Journal of Textile Science & Engineering

M El Messiry

M El Messiry
Professor and Head, Department of Textile Engineering
Alexandria University, Egypt

Biography

Dr. Magdi, was borne at the Mediterranean town Alexandria – Egypt in 1942, he had his primary and secondary education in Alexandria schools as well as got his engineering education at the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria university which is one of famous universities in the Mediterranean countries. In 1964 he finished his BSc. Degree in Textile Engineering with excellent first grade of honor. In 1967 he had his MSc degree from the same institute. Egyptian government sent him to one of the famous Textile Institutes in Russia (Moscow Textile University) for obtaining his PhD degree in design of textile machinery. On his return to Alexandria University in 1971, he was assigned as staff member and he got his professorship in 1981. He held position of the Vice Dean in period from 1994 to 1998. He worked as Head of Textile Dept. since 2000. He is considered as one of the main Experts in the Textile Industry in Egypt and he supervised more than 40 theses in Master and Doctor Degrees. His list of publication exceeds 120 papers in the different fields of Textile Science. Dr.Magdi participates in establishing several textile departments in Egypt and in Arab countries. He carried out several granted projects on international level with the colleagues from UK, France, Spain, USA, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.

Research Interest

Textile Fiber Processing, Nano Filtration, Nanotechnology Applications, Fabric Mechanics, Energy Conservation.