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),Thilmany, Jean. "Q&A: Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb." Mechanical Engineering-CIME, July 2013, p. 24. Academic OneFile, Accessed 22 September 2017. who served as 132nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013–2014.Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb Takes Office as ASME's 132nd President," at asme.org, June 25, 2013. Accessed 2017-09-22.
Biography Born in Giza, Egypt,Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, "Changes I found and changes I took in my life," in: Samia Spencer (ed.). Daughters of the Nile: Egyptian Women Changing Their World. 2016. p. 239. Kotb attended the Lycée Français du Caire, and studied materials engineering at The American University in Cairo in the early 1970s. In 1974 she moved to Canada,Nancy Salim, "Under Pressure: Engineering Is a Part of Life for Kotb [WIE from Around the World]." IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine 7.2 (2013): 45–46. (Abstract) where she continued her studies in Montreal, Quebec at the Concordia University, where she obtained her BSc in mechanical engineering in 1976, and in 1980 her MSc in mechanical engineering in 1981."Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb Begins Term as ASME President," at asme.org, June 25, 2013. Accessed 2017-09-22.Concordia Magazine, Summer 2011. p. 27
In 1980 Kotb joined the workforce.National Academy of Engineering, et al. Career Choices of Female Engineers: A Summary of a Workshop. National Academies Press, October 2014. p. 36. 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.Scott McCulloch. "Engineering grad goes global, Concordia engineering graduate chosen as fourth woman to lead the American Society of Mechanical Engineers" In: Concordia University, 2013/09/03. Accessed 2017-09-22.
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 (ASME).
Kotb was the 2024 recipient of the Ralph Coats Roe Medal of the ASME.
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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External links Engineering grad goes global, Concordia University, 2013