Over the past several years, the International Conference on Research Trends in Science and Technology has become a primary forum for engineers, mathematicians and scientists from around the world to interact and present their work. In 2002, it will be held at the Lebanese American University on two of its campuses (Beirut and Byblos). The organization of the conference by the University is a tribute to science and technology and a look to the future of the Lebanese American University in the third millennium.