Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Curriculum Vitae

Honors and Awards

• Egyptian Government scholarship for graduate study in the U.S.A.

• Election to the Society of Sigma Xi
• Membership in the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon
• Certificate of Merit in Ore Reserves and Rock Formation
  United States Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC

1969

• Apollo Achievement Award
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Certificate of Contribution to Manned Space Flight
  American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)

1971

• Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Crew Training and Simulation Team Award
  Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, Houston, Texas
• Lunar Orbit Experiment Team Award
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

1972

• Alumni Achievement Award for Extraordinary Scientific Accomplishment
  Missouri School of Mines - University of Missouri at Rolla

• Certificate of Special Commendation
  Geological Society of America
• Apollo Orbital Science Photographic Team Award
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Honor Citation for Contributions to the World Community
  Association of Arab-American University Graduates

• Lunar Science Team Award
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Experiment Team Award
  L.B. Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, Texas

• Appreciation and Recognition Award
  Club of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Assiut University, Egypt

1979

• Certificate of Merit
  World Aerospace Education Organization (WAEO)
• Special Recognition Award
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Certificate of Contribution to Remote Sensing
  Ministry of Agriculture, Costa Rica

• "Order of Merit - First Class" For Contributions to Space Geology
  Anwar Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

• Outstanding Achievement Award
  Egyptian American Organization, Los Angeles, California

• Commemorative Medal of Honor
  (Outstanding achievement and dedication to personal and professional goals)
  American Biographical Institute

• Special Honor Award
  Association of Egyptian American Scholars
• Certificate of Appreciation
  Nashoba Cable Community Television
• Certificate of Recognition
  Republican National Committee

With Kathryn and John Silber at Golden Door Award celebration

• Golden Door Award
  International Institute of Boston
• Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology
  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1995

• Award for Outstanding Contributions to Science and Space Technology
  American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC
• Phi Beta Kappa, Honorary Membership
  Epsilon of Massachusetts, Boston University
• Achievement Award
  Egyptian American Professional Society, New York
• Favorite Son of Dakahliya
  H.E. the Governor of Dakahliya, Mansoura, Egypt

• Michel T. Halbouty Human Needs Award
  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

1999

• The Geological Society of America (Boulder, Colorado) established:
  The Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research

2000

• Distinguished Achievement Certificate
  50th Anniversary Medal
  Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

2001

• American Muslim Achievement Award
  The Islamic Center of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• Certificate of Commendation
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
  Los Angeles, California

2002

• Crown Circle Award
  (For extraordinary accomplishment in a leadership role in aerospace education)
  The National Congress on Aviation and Space Education
  Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

2004

• Nevada Medal
  Governor of Nevada
  Desert Research Institute
  Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada
• Pioneer Award
  Arab Thought Foundation
  (Third General Conference, Marrakesh, Morocco)
  Beirut, Lebanon

2006

• Milestones of Air and Space Honorees
  Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  National Air and Space Museum
  Smithsonian Institution
  Washington, D.C.

2007

• Texas Dawa Award
  Houston, Texas

2008

• Mapping Software Award
  The Carbon Project, Inc.
  Alexandria, VA
• Resolution Honoring Service on the Board
  Qatar Rand Policy Institute
  Doha, Qatar
• Listed as number 13 in “The Power 100; 2008”
  ArabianBusiness.com
  Dubai, U.A.E.
• Golden Award, Supreme Council of Antiquities
  Delivered in Celebration of the International Heritage Day
  Ministry of Culture
  Cairo, Egypt
• The Taylor & Francis “Best Letter Award”
  Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society
  The University of Nottingham
  Nottingham, United Kingdom

Name Placements

1981

• El-Baz Circular feature among dunes of the Great Sand Sea, Egypt
  Science Magazine, Vol. 213, No. 4506, p. 439-440

1990

• El-Baz
  Shuttle craft in Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Named by Rich Berman, TV Producer

1995

• Farouk EL-Baz Primary School
  Tokh El-Eqlam, Sinballawayn District
  Dakahliya, Egypt

1999

• The Farouk El-Baz Desert Research Award
  Geological Society of America Foundation
  Boulder, CO

2007

• The Farouk El-Baz Student Award
  Geological Society of America Foundation
  Boulder, CO

2008

• Farouk El-Baz Laboratory of Remote Sensing
  University of Suez Canal
  Port Said, Egypt
• Farouk El-Baz Institute for Science and Innovation
  Center for Biomedical Research
  Beirut, Lebannon
• Farouk El-Baz Building
  Medical College Complex
  Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.