Dr Medhat El Nahas Ph.D

Instructional Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology , University of Houston

Dr. Medhat El Nahas is an Instructional Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Houston. He served as the Coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at the University of Houston from 2015 to 2019, where he led the program to reach its peak enrollment (874 students). Medhat holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from his native country, Egypt. After coming to the US, Medhat earned another MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, and then a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston. Medhat is an elected senator at the University of Houston Faculty Senate and an elected member in the University of Houston Undergraduate Committee.    

Medhat has served the University of Houston since January 2007. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Medhat worked as a maintenance engineer, production engineer, research engineer, and research scientist. His research experience includes working at the National Research Center (NRC) & The City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (CSRTA) in Egypt for 7 years. He then worked at the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy for 2 years. Medhat’s current research focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as a design tool for engineering systems and applications. He also is very interested in designing systems to utilize solar, wind, and biomass energy. He, so far, has served as an advisor and/or examiner on twelve (12) Master defense committees & four (4) Ph.D. defense committees held in the Cullen College of Engineering at University of Houston.