Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb (born 1953) is an Egyptian-born Canadian mechanical and consulting engineer and former executive at the Régie du Bâtiment du Québec (RBQ), who served as 132nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013–2014.

Biography

Born in

Giza, Egypt Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

, Kotb attended the Lycée Français du Caire, and studied materials engineering at

The American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...

in the early 1970s. In 1974 she moved to Canada,Nancy Salim, "Under Pressure: Engineering Is a Part of Life for Kotb IE from Around the World" ''IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine'' 7.2 (2013): 45–46.
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where she continued her studies in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

, Quebec at the Concordia University, where she obtained her BSc in mechanical engineering in 1976, and in 1980 her MSc in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

in 1981. In 1980 Kotb joined the workforce. In the 1990s she joined the Régie du bâtiment, the engineering safety watchdog of the Government of Quebec, where she eventually headed of the Pressure vessel Technical Services Division. From 1989 to 2015 Kotb also served on the Canadian National Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels Inspectors,Member Retirements Announced: Madiha El-Mehelmy Kotb, P.E., Québec
" at nationalboard.org, 8/13/2017. Accessed 2017-09-22. and in the year 2013-2014 she served as 132nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Selected publications

* Kotb, Madiha Mahmoud,
Bounce response of Canadian MAGLEV vehicle under periodic and stochastic excitations from the guideways
'' Masters thesis, Concordia University, 1980. ; Articles, a selection * Kotb, Madiha El Mehelmy. "An Ability to Adapt and Change." ''Mechanical Engineering,'' 136.11 (2014): 36–37.

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Concordia University, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotb, Madiha El Mehelmy 1953 births Living people Egyptian mechanical engineers Canadian mechanical engineers The American University in Cairo alumni People from Giza Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 20th-century Egyptian engineers 21st-century Canadian women scientists 21st-century Canadian engineers 20th-century Egyptian women