Engineering Civil
Resume:
AHMED E. MANSOUR
P.O.BOX ****, **** KAUST, THUWAL 23955-6900
JEDDAH KSA
MOBILE: +966-**-*******
EMAIL: *****.*******@*****.***.**
WEBSITE: WWW.AHM531.COM
P ROFILE
Experienced researcher in construction materials in leading research institutes around the world, co-inventor of
Saudi Pozzolan based Geopolymers. Skilled user of RAMAN, FTIR, AFM and XRD characterization tools. Self
motivated, team player with problem solving skills.
W ORK EXPERIENCE
Aug Sept 2010 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) USA, CA
June Aug 2009 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Internship on Green and Sustainable Construction Materials Research
Development and Characterization of Saudi Arabia natural pozzolan based Geopolymers
Testing partial replacement of Cement by Saudi Arabia Natural Pozzolan in concrete and mortar
Mixing samples, molding and testing for strength and workability
Characterization of fresh and hardened paste via XRD and using Berkeley Lab Advance Light Source (ALS)
Co-inventor of Saudi Natural Pozzolan Geopolymers
Aug Sept 2008 Center of Excellence for Airport Technology (CEAT) USA, IL
at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Internship on Construction Materials Research
Developing methods for measuring Self Consolidated Concrete s formwork pressure
Design a standard method for measuring the self consolidated concrete pressure suitable for construction sites
Mix design, mixing, placing in the measurement setting and getting pressure readings over time.
Analysis of data and reporting of result
June Aug 2008 DAR AL-HANDASA Jordan
Internship on construction site inspection and consultants
Potash CCP extension project at Ghor Al-Safi.
Pediatric hospital project at Medical City, Amman.
Inspection of steel fabrication, concrete mixes before and after placement, and interior architectural works.
Revision of as-built drawings for deviations from original drawings before final approval of payments.
Sept 07 May 08 Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Jordan Jordan
Member of the Liaison Team
Development and management of the scheduling process of courses schedules for each semester.
Arrangement of events in the department of Civil Engineering.
Connecting with the student body and solving their problems.
Various tasks assigned by the department head.
E DUCATION
2009- Dec 2010 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST Thuwal - KSA
Pursuing a masters degree in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest: Construction Materials, Carbon thin films, Graphene
Current GPA: 3.55/4
KAUST Graduate Fellowship Recipient
2004 Feb 2009 The University of Jordan Amman - Jordan
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Concentration: Structural Engineering
GPA : 3.83/4
First of Class honor
Elective Courses: Polymers and Polymerization Processes
Corrosion processes and prevention
Nanomaterials
Engineering Economics and Management
Directed Research: Increasing the capacity of storage for magnetic recording thin film hardisks by reducing the thickness
of the carbon overcoat to less than 1nm using FCVA (Collaboration between KAUST and UCB).
Characterization of the carbon overcoat using RAMAN Spectroscopy, FTIR, AFM and XRR
Analysis and reporting results
Economical Feasibility Study, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Village, two full days with Dr.
Additional Courses:
Tareq Rasheed, Amman Jordan, 2009.
Introduction to Marketing, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Jordan, 2008.
Primavira P3 course at the Jordanian Engineering Association, 2007.
A DDITIONAL EXPERIENC E AND S KILLS
Personal Skills Fluent in English and Arabic, oral and written.
Excellent team player and presenter.
Ability to adapt under various work conditions.
Self learner.
Competitive and Hard worker.
Computer Skills AutoCAD, Primavira, HTML, MATLAB, Mathematica, MS office applications,
ETABS, PROKON, SAFE, STAAD pro.
Others Founder and webmaster of www.ahm531.com, online web services for civil engineering students.
Designed the offers webpage in the IAESTE Jordan website
R EFERENCES
References available on request.
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