Abdelmaged Hafez Ibrahim Essawey, Ph.D.

Lecturer Mechanical Power Department Faculty of Engineering Cairo University - Giza, Egypt

SUMMARY

Egyptian, married, enthusiastic, team-oriented lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. Talented in teaching for graduate and undergraduate students and has taught lots of courses in different areas including energy efficiency, pollution abetment, technical report writing, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics in Egypt, USA and Dubai. Has finished his Ph.D. in USA in 2004, has published six articles in international journals and has presented twelve conference presentations in USA.

EDUCATION 2004 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (GPA = 3.67/4)

2002 M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (GPA = 3.67/4)

1998 M.Sc., Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (Overall rating: Very good)

1993 B.Sc., Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (Overall rating: Distinction with honor degree)

AWARDS AND HONORS TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007 Appreciation certificate from the 4th year Mechanical Power Department
students at the department day of 2007. Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
1998-Tuition and Stipend Scholarship University of Notre Dame
2004 Notre Dame, IN, USA
2001 Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
for Excellence in Teaching, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, USA
1993-Tuition Scholarship Mechanical Power Department
1998 Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
1993 Medal of the Egyptian Society of Engineers Egyptian Society of Engineers
Cairo, Egypt
1993 Graduated with Distinction and Honor Degree Mechanical Power Department
Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

August 2007 Workshop on Technical Report Writing

July 2007 Workshop on Filter Operation and Maintenance

March 2007 Workshop on Technical Report Writing

Jan. 2006 to - Graduate course of Technical Report present Writing (for M.Sc and Ph.D. students)

-Energy Efficiency and Pollution Abetment (4th year students)

-Thermodynamics (1st year students)

-Measurements Labs (3rd year students)

-Laboratories of Mechanical Power Engineering (4th year students)

-Earned an appreciation certificate from the 4th year students at the department day of 2007

Spring 2004 Engineering Thermodynamics (AME 327)

Spring 2004 Gave some lectures in Microparticle Dynamics (AME598L)

Summer 2001 Engineering Thermodynamics (AME and 327) Summer 2000

Metropolitan Palace Hotel Dubai, UAE

Eastern Tobacco Company Giza, Egypt

Rydges Hotel Dubai, UAE

Lecturer

Mechanical Power Department Cairo University Giza, Egypt

Research Associate

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 (TCE available upon request)

Research Associate

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

Graduate Student Instructor

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 (TCE available upon request)

Fall 2002 Experimental Aerodynamics Graduate Student
(AME 342) Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Spring 2002 Fundamentals of Measurements and Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Spring 2001 Data Analysis (AME 250)
Spring 2000
and
Spring 1999
Fall 2001 Intermediate Fluid Flow
and (AME 538)
Fall 2003
Fall 2000 Advanced Measurements Laboratories
and (Graduate course – AME 570)
Fall 1999
Fall 1998 Fluid Mechanics (AME 334) (Gave help sessions, developed and built experiments, graded home works and
laboratory reports)
Fall 1993 Engineering Thermodynamics at Graduate Student
different levels and for different Mechanical Power Department
to departments (mechanical, petroleum, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
chemical, biomedical, electrical and
Fall 1998 mining)
Combustion Engineering
Measurement Labs
(Gave help sessions, graded home works
Laboratories of Mechanical Power and laboratory reports)
Engineering

RESEARCH EXPEREINCE

Working on: Lecturer
Jan. 2006-- NOx reduction using porous media Mechanical Power Department
Present - Combustion stability Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- Burner design
Currently co-supervising two M.Sc. students
and one Ph.D. student
Aug. 1998 -Working on the Motion of Individual Graduate Student
Jan. 2004 Microparticles from Surfaces into Fluid Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Flows (Ph.D. dissertation) University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Fall 1993 – Working on the Combustion Characteristics Graduate Student
Fall 1998 for Different Gaseous Fuels (M. Sc. Mechanical Power Department
Thesis) Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

THESIS AND DISSERTATIONS

2004 A. H. Ibrahim, Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces by Fluid Flow, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, January 2004

1998 A. H. Ibrahim, Study of the Combustion Characteristics for Different Gaseous Fuels, M. S. thesis, Cairo University, October 1998

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. A. H. Ibrahim, S. Ghosh, and P. F. Dunn. Detachment of Tobacco-Smoke-Material Carriers from Surfaces by Turbulent Air Flow. Accepted for Publication in Environmental International. September 2008.

  2. A. H. Ibrahim, P.F. Dunn and M. F. Qazi. Experiments and Validation of a Model for Microparticle Detachment from a Surface by Turbulent Air Flow, Vol. 39, pp. 645-656, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2008

  3. A. H. Ibrahim and P. F. Dunn. Effects of Temporal Flow Acceleration on the Detachment of Microparticles from Surfaces, Vol. 37, pp. 1258-1266, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2006.

  4. A. H. Ibrahim, P. F. Dunn and R. M. Brach. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces Exposed to Turbulent Air Flow: Effects of Flow and Particle Deposition Characteristics, Vol. 35, pp. 805-821, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2004.

  5. A. H. Ibrahim, R. M. Brach, and P. F. Dunn. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces Exposed to Turbulent Air Flow: Microparticle Motion after Detachment, Vol. 35, pp. 1189-1204, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2004.

  6. A. H. Ibrahim, P. F. Dunn and R. M. Brach. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces Exposed to Turbulent Air Flow: Controlled Experiments and Modeling, Vol. 34, pp. 765-782, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2003.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. P.F. Dunn and A.H. Ibrahim. Single-Microsphere to Multi-Layer Agglomerate Detachment from Surfaces. 7th International Aerosol Conference, St. Paul, MN, September 10-15, 2006.

  2. P.F. Dunn and A.H. Ibrahim. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces. European Aerosol Conference, Ghent, Belgium, August 28– September 2, 2005.

  3. A.H. Ibrahim and P.F. Dunn. The Effect of Mean Flow Acceleration on Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces by Turbulent Air Flows. 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, October 17 - 21, 2005

  4. A. H. Ibrahim and P.F. Dunn. Detachment Characteristics of Different Microparticle Configurations on Surfaces by Turbulent Air Flow. 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, October 17 - 21, 2005.

  5. A.H. Ibrahim and P.F. Dunn. Microparticle Motion Relevant to HVAC Systems. 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, October 17 - 21, 2005

  6. A.H. Ibrahim, P. F. Dunn and R. M. Brach. Detachment of Microspheres from Surfaces Exposed to Turbulent Air Flow in the Presence of Adhesion. 28th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Riverview Plaza Hotel, Mobile, Alabama, February 13-16, 2005

  7. A.H. Ibrahim, S. EscobarVargas, P. F. Dunn and R. M. Brach. Detachment of Microparticle Agglomerates. 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Atlanta, Georgia, October 4-8, 2004

  8. A.H. Ibrahim, R. M. Brach and P. F. Dunn. Microspheres Motion on Surfaces after Detachment by Turbulent Air Flows. 11th International Symposium on Flow Visualization. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, August 9-12, 2004

  9. A.H. Ibrahim, P.F. Dunn and R.M. Brach. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces Exposed to Turbulent Air Flow: Effects of Flow Acceleration, Relative Humidity and Number Density. 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Anaheim, California, October 20-24, 2003

  10. A.H. Ibrahim, P.F. Dunn, and R.M. Brach. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces into Fluids, Vol. 47, No. 10, 55th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Mechanics, American Physical Society, Dallas, Texas, November 24-26, 2002

  11. A.H. Ibrahim, P.F. Dunn and R.M. Brach. Microparticle Detachment from Surfaces into Fluid Flow, 21st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Charlotte, NC, October 7-11, 2002

  12. P.F. Dunn, A.H. Ibrahim and R.M. Brach. Microparticle Resuspension Experiments, 20th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Portland, Oregon, October 15-19, 2001

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONAL, LINGUISTIC, EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS

2008 Reviewer for the Science and Technology for Faculty of Engineering
Development Fund in Egypt Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
July 2008 Worked as a part of a consultation team to Faculty of Engineering
investigate the failure analysis of a Thermowell Cairo University
in a pipe-to-flange weldement at United Gas Giza, Egypt
Derivatives Company (Port Said plant)
2006 – Worked as a part of a consultation team for Development Research and
2007 filter tune up and maintenance at the Eastern Technological Planning Centre
Tobacco Company. Measured and suggested Cairo University
economically-feasible techniques to reduce air Giza, Egypt
pollution at the site
2002 Worked as a part of a team to develop an air-Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
cleaning product for Procter and Gamble University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
1997– Worked as a part of a consultation team for Development Research and
1998 energy efficiency in boilers, the Eastern Technological Planning Centre
Tobacco Company, Giza, Egypt Cairo University
Giza, Egypt

Excellent command in English language, written and verbal communicational skills enhanced by living and working in the USA for nine years (1998 – 2006) and (2007-2008), by writing a Ph.D. dissertation and six journal publications and presenting twelve conference presentations in USA

Talented in teaching complicated scientific/technical material. Has received multiple awards from USA and Egypt in recognition of this talent.

Masters Lot of software including LabView, Matlab, Maple, Unix and all Microsoft office packages

REFERENCES
Prof. Patrick F. Dunn Prof. Raymond M. Brach Prof. Mihir Sen
Ph. D. advisor Ph. D. committee member Ph. D. committee member
Professor Professor Emeritus Professor
Hessert Laboratory Hessert Laboratory Fitzpatrick hall of Engineering

Department of Aerospace Department of Aerospace Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame, IN 46556

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