Representative Material Science

Taha Mattar Full name: Taha Mohamed Taha Mattar Associate Professor, Steel (Ferrous Metallurgy) Technology Department, Faculty of Metals Technology, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt   Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI) P. O. Box 87 Helwan, Cairo 11421, Egypt e-mail: tahamattar@cmrdi.sci.eg, tahamattar@yahoo.com, tmattar@hotmail.com   http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~mtaha/ Phone    Office     :           +20(0)2- 5010642/3 Cellular  :            +20(0)10- 1301230 Fax        :           +20(0)2 5010639

Current Position

·      Associate Professor, Steel (Ferrous Metallurgy) Technology Department, Faculty of Metals Technology, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt

·      External investigator, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

·      External and International Relations Coordinator, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science (Ferrous Metallurgy), Chemistry Department, Helwan University, Egypt and Material Science and Chemical Engineering Dept., Politecnico Di Torino, Turin, Italy; June 1996

M. Sc. in Materials Science (Ferrous Metallurgy), Chemistry Department, Helwan University; June 1996; Feb. 1991

B. Sc. “Very Good with Honor Degree”; in Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Helwan University; May 1987

Current research activities

-         Investigation of the interaction of ZrO2, Al2O3, MgO, TiN  with slag at steelmaking temperature using confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM)

-         Investigation of the heat treatment, surface nitriding and surface laser treatment on the structure and properties of steel

-         Investigation of solidification, transformation, nitrides, carbides and carbonitrides precipitations in nitrogen alloyed  steels using CLSM

-         Investigation of solidification, transformation, nitrides, carbides and carbonitrides precipitations in stainless  steels using CLSM

-         VAR and ESR refining of cobalt free low nickel maraging steel

-         Investigation of the phase transformations in alloyed steels after refining processes

-         Studying the different factors affect the nozzle clogging in CC of steel

-         Studying the effect and role of nitrogen in improving the structure and mechanical properties of tool and stainless steels during solidification and heat treatment

-         Development of quasicrystalline bulk materials and optimization of their properties and structure

-         Studying the effect of physical properties of slag on the cleanliness and properties of steel

Skills

i. Languages

English and Italian: Fluent speaking, reading and writing,

French and German : Sufficient speaking, reading and writing,

Arabic: Mother Tongue

ii. Computer:

-         Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Grapher, SP& HG,

-         Internet, Presentation

-         Market and feasibility studies programming for current and new projects, products and processing (1995- till now)

-         Materials balance program for new products on laboratory, pilot and industrial scale, Egypt (1992- till now)

-         Data base and logistic implementation for Atlas Company for metals (1999-2000)

iii. Teaching

·             Materials Science for Master students, Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany (2002-2003)

·             Material Sciences & Metallurgy courses Faculty of Science, Helwan University and Ain Sham University, Egypt.(1995- 2007)

·             Application and practice of Material Sciences and Metallurgy courses Faculties of Science and Engineering, Universities of Cairo, Ain Shams and Helwan, Egypt. (1995- 2007)

·            Teaching in the annual programs organized by/for: CMRDI, Sinai Manganese Co., Hawamdia Equipment Factories (HEMF), Giza, Egypt, Arab Steel Union, El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co., Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Faculty of Science, Cairo University & Faculty of engineering, Cairo University. (1995- 2007)

iv. Consultancies

• Evaluation and development of metallurgical processes and products
• Implementation of new techniques and products in metallurgical industries
• Local manufacturing of spare parts and metallic items in heavy industries
• Optimization and selection of metallic materials for the technological applications
• Improving the materials and processes performances and properties
• Optimization and improvement of heat and surface treatment of metals and alloys
• Environmental protection in the industry

v. Organization of events Organizer, Coordinator, and Editor of Egyptian German Workshop on “High Strength and Special Steels (H3S)”, 28^th- 30^th Sep. 2003

vi. Evaluator

Evaluator and reviewer for: ASTF , CSSP, FP6 and FP7 EU program

Membership in International Organization

A.     Member in Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions, 1987 till now

B.     Member in the Egyptian American Scholars Association, 1994 till now

C.     Member in ASM International, 1999 till now

D.     Establishing Member in the Egyptian Society of Heat Treatment, 2004 till now

E.      Founder of the Egyptian Scientific Community at Pittsburgh (ESCP), 2005 till now

F.      Co-Founder and vice- president of the German Egyptian Network of Young Scientists (GENYS), Supervisor of GENYS Egyptian Branch

G.     Founder of the Arab Network for Young Scientists (ANYS), under establishment

Employment History

Feb. 2007 till now: Coordinator, Eternal Relation sector, Heliopolis University, Egypt

March 2007 till now: External Investigator, School of Engineering, AUC, Cairo, Egypt

Jan. 2006 till now: Assoc. Prof, Steel Technology Department (STD), Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

April 2005-31 December 2001: Visiting Scientist, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

July 2003 – April 2005: Assoc. Prof, Steel Technology Department (STD), Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

July 2002 – July 2003: Assoc. Prof. Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany.

August 1996 – June 2002: Researcher (Lecturer), STD, CMRDI, P. O Box 87 Helwan, 11421 Cairo, Egypt

Feb.1995 - August 1996: Senior Research Assistant, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt, Ph.D. candidate

Feb. 1993 - Jan.1995: Researcher, Steel Research Group, Material Science Dept. (SMIC), Polytechnic of Turin; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy, Ph.D. candidate

Feb. 1991 - Feb. 1993: Senior Research Assistant, STD, CMRDI, Ph.D. candidate

June 1988 – Jan. 1991: Research Assistant, STD, CMRDI; M. Sc. candidate

Publication Data

Forty two (41) articles in reviewed journals and conferences and 5 articles under publication (attachment I)

Industrial Research Projects

Sharing as PI, Co-PI or member of research team in thirty six (39) research projects financed by National and/or International Associations (attachment II)

Awards

·        2005: National Science Foundation, USA 2-month award

·        2005: US-Egypt Science and Technology program 6-month award

·        June 2003: Winner of Egyptian state prize in advanced technological sciences (Material Sciences- chemistry).

·        October 7^th- 10^th, 2002: ASM International Materials Solutions Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

·        2002: IB- BMBF Juelich, Germany one year award at IEHK, RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

·        October 2001 - December 2001: DAAD award at IEHK, RWTH-Aachen, Germany.

·        June 14^th-20^th, 2001: ACS NORM2001 Conference, American Chemical Society, Seattle, WA, USA.

·        March 2001: CMRDI three weeks award at SMIC, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.

·        October 2000 - January 2001: Egyptian Government, Department of Missions award at LSG2M, EMN, Nancy, France.

·        May 1999: CMRDI three weeks award at SMIC, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.

·        1993-1995: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs award at SMIC, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.

Supervision of graduate students

Hossam Halfa (M.Sc.), Hassan El-Sentrisy (M.Sc.), Mohamed Kamal (M.Sc.), Afaf Hassan (M.Sc.), Saeid Ghali (M.Sc.), Saeid Ghali (Ph.D.), Hossam Halfa (Ph.D.), Mohamed Kamal (Ph.D.), Haytham Abdel Rafea (Ph.D.)

References

-         Prof. Sridhar Seetharaman, Materials Science Department (MSE), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), 5000 Forbes Ave., PGH, PA 15213, USA, sridhars@andrew.cmu.edu

-         Prof. Dr. Eng. Wolfgang Bleck, IEHK, RWTH-Aachen, Intzestra. 1, 52072 Aachen, Germany, bleck@iehk.rwth-aachen.de

-         Prof. Dr.  J. Mayer, GFE, RWTH-Aachen, Ahorn stra. 55, Aachen, Germany, mayer@gfe.rwth-aachen.de

-         Prof. Dr. Abdul-Haii R. Ebaid, Rector, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, aebaid@mailer.eun.eg

-         Prof. Dr. Abdulaah Barakat, General Secretary, Supreme Council for Egyptian Universities, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

-         Prof. Khaled Morsi, Director, Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory (AMPL), Mechanical Engineering Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA , kmorsi@mail.sdsu.edu

-         Prof. Paul Wynblatt, Materials Science Department (MSE), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), 5000 Forbes Ave., PGH, PA 15213, USA, pw01@andrew.cmu.edu

-         Prof. Giorgio Scavino, SMIC Dept., Ploitecnico de Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy, giorgio.scavino@polito.it.

-         Prof. Dr. Ahmed A. Abdul-Azim, Past Chairman of CMRDI, P. O. Box 87 Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, adel2azim@hotmail.com.

-         Prof. Dr. Eng. M. I. Nasr, Chairman of CMRDI, P. O. Box 87 Helwan, 11421 Cairo, Egypt, minasr@cmrdi.sci.eg

-         Prof. Dr. Ehab Abdel Raham, School of Engineering, American University in Cairo, ehab_ab@aucegypt.edu

Attachment I

Publication List

Journals:

1. Taha Mattar “Improving the properties of low-alloy steel by chromizing”, Egypt. J. Chem. Vol.45, No. 1, p.179-192, (2002).
2. Mamdouh Eissa, Hoda El-Faramawy, Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy and Kamal El-Fawakhry; "Development of new grades of steel shots for casting cleaning" Steel Research, V 73, Feb. 2002, p. 69-76.
3. Mamdouh Eissa and Taha Mattar; "Mechanical properties relationships in V- and Ti-microalloyed steels" Steel Research, V 73 (2002) No 9, p. 403- 408.
4. Taha Mattar and Usama Rahoma "Effect of metallurgical activities on environmental situation and solar radiation"; Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 10, 2002, No. 3, p. 35- 44.
5. Taha Mattar, “Improvement of low-alloy steel”; Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 10, 2002, No. 4, p. 19- 27.
6. Ayman Fathy, Taha Mattar, Hoda El-Faramawy and Wolfgang Bleck, "Mechanical properties of low nickel cobalt free maraging steel", Steel Research V73, No. 12, 2002, p. 549- 556.
7. Hoda El-Faramawy, Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy, Mamdouh Eissa and Saied Ghali, "Production of Fe-Si-Mg alloy", Scandinavian Journal of Metallurgy SJM, 2003, 32, p. 37-46.
8. El-Faramawy, H.; Mattar, T.; Eissa, M; El-Fawakhry, K. and Ahmed, A.; "Demanganization of high manganese pig iron to produce high manganese slag", Ironmaking & Steelmaking, 1, February 2004, vol. 31, issue 1, p. 23- 30.
9. El-Faramawy, H.; Mattar, T.; Fathy, A.; Eissa, M; and Ahmed, A.; "Silicon manganese production from manganese rich slag", Ironmaking & Steelmaking 1, February 2004, vol. 31, issue 1, p. 31- 36.
10. Taha Mattar, Mamdouh Eissa, Azza Ahmed, Mahmoud El-Demerdas and Hossam Halfa, "Nitrogen behaviour during ESR of conventional and new grade of AISI M41 high speed steeel", HNS2004 Conference, Ostend, Belgium, Steel Grips, 19-22 September 2004, p. 363-370.
11. Ghayad,Ibrahim; Mattar, Taha; Fathy, Ayman, El-Sentriesy, Hassan and Naseef, Nabil, “Influence of vanadium on the properties and corrosion behavior of carbon steel”, Steel Grips, No. 4, 2004, p. 274-278.
12. Taha Mattar; Hoda El-Faramawy, Ayman Fathy, Mamdouh Eissa and Kamal El-Fawakhry, “ Improving the cleanliness of tool steels by ESR”, Steel Grips, No. 4, 2004, p. 287-290
13. Taha Mattar, Kamal El-Fawakhry, Hossam Halfa and Mahmoud El-Demerdash; “Effect of nitrogen alloying and ESR process on the properties of AISI M41 steel”, Metallurgical& Materials Transactions B, V. 37, No. 6, Dec. 2006, pp. 987- 995.
14. Azza Ahmed, Taha Mattar, Hoda El Faramawy, Ayman Fathy and Mamdouh Eissa,  “Solid state nitriding of high and medium carbon ferromanganese”, Canadian Quarterly (CQM), Volume 45, Number 4, October 2006, pp. 493-498.
15. Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy, Hoda El-Faramawy and Khaled Ibrahim; “Improving the wear resistance of M41 steel by nitrogen alloying and ESR”, Materials Characterization online 14 August 2006, Characterization, Issue June 2007.
16. Taha Mattar, Kamal El-Fawakhry, Hossam Halfa and Mahmoud El-Demerdash; “Behaviour of phosphorus and sulphur during ESR of conventional and nitrogen alloyed AISI M41 steel” to be published.
17. Taha Mattar, Ibrahim Ghayad, Khaled Ibrahim and Hoda Hussein; “Improving the properties and structure of AISI 304 stainless steel by laser surface melting” to be published.
18. Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy, Hossam Halfa and Wolfgang Bleck; “Effect of cleanliness on the mechanical properties of maraging steel”, to be published.
19. Taha Mattar and Taher El-Bitar; “Mutual effect of ESR and open radial forging on the structure and properties of V- steel”, to be published.
20. Taha Mattar; “Enhancing the properties of tool steels by laser surface treatment”, to be published.

Conferences:

1.                  K.A. M. El Fawakhry, M.L. Mishreky, M.M. Eissa and Taha Mattar; "Behavior of sulphur in basic open-hearth furnaces" Middle East Sulphur symposium, NRC, Cairo, Egypt, 12-16 Feb.1990.

2.                  K.A. M. El Fawakhry, M.L. Mishreky, M.M. Eissa and Taha Mattar; "Study of Parameters affect the Dephosphorization process of steel in open-hearth furnaces ", 3_rd Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy Conference, MPM, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University; Giza, Egypt, 2-4 Feb. 1992.

3.                  Usama Rahoma and Taha Mattar; "Effect of Steelmaking industrial pollutants on Solar Energy Performance", Air pollution conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Kingdom, June 1997.

4.                  Taha Mattar and Usama Rahoma; "Environmental pollution impact of ferromanganese industry and its effect on solar spectrum" 6th International conference on Energy and Environment EE6, May 1998.

5.                  Kamal Elfawakhry, Micheal Mishreky, Mamdouh Eissa, Hoda Elfaramawy and Taha Mattar; “Implementation of water cooled system in small and medium electric arc furnace in Egypt” AISU 2nd International Symposium on Electric Furnace, Arab Iron and Steel Union, Damascus, Syria, October 18-20, 1998.

6.                  Kamal Elfawakhry, Micheal Mishreky, Mamdouh Eissa, Hoda Elfaramawy and Taha Mattar; "Efficiency of cooled systems in small and medium electric arc furnaces", 56th Electric arc furnaces conference, N.O., LA, USA, November 15-18, 1998.

7.                  Taha Mattar, Mamdouh Eissa and Kamal El Fawakhry;"Nitrogen behavior during Electro-slag remelting (ESR) of tool steels" 5th International tooling conference, Leoben, Austria, Sep. 29th - Oct. 1st, 1999.

8.                  Taha Mattar, Hoda El Faramawy, Ayman Fathy, Mamdouh Eissa and Kamal El Fawakhry; “Optimization of desulphurization of tool steels during EAF and ESR processes”, Metal2001, Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 15th -17th, 2001.

9.                  Taha Mattar, Hoda El Faramawy and Ayman Fathy “Refining and cleaning of AISI M2-high speed steel by electro-slag remelting”, ACS NORM2001, Seattle, WA, USA, June 14th -17th, 2001.

10.              Ayman Fathy, Hoda El Faramawy, Taha Mattar and Wolfgang Bleck; “Phase transformation of new low-nickel cobalt-free maraging steels”, 1st International conference on treatment and properties of steel, TIMS, El-Tibeen, Cairo, Egypt, November 11th -13th, 2001.

11.              Taha Mattar, Hoda El-Faramawy and Ayman Fathy; “Behaviour of non-metallic inclusions during ESR of tool steels”, AIM, 7th European Electric steelmaking conference, Venice, Italy, 26th-29th May 2002, V. 2, p. 2.473/2.481.

12.              Taha Mattar; "Electro-slag remelting of AISI M41 high speed tool steel scrap" 6ITC, 6th International tooling conference 10th -13th September 2002, Karlstad, Sweden, p. 339-343.

13.              Taha Mattar, Hoda El-Faramawy, Ayman fathy, Mamdouh Eissa and Kamal El-Fawakhry; "Effect of EAF and ESR technologies on the behavior of alloying elements in tool steels" 6ITC, 6th International tooling conference 10th -13th September 2002, Karlstad, Sweden, p. 345-354.

14.              Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy and Wolfgang Bleck; "Phase transformation in medium and high carbon vanadium microalloyed steel" Microalloyed Steels 2002, Proceedings from ASM Materials Solutions Conference 2002, 7-9 October 2002, Columbus, Ohio, ASM International, p. 71-77.

15.              Ayman Fathy, Hoda El-Faramawy, Taha Mattar, Mamdouh Eissa and Wolfgang Bleck “Phase Transformation in new low nickel cobalt free maraging steels”, 13th International Metallurgical& Materials Conference Metal2004, Hardec and Moravici, Czech Republic, 18-20 May 2004, Symposium C article 211, p. 1-13.

16.              Taha Mattar and Taher El-Bitar;” Investigation of the mutual effects of ESR and forging process on the properties of V-microalloyed steel”, The 2nd Int. Con. on heat treatment and properties of steel”, TIMS, El-Tibeen, Cairo, Egypt, Nov.  2004, p. 182- 189.

17.              Mamdouh Eissa, Ayman Fathy, Azza Ahmed, Taha Mattar and Ismail Saad, “Treatment of high manganese hot metal for further processing in oxygen converter”, 5^th European Oxygen Steelmaking Conference(EOSC2006), 26-28 June 2006, Aachen, Germany, pp. 23- 37.

18.              M. Eissa, T. Mattar, A. Fathy, F. Nassar and M. Kamal, “Effect of physical properties and chemical composition of ESR slags on the cleanliness and properties of a new grade of maraging steel”, 45^th Annual Conference of Metallurgist of CIM; COM2006; Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October1- 4, 2006; pp. 39- 50.

19.              Taha Mattar; “Ferrous quasicrystals”, ARABCAST, Sharm El-Shaikh, Egypt, 14- 17 November 2006

20.              Taha Mattar; “Development of Metallic Interconnects for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC’s)”, SRO4. Damascus, Syria, 11- 14 December 2006.

21.              Taha Mattar; "Quasicrystalline Materials", SRO4. Damascus, Syria, 11- 14 December 2006.

22.              Taha Mattar; "New Strategy for Education and Scientific R&D in Arab Countries", SRO4. Damascus, Syria, 11- 14 December 2006.

23.              Taha Mattar and Sridhar Seetharaman, “Visualization and Investigation of the Dissolution of Zirconia in Synthetic Slags”, Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Conference, Assiut, March 2007.

24.              Taha Mattar, Ayman Fathy, Mamdouh Eissa, Fahim Nassr and Mohamed Kamal, "Role of refining process in improving the properties of new developed grades of maraging steels", accepted in Clean steel 7, Budapest, Hungary, 5-7 June 2007.

Workshops:

1.                  Taha Mattar; “Refining of tool steels by ESR technique”, High strength and special steels (H3S), Egyptian German Workshop, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 Sep. 2003, p. 17- 40.

2.                  Taha Mattar; “Nitrogen Steel”, High strength and special steels (H3S), Egyptian German Workshop, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 Sep. 2003, p. 135- 148.

 

Attachment II

Research Projects

1. Project: Follow-up quality, control at El-Nasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 1990.

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co.

Position: Member of research team.

2. Project: Introduction of oxygen blowing technology in 25- tone EAF of Delta Steel Mill Co., Cairo, Egypt 1990

Sponsor: Delta Steel Mill Co.

Position: Member of research team.

3. Project: Study of Desulphurization processes of steel in OHF”, NAMTIN Co., Cairo, Egypt 1988  -1990

Sponsor: NAMTIN Co. , Cairo, Egypt .

Position: Member of research team.

4. Project: Study of some technical defects of steel pipes, 1991.

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Cairo, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

5. Project: Production of high strength low alloy steels in open-hearth and electric arc furnaces, 1991.

Sponsor: NAMTIN Co., Cairo, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

6. Project: Implementation of water-cooled roof in 5-tone EAF, 1992.

Sponsor: Egyptian Iron and Steel Co., Cairo, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

7. Project: Follow-up quality control, Elnasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Cairo, Egypt, 1992

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co.

Position: Member of research team.

8. Project: Introduction of oxygen blowing technology in 36-tone EAF in the national company for metallurgical industries (NAMTIN), 1992.

Sponsor: NAMTIN Co., Cairo, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

9. Project: Production of ferroalloys from local resources, 1992

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research Team.

10. Project: Production of specific grades of special steel in Delta steel mill company, 1992.

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research team.

11. Project: Implementation of water cooled walls (water cooling panels) in 25 tones electric arc furnace EAF, Nov. 1995.

Sponsor: Delta steel mill co. (Egypt) and MEFOS Institute (Sweden)

Position: Member of the research team

12. Project: Improvement of sugar steel chains in Hawmdia equipment’s factories. Sponsor: Hawmdia equipment’s factories (HEF), Giza, Egypt, 1995

Position: Member of research team

13. Project:  Productivity & quality improvements of ferromanganese production in Sinai Manganese Co., 1995.

Sponsor: Sinai Manganese Co.

Position: Member of research team.

14. Project: Follow-up quality control of steel pipes and tool steels at El-Nasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 1995 – 1996.

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co.

Position: Member of research team.

15. Project: Improvement of steel heat treatment shop in Hawamdia Equipment’s Factories, 1996.

Sponsor: Hawmdia equipment’s factories (HEF), Giza, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.    

16. Project: Productivity & quality improvements of ferromanganese production in Sinai Manganese Co., 1996.

Sponsor: Sinai Manganese Co.

Position: Member of research team.

17. Project: Implementation of water-cooled roof in 25 tones electric arc furnace EAF, Nov. 1996-1997.

Sponsor: Delta steel mill co. (Egypt) and MEFOS Institute (Sweden).

Position: Member of the research team.

18. Project: Improvement of steel grades used in chain manufacturing in Hawamdia Equipment’s Factories, 1997.

Sponsor: Hawmdia equipment’s factories (HEF), Giza, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

19. Project: Market & feasibility studies of Silicon Carbide manufacturing line, 1997.

Sponsor: HMEF, Hawmdia, Giza, Egypt.

Position: Responsible and designer of the study.

20. Project: Quality improvement of galvanization & heat treatment shops at El-Nasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 1997.

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co.

Position: Member of research team.

21. Project: Steelmaking pollution control in Egyptian steel shops, 1997.

Sponsor: Holding Company for Metallurgical Industries, Cairo, Egypt. 

Position: Member of the research team.

22. Project: Market & Feasibility study for silicon carbide spare parts production line, 1997

Sponsor: Hawmdia equipment’s factories (HEF), Giza, Egypt.

Position: Computer designer of the study

23. Project: Melting of steel tools at El-Nasr Steel Pipes and Fittings Co., Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 1998.

Sponsor: El-Nasr Steel Pipes & Fittings Co.

Position: Member of research team.

24. Project: Productivity & quality improvements of ferromanganese production in Sinai Manganese Co., 1998.

Sponsor: Sinai Manganese Co.

Position: Member of research team.

25. Project: Improvement of steel grades used in chain manufacturing and optimization of tool steel grades in Hawamdia Equipment’s Factories, 1998.

Sponsor: Hawmdia equipment’s factories (HEF), Giza, Egypt.

Position: Member of research team.

26. Project: Market & Feasibility study for silicon manganese factory, 1998

Sponsor: Sinai Manganese Co.

Position: Computer designer of the study

27. Project: Production of steel shots, National project, 1999

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research team.

28. Project: Production of high strength steel for pre-stressed concrete National project, 1999

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research team.

29. Project: Production of Cored wire for alloying in steel making National project, 2000

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research team.

30. Project: Production Ferromanganese nitrogen alloy 2002- 2006 (60 000.00 US$)

Sponsor: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Position: Member of research team.

31. Project: Investigation of Phase transformation, precipitation and recrysallisation in microalloyed steels, 2002-2005. (40 000.00 Euro)

Sponsor: CMRDI- Cairo- Egypt; IEHK- RWTH- Aachen and IB- Juelich of BMBF Germany.

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

32. Project: Enhancing the properties of metals by laser surface treatment, 2004-2006 (3000.00 US$)

Sponsor: Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt

Position: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

33. Project: Production of Quasicrystalline Materials, 2004-2006 (3000.00US$)

Sponsor: Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Cairo, Egypt

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

34. Project: Investigation of NMI-molten slag interaction using confocal laser scanning microscope, 2004-2005 (60 000.00 US$)

Sponsor: ASRT (Egypt), NSF (USA) and CMU (PGH, PA, USA)

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

35. Project: Investigation the transformation and precipitations in nitrogen alloyed steels using confocal laser scanning microscope, 2005 (30 000.00US$)

Sponsor: MSE, CMU, PGH, PA, USA

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

36. Project: Decarburization and nitriding of ferromanganese fine in the solid state, 2004- 06

Sponsor: ASRT (Egypt), BAS (Bulgaria)

37. Project: Development of metallic interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC’S), 2006-2008 (45 000.00 US$)

Sponsor: Arab Science and Technology Fund (ASTF), UAE

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

38. Project: TRIP and TWIP steel production, 2006-2008 (3000.00 US$)

Sponsor: Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Cairo, Egypt

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

39. Project: Development of industry linked mechatronics program and training of trainers, 2006-2009 (490 000.00 Euro)

Sponsor: TEMPUS, Joint European Projects, Brussels, Belgium, EU

Position: Coordinator