Egypt Nanotechnology Center
| مركز مصر للنانو تكنولوجي | |
| Type | Research institute |
|---|---|
| Established | July 2009 |
| Location | Sheikh Zayed City, Giza, Egypt |
| Website | www.egnc.gov.eg |
Egypt Nanotechnology Center (EGNC) (Arabic: مركز مصر للنانو تكنولوجي) is the joint result of partnership agreement between the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) represented by Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education represented by Cairo University and Egyptian Ministry of Scientific Research represented by the Science and Technological Development Fund (SCID). It represents a state of art initiative launched by the Egyptian government in 2008 to support industrial research novelty.
The center was proposed by the Egyptian government in 2008 and planning for the centre was based on a memorandum of understanding signed in September 2008 between the development agency, on behalf of the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt), SCID and IBM. The development of human capital started by sending 10 Egyptian researchers to gain industrial R&D experience in IBM’s research labs in Yorktown Heights and Zurich. During their post, they work in collaboration with IBM’s scientists on five main projects. Cairo University and Nile University were the founding academic partners of EGNC, and additional academic partners have been such as Mansoura University, and the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology. The center has 44 patents and published 25 researches in international scientific periodicals of nanotechnology applications in the period between 2009 and 2013
This state of the art research center will contribute to the growth of the national economy through the development of human capital, the production of valuable intellectual property and the promotion of nanotechnology applications in all sectors that are relevant to the economic development of Egypt. The aim of the Center is to build and strengthen applied and industrial research and its infrastructure in the areas of greatest strategic value to Egypt’s long-term competitiveness and development. The center also aims at making the Egyptian economy become among the top 10 in the world in terms of the relative growth resulting from the development and application of nanotechnology.
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