Omar Ibrahim, Phd Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Rotterdam–The Hague Metropolitan Area, South Holland, Netherlands

Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

• Supported CTO in conducting and leading battery R&D by delivering lab and pilot demos.• Coordinated multiple new product development projects in parallel and led design and prototyping with focus on sustainability leading to a 172k€ EU grant (Marie-Curie).• Formulated and implemented a project proposal for battery safety assessment with external stakeholders and management.• Cross-functionally collaborated with business development in market research, assessing new applications, maintaining competitive landscape information and preparing technical datasheets.• Led design & procurement of mechanical tools and QA of suppliers (ISO9001) for customizing scale-up of battery manufacturing process to 1+MM units/yr.• Initiated and successfully developed python scripts for efficient traceability of manufacturing processes data for measuring KPIs, process optimization & continuous improvement.

School Of Mechatronic Systems Engineering

- Responsible for the membrane-less/microfluidic electrochemical energy conversion systems and identifying practical applications by focusing on modeling, design, fabrication, chemistry and characterization of these systems in the SFU Fuel cell research Lab. (FCReL), under supervision of Dr. Erik Kjeang.- Co-invented and developed a disposable biodegradable battery (PowerPAD) within an interdisciplinary international collaboration resulting in 1 patent application, 3 peer-reviewed journal articles, including an advanced energy materials article, 2 invited presentations and a 50000 $ seed grant from the Bill Gates foundation and the electrochemical society.- Excellent relationship building skills by initiating a collaboration with IBM Research – Zurich, leading to a successful MITACS internship grant of 15000 C$ as well as being part of 2 other successful international collaborations.- Mentorship and team work skills by working with a visiting scholar on a side project resulting in 3 peer-reviewed journal articles from the collaboration results and 1 workshop presentation and developing a novel in-situ decorated earth-abundant catalyst for glycerol electro-oxidation yielding 25% higher power output.- Effective written and verbal communication skills as evidenced by a list of 9 peer-reviewed journal publications and >10 presentations.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Zürich Area, Switzerland

- A 4-months internship at IBM research - Zurich with the Smart Systems Integration team working on the emerging application of simultaneous powering and cooling of electronics using integrated flow batteries under supervision of Dr. Patrick Ruch and Dr. Bruno Michel. - Led the design, integration and testing of various flow battery components in PCBs for simultaneous cooling and powering of electronic boards envisioned for packaging of energy-efficient high-density computing systems resulting in 1 key-note presentation and 1 journal article under internal review. - Organizational and project management skills with effective time management as demonstrated by developing a prototype that achieves viable power density for the project target requirements.

Alexandria, Egypt

As a teaching assistant and then an assistant Lecturer at the Mechanical Engineering department, Alexandria university in the division of thermal sciences, I demonstrated strong communication skills by teaching courses on HVAC, thermodynamics, Energy& Environment and Heat transfer to class average of 500 students.

Leuven, Belgium

- A combined Master thesis and training program for 18 months in the heterogeneous components integration team, life science technologies department supported by KACST-intel CENA scholarship where I worked on thermal characterziation and testing of silicon microfluidic reactors for DNA applications in close collaboration with Panasonic. - Acquired hands-on experience designing experimental setups with thermal cycling solutions and testing silicon lab-on-chip systems with various biological assays resulting in demonstrating successful on-chip reagents mixing, rapid on-chip PCR in only 9 minutes and on-chip MLPA.- Excellent teamwork skills in a multidisciplinary research team with advanced skills on microfluidic applications for biomedical microdevices as demonstrated by 1 peer-reviewed article and 3 conference papers.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechatronic Systems Engineering - Electrochemical Energy Conversion, Courses: A+ (4.33/4.33)

PhD thesis focused on practical advances in microfluidic/membrane-less electrochemical energy conversion. PhD Supervisor: Dr. Erik Kjeang.

Graduate Certificate For Science And Technology Commercialization, Business

- A 1 year part-time mini-MBA program designed for scientists to learn entrepreneurship and technology commercialization.

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering, Gpa: 3.83/4

Thesis title: “Thermal characterization and modeling of silicon microreactors for Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)” Master thesis research.

International Scholar

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering, Distinct With Honors Award - Ranked 3Rd On Cohort Of ~550 Students