Mohamed Omran M. Khalifa

Work Address:           Geology Department

                                    Faculty of Science

                                    South Valley University

                                    Qena, 83523

Egypt

Work Phone: (20) 96 5211276

Home Phone               (20) 96 5220609

Mobile Phone             (20) 102930465

Email                           khalifaseis@yahoo.com

                                    mkhalifa@svu.edu.eg

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Georgia, United States, 2002.
• M.Sc.,  Geology, Assiut University, Egypt, 1993.
• Diploma (Mineral exploration), ITC, Delft, Holland, 1989.
• B.Sc., (Excellent with honor) Geology, Assiut University, Qena, Egypt, 1986.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

·   2002 – Now        Lecturer of Geophysics, South Valley University, Qena, 

                              Egypt.

·   2002                   Research Assistant, Geophysics, University of Georgia,

                              USA.

·   1993- 1996         Assistant Lecturer, Geology Department, Qena, Assiut University, Egypt.

·   1987-1993          Teaching Assistant, Geology Department, Qena, Assiut University, Egypt.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

·   2003-Now          Computer Skills Instructor and Demonstrator at the Communication and Information Center of South Valley University, Egypt.

·   2005-Now          Manager of ICDL testing center (International Computer Driving License) at South Valley University, Qena.

·   2005-Now          Manager of the Management Information System Project (MIS) of South Valley University.

·   2006                   Supervisor of Communication and Information Center, South Valley University

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Fulbright Scholar Research Grant for three month to visit University of Georgia (AY 2006-2007)
• The European Commission Grant (TEMPUS), Individual mobility grant (IMG-1904-EG) for 6 weeks at Liverpool University, UK, 2006.
• The Watts-Wheeler Research (travel) Fund, Geology Department, University of Georgia, USA, 2000.
• NSF Research Fund (Dr. Robert. B. Hawman) to finish my Ph.D., 2002.
• Egyptian Government Scholarship for Ph.D study in USA. 1996-2002
• The Netherlands Fellowship to attend “Mineral Exploration” course, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, 1988-1989.

·         Information Technology Award from South Valley University for 

      teaching Computer Skills to faculty members and students.

CURRENT TEACHING COURSES

• Seismic Exploration
• Introduction to Earthquake Seismology.
• Geophysical Well Logging
• Subsurface Geology  
• General Geology

MEMBERSHIPS

• Geophysical Society of Egypt
• Information Technology Center of South Valley University, Egypt.
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) 1998-2002

·        Geological Society of America (GSA) 1998–2002

• Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) 1997-2002

PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACTS, and REPORTS:

Hawman, R.B., M.O. Khalifa, J.A. Kucinskis, and J.E. Clippard, 2005, Seismic profiling with quarry blasts in the Blue Ridge Mountains , North Carolina : An alternative procedure for migrating wide-angle reflection data. (abs.), Seismol. Res. Lett., 76, 122.

Khalifa, M.O., and R.B. Hawman, 2005, Speculations regarding the subsurface geometry of the Elberton granite from sparse wide-angle reflection data, Southeastern Geology, v 43, no. 4, pp. 193-214.

Khalifa, M. O., and R. B. Hawman, 2005, Wide-Angle Seismic Imaging of the Elberton Granite, Georgia: A Pilot Study using Instantaneous Blasts at Dimension-Stone Quarries, Geophysics, B70, pp. 67-72.

Hawman, R.B., M.O. Khalifa, J.A. Kucinskis, and J.E. Clippard, 2003, Using quarry blasts to image the crust: Deconvolution and migration of wide-angle data, 12th International Workshop on Seismic Imaging Techniques, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, Blacksburg, Va., extended abstract.

Khalifa, M. O., Wide-Angle Seismic Reflection Studies of the Elberton Granite and Carolina Terrane, Southern Appalachians, Northeast Georgia, Ph.D thesis, University of Georgia, 2002.

Khalifa, M. O., J. A. Kucinskis, and R. B. Hawman, 2001a, Wide-angle reflection studies of the Elberton Granite and surrounding Inner piedmont, northeast Georgia, Geol. Soc. Am., Southeastern Section, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Khalifa, M.O., J.A. Kucinskis, J.E. Clippard, and R.B. Hawman, 2001b, Wide-angle reflection profiling of the Elberton Granite and deep structure of the Inner Piedmont, Southern Appalachians, using instantaneous and delay-fired quarry blasts, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union , 82, S271.

Khalifa, M. O., J. A. Kucinskis, J. E. Clippard, and R. B. Hawman, 2001c, Short-aperture array studies of crustal structure in the southern Appalachians using instantaneous and delay-fired quarry blasts, Seismol. Soc.  America, Eastern Section, Annual Meeting.

Khalifa, M. O., Geology of the Area around Bir El-Sid, Eastern Desert, Egypt, M.Sc. thesis, Assiut University, 1993.

Ahmed, A. A., Mawas, S. G., and M. O. Khalifa,  "Bir El-Sid Basic Flow Sheet, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt", Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ., 23 (2-F), pp, 141-171, 1994.

Ahmed, A. A., Mawas, S. G., and M. O. Khalifa, Plutonic Intrusions of Bir El-Sid Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ., 23(2-F), pp. 101 – 139, 1994.

Group Report on "Geochemical Exploration in Santa Eufemia, Cordoba Province, Spain", by MEX-3, Post Graduate Diploma Course in Mineral Exploration, ITC, Holland, 1989. 

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• International Conference of Earthquake Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 1996.
• AGU (American Geophysical Union) Spring Meeting (with poster), Boston, USA, 2001.
• GSA (Geological survey of America), Southeastern Section, Meeting (with poster), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 2001.
• First International Conference for Environment, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt, 5-6 April 2005.

SOME GEOPHYSICS COURSES ATTENDED

·      Saint Louis University, USA:

·        Principles of Seismic Exploration

·        Time Series Analysis

·        Solid Mechanics

·      University of Georgia, USA:

·        Exploration Geophysics

·        Solid Earth Geophysics

·        Advanced Topics in geophysics

COMPUTER SKILLS

·   Certificates:

·        ICDL (International Computer Driving License), In English.

Operating systems:

·        Microsoft Windows

·        Red Hat Linux (Unix based OS).

·   Applications:    

·        Microsoft Office (Word–Excel–Access-Power point-Outlook).

·        Seismic Unix Package of Colorado School of Mines (Seismic Data Processing)

·        Seismic Handler

·        WinSeis of Kansas Geological Survey (Seismic Data Processing)

      Programming: Basic, Fortran, some Visual Basic, some Matlab

·   Computer Courses Attended:

·        Introduction to Computer Programming (ITC, Holland)

·        Fortran Programming (Saint Louis University, USA)

REFERENCES

·   Dr. Abbas Mansour

University President

Professor of Geology

                                    aman@svu.edu.eg

·   Dr. Robert Hawman

Professor of Geophysics

Department of Geology, University of Georgia

 Athens, GA 30602, USA

rob@seismo.gly.uga.edu

·   Dr. Christine Thomas