Prof. Dr. Abbas M. MANSOUR

Environmental Sedimentologist

President of South Valley University

e-mail: abbas_mansour@yahoo.com, aman@svu.edu.eg, Mobile: 0101224568

Tel. +20 - 96 - 5211717, Fax: +20 (96) 5211279

CV Arabic Version

International Travel and Residence for Research/Study

(3 months). Practical Studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. D. Herm, Institute of paleontology, University of Munich, Germany.

(30 months). Research work was supported by Projects P 5877 and P 7507-Geo of the "Fonds zur Forderung der  wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Osterreich",   (ACTUOPALEONTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE BAY OF SAFAGA RED SEA, EGYPT) together with Prof. Dr. F. Steininger and others (Vienna University)

(9 months from March to Nov.) Research work with Prof. Dr. W. E. Piller (Institute for Palaeontology, University of Vienna)

(3 months from June to September) research work in department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA (Reference, Prof. Dr. Alan Kehew, Head of the department).

(10 days) Official visit with the Governor of Qena and the President of South Valley University to Raleigh in North Carolina, United States of America to improve our knowledge and understanding of the decentralization in education.

Several field trips to different areas in Germany (1984), Austria (1986-1989, 1993, 1997), Geneve (1996), Italy (Trento, Arco, and Vicenza, June 1997) and Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA, summer 2001):

21-22 January 2004 - Writing workshop to enhance the quality of proposals submitted to HEEPF, Cairo University.

31 Mars 2004 - Project management workshop to enhance the quality implementation of the 1^st cycle, Cairo University.

22 May 2004 - Training Strategy Workshop (Strategic plan in Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education Institutions), Cairo University

10 November 2004 – Management, monitoring and technical support workshop, Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University

20 - 21 November 2004 – Review Chair and Facilitator workshop, Venue Faculty of   Agriculture – Cairo University

15 - 16 February 2005 - Awareness for Quality Assurance and Total Quality in Education, Quality Assurance Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

14 February 2006 - Evaluation of Strategy of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education, Venue Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University

21 - 22 March 2006 - Challenges in Higher Education - Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University.

15 May 2006 – Handling Information and Time Management workshop, Venue Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University

17 May 2006 – Report-Writing workshop, Venue Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University

20-21 May 2006 – Institutional Standards workshop, Venue Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University

18 February and 20 Mars 2004 - Disseminating and explaining application forms used to submit proposals for HEEPF’s.

27 Mars 2004 – Reviewing the submitted proposals for HEEPF’s, 2^nd cycle.

8, 11 May 2004 - Disseminating and explaining application forms used to submit proposals for QAAP.

September 2003. Principal Investigator and Manager for proposal entitled “Enhancement the qualification and development of the Staff Members’ competence for training students of pre-final stage in the Faculty of Science and linking them with the society needs”

March 2004. Principal Investigator and Manager for proposal entitled “Development of the Geological Museum as an Educational tool”

May 2004. Vice Principal Investigator for proposal entitled “Internal Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Qena Faculty of Science”

May 2004. Principal Investigator and Executive Manager for proposal entitled “Quality Assurance & Accreditation in South Valley University”

August 2004. Principal Investigator for the four Information and Communications Technologies Projects (ICTP).

1. Management Information System for South Valley University

2. Infrastructure Network Enhancement for South Valley University

3. Automated and Digital Libraries of South Valley University

4. E-Learning Development Center in South Valley University

A m  A member of the National Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee (NQAAC) – Ministerial Decree 2169 in 23 October 2004.

Attending Conferences for Education

1. The First Regional Conference for the Development of Scientific Research Concept, Cairo, May 28-29, 2005. Higher Education Ministry

2. The Regional Conference – Standards and Quality in Education, The Path To Excellence. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, 28-30 June 2005.

3. Secondary Education Reform Workshop, Cairo, August 16-17, 2005. (The Ministry of Education, USAID, The World Bank).

From 25 July 2004 a member of Environmental Council of Qena Governorate (Decree no. 612/2004)

Evaluator

1. December 20, 2004. A member on the selection committee for the Fulbright Egyptian Scholar Program for scholars in the fields of Geology and Geophysics.

2. 2005-2006. Peer Reviewer for the planned developmental engagement at the Faculty of Science, Assiut University. (A partner for a British and other 5 Egyptian Expertise ).

3. February 7, 2006. Evaluator for Strategic Plan of Quality Assurance at Minia University. (A partner for an American and an Egyptian  expertise

Assessment and management plan of Protected areas in Egypt and evaluation of the environmental impacts of development areas, especially along the Red Sea coast. My experience extends also to diving and marine environments.