Joint US-EGYPT Workshop on Advanced Materials

September 24-28, 2000 Cairo, Egypt

Hosted by: National Research Center Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Sponsored by: National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA

The first US - Egypt workshop on Advanced Materials was held in Cairo, Egypt from September 24‑28, 2000. The objective of the workshop was to stimulate cooperative research in the field of Advanced Materials between American and Egyptian scientists. The US team included 12 researchers from multi‑disciplinary areas from US universities and National laboratories as shown in the list of participants. In addition four representatives from NSF attended the workshop. The Egyptian participants included over 50 scientists from Egyptian universities and research centers. Twenty four research talks were presented by the participants. In addition, open discussions and preparations of collaboration proposals were conducted in five parallel sessions representing the focused areas of the workshop. These sessions were:

(1)Nanostructures and Nanocomposites.
(2)Smart Materials
(3)Thin Films and Magnetic Materials
(4)Photonics and Electronic Materials
(5)High Performance Materials.
 

The topics covered in the presentations and discussions included synthesis of nanomaterials, nucleation and growth mechanisms, characterizations of nanostructures, electronic, magnetic, optical, and catalytic properties, and applications of nanomaterials. The workshop program is available here.
 

This workshop was an excellent format for commencing a dialog between U.S. and Egyptian scientists. This initial interaction will lead to future collaborations that will be of value to both countries. The meeting format was well organized, allowing for presentation and discussion of a very diverse set of topics in the field of advanced materials. Based on the input from most of the participants, the following recommendations were established:

Recommendations from the Workshop

Organizers:

United States:

Dr. M. S. El-Shall
Professor of Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284-2006

Dr. M. A. El-Sayed
Julius Brown Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30002-0400

Egypt:

Dr. Sherif Eissa
President (former), National Research Center
Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Host

As part of the collaboration effort, Dr. Sherif Eissa was invited to visit NSF and two research universities; Virginia Commonwealth University and North Carolina State University. This visit took place from January 3 to January 11, 2001. Also, Dr. El-Shall visited the NRC in Cairo in June 2001. These visits resulted in the initiation of several projects between the Egyptian and the American universities.

Project Summary Overview and Rationale Scientific Program Final Program/Schedule Abstracts List of US Participants: NSF Representatives Egyptian Participants Contact Information Biographical Sketch

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