Faculty of Engineering and General Secretariat of Catholic Schools sign Memorandum of Understanding

On Wednesday November 28, 2007, NDU and the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon (SGEC-L), signed a Memorandum of Understanding that allows for technical assistance by the Faculty of Engineering to IT projects in the Secretariat.

NDU was represented by Fr. Walid Moussa, President and Dr. Elias Nassar, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, while the SGEC-L was represented by Fr. Marwan Tabet, Secretary General and Engineer Paul-Marc Bougharios, IT Manager. This assistance will be through part-time and full-time training periods and projects undertaken by Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering students. Up to four students can enroll in the program per semester.

The scope of work includes Network administration and management and computer hardware implementation and software management. Students submit a report at the end of the training period and receive a certificate.

The signing of the MOU took place at NDU in the presence of Dr. Ameen Rihani, VP, AA, Mr. Suheil Matar, Director of Public Relations, Dr. Rabih Jabr, Chairperson, ECCE Department and Sister Angel Nader, Member of the Executive Council in SGEC-L.

For more information on this program and how to enroll please contact the Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering Department.

Notre Dame University & Ulm University signed a Protocol of Cooperation

On August 16, 2007, Notre Dame University, represented by Dr. Elias Nassar, Dean, FE and Ulm University, Germany represented by Dr. Helmut Partsch, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, signed a Protocol of Cooperation between the two faculties concerning graduate studies and research.

Under this protocol NDU students from the Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE) Department will be given priority for admission to the Masters program in Communications Technology at the university of Ulm which is taught entirely in the English language. The university of Ulm will also host one faculty member per year from NDU’s ECCE Department for the purpose of conducting a research project with access to research Labs at Ulm.

Currently three NDU graduates from the ECCE Department are PhD candidates at the university of Ulm and two are pursuing their MS degrees.

The university of Ulm is one of the top research universities in Germany with state-of-the art research facilities and enrolls around 6000 students in faculties of Science, Medicine, Economics and Engineering.

The city of Ulm is the birthplace of Albert Einstein and is ranked as the healthiest city in Germany. It is located in southern Germany on the banks of the Danube river, halfway between the cities of Munich and Stuttgart.

For more information on the Communications Technology program go to: http://ctech.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/