Engineering Project
Resume:
AHMED NASR, Ph. D.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Home:
Irvine, California 92617
Cell: 949-***-****
E-mail: ********@*****.***
Office:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,
E4130 Engineering Gateway,
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697-2175
Phone/Fax: 949-***-****
Email: *****@***.***
OBJECTIVE
E Pursuing a career in the structural engineering practice field.
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structural/Seismic), Civil and environmental Engineering Department, University of California, Irvine awarded September 2011 (GPA 4.0/4.0). Master in Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering , Cairo University, Egypt awarded October 2004. B.Sc. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Very Good With Honor (82.95%) awarded July 2000.
Graduation Project: Excellent
LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES: Structural Design Engineer, Egypt Engineer-in-Training (EIT), awarded August 2009. California PE Civil, April 2012 (Applicant)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
« American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),
« Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI),
« American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC),
« American Concrete Institute (ACI),
« Egyptian Engineers Syndicate (EES).
« American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
CAREER HISTORY
Internships:
E June 1996- August 1996: Student intern at the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), Egypt.
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E June 1997- August 1997: Student intern at the General Nile Company for Roads and Bridges (GNCRB), Egypt. (Covered Sports Hall V Nasr City Sports Club project).
E June 1998- August 1998: Student intern at the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), Egypt (Cairo Third Metro Line and Alazhar Twin Tunnels projects).
E June 1999- August 1999: Student intern at the Arab Consulting Engineers (ACE), Egypt (Tahrir square underground garage project).
Previous occupations:
E 2000-2001: Staff Structural Engineer at the General Authority for Educational Buildings, Egypt.
E 2001-2002: Teaching assistant at CE Department, Higher Technological Institute VTenth of Ramadan V Sixth of October Branch, Egypt (Civil Drafting, Surveying, Steel Bridges, Steel Structures, Fortran Programming, Harbor Design, and Structural Analysis)
E 2001-2003: Staff Structural Engineer (part-time) at SEMGA consultancy, Egypt.
E 2002-2006: Teaching Assistant and Assistant Lecturer, CE Department, Faculty of Engineering at Menofia University, Egypt (Analysis of Structures, Seismic Design and Analysis of Structures and Structural Dynamics).
E 2006 till 2011: Research and Teaching Assistant, CEE Department at University of California, Irvine (Concrete Design, Civil Engineering Practicum §AutoCAD , Design of Wood Structures, Statics, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design, Mechanics of Composite Materials).
Present occupations:
E September 2011- present: Post-Doctoral research scholar, CEE Department, University of California, Irvine.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers:
1. Ayman Mosallam, Mahmoud M. Reda Taha, Jung J. Kim, Ahmed Nasr, §Strength and ductility of RC slabs strengthened with hybrid high-performance composite retrofit system , Engineering Structures 36 (2012), pp70 V80
2. Ayman Mosallam, Mahmoud M. Reda Taha, Jung J. Kim, Ahmed Nasr (2012), §Numerical modeling of RC slabs strengthened with hybrid high-performance composite retrofit system , ( to be submitted to Engineering Structures)
3. Nasr, A. and Mosallam A. (2012), § Numerical modeling of RC shear walls with openings retrofitted with advanced composites using ABAQUS , (Under preparation)
4. Salem Y. and Nasr A. (2012), §Non-linear finite element modeling of an anchor bolt assembly , (Under preparation)
5. Salem Y. and Nasr A. (2012), §Non-linear analysis of steel column base connection , (Under preparation)
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Conference Papers:
1. Nasr, A. M., Amer A. H., Saleh M. M. and AbuHamd M. H. (2004) §Investigation of lateral load distribution on curved steel I-girder bridges . Proceedings of International Conference on Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development, HBRC, Cairo, Egypt.
2. Nasr, A. M., Amer A. H., Saleh M. M. and AbuHamd M. H. (2005) "Simplified Load Distribution Factors for Curved Steel I-girder Bridges Based on ECP Live Loads". Proceedings of the Eleventh International Colloquium on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
3. Mosallam, A., Adanur, S., Nasr, A. and Miraj, R., (2007) §Axial Strength Enhancement of Concrete Columns Using Polymer Composites . International Symposium on Advances in Earthquake & Structural Engineering, October 24-26, 2007 Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta-Antalya, Turkey.
4. A. Nasr and S. Adanur (2007) §Repair and Rehabilitation of Wood Beams Using Composites, UCI Engineering Week, A Poster Paper, April 2007.
5. Nasr, A. M., (2008) §Simplified Equations For Load Distribution Factors For Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges Based On ECP Live Loads . Proceedings of the Fifth International Engineering and Construction Conference, University of California, Irvine.
6. Moon J. And Nasr A. (2008). §Structural Evaluation of a Hybrid LDPE/FRP Beams Engineering Week, A Poster Paper, University of California, Irvine, May 2008.
7. Mosallam, A., Nasr, A., Miraj, R., Salama, M. and Elsadek, A. (2009) §The Use Of Recycled and Hybrid Environmentally Friendly Construction Materials International Conference and Workshop on Sustainable Green Building Design and Construction, March 10-12, 2009 Cairo, Egypt.
Technical Reports:
1. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2008) §JWA Impact Protection of RC Slab Report No. SETH-JWA-0108, University of California, Irvine.
2. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2008) §Structural Evaluation of LinforceÆÊ FRP Composite System for Flexure and Shear Repair and Upgrade of Reinforced Concrete Beams Report No. SETH-LFB-0808, University of California, Irvine.
3. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2008) §Structural Evaluation of LinforceÆÊ FRP Composite Systems for Strengthening the Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs and Out-of-Plane Walls Report No. SETH-LFS-0608, University of California, Irvine.
4. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2009) §Structural Evaluation of Sika CorporationÆÊ FRP Composite System for Flexure and Shear Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Beams Report No. SETH-SKB-1109, University of California, Irvine.
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5. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2009) §Structural Evaluation of SikaWrap HexR 100G Composite System for Strengthening of unreinforced concrete columns Report No. SETH-SKURC-0609, University of California, Irvine.
6. Mosallam A., Feng. M. and Nasr. A. (2009) §Non-Destructive Evaluation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Bridge Decks V Part I Report No. CALTRANS-NDE-V1-1209, University of California, Irvine submitted to California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS).
7. Mosallam A., Feng. M. and Nasr. A. (2009) §Non-Destructive Evaluation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Bridge Decks V Part II Report No. CALTRANS-NDE-V2-1209, University of California, Irvine submitted to California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS).
8. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2010) §Structural Evaluation of LintopÆÊ Strengthening Systems for Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs and Out-of-Plane Walls Report No. SETH-LF2S-0710, University of California, Irvine.
9. Mosallam A., Allam K., Nasr. A. and Elsadek A. (2010) §Structural Evaluation of LinforceÆÊ FRP Composite System for Repair and Upgrade of Reinforced Concrete Interior Beam-Column Joints Report No. SETH-LBCJ-1010, University of California, Irvine.
10. Mosallam A., Nasr. A., Elsadek A. and Ghabban N. (2010) §Seismic Structural Evaluation of Unreinforced, Carbon Fiber Retrofitted and E-Glass Retrofitted Masonry Walls Report No. SETH-LFMW-1010, University of California, Irvine.
11. Mosallam A., Nasr. A. Elsadek A. and Eldemirdah I. (2010) §Structural evaluation of Flexural Tests Performed on 3D EnBuil. Expanded Polystyrene Sandwich Panels Used as Structural Slabs Report No. SETH-3DS-1110, University of California, Irvine.
12. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2011) §Seismic Structural Evaluation of LinforceÆÊ FRP Composite Systems for Flexure Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Columns Report No. SETH-LFC-0511, University of California, Irvine.
13. Mosallam A., Eldemirdash I., Nasr. A., Elsadek A. and Miraj. R (2011) §Large-Scale Structural Evaluation of Insteel Panelmex, S.A. DE C.V. 3D. Expanded Polystyrene Sandwich Wall Panels Subjected to Cyclic Shear Tests Report No. SETH- Insteel-ICC-ES06-11, University of California, Irvine.
14. Mosallam A., Miraj. R and Nasr. A. (2011) §Structural Evaluation of Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete (RC) Shear Walls with Openings Report No. SETH-LFRCWO-0911, University of California, Irvine.
Books:
1. Nasr, A. M. (2004), "Live Load Distribution for Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges" M.Sc. thesis, Cairo University.
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2. Ahmed M. Nasr (2011), §Seismic Performance of RC Shear Walls with Openings Strengthened Using Advanced Composites Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.
DESIGN PROJECTS
1. Design of Sky Medical Center Rehabilitation using CFRP.
2. Design of Harmal Hospital Rehabilitation using CFRP.
3. Design of Central Egyptian Bank Rehabilitation using CFRP.
4. Design of passengers ¦ rail bridge to Cairo Airport.
5. Seismic design of Al-Mahrousa Towers in Cairo.
6. Repair of Pepsi.Cola Egypt V Cairo branch.
7. Design of Ghabour commercial mall.
8. Retrofitting of Misr.Bank Nasr city branch.
9. Design of Cairo.North electrical power station.
10. Design of Heritage school buildings.
11. Design of 6th of October University.
12. Design of Airotel commercial mall.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
E Impact Protection of RC Slab for John Wayne Airport (JWA) and IDS-Group
In the expansion project of JWA airport, a huge parking structure that contained a room that has very sensitive equipment that had to stay while demolishing the structure around it. The room roof slab had to be protected against accidental impact during the demolishing process. The proposed protection system consisted of the use of stacked layers of used tires. The tests were repeated with reducing the protection layers to find the optimum number of required tires layers need for the protection. Also, the RC slab were repaired after damage using Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates and tested under impact loading without protection by tires to evaluate the efficiency of the CFRP laminates repair system in improving the performance of RC slabs under impact loading even after being damaged.
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E Diagnostic/ Prognostic System for Smart Composite Army Bridges for TACOM
This project, sponsored by US Army TACOM-TARDEC, developed a state-of-the-art Diagnostic/Prognostic Structural Health Monitoring System which integrated advanced sensor technology, wireless data transfer systems and advanced computational analysis to produce a real time monitoring protocol for composite bridges and, ultimately, other forms of critical infrastructure and components. The final robust and reliable system exploited multiple sensors technologies to deliver redundant data sets that were forwarded over parallel pathways to a common data platform. Here, high speed computing was coupled with failure mechanics to produce real-time prognostication of structural behavior, which confirmed the reliability and sustainability of a given component.
E Retrofit of RC beams and Slabs for Linford, LLC
This project involved structural evaluation of the FRP composite systems for repair and retrofit conducted on reinforced concrete beams and slabs. The beams were strengthened in both flexure and shear using three FRP strengthening systems i) carbon/epoxy wet layup system, ii) E-glass/Epoxy wet layup system, and iii) Precured carbon/epoxy strips. The slabs were strengthened in flexure using carbon/epoxy wet layup system and Precured carbon/epoxy strips.
E Seismic Retrofit and Repair of RC Columns for Linford, LLC
In this project, rectangular and circular RC columns were repaired or retrofitted using FRP jacketing and an innovative system developed by Linford, LLC called Column-Base Interface System. Two FRP systems were used i) carbon/epoxy wet layup system and ii) E-glass/Epoxy wet layup system in seismic upgrade of the columns.
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E Seismic Retrofit of RC Beam-Column Joints for Linford, LLC
In this project, interior RC beam-column joints were retrofitted using FRP wrapping and an innovative system Composite Beam-Column Connector developed by Linford, LLC. Two FRP systems were involved i) carbon/epoxy wet layup system and ii) E-glass/Epoxy wet layup system in seismic retrofit of the RC beam-Column joints .
E Structural Upgrade RC Slabs for Linford, LLC
This project involved structural evaluation of the Lintop. systems for retrofit of reinforced concrete slabs. The slabs were upgraded to increase their load capacity by applying the retrofit system only from the top using Lintop. systems developed by Linford, LLC . Two different Lintop. systems were evaluated i) Carbon/Epoxy Wet Layup System on top of the slab plus Epoxy mortar, ii) Carbon/Epoxy Wet Layup System plus polymer concrete.
E Retrofit of RC beams for Sika Corporation
In this project, CFRP systems for retrofit of reinforced concrete beams. The beams were strengthened in both flexure and shear carbon/Epoxy retrofit systems.
E Retrofit of Unreinforced Concrete Columns for Sika Corporation
In this project, GFRP systems for retrofit of unreinforced concrete columns. The columns were strengthened using Glass/Epoxy jacketing system.
E Seismic Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry walls (URM) for Linford, LLC.
This project involved the structural evaluation of unreinforced masonry walls (URM) with FRP composite systems. The walls were strengthened in both flexure and shear using i) carbon/epoxy wet layup system and ii) E-glass/Epoxy wet layup system.
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E Non-Destructive Evaluation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Bridge Decks for CALTRANS
The main objective of this project was to evaluate and demonstrate the applicability of different Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) methods for FRP. Different commercially available techniques such as real-time reverse X-Ray digital imaging, acoustic emission (AE), microwave imaging and ground penetrating radar techniques were evaluated. In addition, a structural evaluation of the Kings Storm water Channel Bridge deteriorated FRP sandwich composite decks was conducted and remedial solutions were proposed.
E Seismic Retrofit of RC shear walls with openings using CFRP for Linford, LLC.
This project involved the evaluation of CFRP systems to strengthen the shear walls were openings were added after construction either because of changing building use or remodeling of existing buildings. The project involved structural evaluation of the walls with and without the retrofit system. Also, numerical modeling was performed using the general finite element package §ABAQUS to predict the behavior of the walls with and without the retrofit systems.
E Structural Evaluation of Insteel Panelmex Expanded Polystyrene Insulted Sandwich Panel Slabs for Tridipanel Systems
The 3D Expanded Polystyrene Sandwich Panel are fabricated from all recycled materials as foam and recycled cold rolled wire mesh which makes it an environmentally friendly system and also very energy efficient due to the existence of the foam core insulation. This project involved the structural evaluation of the Insteel Panelmex EPS panels used as floor or roof panels as well as monotonic out-of-plane walls without gravity loads application. The objective of this evaluation is to gather the necessary verification information for assessing the performance of such floor/roof panels when fabricated using hand-applied vs. pneumatically-applied methods. This was performed on floor/roof specimens with and without hot-rolled additional steel reinforcement.
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E Seismic Structural Evaluation of Insteel Panelmex Expanded Polystyrene Sandwich Wall Panels Subjected to Cyclic Shear Tests for Tridipanel Systems
This project involved the structural evaluation of the Insteel Panelmex EPS sandwich panels used as shear walls. The objective of this evaluation is to gather the necessary verification information to assess the seismic performance of panels and if it conforms to International Building Code (IBC) seismic requirements.
CODES AND STANDARDS
E Good knowledge of the following building design codes: ACI318, AISC, IBC, NDS and CBC.
MENTORING ACTIVITIES
E Helping the undergraduate students groups competing in the ASCE concrete canoe and steel bridge competitions.
E Helping undergraduate understand the concepts of experimental mechanics and mechanics of materials.
E Helping fellow graduate students working at the Structural Engineering Testing Hall (SETH) at UC Irvine in designing tests set-ups, running experiments and training them on using different lab equipment.
TECHNICAL PEER-REVIEWER
E Composites Part B: Engineering Journal
E Construction and Building Materials Journal
E Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)
E Proceedings of the 5th International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC ¦5).
E Proceedings of the 6th International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC ¦6).
HONORS & AWARDS
« Doctoral Scholarship (2006) Menofia University , Egypt.
« Outstanding Engineering Student Award (2009) from Orange County Engineering Council.
« Post-Doctoral fellowship (2011) CEE Department, UC Irvine.
COMPUTER AND LABORATORY SKILLS
« Wireless sensors and advanced sensing technologies such as optical fibers, Zigbee, piezoelectric sensors and others.
Computer oriented skills including:
ICDL Ver. 3 - 2006
AutoCAD up to 2012.
Microsoft Office
E FEA Programs: SAP2000, STAAD, RISA 3D, ETABS, ABAQUS, ANSYS.
E Programming Languages: FORTRAN
Capable of using many types of laboratory equipment, field instrumentation, fiber optical sensors, , and other health monitoring systems, as well as data acquisition devices and related software programs (i.e labview).
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Khaled Allam, PhD, SE
Project Manager, JACOBS Engineering
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 500 Irvine, California 92612 949-***-**** khaled. *****@******.***
Marwan N. Youssef, PhD, PE Public Works Director/City Engineer, City of Westminster
Westminster Civic Center
8200 Westminster Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92683
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Nagi Abo-Shadi, PhD, SE
President, Professional Engineering Center & Structural Engineering Center
335 N Puente St., Suite G
Brea, CA 92821
Tel.: 714-***-****
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Yasser Salem, PhD, SE
Associate Professor, Construction Engineering Technology
California State University, Pomona 3801 West Temple Avenue, Bldg. 9-160 Pomona, CA 91778 909-***-****
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