Suez Canal University Faculty of Science Curriculum Vitae (CV) Personal data Name : El-Arabi Hendi Shendi Nationality : Egyptian Religion : Moslem Birth Date : 3/10/1956 Place of Birth : Idku, Bohira governorate, Egypt. Address : Egypt, Ismailia, Suez Canal 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”. 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