Background
Mohamed Hashish was born in Alexandria, Egypt to Ahmed Hashish and Zeinab Amin.
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Education
Mohamed Hashish completed his elementary and high school education in Kafr el-Dawwar Kafr el-Dawwar. He subsequently attended the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science There, Mohamed earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering.
Career
In Mechanical Engineering with honors. After serving as a teaching assistant for three years in the same department, 25-year-old Mohamed Hashish accepted a scholarship offer from Concordia University in Montreal. His thesis was on the theory of waterjet cutting.
Doctor Hashish joined Flow Research Incorporated., now Corporation in Kent, Washington, United States of America, as a research scientist, in early 1979.
Although Flow was involved in waterjet cutting, mainly for mining and limited factory applications, it wasn"t until Doctor Hashish invented a new technique to add abrasives to the waterjet that the strongest cutting tool in the world was realized. This new technology revolutionized the waterjet technology and spread its use in over 50 industries worldwide.
Doctor Hashish supplemented his initial invention with over 40 patents to date to further improve and enhance the performance of waterjet cutting systems Due to his outstanding work in the field and consistent advancements to the abrasive waterjet technology, the University of Washington department of Mechanical Engineering honored him with the appointment as an affiliate professor of Mechanical Engineering.
