Who is Dr. Farouk El-Baz?

Farouk El-Baz was born on January 1, 1938 Egyptian-American, a scientist working with NASA to assist in planning for the Scientific Exploration of the Moon, such as selection of landing sites for Apollo missions and the training of astronauts.

Scientific method

Born in the bosom of the family in the village as a simple Tookh pens from the villages of Sanblawin in Dakahliya
Earned a BSc (Chemistry - Geology) in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Egypt. Received a Masters degree in geology in 1961 from the Institute of Mineralogy, Mo. America.
Got the membership of the Assembly of Sigma Chi (Sigma Xi) scientific. Also earned his Ph.D. in 1964, majoring in Economic Geology.

Scientific positions

Dr Farouk El-Baz Director of the Center applications of remote sensing at Boston University in Boston, USA.
Prior to that, vice president for science and technology in an organization that thou shalt imaging devices for the City of Lexington, Massachusetts.
Since 1973, when he enrolled at the institution that thou shalt in 1982, Dr. El-Baz founded and directs the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Museum of Air and Space Smithsonian Institute in Washington, the capital of the United States of America. And work in addition to the science adviser to President Sadat between 1978-1981.
Since 1967 to 1972 the work of Dr. Farouk El-Baz factor but as a supervisor in Washington to plan for lunar studies and explore the lunar surface.
During these years, participated in the evaluation of the National Agency for Aeronautics and Space Administration "NASA" to tropical trips to the moon. In addition to his membership in the scientific groups Altdamip for the preparation of the Apollo missions trips to the moon. He was head of a team of astronauts training in the sciences in general and shoot the moon in particular.
The position of chief research experiments watch Earth from space, photography, and in the draft joint space flight Apollo - Soyuz in 1975.

Academic career

Dr. Baz taught geology at the universities of:
Assiut, Egypt from 1958 - 1960
University of Missouri in America from 1963 to 1964 and
University of Heidelberg in Germany from 1964 - 1965
In 1966, work in the exploration for oil in the Gulf of Suez, Department of exploration in the Pan American before joining a factor, but in 1967.
During the years between 1967 and 1970 work on the selection of 16 districts featured on the moon landing by astronauts in order to obtain the largest gain knowledge on the geology of the moon and the moon know the history of formation and the relationship of the composition of the earth satellite configuration. During that period, work directly with the astronauts, many such as Dick Gordon DicK Gordon and Matngele Mattingly and Jim Lovell Lovell and Alfred Hayes Haise and Stuart Rosa Stu Rooza and Mitchell Mitchell and Alan Shepard, Shepard, and promise them the scientific preparation of the right to carry out their mission on the moon and was called King "The King".
In 1973 served as cosmic observation and photography at the Apollo - Soyuz Apollo-soyuz who made the first American-Soviet mission in July 1975.
In 1986 joined the University of Boston, in the center of remote sensing using space technology in the fields of geology and geography, has developed a system using remote sensing in the discovery of some Egyptian antiquities.

Activity in NASA

Tags show the green landing sites of Apollo manned missions to the moon. It is in the 24 sites proposed by Baz on the moon for NASA.
Farouk El-Baz has sponsored the work of astronauts from the point of Geology under the moon in the Apollo program in the years 1967 to 1972. It was during those six years, secretary of the committee that selected landing sites on the moon and head of the training group of astronauts. And earned the admiration of astronauts clinicians him where he was characterized by a description of an easily understandable and interesting at the same time. It is a testament to him Tomb astronaut mission Apollo 15 Alfred sleeve while in orbit around the moon, where he was driving a vehicle, space, he said: "remember to explain the" King "of the moon - which is the name of Farouk working at NASA - I feel as if I was here before!"
Farouk El-Baz was also accompanied by members of NASA when they met with reporters for information about the results of the Apollo flights. The ability to simplify expressions Alloosat accurate scientific information in the focus of appreciation, and often they publish some of his words.
Surat Al-Fatiha with Apollo 15
Apollo 15 flight marked the development and improvements for multiple spacecraft, and lunar rover so that the pioneers and all those working at NASA worried about the success of the trip. Baz, referring them to take with them Al-Fatihah to protect them and God be with them, and they were clinging to anything to get him rejoice and assuring the performance of their journey and return safely to Earth. And Farouk El-Baz has already printed on the Al-Fatihah and a paper in his house, and he is of his daughters are signed their names on the paper as well, not only that, but he and his daughters to pray on starting the journey and pray that the trip is to pioneer the best. He then save the Al-Fatihah in the portfolio of plastic and handed it to Alfred and Jordan, and pioneers were thankful. Thankfully the flight was safe.

His D wrote.

Baz, 12 books, including the Apollo over the moon, desert and dry lands, the Gulf War and the environment, Atlas of satellite images of Kuwait, corridor reconstruction in Western Sahara. Participate in the Advisory Board for several international scientific journals. Written numerous articles, and has many meetings on the story of his life and reached to forty, including "Egyptian stars in the sky", from "Al-Ahram to the Moon", "farmer boy over the moon", and others.
Membership in scientific societies
D elected. Baz as a member, or an envoy or the head of approximately 40 of the institutes, councils and committees, including the election envoy to the Third World Academy of Sciences TWAS in 1985, and became its advisory board in 1997, and a member of the Board of Space Science and Technology, and Chairman of the Foundation to maintain the Egyptian Antiquities, and a member of the International Centre for Physics of the Academy of UNESCO, the envoy of the African Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences, Pakistan, and a founding member of the Arab Academy for Science, Lebanon, and President of the Arab Society of Desert Research.
Honored

D won

. Baz, on nearly 31 awards, including: Achievement Award of Apollo, medal Special Science Award training team from NASA, Award team flag Aalghemriaat, award the team at the Apollo American Soviet, MERIT Award from the first class of President Anwar Sadat, the award the golden door of the International Institute in Boston, the son of the distinctive province of Dakahlia, was named after his primary school in his name, which is within the Board of Trustees of the Geological Society of America, the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Council of Egyptian-American relations. Was established by the Geological Society of America annual award in his name called the "Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research."
D of papers. Baz published scientific to nearly 540 scientific papers, either by alone or with others, and supervises many Ph.D. dissertations.
D Gal. Farouk world, east and west, and lectured in many research centers and universities, like scouting trips, and collect rock samples from an early age. Is the brother of Osama al-Baz.
Some Oosmth
Farouk El-Baz has won numerous awards from Scientific American and other universities and scientific bodies of many around the world, including:
Award of Merit, First Class of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat,
Unfair excellence in science and technology from NASA.

His meetings with Ali Al-Jazeera

Program to meet today:
Farouk El-Baz .. Arabs and the development of scientific research, July 4, 2001
Without Borders "program:
Risks that threaten the Nile Delta and its inhabitants, November 18, 2009
The relationship between Arab regimes and scientists Arabs, December 12, 2007
Project to develop Egypt, September 21, 2005
Arab scientists, Farouk El-Baz: Director, Center for Space Research at the University of Boston, June 9, 2004
Program later in the Diaspora:
Famous geologist Farouk El-Baz, July 23, 2001

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