Under the umbrella of Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) program and USA cooperation projects, CMRDI was awarded grants for the following applied research projects.

First project entitled “Preparation of Nano-fillers from Waste Materials and their Application in Papermaking Industry” . This research project will focus on preparing paper fillers from industrial waste to reduce the cost of fillers and paper.  It will also focus on preparation of the fillers with nanostructured (size, aspect ratio, shape, morphology of calcium carbonate,   nano- silica and nano-silica calcium carbonate composite) by mathematical model to avoid their reverse effect in reducing the paper strength and to reduce their abrasiveness. 

P.I: Dr.  Said M. M. EL-Sheikh, Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division , Advanced Materials Department
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Second  project entitled “Manufacturing and development of Electricity produced by Solar Energy Photovoltaic Cells (SEPC) prepared from promising compounds and materials". The aim of the project is preparing cheap, novel, promising, durable and effective electrodeposited and chemical deposited materials thin films for using in the photo voltaic cell.
P.I: Dr. Atef Shenoda, Chemical and Electrometallurgy Lab, Minerals Technology Department.

Third project entitled “Development of High Performance Nano-Sized Tungsten Alloy Composites by Powder Metallurgy” In this project, a new developed coating powder preparation method will be used, namely, coating the tungsten powders with copper by chemical method. The loading of Cu will be 15, 20, 30 and 35 wt%. Each of these powders processes will be cold compacted and liquid phase sintered at different temperatures. For comparison, W-Cu composites will be fabricated using conventional techniques, namely, mixed powders and infiltration techniques.
P.I: Prof. Sayed Farag, Head of Powder Metallurgy Lab, Manufacturing Technology Department.

Fourth Project entitled “ Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramics for Bone Replacement Using Direct Consolidation Technique” This research project aims to produce the porous hydroxyapatite ceramic for bone replacement via the using of new types of forming techniques namely direct consolidation processes.
P.I : Dr. Yasser Momtaz, Refractory and Ceramic Materials, Advanced Materials Department

RDI Project entitled “Commercialization of ferromanganese nitrogen alloy” The conventional austenitic stainless steel grades must contain at least 8%Ni. Austenitic stainless steels have different applications in several fields. Nickel is an expensive alloying element besides it is considered as strategic one. So, there is a new trend to replace nickel by nitrogen in steels in a research scale. Ferroalloys bearing nitrogen are the main source of nitrogen.
P.I: Dr. Said Nabil, Steel Technology Lab, Metals Technology Department.