Sherif SALEM

R&D Materials Engineer

I am an Engineering and Materials Science master's holder. I am a dynamic and innovative person with hands-on experience in dealing with the materials ( Metals, Ceramics, Polymers and Composites). Equipped with the ability to accomplish the projects by utilizing the skills gained during my study and from the projects I have done in the university. I always have the potential to learn more and gain experience in my field.

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R&D Engineer
Krystalix
Oct 2025 — PresentCurrentGrenoble, France
  • Lead experimental crystal growth projects, coordinate suppliers, train
  • technicians, and contribute to integrating innovative equipment. Mid-term:
  • team leadership, tech innovation, and scouting.
Research Intern
SIMAP
Mar 2025 — Sep 2025Grenoble, France
  • Working on the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of silicon carbide (SiC)
  • and doing some characterization such as SEM, XRD, Profilometery,
  • Ellipsometery and 4-Point probe test.
Research Assistant
Technical University of Darmstadt
Dec 2023 — Jul 2024Darmstadt, Germany
  • Measuring the superconductivity of Niobium-Tin thin films by the
  • cryostat test and doing XRD analysis for these films
Composite Fabrication Intern
German University In Cairo
Sep 2021 — Oct 2021Cairo, Egypt
  • Recycling the post consumed High density Polyethylene (HDPE) and use it to make a new composite. The composite consists of recycled HDPE as a matrix and Sisal fiber as a reinforcement with different coupling agents
Projects
Materials selection project, Grenoble-INP Phelma.

Analyzing four promising lithium alloy anode materials such as lithiumsilicon (Li-Si), lithium-tin (Li-Sn), lithium-boron (Li-B), and lithiumaluminum (Li-Al) and use CES software to select the most appropriate candidate.

Materials selection
Solar cell manufacturing and characterization, Grenoble-INP Phelma.

Fabrication of a solar cell on a silicon wafer with a layer of SiO2 by photolithography in the clean room and then characterizing the efficiency of the fabricated solar cell.

Photolithography
Advanced Research Lab, Technical University of Darmstadt.

Studying the effect of powder particles size on the effective thermal conductivity of porous materials using moose software, dealing withGeoDict software to generate the microstructures.

Research lab
Composite Testing, German University In Cairo.

A composite in a square shape with certain dimensions consists of Epoxy resin as a matrix and reinforced with different fibers such as Carbon fiber, Glass fiber and Kevlar is tested for its properties and behavior at each of these reinforcement with different volume fractions of each fiber at a certain load.

Materials testing
Ball milling of Aluminum and Graphene Nano-Composite, German University In Cairo.

Developing an Aluminum Matrix Composite with improved mechanical properties. The developed composite was reinforced with magnetitenanoparticles and graphite as a source of graphene. The technique used in making this composite was the ball milling technique.

Bachelor thesis
Brake System Analysis in Automotive, German University In Cairo.

Simulating (using ANSYS) the loads and constraints that the brake system (disk and pad) is subjected to during operating conditions.

Finite Element Analysis
Water Heater Using Solar Energy, German University In Cairo.

Calculating the time to rise up the temperature of water from 25 degree Celsius to 50 degree Celsius applying the concept of Heat and Mass transfer using matlab and estimating the relation between thetemperature of the water and time.

Heat and Mass transfer
An Aircraft Elevator Design, German University In Cairo.

Selecting the most appropriate material which has the properties that enhance the performance of the aircraft elevator and selecting the most suitable process for manufacturing the elevator.

Materials selection
Skills
Materials characterizationThin-film deposition (Chemical Vapor Deposition, CVD)Crystal growth processes (Czochralski process)Process optimizationMATLABOriginProExcelPowerPointWordImageJSolidWorksAnsysAnalytical thinkingAttention to detailAdaptabilityTeamworkCommunicationTime managementProblem-solving mindsetFast learning
Education
Master's degree, Functional Advanced Materials Engineering
Grenoble-INP Phelma UGA
2024 — 2025
Master's degree, Functional Advanced Materials Engineering
Technical University of Darmstadt
2023 — 2024
Bachelor's degree, Engineering and Materials Science
German University In Cairo
2018 — 2023
Certificates
FAMEAIS MASTER
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
2023-04
Top Achiever at German University in Cairo
German University in Cairo
2022-10
Top Achiever in High school (Ranked 1st among 600,000+ students over Egypt, Total score 409/410)
Egyptian government
2018-07
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate