Features: April 1, 2002

Senior Executive Named for Capital Projects

Amr Abdel-Azim has been named senior executive for capital projects. Abdel-Azim will be responsible for all aspects of major construction projects including implementation, day-to-day project management, and the coordination and administration of consultant and construction contracts.

"Amr will be a great asset to Rensselaer as we move ahead with capital projects intrinsic to improving not just the academic atmosphere for our faculty, staff, and students, but the whole Rensselaer experience," said Claude Rounds, vice president for administration.

Abdel-Azim joins Rensselaer after more than 20 years of commercial, residential and higher education design, construction, and facilities management experience. From 1997 to 2001, he was director of physical plant of the newly established University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He helped to establish the 330-acre campus from scratch. Prior to that, he was an architect at Michigan State University, where he was responsible for the architectural design, construction coordination, and review for new and existing buildings.

Amr received his bachelor's degree in architecture in 1980 from Cairo University and his master's in urban planning in 1986 from Michigan State University.