Faculty
Medhat El Nahas, Ph.D.
Instructional Professor
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Office 395, College of Technology Building
Phone 713-743-4068
Fax 713-743-4032
Email mel-nahas@uh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- University of Houston, Houston, TX
PhD, Mechanical Engineering - Rice University, Houston, TX
MME, Mechanical Engineering - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
MS, Mechanical Engineering - Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Professional Experience
- Professor, Instructional (September 1, 2022 - Present), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Mechanical Engineering Technology Program Coordinator (January 2015 - May 2019), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Associate Professor, Instructional (September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2022), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Assistant Professor, Instructional (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2018), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Visiting Assistant Professor (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Lecturer (January 2012 - July 2012), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Teaching Fellow (January 2007 - January 2012), Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Production Engineer (September 2006 - November 2006), Navray Engineering, Houston, TX.
- Researcher (September 1998 - November 2002), Informatics Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Visiting Researcher (February 1993 - August 1994), National Research Council (ITAE-CNR), Messina, Italy.
- Research Assistant (April 1992 - August 1998), Solar Energy Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
- Maintenance Engineer (January 1991 - April 1992), the Egyptian Army.
Speaker:
- Ross Shaw Sterling Aviation Early College High School, Introduce Me To STEM Programs at UH, January 27th, 2022 – Houston, TX.
- Foster High School, Workforce Industry Training (WIT) Induction Night – High School students and STEM Programs, October 14th, 2021 – Richmond, TX.
- Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) STEM Club. Topic: Introduce Me To Engineering Education (IM2EE), November 16, 2018 - Sugar Land, TX.
- The 2018 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo. Topic: Mechanical Engineering Technology - Vision & Student Success, Houston TX, April 17 -18, 2018.
- The 2017 Houston Data Management Symposium and Tradeshow. Topic: Incorporate Data Management in Engineering Education, February 28th - March 1st, 2017.
- The 2017 Process Safety in Oil and Gas Conference, Houston TX, March 7th - 8th, 2017.
- Bray International, Inc. Topic: MET & Collaboration with Industry: A Win-Win Partnership - May 2017.
- Fluor Corp., Topic: MET Graduate Program & Support to Greater Houston Industry - June 2017.
Institutional Service
- UH Senator - Elected, August 2017 - Present.
- UH Undergraduate Committee member - Elected, August 2017 - Present.
- UH Scholarship and Financial Aid Advisory Committee - Appointed, August 2017 - Present.
- COT Undergraduate Committee, Member, August 2017 - present.
- Mechanical Engineering Technology, Co-Chair, the Industry Advisory Board (IAB).
- Faculty Advisor: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) COT & the Egyptian Student Association (ESA) at UH.
Classes
- MECT 3331 - Applied Thermodynamics.
- MECT 3342 - Elements of Plant Design.
- MECT 3355 - Strength of Materials.
- MECT 3365 - Computer Aided Design I.
- MECT 4275 - Senior Design Project I.
- MECT 4276 - Senior Design Project II.
- MECT 4397 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
- MECT 4398 - Independent Study.
- MECT 6322 - Computer Aided Engineering.
- MECT 6323 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics.
- MECT 6396 - Master Project in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
- MECT 6397 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
- MECT 6398 - Special Problems in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award – COT Student Organizations, College of Technology - University of Houston, April 2022.
- Teaching Excellence Award, College of Technology - University of Houston, 2014.
- The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education Award, Egypt, 2002.
- Young Research Award, National Research Council (CNR - ITAE), Italy, 1993.
- Kamran Alba, Burak Basaran, Medhat El Nahas, Zheng Fan, Francisco Robles, Huda Sarraj, and Augustina Reyes, and Weihang Zhu, 2022, First Year Experience from RET Site: High School Teacher Experience in Engineering Design and Manufacturing (Accepted), the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Samia Afrin, Nazmul Hossain, Medhat El Nahas, and Vinod Kumar, 2022. Design Improvement and Performance Analysis of Parabolic Trough Solar Receivers (Submitted). ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo, Columbus, Ohio.
- Medhat El Nahas, Michael Retherford, and Ayman Ahmed, “3D Finite Element Model of a Premolar Restored with a Fiber Post”, under preparation.
- Medhat El Nahas and Charles Dalton, “Three-dimensional numerical simulation of an inline wave with current past a vertical circular cylinder". Under preparation.
- Medhat El Nahas, “Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation for Combined Wavy and Steady Flows past a Vertical Circular Cylinder”, Ph.D. Dissertation, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2011.
- Medhat El Nahas, “Optical and Thermal Analysis for Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrators with a Finned Tube Absorber”, M.S. Thesis, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, 1999.
- Medhat El Nahas and Vincenzo Recupero, “Energy from Biomass” Journal of the Egyptian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ESME), Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 1996.
- Medhat El Nahas and Vincenzo Recupero, “Development of Biomass Gasification Processes for Different Applications”, Report no. 11/94, CNR-TAE, Messina, Italy, 1994.