Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman has a long history with AUC, from serving as assistant professor of physics when he first joined in 2006 and chair of the Department of Physics four years later to simultaneously serving as associate dean of graduate studies and research and director of the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, both in the School of Sciences and Engineering, starting 2011. His senior administrative duties began in 2013, when he became associate provost for research while continuing to head the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center. Three years later, he became vice provost before serving as interim provost in early 2017. Abdel-Rahman was appointed AUC provost in June 2017. A prolific researcher and physicist, Abdel-Rahman has extensive expertise in thermoacoustics and photonics. Among his distinctive achievements is the development of a high efficiency, innovative and simple power block for concentrated solar power and self-tuned and photonic-based energy saving glass window. Throughout his 17-year-long career in thermoacoustics, solar energy, materials and photonics research, he has published more than 80 technical papers and reports and has acquired five U.S. patents. He previously served as Egypt’s energy expert, actively contributing during the country’s research collaboration with the European Union from 2007 to 2009. Additionally, Abdel-Rahman has founded four technology transfer offices at four Egyptian universities and has authored and managed several European Union and international projects.

Thermoacoustics, Photonics, Hydrogen storage materials, Concentrated solar power