Research Member Details

Osama A. Fouad

Research Member Details

Osama A. Fouad

Department Head

Introducing to myself

Founder & Head,Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Department Advanced Materials Institute Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute E-mail: oafouad@yahoo.com, oafouadm@gmail.com, oafouad@cmrdi.sci.eg

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Introducing to myself

Education:
• B. Sc. in Geology, Science Collage, Cairo University 1978
• M.Sc. in Geology, Science Collage, Cairo University, Egypt. 1987 ''Mineralogy and petrology of Upper Eocene Clays in Qattamia area''.
• Ph. D. in Geology, Science Collage, \Cairo University, Egypt, 1993. ''Mineralogical and petrological evaluation of clay deposits along Cairo-Suez road and Gulf of Suez, Egypt’’.

Professional Experiences:
Job Place Period Assistant Lecturer Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 1981 Lecturer Assistant Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 1981-1987 Lecturer Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 1987-1993 Associate Professor Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 1993-2002 Professor Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 2009-now Department Head Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 2002-2019 Retired Professor Central Metallurgical R & D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt 2015-now

Research Interests:
• Evaluation and modification of clay minerals for industrial applications
• Synthesis of zeolite from clay minerals
• Synthesis of catalysis from local raw materials
• Synthesis of polymer–clay nanocomposite
• Preparation of raw materials for removal of environmental hazard
• Evaluation of ceramic materials
• Rheological properties of bentonite
• Inhibition of Geological Formations damaging due to water-base drilling fluids
• Healing saline soils using silicate-rick rocks and increasing soils productivity

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My Educational Qualifications

Year(1990)

B.Sc, Major Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt.

Year(1995)

M.Sc, Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt.

Year(2002)

Ph.D, Energy and Materials Science Graduate School, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Japan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 2020-Now

• Head of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Department, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt.

September 2019-August 2020

• Full Professor, Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt.

November 2008-April 2010

• Head of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt. .

June 2008- August 2013

• Associate Professor, Advanced Materials Dept., Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Lab., Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt. .

February 2011-August 2019

• Head, Quality Assurance/Control Section, El-Sewedy Cement Company, Egypt (Sabbatical leave).

September 2013-Now

• Full Professor, Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt.

January 1995- March 2003

• Assistant lecturer, Pyrometallurgy Division, Extractive Metallurgy Department, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt.

October 1990-December 1994

• Research assistant, Pyrometallurgy Division, Extractive Metallurgy Department, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt.

April 2004-May 2008

•• Researcher, Extractive metallurgy Dept., Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, CMRDI, Egypt.

April 2003-March 2004

• Head, Quality Assurance/Control Section, El-Sewedy Cement Company, Egypt (Sabbatical leave).

Research Interests

Nanostructured Functional Materials and Thin Films. Plasma, Laser, Photo Enhanced Chemical and Physical Vapor Deposition. Surface Science, gas sensing and Catalysis. Renewable energy and green chemistry. Smart printing and solar cells. Solid-Solid, Gas-Solid and Sol-Gel Reactions. Synthesis, processing and characterization of micro- and nanostructured functional materials. Thin films fabrication and application.