Personal Data

Scientific Qualifications

• B. Sc. in physics and Applied physics, Distinction, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, May 1970 .

• Ph. D. in Physics and Mathematical Science , Moscow State University,USSR, May 1977.

• Executive member , regional association of Materials Scientists , Islam- Abad , UNISCO, 1986 .
• Member , international Society for Optical Engineering ( SPIE ) , U. S.A. 1988 .
• Member , Arabic Network for advancement of physics Education , Cairo , 1990
• Member ,International Society of Superconductor Industry , U. S. A. , 1994 .
• International member , American Association for Advancement of Science , U. S. A. , 1995 .
• My biography is recorded in the international Biographical Centre ( Cambridge , U. K. ) in the following editions :
• International Leaders in Achievement - 3 - rd edition , 1995 .
• International who's who in medicine - 2nd edition , 1995 .
• International who's who of Intellectuals , 11 th , edition , 1995 .
• Dictionary of international biography - 24 th edition , 1995 .
• Men of achievement , 7 th edition , 1995 .
• Who's who in the world , MARQUIS WHO'S WHO 11th to 15 th editions , 1997 ( 1998 ) .
• BARONS500 , U. S. A. ( 1999 ) , Award .

LOCAL MEMBERSHIPS :

• Member , Science Association , Cairo , 1970
• Member , Egyptian Society of Solids and its Applications , Cairo 1979
• Member , Egyptian Society of Physics Cairo, 1979 .
• Member , Egyptian Society of Physics and Mathematics, Cairo, 1980.
• Member , Egyptian Encyclopedia of intellectuals , 1989
• Member , Permanent Com. for Scientific Promotion ( Physics ) , Egypt , from 1994 till now .

Academic Appointments

• Demonstrator at Physics Dep. , Faculty of Science , Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt . From 28th, Sept. 1970 to 10th, Sept. 1977.

• Lecturer of Physics , in the same place. From 11th, Sept. 1977 to 12th, Febr. 1984 .

• Associate Prof. of Physics, in the same place. From 13th, Febr. 1984 to 29th, Jan. 1989.

• Prof. Solid State Physics , in the same place. From 30th, Jan. 1989 till now.

Publications

• Free volume conduction and magnetic solitons in Polystyrenecomposites containing transition metals "A. Tawansi , N. Kinawy and M. El - Mitwally .J. of Mater. Sci. , 24 , 2497 ( 1989 ) .

• Spectral and magnetic studies of polynuclear copper ( II) complexess of Schiff base derived from ethylenadiamine and ethylactoacetate "R. M. el - Shazly, M. M. Bekhet, F. I. Taha and A. Y. Tawansi .Transition Metal Chemistry, 2, 159, ( 1990 ) .

• Studies on some trivalent lanthanide chelates with nitroso - R - salt "N. T. Abdel - ghani , A. Tawansi and S. A. Abdel -Latif .Bull . Soc. Chem. Fr. , 127 , 188 (1990 ) .

• Magnetic effect of the interfacial soliton in polystyrene composites A.awansi and H. M. Zidan . J. Phys. D : Appl. Phys. , 23 , 1320 ( 1990)

• A Monte Carlo renormalization group study of zero and finite temperature conductivity of three phase system ` A. E. M. El- Misiery , E. Ahmed and A. Tawansi . Physica B , 168 , 128 ( 1991) .

• Tunneling and thermally stimulated phenomena in high filled PMMA composites "A. Tawansi and H. M. Zidan . Int. J. Polym. Mater. , 15 , 77 ( 1991 ) .

• " On the intermediate plateau of conductivity in the percolation transition of ternanry system ".E. Ahmed and A. Tawansi . Phys. Lett. A , 153, 483 (1991) .

• " Interfacial effects on the magnetic susceptibility of PMMA composites "A. Tawansi and H. M. Zidan . Int. J. Polym. Mater. , 15 , 45 ( 1991) .

• " Mathematical modelling of vertebrate retina to solve edge detection problem ".A. Tawansi , S. El-Konayaly , H. I. Abdel - Kader , Y. M. Enab and S.M. El- Hefnawy .Proceedings of the first ICEMP , Feb. 26-28 , cairo , Egypt , pp. 1303 , (1991 ) .

• 10 - " CR-39 as a gamma dosimeter :Dielectric and IR Studies "M. El - Shahawy, A. Hussein and A. Tawansi .j. Mater. Sci., 27, 6605 ( 1992 ) .

• " FeCl3 - doped polyvinylidene fluoride :Part I : Interpolaron hopping and optical properties "A. Tawansi , H. I. Abdel, kader , M. El - Zalabany and E. M. Abdelrazek.J. Mater. Sci. , 29 , 3451 ( 1994 ) .

• " FeCl3 - doped polyvinylidene fluoride :Part II : Pauli Susceptibility and microwave response "A. Tawansi , H. I. Abdel, kader , M. El - Zalabany and E. M. Abdelrazek.J. Mater. Sci. , 29 , 3451 ( 1994 ) .

• " Photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride films "Balachandran, A. Tawansi , S. El-konialy , H. I. Abdel-Kader andS. El-Hefinawy .SPIE proceedings, Vol. 2285 , Nonlinear optical properties of organic materials VII, San Diego , California , USA ( 1994) .

• " Electron spin resonance of FeCl3 - doped polvinylidene fluoride: A. Tawansi , M. I. Ayad , H. I. Abdel-kader , & E. M. Abdelrazek.J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 13, 194, ( 1997 ) .

• " Optical and electrical properties of NiCl2 filled PVC films "A. Tawansi , H. M. Zidan , Y. M. Moustafa and A. M. Eldumiaty. Physica Scripta , 55, 243 ( 1997 ) .

• " Electron spin resonance, electrical and magnetic properties of polyvinylidene fluoride films filled with equal amount of FeCl3 and CuCl2 " A. Tawansi , E. M. Abdelrazek and H. M. Zidan . J. Mater. Sci. , 32 , 6243 ( 1997 ) .

• " Electron spin resonance of FeCl3 doped polyvinylidene fluoride ." A. Tawansi , M. I. Ayad, H. I. Abde-Kader and E. M. Abdelrazek.J. Mater. Sci. Techno. 13, 194, (1997 ).

• " Electron spin resonance,magnetic and optical properties ofMnCl2 filled PVC films " A. Tawansi, H. M. Zidan and A. H. Eldumiaty . Polymer testing 17, 211 (1998 ) .

• 19 - " Effect of local structure of MnCl 2 - filled PVDF films on their optical , electrical , electron spin resonance and magnetic properties "A. Tawansi . A. H. Oraby , E. M. Abdelrazek and M. Abdelaziz J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 70, 1437 ( 1998 ) .

• " Effect of one - dimensional phenomena on electrical, magnetic and ESR properties of MnCl2- filled PVA films"A. Tawansi , A. H. Oraby , H. M. Dorgham. Physica B , 254,126 ( 1998 ) .

• " Effect of Na- light radiation on the optical gap and crystal structure of AgNO3 - diffused PVDF sensors " .A. Tawansi, A. H. Oraby, E. Ahmed, E. M. Abdelrazek and M. Abdelaziz . J. Appl. Polym. Sci. , 70,1759 (1998 ).

• "Short range order spin cluster in a one - dimensional Ising - like antiferromagnetic CoBr2 - filled PVA films : A study of physical properties "A.Tawansi , H.M. Zidan , A. H. Oraby and M. E. Dorgham.J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. , 31,3428 ( 1998 ) .

• " Structural and electrical properties of MgCl2- filled PVDf Films "A. Tawansi ,A. H. Oraby , E. M. Abdelrazek and M. Abdelaziz Polym. Testing, 18,569 ( 1999 ) .

• " The effect of valence electron spin polariziation on the physical properties of CuCl2- filled PVDF as a microwave modulator "A. Tawansi, M. I. Ayad and E. M. Abdelrazek .J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 72, 771 (1999).

Conferences and Meetings

• From 12 th , to 16 th , April 1979 :Second Egyptian conference on ``Solid State `` , Cairo University , Cairo, EGYPT .

• From 6th , to 10 th April 1980 :Third Egyptian Conference on ``Solid State ``, Cairo University , Cairo, EGYPT .

• From 4th , June to the 4 th , July 1980 :Workshop on `` Amorphous

• silicon `` , ICTP , Trieste , ITALY .

• From 4th , to 9th , April 1981:The Fourth Egyptian Conference on `` Solid State ``, Ain Shams University , Cairo , EGYPT.

• From 15th , June to 29th , Sept. 1981 :Workshop on ``Condensed Matter `` , ICTP , Trieste ITALY .

• From 6th , Dec. 1982 to 5th , August 1983 :Postdoctorral fellowship , Ins. of Physics, Geneva University , Geneva, ITALY.

• From 2nd , June to10th , June 1983:One week scientific visit to each of the following French laboratories :-

1. CNRS Labs. , Nice University .

2. CNRS Labs. , Neel Group grenoble .

3. Group of Metal , Montpelier University .

4. CNRS Labs. , Belleveu , Paris .

• From 11th , to 14th , July 1983 :Scientific visit to `` Thin Film Labs. `` PHILIPS Co. , Endhoven , The NETHERLANDS .

• From 14th , to 22nd , July 1983 Scientific visit to `` metal Labs. , LUVIN University , BELGIUM .

• From 4th , to July 1st , August 1984 :Scientific visit to CNRS labs. , NICE , Grenoble , and paris ,FRANCE .

• From 2nd , to 8th , August 1984 :Scientific visit to ``Metal Labs. `` LUVIN University , BELGIUM .

• From 4th , August to 16 th , Sept. 1985:Br. Council Hon. fellowship , dep. of Physics, Warwick University , Coventry , U.K.

• From 30th , April to 8th , May 1986:Invited Speaker , ICTP High School on `` Short Range Order in Metallic Solid solutions `` Islam - Abad , PAKISTAN .

• From 16th , to 20th , Nov. 1986 :ICTP Workshop on `` Photovoltaic Conversion `` , Ain ShamsUniversity , Cairo , EGYPT.

• From 12th , to 15 th , April 1988:The XI Int. Conference on ``Solid State Science `` Mansoura University , Mansoura , EGYPT . (I had acted as a member of the organising committee ) .

• From 3 rd , to 8th , June 1989 :The XII Int. Conference on `` Solid State Science ``, Cairo University , Snt Cathren , EGYPT. (I had acted as a member of the organising committee )

• From 15th , to 18 th , Jan. 1990 :The first Int. Conference on `` Modification of Physics Education `` , Cairo University , Cairo , EGYPT. (I had acted as a member of the organising committee ) .

• From 5th , to 7th , October 1994 :Scientific visit to Surrey University , U.K.

• From 1st , November 1996 to 11th , October 1997 :Professor of Physics in Mist University for Science and Technology , 6 - October City , EGYPT.

• From 23 st to 26 th , Febreury , 1999 :The XXI Int. Conference on `` Solid State Science and Workshop on Silicone Technology in optoelectronics ``Mansoura University , Egypt .

• From 24 th to 29 th , April , 1999 :First Spring School on `` Current Activities on Materials Science ``Assuit University , Egypt .

• The state Prize in Physics , 1988.
• First Class Pendant of Achivement, 1995.
• Barons 500 : Who's Award ( U. S. A. ) 1999 .
• Outstanding people of the 20 th Century :( Second Edition ) 1999 , IBC , Cambridge , UK .
• Marques Who' s Who , 17 th Special Edition , for 20 th Century , ( U. S. A. ) 1999

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