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Ahmed A. El-Gendy

Associate Professor
Physics

Office Building: Physical Sciences Building
Office Room: 221D
Phone: (915) 747-6382
Email: aelgendy@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

I have expertise in the field of magnetic nano-material science including synthesis methods, characterization techniques and application technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging, hyperthermia treatment for cancer, magnetic separation, magnetic data storage, magnetocaloric effect for magnetic refrigeration, and permanent magnets. Based on my research experience, I can do research and teach the following topics: Magnetism, Materials science, Molecular Nanostructures, Nanomagnetism, solid state physics, material physics, general physics, modern physics, materials for medicine, and synthesis methods of nanoparticles.

Awards and Honors

Advanced Materials Award - International Association of Advanced Materials (01/30/2024)
IAAM Scientist Medal - International Association of Advanced Materials (02/28/2023)
Anita Mochen Loya Scholarship - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
BUILDING SCHOLARS - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Inez Bryan White Violet endowed Scholarship by Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation - Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Nominated for The Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine - The Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Presidential Scholar Recipient - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Sharp Cook Scholarship - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Summer Research Academy Abroad. - University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
SURPASS - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Terry Foundation Scholarship - Terry Foundation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Summer Research Academy Abroad. - University of Texas System (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
UTEP Scholarship - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
New Grant Award Recognition 2021, by Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP. - University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2021-09/30/2021)
ACUE Course in Effective Teaching, UT-System - University of Texas at El Paso (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
Best Poster Award (COURI Symposium, UTEP) - COURI, UTEP (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
President Community engagement scholarship - University of Texas at El Paso (12/10/2019)
Women in Physics - University of Nebraska (11/01/2019-11/30/2019)
Nominated for Sloan Fellowship for young scientist - Sloan Foundation (09/05/2019)
Recognition for outstanding research and contribution in the subject of exchange bias - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, ELSEVIER (07/01/2019)
Who'sWho in America - Marquis Who'sWho in America (12/01/2018)
Women in Physics travel award - University of Nebraska (11/01/2018-11/30/2018)
Nominated for Blavatnik young scientist award - Blavatnik Foundation (10/01/2018)
IEEE travel award - IEEE society on magnetics (09/01/2018)
Building Scholar Student Summer Fellowship - NIH Building Scholar University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2018)
UTEP Graduate school travel award - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2018-01/31/2018)
International young scientist award - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2018)

Education

Ph D in Physics, Heidelberg University (2011)
MS in Physics, Alexandria University (2005)
BA in Physics, Alexandria University (2002)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Other - the INSIGHTS Sun Country Regional Science and Engineering Fair (02/10/2024-02/10/2024). a judge at the INSIGHTS Sun Country Regional Science and Engineering Fair. El Paso, TX, USA. Ahmed El-Gendy.
Other - 2nd Annual El Paso STEM Expo (12/07/2019-12/07/2019). a judge at the 2nd Annual El Paso STEM Expo. Harmony Public Schools . El Paso, TX, USA. Ahmed El-Gendy.

Publications

Unveiling the effect of Gd3+ doping on enriching the structural, magnetic, optical, and dielectric properties of biocompatible hematite nanoparticles Journal of Alloys and Compounds 974 (2024), A Faramawy, H Elsaid, Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Heba Kahil.
Room temperature colossal superparamagnetic order in aminoferrocene-graphene molecular magnets Applied Physics letters 122 (2023), Yohannes W. Getahun, Felicia S. Manciu, Mark R. Pederson, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Feasibility of superparamagnetic NiFe2O4 and GO-NiFe2O4 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia. Materials Science & Engineering B 297 (2023), Aya Gasser, Wegdan Ramadan, Yohannes Getahun, Marcos Garcia, Marwa Karim, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Room Temperature Superparamagnetic Order with Colossal Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Aminoferrocene based Graphene Molecular Magnets Applied Physics Letters 122 24 (2023), Yohannes Getahun, Felicia Manciu, Mark Pederson, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Structural, Magnetic, and Magnetostriction Properties of Flexible, Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 Films Made by Chemical Processing ACS Omega 7 48 (2022), Pendaranahalli N. Anantharamaiah, Hadonahalli M. Shashanka, Srikari Srinivasan, Debabrata Das, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, C. V. Ramana.
Green synthesized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for water treatment with alternative recyclability Journal of Molecular Liquids 356 (2022), Yohannes W. Getahun, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Felicia S. Manciu, XiuJun (James) Li, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Fabrication, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Flexible, Functional CoFe2O4 Nanocrystalline Films on Mica for Application in Sensors ACS Omega 7 48 (2022), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Structural, Magnetic, and Magnetostriction Properties of Flexible, Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 Films Made by Chemical Processing ACS omega 7 48 (2022), Pendaranahalli N. Anantharamaiah, Hadonahalli M. Shashanka, Srikari Srinivasan, Debabrata Das, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, CV Ramana.
Unexpected Superparamagnetic Behavior in Nanocrystalline Niobium-Based High-Entropy Alloys The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 33 (2022), Debabrata Das, Yohannes Getahun, Francelia S. Escobar, Rebecca Romero, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, CV Ramana.
Mn-based rare earth free permanent nanomagnets. SPRINGER (2021), Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Functionalized superparamagnetic Fe@Au Core/shell nanoparticles and their feasibility for magnetic hyperthermia. Applied Sciences 11 (14) (2021), Mohamed Sanad, Bianca Meneses, Dawn Blazer, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic Nanoparticles Hyperthermia: Past, present and future. WIELLY Chapter 10 (2021), Dawn Blazer, Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Particle size-dependent magnetic hyperthermia in gadolinium silicide micro-and nanoparticles from calorimetry and AC magnetometry J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 519 (2021), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Structural, magnetic, and critical behavior of CrTe1-xSbx Alloys The European Physical Journal Plus 136 (5) (2021), Eduardo Martinez, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Synthesis of single-phase superparamagnetic copper ferrite nanoparticles using an optimized coprecipitation method. Materials Science and Engineering: B 272 (2021), Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Green Synthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Water Treatment APS march meeting 2021 (2021), Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Ni-Cu Nanoparticles and Their Feasibility for Magnetic Hyperthermia* APS March meeting 2021 (2021), Bianca Meneses, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Particle size-dependent magnetic hyperthermia in gadolinium silicide micro- and nano-particles from calorimetry and AC magnetometry APS march meeting 2021 (2021), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Particle size-dependent magnetic hyperthermia in gadolinium silicide micro-and nano-particles from calorimetry and AC magnetometry Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 519 (2021), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Superparamagnetic Fe@Au Core/shell nanoparticles and their feasibility for magnetic hyperthermia APS March meeting 2021 (2021), Bianca Meneses, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Ni-Cu Nanoparticles and Their Feasibility for Magnetic Hyperthermia Nanomaterials (Basel) . 10 10 (2020), Bianca P. Meneses-Brassea, Edgar A. Borrego-Puerta, Dawn S. Blazer, Mohamed F. Sanad, Shirin Pourmiri, Denisse A. Gutierrez, Armando Varela, George C. Hadjipanayis, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic Nanoparticles Hyperthermia: The past, the present and the future SPRINGER-VERLAG (2020), Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Mark Pederson.
Facile synthesis of superparamagnetic Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles at therapeutic temperature range for magnetic hyperthermia therapy Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Brief Communications) 22 (2020), Bianca Meneses, Camille Cyr, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Large scale production of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles by the haloarchaeon Halobiforma sp. N1 and their potential in localized hyperthermia cancer therapy Nanotechnology (Letter) 32 (2020), Bianca Meneses, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Ni-Cu Nanoparticles and Their Feasibility for Magnetic Hyperthermia Nanomaterials 10 (2020), Bianca Meneses, Dawn Blazer, Mohamed Sanad, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Probing room temperature magnetism in nano-MnCr2O4 spinels using polarization-analyzed vSANS American Conference on Neutron Scattering meeting abstracts (2020), Kathryn Krycka, Hector C. Mandujano, Eduardo Martinez-Teran, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Harikrishnan Nair.
Room temperature magnetocaloric effect in CrTe1-xSbx alloys Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 514 (2020), Eduardo Martinez, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Co-doped SnO 2 nanocrystals: XPS, Raman, and magnetic studies Journal of Electronic Materials 49 (2020), Eduardo Martinez, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Functionalized superparamagnetic Fe@ Au Core/shell nanoparticles and their feasibility for magnetic hyperthermia APS March meeting 2020 (2020), Bianca Meneses, Mohamed Sanad, Dawn Blazer, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Self-regulating magnetic hyperthermia (SrMH) of NixCu1-x nanoparticles APS March meeting 2020 (2020), Bianca Meneses, Mohamed Sanad, Dawn Blazer, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Ultrafast catalytic reduction of environmental pollutants in water via MOF-derived magnetic Ni and Cu nanoparticles encapsulated in porous carbon APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 497 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Vahid Jabbari, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Michael L. Curry, Juan C. Noveron.
Fe nanoparticles encapsulated in MOF-derived carbon for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methyl orange in water CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS 130 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Eva M. Deemer, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Huiyao Wang, Michael L. Curry, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Juan C. Noveron.
Anatomically accurate brain phantoms and methods for making and using the same US Patent (2019), Hamza Magsood, Ciro H. Serrate, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Ravi L. Hadimani.
Carbonization of Co-BDC MOF results in magnetic C@ Co nanoparticles that catalyze the reduction of methyl orange and 4-nitrophenol in water Journal of Molecular Liquids 290 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Eva M. Deemer, Huiyao Wang, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Michael L. Curry, Juan C. Noveron.
Carbonization of Co-BDC MOF results in magnetic C@ Co nanoparticles that catalyze the reduction of methyl orange and 4-nitrophenol in water Journal of Molecular Liquids (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Eva M. Deemer, Huiyao Wang, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Michael L. Curry, Juan C. Noveron.
Fe nanoparticles encapsulated in MOF-derived carbon for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methyl orange in water Catalysis Communications 130 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Eva M. Deemer, Olivia Fernandez-Delgado, Huiyao Wang, Michael L. Curry, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Juan C. Noveron.
Gd5Si4-PVDF nanocomposite films and their potential for triboelectric energy harvesting applications AIP Advances 9 3 (2019), SM Harstad, P Zhao, Navneet Soin, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Shalabh Gupta, Vitalij K. Pecharsky, J Luo, Ravi L. Hadimani.
Magnetic Graphene Oxide Nanocarrier for Targeted Delivery of Cisplatin: A Perspective for Glioblastoma Treatment Pharmaceuticals 12 2 (2019), Sami A. Makharza, Giuseppe Cirillo, Orazio Vittorio, Emanuele Valli, Annafranca Farfalla, Manuela Curcio, Francesca Iemma, Fiore P. Nicoletta, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Gerardo F. Goya, others.
Magnetocaloric Effect of Micro-and Nanoparticles of Gd 5 Si 4 JOM 71 9 (2019), Shane Harstad, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Shalabh Gupta, Vitalij K. Pecharsky, RL Hadimani.
New route for synthesis of Cobalt carbide nanoparticles for rare earth free permanent magnets Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2019), Eduardo Martinez, Ahmed El-Gendy.
Nucleation of Co3C Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Supercritical Condition of Ethanol JOM (2019), Eduardo Martinez-Teran, Anson K. Cordeiro, Ahmed El-Gendy.
One-step novel synthesis of CoFe 2 O 4/graphene composites for organic dye removal Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 89 3 (2019), MA Gabal, KM A. Zeid, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Sami El-Shall.
Room temperature ferromagnetic MnCr2O4 spinel chromite nanoparticles APS Conference abstract (2019), Eduardo Martinez, Raju Baral, Hari Nair, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Room temperature ferromagnetic MnCr2O4 spinel chromite nanoparticles APS Conference abstract (2019), Eduardo Martinez, Raju Baral, Harikrishnan Nair, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Superparamagnetic Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and their potential for hyperthermia treatment for cancer APS conference (2019), Bianca P. Meneses Brassea, Camille Cyr, Israel Martinez, Cristian E. Botez, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Sustained multiferroicity in liquid crystal induced by core/shell quantum dots Journal of Molecular Liquids 288 (2019), Swapnil Doke, Eduardo Martinez, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Ahmed Ganguly, Shailaja Mahamuni.
Ultrafast catalytic reduction of environmental pollutants in water via MOF-derived magnetic Ni and Cu nanoparticles encapsulated in porous carbon Applied Surface Science 497 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Vahid , Ahmed El-Gendy, Ahmed L. Curry, Juan C. Noveron.

Presentations

’Small is beautiful and powerful: The Power of Nanomagnets in Cancer Therapy’’ (2023), Volume San Diego, CA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume Nagoya University, Japan, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Innovative Multi-Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Water, Energy and Health. (2021), Volume National Research Center, Egypt, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume UTEP, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume Egypt, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2020), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanoparticles and their medical and industrial applications (2019), Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Magnetic Nanoparticles Hyperthermia: The past, the present and the future’’ (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Near Room Temperature Magnetocaloric effect in CrTe1-xSbx Alloys (2019), Volume Las Vegas, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Eduardo Martinez.
Magnetic Properties and Hyperthermia Behavior of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Clusters (2019), Volume Las Vegas, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Bianca Meneses.
NANO-ARRAYS, NOVEL STRUCTURES, AND SELF-ASSEMBLY II (2019), Volume Las Vegas, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Self-regulating magnetic hyperthermia (SrMH) of NixCu1-x nanoparticles (2019), Volume Las Vegas, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Bianca Meneses, mohamed sanad, Megan Ortega.
Superparamagnetic gold coated iron nanoparticles for hyperthermia treatment of cancer (2019), Volume Las Vegas, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, mohamed sanad, Bianca Meneses.
Magnetic Nanostructured Materials for permanent magnets and data storage applications (2019), Volume South Africa, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
’Magnetic Nanoparticles Hyperthermia: The past, the present and the future’’ (2019), Volume South Africa, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Specific Loss Power of Gd5Si4 for Self-regulating Magnetic Hyperthermia’’ (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic Nanoparticles Hyperthermia (2019), Volume Dallas, TX, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Room temperature ferromagnetic MnCr2O4 spinel chromite nanoparticles’’ (2019), Volume Boston, USA, Eduardo Martinez, Hari Nair, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Superparamagnetic Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and their potential for hyperthermia treatment for cancer’’ (2019), Volume Boston, USA, Camille Cyr, Bianca Meneses, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
New routes for synthesis of Cobalt carbide nanoparticles for rare earth free permanent magnets (2019), Volume Washington, DC, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Eduardo El-Gendy.
‘’Colossal Second Order Magnetocaloric Effect at Room and High Temperature in MnFe2 Ga Heusler Alloy for Magnetic Refrigeration’’ (2019), Volume Washington, DC, USA, Bianca Meneses, Camille Cyr, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Ferromagnetic Gd5Si4-PVDF composite films for triboelectric energy harvesting applications’’ (2019), Volume Washington, DC, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Size effect: Effective T2 (T2*) of gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) ferromagnetic nanoparticles (NPs) for high magnetic field (21.1 T) MRI’’ (2019), Volume Washington, DC, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
‘’Superparamagnetic Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles: Examination of their Feasibility for Hyperthermia Treatment for Cancer’’ (2019), Volume Washington, DC, USA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Bianca Meneses, Camille Cyr.

Grants

UTEP/UTMDACC PARTNERSHIP FOR HISPANIC CANCER DISPARITIES RESEARCH
Conference: US-North Africa Conference: Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Health

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	ESE 6398 - Dissertation	20370
Spring 2025	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	20392
Spring 2025	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	23517
Spring 2025	PHYS 6355 - Experimental Methods	27027
Spring 2025	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	21356
Spring 2025	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	23197
Spring 2025	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	20893
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22225
Fall 2024	ESE 6399 - Dissertation	12664
Fall 2024	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	10074
Fall 2024	PHYS 6296 - Doctoral research	17878
Fall 2024	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	10712
Fall 2024	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	12787
Fall 2024	PHYS 2325 - Survey of Modern Physics	15317
Fall 2024	PHYS 5398 - Thesis	11524
Fall 2024	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	15537
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	11814

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	20392
Spring 2025	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	23517
Spring 2025	PHYS 6355 - Experimental Methods	27027
Spring 2025	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	21356
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22225
Spring 2024	ESE 6398 - Dissertation	20418
Spring 2024	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	20440
Spring 2024	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	24034
Spring 2024	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20479
Spring 2024	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	23631
Spring 2024	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	20987
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22484
Fall 2023	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	10141
Fall 2023	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	13203
Fall 2023	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	13259
Fall 2023	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	10427	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PHYS 5398 - Thesis	11794
Fall 2023	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	17046
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12121
Summer 2023	PHYS 4377 - Undergrad Resrch Probs Physics	31679
Spring 2023	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	20485
Spring 2023	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20532	Syllabus
Spring 2023	BME 5394 - Graduate Research	28048
Spring 2023	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	24059
Spring 2023	PHYS 5371 - Solid State Physics	21086	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	21073
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22710
Fall 2022	ESE 6399 - Dissertation	12679
Fall 2022	BME 6494 - Doctoral Research	13461
Fall 2022	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	16073
Fall 2022	BME 5394 - Graduate Research	13280
Fall 2022	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	16157
Fall 2022	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	10992	Syllabus
Fall 2022	BME 5398 - Thesis	13436
Fall 2022	PHYS 5398 - Thesis	13204
Fall 2022	PHYS 4377 - Undergrad Resrch Probs Physics	11813
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14127
Summer 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32828
Spring 2022	ESE 6398 - Dissertation	20649
Spring 2022	BME 6394 - Doctoral Research	24835
Spring 2022	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	20672
Spring 2022	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20731	Syllabus
Spring 2022	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	25754
Spring 2022	PHYS 5371 - Solid State Physics	21389	Syllabus
Spring 2022	PHYS 4177 - Undergrad Resrch Probs Physics	21677
Spring 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23714
Fall 2021	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	15316
Fall 2021	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	16620
Fall 2021	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	11642	Syllabus
Fall 2021	PSCI 3304 - Physical Science II	11875	Syllabus
Fall 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14109
Summer 2021	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	30502	Syllabus
Summer 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32820
Spring 2021	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	27602
Spring 2021	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	21249	Syllabus
Spring 2021	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	22340	Syllabus
Spring 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24052
Fall 2020	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	16303
Fall 2020	PHYS 5321 - Mechanics	11032	Syllabus
Fall 2020	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	16278	Syllabus
Fall 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14323
Summer 2020	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	30555
Summer 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32977
Spring 2020	ESE 6396 - Doctoral Research	29373
Spring 2020	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	21410	Syllabus
Spring 2020	PHYS 4277 - Undergrad Resrch Probs Physics	29381
Spring 2020	PHYS 4377 - Undergrad Resrch Probs Physics	24112
Spring 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24566
Fall 2019	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	16937
Fall 2019	PHYS 4353 - Mathematical Physics Methods	18880	Syllabus
Fall 2019	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	16798	Syllabus
Fall 2019	PHYS 5399 - Thesis	12260
Fall 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14620
Summer 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33236
Spring 2019	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	21494	Syllabus
Spring 2019	PHYS 5393 - Special Topics in Physics	22676	Syllabus
Spring 2019	PHYS 5398 - Thesis	29159
Spring 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24915
Fall 2018	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	17898	Syllabus
Fall 2018	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	17672	Syllabus
Fall 2018	PHYS 4393 - Special Topics in Physics	19581	Syllabus
Fall 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14964
Summer 2018	PHYS 5396 - Graduate Research in Physics	31016
Summer 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33515
Spring 2018	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II (C)	21578	Syllabus
Fall 2017	PHYS 4353 - Methods of Mathematical Phys.	16227	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20479	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	10427	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20532	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	10992	Evaluation
Spring 2022	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	20731	Evaluation
Spring 2022	PHYS 5371 - Solid State Physics	21389	Evaluation
Fall 2021	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	11642	Evaluation
Fall 2021	PSCI 3304 - Physical Science II	11875	Evaluation
Summer 2021	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	30502	Evaluation
Spring 2021	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	21249	Evaluation
Spring 2021	PHYS 1403 - General Physics I	22340	Evaluation
Fall 2020	PHYS 5321 - Mechanics	11032	Evaluation
Fall 2020	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	16278	Evaluation
Summer 2020	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	30555	Evaluation
Spring 2020	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	21410	Evaluation
Fall 2019	PHYS 4353 - Mathematical Physics Methods	18880	Evaluation
Fall 2019	PSCI 2303 - Physical Science I	16798	Evaluation
Spring 2019	PHYS 1404 - General Physics II	21494	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

Advanced Materials Award - International Association of Advanced Materials (01/30/2024)
IAAM Scientist Medal - International Association of Advanced Materials (02/28/2023)
Anita Mochen Loya Scholarship - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
BUILDING SCHOLARS - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Inez Bryan White Violet endowed Scholarship by Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation - Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Nominated for The Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine - The Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Presidential Scholar Recipient - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Sharp Cook Scholarship - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Summer Research Academy Abroad. - University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
SURPASS - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Terry Foundation Scholarship - Terry Foundation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Summer Research Academy Abroad. - University of Texas System (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
UTEP Scholarship - UTEP (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
New Grant Award Recognition 2021, by Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP. - University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2021-09/30/2021)
ACUE Course in Effective Teaching, UT-System - University of Texas at El Paso (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
Best Poster Award (COURI Symposium, UTEP) - COURI, UTEP (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
President Community engagement scholarship - University of Texas at El Paso (12/10/2019)
Women in Physics - University of Nebraska (11/01/2019-11/30/2019)
Nominated for Sloan Fellowship for young scientist - Sloan Foundation (09/05/2019)
Recognition for outstanding research and contribution in the subject of exchange bias - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, ELSEVIER (07/01/2019)
Who'sWho in America - Marquis Who'sWho in America (12/01/2018)
Women in Physics travel award - University of Nebraska (11/01/2018-11/30/2018)
Nominated for Blavatnik young scientist award - Blavatnik Foundation (10/01/2018)
IEEE travel award - IEEE society on magnetics (09/01/2018)
Building Scholar Student Summer Fellowship - NIH Building Scholar University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2018)
UTEP Graduate school travel award - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2018-01/31/2018)
International young scientist award - University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2018)

Ph D in Physics, Heidelberg University (2011)
MS in Physics, Alexandria University (2005)
BA in Physics, Alexandria University (2002)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2024-02-10

End Date

2024-02-10

Type

Other

Title

the INSIGHTS Sun Country Regional Science and Engineering Fair

Start Date

2019-12-07

End Date

2019-12-07

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2nd Annual El Paso STEM Expo

Publications

Unveiling the effect of Gd3+ doping on enriching the structural, magnetic, optical, and dielectric properties of biocompatible hematite nanoparticles Journal of Alloys and Compounds 974 (2024), A Faramawy, H Elsaid, Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Heba Kahil.
Room temperature colossal superparamagnetic order in aminoferrocene-graphene molecular magnets Applied Physics letters 122 (2023), Yohannes W. Getahun, Felicia S. Manciu, Mark R. Pederson, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Feasibility of superparamagnetic NiFe2O4 and GO-NiFe2O4 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia. Materials Science & Engineering B 297 (2023), Aya Gasser, Wegdan Ramadan, Yohannes Getahun, Marcos Garcia, Marwa Karim, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Room Temperature Superparamagnetic Order with Colossal Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Aminoferrocene based Graphene Molecular Magnets Applied Physics Letters 122 24 (2023), Yohannes Getahun, Felicia Manciu, Mark Pederson, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Structural, Magnetic, and Magnetostriction Properties of Flexible, Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 Films Made by Chemical Processing ACS Omega 7 48 (2022), Pendaranahalli N. Anantharamaiah, Hadonahalli M. Shashanka, Srikari Srinivasan, Debabrata Das, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, C. V. Ramana.

Presentations

’Small is beautiful and powerful: The Power of Nanomagnets in Cancer Therapy’’ (2023), Volume San Diego, CA, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume Nagoya University, Japan, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Innovative Multi-Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Water, Energy and Health. (2021), Volume National Research Center, Egypt, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume UTEP, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
Magnetic nanostructured materials from lab. to fab. (2021), Volume Egypt, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.

UTEP/UTMDACC PARTNERSHIP FOR HISPANIC CANCER DISPARITIES RESEARCH
Conference: US-North Africa Conference: Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Health

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