A paper, presented to the 13 th conference of mechanical engineering, held by the Society of Mechanical Engineers, Alexandria , 29-31 March, 2001.

•  El-Mously, H.I. Rio and Renewable Material Resources: A Discussion paper. Workshop: 10 years After Rio, INES, Berlin , 24 May, 2001 .

•  El-Mously, H.I., Use of Agricultural Residues in Industry: A Case Study from Egypt . International Conference: Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21 st Century, Stockholm , Sweden , 14-18 June, 2000.

•  El-Mously, H.I., Megahed, M.M. and Rakha, M.M. Agricultural Residues for Particleboard Production: A Case Study on Cotton Staks. Proceedings of the Seventh Cairo University International MDP Conference, Cairo , Egypt , Feb. 15-17, 2000 .

•  El-Mously H.I., M.M. Megahed and M.M. Rakha, Investigation of the Possibility of Use of Cotton Stalks in Particleboard Manufacture (Poster), 33 rd International Particleboard and Composite Materials Symposium. Washington University , Pullman , USA , 12-15 April, 1999.

•  El-Mously H.I., M.M. Megahed and T.A. Mohammad, An Environment-Friendly Lumber-like Product from Date Palm Leaves' Midribs (Poster). Conference: EcoDesign, 99, Tokyo , Japan , 1-3 February, 1999.

•  Taysser A.M., H.I. El-Mously and M.M. Megahed, A New, Lumber-like Product from Date Palm Leaves' Midribs (Poster). Conference: Euromat-97 Maastricht , Holland , 21-23 April, 1997.

•  El-Shabasy A.B. and H.I. El-Mously, Study of the Variation of Tensile Strength Across the Cross-Section of Date Palm Leaves' Midrib. Conference: Euromat-97, Maastricht , Holland 21-23 April, 1997.

•  Megahed M.M. and H.I. El-Mously, A Discussion on Use of Agriculture Residues in Composition panels. Conference of "The Challenges of Sustatinable Development, Organized by INES, Amsterdam , August 22-25, 1996 .

•  El-Mously H.I., Achievements-to-Date and Future Prospects of Research on Use of Date Palm Leaves' Midribs as a Substitute for Sawn Wood. Conference of "The Challenges of Sustainable Development, Organized by INES, Amsterdam , August 22-25, 1996 .

•  El-Mously, H.I., A Suggested Framework for Renewable Materials Resources Research: Challenges and Future Properties. Conference of "The Challenges of Sustainable Development, Organized by INES, Amsterdam , August 22-25, 1996 .

•  Ibrahim, N.H. and H.I. El-Mously, Study of Physical and Mechanical properties of Bamboo in Egypt in Relation to its use as a Building Material. A paper, presented to the IUFRO XX World Congress, Tampere , Finland , 6-12 August, 1995.

•  Megahed, M.M. and H.I. El-Mously, Anatomical Structure of Date Palm Leaves' Midrib and its Variation Across and Along the Midrib. A paper, presented to the IUFRO XX World Congress, Tampere , Finland , 6-12 August, 1995.

•  El-Mously, M.A., M.A. Zamzam and N.H. Ibrahim. Mechanical Preperties of Date Palm Leaves' Midrib (DPLM) in Relation to its Utilization as a Substitute for solid Wood. A poster, presented to the IUFRO XX World Congress, Tampere , Finland , 6-12 August, 1995.