Profile

Mohamed Nour, born in 1988 in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Associate Professor at the School of Low Carbon Energy and Power Engineering. His primary research interests include the spray and combustion of carbon-neutral fuels, as well as waste-to-energy technologies.

Keywords:  Carbon-neutral fuels, Thermochemical conversion, Spray, Combustion, GDI engines, Diesel engines.

INTRODUCTION

Dr. Nour is an associate professor, boasting over 12 years of laboratory experience and 3 years of teaching in a multinational environment across four universities in China, Egypt, and Japan. His academic journey includes tenures at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, and Benha University. As of November 2024, he has published more than 42 papers, with an h-index of 22, i10-index of 28, and a total of 1418 citations according to Google Scholar. Dr. Nour has secured funding as both a principal investigator and participant from the NSFC (China), China Postdoctoral Foundation, and STDF (Egypt). His primary research interests encompass sustainable energy conversion technologies, with a focus on the clean utilization of conventional resources and decarbonization. He employs experimental techniques to investigate advanced combustion systems and alternative e-fuels, aiming to develop innovative energy systems and technologies that achieve net-zero emissions and high thermal efficiency.

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EDUCATION

        - 2013-09 to 2017-07, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Energy Resources Engineering Department, PhD.

        - 2015-09 to 2016-06, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of System and Control Engineering, KOSAKA-SATO Laboratory, non-degree.

        - 2011-09 to 2013-09, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Energy Resources Engineering Department, MSc.

        - 2005-09 to 2010-06, Benha University, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, BEng.

WORK EXPERIENCE

    - 2024-10 to present, Associate Professor, School of Low Carbon Energy and Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China.

    - 2024-01 to 2024-10, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

    - 2019-08 to 2023-12, Postdoctoral Associate, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China.

    - 2017-07 to 2019-08, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

    - 2015-09 to 2016-05, Visiting Young Researcher, KOSAKA-SATO Lab., Advanced Thermo-Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

    - 2014-03 to 2017-07, Assistant Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

    - 2011-03 to 2014-03, Teaching Assistant (full-time), Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

    - 2010-06 to 2011-03, Teaching Assistant (part-time), Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1- Ahmed Maged, Mohamed Nour, “Prediction of combustion pressure with deep learning using flame images”, Fuel, Volume 380, 2025, 133203, ISSN            0016-2361, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133203.

2- Weixuan Zhang, Mingli Cui, Bowei Yao, Mohamed Nour*, Xuesong Li, Min Xu, Investigating the relationship between butanol molecular structure and combustion performance in an optical SIDI engine, Energy Conversion and Management: X, Volume 20 (2023) 100455, DOI:                      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100455.      

3- Mohamed Nour, David LS Hung*, Xuesong Li, Min Xu, "Spray cyclic variations of multicomponent fuels under subcooled, transitional, and superheated        conditions." Fuel 327 (2022): 125139., DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125139.

4- Mohamed Nour*, Sameh Nada, Xuesong Li, “Experimental study on the combustion performance of a stationary CIDI engine fueled with 1-heptanol-       diesel mixtures”, Fuel 312 (2022): 122902, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122902.

5- Mohamed Nour*, Zhe Sun, Ahmed I. El-Seesy, and Xuesong Li, “Experimental evaluation of the performance and emissions of a direct-injection compression-ignition engine fueled with n-hexanol–diesel blends”, Fuel 302 (2021): 121144, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121144.

6- Ahmed I. EL-Seesy*, Mohamed Nour*, Hamdy Hassan, Ashraf Elfasakhany, Zhixia He, and M. A. Mujtaba, “Diesel-oxygenated fuels ternary blends with nano additives in compression ignition engine: A step towards cleaner combustion and green environment” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 25 (2021): 100911, DOI: 10.1016/j.csite.2021.100911.

7- Mohamed Nour, Zhe Sun, Mingli Cui, Shangze Yang, David Hung, Xuesong Li*, Min Xu, “Effect of flash boiling injection on combustion and PN emissions of DISI optical engine fueled with butanol isomers/TPRF blends”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Volume 38, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 5923-5931, DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.10.006.

8- Mohamed Nour*, Ahmed I Elseesy, Ali Attia, Xuesong Li, Sameh A. Nada, “Adding n-butanol, n-heptanol, and n-octanol to improve vaporization, combustion, and emission characteristics of diesel/used frying oil biodiesel blends in DICI engine”, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 2020;e13549, DOI: 10.1002/ep.13549.

9- Xuesong Li, Zhe Sun, Shangze Yang, Hongyu Wang, Mohamed Nour*, “Flash boiling combustion of isomeric butanol and gasoline surrogate blends using constant volume spray chamber and GDI optical engine”, Fuel, Volume 286, Part 1, 2021, 119328, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119328.

10- Mohamed Nour*, Mahmoud Amer, Ahmed Elwardany, Ali Attia, Xuesong Li, and Sameh Nada, “Pyrolysis, kinetics, and structural analyses of agricultural residues in Egypt: For future assessment of their energy potential”, Cleaner Engineering and Technology 2 (2021): 100080, DOI: 10.1016/j.clet.2021.100080.

11- Zhe Sun, Mingli Cui, Mohamed Nour, Xuesong Li*, David Hung, Min Xu, “Differences in pool-fire induced soot production between subcooled spray and flash boiling spray in a DISI engine”, Fuel, 2020, 119453, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119453.

12- Zhe Sun, Mingli Cui, Mohamed Nour, Xuesong Li, David Hung, Min Xu*, “Study of flash boiling combustion with different fuel injection timings in an optical engine using digital image processing diagnostics”, Fuel, Volume 284, 2021, 119078, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119078.

13- Mohamed Nour*, Ali. M.A Attia, Sameh Nada, “Improvement of CI engine combustion and performance running on ternary blends of higher alcohol (Pentanol and Octanol)/hydrous ethanol/diesel”, Fuel, Vol 251, September 2019, pp. 10-22, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.04.026.

14- Mohamed Nour, Ali. M.A Attia, Sameh Nada*, “Combustion, performance and emission analysis of diesel engine fuelled by higher alcohols (butanol, octanol and heptanol)/diesel blends”, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol 185, April 2019, pp. 313-329, DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.01.105.

15- Mohamed Nour*, Ahmed I. El-Seesy, Ali K. Abdel-Rahman, and Mahmoud Bady, “Influence of adding aluminum oxide nanoparticles to diesterol blends on the combustion and exhaust emission characteristics of a diesel engine”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol 98, pp.634-644, November 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.07.009.

16- Mohamed Nour*, Hidenori Kosaka, Susumu Sato, Mahmoud Bady and Ali K. Abdel-Rahman, Kenta Uchida, “Effect of ethanol/water blends addition on diesel fuel combustion in RCM and DI diesel engine”, Energy Conversion and Management, vol.149, pp.228-243, July 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.07.026.

17- Mohamed Nour*, Hidenori Kosaka, Mahmoud Bady, Susumu Sato and Ali K. Abdel-Rahman, “Combustion and emission characteristics of DI diesel engine fuelled by ethanol injected into the exhaust manifold”, Fuel Processing Technology, vol.164, pp.33-50; 18 pages, April 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.04.018.

PROJECTS AND FUNDS

     As a PI

• 2022-01-01 to 2023-12-31, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), International Foreign Research Scientist (RFIS-I), Investigation on the superheated atomization and combustion mechanisms of high-flash-point alcohol fuels, Fund amount: 400,000 CNY.

• 2022-01-01 to 2023-12-31, Young Foreign Talent Program, SJTU, Fund amount: 300,000 CNY.

• 2019-09 to 2021-09, Postdoctoral International Exchange Program, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Fund amount: 600,000 CNY.

• 2017-09-01 to 2019-05-31, Science and Technology Development Fund of Egypt (STDF), Capacity building fund, Fund amount: 5,000,000 EGP.

• 2019-01-01 to 2019-05-31, Management of Supporting Excellence, Ministry of Higher Education of Egypt, Fund amount: 40,000 EGP.

   As a participant

• 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program, Study on the initial breakup mechanism of flash boiling spray film bubble burst, Fund amount: 540,000 CNY.

BIOGRAPHY

Mohamed Nour, Associate Professor of Low Carbon Energy and Power Engineering, is profoundly involved in research and education pertaining to spray and combustion technologies. His work significantly contributes to the comprehension of the practical application of carbon-neutral fuels in energy systems, as well as their spray and combustion mechanisms. Nour's academic journey commenced with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Benha University, where he established a robust foundation in alternative fuels, combustion, diesel engines, and data analysis. His early interest in carbon-neutral fuels and combustion technology prompted him to pursue a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Energy Resources Engineering at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology. During his Master's studies, he examined the performance of turbojet engines operated with alternative biodiesel. In his Ph.D. studies, Nour specialized in diesel engine emissions control through water injection, and the use of hydrous ethanol and anhydrous ethanol as alternative fuels in diesel engines. He employed RCEM and diesel engines with optical windows, along with various high-speed camera and laser diagnostic techniques. He proposed, manipulated, and tested a novel fuel injection strategy known as Exhaust Manifold Injection, aimed at dual fuel operation of a diesel engine fuelled with alcohols. During his Ph.D. studies (2015-2016), Dr. Nour was appointed as a visiting young researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he conducted most of his Ph.D. research at the KOSAKA-SATO laboratory.

Upon completion of his PhD, he secured a tenure position as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Benha University. There, he established the "Advanced Testing Laboratory of Biofuels," funded with 5 million EGP from STDF, Egypt. His research primarily focused on the combustion of higher alcohols in diesel engines and the thermochemical conversion of agricultural waste to produce syngas for operating a burner and small SI engine. Two years later, he joined the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the working group of Prof. Min Xu. He received several grants from NSFC and the China Postdoctoral Foundation. His postdoctoral research concentrated on understanding the spray and combustion mechanisms of carbon-neutral fuels in GDI engines. On January 1st, 2024, he assumed the position of Associate Professor at Benha Faculty of Engineering. Subsequently, on October 21st, 2024, he was appointed as an Associate Professor at the School of Low Carbon Energy and Power Engineering.

Dr. Nour boasts over 12 years of research experience, amassed through comprehensive studies conducted in various countries including Egypt, Japan, and China. His extensive publication record is a testament to his expertise, with over 43 peer-reviewed articles published in renowned SCI journals. These include the Proceedings of Combustion Institute, Energy Conversion and Management, Fuel, Energy, Fuel Processing Technology, Energy & Fuels, Bioresources Technology, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, and Journal of Green Energy. Furthermore, he has actively contributed to numerous international conferences, such as ILASS-ASIA, SAE WCX, ASME-POWER, and ASME ICEF. In addition to his publications and conference presentations, Dr. Nour has also served as a peer reviewer for more than 25 journals within his field. He has reviewed over 200 articles for prestigious journals, including Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Energy, Fuel, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Infrared Physics and Technology, International Journal of Energy Research, and Bioenergy Research.

He has successfully secured multiple research grants in both Egypt and China. Serving as the principal investigator (PI) for a capacity-building project funded with 5 million EGP by the STDF, Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt, he established a new Advanced Testing Lab for Environment and Biofuels, completing the project in June 2019. He also led a NSFC RFIS I project as the primary PI, exploring the superheated atomization and combustion mechanisms of high-flash-point alcohol fuels. Concurrently, he participated in another project focusing on the initial breakup mechanism of flash boiling spray film bubble burst. These two projects, with a combined funding of nearly one million Chinese yuan, allowed him to investigate the fundamental mechanisms through which superheated spray can significantly enhance the potential for clean and efficient combustion in internal combustion engines. In addition to these projects, he has received funding from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation and the Young Foreign Talent Program at SJTU. His work has been crucial in advancing academic and industrial research on the production and characterization of biofuels and new engine technologies. His research impact is demonstrated by his h-index of 22, i10-index of 28, and 1418 citations according to Google Scholar statistics.

Educational Experience

• 2013.9 to 2017.7

  Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology | Energy Resources Engineering | Doctoral degree | Postgraduate (Doctoral)

• 2011.9 to 2013.9

  Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology | Energy Resources Engineering | MSc | MSc

• 2005.9 to 2010.7

  Benha University, Benha Faculty of Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | 学士 | 本科毕业

Work Experience

• 2024.10 to Now

  China University of Mining and Technology | School of low carbon energy and power engineering | Associate Professor | Teaching and Research

• 2024.1 to 2024.10

  Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University | Mechanical Engineering Department | Completed | Associate Professor | Teaching and research

• 2019.8 to 2023.12

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | School of Mechanical Engineering | 2019-08 to 2023-12 | Postdoctoral Associate | R&D in Advanced Combustion Systems and Carbon Neutral Fuels

• 2017.7 to 2019.8

  Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University | Mechanical Engineering Department | 2017-07 to 2019-08 | Assistant Professor | Teaching and research

• 2015.9 to 2016.7

  Tokyo Institute of Technology | Department of System and Control Engineering | 完成 | Visiting Researcher | Researcher at Advanced Thermo-Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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