Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar, Dean of Shoubra Faculty of Engineering – Benha University, extends his heartfelt congratulations to the students for winning first and third places in the hackathon titled “Smart Healthcare – Innovating the Future of Healthcare”, organized by Benha University in collaboration with the Information Technology Institute (ITI).

? First Place – Telemedicine Track
Achieved by the project Smart Pharmacy System by the AutoPharma team under the supervision of Dr. Mahmoud El-Semanti. The system is a smart pharmacy solution for automating medicine dispensing using industrial control technologies, ensuring accuracy, reducing errors, and increasing operational efficiency.

? Third Place – Mental Health & Wellness Track
Achieved by the project Jwar under the supervision of Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed. Jwar is a psychological support application based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), offering practical tools to regulate emotions while fully preserving user privacy.

The Dean emphasized that this achievement reflects the excellence of Shoubra Engineering students and their leadership in leveraging technology for community service. Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Salah, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, also praised the students’ outstanding performance.

This success comes as part of the efforts by the Faculty’s Innovation and Creativity Unit, headed by Asst. Prof. Dr. Aya Hossam El-Din Mahmoud, which continues to empower students and transform their ideas into promising practical projects.

Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra Participates in “Made at Benha University” Exhibition

Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar – Dean of the Faculty, and Prof. Dr. Islam Nazmy – Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering participated in the “Made at Benha University” exhibition held on February 10, 2026, showcasing the faculty’s engineering manufacturing outputs.

The exhibition featured applied engineering manufacturing outputs from the faculty’s departments and programs, including items produced through student projects, research projects, startups, and development and innovation support projects from the Project Management Unit at the Ministry of Higher Education. The display also highlighted the primary function of each manufactured output and its alignment with the principles of sustainable manufacturing.

The showcased outputs can be viewed in the video at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17RsMJZJNA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

وفيما يلي بعض الصور من المعرض  

As part of its preparations for academic accreditation, the Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra welcomed the simulation visit team from the Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation, during the period of February 1–2, 2026.

The faculty received the visit team with the presence of:

• Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar – Dean of the Faculty

• Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Suleiman – Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

• Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Salah – Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs

• Prof. Dr. Islam Nazmy – Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development

• Prof. Dr. Ahmed Attia – Director of the Faculty’s Quality Assurance Unit

  Alongside department heads and standards coordinators.

The visit team was chaired by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Mohamady Ghanem – Director of the Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Benha University, and included a group of expert external reviewers:

• Prof. Dr. Hisham Hamed – Dean of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Quality Assurance Center at the Egyptian Russian University, and reviewer at the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)

• Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Badran – Professor at Mansoura University and reviewer at NAQAAE

• Prof. Dr. Hamed El-Zaablawy – Director of the Quality Assurance Unit at the Faculty of Agriculture and reviewer at the Quality Assurance Center at Benha University

The committee reviewed documents related to institutional accreditation standards according to the amended 2015 version. They also conducted several meetings and interviews with faculty members, teaching assistants, administrative staff, undergraduate and graduate students, academic and administrative leaders, alumni, and community partners.

The visit included inspections of the faculty buildings, lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, units, and support resources for teaching and learning, in addition to the Engineering Studies and Consultancy Center, to assess the faculty’s readiness to meet the requirements for academic accreditation.

In this context, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar – Dean of the Faculty – expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to the vice deans, department heads, faculty members, the faculty director, and administrative staff for their dedicated efforts, wishing Shoubra Faculty of Engineering continued success, thanks to the collective dedication of all its members and past and present leadership.