Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Fluid mechanics, gas dynamics, measuring instruments, Engineering mathematics, microfluidics
Research areas
Microfluidics and its biological applications including biological sample processing, medical diagnostics, cellular mechanobiology, and swimming behavior of sperm cells. I am also interested in studying the physics of liquid manipulation on the microscale including electrowetting, contact angle saturation, and digital microfluidics.
Education
PhD, University of Toronto, Canada, 2009
MASc, Concordia University, Canada, 2003
BSc, Assiut University, Egypt, 1998
Professional experience
University of Toronto, ON, Canada, 2009-2010
Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 2015-2018
Assiut University, Egypt, 2010-2018
Assistant Professor at Assiut University(2010 - 2016)
Director of the Knowledge Transfer office (KTO) at Assiut University, Egypt(2011 - 2013)
Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Toronto(2009 - 2010)
Memberships
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016 - present
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016 - 2016
Contact
mabdelgawad@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2965
Dr. Mohamed Abdelgawad
Associate Professor
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Prior to joining AUS, Mohamed Abdelgawad worked as a post-doctoral fellow with the Department of Surgical Oncology at University of Toronto, Canada, where he was part of a team developing a lab-on-a-chip device to diagnose bladder cancer based on measuring mechanical stiffness of bladder cells exfoliated in urine. In 2010, Dr. Abdelgawad joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Assiut University, Egypt, as an assistant professor. He established the first microfluidics lab in Egypt and built strong collaborations with colleagues from the faculties of medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine in the fields of medical diagnostics, nanoparticle synthesis and computer-assisted sperm analysis.
Publications
Sofela, S., S. Sahloul, C. Stubbs, A. Orozaliev, F.S. Refai, A.M. Esmaeel, H. Fahs, M. Abdelgawad, K. Gunsalus, and Y.-A. Song, Phenotyping of Thrashing Forces Exerted by Partially Immobilized C. elegans using Elastomeric Micropillar Arrays, Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00660E, 2019.
A. Abualsayed, S. Abouelmagd, and M. Abdelgawad, Miniaturized Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles Using Droplet Manipulation on Open Surfaces, Micro and Nano Letters, DOI:10.1049/mnl.2019.0421, 2019.
A. Altayyeb, Y. Sun, and M. Abdelgawad, Effect of Joule heating and temperature-dependent zeta potential on Electroosmotic flow measurements in calorimetric flow sensors, accepted in Micro and Nano Letters, vol. 14, n. 9, pp. 1007-1012, 2019.
A. Altayyeb, E. Othman, M. Khashbah, A. Esmaeel, M.El-Mokhtar, C. Lambalk, V. Mijatovic, and M. Abdelgawad, Characterization of Mechanical Signature of Eutopic Endometrial Stromal Cells of Endometriosis Patients, accepted in Reproductive Sciences, Manuscript ID RSCI-18-827R1.
A. M. Esmaeel, T. El-Melegy, and M. Abdelgawad, Multi-Purpose Machine Vision Platform for Different Microfluidics Applications, Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 21, n. 3, pp. 68-80, 2019.
T. M. El-sherry, M. A. Abdel-Ghani, N. S. Abou-Khalil, M. Elsayed, and M. Abdelgawad, Effect of pH on Rheotaxis of Bull Sperm Using Microfluidics, Reproduction in Domestic Animals, vol. 52, n. 5, pp. 781-790, 2017.
Ahmed Darwish, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Numerical simulation of photothermally induced Marangoni flow around a microbubble, Published, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineering and Molecular Systems, 2019
Ahmad Altayyeb, Essam Othman, Maha Khashaba, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Mohamed El-Mokhtar, Cornelis Lambalk, Velja Mijatovic, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Characterization of Mechanical Signature of Eutopic Endometrial Stromal Cells of Endometriosis Patients, Accepted, Reproductive Sciences , Manuscript ID RSCI-18-827R1, 2019
Mahmoud Abdelkarim, Noura Abdellah, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Sara Abouelmagd, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Optimization of Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles using Microfluidics, Published, 2018
J. Liu, D.G. Pyne, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Y. Sun, Appendix C: Automated vitrification of mammalian embryos on a digital microfluidic device, Published, Methods in Molecular Biology, 1568, pp. 309-316, 2017
T.M. El-sherry, M.A. Abdel-Ghani, N.S. Abou-Khalil, M. Elsayed, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Effect of pH on rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Published, Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 52, 5, pp. 781-790, 2017
Ahmad Altayyeb, Maha Khashaba, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Mohamed El-Mokhtar, Abdelbadei Sharkawy, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Essam Othman, Mechanical Characterization Of Endometrial Cells as a Non-Surgical Diagnostic Test For Endometriosis, Accepted, The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS 2017), 2017
A. Abualsayed, K. Shabaan, A. AboEl-Lail, Mohamed Abdelgawad, A 50$ complete digital microfluidics device and actuation setup, Published, 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016, pp. 884-885, 2016
S. Al-Mofty, N. El-Badri, A. Altayyeb, O. Omar, M. Elsayed, A. Wahbi, H. Ali, Mohamed Abdelgawad, N. Mousa, One stop lab on chip platform for tissue processing and cell sample preparation, Published, 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016, pp. 1553-1554, 2016
A.M. Esmaeel, A.B. Sharkawy, T. Elmelegy, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Real-time open source machine vision software for closed loop control of flow in microfluidics devices, Published, 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016, pp. 1410-1411, 2016
T.M. El-Sherry, M. Elsayed, H.K. Abdelhafez, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Characterization of rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Published, Proceedings of the 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2014, pp. 181-184, 2015
M. Elsayed, T. El-Sherry, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Development of Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA) plugin for analyzing sperm in microfluidic environments using Image-J, Published, Proceedings of the 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2014, pp. 149-152, 2015
W.M. Salman, H.A. Ali, M.S. Abdelsalam, M.F.F. El-Dosoky, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Interfacial electrical shear stresses induce electrohydrodynamic flows inside droplets actuated by electrowetting, Published, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 7B-2015, 2015
M.B. Effat, M.S. AbdelKarim, O. Hassan, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Numerical investigations of the effect of flow arrangement and number of layers on the performance of multi-layer microchannel heat sinks, Published, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 8B-2015, 2015
O. Ahmed, H. Abdellah, M. Elsayed, Mohamed Abdelgawad, N.A. Mousa, N. El-Badri, Tissue dissociation miniaturized platform for uterine stem cell isolation and culture, Published, Proceedings of the 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2014, pp. 178-180, 2015
M. Elsayed, T.M. El-Sherry, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Development of computer-assisted sperm analysis plugin for analyzing sperm motion in microfluidic environments using Image-J, Published, Theriogenology, 84, 8, pp. 1367-1377, 2015
H.A.A. Ali, H.A. Mohamed, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Repulsion-based model for contact angle saturation in electrowetting, Published, Biomicrofluidics, 9, 1, 2015
D.G. Pyne, J. Liu, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Y. Sun, Automated vitrification of mammalian embryos on a digital microfluidic device, Published, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2014), pp. 829-832, 2014
A.M. Esmaeel, A.B. Sharkawy, T. ElMelegy, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Development of a simple, robust and real-time image processing algorithm for tracking and analyzing cells and droplets inside microchannels, Published, 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014, pp. 2339-2341, 2014
W.M. Salman, M.S. Abdelsalam, M.F.F. El-Dosoky, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Effect of electrical conductivity and permittivity of liquids and the frequency of the applied voltage on droplets actuation on digital microfluidic devices, Published, 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014, pp. 1302-1304, 2014
T.M. El-Sherry, M. Elsayed, H.K. Abdelhafez, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Characterization of rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Published, Integrative Biology (United Kingdom), 6, 12, pp. 1111-1121, 2014
D.G. Pyne, J. Liu, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Y. Sun, Digital microfluidic processing of mammalian embryos for vitrification, Published, PLoS ONE, 9, 9, pp. e108128, 2014
D.G. Pyne, W.M. Salman, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Y. Sun, Partially filled electrodes for digital microfluidic devices, Published, 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013, 2, pp. 943-945, 2013
B. Alfeeli, M. Al-Rawashdeh, A. Bumajdad, H.A. Lawati, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Z.M. Baccar, I.B. Salem, F. Benaskar, A review of nanotechnology development in the Arab World, Published, Nanotechnology Reviews, 2, 3, pp. 359-377, 2013
D.G. Pyne, W.M. Salman, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Y. Sun, Partially filled electrodes for digital microfluidic devices, Published, Applied Physics Letters, 103, 2, 2013
J. Chen, Mohamed Abdelgawad, L. Yu, N. Shakiba, W.-Y. Chien, Z. Lu, W.B. Geddie, M.A.S. Jewett, Y. Sun, Electrodeformation for single cell mechanical characterization, Published, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2011), pp. 1119-1122, 2011
Mohamed Abdelgawad, C. Wu, W.-Y. Chien, W.R. Geddie, M.A.S. Jewett, Y. Sun, A fast and simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Published, Lab on a Chip, 11, 3, pp. 545-551, 2011
J. Chen, Mohamed Abdelgawad, L. Yu, N. Shakiba, W.-Y. Chien, Z. Lu, W.R. Geddie, M.A.S. Jewett, Y. Sun, Electrodeformation for single cell mechanical characterization, Published, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 21, 5, 2011
Mohamed Abdelgawad, C. Wu, W.-Y. Chien, Y. Sun, A fast and simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Published, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010), pp. 1071-1074, 2010
Mohamed Abdelgawad, W.-Y. Chien, T.-K. Liang, Y. Sun, Microfluidic platform with circular microchannels for facile cell trapping and single cell analysis, Published, 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010, 1, pp. 235-237, 2010
M.J. Jebrail, N.A. Mousa, H. Yang, Mohamed Abdelgawad, R.F. Casper, A.R. Wheeler, Droplet-scale estrogen assays in breast tissue, blood, and serum, Published, Proceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, pp. 1728-1730, 2009
H. Yang, V.N. Luk, M. Abelgawad, I. Barbulovic-Nad, A.R. Wheeler, A world-to-chip interface for digital microfluidics, Published, Analytical Chemistry, 81, 3, pp. 1061-1067, 2009
N.A. Mousa, M.J. Jebrail, H. Yang, Mohamed Abdelgawad, P. Metalnikov, J. Chen, A.R. Wheeler, R.F. Casper, Droplet-scale estrogen assays in breast tissue, blood, and serum, Published, Science Translational Medicine, 1, 1, 2009
Mohamed Abdelgawad, M.W.L. Watson, A.R. Wheeler, Hybrid microfluidics: A digital-to-channel interface for in-line sample processing and chemical separations, Published, Lab on a Chip, 9, 8, pp. 1046-1051, 2009
Mohamed Abdelgawad, P. Park, A.R. Wheeler, Optimization of device geometry in single-plate digital microfluidics, Published, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 9, 2009
Mohamed Abdelgawad, A.R. Wheeler, The digital revolution: A new paradigm for microfluidics, Published, Advanced Materials, 21, 8, pp. 920-925, 2009
H. Yang, V.N. Luk, Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Barbulovic-Nad, A.R. Wheeler, Exchangable, pre-loaded "skin depot" for digital microfluidics, Published, 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp. 1036-1038, 2008
A.R. Wheeler, Mohamed Abdelgawad, M.W. Watson, Hybrid digital-channel microfluidics for pre-processing and separations, Published, 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp. 12-14, 2008
Mohamed Abdelgawad, S.L.S. Freire, H. Yang, A.R. Wheeler, All-terrain droplet actuation, Published, Lab on a Chip, 8, 5, pp. 672-677, 2008
Mohamed Abdelgawad, A.R. Wheeler, Low-cost, rapid-prototyping of digital microfluidics devices, Published, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 4, 4, pp. 349-355, 2008
Mohamed Abdelgawad, M.W.L. Watson, E.W.K. Young, J.M. Mudrik, M.D. Ungrin, A.R. Wheeler, Soft lithography: Masters on demand, Published, Lab on a Chip, 8, 8, pp. 1379-1385, 2008
Mohamed Abdelgawad, A.R. Wheeler, 3D droplet actuation in digital microfluidics devices, Published, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, pp. 1809-1812, 2007
Mohamed Abdelgawad, A.R. Wheeler, Rapid prototyping in copper substrates for digital microfluidics, Published, Advanced Materials, 19, 1, pp. 133-137, 2007
M.W.L. Watson, Mohamed Abdelgawad, G. Ye, N. Yonson, J. Trottier, A.R. Wheeler, Microcontact printing-based fabrication of digital microfluidic devices, Published, Analytical Chemistry, 78, 22, pp. 7877-7885, 2006
Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan, N. Esmail, P. Phutthavong, Numerical investigation of multistage viscous micropump configurations, Published, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, 127, 4, pp. 734-742, 2005
Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan, N. Esmail, P. Phutthavong, Multistage viscous micropumps, Published, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004), pp. 745-752, 2004
I. Hassan, P. Phutthavong, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Microchannel heat sinks: An overview of the state-of-the-art, Published, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 8, 3, pp. 183-205, 2004
Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan, N. Esmail, Transient behavior of the viscous micropump, Published, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 8, 4, pp. 361-381, 2004
Conference Presentations
Ahmad Altayyeb, Essam Othman, Maha Khashbah, Abdelhay Esmaeel, Mohamed El-Mokhtar, Cornelis Lambalk, Velja Mijatovic, and Mohamed Abdelgawad, Performance of using deformability of endometrial cells as a diagnostic test for endometriosis, accepted in The 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (?TAS 2019), Basel, Switzerland, 27-31 October, 2019.
Alsaeed Abualsayed and M. Abdelgawad, Effect of Waveform of the Actuation Signal on Droplet Speed in Digital Microfluidic Devices, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineering and Molecular Systems, Bangkok, Thailand, 11-14 April, 2019.
Ahmed Darwish and M. Abdelgawad, Numerical simulation of photothermally induced Marangoni flow around a microbubble, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineering and Molecular Systems, Bangkok, Thailand, 11-14 April, 2019.
Mahmoud Abdelkarim, Noura H. Abd Ellah, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Sara A. Abouelmagd, and Mohamed Abdelgawad, Optimization of Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles using Microfluidics, The 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (?TAS 2018), Kaohsiung, Taiwan 11-15 November, 2018.
Ahmad Altayyeb, Maha Khashbah, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Mohamed El-Mokhtar, Abdelbadei Sharkawy, Mohamed Abdelgawad, and Essam Othman, Mechanical Characterization Of Endometrial Cells As A Non-Surgical Diagnostic Test For Endometriosis, accepted in The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS 2017), to be held in Savannah, Georgia, USA, 22-26 October, 2017.
Grants and sponsorships
Smart-phone paper-based semen analysis chip for reducing socio-cultural burden on women experiencing delayed pregnancy in the Middle East, Ass
Awards and Honors
Fulbright visiting Scholar grant (declined) - 2018
State Award for Early Career Researchers, Egypt, 2017
Misr Elkheir Publication award, Egypt, 2012
NSERC post doctoral fellowship ,Canada, 2009
, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, Canada, 2007
, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, Canada, 2006
, Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2005
, University of Toronto Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2004
, Power Corporation of Canada Graduate fellowship, Power Corporation of Canada, 2002
, Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, 2001
Received, Concordia University International Tuition Fee remission, Concordia University, 2001
Other creative/research
M. W. L. Watson, M. Abdelgawad, Mais Jebrail, Hao Yang, and A. R. Wheeler, Hybrid Digital and Channel Microfluidic Devices and Methods of Use Thereof, United States Patent # US9,039,973B2.
N. Mousa, M. J. Jebrail, M. Abdelgawad, R. F. Casper, and A. R. Wheeler, Method of Hormone Extraction Using Digital Microfluidics, United States patent # US 8,202,736 B2.
A. R. Wheeler, I. Barbulovic-Nad, H. Yang, and M. Abdelgawad, Exchangeable Sheets Pre-Loaded with Reagent Depots for Digital Microfluidics, United States patent # US8,187,864B2.
