1. Maha M. Ibrahim, Waleed K. El-Zawawy, PVA-Cellulose nanofiber, Chapter in a

Book Entitled “Technological Advancement in Polymer Nano-composites of

Cellulose Nnao-fibers: Processing, Performance and Applications”, Jitendra

K.Pandey, Hitoshi Takagi, Antonio N. Nakagaito, Hyun-Joong Kim (Eds.),

Published by Springer-Verlag GmbH, In press (2012).

2. Maha M. Ibrahim, Waleed K. El-Zawawy, Cellulose nano-fibers from cotton

linter, Chapter in a Book Entitled “Technological Advancement in Polymer

Nano-composites of Cellulose Nnao-fibers: Processing, Performance and

Applications”, Jitendra K.Pandey, Hitoshi Takagi, Antonio N. Nakagaito, Hyun-

Joong Kim (Eds.), Published by Springer-Verlag GmbH, In press (2012).

3. Waleed K. El-Zawawy, Maha M. Ibrahim, Preparation and Characterization of

Novel Polymer Hydrogel from Industrial Waste and Copolymerization of

Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Polyacrylamide, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,

124: 4362-4370 (2012).

4. Maha M. Ibrahim, Waleed K. El-Zawawy, Galal A. M. Nawwar, Modified kaolin

and polyacrylic acid-g-cellulosic fiber and microfiber as additives for paper

properties improvements, Carbohydrate Polymers, 88: 1009-1014 (2012).

5. Waleed K. El-Zawawy, Maha M. Ibrahim, Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alain

Dufresne, Characterization of the effects of lignin and lignin complex

particles as filler on a polystyrene film. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 131:

348-357 (2011).

6. Waleed K. El-Zawawy, Maha M. Ibrahim, Yasser R. Abdel-Fattah, Nadia A.

Soliman and Morsi M. Mahmoud, Acid and enzyme hydrolysis to convert

pretreated lignocellulosic materials into glucose for ethanol production,

Carbohydrate Polymers, 84: 865-871 (2011).

-One of the Editorial Team at Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology.

-Listed in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" for the year 2007-2008.