To find out more about Mr. Hamawy's background, read his resumé and profile.

To read Mr. Hamawy's published articles, check the following:

• The Reactor Facility that was Built at Columbia University but Never Used   That's right, there's a nuclear reactor in Manhattan.  Mr. Hamawy digs up the forgotten story of a collision between scientific advancement and social unrest in the nineteen sixties.  Health Phys. 82 (supplement 2):S82-S83; 2002
• The Case of the Radioactive Pillow   The Columbia Radiation Safety sleuths figure out how phosphorous isotope wound up on a student's pillow.  Health Phys. 81(Supplement2):562-564; 2001
• Freeze-Drying as a Potential Mean for Waste Handling of Animal Carcasses Containing Radioactive Material    Mr. Hamawy discusses freeze-drying as a way to dispose of the radioactive animal tissues and carcasses often involved in biomedical research. Health Phys. 69(1):115-116; 1995
• The Decay-in-Storage Room at the Einstein College of Medicine   Find out how Mr. Hamawy and the Radiation Safety staff at Einstein College created an internal facility for storing radioactive waste. Radwaste March: 14:17

To see some of Mr. Hamawy's artwork, click here.

Contact information:

George Hamawy, Assistant Director / Radiation Safety Officer
Columbia University, 500 W 12Oth Street, S.W. Mudd building Suite 350, New York, NY 10027. 
Email: gh81@columbia.edu.