Sawiris Penn Scholars

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Ahmed Tharwat

Contact My Experience Abroad I have always wanted to go to the US to experience everything the culture has to offer. I’m an electronics and communication engineering major, but I also love music, movies, and experiencing other cultures. Penn is a very diverse campus, and it offers every opportunity for you to meet new people…

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Ali Hany

Contact Ask Me About… Ali is a senior Electrical Engineering student at Ain Shams University in Cairo, specializing in Networks and Communication Systems. He is deeply interested in research both within and beyond his field, driven by the belief that engineering is ultimately about innovation, experimentation, and creating ideas that leave a meaningful impact. During…

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Abdullah Ghanem

Contact Ask Me About… As a Sawiris Penn Scholar, I spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania, which was my first time living in the U.S. and studying abroad. Students can ask me about adapting to a new culture, building a community from scratch, and making the most of opportunities both inside and outside…

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Maureen Mokhles

Biography Maureen Mokhles is an Electronics Engineering student from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, with a major interest in analog design. Her time at Penn was a great academic experience, especially through graduate-level courses in analog design and VLSI. She finds chip design fascinating because it is where physics, math, and intuition all come…

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Youssef Mohamed

Contact My Experience Abroad As an Architecture student, seeing the United States for the first time was a mind bending experience. I explored more than 10 cities and 7 states in both east and west coasts during my year seeing marvels of American history and engineering, a very inspiring experience. On campus I engaged in…

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