Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory (M8)
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (C)
21073 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 42878 6053
Fax: +49 40 4273-14468

m.abdel-maksoud(at)tuhh(dot)de
http://www.tuhh.de/fds

http://www.panmare.de

Education

1977 - 1982
Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture).

1984 - 1986
Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Master of Science (M.Sc. Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture).

1987
German Language Course at Goethe Institute Freiburg.

1987 - 1988
Institute of Ship and Ocean Technology, Technical University of Berlin.

1989 - 1992
Institute of Ship and Ocean Technology, Technical University of Berlin, Doctoral Degree (Dr.-Ing.).

Military Service

1982 - 1983
Coordinator of Rescue and Salvage Party of Egyptian Navy.

Profession

1984 - 1987
Research Assistant, Department Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture, Alexandria University.

1992 - 1994
Research Assistant, Institute of Ship and Ocean Technology, Technical University of Berlin.

1994 - 1995
Research Assistant, Potsdam Model Basin (SVA).

1995 - 2002
Head of Numerical Simulation Department, Potsdam Model Basin.

2003 - 2007
Professor at Institute of Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg-Essen University.

2003 - 2007
Managing Director of Institute of Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg-Essen University.

Since 2007
Head of Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology.

Professional Affiliation

Since 1990
German Society for Maritime Technology STG (Germany)

Since 1991
Association of Engineers VDI (Germany)

Since 1995
American Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

1997 - 1999
Resistance and Flow Committee, International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC)

2005 - 2017
Chairman of the Hydrodynamics Committee of STG

2008 - 2019
Deputy Chairman of the Maritime Research Centre at Hamburg University of Technology

2013 - 2017
Member of the Council of the Managing Board of German Society for Maritime Technology

Since 2010
Member of the German Navy scientific team in the NATO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT)

Since 2016
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Friendship System GmbH

Since 2016
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Potsdam Model Basin

Since Oct. 2019
Chairman of the Maritime Research Centre of Hamburg University of Technology

Fields of Research

     - Ship Hydrodynamics

     - Ship Dynamics

     - Computational Fluid Dynamics

     - Design and Optimisation of Ship Propulsion Systems

     - Renewable Maritime Energy

     - Fluid-Structure Interaction

     - Underwater Acoustics

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