Faculty of Engineering

Prof.Dr. Islam Helaly Abdel-Aziz Afefy

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084 6337580 / 084 6337588                          
Fax Number: 084 6334031
E-mail Address: iha01@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Industrial Engineering Bulding
Postal Address: Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Engineering - Industrial Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering – Asuot University – 1992
M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering – Cairo University – 2002  
Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering - Cairo University – 2008
Academic Positions
Lecturer:From 2009 to 2016
Assistant Professor: From 2016 To 2021
Professor: From 2021 Up Till Now
Puplication List

A Comprehensive Model of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) for Industrial Systems Evaluations

Integrated of Benchmarking with Overall Equipment Cost Loss for Industrial Process Improvement

An Efficient Maintenance Plan Using Proposed Framework of RCM Made Simple Approach

New Optimization Model for Multi-Period Multi-Product Production Planning System with Uncertainty

A New Framework of Reliability Centered Maintenance

A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Approach for Production Planning System with Seasonal Demand

Optimization of A Multilevel Integrated Preventive Maintenance Scheduling Mathematical Model using Genetic Algorithm

A Maintenance Optimisation Approach Based on Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Component Systems Considering the Effect of Human Error

A. H. Gomaa, A.F. EL-Dib and I.H.Afefy, "Thermoeconomic optimization for a co-generation plant based in productive structure technique"14th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Military Technical College Kobry El-Kobbah, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 25-27 May, 2010.

Asmaa A. Mahmoud, Islam H. Afefy, M. Abdel-Karim," Optimization for Hierarchical Production Planning of Industrial Processes" International Journal of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering IJMME-IJENS, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp 90-103 ,2014.

Afefy H., “Maintenance planning Based on Computer-Aided Preventive Maintenance Policy”, International Multi Conference of Engineering and Scientists, March 14-16, Hong Kong, Vol II, 2012.

I. H. Abdel-Aziz and M. Helal, “Application of FMEA-FTA in Reliability-Centered Maintenance Planning” 15th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Military Technical College Kobry El-Kobbah, Cairo, Egypt, pp 72-82, 2012.

Islam H. Afefy, “Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance and Overall Equipment Effectiveness Evaluation”, International Journal of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering IJMME-IJENS, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 69-75, 2013.

Nihal M.A., Islam H. A and A. M. El-kamash, "Addressing Problems by Systems Engineering Methods, Techniques, and Tools-Model Framework", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 12, 2013.

Islam H. Afefy, "Reliability-Centered Maintenance Methodology and Application: A Case Study", Scientific Research, Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 863-873, 2010.

Islam H. A., Nihal M.A. and A. M. El-kamash, " Implementation of Systems Engineering Lifecycle-Tools-Model Framework on Large Industrial Scale", Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (JJMIE), Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 303 – 317, 2015.

Islam H. Afefy,"Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments for Industrial Processes Using FMEA &Bow-Tie Methodologies" Journal of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems (IEMS), Vol.14 , 2015

Research Interests
Maintenance planning and management
Plant engineering and management
Operation Research
Production planning and management
Quality Assurance
Key qualifications
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
Mechanical system engineering.
Maintenance Planning and Management (PM, PdM, RCM, CMMS).
Production and Operation Management.
Productivity Analysis.
Safety management.
Academic Courses and Graduation Projects
Academic Courses
Advanced maintenance planning.
Maintenance planning and management.
Plant Engineering and management.
Plant Engineering.
Production planning and control.
Mechanical system engineer.
Productivity analysis and management.
Operation research.
Industrial facility design and planning.
Engineering economy.
Occupational health and safety.
Computer aided maintenance management.
Feasibility study.
Industrial facilities analysis.
Supervisor for a graduation projects (2004-present)
Total quality management (Six sigma).
Computerized predictive maintenance for rotating machinery.
Six sigma project.
Simulation study for production inventory system (Benah 2008/2009).
Six sigma project.
Simulation study for production inventory system (Benah 2008/2009).
Computerized maintenance planning.
Optimal maintenance planning (Benah Univ. 2009/2010).
Reliability centered maintenance for water-tube boiler.
Global performance evaluation for steam system.
Reliability centered maintenance for refrigeration plant.
Preventive maintenance planning for pumps station.
Safety management system for practical case study.
Training experiences
Professional trainer for Oil & Gas Skills (OGS) ( 2006- until now).
Professional trainer for Alamal International center for Management & Development of human resources ( 2006-until now).
Professional trainer for Nobel International for Training & Consulting ( 2006 until now).
Consultant for Arab Association of Business (2013 - until now).
Professional trainer for Apex (2014-until now).
Professional trainer for TUV (2013-until now).
Instructor for the following courses:-
Global maintenance management.
Reliability centred maintenance (RCM).
Production planning and management.
Maintenance auditing, benchmarking and performance improvement towards world class status.
Maintenance & reliability best practices: lowering life cycle cost of equipment.
Maintenance and operation of rotating machinery.
Advanced maintenance planning.
Total productive maintenance.
Root cause failure analysis
Preventive and predictive maintenance.
Maintenance best practices.
Safety and hazard analysis.
TQM.
2008 Libya Steel Co. Trainer - Production planning
2010, 2011and 2013 Sudan Oil Co. Trainer - Total productive maintenance
2012 Dubai Armco Trainer - Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices: Lowering Life Cycle Cost of Equipment
2007-Until now Egypt OGS Trainer - RCFA ( 5 times) - Total Maintenance (2 times) - Global maintenance management ( 5 times) - RCM (2 times) - Maintenance for Pumps (3 times) - Grease and Lubrication (2 times)
2009 Libya Electricity Authority Trainer Reliability Centred Maintenance
2009-until now Egypt Body serum and vaccine Trainer - Preventive maintenance - Feasibility Study
2013 Egypt the Engineers Syndicate Trainer - Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
2014 Egypt OGS Trainer - Advanced maintenance planning - Grease and Lubrication for engineering
2014 Saltant Oman 14-18/9/2014 Apex Trainer - Maintenance Auditing, benchmarking and performance Improvement towards world class status
Supervisors of Master Degree
Optimization for hierarchical production planning of industrial processes.
An application of systems engineering methods and techniques to address complex problems.
Computer aided maintenance planning based RCM.
Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) for a practical case study.
Application of benchmarking with overall equipment cost loss and cost of quality for industrial company process improvement.
Preventive maintenance planning optimization using advanced algorithms.
Production planning model and application in manufacturing systems
Supervisors of Ph.D Degree
Optimal maintenance policy for multi-component systems based on predictive information and environmental changes.
Enhancement of reliability, availability, and maintainability of industrial systems using reliability centered maintenance approach.
Modeling & optimization of multi product multi period production planning for industrial systems.
Industrial Consultations Experiences
Consultant of operation, installation, and maintenance and machinery reliability has many contributions in this area since his graduation from mechanical engineering. Moreover, supervision and design for engineering project of equipment, maintenance planning, equipment installation, equipment inspection and testing.
Consultancy experience
Team leader for implementation of Maintenance management Sofware.
Mechanical consultant at Engineering Research & Center- Fayoum University.
Waste treatment plant design team member, (Engineering research & center), Fayoum University, (2010- until now).
Assuit Oil Refining Company, (Some specialized training programs), (2010-until now).
Member of inspection and testing for rotating machinery team at Emisal company-Fayoum.
Maintenance and installation supervisors for Elevators- Fayoum University.
Member of firefighting design team at Fayoum University.
Professional Career Experience
Vibration Measurements & fault diagnosis.
Predictive maintenance.
Performance and productivity analyses for the company equipment.
Spare parts inventory control.
Preventive maintenance planning and corrective maintenance for the all whole components.
Budget for the spare parts.
Responsible to R&D about the present process and future project in this company. In addition to plan the training courses including (Maintenance- Operation- HSE- Human recourse – Spare parts –Budget).
Computer skills
International computer driving license (ICDL).
Numerical Methods Tool : ESS & Optimization programs (Lingo & Winq).
IRCM.
Primavera.
AUTOCAD.