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Mohamed E. Labib Dr. Mohamed E. Labib is the President and Founder of Novaflux Technologies (1988 – Present). He has over thirty years of experience in the development and marketing of new technologies. His background includes over 13 years (1979-1992) at RCA Laboratories/Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey, where he worked as a Member of Technical Staff. During his tenure at Sarnoff he developed several key technologies in videodiscs, luminescent materials for CRT and fluorescent lamp, drug delivery – including sustained release and inhalation, inter-metallic composites and others. Several products based on his development have been commercialized on a large scale, including: electro-luminescent and fluorescent lamp phosphors, sustained release vehicles for treating asthma, inhalation devices, topical formulation for treating acne and others. Dr. Labib received Sarnoff achievement awards in 1981 and 1990 for the development of videodisc materials and fluorescent lamp phosphors, respectively. Notably, the latter is being used in current fluorescent lamps made by General Electric Corporation. In 1992, Dr. Labib joined the Faculty of New Jersey Institute of Technology where he taught and directed active research in several areas, including: critical cleaning in pharmaceutical industry, development of air bag inflators based on new combustion systems and on flashing of liquid carbon dioxide, development of multimedia environmental models for the Passaic Watershed in New Jersey; development of permeable reactive barrier technologies for treating groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium, development of virus removal techniques for drinking water applications, colloidal delivery of vaccines and other research programs. Dr. Labib attracted millions of dollars in research funding for NJIT. He is currently active in supervising doctorate research at NJIT, but at lower time commitment. At Novaflux Technologies, Dr. Labib has been engaged in developing technologies for removing biofilm and other contaminants from medical and industrial equipment and devices. Dr. Labib has developed devices to remove biofilm from dental unit waterlines. He is developing devices for hemodialyzer reprocessing, endoscope reprocessing and cold sterilization of dental handpieces. Dr. Labib is the co-inventor of several patents pertaining to the turbulent two-phase cleaning process and its applications. In addition, he has developed inhalation devices for both Rhone Poulenc and Boehringer Ingelheim and has developed several other technologies. He has managed many programs with SRI International, Sarnoff Corporation, and Novaflux, and had been funded by: NSF, NASA, US-Air Force, US-Navy, US-EPA, US-DOT, USDA, NJ-DEP, and corporations such as Rhone Poulenc, Bohringer-Ingelheim and General Electric. Dr. Labib has been an active member of the American Chemical Society since 1979 as well as the American Society of Microbiology, OSAP, since 1998. He was a Member-at-Large in the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. He was Secretary for the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, ACS, from 1982 to 1987, and organized several symposia in the fields of interface chemistry and advanced materials applications. He is a reviewer of the following journals: Langmuir, Journal of Colloid Interface Science, and Adhesion, both since 1985. Dr. Labib received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from McGill University in 1979, and his M.B.A. in Management and Finance from Monmouth University, NJ. He acquired his M.S. in Biophysical Chemistry/Chemical Engineering from Cairo University in 1974 and received B.S. in Chemistry and Geology with honors from Alexandria University, Egypt in 1967. Dr. Labib published over thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented more than fifty conference papers, and was issued 15 United States and International patents. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Labib, M. E. and Robertson, A. A., “Application of a diafiltration technique in latex studies,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 67(3), 543-547, 1978. 2. Labib, M. E., “The preparation and characterization of synthetic latexes,” Dissertation, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada, 1979. 3. Labib, M. E. and Robertson, A. A., “The conductometric titration of latexes,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 77(1), 151-161, 1980. 4. Labib, M. E., Thomas, J. H. (III) and Embert, D. D., “Nature of sulfur in electrically-conductive carbon black,” Ext. Abstr. Program-Bienn. Conf. Carbon, 16th, 363-364, 1983. 5. Labib, M. E., “Capacitance electronic disc stamper having improved stain resistance and method for the manufacture thereof,” US4405670, 1983. 6. Labib, M. E., et al., “Zeta potential - a sensitive measure of the surface properties of electronic materials,” RCA Eng., 29, 26-29, 1984. 7. Labib, M. E. and Williams, R., “The effect of processing additives on the surface properties of poly(vinyl chloride),” Colloid Polym. Sci., 262(7), 551-556, 1984. 8. Labib, M. E. and Thomas, J. H. (III), “The effect of heat treatment on sulfur in an electrically-conductive carbon black,” Carbon, 22(4-5), 445-451, 1984. 9. Labib, M. E., et al., “Diagnostic evaluation of CED formulations,” RCA Tech. Notes, 1356(1-2), 1984. 10. Labib, M. E. and Williams, R., “The use of zeta-potential measurements in organic solvents to determine the donor-acceptor properties of solid surfaces,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 97(2), 356-366, 1984. 11. Labib, M. E., Wang, C-C and Poll, R. F., “Capacitance electronic disc molding composition,” US4532074, 1985. 12. Labib, M. E. and Poliniak, E. S., “High-density information disc lubricants,” US4525402, 1985. 13. Labib, M. E., Poll, R. F. and Wang, C-C, “Capacitance electronic disc molding compositions,” US4522747, 1985. 14. Labib, M. E. and Wang, C-C., “Stabilizers for CED compositions,” US4517117, 1985. 15. Williams, R. and Labib, M. E., “Zinc sulfide surface chemistry: an electrokinetic study,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 106(1), 251-254, 1985. 16. Labib, M. E. and Williams, R., “An experimental comparison between the aqueous pH scale and the electron donicity scale,” Colloid Polym. Sci., 264(6), 533-541, 1986. 17. Labib, M. E. and Thomas, J. H. (III), “The effect of mineral acids on yttrium oxysulfide (Y2O2S) surface chemistry,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 134(12), 3182-3186, 1987. 18. Labib, M. E. and Williams, R., “The effect of moisture on the charge at the interface between solids and organic liquids,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 115(2), 330-338, 1987. 19. Williams, R. and Labib, M. E., “Relation between surface potential and pH,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 51(22), 1860-1861, 1987. 20. Labib, M. E., “The origin of the surface charge on particles suspended in organic liquids,” Colloids Surf., 29(3), 293-304, 1988. 21. Thomas, J. H. (III) and Labib, M. E., “The effect of water on the surface chemistry of superconductive yttrium barium copper oxide (YBa2Cu3O7-x),” AIP Conf. Proc., 165 (Thin Film Process. Charact. High-Temp. Supercond.), 374-381, 1988. 22. Labib, M. E. and Zanzucchi, P. J., “The surface chemistry of high-Tc superconducting yttrium barium copper oxide (YBa2Cu3O7-x) material,” Process Technol. Proc., 7 (Interfacial Phenom. Biotechnol. Mater. Process.), 139-148, 1988. 23. Labib, M. E., et al., “Advanced reinforcement systems for inter-metallic composites,” NASA-HITEMP Proceedings, NASA-LeRC, 14-1 to 14-6, 1990. 24. Labib, M. E., “Donor-acceptor properties of solid surfaces - applications in analytical chemistry,” Microchemical Journal, 42(1), 37-43, 1990. 25. Labib, M. E., et al., “Graded composition fiber coatings for inter-metallic composites,” NASA-HITEMP Proceedings, NASA-LeRC, 17-1 to 17-18, 1991. 26. Labib, M. E., “Passivating thin film for superconducting material,” US5130295, 1992. 27. Labib, M. E., “Asphalt-aggregate interactions and mechanisms for water stripping,” Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc. Div. Fuel Chem., 37(3), 1472-1481, 1992. 28. Labib, M. E., Wielicki, H. and Whitman, P. K., “Fluorescent lamps and improved yttrium-containing phosphors useful therein,” US5268614, 1993. 29. Labib, M. E. and Singh, B., “Coated reinforcing fibers, composites and methods,” US5426000, 1995. 30. Labib, M. E., Wielicki, H. and Whitman, P. K., “Fluorescent lamps and improved yytrium-containing phosphors useful therein,” US5391959, 1995. 31. Adams, B. E. and Labib, M. E., “Fundamentals of a stored liquefied gas inflator,” 1999 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, March 1-4, 1999. 32. Tabani, Y., Labib, M. E. and Hensler, R. L., “Automobile air bag inflator based on combustion of methane-oxygen mixture,” 1999 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, March 1-4, 1999. 33. Norris, D. A., Puri, N., Labib, M. E. and Sinko, P. J., “Determining the absolute surface hydrophobicity of microparticulates using thin layer wicking,” Journal of Controlled Release, 59, 173-185, 1999. 34. Labib, M. E. and Lai, C-Y, “Cleaning method for removing biofilm and debris from lines and tubing,” US Patent No. 6,027,572, Feb. 22, 2000. 35. Tabani, Y. and Labib, M. E., “Modeling of an air bag inflator based on combustion of methane-oxygen mixture,” Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 151, 2000. 36. Coulibaly, L., Labib, M. E. and Hazen, R., “Risk based comparative study between CalTOX and the USEPA soil screening,” 16th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water Analysis, Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Human Risk Assessment, Remediation and Regulation, Amherst, MA, Oct. 16-19, 2000. 37. Coulibaly, L., Labib, M. E. and Hazen, R., “Comparative study between CalTOX and soil screening levels modeling approaches,” Soil and Sediment Contamination: an International Journal, 10(3):285-300, 2001. 38. Singh, R., Williams, H. and Labib, M. E., “Application of turbulent flow to remove biofilm in medical devices,” ASM Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 21-23, 2001. 39. Labib, M. E., Tabani, Y., Materna, P., Weitzel, S. A., Sherman, R. A. and Kapoian, T., “Novel and effective method for reprocessing hemodialyzers,” 47th Annual ASAIO Conference, New York City, NY, June 7-9, 2001. 40. Catalone, B. J., Krebs, F. C., Labib, M. E. and Wigdahl, B., “Broad-spectrum microbicides as a strategy for reducing sexually transmitted disease prevalence and HIV-1 transmission,” Res. Adv. In Antimicrob. Agents & Chemother. 2, 2001. 41. Labib, M. E. and Lai, C.-Y., “Cleaning composition and apparatus for removing biofilm and debris from lines and tubing and method therefor,” US Patent No. 6,326,340B1, Dec. 4, 2001, WO9858632. 42. Singh, R., Tabani, Y., Labib, M. E., Spitznagel, J. K. and Williams, H. N., “Size distribution and microstructure of biofilm fragments in dental unit water supply,” (in preparation), 2002. 43. Singh, R., Lai, R., Tabani, Y., Weitzel, S. A., Williams, H. N. and Labib, M. E., “Biofilm removal from dental unit waterlines with a novel method based on turbulent two-phase flow dynamics,” (in preparation), 2002. 44. Labib, M. E., Lai, C.-Y., Materna, P. A., and Mahon, G. L., “Method of cleaning passageways using a mixed phase flow of a gas and a liquid,” US Patent (allowed), 2002. e-mail: labib@novaflux.com
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