1-E-mail : hhelal@link.net

2- Education :
• Diplôme de Docteur Ingénieur, Earth Sciences (Rock Mechanics and Engineering), Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, March 1982.
• D.E.A (Diplôme d'Edudes Approfondis), Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, October 1979.

• B.Sc., Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, July 1974.

• Baccalaureate, Secondary School for Advanced Students, Ain Shams, Cairo, 1969

3- Working Languages

• Mother tongue: Arabic.

• Other working languages: English, and French

4- Occupation :

• Secretary General, Education Development Fund, Egypt, July 2005.

• President of «l'Université Internationale de Langue Française au Service du Développement

Africain ‘Université Senghor‘, Octobre 2004.

· UNESCO Consultant / Interim Administrative Director, International Centre for Synchrotron-Light

for Experimental Sciences and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), December, 2002.

· National TEMPUS Coordinator (European Union Programme for Higher Education Enhancement),

September 2002.

· Professor of Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,

September, 2002.

· Cultural and Scientific Counselor, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland and Director of

· Cultural, Educational & Scientific Office, Egyptian Embassy, Paris, France, June 1998 – September 2002.

· Programme Specialist, Earth Sciences, UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology for the

Arab States, March 1997 – June 1998.

· National Professional Officer, Earth Sciences, UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology

for the Arab States, September 1993 – March 1997.

· Professor of Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,

May 1993.

· Associate Professor of Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo

University, April 1988.

· Assistant Professor of Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo

University, August 1982.

• Research Student, Strata Control Laboratory, Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Institut National

Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, July 1978.

• Assistant, Mining Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, October 1974

5- Professional Affiliation :

• Member of the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate.

• Member of the Egyptian Society for Engineers.

• Member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM).

• Member of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG).

· Member of the High Committee for the Restoration of the Sphinx, Egyptian Antiquities Organization

( EAO).

• Member of the Arab Society of Material Sciences.

· Member of the Commission on Preservation of Natural Stone Monuments, ISRM ( in cooperation with

UNESCO)

• Member of the Permanent Committee for Egyptian Antiquities, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)

• Member of the Engineering Studies Sector Committee, Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt

· Chairman of the Associate Professors Promotion Committee for Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgical

Engineering, Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt.

• Member of board of Directors, the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage,

Bibliotheca Alexandria.

• Member of board of trustees, the Egyptian institute for business administration development - State Ministry of Administrative development

6- Awards :

• Grade d'Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Ministère de l'Education National,

de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, France, Novembre 2005.

· Grade de Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Ministère de la Culture, France, December 1999.

• Special Prize of the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology in the field of Management and Conservation of Historical Sites, 1993