciences (JES) is now in the link: http://www. Jes. aun.edu.eg/ Journal of Engineering Sciences (JES) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that is published bimonthly by Faculty of Engineering in Assiut University. JES is dedicated to increasing the depth of the Engineering subjects across  disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of these subjects. JES covers all fields of Eng ineering and all fields of Applied Science which is part of a wider mission of the Faculty of Engineering at Assiut University. Editorial Board                                                 JES@aun.edu.eg

A total of 35  participants will be selected to attend  the training workshop. About 20  participants will  be  from  developing  countries, ISESCO member  countries,  IDB  member  countries and CIS countries and 15 participants will be  from Kazakhstan. The combination of participants from developing countries,  ISESCO member countries, IDB member countries, CIS countries and Kazakhstan  will  allow for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences as well as opportunities for discussions, networking and possible collaboration.Participants are required to seek travel grant from their organizations to pay their travel expenses to Astana, Kazakhstan. Limited travel grant from organizer is available for participants who are really in difficulties in getting travel grant from their organization which is to be based on merit and need on case by case consideration.The five-day workshop will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 13 to 17 October 2014

The crisis and disaster management committee was formed in the faculty of engineering. The first meeting of this committee was held in the office of professor/ Hassan Younis  Ahmad Muhammad; the vice dean of community services and environmental development and under the supervision of the dean of the faculty, professor/ Muhammad Abo El-kasem Muhammad.

The Institute of Aviation Engineering and Technology (IAET) has the pleasure to organize the 1st Aviation Engineering Innovations Conference; March 21-22, 2015 Luxor Egypt. The conference will help getting involved in aviation related topics and looking into aviation business from a wider perspective. The conference covers a broad range of aviation topics covering broad areas in aircrafts and airport design and operation as described hereafter. The conference helps engaging in leading edge research and technologies with scientists, designers, manufacturers, operators and policymakers. Important DatesAbstract deadlineOctober 1, 2014Notification of acceptanceNovember 15, 2014Final manuscript submissionJanuary 10, 2015Early bird registrationJanuary 30, 2015AEIC '2015March 21-22, 2015Pre-registrationAuthors who intend to contribute to the conference are invited to preregister in advance to receive timely announcements, and to help us better prepare. Extended Abstract SubmissionAuthors may submit either an extended abstract of 1-4 pages with two key figures at least and references or full papers (of maximum 10 pages). Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, the methodology, the results and the conclusions of the work, and should begin with a short summary. Please refer to the Author's Information in preparing your manuscript. Extended abstracts are accepted online from here. Conference ChairmanProf. Dr. Ahmed S. OufDean, IAET, Egypt Conference CoordinatorProf. Dr. Ahmed F. El-SayedProfessor of Aerospace Engineering, IAET, EgyptMechanical Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt The payment methods will be announced at December 2, 2014. You can pay your conference fee from December 2, 2014 until December 30, 2014.For more information, please visit this link: http://aeic.iaet-eg.org/

The Academy of Scientific Research and Technologyhas signed a memorandum of understanding with Future University in Sudan.Both institutions agree to the development of joint activities in higher education and scientific research and  the academy also agreed to delegate egyptian scientists for the future university for long and short period. 

Assiut University decided that air conditioners will not be used in amphitheatres, classes or laboratories during summer holidays to reduce energy consumption and avoid fires. Anyone who violates these rules will be punished.

The Mexican government is offering three new scholarships for the academic year 2015. For more information, please visit this link:http://amexcid.gob.mx/index.php/oferta-de-becas-para-extranjerosThe deadline to apply for this scholarship is 31-7-2014.