{"id":125,"date":"2015-08-07T22:40:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T22:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:34:15","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin: 30px 0;padding: 20px 5px;\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/l_YEHIA.jpg\" alt=\"Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yehya Serag\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yehya Serag<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/l_YEHIA.jpg\" alt=\"Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yehya Serag\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Yehya Serag received a Bachelor degree in Architecture with a major in Urban Planning and Design from Ain Shams University, Cairo. He, then, obtained his MA in human settlements (PGCHS \u2013 Catholic University of Leuven) as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in spatial and regional planning after completing the European Module for spatial development and planning (New Castle University). He graduated with a PhD on the topic \u201cNetworking and networks as tools for regional development and planning: Human settlements\u2019 development potentialities in the Western part of Egypt\u201d from the department of Architecture, spatial planning and landscape (Catholic University of Leuven). Since April 2014, Serag holds the position of an associate professor of urban and regional planning at the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Ain Shams University. Starting from December 2010, he coordinates the MSc IUSD. He is currently interested in the impact of politics on urbanism as a new line of research, as well as , urban and regional strategic planning and development.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MORITZ.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Bellers\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Bellers<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MORITZ.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Bellers\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> After completing a Diploma in landscape and open space planning at Leibniz University Hannover in 2008 and landscape architecture (between 2004 and 2005) at Universiteit Wageningen, NL he worked for jbbug \u2013 landscape architects in Cologne from 2009 to 2011. Since July 2010 he teaches and researches at the Department of Landscape Planning and Ecology, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at University Stuttgart. His research interests focuses on performative landscape techniques, process driven designs and ecological engineering. Moritz is teaching in the \"Urban Ecology and Ecosystem Design\" Core Module and the \"Integrated Research and Design Project\" Module within the IUSD at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Franzi2.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. MSc. Franziska Laue\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dipl.-Ing. MSc. Franziska Laue<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Franzi2.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. MSc. Franziska Laue\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Franziska Laue holds a Diploma in Architecture from TU Berlin and a M.Sc. in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) Stuttgart\/Cairo. Since 2003 she was engaged as a freelance advisor in projects in Germany, Syria and Burkina Faso and Egypt. From 2007 until 2011 she worked for the GIZ Urban Development Programme (UDP) in Aleppo. Since 2008 she was involved in local and international conferences, exhibitions and publications on local identity, informal urban development in the MENA region. Recently, Franziska was member of exhibition and publication teams for \u201cAleppo Archive\u201d (DOC Aleppo) on urban heritage conservation and archiving as well as \u201cSpace Time Dignity Rights\u201d (DAZ Berlin) on refugee camp improvement strategies. She has published on a long-term research on informal urban growth in Damascus, Syria. A present academic focus is climate change adaptation in the MENA region. Since October 2013 she is research assistant at the International Urbanism Institute and is part of the IUSD Course Coordination Team at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_RAOUL.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. Raoul Cyril Humpert\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dipl.-Ing. Raoul Cyril Humpert<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_RAOUL.jpg\" alt=\"Dipl.-Ing. Raoul Cyril Humpert\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Raoul Cyril Humpert studied at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d\u00b4Architecture de Montpellier and the University of Stuttgart, where he received his diploma of Architecture and Urbanism in 2012. During his education, he developed a strong interest in the multidisciplinarity of architecture and gained extensive practical and international experiences while working for landscape architects Pfrommer + Roeder, architecture photographer Roland Halbe and Shanghai-based French interior design office LIME388. He also participated in different workshops for mudbrick constructions in Lyon, for walkable cities in Hefei and public schoolyards in Cairo. Additionally Raoul worked as a student assistant at the Institute for Art and Design and the Institute for International Urbanism at the University of Stuttgart. He hold a teaching position at the University of Innsbruck and since November 2012 Raoul is research assistant at the International Urbanism Institute and is part of the IUSD Course Coordination Team at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MARWA.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Marwa Abdellatif\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dr. Marwa Abdellatif<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MARWA.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Marwa Abdellatif\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Marwa Abdellatif obtained a B.Sc. in Urban Planning and Design (Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2000) and a M.Sc. in ecotourism in the Western Desert of Egypt (ASU, 2006), and received her PhD on the topic of \u2018Paradigms for Spatial Planning \u2013 Transformations in the Planning System of Egypt\u2019 (ASU, 2013).<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">She currently holds the position of an assistant professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Ain Shams University.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">She is particularly interested in exploring new pedagogical approaches for education of spatial planning. She participated in a number of workshops in Egypt and Germany on higher education. In 2011, she co-founded \u2018Letaarfo\u2019 initiative to deepen the understanding of the interwoven relationships of people and places. She is a programme coordinator of the MSc. IUSD at Ain Shams University, Cairo.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_BERND.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.-Ing. Bernd Eisenberg\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dr.-Ing. Bernd Eisenberg<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_BERND.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.-Ing. Bernd Eisenberg\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Bernd Eisenberg completed a diploma in Landscape and Open Space Planning at TU Hannover and worked in the field of GIS-based planning in Hamburg and Stuttgart. He obtained his PhD on the topic of \u201cPark metrics - quantification methods for spatial potentials of green open spaces with regard to recreational uses\u201d at the University of Stuttgart. Bernd is involved in ongoing research activities of the Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology (ILP\u00d6) related to sustainability and resilience of cities (projects LiWa and TURaS) and international educational cooperations. His research interests include quantification methods of open space qualities in general and in particular the relation between spatial configuration and usability as outlined in the space syntax research field. Since October 2010 Bernd is part of the IUSD Course Coordination Team at University of Stuttgart and is involved in teaching electives within the IUSD at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Abdulmoneim.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Abdulmoneim Alfiky\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Dr. Abdulmoneim Alfiky<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Abdulmoneim.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Abdulmoneim Alfiky\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Abdulmoneim Alfiky is an Assistant Professor at the Urban Design &amp; Planning Dept.\u2013 Ain Shams University. He Has a B.Sc. in Urban Planning &amp; design, an M.Sc. in Urban Environmental management and a PhD in Regional Planning &amp; Modelling. His professional experience focuses on strategic and regional planning in rural areas of the Egyptian Nile Delta &amp; Valley. He actively participated in several EU Funded projects between Ain Shams University and various European universities. He is currently involved in two research projects funded by the STDF on Urban Heat island &amp; Smart management of Unplanned Areas.\n\nHe joined the IUSD Coordination Team at Ain Shams University in 2013. And From August 2014, he held the position of the IUSD Projects Coordinator. However, Since March 2022, he holds the Academic Coordinator position of IUSD at Ain Shams University.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Nashwa.jpg\" alt=\"Eng. Nashwa Emad\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Eng. Nashwa Emad<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Nashwa.jpg\" alt=\"Eng. Nashwa Emad\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Nashwa Emad received her B.Sc. in Urban Planning and Design at Ain Shams University in 2012 and holds the position of a teaching assistant at the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Ain Shams University where she is currently enrolled as M.Sc. Candidate at Ain Shams. Nashwa is interested mainly in the role of landscape in the urban development of public open spaces, and its impact on the viability of the city. At the moment, Nashwa is a part time member of the IUSD Course Coordination Team at Ain Shams University.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MARISOL.jpg\" alt=\"M.Arch. Marisol Rivas Velasquez\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">M.Arch. Marisol Rivas Velasquez<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_MARISOL.jpg\" alt=\"M.Arch. Marisol Rivas Velasquez\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Studied architecture at the Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Mexico (B.S. 1998) and received the Master of Excellence in Architecture at the Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture (2002). Marisol Rivas Vel\u00e1zquez collaborated with several offices in Mexico and Belgium, among them the renowned offices of Teodoro Gonz\u00e1lez de Le\u00f3n\/ Mexico City, Ricardo Legorreta\/ Mexico City and St\u00e9phane Beel\/ Ghent. She is a founding partner of the Ulm based practice \"Architecture, Urbanism + Research Agency\" (www.a-u-r-a.eu). Marisol Rivas Velazquez has been Visiting Professor at the ITESM Monterrey (2003 and 2004), Lecturer at the University of Technology, Munich (2005) and research assistant at the Institute of Design.Studio1 of Leopold-Franzens-University in Innsbruck (2005-2010). Since 2010 Marisol is research assistant at the Department of International Urbanism were she has been teaching and coordinating studies and research projects. In both her professional and academic practice Marisol's research interest evolve on the topics of culture conflicts, tourism and informal urban development with special focus on African and Latin American cities. She is teaching in the \"Integrated Research and Design Project\" Module within the IUSD at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Ebithal2.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Ebtihal Abbas\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">MSc. Ebtihal Abbas<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Ebithal2.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Ebtihal Abbas\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Ebtihal Abbas is an urban planner and designer holding a MSc. in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) from Stuttgart University in Germany and Ain Shams University (ASU) in Egypt. Ebtihal completed her bachelor of Regional and Urban Planning from Cairo University in 2004. Since then, she has been actively engaged in international multidisciplinary environments in both Egypt and Gulf Cooperation Council (G.C.C) where she was involved in projects varying from a national level to municipal, city centers and neighborhoods\u2019 redevelopment. \u2018Urban Development and Revitalization of Downtown-Cairo\u2019 in Egypt, the \u2018Pearl-Qatar in Doha\u2019 and \u2018Qatar National Master Plan\u2019 in the G.C.C are among the major projects she participated in. Her interests in the role of civil society as well as the influences of political and socio-economical factors on urban development were the basis for her masters\u2019 dissertation. She has also been involved in some freelancing projects, such as taking part in \u2018Preparing the Guidance Physical Plans for the Egyptian Villages\u2019- (GOPP), copyediting of the Arabic exhibition contents for \u2018Space, Time, Dignity, Rights\u2019- (UNRWA) and assisting in the community participation process for upgrading historical areas in old Cairo in \u2018Al Athar Lena\u2019 \u2013 (DEDI). She joined the IUSD Course Coordination Team at Ain Shams University in October 2013.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_IUSD_Julia_Hartmann_1.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Julia Hartmann\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">MSc. Julia Hartmann<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_IUSD_Julia_Hartmann_1.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Julia Hartmann\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Since obtaining her BSc(Hons) in Architecture at the University of East London in 2002, Julia\u2019s work experience with award-winning practices such as WWMArchitects (London) and \u2018die Baupiloten\u2019 (Berlin) has ranged from public space design to the scale of strategic urban framework plans and has included clients such as the London Development Agency (LDA), Hackney Council (London), Nature Park Vitosha (Bulgaria), and Amnesty International. Julia has also been teaching design-build workshop formats at several Universities in Britain and Bulgaria and worked with NGOs Shoreditch Trust (UK), THF (TAR, China) and Ziva Zemia (Bulgaria) on issues of resident-led urban regeneration and local construction skills transfer. In 2013, she completed the MSc IUSD at the University of Stuttgart with a thesis on neighbourhood-based urban upgrading and mobilization processes in Cairo\u2019s informal settlements. Her current research interests evolve around marginalized urban spaces, their inhabitants, and the potential they harbour for the construction, sustenance and defence of the urban commons. A member of several exhibition and publication teams, Julia has recently made editorial contributions to the exhibitions \u201cBeyond Tourism-Zanzibar\u201d (with Weissenhof-Galerie Stuttgart 2013); \u201cSpace Time Dignity Rights-Improving Palestinian Refugee Camps\u201d (with UNRWA and GIZ 2012) and to the 2014\/2 issue of \u201cTrialog - Journal for Planning and Building in the Third World\u201d.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_mona_web.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Mona Mannoun\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">MSc. Mona Mannoun<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_mona_web.jpg\" alt=\"MSc. Mona Mannoun\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Mona Mannoun received her BSc in Architectural Engineering from Misr International University, Egypt in 2008. Her Master thesis at the Department of Urban Planning at Ain Shams University, 2014 is on \u201cSelf-developed Areas in Egypt\u201d, focusing on the urban fabric and the architectural elements of different case studies in Egypt and Germany that depend on people who build their own neighborhood. In addition, Mona Mannoun works on a hands-on project related to informal settlements. She worked at \u00f6koplan and IDG consultancy offices in Cairo between 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2012. Since May 2010 Mona is the assistant programme coordinator for the MSc IUSD at Ain Shams University Cairo.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_STOKMAN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Antje Stokman\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Prof. Antje Stokman<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_STOKMAN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Antje Stokman\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Antje Stokman studied landscape architecture at Hanover University and Edinburgh College of Art.\r\nAfter graduation she gained practical experiences as a landscape architect in many international projects and was Associate Professor in Hanover University from 2005-2010.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Since 2010 she is director of the Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology within Stuttgart University and founding partner of the practice \"osp urbanelandschaften\" in Hamburg.\r\nMaking use of the synergies between science, teaching and practice, her work evolves around the aim to develop new areas of involvement and design approaches for the profession of landscape architecture \u2013 by defining it as the art of integrating complex ecosystems, infrastructure systems and human lifeworlds.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">She was awarded the Topos Landscape Award in 2011, the Lower Saxony Science Prize in 2009 and is member of the German national advisory council on spatial planning since 2010.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Since the implementation of the MSc IUSD, she is Director of Admissions and teaches in various courses within the IUSD. She is the Course Director of the MSc IUSD and teaches in various courses within the IUSD at University of Stuttgart.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Ayman.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Ayman Ashour\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Prof. Dr. Ayman Ashour<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_Ayman.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Ayman Ashour\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Mohamed Ayman Ashour holds the chair of a Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning and the position of the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. Combining educational and technical experience between academic and professional work enriched Prof. Ashour with a sense of specialized consulting experience and made his theoretical guidance settled and valuable with a future aspiration for a generation that carries the heritage and legacy of the past to the rapid developing world of the future. His work focuses on projects of technical engineering, comprehensive planning providing integrated consultancy services in Master Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Design, Architecture and Interior Design as well as Project Management and Construction Supervision. He is the Director of Admission of the MSc IUSD and supervises various master theses within the IUSD at Ain Shams University.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_SALHEEN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salheen\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salheen<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_SALHEEN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salheen\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> <\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_YOUHANSEN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_YOUHANSEN.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> After receiving her B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering, Youhansen Eid received her M. Arch. (1986), and her Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California (1992). Since then, she has worked at the Faculty of Engineering ASU. She held the positions of head of the department of Urban Planning (2007-2009) and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Engineering (2009-2011). Prof. Eid conducted a private architectural and planning practice and held planning consulting positions in some agencies in Egypt including GAEB and GOPP. Her research interests include the impact of socio-political and technological changes on urban form, strategic planning and sustainability. Currently she is Professor of Urban Planning at Ain Shams University and Visiting Professor at the British University Egypt. She was Head of Admission for the IUSD programme and is now involved in teaching and supervision of master theses at Ain Shams University.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_ingo_web.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Ingo Helmedag\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Prof. Ingo Helmedag<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_ingo_web.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Ingo Helmedag\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> Ingo Helmedag studied architecture at Hanover University and at Graz University of Technology. After graduating from Hanover University he worked as an architect in a number of projects. Starting in 1993, he has taught as an assistant professor for Building Construction and Design at Dresden University of Technology. For the Faculty of Architecture, he established the European Erasmus Program and furthered worldwide University exchange. In 1998, he was a visiting professor at the UBC, Vancouver. His focus and research interest is on building technique and sustainable design. After joining DAAD in 2008, Ingo Helmedag became professor for Building Techniques and Design at the German Jordanian University (GJU) in Amman, where he remained until his transfer to Cairo\u2019s Ain Shams University (IUSD Master Program) in September 2012.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-staff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_nina_web.jpg\" alt=\"Vertr. Prof. Nina Gribat\" class=\"img-responsive img-center\"><h4 class=\"name text-center\">Vertr. Prof. Nina Gribat<\/h4><div class=\"content hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_nina_web.jpg\" alt=\"Vertr. Prof. Nina Gribat\" class=\"img-responsive alignright\"> After completing a Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design (TU Berlin), the Bauhauskolleg Transitspaces (Bauhaus Dessau) and a MA in Planning Research and Theory (The University of Sheffield) Nina Gribat obtained her PhD on the topic of \u201cGoverning the Future of a Shrinking City: Hoyerswerda, East Germany\u201d at the Department of Architecture and Planning at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research interests include governing processes of urban shrinkage and informal urban developments. Nina often works with Foucault's writings on governmentality and their potential contributions to reconceptualising critical planning and urban theory. Since April 2011 Nina was part of the IUSD Course Coordinatino Team and teaching in the \"Urban Policy, Planning and Sustainable Urban Management\" Core Module. Since 2013 she is interim director of the International Urbanism Institute at University of Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Staff - IUSD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/?page_id=125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Staff - IUSD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\/?page_id=125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IUSD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/151414544941918\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-01T16:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=125\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=125\",\"name\":\"Staff - IUSD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-07T22:40:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-01T16:34:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=125#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=125\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=125#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MSC\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/?page_id=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Staff\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iusd.asu.edu.eg\\\/\",\"name\":\"IUSD\",\"description\":\"Integrated Urbanism &amp; 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