RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2017 – 2024 Founder and Director of MSA Center of Earth Architecture
2017 – 2021 The Ecofordable House – An Eco-Friendly Affordable Unit Built with Compressed Earth Bricks, Hybrid Roofs, and Palm Midribs. Design, consultancy, documentation, and full site supervision.
Jan.-Aug. 23 A Green Rural House Prototype in El Kharga Oasis, the New Valley Governorate. Design, consultancy, documentation, and full site supervision.
Dec. 2022 Protocol of cooperation between MSA University and the New Valley Governorate to implement the “Green Rural House Initiative" in El Kharga Oasis.
Apr. 2021 Technical study on the evaluation of the thermal performance of a room inside a residential unit built with compressed stabilized earth bricks and its comparison with a conventional bricks' room – MSA University (Report no. 292). Cairo: Building Physics & Environmental Institute, HBRC.
Apr. 2021 Measuring of sound pressure levels in a housing unit model in MSA University (Report no. BPEL-A-R-10/2021 & BPEL-A- R-11/2021). Cairo: Building Physics & Environmental Institute, HBRC.
Oct. 2020 Technical report on an experimental building with compressed stabilized sandy soil bricks – MSA University (Report no. 505). Cairo: Building Materials Research & Quality Control Institute, HBRC.
PATENT
Patent n. 30046, 2020
Title: A mixture and curing procedures to produce interlocking hollow bricks from stabilized compressed soil using sandy soil in order to increase their compressive strength and moisture resistance.
Inventor: Nermine Abdel Gelil Mohamed Abdel Halim
Granted by: Egyptian Patent Office (EPO) – Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.
Int. Cl.8-C 04 B 28/04; C 04 B 111/00.
