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Research

  1. Centers and Labs
  2. Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability
  3. CARES Research

Overview

Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) challenges are three overlapping issues that have a multiplier effect. An integrated approach to solving them is crucial for any country’s sustainable development. Up until now, these issues have been dealt with separately. Integrating the study of these different yet inseparable issues into one coherent and interdisciplinary endeavor is key to producing lasting solutions for building a sustainable nation. 

CARES focuses on research activities related to water, energy, and food while considering their interconnectedness to develop urban agriculture solutions. A multitude of untapped non-conventional solutions is needed to bridge the gap between water scarcity and energy consumption for food production. The main challenges the CARES research team is addressing are water scarcity, food security, and high energy consumption. That being said, CARES has three main research streams: 

  • Water desalination – addressing water scarcity

  • Advanced agriculture techniques (such as Aquaponics, Hydroponics and Recirculating Aquaculture Systems) – addressing food security 

  • Renewable Energy – addressing high energy consumption

CARES research and education facilities on the campus of AUC New Cairo include a desalination laboratory, solar energy-operated greenhouses, an aquaponics research laboratory, a soil, and water laboratory, a permaculture garden, rooftop gardens, and an organic community garden. At these facilities, the CARES team works with researchers, volunteers, trainees and students in educational, research, and community projects.

Research Projects

Highlights on Current Research

CARES - Research Project

Adapting forward osmosis desalination to produce diluted hydroponics nutrient mixtures for food production is a promising plan to tackle Water, Energy and Food challenges in Egypt. Previous bench scale research suggested the use of the “Resh Florida California” hydroponic nutrient solution, which is suitable for the cultivation of lettuce and leafy greens, as a draw solution for Fertilizer Drawn Forward Osmosis. Currently, there is ongoing research investigating the performance of the selected hydroponic nutrient solution as a potential draw solution for fertilizer drawn forward osmosis on the pilot scale after its success on the bench scale. CARES research team is pursuing using the produced water in fertigating lettuce using an actual hydroponic system to test its efficiency.

The concept of Integrating Aquaculture with Agriculture (IAA) is paramount to holistic, sustainable agriculture in semi-arid and arid areas. Also referred to as ‘more crop per drop’, the system uses on-farm synergy effects of both crop and fish production, which ultimately leads to improved efficiency, increased productivity and higher income.

Developing Urban Agriculture solutions on the household or family level rather than on a large scale could be pivotal in the near future. This can be done through the Aquaponics and Aquaculture applications that are spreading nowadays, adopting the notion of “Grow your Own Food”. Aquaponics and Aquaculture are technologies that utilize an unconventional approach to fish and crop production. This is a three-year project funded by the AUC faculty research grant that commenced in March 2019. Read More

The investigation of the potential impact of using plant growth regulators to boost vegetable growth and productivity.

WEF Nexus

Egypt faces extreme water scarcity. Estimates have shown that temperatures will increase by up to 5 ̊C and rainfall will decrease by 20% by the end of this century. 85% of the total consumption in Egypt comes from irrigation for agriculture. In this arid country, saline water is far more abundant than freshwater, but this conversion process requires energy. Water and energy have always been related since energy is needed to treat and transport water, and water is needed to grow crops. This is where the idea of combining the three challenges in the hopes of producing a sustainable solution came to fruition.

The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus is at the core of CARES research activities. The research includes examining the interconnections between water, energy, and food with the goal of ensuring the security of all three for an ever-growing population in the Arab world. To advance the goal of integrated planning, policy, and management, it is important to increase awareness about how these three systems intersect and why greater coordination is necessary. Thus, the WEF Nexus is in operation through partnerships between local and international entities and through our WEF Nexus Lab.

CARES has established a WEF Nexus lab that makes use of the sunny weather in Egypt to generate electricity to power a modern hybrid desalination unit for salt and brackish water. Through Reverse Osmosis membrane technology, the desalinated water is used by aquaponics for modern drip irrigation in agriculture. The brine (by-product) is utilized to produce fish. The idea is to use the sun to produce energy, the energy to prepare the water for agriculture, and the water to flow through irrigation systems that use the water as efficiently as possible for food production. This system will generate zero-waste and will have zero environmental impacts while still being economically profitable.

Partnerships

  1. RWTH Aachen University, Germany

  2. German University of Technology, Oman

  3. International Desalination and Water Treatment, Germany, Oman, and Egypt

  4. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

  5. Sydney Technical University, Australia

  6. Connecticut University, USA

Funding from:

EU Tempus

EU

ID and WT

ID WT

WEF Nexus

TriNex was a three-year EU Tempus Programme-funded project that commenced in December 2013 and was completed in March 2017. The general objective of the project was to make the Water, Energy, and Food Nexus (WEF Nexus) the next research, education, and innovation frontier for sustainable resource management and development within the framework of a green economy in Egypt. A strong increase in the number and quality of researchers was mandatory. Therefore one of the leverages to be pulled was the University's capacity in promoting programs and research about the WEF Nexus with effective links with labor market requirements. TriNex aimed at improving the role of universities in Egyptian society by developing a national strategy and a university platform to promote the WEF-Nexus and the related synergy between research, education and innovation.

The project had five main objectives:

  1. Developing a national strategy and platform for the WEF-Nexus

  2. Establishing WEF-Nexus coordination bodies in the partner universities

  3. Creating a qualified generation of WEF academicians

  4. Developing and pilot delivering of an EU-EG PhD Summer School to strengthen cooperation between junior researchers

  5. Developing a Web-Based Knowledge-Sharing System to facilitate academic cooperation

Working with Cairo University, Alexandria University, Heliopolis University, Politecnico di Milano, Technical University of Graz, Montpellier SupAgro in France and RWTH Aachen University in Germany, the TriNex Project succeeded in creating:

  • A national strategy for the WEF-Nexus identified and discussed with stakeholders

  • A WEF-Nexus coordination body is established within each partner university

  • Qualified Egyptian academics trained to face WEF-Nexus multidisciplinary projects

  • A Euro–Egyptian PhD program on the WEF-Nexus defined with a pilot implementation and an international conference

  • A web-based knowledge-sharing system online where training materials are shared

Learn more about TriNex

Publications

2024 Publications in Leading Q1 Journals

  1. M Mugwanya, MAO Dawood, F Kimera, Sewilam H. (2024). A meta-analysis on the influence of dietary betaine on growth performance and feed utilization in aquatic animals. Aquaculture Reports, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102200.
  2. Kimera, F., Mugwanya, M., Ahmed, W., Mahmoud A. O & Sewilam H. (2024). Optimizing growth and yield of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) in a biosaline integrated aquaculture–agriculture systems. Sci Rep 14, 17494 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67414-x.
  3. Sewilam, H., Hassan, B.T. & Khalil, B.S. (2024). Spatiotemporal distribution of mangrove along the Egyptian Red Sea coast and analysis of hydrological impact on growth patterns. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05670-0. 
  4. Dawood, M., Madkour, K., Mugwanya, M., Kimera, F., & Sewilam, H. (2024). Growth performances, body composition, and blood variables of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles grown in a recirculating aquaculture system under different water salinity levels. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 36(3), 612–626. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2023.2291192.
  5. Kimera, F., Mugwanya, M., Madkour, K., Mahmoud A. O & Sewilam H. (2024). Maximization of brackish water productivity for the sustainable production of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) cultivated under an integrated aquaculture–agriculture system. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 31878–31895 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33216-x.
  6. TA Waleed, YK Abdel-Maksoud, RS Kanwar, H Sewilam. (2024). Mangroves in Egypt and the Middle East: current status, threats, and opportunities. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1-38. DOI:10.1007/s13762-024-05788-1.
  7. Mahmoud, M. A., Alsehli, B. R., Alotaibi, M. T., Hosni, M., & Shahat, A. (2024). A comprehensive review on the application of semiconducting materials in the degradation of effluents and water splitting. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(3), 3466-3494.
  8. Hosni, M., Abd El‐aal, R. M., Shahat, A., & El‐Sewify, I. M. (2024). Novel Multi‐Function Chromoionophoric Probe‐Based Nano‐Conjugate Material for Highly Efficient Detection, Removal, and Recovery of Pd (II) and Co (II) Ions from Electronic Wastes and Electroplating Wastewater. Chemistry Select, 9(28), e202400557.
  9. Sewilam, H., Hassan, B.T. & Khalil, B.S. (2024). Spatiotemporal distribution of mangrove along the Egyptian Red Sea coast and analysis of hydrological impact on growth patterns. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05670-0

2023 Publications in Leading Q1 Journals

  1. Sewilam, H., Al Bazedi, G. (2023). Hybrid BWRO/FO system for high recovery in-land brackish water desalination: techno-economic assessment. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. 9, 136 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-023-00912-4
  2. Al Bazedi, G, Soliman, N. & Sewilam, H. (2023). Biofouling mechanism and cleaning procedures for Spirulina platensis as an organic fertilizer draw solution. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 91355–91368 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28694-4
  3. Kimera, F., Mugwanya, M., Dawood, M., Sewilam, H., 2023. Growth response of kale (Brassica oleracea) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) under saline aqua-sandponics-vegeculture system. Scientific Reports 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29509-9
  4. Mugwanya, M., Kimera, F., Abdelnaser, A., & Sewilam, H. (2023). Coping with Water Stress: Ameliorative Effects of Combined Treatments of Salicylic Acid and Glycine Betaine on the Biometric Traits and Water-Use Efficiency of Onion (Allium cepa) Cultivated under Deficit Drip Irrigation. Biomolecules, 13(11), 1634.
  5. Al Bazedi, G., Ismail, M. M., Mugwanya, M., & Sewilam, H. (2023). Desalination concentrates microalgae cultivation: biomass production and applications. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(4), 108.
  6. Bassiouny, M., Abdel Maksoud, Y., Kimera, F. Sewilam. H (2023). Investigating the potential of growing crops hydroponically utilizing feed and draw solutions from fertilizer drawn forward osmosis. Environ Sci Eur 35, 68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00770-z
  7. Mugwanya, M., Dawood, M.A.O., Kimera, F., Sewilam, H., 2023. Replacement of fish meal with fermented plant proteins in the aquafeed industry: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Reviews in Aquaculture 15(1), 62-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12701
  8. Dawood, M.A.O., Madkour, K., Sewilam, H., 2023. Polyculture of European seabass and Nile tilapia in the recirculating aquaculture system with brackish water: Effects on the growth performance, feed utilization, and health status. Aquaculture and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2023.11.001
  9. Madkour, K., Dawood, M.A.O., Sewilam, H., 2023. The Use of Artemia for Aquaculture Industry: An Updated Overview. Annals of Animal Science 23(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0041
  10. Madkour, K., Dawood, M.A.O., Sorgelos, P., Sewilam, H., 2023. Effects of desalination brine on the fecundity of brine shrimp Artemia franciscana fed on rice bran. Annals of Animal Science 23(3), 869-875. https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0033
  11. Dawood, M.A.O., Sewilam, H., 2023. The combined effects of salinity and ammonia on the growth behavior, stress-related markers, and hepato-renal function of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 339(1), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2654
  12. Dawood, M., Madkour, K., Mugwanya, M., Kimera, F., Sewilam, H., 2023. Growth performances, body composition, and blood variables of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles grown in a recirculating aquaculture system under different water salinity levels. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2023.2291192
  13. Dawood, M.A.O., Gewaily, M., Sewilam, H., 2023. Combined effects of water salinity and ammonia exposure on the antioxidative status, serum biochemistry, and immunity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 49(6), 1461-1477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-023-01267-5
  14. Mugwanya, M., Kimera, F., Madkour, K., Dawood, M.A.O., Sewilam, H., 2023. Influence of salinity on the biometric traits of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivated under an integrated aquaculture-agriculture system. BMC Plant Biology 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04422-5

 

2022 Publications in Leading Q1 Journals

  1. Dawood, M.A.O., Habotta, O.A.E., Elsabagh, M., Azra, M.N., Van Doan, H., Kari, Z.A., Sewilam, H., 2022. Fruit processing by-products in the aquafeed industry: A feasible strategy for aquaculture sustainability. Reviews in Aquaculture 14(4), 1945-1965. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12680
  2. El Basuini, M.F., Teiba, I.I., Shahin, S.A., Mourad, M.M., Zaki, M.A.A., Labib, E.M.H., Azra, M.N., Sewilam, H., El-Dakroury, M.F., Dawood, M.A.O., 2022. Dietary Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) enhanced the growth performance, antioxidative capacity, immune response and ameliorated stress-related markers induced by hypoxia stress in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish and Shellfish Immunology 120, 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2021.12.002
  3. Sewilam H, Kimera F, Nasr P. Water energy food nexus model: an integrated aqua-agriculture system to produce tilapia and sweet basil using desalinated water. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. (2022) Sep 30. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23240-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36178649.
  4. Al Bazedi, G., Soliman, N. and Sewilam, H. Novel organic draw solution in forward osmosis process for fertigation: performance evaluation and flux prediction. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20674-4”
  5. Bassiouny, M., Nasr, P. & Sewilam, H. Investigating the pilot-scale performance of a hydroponic nutrient solution as potential draw solution for fertilizer drawn forward osmosis and hydroponic agriculture of lettuce. (2022) Clean Techn Environ Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-022-02349-3
  6. Bassiouny, M., Nasr, P. ; Sewilam, H. Investigating the Performance of Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions as Potential Draw Solutions for Fertilizer Drawn Forward Osmosis. (2022), Environ Sci Pollut Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18701-5
  7. Dawood, M.A., Alkafafy, M. and Sewilam, H. The antioxidant responses of gills, intestines and livers and blood immunity of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to salinity and temperature stressors. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 48(2), 2022, pp.397-408.
  8. Esam, F., Khalafalla, M.M., Gewaily, M.S., Abdo, S., Hassan, A.M. and Dawood, M.A. Acute ammonia exposure combined with heat stress impaired the histological features of gills and liver tissues and the expression responses of immune and antioxidative related genes in Nile tilapia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 231, p.113187. 2022
  9. Dawood, M.A., Noreldin, A.E. and Sewilam, H. Blood biochemical variables, antioxidative status, and histological features of intestinal, gill, and liver tissues of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) exposed to high salinity and high-temperature stress. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-13, 2022
  10. Dawood, M.A., Gewaily, M.S. and Sewilam, H. The growth performance, antioxidative capacity, and histological features of intestines, gills, and livers of Nile tilapia reared in different water salinities and fed menthol essential oil. Aquaculture, 554, p.738122, 2022.
  11. Sewilam H, Kimera F, Nasr P, Dawood M. A sandponics comparative study investigating different sand media based integrated aqua vegeculture systems using desalinated water. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 30;12(1):11093. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15291-7. PMID: 35773314; PMCID: PMC9247079.
  12. Mugwanya, M., Kimera, F., Dawood, M. Sewilam, H. Elucidating the Effects of Combined Treatments of Salicylic Acid and L-Proline on Greenhouse-Grown Cucumber Under Saline Drip Irrigation. J Plant Growth Regul (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10634-0
  13. Mugwanya, M, Dawood M.A.O., Kimera F, Sewilam H. Anthropogenic temperature fluctuations and their effect on aquaculture: A comprehensive review. Aquac Fish (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AAF.2021.12.005.
  14. Magouz, F.I., Amer, A.A., Faisal, A., Sewilam, H. Aboelenin, S.M., Dawood, M.A.O. The effects of dietary oregano essential oil on the growth performance, intestinal health, immune, and antioxidative responses of Nile tilapia under acute heat stress, Aquaculture, Volume 548, Part 1, (2022), 737632, ISSN 0044-8486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737632.
  15. Mugwanya, M., Dawood, M., Kimera, F. & Sewilam, H. A review on recirculating aquaculture system: influence of stocking density on fish and crustacean behavior, growth performance, and immunity. Annals of Animal Science, (2022), -. https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0014

 

2021 Publications in Leading Q1 Journals

  1. Dawood, M.A.O. Alagawany, M. & Sewilam, H. The Role of Zinc Microelement in Aquaculture: A Review. Biol Trace Elem Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02958-x.
  2. Mugwanya, M., Dawood, M.A.O. Kimera, F. Sewilam, H. Updating the Role of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Symbiotic for Tilapia Aquaculture as Leading Candidates for Food Sustainability: A Review. Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-021-09852-x.
  3. Dawood, M.A.O., Noreldin, A. E., Sewilam, H. Long term salinity disrupts the hepatic function, intestinal health, and gills antioxidative status in Nile tilapia stressed with hypoxia, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 220, (2021), 112412, ISSN 0147-6513, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112412.
  4. Ali, M.F., Soliman, A., Gewaily, M.S., Abdel-Kader, T.Y., Amer, A.A., Zaineldin, A.I., Al-Asgah, N.A., Younis, E.M., Abdel-Warith, A.A., Sewilam, H., Dawood, M.A.O., Isatis phytogenic relieved atrazine induced growth retardation, hepato-renal dysfunction, and oxidative stress in Nile tilapia, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, (2021), ISSN 1319-562X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.08.072.
  5. El-Sharawy, M.E., Hamouda, M., Soliman, A.A., Amer, A.A., El-Zayat, A.M., Sewilam, H. Younis, A.M., Abdel-Warith, A.A., Dawood, M.A.O. Selenium nanoparticles are required for the optimum growth behavior, antioxidative capacity, and liver wellbeing of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 12, (2021), Pages 7241-7247, ISSN 1319-562X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.08.023.
  6. El Zayat, H., Nasr, P. & Sewilam, H. Investigating sustainable management of desalination brine through concentration using forward osmosis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 39938–39951 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13311-z.
  7. Habiba, M.M.; Hussein, E.E.; Ashry, A.M.; El-Zayat, A.M.; Hassan, A.M.; El-Shehawi, A.M.; Sewilam, H.; Van Doan, H.; Dawood, M.A.O. Dietary Cinnamon Successfully Enhanced the Growth Performance, Growth Hormone, Antibacterial Capacity, and Immunity of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Animals (2021), 11, 2128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11072128.
  8. Magouz, F.I., Abdel‐Rahim, M.M., Lotfy, A.M., Mosbah, A., Alkafafy, M., Sewilam, H., Dawood, M.A.O., Dietary nucleotides enhanced growth performance, carcass composition, blood biochemical, and histology features of European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L, Aquaculture Reports, Vol 20, (2021), 100738, ISSN 2352-5134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100738.
  9. Mugwanya, M.; Dawood, M.A.O.; Kimera, F.; Sewilam, H. Biofloc Systems for Sustainable Production of Economically Important Aquatic Species: A Review. Sustainability (2021), 13, 7255. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137255.
  10. Ashry, A.M., Hassan, A.M., Habiba, M.M., El-Zayat, A., El-Sharnouby, M.E., Sewilam, H. and Dawood, M.A. The Impact of Dietary Curcumin on the Growth Performance, Intestinal Antibacterial Capacity, and Haemato-Biochemical Parameters of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata). Animals, (2021), 11(6), p.1779, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061779.
  11. Dawood, M.A., Noreldin, A.E., Ali, M.A. and Sewilam, H. Menthol essential oil is a practical choice for intensifying the production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): Effects on the growth and health performances. Aquaculture, (2021), p.737027. 
  12. Amin, G., Nasr, P., Sewilam, H. An experimental study on draw solution performance in fertilizer drawn forward osmosis under water energy food nexus framework in Egypt. Desalin. Water Treat. (2021), 210, 70–80. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.26555
  13. Elbarmelgy, A., Ismail, M.M., Sewilam, H. Biomass productivity of nannochloropsis sp. Grown in desalination brine culture medium. Desalin. Water Treat. (2021), 216, 306–314. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.26848
  14. Kimera, F., Sewilam, H., Fouad, W.M., Suloma, A. Sustainable production of Origanum syriacum L. using fish effluents improved plant growth, yield, and essential oil composition. Heliyon (2021), 7, e06423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06423
  15. Kimera, F., Sewilam, H., Fouad, W.M., Suloma, A. Efficient utilization of aquaculture effluents to maximize plant growth, yield, and essential oils composition of Origanum majorana cultivation. Ann. Agric. Sci. (2021), 66, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aoas.2020.11.002
  16. El Basuini, M.F., Shahin, S.A., Teiba, I.I., Zaki, M.A., El-Hais, A.M., Sewilam, H. , Almeer, R., Abdelkhalek, N. and Dawood, M.A. The influence of dietary coenzyme Q10 and vitamin C on the growth rate, immunity, oxidative-related genes, and the resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture, 531, p.735862. Volume 531, (2021), 735862, ISSN 0044-8486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735862.
  17. Dawood, M.A.O., Gewaily, M.S., Monier, M.N., Younis, E.M., Van Doan, H., Sewilam, H. The regulatory roles of yucca extract on the growth rate, hepato-renal function, histopathological alterations, and immune-related genes in common carp exposed with acute ammonia stress. Aquaculture, (2021), Volume 534, 15 March 2021, 736287, ISSN 0044-8486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736287.

2020 Publications in Leading Q1 Journals and earlier

  1. Dawood, M.A., Abdel-Razik, N.I., Gewaily, M.S., Sewilam, H., Paray, B.A., Soliman, A.A., Abdelhiee, E.Y., Aboubakr, M., Van Doan, H., El-Sabagh, M. and El Basuini, M.F. β-Glucan improved the immunity, hepato-renal, and histopathology disorders induced by chlorpyrifos in Nile tilapia. Aquaculture Reports, (2020), 18, p.100549., Volume 18, 2020, 100549, ISSN 2352-5134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100549.
  2. Abdel-Latif, H.M., Soliman, A.A., Sewilam, H., Almeer, R., Van Doan, H., Alagawany, M. and Dawood, M.A. The influence of raffinose on the growth performance, oxidative status, and immunity in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture Reports, 18, p.100457, Volume 18, (2020), 100457, ISSN 2352-5134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100457.
  3. Youssef, A., and Sewilam, H. Impact of Urban Sprawl on Agriculture Lands in Greater Cairo, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 146, Issue 4, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000623.
  4. Le, J.A., El-Askary, H.M., Allali, M., Sayed, I, Sewilam, H. and Piechota, T. Daniele C. Struppa1. Characterizing El Niño-Southern Oscillation Effects on the Blue Nile Yield and the Nile River Basin Precipitation using Empirical Mode Decomposition. Earth Syst Environ (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-020-00192-4.
  5. Tayel, A., Nasr, P., & Sewilam, H. Enhanced water flux using uncoated magnetic nanoparticles as a draw solution in forward osmosis desalination. Desalination and Water Treatment. (2020). https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2020.25827.
  6. Tayel, A., Nasr, P., & Sewilam, H. Forward osmosis desalination using pectin-coated magnetic nanoparticles as a draw solution. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-019-01738-5.
  7. El-Essawy, H., Nasr, P., & Sewilam, H. Aquaponics: a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture in Egypt – a pilot scale investigation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04970-0.
  8. Harb, S, ElHaggar, S.M., Sewilam, H. Developing sustainable school guidelines: the case of Egypt. E3S Web Conf. 96 03004 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199603004.
  9. Kimera, F., Sewilam, H. and Imam, E. Economic Benefits of Supplemental Irrigation in Uganda. Agricultural Sciences, (2018), 9, 1401-1418. doi: 10.4236/as.2018.911097.
  10. Albadry, S., Tarabiah, K., and Sewilam, H. “Achieving Net Zero-Energy Buildings through Retrofitting Existing Residential Buildings Using PV Panels”, Energy Procedia 115 (2017) 195–204, Science Direct, February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.05.018.
  11. Nasr, P. and Sewilam, H. “Selection of Potential Fertilizer Draw Solution for Fertilizer Drawn Forward Osmosis Application in Egypt”, Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment. 65 (2017) 22–30. March 2017, https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2017.20274.
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