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Name : El-Arabi Hendi Shendi Nationality : Egyptian Religion : Moslem Birth Date : 3/10/1956 Place of Birth : Idku, Bohira governorate, . Address : Egypt, Ismailia, university, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology Marital Status: Married Tel. +2064-3206103 (home), +2064-3322381 (work) and 0103123152 (mobile).

Current occupation: - Vice dean for education & student affairs , - Professor of environmental and applied Geophysics and - Director of the quality assurance unit.

Education

Degree Year University 1- B.Sc. in Geology 1978 Alexandria, Egypt 2- M.Sc. in applied Geophysics 1984 Suez Canal, Egypt 3- Ph.D. in applied Geophysics 1989 Suez Canal & WMU (U.S.A)

Title of M.Sc. Thesis Geological and geophysical exploration for groundwater in El-Qaa plain, SW Sinai, Egypt.

Title of Ph.D. Thesis Geophysical prospecting for some mineral occurrences in Umm Qeisum – Umm Alawi area, South Sinai, Egypt.

1 Jobs

Job Place Period Administrator Department of Geology, Faculty of 1979 - 1984 Science, Suez Canal University Assistant lecturer Department of Geology, Faculty of 1984 - 1989 Science, Suez Canal University Assistant professor of applied Department of Geology, Faculty of 1989 - 1994 Geophysics Science, Suez Canal University Associate professor of applied Department of Geology, Faculty of 1994 - 1999 geophysics Science, Suez Canal University professor of applied geophysics Department of Geology, Faculty of 1999 - Now Science, Suez Canal University Chairman of the department Department of Geology, Faculty of 2000 - 2004 Science, Suez Canal University Vice dean of the education and Faculty of Science, Suez Canal 2004 - Now student affairs University

Membership of scientific societies

Name Country 1- Geophysical Society of Egypt (EGS) Egypt 2- National committee of earth physics and Egypt – Academy of scientific research and earth measurements technology 3- Geological Society of Egypt Egypt 4- Society of exploration Geophysics U.S.A

Scientific interests 1- Geophysical prospecting for Groundwater in Arid regions 2- Geophysical prospecting for metallic and non-metallic deposits 3- Geophysical prospecting for buried archaeological remains using potential field methods and electromagnetic methods. 4- Geophysical prospecting for petroleum and natural gas using potential field methods. 5- Locating of Landfill sites in the different geological environments 6- Locating of soil & ground water pollutants using shallow geophysical methods. 7- Development of groundwater aquifers in hard rock terrains using shallow geophysical methods.

Fields of Experience 1- Locating of water well sites. 2- Site investigation for large projects. 3- Selection of save landfill sites. 4- Follow up pollution of groundwater based on Geophysical methods. 5- Locating of buried channels. 6- Locating of buried archaeological remains. 7- Developing of groundwater resources in arid regions.

2 Prizes Obtained

1- Prize of the best applied paper in the 30th meeting of the geological society of Egypt (Cairo 1992) 2- Prize of the best applied paper in the 14th meeting of the Egyptian Geophysical Society (EGS), Cairo 1996. 3- Prize of the Suez Canal University of the best applied paper in the field of environmental service and society development 2004. 4- Prize of the best paper in the conference of "Geology of Sinai for development" 1992, 1998, 2001 and 2004. 5- One of the pioneer scientists in the encyclopedia of "Who is Who" in sciences and engineering 2005.

Abroad international conferences

Country Period Title United Arab Emirates 4-7 November 2000 The first international conference on Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental Engineering and Management in arid lands Saudi Arabia (King 3-6 October 2002 The second international conference on Saud Univ.) Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental Engineering and Management in arid lands

Saudi Arabia 9-12 March 2009 SMG-8 Meeting

Abroad Scientific Missions

Country Institution Period Target Italy International center for theoretical July –August 1982 Attending a course in physics (ICTP), Treiste. Geomagnetism. U.S.A Western Michigan University January – December During the preparation 1987 of My Ph.D. thesis. England Keele university June – October 2004 Post Doc. mission Canada McGill university September 2005 Visit for Ph.D. supervision

Projects

1- Geophysical exploration studies for drilling drinking water wells in Saint Katherine area along Wadi El-Sheikh. 2- Geophysical and hydrogeological evaluation of a landfill site in Saint Katherine protectorate, southern Sinai, Egypt. 3- Hydrogeophysical investigation of a proposed landfill site for Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai. 4- Origin of the copper mineralization in the quartz monzonite rocks, south Sinai, Egypt. 5- Geoelectric surveying for groundwater exploration in the Western part of Beba area, Beni Suef governorate, South Egypt. 6- Groundwater probabilities in the land of El-Morog El-Khadra, North Sinai, Egypt.

3 7- Locating a reasonable site for drilling drinking water well for the center of environmental research in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt 8- Locating four sites for drilling water wells in the Campus of the Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Thesis supervision 19 M.Sc. thesis Title of thesis Type Date of graduation 1- A study on the tectonic activity and seismicity in the Suez Canal M.Sc. 1994 region. 2-Turam Electromagnetic investigation on some mineral M.Sc. 1995 occurrences of Saint Katherine area, South Sinai. 3- Hydrogeological and geophysical studies on East St. Katherine M.Sc. 1995 environ, south central Sinai, Egypt. 4-Shallow geophysical exploration for groundwater around Wadi M.Sc. 1996 Isla, southern part of El-Qaa plain, southwestern Sinai, Egypt. 5-Geological and geophysical studies for some sulphide bearing M.Sc. 1997 rocks in Sa’al area, south Sinai. 6-Utilization of gravimetry, magnetometry and rediometry in M.Sc. 1998 geological mapping and mineral exploration, north Fieran oasis area, south central Sinai, Egypt. 7- Shallow geophysical studies near El-Faiyum city. M.Sc. 2000 8-Geophysical studies of shallow subsurface structures and M.Sc. 2000 groundwater potentialities near Nuweiba city, southern Sinai. 9-Quantitative hydrogeological and geophysical studies on Wadi M.Sc. 2001 Feiran basin, south Sinai, with emphasis on the prevailing environmental conditions. 10-Geological and petrophysical studies for evaluation of Ombarka M.Sc. 2004 oil field – North western desert, Egypt. 11-Petrology, Geochemistry and framwork of sedimentation of the M.Sc. 2002 Quaternary aquifer rocks, north of Al-Ain, U.A.E. 12-Geophysical prospecting on mineral occurrences in Abu Nimran M.Sc. 2001 area, south Sinai, Egypt. 13-Ground geophysical prospecting for new archaeological remains M.Sc. 2005 in some archaeological sites in northern Sinai, Egypt. 14- Geophysical exploration for groundwater in the area between the M.Sc. 2005 outlet of Wadi Hodain and Wadi Sha’b, Shalateen, south Eastern desert, Egypt 15- Application of well logging and geoelectric techniques to study M.Sc. 2001 groundwater occurrences at Abu Mady area, Nile delta, Egypt. 16-Application of seismic exploration on the area west of Alexandria, M.Sc. Not yet Egypt. (deleted) 17- Environmental geophysical studies on the area of Wadi El- M.Sc. Not yet Technology project, East of Suez Canal, Ismailia 18- Seismic data interpretation of the Neogene- Quaternary M.Sc. Not yet sediments of offshore Baltim area, north Nile delta, Egypt. 19- Geoenvironmental and geophysical evaluation on the industrial M.Sc. Not yet area south Abu Zenima, Sinai, Egypt

4 2- 10 Ph.D thesis

Title of thesis Type Date of graduation 1-Hydrogeological and geophysical evaluation for groundwater Ph.D. 1994 resources in Suez Canal region, Egypt. 2-Hydrogeological and geophysical studies for evaluation of Ph.D. 2001 groundwater potentialities at Cairo – Belbeis district, Egypt. 3-Groundwater resources and land use evaluation using integrated Ph.D. 2001 geophysical information in northern Sinai. 4- Geophysical studies for archaeological prospection at Tell El- Ph.D. deleted Dabaa, Faqous district, Sharquia governorate, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt. 5- Evaluating Hydrocarbon potential in the Matruh Basin, North Ph.D. 2007 western desert, Egypt, through integrated 2D seismic and log data. 6-Studies on municipal pollution of groundwater resources in some Ph.D. 2005 villages of Ismailia governorate, Egypt. 7- 19- On using geophysics methods to evaluate oil and gas Ph.D. Not yet reservoirs in the area east of El-Qattara depression, western desert, Egypt. 8- Geophysical investigation for groundwater occurrence in the area Ph.D. Not yet north of Bir tarfawy, east Owienate, south western desert, Egypt. 9- Geophysical prospecting for archaeological remains in Northern Ph.D. Not yet Sinai, Egypt. 10- Geophysical studies to explore promising sites of mineral Ph.D. 2008 occurrences in the basement rocks, south Sinai, Egypt

Refereeing Thesises and research papers: 15 M.Sc thesis 10 Ph.D thesis 70 research papers

Membership of refereeing committees in the scientific journals Journal name Editing 1 Journal of African Earth Science Munchen, Germany 2 Journal of the Faculty of Science United Arab Emirates Univ. 3 Journal of Petroleum & Mining Engineering Suez Canal Univ., Egypt 4 Proceeding of the Egyptian Geophysical Society EGS, Egypt 5 Journal of the Faculty of Science Zagazig Univ., Egypt 6 Proceeding of “Geology of Sinai for development”. Suez Canal Univ. 7 Journal of the Faculty of Science Mansoura Univ., Egypt 8 Journal of the Faculty of Science Ain Shams Univ., Egypt 9 Journal of the environmental sciences Manoura university, Egypt 10 Proceeding of the international conference on , Egypt Geophysics. 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) USA 12 Journal of Earth Sciences King Abdulaziz university, Saudi Arabia.

5 Membership of the national scientific committees : 1- National committee for earth physics, Academy of scientific research and technology, Cairo, Egypt. 2- Permanent National Committee for promoting the universities staff members.

Scientific and applied activities: 1- Executive manager of the quality assurance unit , faculty of science. 2- Member of the executive committee for the CIQAP project, Faculty of science. 3- Teaching the following courses:

Title of Courses Faculty Year 1 Introduction of Geophysics Science 1st. 2 Geophysics (Magnetic & Gravity ) Science 3rd. & 4th. 3 Geophysical prospecting for minerals and groundwater Science 4th. 4 Field Geophysics and Instrumentation Science 4th. 5 Nuclear Geophysics (Radioactivity method) Science 3ed. 6 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and its engineering, Science M.Sc. geological and environmental applications. 7 Geophysics (Electrical method) Science 3rd . 8 Geophysics (Electromagnetic method) Science 3rd .

4- Preparing the following teaching notes: - Introduction to applied and environmental Geophysics (in English & Arabic). - Field Geophysics and Instrumentation (in English). - Nuclear Geophysics (in English). - Magnetic Geophysics (in English). - Gravity method (in English) - Electric Geophysics (in English) - Electromagnetic geophysics (in English)

Consultance activities

1- Consultant of the environmental affairs authority in the project of the natural protectorates of south Sinai. 2- Consultant of the Arab contractors company in the groundwater sectors in South Sinai.

List of publications 1- Khalil, S. and Shendi, E. (1984): Geophysical exploration of buried valleys in El-Qaa plain, SW Sinai, Egypt (part I Radiometric techniques). E.G.S. Proc. of 3rd Ann. Meeting, pp.42-54. 2- Khalil, S. and Shendi, E. (1984): Geophysical exploration of buried valleys in El-Qaa plain, SW Sinai, Egypt (part II Magnetic and Electromagnetic techniques). E.G.S. Proc. of 3rd Ann. Meeting, pp.55-72. 3- Shendi, E.H. 1989: New approach for locating promising water well sites in Saint Katherine and surroundings, south Sinai. Proc. 2nd. Conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., Ismailia, pp.97- 102.

6 4- El-Ghawaby, M., Mostafa, E., El-Shamy, I., Khawasik, S., Shendi, E. and Abd El-Monsef, H. (1989): Integration of remote sensing and aerogeophysics for ground water exploration in wadi El-. Proc. 2nd. Conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., Ismailia, pp.59-64. 5- El-Fawal, F.M. and Shendi, E.H. (1991): Sedimentology and ground water of the Quaternary sandy layer north of wadi El-Tumilat, Ismailia, Egypt. Ann. of the Geol. Surv. of Egypt, vol. xvii, pp.305-314. 6- El-Fawal, F.M. and Shendi, E.H. (1991): On the Quaternary gravel occurrence west of Ismailia area, Egypt. Jour. Geol. Soc. of Egypt, vol. 35, no.1-2, pp.147-166. 7- Shendi, E.H. and El-Rayes, A.S. (1992): Geophysical prospecting for ground water in wadi Sibaiya-wadi El-Sheikh area, south Sinai. M.E.R.C. Ain Shams Univ., Earth Sci. Ser., vol.6, pp.55-61. 8- Shendi, E.H. (1992): Gamma ray spectrometry on porphyry calc-alkaline rocks of wadi Sidude area, south Sinai, Egypt. proc. 3rd. conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., pp.49-54. 9- Mohamed, H., Shendi, E., Kebeasy, R. and El-Ghawaby, M. (1992): Field observation and strain analysis of the cracking effects of the Ismailia earthquake of May 22 nd., 1992. Proc. 3rd. Conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., Ismailia, pp.55-62. 10- Shendi, E.H. 1992: The role of El-Agramia plain in the development of Saint Katherine area. proc. 3rd. conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., pp.55-62 11- Korany, E.M., Shendi, E.H. and Abdel Tawab, S.M. 1993: Integrated detection of the problem of ground water overflow in Abu Zaabal basalt quarries, Egypt. E.G.S. proc. of the 11th. Ann. Meeting, pp.161-180. 12- Shendi, E.H. 1995: On the groundwater problem of the Anshas area, based on geophysical measurements. E.G.S. Proc. of the 13th. ann. meet., pp.365-380. 13- Shendi, E.H. 1995: Regional - Residual resistivity anomalies as an effective indicator for ground water salinities. E.G.S. Proc. of the 13th. Ann. Meet., pp.351-364. 14- Shendi, E.H. (1995): Geophysical understanding of surface copper showings at wadi Remthi area and surroundings, south Sinai. Journal of Engineering and applied science, Vol.42, No.5, pp.1009-1023. +15- Khalil, S.E., Shendi, E.H. and Rashed, M.A. (1996): Prospecting for metallic minerals in Umm Qeisume area, based on multi- frequency Turam electromagnetic measurements. E.G.S. Proc. of the 14th Ann. Meeting, pp.47-74. 16- Shendi, E.H. (1997): On the effectiveness of the VLF-EM method for ground water prospecting in the basement terrains, Sinai, Egypt. Qatar Univ. Sci. J., 17(1), pp.143- 152. 17- Shendi E.H., Geriesh M.H. and Mousa M.M. (1997): Geophysical and Hydrogeological studies of Wadi Saal basin, southern Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Geology, 41/2B: pp.871-908. 18- Shendi E.H. (1998): Geoelectrical prospecting for ground water and subsurface gravel occurrences in the southern part of El-Salhaiya plain, Ismailia Governorate. Ass. Univ. Bull. Environ. Res.1(1), pp.29-41. 19- Shendi, E.H., Ghoneimi, A.E. and Gemail, Kh. S. (1999): Discovery of a promising fresh water aquifer in the downstream parts of Wadi Isla-Wadi Abu Gorf, El-Qaa plain, SW Sinai, Egypt. Journal of Environmental research, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 105-123. 20- Shendi, E.H. and Oada, K. 1999: Groundawter possibilities of wadi El-Nasb basin, southeastern Sinai, Egypt. Annals. Geol. Surv. Egypt, VXXII. pp.403-418. 21- Shendi, E.H., Hassaneen A.Gh., Mesbah M.A. and Hamza U.H. (1999): On the groundwater conditions in the area east of lake Qarun, El-Fayoum governorate based on geoelectrical measurements. The 11th. Annual meeting, E.G.S.

7 22- Shendi, E.H. and Geriesh, M.H. (2000): Landfills as a tool for controlling the environmental pollution of the natural protectorates (Saint Catherine area as a case study). Geo- engineering in Arid Lands, Balkema, Rtterdam, pp.377-386. 23- Shendi, E.H. (2000): Results of geophysical site investigations near a destroyed building in El-Sahab sector, Suez governorate, Egypt. Geo-engineering in Arid Lands, Balkema, Rtterdam, pp. 493-497. 24- Shendi, E.H. & Geriesh, M.H. (2001): Selection of a safe landfill site for Ismailia city, Ismailia Governorate, Egyp. Proc. Of the 6th. Conf. Geology of Sinai for Development, pp.321-335. 25- Shendi, E.H., Mousa, M.M. & El-Said, T. (2001): Gamma ray spectrometry and electromagnetic exploration for copper mineralization in Wadi Ager area and surroundings, South Sinai, Egypt. Proc. Of the 6th. Conf. Geology of Sinai for Development, pp.39-51. 26- M.A. Mesbah, S.Sh. Osman, E.H.Shendi, A.Gh. Hassaneen and H.S. Abdelazem (2001): On using of electrical resistivity soundings to evaluate the groundwater aquifer in the Nuweiba alluvial fan, southern Sinai, Egypt. Proc. Of the 6th. Conf. Geology of Sinai for Development, pp.23-37. 27- Shendi, E.H. (2001): Geophysical prospecting for groundwater in crystalline basement rocks in arid regions (case study from south Sinai, Egypt). Proc. 7th Meeting of Environmental and Engineering geophysics soc. (EEGS), Birmingham univ., England, 236-237. 28- Mamoun K.M., Soliman F.A., Shendi E.H., Khalil S. and Nakagawa K. (2004): Integrated geophysical exploration for sulphide minerals in the Wadi Sa’al area, south Sinai, Egypt. Jor. of Geosciences, Osaka city univ., vol.47, Art.10, p.113-126. 29- Shendi E.H., Abou El-Magd A.A. (2004): New approach for ground geophysics in the development of groundwater in the basement terrains (a case study from south Sinai, Egypt). The 7th Conf. “Geology of Sinai for develop.”, Ismailia. 30- El-Rayes A.E., Shendi E.H., Geriesh M.H. and Afify H.F. (2004): Contamination and treatment model of domestic water supplies of Ismailia District, Ismailia, Egypt. The 7th Conf. “Geology of Sinai for develop.”, Ismailia.

31- Ahmed A. Ammar, El-Sayed M. El-Kattan, El-Arabi H. Shendi, Ali. E. Abbas and Waleed M. Osman (2004): Contribution of radioactivity to lithology, mapping and mineral exploration, North Feiran Oasis area, Sinai peninsula, Egypt. JPME, 7 (2).

1003 13 – – 33- Rashed M.A. & Shendi E.H. (2005): Integrated geophysical survey disclosing the subsurface layout of some mineral deposits in Saint Katherine area, south Sinai, Egypt. J.Appl. Geophys., Vol. 4, No.1, 233-240. 34- Shendi E.H. & Hussain S.M. (2006): On the role of the Syrian arc system in groundwater occurrence in the Northern Sinai, Egypt. NRIAG conf. (17-21 Dec. 2006), Cairo, Egypt. 35- Ahmed S. El-Mahmoudi, El-Arabi H. Shendi & Saber M. Mohammed (2006): Groundwater exploration with Schlumberger soundings at Cairo-Bilbeis district, East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Seventh Annual U.A.E. University Research Conference. 36- Metwalli, F.I., Attia G.E., Shendi, E.H., El-Nady, H.I. & Keshta, S.F. (2007): An integrated approach to the hydrocarbon exploration of the Umbarka area, Western desert, Egypt. 4th. International conference of applied geophysics, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

8 37- El-Arabi H. S, Tamer E. A. & Ahmed M. I. (2007): On detecting promising uranium source rocks in the Umm Takha area, Southwestern Sinai, based on ground gamma ray spectrometric survey. The 7th Conf. “Geology of Sinai for develop.”, Ismailia.

38- Shendi E.H., Ismail A. M. and Attia T.E. (2008): On the use of gravity and magnetic anomalies for locating probable areas of metallic mineral South Sinai, Egypt. Arab J. Geosci. 1:137-147

39- Shendi E.H., Saber H.S. , Abdel-fattah M.I.(2008): Application of well logging and d.c. resistivity techniques to study groundwater occurrences at Abu Mady area, Nile delta , Egypt. Annals of the Geological survey of Egypt.

40- Ahmed A. Ammar, Ali E. Abbas, El-Arabi H. Shendi, El-Sayed M. El-Kattan and Waleed M. Osman (2008): Structural geophysical interpretation of the norther Feiran Oasis, Sinai, Using Gravity data. J. Appl. Geophys., Vol.7, No.1, pp:155- 167.

41- Ahmed A. Ammar, Ali E. Abbas, El-Arabi H. Shendi, El-Sayed M. El-Kattan and Waleed M. Osman (2008): Importance of Magnetometry in the geological mapping of north Fieran Oasis area, Sinai. J. Appl. Geophys., Vol.7, No.1, pp: 129-141.

42- EL-Arabi H. Shendi & Akram M. Aziz, 2009: Discovery of an ancient Pharaoh's temple on the Horus military road, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Arab J. Geosci.

43- Sayed M.A., Shendi E.H. & Zarif F.M. (2009): Geoelectrical exploration of the groundwater potentialities around the middle part of Wadi El-Natrun – Al Alamain road, Western Desert, Egypt.

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