Professional Experience
January 2014 - Current
June, 2013 - December, 2013 Designing and developing rapid prototypes of future products being investigated, conducting market research and investigating future directions. September, 2008 - April, 2013University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaResearch Assistant Conducting research on pervasive systems, sensor management, embedded software frameworks, sensor networks, body area networks, vehicle networks, and computer aided diagnoses for breast cancer tumor lesions. January, 2013 - April, 2013University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaAdjunct Lecturer-Laboratory Instructor Courses: Digital Circuits and Systems. Duties included: managing course labs, scheduling \& supervising teaching assistants, leading weekly lab sessions, managing lab grades, and conducting office hours. September, 2008 - April, 2013University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaTeaching Assistant Courses: Technical Presentation Milestone (Fall 2009), Digital Circuits and Systems (Winter 2010, Winter 2012), Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks (Grad course - Spring 2011 \& 2012) and Introduction to Methods of Software Engineering (Fall 2012). Duties included: evaluation of presentation skills and technical soundness, preparing and conducting tutorials, office hours, leading weekly lab sessions, marking exams and assignments, supervising grad students projects. September, 2006 - June, 2008German University in Cairo, Cairo, EgyptResearch Assistant Conducting research on quality of service routing in mobile ad-hoc networks and socially interactive robotics. September, 2005 - June, 2008German University in Cairo, Cairo, EgyptTeaching Assistant Courses included: Communication Networks, Network and Media Lab, Embedded System Architecture, and Advanced Media Lab. Duties included preparing and conducting tutorials, office hours, leading weekly lab sessions, preparing lab manuals, supervising and evaluating course projects, marking exams, and designing exams and quizzes. June, 2007 - September, 2007University of Ulm, Institute of Organization and Management of Information Systems, Ulm, GermanyVisiting Research Assistant Conducting research on quality of service routing in mobile ad-hoc networks. Delivering a number of presentations on the proposed research topic. June, 2004 - September, 2004National Library and Archives, Cairo, EgyptAssistant hardware engineer Maintaining and supporting the intranet and software applications used in the Egyptian National Library and Archives. June, 2003 - September, 2003BIT Corporation, Cairo, EgyptAssistant programmer Participated in the development of several software solutions based on Oracle database designer/developer tools. June, 2002 - September, 2002Olla Corporation, Cairo, EgyptSummer Intern Maintaining computer systems and networks of the National Library and Archives of Egypt. |
R&D Software Developer
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaRapid Prototype Developer |
Researching and de-risking new directions for future products, designing and developing product proof-of-concepts, as well as pilot products delivered to customers. Most prominent projects include: IMS Connected Car Experience, a concept vehicle where insights gained from wearable technology, weather and traffic information are transformed into situation-aware knowledge to anticipate driver behaviors and predict expected road conditions (featured on Discovery channel).
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