At the Faculty of Agriculture – Tanta University, and under the patronage of Prof. Essawy Qassem Mahmoud, Faculty Dean, and Prof. Amgad El-Gammal, Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and hosted by the Department of Agricultural Engineering chaired by Prof. Assaad Derbala, the public defense of the PhD Dissertation submitted by researcher Ayman Samir Othman El-Abd was held on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

    The researcher is registered for the PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences — Agricultural Engineering, and his dissertation is entitled:

“Applications of Nanotechnology in Irrigation Water Treatment”

Supervisory Committee

• Prof. Adel Mohamed Helal El-Metwaly, Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development — Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University

• Prof. Asaad Abdel Qader Derbala, Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering — Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University

• Prof. Ahmed Abdel Aty Hussein, Emeritus Senior Researcher — Agricultural Engineering Research Institute — Agricultural Research Center

• Asst. Prof. Eman Sobhy Mansour — Assistant Professor — Department of Water Pollution Research, National Research Center

Judgment and Discussion Committee

• Prof. Asaad Abdel Qader Derbala — (Member of the Supervision Committee and Chairman)

• Prof. Adel Mohamed Helal El-Metwaly — (Member of the Supervision Committee)

• Prof. Salah El-Sayed Mohamed — Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Vice Director of the Environmental Studies and Research Institute for Postgraduate Studies — Sadat City University (External Examiner)

• Prof. Mohamed Maher Mohamed Ibrahim — Professor of Agricultural Engineering — Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University (External Examiner)

    The Committee thoroughly examined the dissertation, and the researcher responded to all questions confidently and successfully. The committee commended the dissertation for its distinguished academic quality and substantive contribution and recommended awarding the researcher the PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences — Agricultural Engineering.

   The defense was attended by faculty members, teaching assistants, postgraduate students of the department and the faculty, as well as the researcher’s family and friends.

Congratulations to the researcher, the Supervision Committee, and the Judgment and Discussion Committee.

2/15/2026