Alain Elayi (Arabic: آلان الأيي) is a Lebanese-French scholar and physicist. He owns and runs Scientechnix, a company specializing in nuclear energy. Elayi specializes in nuclear physics; he is a prolific researcher with more than 100 scientific publications in the fields of physics among others.[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
In 1982, obtained his Doctorate in Nuclear Physics from the University of Lyon.[citation needed] (where he had already got his first Doctorate).[clarification needed]
Work
Academics
Elayi obtained the French nationality, and became a senior lecturer at the University of Paris where he continued his research in nuclear physics and got an habilitation to become professor. His latest collaboration was with the Lebanese University as invited professor.[6] His research and experimental achievements were made in such places as CERN and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Elayi has published 12 books and about 100 scientific articles; he also published several general articles, got a prize[citation needed] in 1995 from the French Academy for one of his books, participated in radio and television broadcasts.[citation needed]
Private energy sector
Elayi founded and presides Scientechnix, a company specializing in civil nuclear energy. The company works with some of the biggest European energy companies such as French multinational EDF which runs more than 50 huge nuclear reactors, and having until recently the monopoly of selling electricity in France. The company also collaborated with the Belgian company Electrabel which produces nuclear electricity in Belgium.[4]
Achievements
His achievements range from basic research to applied research and cover a wide variety of fields. His latest achievement was to invent, test, and patent a new low-cost, non-polluting seawater desalination method.
Selected achievements
- New Method of Analysis using Nuclear Techniques: This project was developed during 8 years through the publication of about 20 articles in international journals, conferences and book. It was realized in different countries where he lived.[1]
- Fundamental Research in Nuclear Physics: Many important achievements have been realized in collaboration with large international projects. For example, the experimental discovering, for the first time, of the fine structure of 14C emitted from 223Ra and 224Ra.
- Study of Nuclear Transmutation: This project led the author to change the approach of the transmutation of the High Level Long Term Radioactive Waste by including the Plutonium into the Transmutation strategy. This resulted in a change in the whole approach to Transmutation at that moment.[3]
- Development of an Expert System called SYSEG for the generation and for the treatment of gamma-ray and electron spectras: An over 20 thousands instructions program has been developed in the 90’s in order to make a detailed expert analysis of gamma-ray and electron spectra. This program has been intensely used in order to realize the different expertise asked by many nuclear industrial sites. It can analyze other software treatments, show their errors and propose corrections. It allows interactive analyses if required.
- In the field of nuclear medicine: He has developed a camera for exploring the brain.
- Numismatics studies: An extensive work has been carried in parallel in the field of numismatics. It included the study of all aspects related to the numismatics of ancient coins, including the determination of their metallic composition by using non-destructive nuclear techniques, the development of a new method of metrology for ancient coins, etc. 6 books (corpus) and many articles related to this work have been published.
- Low Cost Seawater Desalination: His latest achievement is a low cost and non-polluting new method of seawater desalination. It obtained patents from countries such as USA, China, India… A large prototype of 15 meters high has been constructed and has proved the quality of the produced water and the low desalination cost of this new technology affordable by countries with limited resources.[7][5]
References
- ^ a b "Produire une énergie pas chère avec de l'eau". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Alain Elayi profile on researchgate". researchgate.net. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b "4 idées innovantes à ne pas manquer !". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Alain Elayi a mis au point un procédé pour produire une énergie abondante et bon marché". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ a b "ابتكار عالمي للبروفيسور اللبناني-الفرنسي آلان الأيي في تحلية مياه البحر: "الأمل بمساعدة لبنان أولاً"". annahar.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "دراسة عن انفجار المرفأ من المنظور الجيولوجي: على السلطات اللبنانية أن تضع خططا للاستجابة للكوارث". akhbaralyawm.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Des stratégies qui détruisent et d'autres qui construisent le Liban de demain". lorientlejour.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.