The best way to predict the future is to invent it
Alan Kay
I built my first science experiment in 1992 at the age of 10. It was a simple radio receiver circuit with iron pyrite crystal. Obviously my father, an applied chemist, helped me build most of it. I didn't really understand everything he explained at the time, but I was blown away by station 95.4FM music playing out from the 9V speakers. "How is this possible?!" I asked my dad. "It's physics!" he confidently answered, with a smile!
I spent the last 15 years researching fluid mechanics in many applications working primarily with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to explore the physics and dynamics of turbulent flows in industrial, environmental and physiological contexts.
Along my career in fluid dynamics R&D, I developed a strong passion for deep tech, particularly machine intelligence and blockchain and now engaged in a number of AI and DeSci projects. Having lived and worked in Japan, Malaysia, and Egypt, I built active networks in academia and industry across the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.
Received Ph.D. from UTM, Malaysia, with a thesis on the aerothermochemistry of turbulent vortex flames, then participated in a number of international R&D projects involving a wide array of applications in aerodynamics, thermal engineering and energy systems.
Since 2014, I have been working on biomedical applications of fluid mechanics. In 2020, my team and I discovered non-Kolmogorov turbulence in physiologic blood flow and subsequently identified 5 new mechano-miRNAs associated with endothelial dysfunction.
Research Experience
Academic Highlights
June 2017 - October 2022: Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, JAPAN
Visiting Associate Professor, Biomedical Flow Dynamics Laboratory (Ohta Lab)
September 2013 - Present: Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Alexandria, EGYPT
Assistant/Associate Professor (tenured), Mechanical Engineering Department
June 2013 - Present: Research Center for Computational Neurovascular Biomechanics, Alexandria University, EGYPT
Co-founder & deputy director, Computational Fluid Dynamics Division
Business Highlights
March 2022 - Newchip Startup Accelerator, USA
Mentor
November 2021 - KNOWDYN Ltd, London, U.K.Founder
July 2020 - Bio-CFD Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Founder CEO
Editorship
2009-2021 Founding Editor-in-Chief, CFD Letters (ISSN: 2180-1363)
2021-Present Associate Editor, Biomedical Engineering, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (ISSN: 2297-3079)
2020-Present Editor, FLUIDS (ISSN: 2311-5521)
Conference Chairs
PLENARY SPEAKER
The 19th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2022)
1st International Conference on Advanced Technology and Applied Sciences (ICaTAS2016)
GUEST SPEAKER
15th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD 2018), Sendai, Japan
34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neuroendovascular Therapy, Sendai, JAPAN
14th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD 2017), Sendai, Japan
3rd MENA-SINO Congress (2018), Cairo, Egypt
COUNTRY COORDINATOR AND SESSION CHAIRMAN
9th International Meeting on Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2017)
7th International Meeting on Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2014)
COMMITTEE CHAIR
1st International Conference on Advanced Technology and Applied Sciences (ICaTAS2016)
International Marine and Offshore Engineering Conference (IMOC 2014)
World Virtual Conference on Advanced Research in Mechanical & Materials Engineering (18-22 March 2014)
International Conference on Energy & Thermal Sciences (ICETS 2014)