By-Products of Palm Trees and Their Applications

About the Editors

Dr. Hamed El-Mously, Ain Shams University, Egypt
The Legendary Professor Dr. Hamed El-Mously, is an Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University, Egypt. Dr. El-Mously is recognized as the founding father of Date Palm by-products research and development, and one of the warriors of sustainable development of local communities. He received numerous prestigious awards for his work, such as Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agriculture Innovation 2013. El-Mously has been working on projects aiming at developing local communities in all villages of Egypt, by applying developing projects using their local resources since 1995. Projects include production of blockboard, parquet, and arabesque from palm midribs, production of non-traditional animal feed from agricultural residues, production of organic fertilizers from pruning-products of date palms, doum palms, and mango trees, and production of fig jam. El-Mously contributed in the foundation of several research and societies:
• Small Industries and Local Technology Development Center.
• The Egyptian Society for Endogenous Development of Local Communities.
• Network of Fiber-Plastic Composites, Tree-Free Wood Innovation.
• Network, Foundation for Renewable materials Research, Technology and Applications.
• He is a member in several strategic consulting and scientific committees’, Ain Shams
• University. He obtained the Ph.D. from Metal Cutting Machine Tools Institute, Moscow
• The International Palm By-Products Association (under registration)

Dr. Mohamad Midani, German University in Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Mohamad Midani is an Assistant Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at the German University in Cairo, he is also the CEO of inTEXive Technical Consulting, and he serves on the advisory board of Middle East Co. for Textiles. His research mostly focuses on natural fibers and natural fiber composites, and he is the inventor of the proprietary long micro-fibrillated date palm midrib fibers. He teaches courses on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites as well as New Product development and Innovation Management. In 2016, Dr. Midani received a recognition for excellence in teaching from NC State University. Dr. Midani has his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University, MT in Textiles Technology and Management, and Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science from the College of Textiles NC State University. He is a member in the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), as well as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Mohamed Wagih, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Mohamed Wagih is a Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering: Department of Design and Production Engineering, Ain shams University since 2013. He was awarded his Master of Science degree in the field of date palm midrib processing. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University and the American University in Cairo. He participated in several projects related to light harvesting, date palm residues processing, and acoustics and vibrations measurements. He has a good experience in the field of teaching, and design and manufacturing of machines. He published one patent and four papers from these projects and his M.Sc.thesis.