Cairo university staffer wins international microelectronics contest

Cairo University President Gaber Nassar honored a teaching assistant from the Electronics and Communications Department of the Faculty of Engineering for winning an international microelectronics competition.
Mohamed Radwan Abdel-Hamid had won the annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia (AMO), an educational competition spotlighting the world’s brightest engineering students, last month.
The competition spotlights the brightest and most talented young engineers under the age of 30.
The competition was conducted in two stages. The first stage, held in 22 countries throughout the year through local committees, involved a written test establishing a baseline understanding of electronic design concepts and techniques.
The second stage involved a challenging contest consisting of advanced engineering tasks requiring complex solutions. Of 856 participants in the first stage, 42 were qualified to progress to the second stage held on October 16 in Yerevan.