Ahmed Abou Ghanem, Research Assistant

Ahmed Abou Ghanem

Research Assistant

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Location
Canada
Education
Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Experience
11 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 5 Months

Research Assistant at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • My current job since November 2016

• Developed a linear programming model with R, for research on the effects of climate change scenarios on Egypt’s economy from addressing multi-disciplinary aspects such as agriculture, population food security, fish farming and water distribution.
• Documented historical data relevant to Egypt’s crop mix data on MS Excel.
• Performed quantitative analysis of Egypt’s crop mix data using an operations research optimization method and integrated it with projected climate change scenarios in Egypt.

CRM Engineer at InfasME
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2016 to October 2016

• Reporting to the Director of Research and Development.
• Developed a webpage, as a template for public schools, using ASP.net with MVC concepts as an exercise.
• Developed a product categories webpage using Angular JavaScript as an exercise.
• Performed an installation of EMC2 Documentum on a Windows server 2012 OS.
• Installed and configured MS SharePoint on Windows server 2012 as an exercise.
• Developed a windows forms C# application for viewing PDF documents, creating a new folder set based on imported metadata and migration of documents to the new folder set.

Technology Department Lead at Vision Media
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2015 to March 2016

• Reporting to company Technical Operations Director
• Researching new tools, technologies, and new market trends
• Generating success stories, case studies and documentation of Vision media projects
• Researching applications for video game development technologies
• Researching marketing applications for Kinect and Leap motion systems
• Generating portfolio for current and upcoming organisation services.
• Working with digital marketing department on generating interactive ideas for digital marketing campaigns

Product Designer at Standalone Project
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2015 to February 2016

• Implemented a remotely controlled 12-motor Hexapedal (6-legged) robot using an Arduino Mega2560 microcontroller.
• Wrote software code to define walking behaviours of the robot using Arduino C language.
• Redesigned CAD models for some parts using Solidworks and 3D printed them in ABS plastics material

Volunteer (previously Vice President of the Board of Directors) at Calgary Egyptian Association
  • Canada
  • October 2014 to April 2015

• Actively participated in the 102nd Annual Calgary Stampede Festival March for representing the Egyptian community in Calgary and displaying aspects of Egyptian culture.
• Developed a website for Calgary’s Egyptian community.

Geomatics Equipment Engineer at TECTERRA
  • Canada
  • June 2013 to September 2014

• Managed the company’s Geomatics Lab inventory and services for its clients.
• Performed Rapid Prototyping 3D printing services to company clients. 66 Rapid prototyping projects conducted.
• Prepared lease equipment requests for clients in terms of packing and equipment inventory checking, while keeping track of lab inventory. 87 lease requests managed.
• Operating high-level technology Geomatics & Telecom equipment such as:
- GNSS satellite receivers and GNSS satellite simulators for verification and validation testing of satellite ground transceiver systems, used for geolocation; while recognizing GPS, Glonass & Compass satellite communication protocols.
- Ground-penetrating Radars used for mapping underground sites for archaeology and resource mining applications.
- Hyperspectral camera systems, for geographical IR imaging data applications such as natural resource mining, natural materials identification, environmental analysis and agriculture.
- Thermal cameras for experimental geographic imaging applications.
- 3D laser scanners that provide 3D images used for construction planning and archaeological survey applications; while stationary.
- LiDar sensors using remote sensing for applications in archaeological surveys, natural resource mining and agriculture; with mobility.
- Unmanned Robotic Vehicles consisting of 1 Quadrocopter and 2 ground vehicles equipped with LiDar sensors and digital cameras used for aerial topographical mapping, remote site mapping and geographical imaging data applications.
- Augmented reality vision Systems for 3D professional tutorial applications, e.g: Augmented reality glasses for graphical simulation of engineered device maintenance tutorials.
• Conducted troubleshooting of lab equipment, one case where troubleshooting of equipment saved around 1000 CAD of hardware replacement costs.
• Developed the company’s 2 MS Access databases.
• Documented the descriptions, functionalities and applications of all lab equipment for use at the annual showcase and lab visits.
• Designed video documentaries for 3 of the company’s lab equipment.

Siebel Customer Relations Management (CRM) System Developer at ASSET Technology Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2010 to November 2010

Installed a full Siebel Enterprise Edition 8.0 client and server system on a Windows XP virtual machine (under VMware 7).
•Maintained database of Siebel CRM 7.7 at Vodafone Egypt, using Siebel tools and Siebel eScript integration components and objects.
•Attended Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10g (OBIEE 10g) workshop.
•Completed Siebel Essentials 8.0 Coursework (Siebel Essentials 8.0 Labs using Siebel Tools).
•Completed Microsoft SQL and PL-SQL Coursework.

Education

Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • at Concordia University
  • December 2012

Wireless Communication systems, Digital Communication systems, Telecommunication Networks, Real-time communication systems, Higher layer telecommunication protocols, Discrete event systems and Product design methodology.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at American University
  • June 2010

Digital Communication Systems, Telecommunications networks, Computer Network design, Digital Control systems (PLC), Automatic Control Theory, Product design, LTI systems analysis, Electromagnetic Theory, Electronics and Circuit analysis.

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Golden Key Honor Society
  • Golden Key Lifelong member for outstanding academic achievements at Concordia University
  • October 2012

Training and Certifications

Microcontrollers and the C Programming Language (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2016
Embedded Systems Programming on Arm Cortex M3/M4 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2017
Advanced C++ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016

Hobbies

  • Robotics
    • Implemented a remotely controlled 12-motor Hexapedal (6-legged) robot using an Arduino Mega2560 microcontroller. • Wrote Arduino C script that defines robotic walking behaviour. • Redesigned CAD models of Robot parts using Solidworks and 3D printed them.