Prof. Sayed Shebl
Director of Electro-mechanical Institute , HBRC
Creation and Enforcement of IEC Code
Biography
Prof. Shebl graduated from Power Mech Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering at Materia, Helwan
University in 1988. He obtained his Ph.D. from Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Zagazig University, in 2003. Upon graduation,
he has joined HBRC as a research assistant and was promoted in different positions and he was the Ex-Director of BPI. He is currently EMI Director. He is the Focal Point of UNEP in Ministry of Housing; Egypt.
· Field of specialization: Building Physics Engineering including, Heat and Mass Transfer, Mechanical
and Thermo-Physical Properties of Building and Thermal Insulation Materials, Thermal Performance of
Buildings for Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, Green and Sustainability Applications, Structure
Performance against Fire and Fireproofing Materials, Synthesis of Nano Materials and its Applications in
Building and Construction Materials, Solar and Renewable Energy Application - Mechanical Systems
(Elevators, HVAC).
· Prof. Shebl get Study Tour "Energy Saving in Residential and Commercial Building in Germany",
2004. He also get Post Doctor scientific mission at Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA in the fields of
development of nano particles and recycling of wastes in composite thermal insulation and fireproofing
materials for green building applications.
· Member of a variety of Code Committees
· Prof. Shebl is the Principal Investigator and team member for a lot of national projects
· Author/co-author of tens of scientific papers.
· Attendance to tens of international conferences.
·Conference Chairman/Workshop
and refereed many Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses.
Prof. Alaa Olama
Faculty of Engineering at King’s College, the University of London
The Future of Air Conditioning in Egypt
Biography
Prof. Alaa Olama received his M.Sc. in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1980 from the faculty of Engineering at King’s College, the University of London, in absorption refrigeration.
Member of the prestigious Refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumps Technical Options Committee (RTOC) of the United Nations.
Past President of ASHRAE, Cairo Chapter, July 2002 to September 2003 and member of the board of Governors for five years.
Awarded ASHRAE Presidential Citation for outstanding achievement by its President for presiding over the first ASHRAE RAL, September 2003.
Appointed in 2008, head of the committee writing the first district cooling code for Egypt by the minister of Housing.
In 2005, created the first district cooling company in Egypt, GasCool, was one of the partners with the petroleum sector, with a capital of LE 40 million and was its vice chairman (CEO). Sold his shares to the Egyptian Gas holding company- Egas- in 2012, resigned his posts when the company capital became LE 520 million.
Created the second district cooling company in Egypt, Gas Chill, was its CEO and a partner. He resigned his posts when the company become well established in 2014.
In 2017, wrote a reference book on District cooling, in English. Published by CRC Press in the USA. It’s titled, District Cooling: Theory and Practice.
Prof. Ahmed F. Elsafty
Dean of CoET – Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport [El-Alamein Campus
HVAC&R:
Exploring Sustainable Solutions and Emerging Trends
Biography
Ahmed Elsafty is a Professor of Thermal Science at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport [AASTMT]. He is currently serving as the Dean of College of College of Engineering and Technology, El Alamein Campus - AASTMT. He holds a PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Coventry University, UK.
From 2007 to 2008 he was the vice-dean for post graduate studies and research, then he was the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department for 4 years at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT),
Elsafty was the Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, and the Provost at the American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait till 2017.
Elsafty has done extensive research work in the areas of HVAC, Refrigeration, Water-desalination, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Renewable Energy and Energy Utilization. He has published over 100 research papers in International Journals including the European Journal of Scientific Research and Conferences of repute, in addition to publishing a book in "Solar Air Conditioning Systems” which was published in 2012. He has successfully completed many research projects along with supervising more than 25 PhD. and MSc. Students, in addition to examining several PhD. and MSc. theses. Dr. Elsafty is also an editor and a reviewer of reputed journals and fund associations.
Elsafty has worked relentlessly for Industry-Academia interaction, especially in the field of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG); he is a consultant for several companies and organization; furthermore, he has provided consultation for several Mega projects in Egypt since 2002 in the areas of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC).
Dr. Elsafty is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) since he was a PhD Student 1998. He was BOG and RP Chair Cairo Chapter till 2011, through which he delivered more than 30 HVAC&R workshops and seminars. Now he is the BOG and SA Chair at Pyramids Chapter since Sept. 2017. He attended several ASHRAE training and workshops including the last ASHRAE Student Activities Centralized Training- Kansas City 2019. He managed to establish and recruit 6 Students Branches with nearly 100 students in addition to delivering seminars and workshops. Additionally, Dr. Elsafty is member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG).
Prof. Alaa Olama
Faculty of Engineering at King’s College, the University of London
Towards Not-In-Kind Cooling Technologies in Egypt; Direct/Indirect Evaporative Cooling
Biography
1- Received his M.Sc. in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1980 from the faculty of Engineering
at King’s College, the University of London, in absorption refrigeration.
2- Member of the prestigious Refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumps
Technical Options Committee (RTOC) of the United Nations.
3- Past President of ASHRAE, Cairo Chapter, July 2002 to September 2003 and
member of the board of Governors for five years.
4- Awarded ASHRAE Presidential Citation for outstanding achievement by its
President for presiding over the first ASHRAE RAL, September 2003.
5- Appointed in 2008, head of the committee writing the first district cooling code
for Egypt by the minister of Housing.
6- In 2005, created the first district cooling company in Egypt, GasCool, was one
of the partners with the petroleum sector, with a capital of LE 40 million and
was its vice chairman (CEO). Sold his shares to the Egyptian Gas holding
company- Egas- in 2012, resigned his posts when the company capital became
LE 520 million.
7- Created the second district cooling company in Egypt, Gas Chill, was its CEO
and a partner. He resigned his posts when the company become well established
in 2014.
8- In 2017, wrote a reference book on District cooling, in English. Published by
CRC Press in the USA. It’s titled, District Cooling: Theory and Practice.
9- Head of the overarching committee responsible for writing all refrigeration and
air conditioning codes in Egypt.
10- Head of the Permanent Committee writing the Egyptian District Cooling Code.
11- Head of the Permanent Committee of writing the Egyptian Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration Code.
12- Head of the Committee writing the Unified Arab Code of Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration.
13- Author of the White Paper for White Paper on District Cooling :Towards
Establishing District Cooling Regulations for Kuwait, KFAS, 2022.
Dr. Mohamed Zakaria
The head of Aerospace engineering Department at the Military Technical College in Egypt Development
Towards Egyptian Fan Industry Excellence: Startegies for Achieving Accreditation Smoke Exhast Fans
Biography
"Towards Egyptian Fan Industry Excellence: Strategies for Achieving Accreditation Smoke Exhaust Fans"
Dr. Zakaria is a distinguished Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, renowned for his expertise in the dynamic field of industrial fans. With a career spanning over two decades, Dr. Zakaria has made significant contributions to both academia and industry, establishing himself as a leading authority in the intersection of aerospace engineering and industrial fan systems.
Dr. Mohamed Zakaria earned his Ph.D. on May 2016 from Virginia Tech. He is currently the head of Aerospace engineering Department at the Military Technical College in Egypt. He earned his B Sc. and M
Sc. degrees from Aerospace Engineering Department at Military Technical College, Egypt in 2002 and 2009, respectively. Dr. Zakaria has wide research interests that cover Experimental Unsteady Aerodynamics, Energy Harvesting, and Wind Tunnel Testing.
As a member in AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical committee since 2017 and adjunct professor at the center of energy harvesting, he is running projects on low fidelity and reduced order unsteady aerodynamics models. Furthermore, Projects in Aerothermodynamics design, new sizing concept for impellers and energy harvesting from fluid flow show a great interest.
In the realm of research, Dr. Zakaria has spearheaded numerous pioneering projects aimed at pushing the boundaries of knowledge in unsteady aerodynamics and its practical applications in industrial fan design. His innovative contributions have led to significant advancements in airflow control, noise reduction strategies, and energy efficiency optimization, thereby revolutionizing the landscape of industrial fan technology.
Prof. Amr A. Nader
CEO of A³&Co.®
Cementing a Greener Tomorrow: A Global Cement Industry NetZero Evolution
Biography
AMR A. NADER
CEO, A³&Co. ®
Prior to becoming the CEO of A³&Co.®, Eng. Amr Nader has a record of +20 years working within the Built Environment with cement executive teams and industry leaders in different 50+ countries, including LAFARGE (Middle East, Africa, South & East Europe), ORASCOM
(UAE & Pakistan), ASEC (Egypt), SMART Specialized Services (Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq), Yanbu Cement Co. (Saudi Arabia). Amr holds a degree in Chemical Engineering, and PG degree in Digital Business from MIT Executive Education and Columbia Business School, in addition to several active business certifications, Amr is a frequent keynote speaker in Cement industry and built environment events.
Eng. Ame is a highly influential thinker who has played a pivotal role in advancing the global industrial decarbonization journey. Through his leadership at A³&Co.®, he has successfully led numerous A³&Co.® results-based projects around the world that have had a profound impact on the industry's endeavors to tackle climate challenges, directly contributed in Reducing Carbon while Reducing Costs, maintaining a competitive edge. His contributions encompass a wide range of areas, including decarbonization baselining and road mapping, as well as the design and scaling of a groundbreaking clean tech innovation that harnesses the power of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) and the principles of the circular economy. Eng. Amr holds the distinction of being the pioneer and sole innovator who introduced the Digital Maturity Model for the Cement Industry on a global scale.
A transformer by nature, Eng. Amr has practiced Cement on every inhabited content and has first-hand experience in almost every major aspect of Cement Industry. He has been instrumental in numerous international projects providing sustainable business solutions in the areas of:
▪ Business transformation, M&A, post-merger integration, cross business units projects, and identification of growth opportunities.
▪ Improvement of industrial and business performance optimization.
▪ Companywide performance issues and development of performance standards and metrics.
▪ Management of Enterprise Risk Management framework and driving a culture of risk management ownership
▪ Several Digital Maturity projects.
▪ 8 Greenfields projects in different countries and numerous brownfields covering retrofits, modernizations and upgrading.
▪ Developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining corporate strategy.
▪ Business Analysis toward increasing globalization, and/ or significant innovation, in order to stay competitive.
▪ Designing, developing, and architectural review of business growth opportunities as well as managing all aspects of the development process, including resource planning and budgeting.
▪ Assessing and analyzing the success of products, projects, and activities.
AMR A. NADER
CEO of A³&Co.®
Prof. Ahmed Abd Elmoneim
Professor of GeoStructural Engineering at Dalhousie University
Golable Carbon Dioxide Recycling to an Added Value Hydrocarbons: Building up the First Egyptian Prototype
Biography
Professor of GeoStructural Engineering at Dalhousie University
Prof. Sayed Shebl
Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University
Waste Recycling Technologies for Nanomaterial Sustainability: Waste to Wealth
Biography
Prof. Shebl graduated from Power Mech Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering at Materia, Helwan
University in 1988. He obtained his Ph.D. from Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Zagazig University, in 2003. Upon graduation,
he has joined HBRC as a research assistant and was promoted in different positions and he was the Ex-Director of BPI. He is currently EMI Director. He is the Focal Point of UNEP in Ministry of Housing; Egypt.
· Field of specialization: Building Physics Engineering including, Heat and Mass Transfer, Mechanical
and Thermo-Physical Properties of Building and Thermal Insulation Materials, Thermal Performance of
Buildings for Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, Green and Sustainability Applications, Structure
Performance against Fire and Fireproofing Materials, Synthesis of Nano Materials and its Applications in
Building and Construction Materials, Solar and Renewable Energy Application - Mechanical Systems
(Elevators, HVAC).
· Prof. Shebl get Study Tour "Energy Saving in Residential and Commercial Building in Germany",
2004. He also get Post Doctor scientific mission at Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA in the fields of
development of nano particles and recycling of wastes in composite thermal insulation and fireproofing
materials for green building applications.
· Member of a variety of Code Committees
· Prof. Shebl is the Principal Investigator and team member for a lot of national projects
· Author/co-author of tens of scientific papers.
· Attendance to tens of international conferences.
·Conference Chairman/Workshop
and refereed many Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses.