Roles and responsibilities
A research officer in the fire safety unit. My research includes numerical modelling of fire scenarios and experimental fire chemistry and toxicity.
Current research and/or projects
- Mitigating the impact of wildfire smoke on health.
- Investigating the performance of air-treatment technologies against smoke from wildfires.
- Fire safety of electric vehicles in enclosures.
Research and/or project statements
- Contributor to a large project to evaluate resilience of communities and structures from the threat of wildfires and develop a National Guide for Wildland-Urban Interface fires as part of a research and development initiative with Infrastructure Canada to study climate-resilience of buildings and core public infrastructure.
- Contributor to a guide for the use of water mist technologies in mass timber residential building
- Technical lead in mitigating the impact of wildfire smoke on health and developing a policy brief on best practices during wildfire smoke events.
Education
- PhD Chemical and Biological engineering, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), 2018
- M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Alexandria University-Egypt, 2013
- B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Alexandria University-Egypt, 2010
Awards
- Outstanding poster presentation, International Gas Kinetics Conference, York, United Kingdom, 2016.
- KAUST graduate student fellowship, 2014.
- Certificate of honor, for the excellent academic performance during 5 years of undergraduate studies, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 2010.
Key publications
- Atef, N. et al., “A Comprehensive Iso-octane Combustion Model with Improved Thermochemistry and Chemical kinetics”, Combustion and Flame, Volume 178, 2017, Pages 111-134.
- Atef, N. et al., “Numerical investigation of injector geometry effects on fuel stratification in a GCI engine”, Fuel, Volume 214, 2018, Pages 580-589.
Previous work experience
- Lecturer Assistant, Alexandria university-Egypt
November 2013- August 2014
- Demonstrator, Alexandria university-Egypt
May 2011- November 2013
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