ERI signs a research project contract with a company for engineering systems and processes
Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, stressed the importance of linking the research product to industry, directing scientific research to serve society, and facing the challenges facing economic growth, in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development of the state (Egypt's Vision 2030), noting that the national strategy for higher education and scientific research emphasizes The principle of effective participation between research centers and institutes and industry and production companies, in line with the requirements of the labor market and identifying priorities through which investment can be advanced.
The Minister of Higher Education pointed out the importance of the societal and service role of research centers, institutes and bodies in all priority areas to serve the goals of sustainable development, and their role in supporting industry and transforming research ideas into products with an economic return on society.
The Electronics Research Institute signed an applied research project contract with PICS for engineering systems and processes. With the aim of implementing a research study to develop a grid-connected photovoltaic cell power converter with a capacity of 20 kilowatts.
The project contract was signed by Dr. Sherine Mohamed Abdel Qader Muharram, President of the Electronics Research Institute, and Eng. Sameh Mohamed Ezzat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PEX for Engineering Systems and Operations, in the presence of Dr. Esmat Abdel Fattah, former President of the Institute, Dr. Mohamed Zahran, Scientific Advisor to the Institute and former President of the Remote Sensing and Space Sciences Authority, Dr. Mahmoud Salem, Acting Head of the Department of High Energy and Energy Transformation and Supervisor of Technical and Administrative Affairs at the Institute, Dr. Mahmoud Fakhr, Acting Head of the Computers and Systems Department and Supervisor of Scientific Departments and General Administration of Central Laboratories at the Institute, Dr. Ahmed Toubal, Supervisor of the Technical Office, Dr. Osama Arafa Department of High Energy and Energy Transformation at the Institute, and attended by Dr. Amr Saleh, Dr. Mohamed Hamdy, and Eng. Mohamed Radwan from PEX.
During the contract signing ceremony, Dr. Shireen Muharram said that the cooperation between the Electronics Research Institute and PEX came within the framework of the vital role of the institute in cooperation with the national industry represented by private and public companies operating in the field of electronics and energy industry, and in the field of industrial development.
The head of the Electronics Research Institute added that cooperation between the two parties aims to benefit from the distinguished scientific expertise of the institute, stressing that the institute is striving to cooperate with the industrial community and to be the arm of research and development for various sectors, pointing out that this contract is an example of the industrial sector's confidence in the capabilities of the institute and its ability to solve problems. Problems and product development.
Dr. Sherine explained that the project aims to overcome the problem of internal noise that hinders the work of the three-phase and three-level power transformer that works with photovoltaic cells, adding that the project works include a discussion and research of internal noise sources, ways to overcome them, and limit their effects, in addition to redesigning Analogue and digital signal and DSP motherboard configuration circuits, display design, system reassembly and final tests.
Engineer Sameh Mohamed explained that PICS for Engineering Systems and Operations is an Egyptian joint stock company working in the field of industrial development, expressing his happiness in cooperating with the Electronics Research Institute as a distinguished house of expertise in conducting research in the fields of electronics, communications, computers and informatics engineering.
Dr. confirmed. Osama Arafa, a professor in the Department of High Energy and Energy Transformation at the Institute and the main researcher of the project, said that this project is the first of its kind in the Electronics Research Institute in the path of research projects funded through a private company, adding that the project work is being implemented by a joint team of the Institute's researchers and the company's engineers
