CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Name               : Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie

Sex                  : Male

Nationality        : Egyptian

Birth                 : September 24, 1944 - Cairo, Egypt.

Marital status  : Married

Position            : Professor

Affiliation          : Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Qualifications    : B. Sc. Mechanical Engineering, 1966

                          M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering, 1971

                          Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering, 1977

Address           Address :          (Mailing)          Mechanical power Engineering Department

                                                                                         Faculty of Engineering

                                               Cairo University

                                               Giza, Cairo

                                               Egypt

                                               Phone.  (00202) 35678707  and  (00202) 35720724

                          (Home)       75 Mosadek Street, Apt. 10

                                               Dokki, Cairo

                                               Egypt

                                               Phone.   (00202) 37483506  ,  (00202) 33362931 and

                                                          (00202) 33376540

                                                          Mobile  (002) 012 218 1696

                                             E-mail :   aymr@link.net

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

 

 

I. Teaching

 

I.a- Undergraduate:

               1. Refrigeration and air conditioning.

2. Energy conversion and economics.

3. Heat transfer.

4. Thermal power stations.

5. Thermodynamics.

6. Heat Engines.

7. Engineering economics.

8. Advanced air conditioning.

 

I.b- Graduate:

1. Solar energy.

2. Engineering economics.

3. Thermal radiation.

4. Refrigeration

5. Non-Conventional power stations.

6. Air conditioning.

7. Design of thermal systems.

 

II- Research

 

1.      Principal investigator of the research project “A Realistic Study of the Non-Focusing Solar-Energy Collector Under Actual Unsteady Conditions”. Sponsored by the Supreme Council of Universities, Grant number FRCU-82 006, 1982.

2.      Member of the research team of the project “A Unified Analytical Approach to Non-Focusing Solar Collectors”. Sponsored by IBM Cairo Scientific Center, 1984.

3.      Principal investigator of the research project “Energy Auditing as a Guide to Building Design and Urban Planning”. Sponsored by the Energy Research Center (ERC), Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Grant number ERC C/III/4 1985.

4.       Member of the research team of the project "Local Manufacturing of Desalination Units in Egypt". Sponsored by the Supreme Council of Universities, Grant number MS/851017, 1985.

5.       Member of the research team of the project "Design Development of Air-Cooled and Water-Cooled Water Chillers". Sponsored by El-Nasr Company for Engineering and Refrigeration (Koldair) ; through the Energy Research Center (ERC) of Cairo University. 1993.

6.       Member of the research team of the project "Utilization of Gas-Turbine Exhaust for Water Desalination in the Suez Gulf Area". Sponsored by Organization of Energy Planning (OEP), Ministry of Petroleum ; through the Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC), Cairo University. 1994.

7.      Principal Investigator of a project in agreement with the " Private Sector Development Program PSDP" financed by the European Union , "Design Development of Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems", for AUTOCOOL Company, 2001-2002.

8.      Supervision, and refereeing, of a large number of Ph. D. and M. Sc. works in the fields of solar energy, heat transfer, refrigeration, air conditioning, water desalination, and energy-efficient architecture.

 

III- Consultations

 

      Chartered Consultant Engineer.      

      Consultant for the government, public-sector authorities and private organizations in many projects in the fields of :

-         Cold stores

-         Ice-making plants.

-         Air conditioning.

-         Industrial ventilation .

-         Environmental control.

-         Food processing and packing.

-         Water desalination.

The consultations included :

-         Feasibility studies.

-         Design.

-         Equipment specification and procurement.

-         Supervision of erection.

-         Commissioning and testing.

-         Training.

 

IV- Others

 

1-     Expert for Egyptian banks in the technical evaluation of projects.

2-     Expert for the "Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EEAA" in conducting environmental audits for a number of factories.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

 

1.      Egyptian Society of Engineers, Egypt.

2.      Society of Mechanical Engineers, Egypt.

3.      International Institute of Refrigeration IIR, France.

4.      Egyptian Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Egypt.

5.      The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, USA.

6.      International Association for Solar Energy Education IASEE, Sweden.

 

 

AWARDS

 

1- State encouraging award for engineering sciences, 1987

2- Distinction award of post-graduate research, CAPSCU, Cairo University,

     2000-2001.

3- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ;

    ASHRAE Cairo-Chapter award for continuous contribution to the field of HVAC in

    Egypt, June 2006.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

I. PAPERS

 

1.    Hassan K. E. and El-Refaie M. F., “Theoretical Performance of Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Concentrators”, Solar Energy, Vol. 15, 1973, pp 219-244, Pergamon Press, England.

2.    Rafat N. M., Elkotb M. M., and El-Refaie M. F., “Study of a Multi-Pass Radiation Fluid-Heater Exposed to Non-Uniform Radiation”, in "Solar Energy International Progress", Proceedings of The International Symposium-Workshop on Solar Energy, Organized by the Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, Florida, June 1978, in Cairo, Egypt, Pergamon Press, pp 463-489.

3.    Rafat N. M., Elkotb M. M., and El-Refaie M. F., “A Mathematical Analysis of a Uniformly Irradiated Multi-Pass Fluid Heater with Heat-Exchanging Passes”, in "Heat and Fluid Flow in Power System Components", a volume of " The Science and Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer (HMT)", Ed. A. M. A. Rezk, pp 95-110, 1979, Pergamon Press, England.

4.    Rafat N. M., El-kotb M. M., and El-Refaie M. F., “Multi-Pass Solar Heater with Heat-Exchanging Passes and Exposed to Non-Uniform Radiation”, Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, December 1979, Paper No. 79-WA/ HT-67. Also in Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 11, 1981, pp 123-142, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Inc., USA.

5.    Rafat N. M., Elkotb M. M., and El-Refaie M. F., “Analytical Study of a Two-Pass Solar Fluid-Heater”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 4, December 1979, pp 191-208, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

6.    El-Refaie M. F. and Hashish M. A., “Temperature Distributions in the Flat-Plate Collector Under Actual Unsteady Insolation”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 4, June 1980, pp 181-186, IPC Science and Technology Press, England.

7.    Hashish M. A. and El-Refaie M. F., “Dynamic Response of the Flat-Plate Collector : Computations and Measure of Performance”, Proceedings of the Third International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, September 1980, Paper No. I.1, Cairo, Egypt.

8.    Abdel-Salam M. S., El-Refaie M. F. and Ghoraba M. M., “Effect of Internal Pressure on the Steady-State Performance of Basin-Type Solar Stills”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 2, June 1982, pp 85-108, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

9.    Abdel-Salam M. S., El-Refaie M. F., and Ghoraba M. M., “Dynamic Performance of Basin-Type Solar Stills Under Off-Atmospheric Pressures”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 2, June 1982, pp 109-136, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

10.  Hashish M. A. and El-Refaie M. F., “Dynamic Thermal Analysis of the Flat Plate Solar Energy Collector”, ASME Second International Computer Engineering Conference, pp 267-272, August 1982, San Diego, USA.

11.  El-Refaie M. F., “Theoretical Analysis of the Performance of a Conical Solar Concentrator”, Applied Energy, Vol. 12, pp 37-51, September 1982, Applied Science Publishers, England.

12.  Hashish M.A. and El-Refaie M. F., “Reduced Order Dynamic Model of the Flat-Plate Solar Collector”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 1, March 1982,, pp 33-56, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 7, No. 1, PP 1-10, February 1983, Butterworth & Co. Publishers Ltd. England.

13.  El-Refaie M. F. and Hashish M. A., “Settling Time and Memory: Two Concepts to Simplify the Dynamic Analysis of the Flat-Plate Collector”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 4, December  1982, pp 129-150, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 5, No. 2, June 1984, pp 113-120, Butterworth & Co. Publishers Ltd., England.

14.  El-Refaie M. F. and Hammouda N. A., “Effect of Building Orientation on the Air-Conditioning Cooling Load”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 3, September 1986, pp 123-147, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

15.  El-Refaie M. F. and El-Asfouri A.S., “Feasibility of External Shading of Fenestration on Different Exposures”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 4, December 1986, pp 45-65, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp 161-169, 1988, Pergamon Press, England.

16.  El-Refaie M. F., “Double-Staging of the Conical Solar Concentrator as a Means of Reshaping the Axial Concentration Profile”, International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp 116-124, 1987, ACTA Press, Anaheim, California, USA.

17.  Hashish M. A., El-Refaie M. F., and Youssef H. A., “A Two-Dimensional Steady-State Analysis of Non-Focusing Solar Collectors”, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference “Energy and Environmental Systems EES’ 84”, Organized by The International Association of Science and Technology for Development, pp 51-58, June 1984, Nice, France. Also, in International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp 109-115, 1987, ACTA Press, Anaheim, California, USA.

18.  El-Asfouri A. S., El-Refaie M. F., and Karawya M. M., “Effect of Neighbouring Objects on Solar Heat Gain Through Fenestration”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 1, March 1987, pp 169-191, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

19.  El-Refaie M. F., “Temperature Distributions Along the Absorber of the Axicon Solar Fluid Heater”, Applied Energy, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp 217-241, 1987, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd., England. Also, in Scientific Engineering Bullletin, Vol. 4, December 1987, pp 119-143, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

20. El-Refaie M.F., “Dynamics of Energy Input to Solar-Energy Collection Systems”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 2, June 1987, pp 159-183, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in AMSE Periodical “Modelling, Simulation, and Control, B", Vol. 14, No.2, 1988, pp 39-63, Published  by The Association for the Advancement of Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Enterpreises , France.

21. Abdelazim H.Y., Hashish M.A., and El-Refaie M.F., “Effect of Longitudinal Conduction on the Dynamic Behaviour of the Flat-Plate Solar Collector”, in “Energy New Frontiers”, Proceedings of the 22nd Intersociety Energy  Conversion Engineering Conference IECEC’87, Vol.3, pp 1696-1701, August 1987, Philadelphia, USA. Also, in the Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol.4 December 1988, pp 215-237, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

22. Abdelazim H.Y., Hashish M.A., and El-Refaie M.F., “Reduced Order Dynamic Model of the Tube-and-Plate Solar  Collector”, in “Energy New Frontiers” Proceedings of the 22nd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference IECEC’87, Vol. 4, pp 1702-1707,August 1987, Philadelphia, USA.

23-  El-Refaie M.F., "Performance Analysis of the Stationary-Reflector/ Tracking-Absorber Solar Collector ", Applied Energy , Vol. 28 , No. 3, pp 163-189, 1987, Elsevier Applied Science Publisheres Ltd., England, Also, in Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 3, September 1987 pp 117-141, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in Energy Conversion and Management , Vol. 29 , No. 2, pp 111-127, 1989, Maxwell Pergamon Macmillan plc, England.

24-  El- Refaie M.F., “ Performance Analysis of External Shading Devices”, Building and Environment, Vol. 22, No. 4,pp 269-284, 1987, Pergamon Press, England. Also, in Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 2, June 1988, pp 135-159, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

25-  El-Refaie M.F., “ Performance Measures of the Axicon Solar Fluid Heater”, Applied Energy,  Vol. 28, No. 4. pp 243-268, 1987, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd., England . Also, in Heat and Technology (Calore e Tecnologia), Vol. 6, No. 1-2, pp 70-96, Pitagora Editrice, Bologna, Italy.  Also , in Energy Conversion and Management , Vol. 28, No. 4, pp 303-313, 1988, Pergamon Press, England.

26-  El-Asfouri A.S., El–Refaie M.F., and Karawya M.M., “Effect of Various Factors on the Shading Coefficient of Different Types of Glazing”, Building and Environment, Vol. 23, No.1, pp 45-55, 1987, Pergamon Press, England .

27-  El-Refaie M.F. and El-Asfouri A.S., “Design Charts for Fixed External Shading Devices”, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol . 4, December 1987, pp 169-190, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

28-  Abdel-Salam M. S., El-Asfouri A. S., El-Refaie M. F., and Selim A. M., “Heat Transfer Between an Air Stream and the Rear Surface of an Obstacle Normal to it “, Scientific Engineering Bulletin, Vol. 1, March 1988, pp 115-139, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo , Egypt.

29-  El-Refaie M. F., “ Generation of the Dyamic Input Profile to Solar Collection Systems”, ENERGY the International Journal, Vol. 13, No.5, pp 445-453, 1988, Pergamon Press, England.

30-  Abdel-Salam M. S., El-Refaie M. F., and Ghoraba M. M., “ Radiation Shape Factors in Single-Sloped Solar Stills”, Advances in Renewable Energy Sources, Proceedings of the First Cairo International Symposium on Renewable Energy Sources, Vol. 1, pp 309-318, June 1988, Cairo , Egypt.

31-  Abdel-Salam M. S., El-Refaie M. F., Ghoraba M. M., “Experimental Studies of Heat and Mass Transfer Inside Single-Sloped Solar Stills”, Advances in Renewable Energy Sources, Proceedings of the First Cairo International Symposium on Renewable Energy Sources, Vol. 1, pp 319-334, June 1988, Cairo, Egypt.

32-  Ghoraba M. M. and El-Refaie M. F., "Shading in Single-Sloped Equator-Facing Solar Stills", International Conference on Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy ASRE 89, Vol. 1, pp 329-344, March 1989, Cairo, Egypt.

33-  El-Refaie M. F., El-Asfouri A. S., and Abdel Baky S. M., “Direct Solar Load Reduction by Vertical and Horizontal Shades”, International Conference on Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy ASRE 89, Vol.2, pp 907-919, March 1989, Cairo, Egypt.

34-  Ghoraba M. M., Hassan K. and El-Refaie M. F., “Performance of Cylindrical- Plate Solar Collectors”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Mechanical power Engineering Conference, Cairo University,  December 1990, Cairo, Egypt.

35-  Yousif Y. M., Khalil A. and El-Refaie M. F., “Reduction of Space Thermal Loads by Roof-Top Ponds”, Proceedings of Al-Azhar Engineering Second International Conference, Al-Azhar University, Vol. VII, pp 165-175, December 1991, Cairo, Egypt.

36-   Ghoraba M. M. and El-Refaie M. F., “Loss of Energy Input to Flat – Plate Solar Collectors at Off-Optimum Orientations “, Proceedings of the Eighth International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Alexandria University , pp 461-477, April 1993, Alexandria, Egypt.

37-    Kassem M. A., Kaseb S. and El-Refaie M. F., "Solar Heat Gain Through Vertical Cylindrical Glass", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1997, pp 599-613, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in Building and Environment, Vol. 34, 1999, pp 253-262, Pergamon Press, England.

38-    Kaseb S., Kassem M. A. and El-Refaie M. F., "Solar Heat Gain Through Hemispherical Skylights", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 45, No. 3, June 1998, pp 409-425, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Also, in proceedings of  the International Conference on Energy Research & Development (ICERD), November 1998, Vol. I, pp 144-153, State of Kuwait.

39-    Hassan M. A., Hanna G. B., El-Refaie M. F., Hassan K. and Shaalan M. R., "A wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Aero-Thermal Behavior of a Single Building Subjected to Unidirectional Winds", proceedings of  the International Conference on Energy Research & Development (ICERD), November 1998, Vol. II, pp 844-853, State of Kuwait.

40-    Hanna G. B., Hassan M. A., Shaalan M. R., Hassan K. and El-Refaie M. F., "A Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Single Building Model/Wind Condition for Thermal Behavior", WREC 1998, pp 1520-1523, Elsevier Science Ltd., England.

41-    Abdulla S. H., El-Refaie M. F. and Kassem M. A., "Void Fraction in Inclined Tube Flow Supporting Fluidized Particles", 11th International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference IMPEC 11, Vol. 1, pp R1-R14, February 2000, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

42-    El-Seesy I., Kassem M. A., Khatab N. M. and El-Refaie M. F., "Theoretical and Experimental Study of Solar Air Heaters with Integrated Thermal Storage", Workshop of Energy Conservation in Industrial Applications WEC2000, February 2000, Saudi Arabia.

43-    Abdulla S. H., Kassem M. A. and El-Refaie M. F., “Theoretical Study of Fluidized Solar Collector Performance”, ISES Millennium Solar Forum 2000, pp173-178, September 2000, Mexico City, Mexico ; also in Proceedings of Al-Azhar Engineering Sixth International Conference (AEIC 2000), September 2000, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

44-    Saleh M. A., Kaseb S. and El-Refaie M. F., "Glass-Azimuth Modification to Reform Direct Solar Heat Gain", Building and Environment, 39 (2004), pp 653-659, Elsevier.

45-   Kaseb S. and El-Refaie M. F., "Direct Solar Heat Gain Through Vertical Azimuthally-Rotated Windowpanes", Al-Azhar Engineering Eighth International Conference AEIC 2004, Paper M37, December 2004, Cairo, Egypt.

46-   El-Refaie M. F., "Theoretical Analysis of a Conical-Bucket Solar Concentrator for Fluid Heating", Solar World Congress 2005, Organized by the International Solar Energy Society ISES, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.

47-   Kaseb S. and El-Refaie M. F., "Sunlit Fraction of Vertical Slant Windowpanes", Building and Environment, 41 (2006), pp 1251-1261, Elsevier.

48-   Kassem M. A. and El-Refaie M. F., "Automation of Component Matching for Automotive-Cooling Systems", Engineering Journal, Menia University, January 2008, Egypt.

49-   El-Refaie M. F. and Kaseb S., "Speculation in the Feasibility of Evaporative Cooling", Accepted for publication in Building and Environment, Elsevier.

 

II. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

1-    “ A Realistic Study of the Non-Focusing Solar– Energy Collector Under Actual Unsteady Conditions”, Supreme Council of Universities, Foreign Relations Coordination Unit FRCU, Project No. 82006, Cairo University. Three reports ; May 1983, August 1983 and November 1983.

2-    “A Unified Analytical Approach to Non-Focusing Solar Collectors”, IBM Technical Report 001, April 1984, IBM Cairo Scientific Center, Cairo, Egypt.

3-     “Energy Auditing as a Guide to Building Design and Urban Planning”, Energy Research Center ERC, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Project No. C/III/4. Three reports October 1985, January 1986 and April 1986.

4-      "Local Manufacturing of Desalination Units in Egypt", Supreme Council of Universities, Foreign Relations Coordination Unit (FRCU), January 1986.

5-      "Utilization of Gas-Turbine Exhaust for Water Desalination in the Suez Gulf Area", Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC), Cairo University, 1994.

6-      "Design Rehabilitation of Packaged Chillers", Energy Research Center (ERC), Cairo University, 1996.

 

 

III- OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

1-     "ÇáÊÈÑíÏ æ ÊßííÝ ÇáåæÇÁ"

A book translated from English to Arabic. Published by McGraw-Hill 1986.

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Practical -guide book written in Arabic. Published by the Energy Conservation and Efficiency Project (ECEP), Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC), Cairo University, 1992.

3-     Training materials and short courses on :

              Solar energy

              Steam generators

              Heat exchangers

              Thermal insulation

              Air conditioning

              Automobile air conditioning

              Refrigeration

4-     “Speculation in Part-Load Conditions in Positively-Loaded Spaces”

Lecture given at ASHRAE Cairo Expo VII, May 2001, Cairo, Egypt.

5-     "Generalized Treatment of Spray Equipment", Lecture given at ASHRAE   

           Cairo Expo VIII, June 2002, Cairo, Egypt.

6-     "Evaporative Cooling ( Insight into the Feasibility of its Practical Application )",  

      Lecture given at ASHRAE Cairo Expo IVX, June 2008, Cairo, Egypt.

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

 

1- The First International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Cairo University, 1976, Cairo, Egypt.

2-    International Symposium-Workshop on Solar Energy, Organized by the Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, USA, June, 1978, Cairo, Egypt.

3-    The Second International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Ain Shams University, September 1978, Cairo, Egypt.

4- The Third International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Menofia University, September 1980, Cairo, Egypt.

5-    The German-Egyptian Workshop on Solar collectors, Organized by The New and Renewable Energy Supreme Council of Egypt and The Ministry of Research and Technology of Federal Republic of Germany, February 1981, Cairo, Egypt.

6-    The French-Egyptian Seminar on Solar Energy Applications, Organized by Quattara Hydro and Renewable Energy Authority of Egypt and the French Center for Documentation and Studies (CEDUST), December 1981, Cairo , Egypt.

7-    The Fourth International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Cairo University, September 1982, Cairo, Egypt.

8- Solar Energy Thermal Systems, Intensive Short course for engineers (organizer and lecturer), Center of Advancement of Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering Sciences (UNESCO), September-October 1982, Cairo, Egypt.

9- Steam Generators, Intensive short course for engineers (One of the lecturers), Center of Advancement of Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering Sciences (UNESCO), 1982, Cairo, Egypt.

10-  The Fifth International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Ain Shams University, September 1984, Cairo, Egypt.

11- Design of Heat Exchangers, Intensive short course for engineers (One of the lecturers), Center of Advancement of Post-Graduate Studies in Engineering Science (UNESCO), 1984, Cairo, Egypt.

12-  IBM Middle East Institute, “Computers In Education”, Organized by IBM Cairo scientific Center, December 1984, Cairo, Egypt.

13-  IBM Professors Tour. “Computer Aided Design and manufacturing”, November  1985, Belgium and West Germany.

14- International Symposium on Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy Organized by The Egyptian Solar Energy Society (Egyptian section of ISES), March  1986, Cairo, Egypt.

15- IBM Institute, “Educational Computing in Universities “October 1986, Izmir, Turkey.

16-  Cairo International Symposium on Renewable Energy Sources, Organized by the National Research Center (NRC) of Egypt, The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) of Egypt and the Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, USA, June 1988, Cairo, Egypt.

 17-International conference of Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy ASRE 89, Organized by The Egyptian Solar Energy Society (Egyptian section of ISES), March 1989, Cairo, Egypt.

18-  Seventh International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Cairo University,  December 1990, Cairo, Egypt.

19-  Al-Azhar Engineering Second International Conference, Al-Azhar University , December 1991, Cairo, Egypt.

20-  Engineers–Training Course on “Air Conditioning”, Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC), Cairo University, April 1992, Cairo, Egypt.

21-  Engineers-Training Course on “Thermal Insulation”, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, December 1992, Cairo, Egypt.

22-  Eighth International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Alexandria University, April 1993, Alexandria, Egypt.

23-   Al-Azhar Engineering Third International Conference, Al-Azhar University,

      December 1993, Cairo, Egypt.

24-   Fifth International Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Cairo University, January  

      1995, Cairo, Egypt.

25-   The Third International Conference on Engineering Research ICER-99, November 1999, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt.

26-   Eleventh International Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Helwan 

      University, February 2000, Cairo, Egypt.

27- ISES Millennium Solar Forum 2000, September 2000, Mexico City, Mexico.

28- Arab-African Conference for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Organized by

      “Academy for Scientific Research and Technology” and “National Committee for

      Refrigeration and Air Conditioning”, April 29th – May 1st, 2002, Cairo, Egypt.

29- Al-Azhar Engineering Eighth International Conference AEIC 2004, December 24- 

     27, 2004, Cairo, Egypt.

30- Solar World Congress 2005, Organized by the International Solar Energy Society 

      ISES, August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.