Ibrahim Abd El Al

The Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al is composed of an Executive Committee, a Scientific Committee, and a General Assembly of around 100 active participants. Most of its members are engineers, researchers, faculty professors and students in agriculture and engineering.
The Executive Committee’s role is to direct, steer the functions of the Association, and implement the recommendations of the General Assembly.

The current Executive committee is:

President:

MP Nasser Nasrallah, Member of Lebanese Parliament, former
Director General of the Litani River Authority

Vice President:

Mr. Antoine Salamé, Consultant Engineer

Secretary:

Mr. Ramzi Arab, Agriculturist

Treasurer:

Mrs. Imane Abd El Al

Members:

Mr. Mohamed Baalbaki, President of the Syndicate of Press.

Dr. Fadi Comair, Director General of Hydraulic and Electrical Equipments in the Ministry of Energy and Water

Mr. Nabil Kiwan, Attorney at Law, Law office

Mr. Elias Nammar, former President of the Order of Engineers

Dr. Wajdi Najem, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (Ecole Supérieure d'Ingenieur de Beyrouth, ESIB), St Joseph University

Mr. Ali Abboud, Director General of the Litani River Authority

Mr. Michael Matta, Civil Engineer

The Scientific Committee's role is to establish links between the Association and the Institutions of Higher Education and Research. Its members evaluate proposals submitted to the Association for award of Master Thesis Assistantships and Abd El Al prizes. It evaluates the reports submitted by students from the capacity building and field trips projects. The members suggest topics for lectures, symposia and other activities to be organized by the Association.

Members of the current Scientific Committee are:

President:

Mr. Antoine Salamé, Vice President of the Executive Committee

Secretary:

Mr. Ramzi Arab, Member of the Executive Committee

Members:

Dr. Georges Ayoub, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut.

Dr. Farid Chaaban, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut

Dr. Wajdi Najem, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieur de Beyrouth, ESIB), St Joseph University.

Dr. Maged B. Najjar, Chairman of Computer Engineering Department, University of Balamand.

Dr. Leyla Geagea, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture at Université de St Esprit de Kaslik (USEK)

Chadi Abdallah, Ph.D., Natural hazards, Remote Sensing and GIS

Mr. Kamal Karaa, Engineer

Jacques Harb, Ph.D., Chairperson Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Notre Dame University

Gaby Abdel Nour, Hydraulic Engineer, Lebanese University

Dr. Jean Chatila, Chairperson of Department of Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University

Mahmoud Halablab, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Science and Information Systems, Hariri Canadian University.

Dr. Ghassan Younes, Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department –Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University