Roles and Responsibilities:

• Professor of Surveying and Geodesy, Transportation Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Section) with grade distinction “Degree of Honor”, Alexandria University, June, 1965.
• M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Surveying), Alexandria University, February, 1972
• Ph.D.in Technical Sciences (Geodetic Surveying), Mining Institute, Leningrad, USSR, June 1976

Research Interests

• Effect of Atmospheric Refraction on Tacheometric Observations
• Effect of Atmospheric Refraction on the accuracy in Measuring Distances by Optical Range Finders
• The experiences of the Determination of the Temperature Gradient
• The Use of Quadrilaterals without diagonals in Surveying Networks
• Accuracy Requirements in Determination of Unknowns in Trilateration
• Accuracy on Computing The Coordinates of Stations When Using Intersection
• Adjustment of Traverses and Traverse Networks Using Computer
• General Adjustment of the Control Networks
• Determination of Coefficient of Distance Measuring Instruments DHT-2
• Adjustment of The Horizontal Angles When observations are Performed by Tomolin’s Method
• Adjustment of Trilateration Nets Using the Method of Condition Equations
• A New Modified Transverse Mercator Projection to Map the Area of EGYPT
• Adjustment of Three Measured Lines Intersection
• Basic Principles of Graph Theory and its relation to Geodetic Surveying
• Representation of Geodetic Networks by Linear Graphs
• S.Shibel “Mapping of Triaxial Ellipsoid on a Sphere
• A program Package for Mercator Projection as Applied in Egypt
• Accuracy in Positioning of new stations by different methods in horizontal control Networks- a Surveying Computer Library
• Error Analysis for Global Positioning System Network
• Adjustment and Projection: Towards A Surveying Computer Library

Current Work

• Transportation Planning Process for Developing Countries – Great Beirut Area as a Case of Study
• Comparative study for techniques of volume calculations applied on dredging operations in Hydrographic Surveying

Selected Publications

• A.Shukry , M.Hosny , M.Rashad “Effect of Atmospheric Refraction on Tacheometric Observations.”, the Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, No. 13, 1974
• M.Rashad “Effect of Atmospheric Refraction on the accuracy in Measuring Distances by Optical Range Finders.”, (in Russian), the bulletin of Leningrad Mining Institute, 1976
• M.Rashad “The experiences of the Determination of the Temperature Gradient”. (In Russian), the Bulletin of Leningrad Mining Institute, 1976
• M.Rashad, K.Attia, N.Mahfoud “Accuracy in Positioning of new stations by different methods in horizontal control Networks- a Surveying Computer Library”, AEJ, Vo.36, No.5 September 1997
• M.Rashad “Error Analysis for Global Positioning System Network, AEJ, Vol.40 No.2 July 2001.
• M.Rashad, K.Attia, N. Mahfoud “Adjustment and Projection: Towards A Surveying Computer Library”, AEJ, Vol .41 No.2, 2002