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A delegation of faculty members and students at the College of Navigation Sciences and Space Technology visited the General Authority of Meteorology

17 May 2023

Media Center
  Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, announced that the Faculty of Navigation Sciences and Space Technology will organize a visit to the General Authority of Meteorology to discuss ways of joint cooperation between the two sides. The visit comes within the framework of joint cooperation between the university and the authority, and under the supervision of Major General Hisham Hassan Tahoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors General Authority of Meteorology.
  The delegation included Dr. Osama Shalabiya, Dean of the College of Navigation Sciences and Space Technology, Dr. Heba Allah Muhammad Abdel Halim, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Khaled Youssef, Head of the Space Communications Department and Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, and Dr. Hossam Mahmoud Nassar, Vice Dean for College Affairs. Environment and community service, in addition to 15 male and female students.
The university president stated that this visit aims to enhance and discuss ways of cooperation between the university and the General Meteorological Authority in a number of important areas, including training students at the Cairo Regional Training Center at the authority's headquarters, whose programs are approved by the World Meteorological Organization, as well as contributing to the discussion of graduation projects. College students, and other aspects of cooperation between the college and the authority to establish and operate a meteorological station and climate change were also discussed.
Dr. Osama Shalabiya added that the Authority, during the visit, showed a documentary film about the Authority's history and activity, explaining the mechanism of its work and its affiliated stations throughout the Republic, and answered all students' inquiries regarding the use of satellites in weather monitoring and data exchange between global information centers.
The visit also included an inspection of the Forecasting and Early Warning Center and the Remote Sensing Department to see the method of work that combines technology and precise manual work, how to monitor weather phenomena through satellites and their data, and the Museum of the Meteorological Authority.