Mostafa Refat Ahmed Ismail
Professor at Architecture Engineering
Career Information
Academic Information
Brief
Mostafa earned his Bachelor degree in Architecture Engineering from Ain Shams University in 1994 with distinction and honours. He holds his Ph.D. from the School of Architecture and Building Engineering, at the University of Liverpool, UK in 2003, where he worked as part time Lecturer and researcher in support of numerous research projects at the Acoustic Research Unit until 2006. Mostafa is certified by the Institute of Acoustic-UK as CCWNRA and CCENM for workplace noise assessment and environmental noise, for which he taught the certification at accredited centres across the UK. He worked at EPSRC funded projects in the UK in partnership with Arup & Partners for developing novel applications for Acoustic insulation, in conjunction with the engagement in Acoustic consultancy services in the UK, and worldwide. Mostafa taught many courses related to architectural Building Services and technical installations at many European and Egyptian Universities at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels. His research in Noise propagation in the Urban Fabric theories helped in developing the prediction tools and models implemented in current software packages producing noise maps. Back in Egypt 2009, he served as the General Manager for the Technical Affairs Department, New Urban Communities Authority NUCA, Ministry if Housing and Urban Development, EGYPT. He developed as well the curricula for the Architecture Engineering department at the British University in Egypt, with the University of Loughborough where he acted as programme director until 2014. He is the founder of the Environmental Architecture and Urbanism ENVR programme with colleagues at Ain Shams, where he served as Unit Head for three years, as well as Vice Director for the Credit Hours programme. He was appointed as Director for the Credit Hour programmes in 2018, at that time he founded the Dual Degree tracks for the Credit Hour programmes with the University of East London, and serves as the Director of the International Collaboration office at the Faculty of Engineering.
He is Principal Investigator to numerous funded research projects partnering with academic institutions in the UK, France, Italy, and Germany, and Egyptian research and academic institutes. He practices as well Acoustic consultancy and building services via his founded firm in Egypt.
He published numerous papers in Journals and international conferences, as well as contributions to books.
He is a Visiting Scholar, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. UK. He reviews for several International and national journals. Parallel to his engagements Mostafa currently serves as Professor of Architecture at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, where he continues to lecture Architecture Design and Graduation Projects.
His area of research includes Acoustics, sound transfer, outdoor noise propagation, Sustainable Design, Energy transfer modelling, Building Performance, and experimental scale modelling.
Awards
HONOURS AND ACTIVITIES
Appreciation Certificate from the Ministers Council Presidency Information Centre and Support Decision [IDSC]. “Technology Developing Program“. 1994.
Appreciation Certificate from the Architectural Engineering Society, Egypt, 1995.
Appreciation Certificate from the architectural Engineering Branch [Engineering Syndicate], 1995.
Appreciation Certificate from School of Architecture AIN SHAMS University for effort done at ARUP2006, 2006.
Appreciation Certificate from AIN SHAM University for Research Excellency, 2008.
Appreciation Certificate from the British University in Egypt, for the honour Prize at the Bergen National Wood Festival Competition, Bergen Norway, 2010.
SOCIETIES
Member of the:
Institute Of Acoustics [IOA], United Kingdom, England.
Egyptian Architectural Engineering Society.
Egyptian Engineering Syndicate.
Egyptian Society of Engineers.
Acoustical Society of Egypt ASE.
Acoustical Society of America ASA.
Books
M. R. Ismail. Adaptable Theories for modeling Urban Noise Propagation. Urban Noise Propagation. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing (2013-02-25).
ISBN-13:
978-3-659-35534-9
ISBN-10:
3659355348
EAN:
9783659355349
Book language:
English
Articles
1. M.R. Ismail. “The Propagation of Noise through the Urban Fabric”. Proceeding of the Institute Of Acoustics [IOA]. Volume 22 part 2 [1], pp [171-180]. 17-18 April 2000.
2. M.R Ismail and D.J.Oldham. “The development of a Pseudo Radiosity method for the investigation of Noise through the urban Fabric”. International Postgraduate Research conference in Built and Human Environment 15 - 16 March 2001, Salford.
3. M.R Ismail and D.J.Oldham. “The Effect of the Urban Fabric on the Noise from Low Flying Aircraft”. Journal of Building Acoustics Volume 9 Number 2, pp [161-179] 2002.
4. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham, “The role of specular and diffuse reflections in urban noise propagation”, Proceeding of the Institute Of Acoustics [IOA]. 25-27 March 2002. University of Salford.
5. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham, “A Scale Model Investigation of the Role of Diffuse Reflections from Building Facades on Urban Noise Propagation”, Research Symposium Acoustic characteristics of surfaces: measurement, prediction and applications*18-19 September 2003.University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
6. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham, “Specular and diffuse reflections in noise propagation in city streets”. 10th International Conference on Sound and Vibration, Stockholm, 2003.
7. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham, “The effect of the scattering of sound from building facades on urban noise propagation”. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, pp. 1445-1452, 2003.
8. M.R Ismail and D.J.Oldham. “Computer Modelling in Urban Noise Propagation”. Journal of Building Acoustics Volume 10, pp [227-259] 2003.
9. M.R Ismail and D.J.Oldham. “A Scale Model Investigation of Sound reflection from Building Facades”.Applied Acoustics Volume 66, pp [123-147] 2005.
10. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham, “The effect on sound propagation in streets of the distribution of acoustic scatterers on facades”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Volume 117, Issue 4, pp. 2417-2417 (2005).
11. M.R.Ismail, ‘A Stretched Pseudo Radiosity Method for Noise Propagation through the Urban Fabric’ ARUP2006 1st International Conference. Cairo, EGYPT.
12. A.Khateeb and M.R.Ismail, ‘Sounds from the Past the Acoustics of Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa’ Journal of Building Acoustics Volume 14, pp [109-132] 2007.
13. M.R.Ismail. A Reduced to ONE Form Factor for Modelling Noise in Urban Canyons. ARUP2008 2nd International Conference. Cairo, EGYPT.
14. M.R.Ismail. Source Characteristics as bases for Acoustic Screen Design. Ain Shams Journal of Architectural Engineering Volume2, 2009.
15. M.R.Ismail. Egypt Noise Map, towards effective information system. Ain Shams Journal of Architectural Engineering Volume2, 2009.
16. M.R.Ismail. The effect of building density and size on the propagation of sound through the urban fabric. JAUES. Cairo, EGYPT.
17. M.R.Ismail and D.J.Oldham. A Markovian approach to modelling the propagation of sound in long rooms. ICSV17. Cairo 18-22 July 2010, EGYPT.
18. M.R.Ismail. Acoustics Hotel Design criteria and challenges in EGYPT. FISC, 23-25 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt.
19. W.Elshamy, A.Farouk, M.R.Ismail, Evaluation of BOT Airports in Egypt, 1st International Civil Aviation Symposium ICAS, 26-28 November 2011.
20. M. R. Ismail. A parametric investigation of the acoustical performance of contemporary mosques. Journal of Frontiers of Architectural Research. Elsevier (2013) 2, 30–41.
21. M. R. Ismail. Quiet Environment: Acoustics of Vertical Green Wall Systems of the Islamic Urban Form, Journal of Frontiers of Architectural Research, Elsevier (2013) 2, 162–177.
22. M. R. Ismail. Sound Preferences of the Dense Urban Environment: The Soundscape of Cairo. Journal of Frontiers of Architectural Research, Elsevier (2014) 3, 55–68.
23. M. R. Ismail. A Parametric Study of the Effect of Building Distributions and Size on the Propagation of Sound in the Urban Environment, J Archit Eng Tech 2014, 3:1
24. M. R. Ismail and H. Eldaly. Origamic Forms: A New Realm in improving Acoustical Environment Origamic. ARCHDESIGN '14, 8-12May 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
25. M. R. Ismail. Soniferous Architecture from Archaeo-acoustics towards the Soundsculpture Aural era. In press. International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies, 4(1), 44-64, January-June 2014
26. M. R. Ismail and H. Eldaly. The Acoustics of the Mevlevi Sama’Khana. IP2014. 18–20 July 2014, Viseu, Portugal. http://invisibleplaces.org/
27. M. R. Ismail and Y.Eisa. Cairo, a possible Aural Comfort: Factors effecting the Cairene perception of Soundscape. IP2014. 18–20 July 2014, Viseu, Portugal. http://invisibleplaces.org/
28. M. R. Ismail and H. Eldaly. Acoustics Oribotics: The Sonic impact of Heterogeneous parigamic shapes. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling, 3(2), 55-69, April-June 2014
29. M. R. Ismail. The Acoustic of Monolithic Dome Structures. Under review
30. N.M.Mohsen, R.Morcos, K.M. Dewidar, M.R.Ismail. The Engineering Principles of Biological Forms vs. Classical Architectural Engineering. Engineering Research Journal - Faculty of Engineering (Shoubra), 2015.
Publications
- Metwally, E.A., Farid, A.A., Ismail, M.R., " Development of an IoT assessment method: An interdisciplinary framework for energy efficient buildings ", Energy and Buildings, 2022
- ElAdl, M., Fathy, F., Morsi, N.K., Nessim, A., Refat, M., Sabry, H., " Managing microclimate challenges for museum buildings in Egypt ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
- Niazy, D., Elsabbagh, A., Ismail, M.R., " Mono–Material 4D Printing of Digital Shape–Memory Components ", Polymers, 2021
- Fathy, F., Mansour, Y., Sabry, H., Refat, M., Wagdy, A., " Conceptual framework for daylighting and facade design in museums and exhibition spaces ", Solar Energy, 2020
- Hamza, H., Ashour, M.A., Sabry, H., Ismail, M.R., " Identifying the influence of design variations on the performance of PV systems for net-plus energy residential buildings in Egypt ", International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, 2020
- Saleh, I.S.S., Ismail, M.R.A., Faggal, A.A.E., " Participatory architectural design and construction framework in primary schools with reference to a local case study in Egypt ", International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, 2020
- Saleh, I.S.S., Ismail, M.R.A., Faggal, A.A.E., " User preference and input analysis in architectural design and construction using participatory frameworks with reference to a case study in Egyptian Primary School ", International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, 2020
- Fathy, F., Mansour, Y., Sabry, H., Refat, M., Wagdy, A., " A method for optimizing facades design for enhancing daylight distribution in exhibition spaces ", Building Simulation Conference Proceedings, 2019
- Ismail, M., Tarek, A., Plaza, P.M., Gomez, D.M., Armingol, J.M., Abdelaziz, M., " Advanced mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles using OSM ", 2019 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety, ICVES 2019, 2019
- Ismail, M.R., Eldaly, H., " Acoustic of monolithic dome structures ", Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2018
- Ismail, M.R., " Sound preferences of the dense urban environment: Soundscape of Cairo ", Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2014
- Ismail, M.R., " A parametric investigation of the acoustical performance of contemporary mosques ", Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2013
- Ismail, M.R., " Quiet environment: Acoustics of vertical green wall systems of the Islamic urban form ", Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2013
- Ismail, M. R., Oldham, D. J., " A MARKOVIAN APPROACH TO MODELLING THE PROPAGATION OF SOUND IN LONG ROOMS ", International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 2010
- Ismail, M.R., Oldham, D., " A markovian approach to modelling the propagation of sound in long rooms ", 17th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2010, ICSV 2010, 2010
- Ali El-Khateeb, A., Refat Ismail, M., " Sounds from the past the acoustics of Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa ", Building Acoustics, 2007
- Ismail, M.R., Oldham, D.J., " A scale model investigation of sound reflection from building façades ", Applied Acoustics, 2005
- Ismail, M.R., Oldham, D.J., " Computer modelling of urban noise propagation ", Building Acoustics, 2003
- Ismail, M., Oldham, D., " The effect of the scattering of sound from building facades on urban noise propagation ", Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 2003
- Ismail, M.R., Oldham, D.J., " The effect of the urban street canyon on the noise from low flying aircraft ", Building Acoustics, 2002
Research Projects
2003→March 2004:
School of Architecture and Building Engineering. [ARU] The University of Liverpool.
EPSRC Grant Reference: GR/R46243/01
Principal Investigator: Professor DJ Oldham
Project Partner: ARUP
Title: Development of Novel Window Systems for Optimum Acoustic, Ventilation and Daylight Performance.
Using Finite Element Modelling [FEM] and Boundary Element Modelling [BEM] models validated by scale model measurements.
2008-2010
CIAC Tempus Project- 2008-10
2014
Research Development and Innovation Programme (RDI), Proposals / Innovation Cluster
Titled:
SD-ALL Sustainable Development Adaptable Lifelong Learning Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interest in Building Acoustic, Noise transfer and mitigation strategies, Urban Noise modelling, Sonic spaces, Soundscapes as well as Aural Architecture. My interest extends in areas involving Sustainable Design, Energy transfer modelling, Computer Modelling of Building Performance, and Experimental modelling. My particular interest extends in the areas of Sustainable Urban Development, ECO Design, as well as Environmental monitoring.
Research Gate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mostafa_Ismail3
Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=dRgTl7MAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus:
Author ID: 7401908802
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