Dr Mohamed Galal Hassan Sayed PhD, MSc, BSc
Associate Professor of Chemical and Sustainable Engineering

Experienced academic with a demonstrated history of working in higher education and industry for over 20 years. Skilled in Chemical and Petroleum systems, a Chartered Energy Engineer and a Chartered Engineer. Strong engineering professional with extensive publications and several book contributions. Holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University.
Chemical Engineering at Southampton is a “comprehensive chemical engineering course that is very much focused on the industries of the future”
Qualifications
- PhD Mechanical/Chemical Engineering “Renewable Energy – Bio-Fuel Processing” Jan 2003 - Dec 2006 Loughborough University
- Sept 2007 Western Australia TAFE (Training and Further Education) Certificate I, II, III, and IV, Diploma of Education
- Engineering Management (Winner of the KPMG Technology Commercialisation award) Loughborough University, Dec 2007
- MSc Environmental Management and Engineering, Sept 2001- Sept 2002 Coventry University
- BSc (Eng) Comb-Hon Environmental & Mechanical Engineering, Sept 1998 - June 2001 Aston University
Professional Memberships
- Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
- Chartered Energy Engineer and Member of the Energy Institute (EI)
- Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE)
- Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)
Work history
- Jan 2020 – present: University of Southampton, UK; Director of Programmes and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Jan 2014 – Jan 2020: University of Portsmouth, UK; Course leader and developer of Petroleum and Energy Engineering
- Sept 2009 - Jan 2014: American University in Cairo (Egypt) Associate Professor and developer of Energy Engineering and Associate Chair.
- Jan 2012 - Dec 2013: Guest professor of Chemical Engineering at King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia
- Dec 2009 - Sept 2013: Senior consultant at TPS (Technical Petroleum Services), Egypt
- July 2007- Aug 2009: Research Fellow in the Centre of Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK
- Jan 2003 - July 2007: Centre of Renewable Energy Systems, Loughborough University, UK