Engineering Shadow Program

Experience university life as an AUS engineering student

Have you ever wondered what it’s really like to study engineering? Join the American University of Sharjah Engineering Shadow Program for a taste of what your life could be like as a student in the College of Engineering.

Through this program, high school students in grades 11 and 12 get to experience a day in the life of an AUS engineering student. Your guide for the day will be a student in your major of interest, and as their “shadow,” you will attend classes, meet our engineering students and professors, and experience some of our on-campus facilities. This program is supported by Women in Engineering (WiE).

What to expect

During your day at AUS, you’ll get to:

• attend classes or laboratories sessions with a top AUS student in your major of interest
• visit our excellent AUS facilities, including our top-notch laboratories, regionally renowned library, recreational sports facilities, Student Center and more
• meet with an admissions advisor, professors and College of Engineering administrators
• enjoy a complimentary meal with your student guide

All students who took part in the program along with their parents will be invited at the end of the semester to attend a celebration and award ceremony. During the ceremony all participants will receive a certificate of participation, and have the chance to meet with the Engineering Faculty, Department Heads and Dean.

Who can attend

Students must be in grade 11 or 12 with an average grade of 90% and above. There is no cost to participate, however acceptance to the program is competitive. 

Dates and Times

The AUS Engineering Shadow Program will run throughout the academic year. The shadow visits usually run for 3-4 hours. Dates and times for the shadowing program are listed on the registration form

Registration

Registration for the Spring 2025 cycle of the AUS Engineering Shadow Program is closed. Please keep an eye on this page for the dates of the next Fall 2025 cycle (September 2025).

Team

Program Director

Dr. Rana Sabouni
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Coordinator

Ahmad Al Nabulsi
Senior Laboratory Instructor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Co-organizers

Muhammad Qasim
Lab Instructor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 

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Najla Salkho
Lab Instructor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Aileen Anne Yulay
Administrative Assistant

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Mentors

AY 2024-2025 Cycles:

• AbdelRahman AbdelTwab
• Abed alfattah Naseraldin
• Adam Burhanpurwala
• Ahlam Hashim
• Ahmed Alabd Aljabar
• Ahmed Alruzzi
• Ali Ahli
• Aljawharah Alanazi
• Alya Alnaqbi
• Fatima Al Sinan
• Fatima Al-Abdulla
• Habiba Elkholy
• Habiba Elsayed
• Haya Taifour
• Inas Mohideen
• Jana Abdelbaki
• Kanza Khan
• Khadijah Minhas
• Lateefa Al-Ali
• Malak Al Mosawi
• Mariya Presswala
• Mark Farag
• Mohammed Farhan
• Mohammed Imtiaz
• Muhammad Vidha
• Nabil Bukhary
• Nadine Abualroos
• Omar Shraim
• Omar Tamer
• Qusai Al Tah
• Rand Al-Yahya
• Rawan Abdelaal
• Sakina Bagalkot
• Salma Mansour
• Salsabeel Elsharkawy
• Sara Ismail
• Sepehr Sharifi
• Shaikha Alshamsi
• Shamma Alfalasi
• Shreya Esther Suraj
• Siva Adduri
• Sneha Athota
• Sumaiya Bakhach
• Syed Arfan Hussain
• Taher Bastawala
• Tala Ali
• Taleen Abdelhamid

AY 2023-2024 Cycles:

• Abdulrahman Elzeiny
• Ahmad Kaddoura
• Ahmed Alruzzi
• Ahmed Selim
• Alina Anas
• Alwalid Baghdadi
• Amaan Memon
• Ayda Atallah
• Azza Mukhtar
• Daniela Dawleh
• Fares Mohammed
• George Piliposyan
• Habiba Elkholy
• Hasnain Ali
• Haya Taifour
• Hoor Alansaari
• Ibraheem Kanan
• Jana Mohamed
• Jawwad Sheikh
• Jood Shinawi
• Joudi Abdallah
• Karmel Al Ashhab
• Lamis Elsayed
• Layan Shadid
• Lina Salman
• Mahmoud Ibrahim
• Maisha Tasnia
• Miryana Baghdad
• Mohammed Ahmed
• Momen Aldahshan
• Muhammad Junaid
• Radi Aman Riyas
• Rafal Habib
• Rana Elfakharany
• Rana Gharaibeh
• Rashaad Hasan
• Saad Sajid
• Safwan Khan
• Salma Hussein
• Sara Alhammadi
• Sarah Salah
• Sathya Aamuktha Samrajyam
• Shahed Obaid
• Shorouk Ahmed
• Sidra Abdulkarim
• Sura Sadoon
• Taif Ibrahim
• Taleen Albaz
• Tasneem Asskoul
• Tausif Islam
• Walid Hewidi
• Walid Naser
• Yahia Elsawaf
• Youssef Eldib

AY 2022-2023 Cycles:

• Abdullah Ali
• Ahmed Selim
• Aisha Mohamed Al-Ali
• Alina Anas
• Ammar Ghonaim
• Andrew Zacca
• Ayah Abdallah
• Carine Saeed
• Dana Al-Muqbel
• Diaa Addeen Abuhani
• Diana Hammoud
• Faisal Abu Abed
• Faris Al-Ali
• Fatma Hammoud
• Fizza Syed
• Hafsah Khan
• Hanna Sadoun
• Hind Al-Harmoodi
• Hoor Alansaari
• Ines Zitouni
• Jawwad Sheikh
• Kareem Morsi
• Karim Diab
• Lara Dhin
• Layan Shadid
• Mahira Pathan
• Mahmoud Ibrahim
• Malak Allan
• Mariam ElHelw
• Maryam Janahi
• Masa Touqan
• Megan Magdi
• Mohamed Jafar
• Omar Agha AlNimer
• Omar Hossam Abdeldayem
• Rahaf Amasaibþ
• Ramzi Al-Sharawi
• Rana Aly
• Rana Elfakharany
• Samir  Mahmood
• Samrin Saleem
• Sara AL Armouti
• Shahed Obaid
• Syed Talha Mukarram
• Tabarek Al falahi
• Tala Al abweh
• Teeba Allawi
• Wanes Kalayejian
• Yahya Islam
• Yasser Juran
• Zaineh Al Nasser
• Zeina Elshahawi

Contact us

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We welcome questions from prospective shadows and their parents, and look forward to seeing you on our campus.