Funding

  1. Egyptian Coordinator and Initiator of “Integrated Water Technologies, IWaTec” (2012-2015) in collaboration with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The project is funded by DAAD with a total of €340,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Inkjet Printing of Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices” (2012-2015) in collaboration with the University of California Berkeley. The project is funded by US-Egypt Program with a total of $53,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Co-Principle Investigator of “Solar System Design Using Advanced Learning Aid, SOLEDA” (2012-2016) in collaboration with partners from Egypt, UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Greece. The Project is funded by EU Tempus Program with a total of € 1.1 Million (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Surface and Interface Engineering of Integrated Systems, SURSYS” (2013-2015) in collaboration with the University of Duisburg Essen and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. The project is funded by DAAD with a total of €210,000 (Completed)

 

  1. Co-Principle Investigator of “Water Management and Sustainability from a Cultural and Social perspective, SusWaDialogue” (2013-2015) in collaboration with partners from Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, and Iran. The project is funded by DAAD with a total of €270,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Egyptian Coordinator of “The First Egyptian-German Workshop on Sustainable Water Technologies, SusWaTec”, Feb. 2012 in Cairo, in collaboration with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The workshop is funded by DAAD with a total of €30,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Coordinator and Initiator of “Excellence in Nanoscience Education for the MENA Region, XNEM” (2013-2017) in collaboration with partners from Egypt, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Jordon, and Tunisia. The Project is funded by EU Tempus Program with a total of € 1.65 Million (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Establishment of Training Center for Renewable Energy and Water Desalination”, (2015-2017). The project is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt with a total of EGP 2.8 Million (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Establishment of Research Center on Membrane Science and Technology” (2015-2017). The project is funded by STDF with a total of EGP 5 Million (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Environmental and Supply Chain Management for the Energy, Water and Food Nexus – the basis for Sustainable Development” (EnviChain)” (2017-2018). The project is funded by Erasmus+ with a total of €150,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Coordinator of “Efficient Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells” (2019-2020). The project is funded by STDF with a total of EGP 200,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Coordinator of “Cancer Cells Targeting and Therapeutics Using Carbon-based Nanomaterials” (2020-2021). The project is funded by STDF with a total of EGP 200,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Co-Principle Investigator of “Printable Ion Electronics and Solar Cells” (2019- 2020) in collaboration with Max Planck Institute of Coal Research, Germany. The project is funded by DAAD-STDF with a total of €55,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Coordinator of “Laser-Induced Graphene Heterostructure for Energy Storage Applications” (2019-2020). The project is funded by STDF with a total of EGP 200,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Optimization of Ultrafiltration Membranes for the Treatment of Oil Containing Wastewater” (2018-2021) in collaboration with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The project is funded by BMBF-STDF with a total of €200,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Local Manufacturing of 3D Printed Antimicrobial Medical Personal Protection Kit” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 540,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of Egyptian-German Academic Excellence in Water Treatment and Desalination (Excel-Water) (2021-2024) in collaboration with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The project is funded by DAAD with a total of €194,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Manufacturing of low-cost 3D printed lab-on-chip (LOC) device for oil removal    ” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 100,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Novel mixed matrix Films incorporated with dual-nanofillers for flexible electronic applications” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 100,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Silica Nanoparticle Incorporated Thin Film Nanocomposite Nanofiltration Membrane for Removal of Ra” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 100,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Development of 2D TMDCs Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production    ” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 100,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “High-performance supercapacitor based on decorated carbon nanotubes” (2020-2021). The project is funded by ASRT with a total of EGP 100,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Molecular nanomagnets paving the road to molecular spintronics”(2021-2023).
    The project is funded by STDF with a total of EGP 1.2 million.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “International Accreditation of thin-film membranes for water purification and desalination laboratory” (2021-2023). The Project is funded by the Projects Management Unit of the Higher Education “PMU” with a total of EGP 2.4 Million.

 

AGYA funding (www.agya.info)

  1. Principal Investigator of “Organization of an Intensive Practical Course on Renewable Energy for Arab Postgraduate Students”, Jan-Feb. 2017 at Fayoum University. The total funding of the project is €20,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Organization of an Intensive Practical Course on Solar Energy for Arab Postgraduate Students”, Oct. 2017 at Fayoum University. The total funding of the project is €22,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Organization of an Intensive Practical Course on Fabrication and Characterization of Electronic Devices for Arab Postgraduate Students”, Dec. 11-15th, 2017 at Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. The total funding of the project is €26,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Organization of an Intensive Practical Course on Nanobiotechnology for Arab Postgraduate Students”, Nov. 2018 at Fayoum University. The total funding of the project is €30,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “International Workshop and Practical Training Couse on Water-Energy Nexus” at Fayoum University, American University in Cairo and ASRT in Nov. 2019. The total funding of the project is €40,000 (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Cancer Treatment using Nanotechnology”, Jan.-Dec. 2019. The total funding of the project is €20,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Energy Applications of Transition Metals Dichalcogenides”, Jan.-Dec. 2019. The total funding of the project is €20,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Nanotechnological Swarm Interactions”, (2020). The total funding of the project is €20,546. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Free-standing Carbon-based Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment” (2020). The total funding of the project is €21,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Towards Effective Solutions for Combating COVID-19: An Interdisciplinary Approach Regions”, (2020). The total funding of the project is €16,000. (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Portable STEM Camps for Remote and Economically Hindered Regions”, 2020-2021. The total funding of the project is €50,590.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Additive Manufacturing and 3D Bioprinting for Biomedical Applications”, (2020-2021). The total funding of the project is €25,000.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “From Waste to Energy: Conversion of Agricultural Waste to Value-added Fuel” (2021). The total funding of the project is €39.068.

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Empowering Women in Economically Hindered Regions through STEM Based Practical Training” (2021). The total funding of the project is €29.835.

 

Graduates Funding

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials-based sponge for oil-water separation” (2020-2021). The total funding of the project is 75,000 EGP

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Development of Two‐Dimensional Materials as Additives for Improving the Properties of Polymeric Membranes for Oily Waste Water Separation” (2020-2021). The total funding of the project is 60,000 EGP

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Installation and Testing of a Lab-scale Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) System for wastewater Treatment” (2016-2017). The total funding of the project is 75,000 EGP (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Carbon Based Nanomaterials as Additives for Improving the Properties of Polymeric Membranes” (2016-2017). The total funding of the project is 75,000 EGP (Completed).

 

  1. Principal Investigator of “Photocatalytic Enhancement for Zinc Oxide – Graphene Oxide layers” (2016-2017).The total funding of the project is 75,000 EGP (Completed).

 

  1.  Principal Investigator of “Production of Renewable Energy using Microbial Fuel Cell from Effective Microorganisms” (2016-2017).The total funding of the project is 75,000 EGP (Completed).