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Hala Farghaly

Houston,United States

Summary

Materials engineer with 5+ years of lab and industry experience. Led a soft robotics research team and developed dielectric polymers for energy storage. Conducted advanced experiments utilizing SAXS, EIS, DLS, and SEM techniques. Developed flexible dielectrophoretic actuators driven by out-of-plane electrodes (patent preparation in progress). Recipient of two presentation awards, demonstrating effective communication of research findings.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Research assistant

University of Houston
Houston, TX
01.2023 - Current
  • Led soft robotics team in designing for actuators; conducted advanced characterization
  • Conduct experiments on Polymer grafted Nanoparticles using dielectric spectroscopy(EIS), dynamic light scattering (DLS)
  • Responsible for SAXS and SEM within research group

Summer school

Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (NIST)
Washington, District of Columbia
07.2023 - 07.2023
  • Achieved best presentation award
  • Conducted training on methods and applications of neutron spectroscopy.

Materials engineer- R&D

Frey and Winkler
Karlsruhe-Germany
02.2022 - 03.2022
  • Led project aimed at finding viable substitutes for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in eyeglass pad applications.
  • Identified transparent, eco-friendly materials similar to PVC.
  • Assessed compatibility of selected materials with existing manufacturing processes.

Research assistant

Fraunhofer- Institute of Production Technology
Aachen, Germany
09.2018 - 06.2019
  • Conducted comprehensive ring-on-ring bending assessments and stress relaxation evaluations on chalcogenide glass

Internship Student

Grillo Zinkoxide GmbH
Goslar, Germany
04.2018 - 06.2018
  • Conducted quality testing on zinc oxide powder to ensure compliance with standards.
  • Calculated trace content in zinc samples using precise methodologies.
  • Measured hardness of zinc particles to assess material properties.

Education

PhD - Materials engineering

University of Houston
Houston
04-2026

Masters of Materials Science and Engineering -

Technical University of Clausthal- TUC
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering

Technical University of Clausthal- TUC
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
10.2017

Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering

Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
10.2017

Skills

  • Small-angle Scattering (SAXS)
  • Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
  • Dynamic light scattering (DLS)
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
  • Origin

Affiliations

Student ambassador, American Physical Society (APS)

USA

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Represented American Physical Society at educational events and outreach programs.
  • Engaged with students to promote physics education and resources provided by APS

Accomplishments

  • Outstanding presentation award TSAPS 2025
  • Best Presentation Award – NIST Summer school
  • Ongoing patent: Flexible Dielectrophoretic Actuators

Languages

Arabic
Native/ Bilingual
English
Professional
German
Limited

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Summer school

Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (NIST)
07.2023 - 07.2023

Research assistant

University of Houston
01.2023 - Current

Materials engineer- R&D

Frey and Winkler
02.2022 - 03.2022

Research assistant

Fraunhofer- Institute of Production Technology
09.2018 - 06.2019

Internship Student

Grillo Zinkoxide GmbH
04.2018 - 06.2018

PhD - Materials engineering

University of Houston

Masters of Materials Science and Engineering -

Technical University of Clausthal- TUC

Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering

Technical University of Clausthal- TUC

Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering

Ain Shams University

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