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National AAAEA Newsletter |
May 2008
Issue 5 Vol 2
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Newsletter Committee
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Maha Alsadi - Chair
George Ghareeb - CoChair
Bilal Almasri
Salah Issa
Mustafa Mahamid
Mohammad Kleit |
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Note list will be updated by 5/3/08
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Note list will be updated by 5/3/08
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Dear M.,
I am happy to
report some major events for our associations during
the month of April. First I would like to
congratulate the AAEA - Michigan on their elections
wishing them prosperous and productive year. I
would like to congratulate the new president
Ghassan Abdelnour
and his new board for being elected and looking
forward to their cooperation with the national
steering committee towards forming the national
association in 2011.
Second, I
would like to extend my congratulations to our
colleagues in Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area
in registering the association with the state of
Maryland. We are very proud of the efforts they put
to start their association. They have continuous
membership meetings to establish a solid base before
electing their first board on the fall of 2008.
I am happy to
report to our members that DOW-chemicals has reached
out to our association to build a relation and
explore opportunities. This is a big credit to our
association and we are looking forward to building a
strong relation and cooperation with them to benefit
our members in the future.
As most
departments of regulation and licensing around the
country require professional development hours for
license renewals, I would like to ask our sister
associations around the country to provide
continuous educational seminars, annual or semi
annual full-day conferences and provide their
members with enough professional development hours (PDHs)
for their members. Our associations in Illinois,
Texas, and Tri-states have been active on this
aspect and I would like to thank them for their
efforts. The AAAEA-Illinois holds a monthly seminar
and two full-day conferences annually. The AAAEA-Illinois
is holding its spring conference on May 10th,
2008.
The national
steering committee and its subcommittees continue to
work on their tasks; they are in the process of
preparing their semi-annual report of
accomplishments and planning for the third national
conference in Chicago on October, 2008.
Your
membership, help, and contribution is essential to
the success of our associations around the country
and for the national association overall.
Sincerely,
Mustafa
Mahamid, PhD, PE
National
Steering Committee Chairman
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The Need For and the Development of Seismic
Codes in the United States : Part II
By Mustafa Mahamid, Ph.D., P.E.
The accelerograms from the instruments
installed by the US Coast and Geodetic
Survey in 1933, provided strong-motion as a
result of the 1940 El-Centro earthquake,
that lead to a new era in seismic codes.
In 1943, the city of Los Angeles recognized
the influence of flexibility on earthquake
design coefficients and adjusted the seismic
coefficient, as a function of the number of
stories in the building to:
Click here to read full article
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 Interview
with Raed Milhem
1-Who is Raed (Ray)
Milhem "professionally " ?
Ray Milhem joined Motorola as Vice President &
General Manager in the Motorola Software Group
(MSG) to lead, enhance & coordinate the Network
Management side of the MSG as well as Network
applications. Prior to Motorola, Ray held
several Executive & Senior Management roles at
Nokia, Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, AFC (Tellabs)
& AT&T.
2. Who is Raed (Ray) Milhem the "person"?
I was born in Jordan, my parents come from
Palestine. Lived in Kuwait until High School,
then came to this beautiful country in 1979 to
study Engineering. I initially wanted to be a
"Civil Engineer" but my passion was in
Electrical/Electronics/Computers, etc...I called
my father and discussed this with him...he was
very supportive and told me to "follow your
heart and guts" . I have two brothers and a
sister, they are all very successful in their
fields and all have great families.
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Techwadi Update
1. TechWadi hosted several start-ups headed
by Americans & Arab American CEOs last
week. The event was very productive with
several VCs (Venture Capitalists) attending
from Qualcom, Intel and others. The founders
of Yamli ( http://www.Yamli.com)
were attending. Yamli is a pioneering
Arab software technology that changes
English to Arabic characters on-line.
2. Ray (Raed) Milhem will be presenting @ a
conference in Dubai on May.4th & May.5th
hosted by ABAN (Arab Business Angels
Network) ( http://www.ABAN.ae). ABAN
is part of Dubai International Company which
is one of the major companies in Dubai, GCC,
the Arab world and Globally. ABAN funds
start-ups in what is called "seed money" to
help Arab start-ups to prosper and develop.
3. TechWadi hosted a lunch for the Algerian
Ambassador to the US (HE Amin Kherbi) and
the Jordanian Ambassador to the US (HRH
Prince Zaid) . Both guests were very
impressed with the level of achievements
that the Arab American community has reached
to and encouraged us to keep moving forward,
prosper by helping our communities here and
in the Arab world.
Thanks
On behalf of TechWadi board
Raed (Ray) Milhem
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Michigin Chapter
Election Results
Dear all,
On Wednesday April 16, 2008, at Al-Ameer
restaurant in Dearborn Heights, we have
conducted our 2008 elections and a new
Board is induced. All ballots were
collected by the elections committee,
counted, verified and presented to the
general members as follows:
PRESIDENT Ghassan Abdelnour
PRESIDENT ELECT Maher Abbasi
TREASURER Mahmoud El-Gamal
SECRETARY Maria Sedki
DIRECTOR1 Issam (Sam) Bahou
DIRECTOR2 Nidal Fakhoury
DIRECTOR3 Mustapha Hamood
DIRECTOR4 Awni Qaqish
DIRECTOR5 Sermed Saif
Thus, with great pleasure, and on behalf
of the AAEA Board, we would like to
congratulate the new executive board
members and wish them all the luck. We
are extremely confidante that all will
lead this organization to higher level
of professionalism.
In contrast, we would like to extend a
huge Thank You and express our
appreciation to the previous Board for
their leadership, time, and
professionalism since 2005. We are
extremely grateful to the Directors
Ghassan Abdelnour, Khalil Atasi, Nafa
Khalaf, Awni Qaqish and Lami Taweel. We
are also grateful to Mahmoud El-Gamal
(Treasurer), Mustapha Hamood(Secretary),
John Saad (V. President) and Sermed Saif
(President)for everything they did.
Also, we show a great appreciation to
all committee members who supported our
board and served the members during the
last 3 years.
Last, but not least, we are grateful to
all of you members and friends that
supported this association since 2005.
Without all of you, this association
would have never reached this milestone.
Again, thank you all and wish for more
AAEAA success.
Arab American Engineers & Architects
Association
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News
from Maryland, Virginia and District of Colombia
Chapter
The Steering Committee for the establishment of
the Arab American Association of Engineers and
Architects (AAAEA) in the Washington, DC
Metropolitan Area (Maryland, District of Columbia
and Virginia) met on Saturday, April 12, 2008,
between 11:00 AM and 1:30 PM. A total of 10 out the
14 persons attended this meeting.
The Steering Committee will meet again on Saturday,
April 26, 2008 to prepare for the May Meeting.
The Arab American Association for Engineers &
Architects (AAAEA) has been officially established
and registered with the State.
The second members meeting have been scheduled
for Saturday May, 10, 2008
Respectfully
Eissa Haj-Hamad, P.E.
President
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