Faculty Office Ext.
1728
Faculty Building
UB2
Office Number
G40
Irene Samy is an associate professor, Industrial and Service Engineering and Management department, at Nile University Cairo, Egypt and the American University in Cairo. Her Ph.D. thesis project was developing novel polymer composite membranes for industrial applications such as food packaging. She earned her Master’s in Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, and American University in Cairo. The Master’s Thesis project was developing natural fiber (rice straw) reinforced composites. Irene has several scientific publications related to the investigation of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymers, reinforcement of Plastic Waste with Treated Natural Fibers, and charcaterization of natural polyemeric nanocomposites. Irene has experience in using several softwares including: Comsol, Design Expert software for optimization of the experiment parameters, Minitab for statistics, Image J analysis software for image analysis and Abaqus for finite element analysis. Irene participated in Fulbright Junior Faculty program for renewable energy, in 2016 and participated in the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program, 1000Women, Goldman Sachs, 2016.
She got Newton Mosharfa institutional link award for two years in collaboration with Nottingham University, UK. for manufacturing plastic bags from natural materials where she got acknowledged by Mr. President El-Sisi for her work at the 3 rd national youth conference in Ismailia, April 2017. Irene is interested in studying the sustainability concept and she was a co-author of a book entitled "Sustainability and Innovation", AUC press, 2015. Irene is a volunteer on IEEE Smart Village committee and an active member in the organizing committee for IEEE Conferences such as IEEE Power Africa 2017, where Irene plans to extend the IEEE smart village committee in Egypt to supply solar electricity in poor villages. She is also one of the members in the Events Committee of the IEEE Humanitarian Activities, 2018. She is also the technical chair for the first IEEE SIGHT Egypt ideation camp 2018.
Irene is currently doing research on several topics related to her Industrial and sustainable development practice such as:
- Fabricating new bioplastic composite materials.
- Fabricating green corrosion inhibitors.
- Ergonomics assessment in industrial companies.
- Green Energy in Construction, LEED and green building certification.
- Establishing an integrated sustainable waste management model for agricultural waste.
- Providing industrial solutions in work in process and inventory models in industrial companies.
- Assessment of pharmaceutical residues and their removal from water masses.
1) Irene Samy received the Encourgamnet state award for Financial from ASRT
2) Irene Samy received the Research Excellence award from Nile University
3) Irene Samy received the Excellent Speaker Award from International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences and Advanced Technologies (ICMSAT2020), Malaysia.
4) Irene Samy received the 3rd Place Shark Zone Startup Competition from Vested Summit, Egypt.
5) Irene Samy received the Most Active Member in SESC center, Nile University from Smart Engineering Systems Research center, Nile University, Egypt.
6) Irene Samy received the Best Paper Award for Financial from the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT2019)
7) Irene Samy received the Zero Plastic-waste Challenge from Next society
8) Irene Samy received the Leadership in Innovation Award (2nd place) for Financial from the Royal Academy of Engineering
9) Irene Samy received the Appreciation Certificate for Efforts in Research from Mr. President Abdelfattah ElSisi, Egypt.
10) Irene Samy received the African Women Intra-trade Capacity Building Program from the School of Business Executive Education, AUC
11) Irene Samy received the Fulbright Junior Faculty Scholarship for Financial from Fulbright
12) Irene Samy received the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program from Goldman Sachs Women's Program
13) Irene Samy received the “Teaching Women, a Business Education” from the Rotary Club 10th of Ramadan, Egypt.
14) Irene Samy received the Appreciation Award, Employee week, from German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Chemistry and Physics
- Industrial Engineering
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Mechatronics Track
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency

Telecom Towers Structure Profiler (TTSP)

Integrated Artificial Intelligence and Design Expert to Forecast Spread of Corona Virus in Egypt

An Optimization Model for Green Supply Chain Management Using Powersim Simulation Software

Parabolic Trough Collector for Home Applications

High Efficiency Solar Cells Using Wide Bandgap Organic Materials

Mechanical, Physical Testing and Optimization of Bioplastic Membranes from Agricultural and Food Waste

Application of Bioplastic Composites in Wastewater Treatment

Experimental Study on Sustainable Production of Concrete with Treated Alum Sludge

Multi-stage Low-cost Treatment of Dyes and Paints Wastewater by Coagulation, Adsorption, and Filtration for Reuse in Several Application

Next Generation Manufacturing for Sustainable Biomaterial Design

Turning Shrimp Shells into Eco-friendly Plastic

Unblocking the Equality Pipeline in Mechanical Engineering

UK/Egypt Trans-national Education Partnerships Grants

Replacing the Virgin Materials in Concrete with Waste Materials (Rubble, Plastics, Sludge, etc.)

Post Occupancy Evaluation – From Architecture to Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emissions: The Case Study of Nile University

Characterization, Development, and Life Cycle Analysis of EPS Geofoam for Use under Roadways Embankments
