Date Palm Fiber Composites

Part I: Date palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.).- Date Palm history of utilization and technical heritage.- Date Palm Population, geographic distribution, and cultivars.- Date Palm lignocellulosic residues, and annual availability.- Global Natural Fiber Composite Market.- Part II: Date Palm Fibers.- Date Palm Fiber Extraction Approaches.- Date Palm Fiber Treatment Methods.- Date Palm Fiber Characterization and Properties.- Date Palm Fiber Architecture for Composites.- Part III: Date Palm Fiber Composites.- Matrix materials for Date Palm Fiber Composites.- Processing of Date Palm Fiber Composites.- Date Palm Fiber Composite Characterization and Properties.- Design and Modeling of Date Palm Fiber Composites.- Date Palm Composite Applications. 

Dr. Mohamad Midani is an Assistant Professor at the Materials Engineering Department, German University Cairo, Egypt. He is also the managing partner of inTEXive consulting, Secretary General of the International Association of Palm Byproducts, and member of the Advisory Board of Middle East Company for Textiles. Dr. Midani has long experience in the textile industry, with a focus on technical textiles and nonwovens, with an ongoing research collaboration and consulting to the industry. His research mostly focuses on natural fibers and fiber reinforced composites, and he is the inventor of the long textile fibers from the midribs of date palm (PalmFil). He is also the co-founder of the World Conference on Palm Byproducts and their Applications (ByPalma). He published more than 25 articles in international journals and conferences in addition to co-editing one book. Dr. Midani is a reviewer to several international journals from different publishers. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites as well as New Product development and Innovation Management. In 2016, Dr. Midani received a recognition for excellence in teaching from NC State University, and in 2019 from the American University in Cairo. Dr. Midani has his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University (2006), MT in Textiles & Apparel Technology and Management (2012), and Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science from the College of Textiles NC State University (2016). He is also a certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP) and a member of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).

 

Dr. Naheed Saba completed her PhD (Nanocomposites) with Distinction from Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia in 2017. She completed her masters in chemistry and also completed her postgraduate