Education and Research Programs Targeting Energy and Environmental Sustainability

at Cairo University

Prof. Adel Khalil

Faculty of Engineering- Cairo University

Cairo Climate Talks CCT 32 Sept. 15th, 2015

The School of Engineering was

established in 1816 and was the first

Eng. School in the Middle East

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Faculty of Engineering-CU

Fculty of Engineering in Brief

• 14 scientific departments

• 15 community service centers

• 13000 undergraduate students

• 4000 graduate students

• 65000 m2 in Giza and 90000m2 in Zayed

• 135 scientific and service laboratories

• Student service facilities

Strategy for Renewable Energy Penetration (objective: 20 % RE Inst. Power share by 2020)

Component 4 Market

Enhancement and Infra-Str

Development

Strong Sustainable National Industrial Program for Local Market and Export of RE Equipment and components

Component 2 Research,

Development and Innovation Program

Component 3 Legislations for

Feed in Law and Feed in Tariff

Component 1 Financial

Instruments

Component 5 Information

Service, Awareness and

Capacity Building

Future EU-MENA Collaboration prospects: DESERTEC- MSP- RCREEE

Funded Research

• Science & Technology Fund-STDF (Wind, CSP, PV, fuel cells, Solar Desalination)-

• RDI • FP7-MATS • RCREEE funding • enerMENA/DUN • DAAD programs • Cairo University Funding

Sustainable Energy and Environment

• REMENA Master program on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in MENA

• Energy Efficiency in Buildings • Environmental Architectural Design and Planning.

• Regular Master and PhD tracks for all departments at FECU

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CSP Thermal Test Loop at CU

DNI focusing on absorber tube

Mechanical Design CSP System

Design Layout

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1.Rotating Structure. 2.Reflecting Mirrors. 3.Heat Absorbing Tube. 4.Concrete Foundations 5.Side Supporting Pylons. 6.Mid. Supporting Pylons . 7.Rotational Actuator. 8.Swiveling Joint. 9.Fixed Thermal Loop Pipeline.

Mechanical Design CSP System

Design Concept Analysis

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Renewable Energy Innovation Cluster

CU, NSF, AUC, Innovabic, Unime, HU, FEI, OR, IMC

RDI EU Funding

Renewable Energy Education in Egypt

• 18 state universities • 18 private universities • Military technical college and institutes • Most state universities include Engineering Schools: Cairo,

Alexandria, Assiut Univ., Helwan, Ain Shams, German, Japanese ,…etc Universities.

• Renewable energy is addressed in Mechanical and Electrical Departments as well as physics Dept at school of Science-Agriculture

• Ongoing Renewable Energy programs: Cairo, assuit, Alexandria, Shoubra, British, Japanese, Heliopolis, Ain Shams, Helwan(mataria).. etc.

• Under graduate curriculum- Renewable energy basics and applications elective courses.

• Graduation projects in Solar Energy systems and applications.

• MSc./PhD Thesis on solar Energy Utilization (solar thermal and solar electrical technologies, e.g on: SWH, CSP, storage, solar cooling, PV, Hybrid, etc.).

• Graduate Diploma degree in RE (CU) • Master in Renewable Energy and Energy

Efficiency (REMENA-CU)

• Objective: To educate experts in the field of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency who are high on demand for leading positions in the energy sector and are able to manage complex projects for international institutions and companies operating in the Arabic region.

Masters Degree Program (M.Sc)

“Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency” for MENA Countries

Cairo University

Double degree international M.Sc. program

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Region (REMENA) Faculty of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, University of Kassel, Germany

Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt

Cairo University

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6 months (summer term) in Kassel, Germany

6 months (winter term) in Cairo, Egypt

9 months in the MENA region

Program Structure:

Cairo University

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Program Objectives - Career Objectives

Double degree: • M.Sc. degree from the University of Kassel • M.Sc. degree from Cairo University

expert in the interdisciplinary field of renewable energy

excellent career in international projects

leadership positions in the public and private energy sectors

Flat Plate Solar Simulator

CSP and PV Simulators

REMENA

Meteorological measurements

Cairo University

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# REMENA graduates since the start of the program in 2009:

➢ Graduates up-to-date: about 70 alumni

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Some of our Alumni

M.Sc. Rawya Mostafa Abdel Rahman El Shazly from Egypt • Company: KfW German Development Bank, Cairo Egypt

M.Sc. Rand Alzubi from Jordan • Company: Mustakbal Clean Energy, Jordan

M.Sc. Sarmad Shaker from Iraq • Institution: Ministery of Science & Technology, RE Directory, Solar Energy , Iraq

M.Sc. Mathias Graunke from Germany • Company: Proposal Manager at SENVION Deutschland GmbH, Germany

M.Sc. Mohamed Ouda from Egypt Institute: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)

Cairo University

My Master thesis focused on “Simulation of a Region Operating at 100% Renewable Energy” The decentralization of energy supply is one of the main focal areas of research of IdE “Institute Decentralized Energy Systems” in Kassel, Germany Main Projects I am involved in through my current position : • Master plan county Osnabrück • Heating & Electricity Regional Synergies • BioPower2Gas

Mohamed Shalaby, M.Sc. REMENA Batch 3

Short CV • 2010-2011 Research Assistant GUC, Cairo

STDF project on Wind and Solar • 2010 B.Sc. Electronics Engineering, German

University in Cairo – GUC • 2011-2013 REMENA Masters Program • 2014 Certified ReGrid Manager CRGM (RENAC),

Berlin • 2013 - to date Research Assistant at IdE

Institute Decentralized Energy Technologies (IdE)

Cairo University

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DESERTEC University Network(DUN)

• Academic research and innovation network • Bringing together public and private scientific,

technological, research, development and academic institutions interested in and capable of contributing to the implementation of the DESERTEC Concept.

• Promoting the development of human resources • training, education, and R & D for the industrial

production of equipment/related services (DESERETEC)

• 31 Members(MENA/EU)

Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)

RCREEE

Think Tank (RE-policies & instruments

Regional cooperation & Cross-regional Cooperation)

Management of Regional R&D&D–Programs for RE

RE-Training Courses & post-graduate RE-education

RE-Information Services

Testing & Certification

RCREEE 16 member States:

Conclusions

• Many on going initiatives, projects, programs and activities in RE

• Need to integrate Research efforts and prioriterize research efforts

• Need efficient Networking and Synergy • Need intensive cooperation with EU institutes in

R&D • Need multiplication of Educational programs in

RE and link education with research.

Thank you