AAAEA > Committees

   
Standing Commitees:
  Activity Committee Chairman: Dr. Nabil Refai, PMP
  Shall be responsible for the planning of all Social and Athletic Activities of the Association such as picnics, golf outing, a night with the Chicago Fire, annual party, soccer team and other sport activities.
       
  Career Enhancement Committee Chairman: GM Sadat, PE
  Shall be responsible for the helping AAAEA members prepare and update their resumes. It shall hold workshops to train members on techniques for job interviews. The committee shall help the members obtain engineering positions through networking.
       
  Education Committee Chairman: Dr. Moussa A. Issa, SE, PE
  The Education Committee shall be responsible for activities relating to the continuing education and technical interests of the members such as arranging seminars and lectures, arranging the Engineer-in-Training and Professional Engineer's review courses. Also providing information on professional registration and/or certification and job opportunities for membership. The committee is divided into several subcommittees and it is through their judgment that events or topics are selected to promote the advancement of professional knowledge of the membership.
       
  Membership Committee Chairperson: Muhammmad Mikbel
  Primary duty is to promulgate the necessary procedures of accepting prospective members, such as the confirmation of credentials and other pertinent data and update status and addresses of the member of the Association. Also to recruit and encourage those in the practice of engineering, architectural and computer science to become members of the Association. Maintain membership list and publish membership directory. They should keep records of all Engineering Firms and all Construction Companies owned by Arabs.
       
  Publication Committee Chairman: Raghad Adeis-Dahhan, SE, PE
  Shall be responsible for collecting Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science news and materials which follows the guidelines of the AAAEA by-laws to be included in the News Letter. This will include editing, printing and distributing the publication to the members. All materials not included above (non-related) shall need an approval of the Executive Board/the President to be published in the AAAEA News Letter.
     
   
Ad-Hoc Committees:
  By-Laws Chairman: Ayoub Talhami
  To recommend changes in the by-laws of the Association as the need arises.
       
  E-Week Committee / Poster Contest Chairman: Dr. Soliman Khudeira, SE
  It is the responsibility of the E-Week Committee Chair to work with the executive board to ensure the success of National Engineers Week Activities (a national week long event to promote social and professional activities.) The E-Week Committee Chair will work toward establishing successful E-Week events by recruiting AAAEA members to volunteer to help with the following events: MathCounts competition, Future City, IIT Bridge Building Contest, The AAAEA Essay / Poster Contest, the IIT/DuPage E-Week Expo and the Washington Award Banquet.
       
  Nomination / Election Chairman: Ahmad Basrawi
  To prepare a list of nominees of officers and board of directors for the annual election.
       
  Public Relations Chairman: Jamal Grainawi, PE
  To serve as liaison between the profession and the public, as well as the media. To initiate activities that make engineering more visible and appreciated by the public.
       
  Scholarship Awards Chairman: Dr. Hossam Abdou, PE
  Shall be responsible for the screening and choosing the awardees of a thousand dollars yearly scholarship award per Section 1, Article X of this Constitution and By-Laws. Scholarship Awards Procedures shall be prepared by the Committee to be approved by the Executive Board if no scholar(s) chosen for any particular year the monetary fund will be added to the general scholarship fund for future disbursement.
       
  Women Engineers Committee Chairwoman: Najla Baeshen
  The committee shall reach out to and interact with other women-based professional organizations.
       
  National Outreach Committee Chairman: Dr. Mustafa Mahamid, SE, PE
  The committee shall reach out to arab engineers and architects in other states to help start similar associations at the state level.
       
  Strategic Planning Committee Chairman: John Dasoqi, SE
  To define what our association wants to achieve in the future and how and prepare a ten year plan, including: who the association will serve; mission and goals; values; benefits and services; resource allocation.