QUALIFICATIONS & DEGREES OBTAINED

• B. Sc. degree in Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Engineering) in June 1994 with final degree of "very good with honor" grade from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kafr Elsheikh, Tanta University, Egypt.

• M. Sc. degree in the Agricultural Engineering in September 1999 from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kafr Elsheikh, Tanta University, Egypt. The title of thesis: Applications of solar energy collected by a plastic greenhouse for drying and aerating of wheat crop.

• Ph. D. degree in the Agricultural Engineering in November 2005 from the Faculty of Design, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on Don, Russia. The title of thesis: Intensification of separation process of sunflower seeds on a multiple-stage screening machine.