Curriculum Vitae

Professor

Mohy Saad Mansour

Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Faculty of Engineering

Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail : mansour@niles.edu.eg

mansourm@aucegypt.edu

Fax : +202 5708480 – +202 5729499

Phone : +202 5675201 – +202 5708480 (office)

+202 398 00238 / +202 398 00312 (H)

+012 1630863 (mobile)

Updated Sunday, December 06, 2009

Personal Data

Family Name : Mansour

Given Names : Mohy Saad Abdel-Hamid

Date of Birth : 22 Sept. 1958 [Giza, Egypt]

Nationality : Egyptian

Marital Status : Married (two children)

Home Address : 141 L Pyramids Gardens, Pyramids,

Giza, Egypt.

Postal Address : Mechanical Power Eng. Dept.

Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Giza, Egypt.

Telephone : 202-39800238 (home)

202-567 5201 – 567 5203 (office)

012 1630863 (mobile)

Fax : 202-5708480

Mainly experimental work in the following fields:

- Premixed and Partially Premixed Combustion

- Laser Diagnostics on Combustion

- Turbulent and Laminar Flames

- Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions

Published more than 60 papers in international journals and conferences as listed below

Consultations:

- Combustion Systems

- Heat Engines

- Boilers

- Burners

- Dryers

- Furnaces

- Ovens

- Steam pipelines

- Compressors

- Cooling Towers

- Laser techniques for combustion and turbulence measurements

EDUCATION

Ph. D. : Awarded [May 1990]

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Title : Studies in Turbulent Hydrocarbon Flames

in a Reverse Flow Reactor

Advisor : Prof. R. W. Bilger

M. Sc. : Awarded [27 October 1985]

Department of Mechanical Power Engineering,

The University of Cairo

Title : Spray Formation and Entrainment

Characteristics in Liquid Fuel Sprays

of Diesel Engines.

Advisors : Prof. M. M. Elkotb

A/Prof. H. Salem

B.Sc. : Graduated [July 1981]

Department of Mechanical Power Engineering,

The University of Cairo

POSITIONS HELD

Professor Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Cairo University

Since 2002 - present

Previous Positions:

Dean National Institute for Laser Enhanced Sciences

NILES – Cairo University

August 2005 – July 2008

Professor [Secondment May 2002 – July 2005]

Mechanical Engineering Department

The American University in Cairo

Associate Professor [Secondment September 1999 – May 2002]

Mechanical Engineering Department

The American University in Cairo

Associate Professor [April 1997 – May 2002]

Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Cairo University

Associate Professor [part time April 1997 – September 1999]

National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science

NILES

Cairo University

Lecturer [February 1992 –April 1997]

Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Cairo University

Lecturer [part time: October 1994 – April 1997]

National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science

NILES

Cairo University

Post-Doctoral [April 1990 - Dec. 1991]

Institut Fuer Technische Mechanik

RWTH Aachen,

F.R. Germany

Lecturer Assistant [October 1985 - January 1992]

Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Cairo University

Tutor/Demonstrator [October 1981 - October 1985]

Mechanical Power Engineering Department

Cairo University

Research Assistant [January 1986 - April 1990]

/Tutor (part time) Mechanical Engineering Department

Sydney University,

Australia

AWARDS

· Egyptian National Prize of Encourage in Engineering Science (1997).

· Sharing award with Dr. J-Y- Cheng for young researchers in First Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Osaka, Japan, (1997).

· Most popular doctor at mechanical Engineering Department, the American University in Cairo, (2001).

· Garrett Turbulent Combustion award, University of Sydney, Australia [1 January 1986 - 31 April 1987]

· Peter Nicol Russell Postgraduate award, University of Sydney, Australia [1 May 1987 - 14 Feb. 1990]

PATENTS

· Design of a gaseous fuel burner, patent title “A Concentric Flow Conical Nozzle CFCN Gaseous Fuel Burner for Industrial Applications”. Patent no. 22275, December 2002

GRANTS

· Awarded several research development grants at the American University in Cairo during the following periods:

· January 2000: for research conducted at ITM-RWTH-Aachen, F.R. Germany

· July-August 2000: for research conducted at ITM-RWTH-Aachen, F.R. Germany

· January 2001: for research conducted at ITM-RWTH-Aachen, F.R. Germany

· January 2002: for research conducted at ITM-RWTH-Aachen, F.R. Germany

· January 2003: for research conducted at ITM-RWTH-Aachen, F.R. Germany

· Awarded a grant for organizing an international workshop on laser diagnostics of combustion processes at NILES-Cairo University in Nov. 2000. This was awarded by the United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO) – International Center of Science and High Technology (ICS) – Trieste –Italy.

· Awarded a grant for organizing a second international workshop on laser diagnostics of combustion processes at NILES-Cairo University in June 2002. This was awarded by the United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO) – International Center of Science and High Technology (ICS) – Trieste –Italy.

· A grant is awarded by U.S. - Egypt Joint Science & Technology Board to fund a joint project entitled “Experimental and Computational Investigation of Random-Fiber Matrices for Stirling-Engine Regenerator” for a period of three year. The project with co-operation of Dr. Mounir Ibrahim, Prof. at Mechanical Eng. Dept. Cleveland State University as the US PI.

· Awarded a grant by MENA – SWEDISH RESEARCH LINKS PROGRAMME for three years (2006 – 2008).

MEMBERSHIP

· Member at the Supreme Council of Antiquities - Egypt

· Member of the scientific council of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer “ICHMT”

· Syndicate of Engineers, Egypt

· Syndicate of Educational Careers, Egypt

· Combustion Institute, USA (International)

· Co-chairing the Mediterranean Combustion Symposium

· Invited external member of NILES council – Cairo university (period 2003-2005)

Editor/REVIEWER

· Editor: Combustion Science and Technology, Volume 174 (11&12), 1-2, 2002

· Editor: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2003

· Editor: Mediterranean Combustion Symposium proceedings (2002)

· Combustion and Flame

· Combustion Science and Technology

· Combustion Symposium (International)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The research work is mainly experimental since 1981.

Research Student [Cairo University]

Period: 1981 - 1985

Subject: Spray Formation and Entrainment

Characteristics in Liquid Fuel Sprays

of Diesel Engines.

Measuring Techniques:

Isokinetic probe, Hot-wire anemometer

and High speed camera.

Research Assistant [Cairo University]

Period: 1983 - 1985

Subject: Air Pollution in the city of Cairo

Measuring Techniques:

Gas sampling for CO, C_xH_x and NO_x.

Research Student [Sydney University]

Period: 1986 - 1990

Subject: Turbulence/chemistry interactions studies.

Measuring Techniques:

Mie-scattering technique, LDV technique

and thermocouples.

Advisors: Prof. R.W. Bilger

and Dr. S.H. Starner

Visiting Student [Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. USA]

Period: 15 March 1987 - 28 May 1987

Subject: Raman/Rayleigh measurements in a Reverse Flow Reactor (RFR)

Measuring Techniques:

Raman and Rayleigh technique

Co-operation with: Dr. R.W. Dibble, Dr. A.R. Masri

and Prof. R.W. Bilger.

Post-Doctoral [Institut für Technische Mechanik, RWTH, Aachen

Germany]

Period: 1990 - 1991

Subject: Studies in turbulent premixed hydrocarbon flames at

high Reynolds number.

Measuring Techniques:

Two-plane two-dimensional Rayleigh imaging

technique. Developed by myself.

Co-operation with : Prof. Dr. Ing. N. Peters, head of ITM.

Visiting Scientist [Institut für Technische Mechanik, RWTH, Aachen

Germany]

Period: Regular visits since 1992 to present

(Three weeks during winter and two month during summer breaks every year)

Subject: Laser-based measurements in turbulent premixed

and partially premixed hydrocarbon flames.

Measuring Techniques:

Some laser-based techniques have been developed

by myself and research students at ITM, Aachen.

Examples of these techniques are:

1. Two-plane, two-dimensional Rayleigh thermometry technique for 3-D temperature measurements.

2. Line Raman-Rayleigh technique for simultaneous Line profiles of temperature and reactive scalars.

3. UV Rayleigh thermometry technique

4. Laser Induced Fluorescence of OH radical in flames.

5. Laser Induced Fluorescence of CH radical in flames.

6. PIV flow field measurements

7. Soot volume fraction measurements for diesel engines

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

AND CONSULTATIONS

· Air Pollution in the City of Cairo:

(Joint project between Egypt and USA)

Period : 1983 - 1985

Principle Investigator: Prof. M. M. El-Kotb Cairo University

Co-workers : Team of Faculty members from Cairo University

Description : Monitor and study pollution from

Vehicles – Factories – Particulates

in the city of Cairo.

Engines of motor vehicles were tested and tuned for

pollution control in some selected traffic departments.

· Energy Consumption Improvement in Egyptian Power

Stations:

Joint project: Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

and Ministry of electricity

Period : 1992 - 1996

Principle Investigator: Eng. Hazem El-Tanbouli

Team Leader: Prof. M. El-Mahallawy

Cairo University

Co-workers : Team of Faculty members from Cairo University

Description : Studying and reducing the losses throughout power

stations. The study covered all power stations in Egypt.

· Energy Consumption Improvement in Sugar and Integrated

Industries Company (SIIC):

Joint project between Cairo University and SIIC

Period : 1992 – January 1999

Principle Investigator: Prof. M. El-Mahallawy Cairo University

Co-workers : Team of Faculty members from Cairo University

Description :

· Testing and studying the performance of bagasse boilers.

· Pollution test from boilers.

· Thermal design of a bagasse dryer.

· Follow the manufacture and testing of the dryer.

· Training courses to Engineers and technicians at SIIC.

· The Development of Balady Bread Oven Design for Efficient, Unpolluted Bread.

Period : 1993 - 1995

Principle Investigator: Prof. M. El-Mahallawy Cairo University

Co-workers : Prof. E. Mahdy and Dr. M. Gadallah.

Description : Testing and studying the performance of

conventional ovens.

A new design was developed for an efficient oven

with indirect baking for pollution free bread.

· National consultant

v Period : September – December 2000

Topic: - Laser diagnostics of combustion processes

National organization:

United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS).

v Period : September – December 2001

Topic : Establishing a regional center at Cairo University for laser measurements in combustion systems

National organization:

United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS).

· Other major consultations

v Company : General Company for Ceramic and Porcelain (Chini)

Period : January 1996 – December 1998

Team Leader: Prof. M. El-Mahallawy Cairo University

Co-workers : Team of Faculty members from Cairo and Helwan

Universities

Description : Consultation of several mechanical engineering

works.

v Company : Eastern Company (for Tobacco and Smoke)

Period : January 1998 - 2000

Team Leader: Prof. M. El-Mahallawy Cairo University

Co-workers : Team of Faculty members from Cairo University

Description : Consultation of several mechanical engineering work, especially boilers, steam pipelines and compressors.

CONFERENCES AND TRAINING

· Co-Chair the organization committee of

“THE FIFTH MEDITERRANEAN COMBUSTION SYMPOSIUM”

Monastir, Sept., 2007

Tunisia

The symposium is co-organized by three members from Egypt, Turkey and Italy under the joint auspices of the Combustion Institute and the international center of heat and mass transfer.

· Chair

“THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LASER SCIENCE

AND APPLICATIONS”

National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, NILES,

11-15 January, 2007

Cairo University,

Egypt

· Invited Lecturer at

“THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LASER SCIENCE

AND APPLICATIONS”

National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, NILES,

11-15 January, 2007

Cairo University,

Egypt

· Invited Lecturer at

“THE THIRD WORKSHOP ON LASER SCIENCES AND

APPLICATIONS”

Higher Institute for Laser Research and Applications,

13-15 November, 2006

Damascus University,

Damascus, Syria

· Co-Chair the organization committee of

“THE FOURTH MEDITERRANEAN COMBUSTION SYMPOSIUM”

LISBON, June, 2005

Portugal

The symposium is co-organized by three members from Egypt, Turkey and Italy under the joint auspices of the Combustion Institute and the international center of heat and mass transfer.

· Co-Chair the organization committee of the

“FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LASER APPLICATIONS”

National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, 10-14 January, 2005

Cairo University, Egypt

· Co-Chair the organization committee of

“THE THIRD MEDITERRANEAN COMBUSTION SYMPOSIUM”

Marrakech, 10-14 June, 2003

Morocco

The symposium is co-organized by three members from Egypt, Turkey and Italy under the joint auspices of the Combustion Institute, Cady Ayyad University and the international center of heat and mass transfer.

· Invited to lecture at the

International Congress of Spectroscopy ICS'2003

Cady Ayyad University,

Marrakech, , 23-25April 2003

Morocco

· Organized the

TRAINING COURSE ON LASER DIAGNOSTICS OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES

The National Institute for Laser Enhanced Sciences,

NILES (Cairo University)

Cairo, 22-26 June 2002

Egypt

Organized under the joint auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS).

· Participate in the organization of

“THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN COMBUSTION SYMPOSIUM”

Sharm El-Sheikh, 6-11 January, 2000

Egypt

The symposium is co-organized by three members from Egypt, Turkey and Italy under the joint auspices of the Combustion Institute, Egyptian section, Cairo University and the international center of heat and mass transfer.

· Organized the

TRAINING COURSE ON LASER DIAGNOSTICS OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES

The National Institute for Laser Enhanced Sciences,

NILES (Cairo University)

Cairo, 18-22 November 2000

Egypt

Organized under the joint auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS).

· Invited to lecture at the

TRAINING COURSE ON ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF LASERS

The National Institute for Laser Enhanced Sciences,

NILES (Cairo University)

Cairo, May 2000

Egypt

Organized under the joint auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS)

· Invited to lecture at the

TRAINING COURSE ON LASER DIAGNOSTICS OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES

The International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS)

Trieste, 1-5 March 1999, Italy

Organized under the joint auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS)

· Invited to lecture at the

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMBUSTION DIAGNOSTICS AND OPTICAL TECHNIQUES

The Laser and Fiber Optics Center, Department of Physics,

University of Cape Coast, Ghana. 3-10 July 1999, Ghana

Organized under the joint auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (unido); the International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS); and Laser and Fiber Optics Center, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

· Involved in some training courses organized by:

- The Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC)

- Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

- National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, NILES, Cairo University

- Syndicate of engineers, Mechanical Engineering section, Cairo.

Period: 1992 - 2000

(An average of five courses a year.)

The courses cover the following topics:

- I C Engines: Classifications, Maintenance and Tuning.

- Gas Turbines.

- Burners: Simple and automatic burners

- Boilers

- Lubricating and cooling systems.

- Measurements and instruments for pressure and temperature.

- Industrial Applications of lasers.

- Laser diagnostics of combustion and turbulence.

PUBLICATIONS

Published in:

· Combustion and Flame

· Combustion Science and Technology

· International Combustion Symposium

· Applied Optics

· Applied Physics

· Optics Letters

· Experiments in Fluids

· Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences

· ASME

· Turbulent Premixed Combustion: A state of the art, Edited book

· Australsian Fluid Mechanics Conference

· Australia New-Zealand and Japanese joint conference

· Mechanical Power Engineering Conference, Egypt

· International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Propulsion, ASME, Egypt

· IEEE, USA

· First conference on research and development, Egypt

· Asia-Pacific conference on combustion

· Mediterranean combustion symposium

· Twelfth National Conference on Mechanical Engineering, CSME, Chia, Yi.

· VDI Berichte Nr. 1492, Germany

· Engineering Research Journal, Helwan University, Mataria, Cairo

· 4^th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, HEFAT2005

· The fifth international conference on laser applications, ICLA5, NILES

· The Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Science

· The sixth international conference on laser scince and applications, ICLSA6, NILES

Invited Plenary and Keynote Lectures:

· First Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Antalya, Turkey.

· The Third International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, Antalya, Turkey

· Thirteenth Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Association, Alexandria, Egypt

· International Congress of Spectroscopy, CIS2033, Marrakech 22-25 April 2003, (2003).

No. of Co-authors: 33

No. of single papers: 5

List of Publications

1. Elkotb, M. M., Elbahar, O., Salem, H., and Saad*, M., “Induced Air Flows in Diesel Fuel Sprays”. International Symposium on Flows in Internal Combustion Engines-III, FED, ASME vol. 28 pp. 97-106 (1985).

2. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R. W. and Dibble, R. W., “Raman/Rayleigh and Mie-Scattering Measurements in a Reverse Flow Reactor Close to Extinction.”, Twenty-Second Symposium International on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, pp. 711-719, (1989).

3. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W. and Starner, S.H., “A Reverse Flow Reactor for Turbulence/Chemistry Interaction Studies.” Combustion Science and Technology, 65, 1-3, 83 (1989).

4. Mansour, M. S. Bilger, R.W. and Dibble, R.W., “Spatial Resolution in Laser Based Scalar Measurements.” Tenth Australsian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, in Proceedings, (1989).

5. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W. Dibble, R.W., and Truelove, J. “Turbulent Hydrocarbon Flames Near Extinction in a Reverse Flow Reactor.” Australia/New Zealand and Japanese Sections Joint Conference, The Combustion Institute, Sydney, Sept. (1989).

6. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W. and Dibble, R.W., “Spatial Averaging Effects in Raman/Rayleigh Measurements in a Turbulent Flame.” Combustion and Flame, 82, 411, (1990).

7. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W. and Dibble, R.W., “Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames of Nitrogen-Diluted Methane Near Extinction.” Combustion and Flame 85, 215, (1991).

8. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W. and Dibble, R.W., “Turbulent Premixed Flames of Methane Near Extinction in a Reverse Flow Reactor.” in “Turbulent Premixed Combustion: A State of the Art (Eds. I. Gokalp and M. Champion), Oct. (1992).

9. Mansour, M. S., Chen, Y-C. and Peters, N. “The Reaction Zone Structure of Turbulent Premixed Methane-Helium Flames Near Extinction.” Twenty-Fourth Symposium International on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, pp. 461-468, (1992).

10. Mansour, M. S., “Two-Plane Two-Dimensional Rayleigh Thermometry Technique for Turbulent Combustion.” Optics Letters, 18, 537, (1993).

11. Mansour, M. S., Peters, N. and Chen, Y-C., “A Study of Turbulent Premixed Hydrocarbon Flames at High Reynolds Number.” Eighth (Int.) Conference on Mechanical Power Engineering, Alexandria, pp. 161-170, April (1993).

12. Mansour, M.S., Bilger, R.W. and Dibble, R.W., “Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames of Propane Near Extinction in a Reverse Flow Reactor.” Eighth (Int.) Conference on Mechanical Power Engineering, Alexandria, pp. 149-160, April (1993).

13. Abou-Ellail, M.M.M., Beshay, K.R. and Mansour, M.S., “Flamelet Modeling and Raman/Rayleigh/LIPF Measurements of the Structure of Premixed Methane-Air Flames.” Fifth International Conference of Fluid Mechanics, pp. 841-856 Cairo, (1995).

14. Chen, Y-C. and Mansour, M.S., “Single Pulse 2-D Imaging of LIPF of OH Radical and Rayleigh Thermometry in Turbulent Premixed Flames.” Twelvth National Conference on Mechanical Engineering, CSME, Chia-Yi, pp. 761-770, Nov. (1995).

15. Mansour, M. S. and Chen, Y-C. “Line Raman/Rayleigh/LIPF Technique for Combustion Using a Tunable KrF Excimer Laser.” Applied Optics, pp. 4252-4260 (1996).

16. Chen, Y-C., Peters, N. and Mansour, M.S. “Measurements of the Detailed Structure in Turbulent H₂-Ar Jet Diffusion Flames with Line-Raman/Rayleigh LIPF-OH Technique.” Twenty Sixth International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Naples, pp. 97-103 (1996).

17. Chen, Y-C., Peters, N., Schneemann, G.A., Wruck, Renz, U., and Mansour, M. S., “The Detailed Structure of Highly Stretched Turbulent Premixed Methane-Air Flames.” Combustion and Flame, 107:223-244 (1996).

18. Mansour, M. S., Bilger, R.W., and Dibble, R.W. “Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames of Methane Near Extinction in a Reverse Flow Reactor.” ICFDP, Int. Congress on Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion, ASME Int., Cairo, Volume III, pp 726-732 (1996).

19. Mansour, M. S., Chen, Y-C. and Peters, N. “Line Raman-Rayleigh-LIPF Measurements in Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames of Methane.” ICFDP, Int. Congress on Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion, ASME Int., Cairo, Volume III, pp 746-752 (1996).

20. Gadalla, M. A., Mansour, M. S., Mahdy, E. and Elmahallawy, F. M., “Energy Efficient Ovens for Unpolluted Balady Bread.” Inter Society of Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC, 31st, Washington DC, IEEE, 69106, Aug. (1996).

21. Chen, Y-C. Fabrizi, M. and Mansour, M. S., “Simultaneous Rayleigh Scattering and Laser Induced CH Fluorescence for Reaction Zone Imaging in High Speed Premixed Hydrocarbon Flames.” Applied Physics B, volume 64, pp. 599-605, (1997).

22. Mansour, M. S., Gadalla, M. A., Taha, M.R., Mahdi Ali, E., and Elmahallawy, F. M. “Performance Evaluation of Bagasse Dryer model for Boilers in Sugar Industry.”, First Conference on Research and Development in Egyptian Industry, March, (1997).

23. Chen, Y-C. and Mansour, M. S., “Measurements of Scalar Dissipation in Turbulent Hydrogen Diffusion Flames and Implications on Combustion Modeling.”, Combustion Science and Technology, 126:291-313, (1997).

24. Chen, Y-C., and Mansour, M. S., “Verification and Assessments of Some Assumptions used in Modeling of Turbulent Diffusion Flames.” First Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Osaka, Japan, p. 186 May, (1997).

25. Chen, Y-C., and Mansour, M. S., “Simultaneous Planar Imaging of LIPF of OH Radical and Rayleigh Thermometry in Turbulent Premixed Flames Near Extinction.” First Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Osaka, Japan, May, (1997).

26. Plessing, T., Terhoven, P., Peters, N., and Mansour, M. S. “An Experimental and Numerical Simulation of a Laminar Triple Flame.” Combustion and Flame, 115:335-353 (1998)

27. Mansour, M. S., Chen, Y-C., and Peters, N. “Investigation of Scalar Mixing in the Thin Reaction Zones Regime Using a Simultaneous CH-LIF/Rayleigh Laser Technique.” Twenty-Seventh Symposium International on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, pp. 767-773 (1998).

28. Chen, Y-C., and Mansour, M. S., “Investigation of Flame Broadening in Turbulent Premixed Flames in the Thin Reaction Zones Regime.”, Twenty-Seventh Symposium International on Combustion, The Combustion Institute pp. 811-818 (1998).

29. Chen, Y-C., and Mansour, M. S., “Topology of Turbulent Premixed Flame Fronts Resolved by Simultaneous Planar Imaging of LIPF of OH radical and Rayleigh Scattering.” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 26, pp. 277-287 (1998).

30. Mansour, M. S., Chen, Y-C. and Peters, N., “Highly Strained Rich Methane Flames Stabilized by Hot Combustion Products.” Combustion and Flame, 116:136-153 (1999).

31. Mansour, M. S. “Turbulent Premixed and Partially Premixed Combustion Diagnostics Based on Advanced Laser Techniques” Invited Plenary Lecture, Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, in proceedings, pp. 40-69, (1999)

32. Mansour, M. S. “A Concentric Flow with Conical Nozzle Burner for Highly Stabilized Partially Premixed Flames.” Presented at the First Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, in proceedings, pp. 321-335, (1999)

33. Abou-Ellail, M. M. M., Beshay, K. R. and Mansour, M. S., “A Flamelet Model for Premixed Methane-Air Flames.”, Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, in proceedings, pp. 1094-1108, (1999)

34. Plessing, T., Mansour, M.S., Peters, N., and Cheng, R.K., “Ein neuartiger Niedrigdrallbrenner zur Untersuchung Turbulenter Vormischflammen”, VDI Berichte Nr. 1492, pp. 457-462 (1999).

35. Mansour, M. S., Abdel-Hafez, A. H., Abou-Ellail, M. M. M., and El-Bayoumi, M. A-E., “A Piloted Concentric Flow Burner for Stabilized Turbulent Flames at High Mixing Rates” Eng. Research J. Vol. 63, pp. 14-29, June 1999, Helwan University, Faculty of Eng., Mataria, Cairo

36. Mansour, M. S. “A Concentric Flow Conical Nozzle Burner for Highly Stabilized Partially Premixed Flames.” Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 152, 115-145, (2000)

37. Abou-Ellail, M. M. M., Beshay, K. R. and Mansour, M. S., “A Flamelet Model for Premixed Methane-Air Flames.”, Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 153, 223-245 (2000)

38. Plessing, T., Kortschik, C., Peters, N., Mansour, M. S., and Cheng, R. K., “Measurements of the Turbulent Burning Velocity and the Structure of Premixed Flames on a Low Swirl Burner”, Twenty-Eighth Symposium International on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, pp. 359-366 (2000).

39. Mansour, M. S., “Industrial and Technological Applications of Lasers”, Invited Lecture, Mechanical Engineering Technologies and Applications in the Beginning of the Third Millennium, Thirteenth Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Association, Egypt, Alexandria, 28-31 March 2001, in proceedings, (2001).

40. Mansour, M. S., “Advanced Laser Techniques for Turbulent Combustion Measurements”, Invited Keynote Lecture, The Third International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, Antalya, Turkey, in proceedings, 292-310 (2001).

41 Mansour, M. S., “Stability Characteristics of Lifted Turbulent Partially Premixed Jet Flames”, presented at The Seventh (Int.) Conference on Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion, ICFDP7, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, proceedings on CD, paper no. ICFDP-2001024 (2001).

42.a Mansour, M. S., “A Study of Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames Based on Simultaneous Imaging of Velocity Field and OH Radical”, presented at The Second Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in proceedings, pp. 497-512 (2002).

b Mansour, M. S., “A Study of Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames Based on Simultaneous Imaging of Velocity Field and OH Radical”, Combustion Science and Technology, Volume 174 (2) pp. 47-78 (2002).

43.a Chen, Y-C. and Mansour, M. S., “Geometrical Interpretation of Fractal Parameters Measured in Turbulent Premixed Bunsen Flames”, presented at The Second Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in proceedings, pp. 574-584 (2002).

b Chen, Y-C. and Mansour, M. S., “Geometrical Interpretation of Fractal Parameters Measured in Turbulent Premixed Bunsen Flames”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2003, Pages 409-416 (2003).

44. Mansour, M. S., “Laser Techniques for Turbulent Reacting Flow Measurements”, Invited Lecture, International Congress of Spectroscopy, CIS2033, Marrakech 22-25 April 2003, (2003).

45 Mansour, M. S., “Stability Characteristics of Lifted Turbulent Partially Premixed Jet Flames”, Combustion and Flame, 133:263-274, (2003).

46. Mansour, M. S., “The Flow Field Structure at the Base of Lifted Turbulent Partially Premixed Jet Flames”, Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, in proceedings, pp 1039-1050, (2003). Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences, Vol 28/7 pp 771-779 (2004)

47. Arndt Joedicke, Mohy Mansour and Norbert Peters, “The Stabilization Mechanism and Structure of Turbulent Hydrocarbon Lifted Flames”, Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 30, pp. 901-909 (2005)

48. Arndt Joedicke, Mohy Mansour and Norbert Peters, “Laser-Based Combined Techniques for Turbulence Chemistry Interaction Studies in Combustion Systems”, presented at the fifth international conference on laser applications, ICLA, NILES, Cairo University, January (2005).

49. Wafaa Abbas, Hanadi Salem, Mohy Mansour and Yehia Badr, “The effect of laser parameters on cut quality of 1.25 mm low carbon steel”, presented at the fifth international conference on laser applications, ICLA, NILES, Cairo University, January (2005).

50. Ibrahim, M., Watanasirisuk, P., Mansour, M., and Simon, T. “Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics Inside Screens Under Steady and Oscillatory Flow Conditions”, 4th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Cairo, Egypt, HEFAT2005, paper No. IM2, (2005)

51. Arndt Joedicke, Mohy Mansour and Norbert Peters, “Multi-Reaction Zones Imaging Technique for Turbulent Hydrocarbon Flames”, presented at The Fourth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Lisbon, (2005), published in Turkish J. Eng. Env. Sci. 30, 157-161, (2006)

52. El-Mahallawy, F., Abdelhafez, A. and Mansour, M. “Mixing and Nozzle Geometry Effects on Flame Structure and Stability” presented at the Fourth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Lisbon, (2005); Combust. Sci. and Tech., 179:249-263 (2007).

53. Salem, H.G., Abbas, W., Mansour, M. and Badr, Y. “Parametric Study on CW Nd:YAG Laser Cutting Quality of 1.25 mm Ultra Low Carbon Steel Sheets Using O₂ Assist Gas” Second International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Research, MTPR-06, Cairo Egypt, American Institute of Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings, 888, pp. 186-196 (2006).

54. Mohy Mansour, Abdel Rahman Moussa, Abdel-Monem El-Batahgy and Ramadan Ramadan, “The Effect of Laser Treatment on the Surface Hardness of Different Types of Tool Steels”, Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Laser Sciences and Applications, NILES, Cairo University, January (2007).

55. Mohy Mansour and Young-Cheng Chen, “Stability and Flame Structure Study of Low Swirl Burner Using Simultaneous Rayleigh-OH-LIPF Technique”, Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Laser Sciences and Applications, NILES, Cairo University, January (2007).

56. Mohy Mansour, Norbert Peters and Lars-Uve Schrader, “Detailed Study of Flame Kernel Using Two-Dimensional Rayleigh and OH-LIPF Technique”, Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Laser Sciences and Applications, NILES, Cairo University, January (2007).

57. Yehia Badr, Mohy Mansour, Hanadi Salem and Hebatalrahman Ahmed, “Study the Effect of the Excimer Laser 193 nm Treatment on the Surface Properties of AISI304 Using Nano-Indentation”, Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Laser Sciences and Applications, NILES, Cairo University, January (2007).

58. Chen, Y.-C., Mansour, M.S., Lars, L., Wada, T. and Peters, N., “On the Blow Out Limit of Turbulent Premixed Flames Stabilized on Low-Swirl Burner”, Presented at the Sixth Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan, 20-23 May (2007).

59. Mansour, M.S., Peters, N. and Schrader, L-U “Experimental Study of Turbulent Flame Kernel Propagation”, Accepted for presentation at the Fifth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tunisia, 9-13 September (2007). Selected for publication in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences Journal, (2007)

60. Mansour, M.S. and Chen, Y-C. “Stability characteristics and flame structure of Low Swirl Burner”, Accepted for presentation at the Fifth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tunisia, 9-13 September (2007). Selected for publication in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences Journal, (2007)

61. Hanadi G. Salema, Mohy S. Mansour, Yehya Badr, Wafaa A. Abbas "CW Nd:YAG laser cutting of ultra low carbon steel thin sheets using O₂ assist gas" journal of materials processing technology 1 9 6 ( 2 0 0 8 ) 64–72

62. 32^ND SYMPOSIUM

Semester	Course	Grade
Fall 1999	MENG467	4.09
	MENG364	4.09
	MENG362	4.64
Spring 2000	MENG467	5
	MENG362	4.91
	MENG364	4.32
	ENGR512	4
Fall 2000	MENG467	4.82
	MENG362	4.73
	MENG365	4
Spring 2001 Awarded the most popular doctor during the Engineering Activity Day by the students.	MENG467	4
	MENG364	4.27
	MENG365	4

Semester	Course	Grade
Fall 2001	MENG467	3.82
	MENG364	4.45
	MENG362	4.18
Spring 2002	MENG467	4.09
	MENG364	5
	MENG365	4.18
Fall 2002	MENG467	4
	MENG361	4.55
	MENG365	4.18
Spring 2003	MENG467	4.27
	MENG361	4.09
	MENG365	4.74