Egypt
Prof. Ashour earned his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1977 from Cairo University with distinction. He earned his M.Sc. in 1983 from Cairo University and Ph.D. in 1989 from Lund University at Lund, Sweden with a major in Chemical Engineering and specialty in Applied Thermodynamics and Separation. While a graduate student Prof. Ashour worked in several funded projects in Supercritical fluid extraction, extraction of essential oils and Fatty acids fractionations and glycerol water separation. Before joining BUE in November 2011, Prof. Ashour was Head of Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He had been working in many places, 1990-1995 Elminia University, Egypt, 1995-1997 KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, 1998-2005 United Arab Emirates University, UAE, 2005- 2011 Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman, 2011- 2014 British University in Egypt, 2014- Present Zewailcity of Science and Technology. Prof. Ashour has been working in many areas of research as listed below.
Applied Thermodynamic and Separation, Green Engineering, Natural Gas, Chemical Engineering Education. Head of the DEpartment