Dr Irene Samy is an Assistant Professor, Industrial and Service Engineering and Management department, Nile University Cairo, Egypt, and the American University in Cairo. 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, and 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, reinforcement of Plastic Waste with Treated Natural Fibers, and charcaterization of natural polyemeric nanocomposites. Irene has experience in using several software includes Comsol, Design-Expert software for optimization of the experiment parameters, Minitab for statistics, Image J analysis software for image analysis, and Abaqus for finite element analysis. Irene participated in Fulbright Junior Faculty program for renewable energy, 2016, and participated in the Entrepreneurship and leadership Program, 1000Women, Goldman Sachs,2016. She recieved, Newton Mosharfa institutional link award for two years, in collaboration with Nottingham University, UK, for manufacturing plastic bags from natural materials where she got acknowledged by Mr. President El-SISI for her work at the 3 rd national youth conference in Ismailia, April 2017.
