Thermal Energy Systems
Resume:
Makram Mikhaeil
Engineer and scientific
researcher
Prüfeningerstr. 59
Germany
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Engineer and scientific researcher with expertise (M.Sc and PhD, defense is planned for oct. 1st, 2023) in thermal engineering and energy efficiency.
Interested in sorption technologies, refrigeration systems, thermal networks, thermal management, energy storage, renewable energies, hydrogen production and storage, simulation, experimental investigation, machine learning and system integration.
Passionate about applying technical skills to solve real-world problems and drive innovation in the field.
EXPERIENCE
LANGUAGES
Research Associate
Arabic: Mother tongue
English: Full professional
proficiency
German: Professional working
proficiency, 11 months intensive
German language courses from
A1 to C1 (Goethe-Institut, Cairo
and Sprachinstitut Kreuzberg
Bonn, Bonn) and use of German
language in professional and
daily life for 6 years
Regensburg University of Applied Sciences,
Regensburg, Germany
April 2018 - PRESENT
Participation in research and industrial projects by designing and executing experiments and simulation models.
Sub-project manager for three work packages of an EU funded research project (SWS-Heating).
• Project objective: Development of an innovative
Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system based on the
adsorption technology.
• Duration: July 2018 - November 2023
• Mainly Involved in the following work packages;
Development of new and optimised
components and innovative configuration
Development of optimised control and
simulation
System testing and technology validation
ORGANISATIONAL /
MANGERIAL SKILS
Leadership through my
experience as a research
associate and sub-project
manager for an EU-funded
research project (SWS-
Heating).
Capacity in planning and
organizing work in a timely
manner under time constraints,
adhering to deadlines, and
handling stressful situations.
In the framework of the SWS
Heating project, I have gained
extensive experience in the
preparation of project
proposals, deliverables and
technical reports.
Research and Teaching Assistant
Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
March 2010 – March 2018
Teaching assistant for different engineering courses, such as Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Thermal Power Stations, Steam Technology, Refrigeration Systems, Air Conditioning, Steam and Gas turbines, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Control Theory, Solar and Wind
Energy, Engineering Drawing, Numerical Methods,
Programming Languages (Visual basic and MATLAB).
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course materials to enhance learning experience.
Supervision of Bachelor theses.
EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
I have acquired through
training, work, seminars as well
as through research activities:
• Microsoft Office™ tools
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Visual Basic and
visual basic for applications
(VBA)
• Python, C++, Fortran & QB
• LaTeX
• LabView™;
• DasyLab™;
• Matlab ™
• Matlab Simulink
• SOLIDWORKS™;
• Solid Edge™;
• AutoCad ™;
• COMSOL Multiphysics™;
• ANSYS™;
• gPROMS Enterprise™
Technical University of Munich (TUM),
TUM Campus Straubing for biotechnology and sustainability, Straubing, Germany
July 2018 - PRESENT
The dissertation was officially submitted on 16.06.2023. The defense is planned to take place in the first week of October 2023.
Major discipline: Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering
Minor discipline: Thermally driven sorption systems
Thesis Title: "On the Application of Plate Heat
Exchangers in Adsorption Processes "
Main outcome: innovate design of closed-structured plate heat exchangers for the application as
adsorber/desorber and evaporator/condenser in
thermally driven adsorption chillers and heat pumps.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Gaderer (Technical University of Munich, TUM) and Prof. Dr. -Ing. Belal Dawoud (OTH Regensburg)
MSc in Mechanical Engineering
Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt COMMUNICATION SKILS September 2010 – March 2014 (In Egypt, master’s degree in engineering takes 3-5 years to complete, https://www.mastersportal.com)
Excellent communication skills
gained through my experience
as a teaching assistant;
I love teaching, so
communicating effectively is
very important to me;
I have attended several
communication skills training
workshops.
Major discipline: Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering
Minor discipline: Sorption chillers and heat pumps
Studied Subjects: Energy Conversion, Measurements and Control Equipment, Heat Transfer, Air Conditioning, Mass Transfer, Statistical Thermodynamics, New and Renewable Energy Conversion, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment, Industrial Ventilations and Calculations of Cooling Loads of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.
Thesis Title: "Investigation on Heat and Mass Transfer on Porous Surface".
Experimental and numerical studies on the kinetics of adsorption of water vapor in silica gel and zeolite under the relevant operating conditions of adsorption chiller. OTHER SKILS
Building electronic circuits;
Programming PICs and PLCs
3D printing
Reading
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GPA: 3.4/4 for courses. No grading system for the master thesis in Menoufia University.
BSc in Mechanical Engineering
AWARDS
Menoufia University,
Menoufia, Egypt Awarded a Ph.D. scholarship for
a period of 3 years from the
KAAD organization, Germany
(2018-2021).
September 2004 – March 2009 (10 semesters in 5 years for bachelor from accredited engineering universities in Egypt, https://www.bachelorsportal.com)
Major discipline: Mechanical Power Engineering
Minor discipline: Thermal Power Engineering
Studied Subjects: Engineering Drawing, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Material science, Computer
Applications, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Steam Technology, Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods, Theory of Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines,
Mechanical Measurements, Electrical Measurements,
Thermal Power Stations, Gas Turbines, Hydraulic
Systems, Hydraulic Machines, Renewable Energy
Sources, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Computer Programming and other subjects.
Graduation Project Title: "Design of All Air System for Conference Halls".
GPA: 84.24%. (Ranked 1st for five years consecutively)
Grade of Graduation Project: Excellent
PATENTS
An optimized and upscaled
closed-structured plate heat
exchanger for the application in
STES sorption systems (under
filing, SWS- Heating project)
An optimized, closed-
structured plate heat
exchanger for the application in
thermally driven sorption
chillers and heat pumps (under
filing, main outcome of my PhD
study)
TRAININGS
Linde Summer School, 17 -21 July 2023, Munich.
• Title: Enabling the Transition to a New Energy
System"
• Organized by Linde Group in cooperation with the TUM and the Munich University of Applied
Sciences.
• Covered a wide range of interesting and innovative technology approaches in the fields of hydrogen
production and gases separation.
North Cairo Thermal Power Station, 02 -16 Sep. 2012, Cairo
• Steam boilers and turbines operation and control. PUBLICATIONS AND CONFEREANCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
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M. Mikhaeil, S. Nowak, V. Palomba, A. Frazzica, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud. (2023). Experimental and analytical investigation of applying an asymmetric plate heat exchanger as an evaporator in a thermally driven adsorption appliance. Applied Thermal Engineering, 228, 120525. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120525
M. Mikhaeil, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud. (2023). On the application of adsorber plate heat exchangers in thermally driven chillers; an experimental and analytical study. Applied Thermal Engineering, 220, 119713. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119713 .
M. Mikhaeil, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud. (2022). Experimental Investigation of the Adsorption and Desorption Kinetics on an Open-Structured Asymmetric Plate Heat Exchanger; Matching Between Small-Scale and Full- Scale Results. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10. doi:10.3389/fenrg.2022.818486
M. Mikhaeil, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud. (2020). On the development of an innovative adsorber plate heat exchanger for adsorption heat transformation processes; an experimental and numerical study. Energy, 207, 118272. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.118272
R. El-Ghalban, Hamdy Kotb and M. Mikhaeil; Study on the parameters affecting the performance of adsorption cooling system, Engineering Research Journal, Vol. 36, no. 4, Oct 2013, pp. 429-439. doi:10.21608/erjm.2013.67095
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
M. Mikhaeil, M. Gaderer, and B. Dawoud; A comparative experimental study on the dynamic performance of two different adsorber plate heat exchangers for adsorption energy transformation processes, Sixth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems
(IMPRES2022), Spain, Oct. 2022.
M. Mikhaeil, A. Frazzica, V. Brancato, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud; Experimental investigation of an adsorbent mixture for a closed-structured adsorber plate heat exchanger, Sixth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2022), Spain, Oct. 2022.
M. Mikhaeil, W. Lombardo, A. Sapienza, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud; Performance prediction of an adsorber plate heat exchanger utilizing two different adsorbents for application in an adsorption chiller, Sixth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems
(IMPRES2022), Spain, Oct. 2022.
B. Dawoud and M. Mikhaeil,; on the application of closed-structured, asymmetric plate heat exchangers in adsorption appliances, keynote, Sixth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2022), Spain, Oct. 2022.
V. Brancato, L. Gordeeva, A. Capri, D. Rosa, B. Dawoud, M. Mikhaeil, Y. Aristov, Boreskov, A. Frazzica; Experimental characterization of thermal energy storage density of composite sorbents under variable operating conditions, Sixth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2022), Spain, Oct. 2022.
M. Mikhaeil, M. Gaderer and B. Dawoud. An experimental study on the effect of the heat and mass transfer characteristic lengths on the adsorption dynamics inside two different open structured plate heat exchangers, the 9th Heat Powered Cycles conference (HPC2022), Bilbao, Spain, April 10-13, 2022.
Crespo, V. Palomba, M. Mikhaeil, B. Dawoud, A. D.Gracia Cuesta & L. F. Cabeza. Experimental study of a LiCl/Silica gel sorption thermal energy storage prototype. In XII National and III International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics. 29 de junio, 2022, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid.
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D. Malzkorn, M. Mikhaeil and B. Dawoud. (2020). Assembly and Investigation of a Compact Adsorption Heat Storage Module. RARC 2020, 111.
M. Mikhaeil, B. Dawoud, and M. Gaderer; Investigation of an innovative adsorber plate heat exchanger for adsorption heat transformation processes, Vth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2019), Japan, Oct. 2019.
R. El-Ghalban, Hamdy Kotb and M. Mikhaeil; On the parameters affecting the performance of adsorption refrigeration system, 17th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (AMME-17), Egypt, April 2016.
M. Mikhaeil, B. Dawoud, E.H. Amer, A. Sapienza and A.Freni; Three dimensional dynamic modelling of an adsorption column of loose grains, IVth International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2016), Italy, Oct. 2016.
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