Hani El Nokraschy
Education: BSc Mechanical Engineering. 1958, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, Dipl.-Ing. 1963, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany Dr.-Ing. 1968, Technical University Darmstadt,Germany. Since 2003: Owner and CEO of Nokraschy Engineering GmbH in Holm (Hamburg), Germany. Sept. 2013 nominated member of the Presidential Scientific Advisory Council (responsible for Energy).2007: Consulting member to the German Expert Team for renewable energies in the frame of the German Egyptian year of science and technology 2006: Creator and administrator of the website www.menarec.org: for the conference series “Middle-East North-Africa Renewable Energy Conference” 2004-2007: Member of the study teams MED-CSP, TRANS-CSP and AQUA-CSP, Renewable Energy potential and electricity demand around the Mediterranean, EU-MENA Partnership through electricity transmission, and Seawater Desalination with Concentrating Solar Power. Membership in organizations: 2011 member of the Association of German Scientists 2009: Co-founder of the DESERTEC Foundation and Vice Chairman of the supervisory board till Sept.2013. 2008: Member of the Advisory Board for REMENA Joint Masters Course in RE between Cairo Uni and Kassel Uni in Germany. 2002: TREC, Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Co-operation a network of scientist devoted to climate protection and renewable energy applications 1999: Association of Egyptian Businessmen in Germany.