Amr ElSawy

Amr ElSawy earned his BSEE from WVU in 1977. He continued his education at George Washington University, earning both an MSEE and MBA, the latter in 1998. 

Amr is senior vice president and general manager for MITRE's aviation and transportation security work program for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), NASA and international customers. He was appointed by the FAA Administrator to be a member of the FAA Research and Advisory Committee (REDAC) and was elected to the AIAA Board as Vice President for Standards in April 2005. 

MITRE is recognized as one of the leading systems engineering and technology companies in the world. The company focuses on solving problems of national importance in the areas of defense, aviation, and enterprise modernization. MITRE operates as a not-for-profit corporation and has its main offices in Mclean, VA and Bedford, MA. MITRE has been selected as one of the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune Magazine for four consecutive years. 

Amr is widely published and a frequent presenter at aviation conferences on the development and implementation of a harmonized global air traffic management system. Prior to his work in aviation, Amr worked on designing and implementing large scale information and communication systems for many Government agencies. 

Amr and his wife Claudia have two daughters, Sara and Natalie. Amr was born in Egypt. In 2003, he and his family endowed the Samy E.G. Elias Scholarship in Engineering, to honor a long-time family friend and WVU faculty member who is known as the father of the PRT.