Professor of Applied Physical Chemistry
Chemistry Department
Faculty of Science Helwan University, Cairo,

Egypt General Manager, and Owner of G&W Science and Engineering Company. 32 Mohamed Fahmy El Mohder St Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. www.gw-egy.com

Research Field: Chemistry of Cement and Concrete

M.Sc., Solid State Science, American University, Cairo
M.Sc., Physical Chemistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo
Doctor Title in Natural Sciences, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Full Professor since 1992
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Languages: Arabic, English, German, French: Fluent

Awards and Nominations
Assiut Cemex Award in the fields of Cement and Concrete. Academy for Scientific Research
and Technology
Nominations: L’Oreal – UNESCO Price for Women Material Scientist on the Continent’s
Level. Outstanding Distinguished Women Scientist in the 3rd World from the Egyptian
Academy of Science to the 3rd World Academy of Science in Italy

Patent
Patent no. 6100201993 for a NEW ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC BRICK, 1993,
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Patent Office, 101 Qasr El Nil str., Cairo,
Egypt.

National Membership
1. Member of the Egyptian Code for Recycling of Solid Wastes, Housing and
Building Research Center, (HBRC).
2. Member of the Egyptian Code for Stabilization of Soil for Building materials,
(HBRC).
3. Member of the Egyptian Code for Ecofriendly Materials Housing and Building
Research Center, (HBRC).
4. Member of the Egyptian Code for Chemical Testing Cement and Concrete
Materials
5. Member of the Promotion Committee for Professors and Associate Professors,
Supreme Council of Universities, Cairo, Egypt
6. Arab Society for Material Science Alexandria University, Egypt

International Memberships
1. Editorial Board of Cement Wapno Beton Krakow Poland www.polskicement.pl.
2. Editor in Chief, CEMENT INTERNATIONAL- ARABIC Version www.verlagbt.de
(until 2022)
3. Member of Arab Union of Cement and Building Materials (AUCBM) www.aucbm.org
(through G&W Science and Engineeringm until 2022)
4. Member of German-Arab Chamber of Commerce AHK-Egypt www.ahkmena.com
(Through G&W Science and Engineering, until 2022)
5. Editorial Board of Materiales de Construction, Madrid, Spain .
http://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es (until 2020)
6. Scientific Board , Algérie Equipment , Revue Technique de l’Ecole National
Supérieure des Travaux Publics, Algeria
7. . Honorary Advisory Panel, International Conferences, Non-traditional Cement
and Concrete, Brno, Czech Republik.www.fce.vutbr.cz

Earlier Positions/ Membership
1. Vice Dean of Environment, Faculty of Science, Helwan University (1995-1998, 2002
2005)
2. -Director of Resource Management Unit at the RTCD, Helwan University, Cairo,
Egypt.
3. Director of Cement Chemistry Laboratory, University College for Girls Ain Shams
University
4. Consultant of the Association of the Educational Buildings, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Expertise of the Building Materials at Primary Alexandria Court, Alexandria, Egypt
5. Member of Egyptian Material Research Society
6. Member of Material Research Society, USA
7. Member of German Egyptian Cooperation Society, Cairo, Egypt

Fields of interest
1. Cement and Concrete Sciences and Applications.
2. Quality Control of Building Materials.
3. Building with Local Materials
4. Analysis and Restoration of Historical Monuments.
5. Environmental Chemistry.
6. Recycling of Solid wastes

Reviewer
1. CONBUILMAT International journal
2. CZECH Science Foundation (Grantová agentura České republiky)
3. . International Journal of Physical Sciences www.academicjournals.org/IJPS
4. Academic Degree Faculty of Engineering Benha University, Cairo Egypt
5. Academic Degree Faculty of Engineering El Azhar University, Cairo Egypt
6. Academic Degree Florida University USA
7. Scientific Projects, National Research Center, Cairo Egypt
8. 12th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement and Concrete. Canada (
2007)
9. International Congress “Réhabilitation des Constructions et Développent Durable”.
Alger 2005
10. International Journal of Thermal Analysis. Until 2000
11. Fullbright Egypt
12. Promotion of Professors and Associate Professors in Egypt
Speaker in international conferences (Few examples)
1 International Symposium on Non-Traditional Symposium on Traditional Cement
&Concrete, Brno, CZECH Republic, www.fce.vutbr.cz (Honorary board)
1. Conference on” Neue natursteinrestaurierungsergebnisse und messtechnische
Erfassungen, New stone restoration results and measurement techniques. Stuttgart,
Germany, March 2008 (Invited speaker).
2. 12th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement and Concrete. Canada 2007
3. The Second National Conference for Building Materials and Construction Engineering.
University of El Mergeb, Libya. November 2004 (Keynote speaker).
4. International Congres “Réhabilitation des Constructions et Développent
Durable”. Alger 2005 (Keynote speaker, reviewer)
5. First International Forum on Building Materials of Egyptian Monuments: Methods of
Conservation of Masonry Structures, Goethe Institute Cairo, December 2003.
(Organizer and keynote speaker)

Conferences
~50 international and national conferences in cement and concrete
Thesis supervision
More than 50 theses registered in Faculties of Sciences and Faculties of Engineering, Helwan
University, Ain Shams University, Cairo University, Alexandria University, Benha University.
Publications
103 publications in international and national journals and conferences and monograph