Engineering Civil

Ahmed Boraey, MASc.

Phone: 613-***-****

Email: *****.******@*******.***

Professional Profile

• Thorough understanding of sediment transport and river morphodynamics; familiarity with physical modeling; excellent analytical skills

developed through research work towards my Doctoral degree.

• Experience with modeling software; XSPRO, HEC-RAS, and OPDM.

• Strong leadership and communication skills acquired through more than 9 years of teaching, training and managing student groups and

construction crews.

• Effective time management skills developed through years of research and professional experience and demonstrated by simultaneously

working on my Doctoral degree while working a part-time, on-campus job.

• Capable of self-learning and acquiring new skills developed through teaching of different topics to Civil Engineering students and working on

a variety of consulting projects.

• Well-organized; good at following through; enthusiastic in team-working but able to solve problems individually.

• Excellent attention to details acquired through my consulting experience and writing and reviewing scientific papers and reports.

Education

September 2007 – April 2013

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (Hydrotechnical Engineering)

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

• Thesis: Dynamics of Alternate Bar Development.

• Relevant Courses: River Engineering; Advanced Fluid Mechanics; and Flow Stability Theory.

• Awards : Queen’s University Graduate Award (2007-2011)

June 2006

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Engineering Hydraulics)

Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt

• Thesis: An Educational Expert System for Experimental Hydraulics.

• Relevant Courses: Advanced Hydraulics; Advanced Hydrology; Numerical Models and their Applications;

and Measurement and Calibration Devices.

June 2000

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Engineering Hydraulics)

Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt

• Thesis : Hydraulic Design of Stilling Basins : a Comparative Study

• Relevant Courses: Fluid Mechanics; Open Channel Hydraulics; Engineering Economics and Projects;

Design of Irrigation Works; Design of Water Structures; Water Projects and Economics; Engineering

Systems and Operations Research.

Professional Experience

Teaching Fellow

January 2013 - April 2013

Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

• Hired by the Civil Engineering Department to teach the CIVL455/857: River Engineering course.

• Duties includes: Lecturing; Setting up assignments; Leading tutorials; and Marking.

Research and Teaching Assistant

September 2007- December 2012

Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

• Employed physical modeling principles to design and implement an experimental study aiming to

study the development of alternate bars.

• Collected, classified, and employed analytical and skills to develop an equation to estimate the

different geometric characteristics of alternate bars.

• Developed my management skills through teaching, directing a summer student during my research

program.

• Tutored Civil Engineering students at Queen’s University in River Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, and

Solid Mechanics courses.

• Developed communication and time management skills to help students on group and individual basis

and help course instructor with lecturing, marking, and running tutorials.

Research and Teaching Assistant

March 2002-August 2007

Department of Water Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt

• Designed and programmed a customized educational expert system to help second and third year Civil

Engineering students perform lab experiments of Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics using

my knowledge of the Visual Basic Programming Language.

• The software had the option of analysing and plotting the results of selected experiments without

knowledge of Excel.

Ahmed Boraey, MASc.

Phone: 613-***-****

Email: *****.******@*******.***

Research and Teaching Assistant (Cont’d)

• Worked as the graduation project advisor for forth year Civil Engineering students (Water Resources

project). Assisted project supervisor with training, lecturing, and student evaluation.

• Worked as a Teaching Assistant, where I assisted course instructor with marking, leading tutorials,

setting up quizzes and oral examinations and helped students, on both individual and group basis, with

challenging assignments and/or questions. Courses included:

Water Projects and Economics; Open Channel Hydraulics; Fluid Mechanics; Irrigation and Drainage

Engineering; Principles of Surface Water Hydrology; Groundwater Hydrology.

Design Engineer (Part-time)

March 2003-February 2004

Pyramids for Engineering Consulting, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt

• Designed Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation networks for different agricultural areas each of (100K- 130K m2)

in Assuit Governorate, Egypt. Specified technical specifications for different parts of irrigation network

and provided setup recommendations.

• The design was in accordance with governmental guidelines, including the submission deadlines.

Client’s satisfaction was also achieved.

Quantity Survey and Site Engineer (Part-time)

June 2000-August 2007

Abo-El Naga Company for Engineering and Trading, 10th of Ramadan City, Sharkia, Egypt.

• Estimated the amounts of different construction materials required for structures built for the Ministry of

Interior Affairs, Egypt. The estimated cost for the projects ranged from $0.6M- $2.0M.

• Supervised construction crews during the construction of residential and commercial buildings in

El-obour City, Cairo, Egypt.

Other Experience

Student Assistant (Part-time, On-campus)

May 2008-February 2011

Engineering and Science Library, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.

• Employed communication skills to help library patrons at the front desk and providing phone advice.

• Participated in critical library projects such as relocating books and stack maintenance employing time

management skills.

Lab Teaching Assistant (Volunteer)

Winter terms, 2009-2012

Civil Engineering Department, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.

• Tutored fourth year Civil Engineering students in the River Engineering lab sessions.

• Assisted course instructor design the lab experiment, arrange student groups.

• Marked the lab reports and evaluated the learning outcomes against anticipated objectives.

Reviewer

The 34th IAHR Congress, Brisbane, Australia, June 26 – July 1, 2011

Publications

1- Boraey, A. and da Silva, Ana Maria A.F.: Geometric characteristics of fully-developed alternate bars (Journal paper, in Press).

2- Boraey, A. and da Silva, Ana Maria A.F.: A new equation for alternate bar length. The 35th IAHR Congress, September 8-13, 2013, Chengdu,

China (submitted).

3- Boraey, A., Ghonaim, G., Helmy, A., Negm, A. M., and Owais, T. 2004: Educational Software for Experimental Hydraulics: I- Friction Losses

in Pipes. Al-Azhar Engineering Eighth International Conference, Dec. 24 - 27, Cairo, Egypt.

References Available upon Request

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