E-JUST Research

Message from Vice President of Research Prof. Toshio Fukuda
E-Just High Level Research Goals

“To be the top research university in the region, effectively contributing to economic growth and national and international development”

The research achievements and quality are measured based on national and international standards that can help in solving the greatest challenges in more interdisciplinary fields of the 21st century through: “Research, Discover, Create, and make the world ever better”, The mission of the Vice President for Research is to advance world-class research, scholarship, and innovation across the entire university. We provide the university community with comprehensive, solution-oriented services and infrastructure to support research, dissemination, and translation of discoveries to maximize impact. By leading the growth of our public university’s research enterprise and securing new resources for our scholars, we contribute to new knowledge, discovery, and innovation nationally, and globally. E-JUST will continue to contribute on creating national and/or international leaders of the field of the R&D in the world.This report shows the state of the art of the ongoing research of E-JUST up to the year 2022.

Research Activities:
  • Paper publications
  • Patents
  • Grants
  • Millionaire Club
  • Awards
  • Industry Relations
  • Research Seminar
Research Office Function:
  • Promoting the university's research and its resulting outcomes and benefits
  • Promoting activities for obtaining the external research fund
  • Provide leadership, direction and administrative oversight for matters related to the research portfolio.
  • Developing action and budget plan for research activities
  • Managing Research Council
  • Monitoring on monthly and quarterly research
  • Following the monthly research report to VP by Schools, Institutes and centers.
  • Build research collaborations and promote industry partnerships
  • Facilitate innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer
  • Oversees and supports research ethics review and approval for research involving human participants, as well as research
  • Legal Entity Representative Appointed to the EU funds and tenders
  • Fixing the rank of International Conference.
  • Approving International Conference attendance for PG students and faculty members.
  • Approving International Conference Post attendance report for PG students and faculty
  • Approving Thesis research protocol for PG students.
  • Approving external research grant submission for faculty members.
  • Approving research report for faculty members to submit to agency.
Research Council:
This council is chaired by the Vice President for Research and consists of the Deans, one academic representative from each school nominated by the Dean and approved by the President, the director of Centers of Excellence, Center of Innovative Technology (CINTEC), Technology Management Department (TMD), ICT Center, representatives of students and Japanese advisors.
  • Directing, supervising, monitoring the performance of the research activities of the University
  • Coordinating research activities of the university within the different schools and with partner universities, research centers and industries
  • Endorsing the budget allocation for the research activities
  • Promoting activities for obtaining the external research fund
  • Directing, supervising and evaluating performance of the offices and centers under the Vice President of Research
  • Approving Millionaire Club members.
  • Approving Inventors Club members.
  • Developing and reviewing related Bylaws and internal regulations
Research Team:
  • Prof. Toshio Fukuda
Vice President for Research, E-JUST
  • Prof. Mohsen Ghali
Deputy, Vice President for Research, E-JUST / Professor of Physics (Quantum Electronics) BAS
  • Ms Shrouk Mahmoud
Senior Administrative Assistant, Vice President for Research Office Legal Entity Appointed Representative for EU Projects (LEAR)

Internal Paper Publications

Impacted Journals & International Conferences

Annual Number of published papers (FOE):

Year Faculty IJP INT C
2010 23 6 13
2011 24 9 46
2012 21 22 77
2013 26 18 115
2014 28 40 120
2015 29 78 163
2016 29 94 114
2017 38 119 129
2018 37 149 108
2019 45 173 131
2020 53 200 48
2021 57 190 77
2022 72 86 64
2023 71 114 35
Total 1430 1285

Annual Publication Rates (FOE):

Year Faculty IJP INT C
2010 23 0.261 0.565
2011 24 0.375 1.917
2012 21 1.048 3.667
2013 26 0.692 4.423
2014 28 1.429 4.286
2015 29 2.862 5.621
2016 29 3.241 3.931
2017 38 3.132 3.395
2018 37 4.0 2.9
2019 45 3.8 2.9
2020 53 3.8 0.9
2021 57 3.3 1.4
2022 72 1.2 0.9
2023 71 1.6 0.5

Impacted Journals/ Departments:

Year

IDE

ECCE

EECE

Other Prog

 

LACC

 

FIBH

 

BAS

Sum

MTR

IME

MSE

ECE

CSE

EPE

ERE

ENV

CPE

2010

0

1

1

0

3

 

1

0

0

 

 

 

 

6

2011

0

0

2

1

0

 

0

5

1

 

 

 

 

9

2012

5

1

4

6

1

 

1

1

3

 

 

 

 

22

2013

0

0

9

0

0

 

2

7

0

 

 

 

 

18

2014

2

2

13

5

4

 

3

9

2

 

 

 

 

40

2015

9

4

21

15

0

 

3

20

6

 

 

 

 

78

2016

7

3

15

18

10

 

3

21

17

 

 

 

 

94

2017

8

11

22

13

8

 

20

23

11

 

 

1

3

120

 

2018

10

12

26

14

17

 

 

27

15

13

 

 

5

15

154

2019

20

8

23

21

6

 

35

23

15

 

1

4

22

178

2020

14

9

20

25

7

5

39

26

23

 

0

3

32

203

2021

10

13

29

21

4

4

34

15

7

 

0

0

53

190

2022

12

8

14

16

4

15

27

33

20

15

4

3

54

255

2023

9

7

 

4

0

7

22

19

5

5

0

1

36

115

SUM

106

79

199

159

64

31

217

217

123

20

5

17

215

1452

International Conferences/Departments:

Year

IDE

ECCE

EECE

 

LACC

FIBH

BAS

SUM

MTR

IME

MSE

ECE

CSE

EPE

ERE

ENV

CPE

Other Prog

2010

0

0

0

3

6

 

4

0

0

 

 

 

 

13

2011

6

7

5

12

10

 

2

2

2

 

 

 

 

46

2012

13

10

8

23

15

 

7

1

0

 

 

 

 

77

2013

9

11

10

56

4

 

9

16

0

 

 

 

 

115

2014

6

14

7

34

15

 

25

14

5

 

 

 

 

120

2015

22

14

27

44

18

 

9

17

12

 

 

 

 

163

2016

14

6

8

30

15

 

17

16

8

 

 

 

 

114

2017

8

21

7

24

17

 

35

12

2

 

 

2

3

131

2018

14

7

7

34

16

 

8

12

5

 

 

4

5

112

2019

19

13

8

17

7

 

28

15

12

 

 

2

12

133

2020

6

1

2

2

2

4

11

4

12

 

0

1

4

49

2021

1

8

10

13

2

3

11

13

3

 

3

3

13

83

2022

11

6

7

12

1

11

24

12

6

4

1

7

15

117

2023

10

1

 

1

0

3

1

7

4

4

0

1

4

36

SUM

139

119

106

305

128

21

191

141

71

8

4

20

56

1309

Publication ratio co-authored with Japanese researchers
Journals & International Conferences are included.
Only FoE publications are included, BAS publications are not included.

Japanese Researcher Co-Supervisor/Advisor Rate for Post graduate student.
In 2022, the rate is drastically increased.

Patents

The following figure is the history of patents filed by E-JUST researchers. There are 94 patents filed up to June 2023 among them, 91 are national patents and 3 are USA patents. E-JUST got the first granted patent in Jan. 2019 since it was established. The patent number is 28928 and was filed in May 2015. And the second granted patent in Jan 2020 .

Inventors club members

1. Prof. Mohsen Ghali : Silver member (21 Patents).
2. Prof. Adel Bedair: Memebr
3. Dr.Ahmed Abdelmalek: Member
4. Prof. Amr Eltawil: Member
5. Prof. Maha Elsabrouty: Member
6. Prof. Mohamed Gebril: Member
7. Prof. Mohsen Khouzami: Member
8. Dr. Hassan Shokry: Member
9. Prof. Mona Gamal: Member
10. Prof. Ahmed Abdel Moneim: Member
11. Prof. Ahmed Allam: Member
12. Prof. Hamdy Abo Ali: Member
13. Prof. Hossam Shalaby: Member
14. Dr. Mohab Hossam: Member
15. Prof. Samy Assal: Member
16. Prof. Ahmed Elmahdy: Member
17. Prof. Ahmed Fath-ElBab: Member
18. Prof. Mohammed Fanni: Member
19. Prof. Marwa Elkady: Member
20. Prof. Ahmed Elshazly: Member

21. Prof. Sameh Nada : Member

22. Dr. Haytham Elsayed : Member

23. Dr. Wael Mahmoud : Member

24. Prof. Ahmed Abd El-Mawgod: Member

25. Dr. Tamer Fawzy Megahed

The followings are patents filed during 2023

Name of the Invention

Inventors

Filing Number

Filing Date

Filing Place

An Industrial Grease with A Novel Hybrid Nano-additive using Activated Carbon from Banana Peel Waste and Reduced Graphene Oxide for Rotating Machinery Lubrication

Dr. Mohamed Galal Ali Nassef

Prof. Hassan Shokry
Prof. Marwa F. Elkady

Prof. Galal Ali Ahmed Nassef

Eng. Belal Nassef

Eng. Kenneth Mensah

EG/P/2023/207

6/2/2023

EG

IoT Device with Modbus communication and integrated I/Os.

Mohamed Attia Elsayed Sheba

Prof. Diaa-Eldin Mansour

Sherif Refaat Mosta fa Gadara

EG/P/2023/490

28/03/2023

EG

Boosted Palm Olein Grease with Hybrid Carbonaceous and Metallic Nano-additives for Rolling Bearing Lubrication

Mohamed G Nassef,
Hassan S Hassan, Belal Nassef, Galal Nassef, Marwa F ElKady

EG/P/2023/548

6/4/2023

EG

Novel Design of Savonius Hydrokinetic Turbine

1- Eng. Shehab El-Deen Osama. (MSE Student at ERE)
2- Dr. Mohamed Elsayed Mohamed Emam Ali.(ERE)
3- Prof. Mahmoud Amin Ahmed.  (ERE)

EG/P/2023/640

 

EG

Portable sensor for real-time assay of p-Phenylenediamine in cosmetics and herbal products

Dr. Maysa Ramadan Mostafa (Cairo Uni)
Prof. Dr. Gehad Genidy Mohamed (PharmD)
Prof. Dr. Hesham Soliman  (PharmD)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sayed Saad Bayoumy Aamer (PharmD)

EG/P/2023/653

30.4.2023

EG

Partitioned Ducts array solar water Heater

Hamdy Abo Ali

EG/P/2023/549

4.6.2023

EG

Grants history starting from 2014 to 2023 is shown. The accepted ones or active one are summed up in the graph. The number is counted by the starting year.


The current active grants are supported by the following agencies.


Grant List in 2023:

Department

Funding Agency

Project Title

Status

PI Name

Co-PI/Team

ERE

STDF

Utilization of Ammonia for Mobility Decarbonization

Accepted

Dr. Ahmed El Wardany

 

MTR

STDF/JSPS

Joint Seminar project entitled “First Egypt-Japan Workshop on Micro Electromechanical Systems -MEMS Practical Education”

Accepted

Prof. Ahmed Rashad Fath Elbab

With Prof. Osamu Tabata Kyoto University of Advanced Sciences – KUAS, Mohsen Ghali, Ahmed Allam, Mahmoud Elsamanty, Dr. Yasser Sabry (Ain Shams University, Si Ware System Company)

MTR

STDF/JSPS

Joint Seminar project entitled has been accepted. The proposal title was “Fourth Egypt-Japan Workshop on Practical Education for Mechatronics and Robotics”

Accepted

Dr. Mahmoud El Samanty

With Prof. Sugano Shigeki, Waseda University– Tokyo, Prof Ahmed Rashad, Prof Ayman Nada, Prof Sabah, and Dr Haitham El-Hussieny are members

BAS

STDF

Light emitting diode without optical toxicity

Accepted

Prof. Mohsen Ghali

Eng.Abdallah Rizk Eng. Mohamed Sami

MTR

STDF/PGSG

Utilizing tunable-stiffness assistive soft exosuit based on jamming techniques in spine rehabilitation

Accepted (Outside)

PhD student (Benha Univ)

Dr. Haitham Elhussiny

MTR

STDF/PGSG

Utilizing Field Programmable Gate Arrays for Control and Stabilization of Multibody-Mechatronic Systems: Application of a Self-balancing Robot System

Accepted

(Outsie)

PhD student (Benha Univ)

Dr. Ayman Nada

Awards

  • Ahmed W. Abdel-Ghany, Sally Elkatatny and Mohamed A.H. Gepreel, Best paper presentation, 8th International Conference on Material Science and Engineering Technology (ICMSET) Oct.,2019 (Singapore)
  • Ahmed W. Abdel-Ghany, Sally Elkatatny and Mohamed A.H. Gepreel, Best paper presentation, 8th International Conference on Material Science and Engineering Technology (ICMSET) Oct.,2019 (Singapore)
  • Lamiaa Samir and her team and Mr. Nada Hassan and his team were selected as the top ventures in Egypt 2020, August 2020.
  • A. Hassan, A.E. Elwardany, Shinichi Ookawara, I.I. El-Sharkawy, Best presentation award, 2020 7th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research(ICEER 2020), September, ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
  • Mona Gamal Eldin received “Award of excellence of Alexandria Governorate’s          Education Committee, July 2020.
  • Marwa Elkady is awarded by Institute of Physics (IOP), Publishing award for trusted reviewer status in recognition of exceptionally high level of peer review competency for 2023.
  • Mona Gamal Eldin has been chosen to be a member of the committee headed by Alexandria governor for preparing the executive plan achieving the national strategic plan combating climate change 2050. 14-1-2023.
  • Mona Gamal Eldin is a Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Applied Cleaner Production Techniques for Meeting SDGs" in Applied Sciences (Q2 IF 2.84) https://www.mdpi.com/si/160426
  • Mahmoud Nasr is a Co-Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Applied Cleaner Production Techniques for Meeting SDGs" in Applied Sciences (Q2 IF 2.84) https://www.mdpi.com/si/160426 
  • Mahmoud Nasr is a Lead Editor of the Special Issue "Green Energy Applications in the Era of Fourth Industrial Revolution" in Applied Chemical Engineering https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/si.php/index/detail?id=109&jid=23
  • Mona Gamal Eldin participated as a jury member in the committee examining the technical and financial fund for the faculty of Engineering students’ graduation projects, organized by Alexandria syndicate of engineers. 17-3-2023.
  • Discovery of a novel rhizosphere bacterium Sphingomonas egypticus. Purification and structure elucidation of secondary metabolites isolated from certain rhizospheric bacterium and assessing their antimicrobial activities. Discovery team:Mohamed Abolfadl., Hesham Soliman Samir El Mashtoly, Bahig ElDeeb and Sherif Hammad.
  • Sherif Hammad has been nominated as a member in the consultancy board of Borg Al Arab Technological university.
  • Development of the Industrial Process of the API synthesis of the drug Chlorzoxazone. Sherif Hammad.
  • Marwa Elkady acts as Session chair at the 13th International Conference on key Engineering Materials (ICKEM2023) that held at 24-26 March 2023 Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Usama Eldemerdash has got a CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION & APPRECIATION as a 2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) PUBLICATIONS PEER REVIEWER, 24 March 2023.
  • Amr Eltawil is selected to be an arbitrator to examine and evaluate the scientific research in one of AAST Faculties, College of Engineering and Technology for promotion to a degree Professor at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology.
  • Mohamed Gepreel acted as Thesis examiner: Dalal Said PhD Alexandria Univ., Egypt Feb. 2023 Wesam Amin M.Sc Alexandria Univ., Egypt Dec. 2022
  • Mohamed Gepreel acted as Guest Editor, Journal of Materials Research (JMR), Springer Nature, 2021-2022. J Journal "Emerging Research in Biomedical Engineering", MDPI, 2023
  • Mohamed Gepreel acted as reviewer of Book proposal By Prof. T. Singh, eta.al., India (on Surface Modification through Advanced Machining Processes for Biomedical Applications), Springer, 2023.
  • Amr Eltawil was awarded the IEOM Global Engineering Education Award by The IEOM Award Committee at the 4th African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Lusaka, Zambia, April 4-6, 2023 in recognition and appreciation of his outstanding achievements and contributions and service to the industrial engineering and operations management profession.
  • Wael Khair eldin won the second prize for innovative solutions in Egyptian Innovation Bank challenge "Economical and environmentally friendly technological solutions to get rid of Water Hyacinth" launched by the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology over the Egyptian Innovation Bank Portal. Dr. Wael won a fund 3 million Egyptian pound fund to manufacture and test the solution through the ASRT company.
  • Selection of Dr. Hatem Mahmoud as a member of the Committee for Examination of Production submitted to obtain the State Encouragement Award جائزة الدولة التشجيعية in the field of legal and economic sciences. Branch (Culture Industry of the Mind and Vision of the Future), Decision of the Minister of Culture, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Culture No. 112 of 2023

Graduation Awarded Projects:

CPE

Prof. Marwa El Kady

The Austrian Business Circle Reception at Swiss Club Cairo

24-1-2023.

ENERGY GLOBE AWARD 2022

MTR

Dr Haitham El-Hussieny

ASRT

Mar-23

raduation project fund from ASRT with a total funding of 40,000 EGP for a project titled “RAYAN: Robotic Assisted Yanching and Navigation”.

MTR

Dr Haitham El-Hussieny

ASRT

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC with a total funding of 30,000 EGP for a project titled “HDAS: Haptic-based Driving Assistant System

MTR

Prof. Sabah M. Ahmed, Dr. Haitham El-Hussieny, and Dr. Victor

ITAC-ITIDA

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC with a total funding of 32,000 EGP and another fund from ASRT with a total fund of 38,000 EGP for a project titled “Design and Fabrication of an Autonomous Service Robot”.

MTR

Dr. Mahmoud El Samanty

ASRT

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ASRT with a total funding of 74,500 EGP for a project titled “Design and Control of A mobile manipulator”.

MTR

Dr. Mahmoud El Samanty

ITAC-ITIDA

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC with a total funding of 58,000 EGP for a project titled “Modeling, control, and manufacturing of 7 degree of freedom articulated robot with linear guided rail”.

MTR

Dr. Mahmoud El Samanty

ITAC-ITIDA

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC with a total funding of 55,000 EGP for a project titled “Maps Exploration and Navigation of 4 Mecanum- wheeled Manipulator with 6 DOF for Warehouses Applications”

ECE

Prof. Adel Bedair, Dr. Ahmed Allam, and Dr. Ramy Zewail.

ITAC-ITIDA

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC, Project Title: Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring via Compact Microwave Structures for Biomedical Applications using Machine learning

ECE

Prof. Adel Bedair, Dr. Ahmed Allam, and Dr. Ramy Zewail.

ITAC-ITIDA

Mar-23

graduation project fund from ITIDA-ITAC, Project Title: An IoT- based wearable Hybrid Closed Loop system integrating a CGM device and insulin pump for diabetics

ECE

○ Prof. Mohammed Sharaf Sayed

ITAC-ITIDA

April

Graduation Project funded by ITAC, Driver Drowsiness Detection System (29,375 EGP)

ECE

○ Prof. Mohammed Sharaf Sayed and Dr. Ramy Zewail

ITAC-ITIDA

April

Graduation Project funded by ITAC, Accelerated Lane Departure Warning and Human Collision Avoidance System for Automobiles (29,785 EGP)

EPE

Dr. Omar Abdel-Rahim and Dr. Ramy Zewail

ITAC-ITIDA

April

Graduation Project funded by ITAC, Long Flying time with an Efficient Battery Managment System Multipurpose Drone (30,000EGP)

MTR

Dr. Haitham Elhussini

NTRA Undergraduate graduation project

June

NTRA UG Project with total budget of 50,000 EGP for funding an undergraduate graduation project entitled “H-DAS: Haptic-based Driving Assistance System” under the scheme of “Motamayez” funding program.

Best Research Student Award of E-JUST in 2020:

2019 Spring: Mr. Hamada Elsayed Rizk (CSE, ECCE)

2019 Fall: Mr. Essam Mohamed (CPE, EECE)

2020 Spring: Mr. Mohamed Said (ERE, EECE)

2020 Fall: Mr. Ahmed Nasser (ECE, ECCE)

2021 Spring: Mr. Ahmed Salah (ERE, EECE)

2021 Fall: Mr. Mahmoud Samy (ENV, EECE)

The 2% World Top Ranked Scientists:

  • The 2% World Top Ranked Scientists prepared by Stanford University in cooperation with Elsevier BV - author databases of standardized citation indicators for 2021 has been announced in 19 October 2021 as given in the below link. Nine scientists from E-JUST as given below are included in this 2%.


https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3

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authfull

Egy Rank

Woeld rank (ns)

Nada, S. A.

46

30,963

Hassan, Hamdy

56

35,795

M. Ayad

261

139.219

Ahmed, Mahmoud

264

140,512

Elkady, Marwa F.

302

161,511

Gepreel, Mohamed Abdel Hady

324

172,369

Abo-Zahhad, Mohammed

443

246,591

Abd El-moneim, Ahmed

460

260,310

Hassan, Hassan Shokry

529

355,540

  • The 2% World Top Ranked Scientists prepared by Stanford University in cooperation with Elsevier BV - author databases of standardized citation indicators for 2022 as given in the below link. Eleven scientists from E-JUST as given below are included in this 2%.

1- Hamdy Hassan

2- Sameh Nada

3- Mohamed Gehad Genidy

4- Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar 

5- Ahmed Mohamed

6- Ayad, Mohamed

7- Marwa Elkady

8- Moamed Gepreel

9- Mohamed Abo-Zahhad

10- Ahmed Abd-Elmoniem

11- Hassan Hassan Shokry (City of ScientiResearch)

Millionaire Club (MC)

Faculty who got a grant more than or equal to 1million LE per year is qualified as a member. The project must start after April 1, 2017.

One who is qualified before the date is given as Honorary Member.

The followings are recipients of 2018, 2019 and 2020:

2018

  1. Maha ElSabrouty : Member
  2. Moustafa Youssef : Member
  3. Ahmed Elshazly : Honorary member
  4. Ahmed Fath Elbab : Honorary member
  5. Mohamed Sharaf : Honorary member
  6. Mona Gamal El Din: Member
  7. Marwa Elkady : Member

2019

  1. Ahmed El Shazly: Member
  2. Ahmed Abdelmoneim: Member
  3. Ahmed Elshazly: Member

2020

  1. Prof. Mohsen Ghali : Member
  2. Prof. Mohamed Ayad: Member
  3. Prof. Mohammed Abo-Zahhad: Member
  4. Prof. Mohsen Khozami : Member
  5. Prof. Mohsen Ghali: Member
  6. Prof. Walid Gomaa : Member
  7. Dr. Ayman Mahrous : Member
  8. Prof. Sherif Hammad : Member
  9. Prof. Ahmed El-Shazly: Member
  10. Prof. Amin Shokry: Member
  11. Prof. Amr Eltawil: Member
  12. Prof. Abdelrazek El-Naggar : Member

2021

  1. Prof. Ahmed Ossman Egiza: Member
  2. Prof. Ahmed Abdelmoneim: Member
  3. Prof. Hmady Abo Ali: Member
  4. Prof. Ahmed FathEl-bab: Member
  5. Dr. Ahmed Abdelemalek: Member
  6. Dr. Ahmed Hassanein : Member
  7. Dr. Hassan Shokry : Member
  8. Dr. Ahmed El-Wardany: Member
  9. Prof. Mahmoud Ahmed Amin: Member

2022

  1. Dr. Hussein Elnoby
  2. Wael Khair Eldin: Member
  3. Dr. Hatem Mahmoud: Member.
  4. Prof. Mahmoud Amin Ahmed: Member.

36 Prof. Mohamed Elkhouly: Member.

  1. Mahmoud Sharaan : Member.
  2. Ahmed Fath Elbab: Honarary Member.

2023:

  1. Ahmed Elwardany