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College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2009

MS, Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Canada, 2003

Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt, 1998

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt, 2016 - 2018

Adjunct Associate Professor, Center Of Nanotechnology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt, 2016 - 2017

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center Of Nanotechnology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt, 2015 - 2016

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Assiut University, 2010 - 2016

Director Of The Knowledge Transfer Office (kto), Assiut University, Egypt, 2011 - 2013

Post Doctoral Fellow, Department Of Surgical Oncology, University of Toronto, 2009 - 2010

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME, 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2023

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, 1 March 2019 - 31 December 2019

Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC, 1 November 2016 - 31 December 2019

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2965

Dr. Mohamed Abdelgawad

Associate Professor

PhD, University of 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

Mohamed Abdelgawad. Mixers, May 2025

Hussam Alshraideh And Mohamed Abdelgawad. On the credibility of QS and THE ranking by subject area: misalignment of subject mapping to academic disciplines, Scientometrics, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025

Mohamed Agam, Vinod Paul, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Ghaleb Husaini. Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer, Ieee Transactions On Nanobioscience

M Me Elgack, K Al-souqi, Mohammad Hamdan And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Compressibility effects in microchannel flows between two-parallel plates at low reynolds and mach numbers: Numerical analysis, International Journal Of Thermofluids, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2024

Ahmed Azmeer, Ibraheem Kanan, Ghaleb Husaini And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Finger-operated pumping platform for microfluidic preparation of nanoparticles, Microfluidics And Nanofluidics, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024

Mohammed Elgack And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Characterization of the Dynamic Flow Response in Microfluidic Devices, Small Methods, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024

Malik Al-lababidi And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Limitations of the Non-floating Actuation Scheme in Digital Microfluidic Devices, 9 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023

Mohammed El-gack, Omar Ghannam And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Numerical Characterization of Compliance of Thick PDMS Microchannels, 9 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023

Yasmeen Mostafa, Mohamed El-dosoky, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Othman Hassan. Numerical investigation of a hybrid double layer microchannel heat sink with jet impingement, International Journal Of Thermofluids, 19 September 2023

Malik Al-lababidi And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Minimum movable droplet volume in digital microfluidics depends on the grounding scheme in addition to electrode size, Sensors And Actuators A: Physical, 15 March 2023

Taymour El-sherry, Mohammed Abdel-ghani, Hatem Abdel Hafez And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Rheotaxis of sperm in fertile and infertile men, Systems Biology In Reproductive Medicine, 21 November 2022

Ahmed Azmeer, Ibraheem Kanaan, Ghaleb Husaini And Mohamed Abdelgawad. A low-cost platform with finger-operated-pumping for microfluidic preparation of nanoparticles, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Ibragim Abu Dagga And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Numerical Modeling of Sequential Segmentation for Enhancement of Micromixing, International Journal Of Thermofluids, 7 September 2022

Mohamed Agam, Vinod Paul, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Ghaleb Husseini. Targeted Liposomes Production in a Microfluidic Chip, 15 November 2021

Malik Al-lababidi And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Minimum Actuatable Droplet Volume In Single-Plate Digital Microfluidics Devices With All-Grounded Electrodes, 14 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Saif Al-mofty, Mohamed Elsayed, Hassan Ali, Omnia Ahmed, Ahmad Altayyeb, Ahmed Wahby, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Noha Mousa. A microfluidic platform for dissociating clinical scale tissue samples into single cells, Biomedical Microdevices, 1 March 2021

Mahmoud Abdelkarim, Noura Abd Ellah, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Sara Abouelmagd. Microchannel geometry vs flow parameters for controlling nanoprecipitation of polymeric nanoparticles, Colloids And Surfaces A: Physicochemical And Engineering Aspects, 20 February 2021

Mohamed Abdelgawad. Digital microfluidics: Automating microscale liquid handling, Ieee Nanotechnology Magazine, June 2020

Ahmad Altayyeb, Maha Khashbah, Abdelhay Esmaeel, Mohamed El-mokhtar, Abdelbadei Sharkawy, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Essam Othman. Mechanical characterization of endometrial cells as a non-surgical diagnostic test for endometriosis, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Ibragim Dagga And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Numerical modeling of sequential segmentation for enhancement of micromixing, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Ahmad Altayyeb, Essam Othman, Maha Khashabah, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Mohamed El-mokhtar, Cornelis Lambalk, Velja Mijatovic And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Performance of using deformability of endometrial cells as a diagnostic test for endometriosis, 27 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

Samuel Samuel Sofela, Sarah Sahloul, Christopher Stubbs, Ajymurat Orozaliev, Fathima Refai, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Hala Fahs, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Kris Gunsalus And Yong-ak Song. Phenotyping of Thrashing Forces Exerted by Partially Immobilized C. elegans using Elastomeric Micropillar Arrays, Lab On A Chip, 18 September 2019

Alsaeed , Sara Abouelmagd And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Miniaturized Preparation of polymeric nanoparticles using droplet manipulation on open surfaces, Micro And Nano Letters, 4 September 2019

Abdelhady Esmaeel, Tarek El-melegy And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Multi-Purpose Machine Vision Platform for Different Microfluidics Applications, Biomedical Microdevices, 4 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019

Ahmad Altayyeb, Yu Sun And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Effect of Joule heating and temperature-dependent zeta potential on Electroosmotic flow measurements in Calorimetric flow sensors, Micro And Nano Letters, 3 May 2019

Alsaeed Abualsayed And Mohamed 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, 11 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Alsaeed Abualsayed, Sara Abouelmagd And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Nanoparticle synthesis using digital microfluidics, The 14th Ieee International Conference On Nano/micro Engineering And Molecular Systems, 11 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Ahmed Darwish And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Numerical simulation of photothermally induced Marangoni flow around a microbubble, The 14th Ieee International Conference On Nano/micro Engineering And Molecular Systems, 11 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Ahmad Altayyeb, Essam Othman, Maha Khashaba, Abdelhady Esmaeel, Mohamed El-mokhtar, Cornelis Lambalk, Velja Mijatovic And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Characterization of Mechanical Signature of Eutopic Endometrial Stromal Cells of Endometriosis Patients, Reproductive Sciences

Mahmoud Abdelkarim, Noura Abdellah, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Sara Abouelmagd And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Optimization of Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles using Microfluidics, 11 November 2018

T.m. El-sherry, M.a. Abdel-ghani, N.s. Abou-khalil, M. Elsayed And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Effect of pH on rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Reproduction In Domestic Animals, 2017

Ahmad Altayyeb, Maha Khashaba, 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, The 21st International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences (microtas 2017), October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017

J. Liu, D.g. Pyne, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Y. Sun. Appendix C: Automated vitrification of mammalian embryos on a digital microfluidic device, Methods In Molecular Biology, 19 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017

S. Al-mofty, N. El-badri, A. Altayyeb, O. Omar, M. Elsayed, A. Wahbi, H. Ali, Mohamed Abdelgawad And N. Mousa. One stop lab on chip platform for tissue processing and cell sample preparation, 20th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2016, 2016

A.m. Esmaeel, A.b. Sharkawy, T. Elmelegy And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Real-time open source machine vision software for closed loop control of flow in microfluidics devices, 20th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2016, 2016

A. Abualsayed, K. Shabaan, A. Aboel-lail And Mohamed Abdelgawad. A 50$ complete digital microfluidics device and actuation setup, 20th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2016, 9 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016

T.m. El-sherry, M. Elsayed, H.k. Abdelhafez And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Characterization of rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Proceedings Of The 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cibec 2014, December 2015

W.m. Salman, H.a. Ali, M.s. Abdelsalam, M.f.f. El-dosoky And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Interfacial electrical shear stresses induce electrohydrodynamic flows inside droplets actuated by electrowetting, Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress And Exposition, Proceedings (imece), 2015

M.b. Effat, M.s. Abdelkarim, O. Hassan And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Numerical investigations of the effect of flow arrangement and number of layers on the performance of multi-layer microchannel heat sinks, Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress And Exposition, Proceedings (imece), 2015

O. Ahmed, H. Abdellah, M. Elsayed, Mohamed Abdelgawad, N.a. Mousa And N. El-badri. Tissue dissociation miniaturized platform for uterine stem cell isolation and culture, Proceedings Of The 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cibec 2014, 2015

M. Elsayed, T.m. El-sherry And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Development of computer-assisted sperm analysis plugin for analyzing sperm motion in microfluidic environments using Image-J, Theriogenology, 2015

H.a.a. Ali, H.a. Mohamed And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Repulsion-based model for contact angle saturation in electrowetting, Biomicrofluidics, 2015

M. Elsayed, T. El-sherry And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Development of Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA) plugin for analyzing sperm in microfluidic environments using Image-J, Proceedings Of The 7th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cibec 2014, December 2014

D.g. Pyne, J. Liu, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Y. Sun. Automated vitrification of mammalian embryos on a digital microfluidic device, Proceedings Of The Ieee International Conference On Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mems 2014), 2014

A.m. Esmaeel, A.b. Sharkawy, T. Elmelegy And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Development of a simple, robust and real-time image processing algorithm for tracking and analyzing cells and droplets inside microchannels, 18th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2014, 2014

W.m. Salman, M.s. Abdelsalam, M.f.f. El-dosoky And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Effect of electrical conductivity and permittivity of liquids and the frequency of the applied voltage on droplets actuation on digital microfluidic devices, 18th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2014, 2014

T.m. El-sherry, M. Elsayed, H.k. Abdelhafez And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Characterization of rheotaxis of bull sperm using microfluidics, Integrative Biology (united Kingdom), 2014

D.g. Pyne, J. Liu, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Y. Sun. Digital microfluidic processing of mammalian embryos for vitrification, Plos One, 2014

D.g. Pyne, W.m. Salman, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Y. Sun. Partially filled electrodes for digital microfluidic devices, 17th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, Microtas 2013, 2013

B. Alfeeli, M. Al-rawashdeh, A. Bumajdad, H.a. Lawati, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Z.m. Baccar, I.b. Salem And F. Benaskar. A review of nanotechnology development in the Arab World, Nanotechnology Reviews, 2013

D.g. Pyne, W.m. Salman, Mohamed Abdelgawad And Y. Sun. Partially filled electrodes for digital microfluidic devices, Applied Physics Letters, 2013

J. Chen, Mohamed Abdelgawad, L. Yu, N. Shakiba, W.-y. Chien, Z. Lu, W.b. Geddie, M.a.s. Jewett And Y. Sun. Electrodeformation for single cell mechanical characterization, Proceedings Of The Ieee International Conference On Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mems 2011), 2011

Mohamed Abdelgawad, C. Wu, W.-y. Chien, W.r. Geddie, M.a.s. Jewett And Y. Sun. A fast and simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Lab On A Chip, 2011

J. Chen, Mohamed Abdelgawad, L. Yu, N. Shakiba, W.-y. Chien, Z. Lu, W.r. Geddie, M.a.s. Jewett And Y. Sun. Electrodeformation for single cell mechanical characterization, Journal Of Micromechanics And Microengineering, 2011

Mohamed Abdelgawad, C. Wu, W.-y. Chien And Y. Sun. A fast and simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Proceedings Of The Ieee International Conference On Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mems 2010), 2010

Mohamed Abdelgawad, W.-y. Chien, T.-k. Liang And Y. Sun. Microfluidic platform with circular microchannels for facile cell trapping and single cell analysis, 14th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences 2010, Microtas 2010, 2010

M.j. Jebrail, N.a. Mousa, H. Yang, Mohamed Abdelgawad, R.f. Casper And A.r. Wheeler. Droplet-scale estrogen assays in breast tissue, blood, and serum, Proceedings Of Conference, Microtas 2009 - The 13th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences, 2009

H. Yang, V.n. Luk, M. Abelgawad, I. Barbulovic-nad And A.r. Wheeler. A world-to-chip interface for digital microfluidics, Analytical Chemistry, 2009

N.a. Mousa, M.j. Jebrail, H. Yang, Mohamed Abdelgawad, P. Metalnikov, J. Chen, A.r. Wheeler And R.f. Casper. Droplet-scale estrogen assays in breast tissue, blood, and serum, Science Translational Medicine, 2009

Mohamed Abdelgawad, M.w.l. Watson And A.r. Wheeler. Hybrid microfluidics: A digital-to-channel interface for in-line sample processing and chemical separations, Lab On A Chip, 2009

Mohamed Abdelgawad, P. Park And A.r. Wheeler. Optimization of device geometry in single-plate digital microfluidics, Journal Of Applied Physics, 2009

Mohamed Abdelgawad And A.r. Wheeler. The digital revolution: A new paradigm for microfluidics, Advanced Materials, 2009

H. Yang, V.n. Luk, Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Barbulovic-nad And A.r. Wheeler. Exchangable, pre-loaded "skin depot" for digital microfluidics, 12th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences - The Proceedings Of Microtas 2008 Conference, 2008

A.r. Wheeler, Mohamed Abdelgawad And M.w. Watson. Hybrid digital-channel microfluidics for pre-processing and separations, 12th International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences - The Proceedings Of Microtas 2008 Conference, 2008

Mohamed Abdelgawad, S.l.s. Freire, H. Yang And A.r. Wheeler. All-terrain droplet actuation, Lab On A Chip, 2008

Mohamed Abdelgawad And A.r. Wheeler. Low-cost, rapid-prototyping of digital microfluidics devices, Microfluidics And Nanofluidics, 2008

Mohamed Abdelgawad, M.w.l. Watson, E.w.k. Young, J.m. Mudrik, M.d. Ungrin And A.r. Wheeler. Soft lithography: Masters on demand, Lab On A Chip, 2008

Mohamed Abdelgawad And A.r. Wheeler. 3D droplet actuation in digital microfluidics devices, Transducers And Eurosensors '07 - 4th International Conference On Solid-state Sensors, Actuators And Microsystems, 2007

Mohamed Abdelgawad And A.r. Wheeler. Rapid prototyping in copper substrates for digital microfluidics, Advanced Materials, 2007

M.w.l. Watson, Mohamed Abdelgawad, G. Ye, N. Yonson, J. Trottier And A.r. Wheeler. Microcontact printing-based fabrication of digital microfluidic devices, Analytical Chemistry, 2006

Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan, N. Esmail And P. Phutthavong. Numerical investigation of multistage viscous micropump configurations, Journal Of Fluids Engineering, Transactions Of The Asme, 2005

Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan, N. Esmail And P. Phutthavong. Multistage viscous micropumps, Proceedings Of The Second International Conference On Microchannels And Minichannels (icmm2004), 2004

I. Hassan, P. Phutthavong And Mohamed Abdelgawad. Microchannel heat sinks: An overview of the state-of-the-art, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2004

Mohamed Abdelgawad, I. Hassan And N. Esmail. Transient behavior of the viscous micropump, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2004

Conference Presentations

Impact of Subject Mapping Methodologies on the Accuracy of University World Rankings by Subject, The Second Sharjah International Conference On Education, 12 May 2025

Targeted Liposomes Production in a Microfluidic Chip, 2021 Ieee 15th International Conference On Nano/molecular Medicine & Engineering (nanomed), 15 November 2021

Effect of Geometrical and Flow parameters on Nanoprecipitation of Polymeric Nanoparticles Inside Microchannels, The 3rd New York University In Abu Dhabi Biomedical And Biosystems Conference, Abu-dhabi, 14 January 2020

Mechanical properties of biological cells as a biomarker for diagnostics, International Workshop On Biosensing And Biotechnology, 20 November 2019

Performance of using deformability of endometrial cells as a diagnostic test for endometriosis, 1. the 23rd International Conference On Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry And Life Sciences (µtas 2019), 24 October 2019

Microfluidics tools for reproductive health, Divisional Seminar Series At New York University In Abu Dhabi (nyuad), 8 September 2019

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, 11 April 2019

Nanoparticle synthesis using digital microfluidics,, The 14th Ieee International Conference On Nano/micro Engineering And Molecular Systems, 11 April 2019

Numerical simulation of photothermally induced Marangoni flow around a microbubble, The 14th Ieee International Conference On Nano/micro Engineering And Molecular Systems, 11 April 2019

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microchannel Heat Sinks: An Overview of the Current State-of-The-Art, 3rd International Conference On Heat And Mass Transfer, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 2003

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Charactrization of the Dynamic Response of Microfluidic Devices, 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2024

Grant, A Microfluidic Platform for Preparation and Evaluation of Estrone Liposomes for Drug Delivery in Breast Cancer Therapy, American University of sharjah, 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2024

Grant, A portable thermal cycler for PCR applications, American University of Sharjah, 2023

Grant, Postdoc hiring -Grant number (PDF-RA-23-E2), American University of Sharjah, - 9 December 2023

Grant, Design of an alternating pressure flow controller for mixing on the microscale, AUS, 1 December 2021 - 31 December 2022

Grant, Development of a Multilayer paper- based Digital Microfluidics Device, American University of Sharjah

Grant, Establishing a microfabrication facility at the American University of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah

Grant, Counting white blood cells using smartphone microscopy, American University of Sharjah

Grant, Reconstituting the Brain Functions in a Micro-Physiological System, UAE Ministry of Education

Grant, Characterization of the response of sperm cells to changes in the physical environment inside the female reproductive tracts and its relation to male infertility., American University of Sharjah

Grant, Smart-phone paper-based semen analysis chip for reducing socio-cultural burden on women experiencing delayed pregnancy in the Middle East, Assiut University

Awards and Honors

Fulbright visiting Scholar grant - (declined), Fulbright Commission - USA, 1 June 2018

State Award for Early Career Researchers, Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, 30 May 2017

Misr Elkheir Publication award, Misr Elkheir Organization, 1 December 2012

Post doctoral fellowship, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada, 1 January 2009

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, Canada, 1 May 2007

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, Canada, 1 May 2006

Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship, University of Toronto, 1 September 2005

University of Toronto Fellowship, University of Toronto, 1 September 2004

Power Corporation of Canada Graduate fellowship, Power Corporation of Canada, 1 September 2002

Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, 1 September 2001

Concordia University International Tuition Fee remission, Concordia University, 1 September 2001

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