Dr. Irene Fahim

Irene Samy is an associate Professor, Industrial and Service Engineering and Management department, Nile University Cairo, Egypt and the American University in Cairo. She is the leader for the industrial and manufacturing track in the Smart Engineering systems research center, Nile University. Her PhD thesis project was developing novel polymer composites membranes for industrial applications such as food packaging. She earned her master’s in Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, American University in Cairo. The Master’s thesis project was developing natural fiber (rice straw)-reinforced composites. Irene has several scientific publications related to the investigation of natural-fiber-reinforced polymers, the reinforcement of plastic waste with treated natural fibers, and the characterization of natural polymeric nanocomposites.