Education
 Ph.D. Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1965
M.S.C.E. Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1963
B.S.C.E. Civil Engineering, University of Cairo, Egypt, 1958
| Professional Experience |
| 1997– Present |
Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Administrative duties included Associate Chairman and Undergraduate Advisor. |
| 1969 – 1997 |
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (on leave during 1974-75). Duties included teaching graduate and undergraduate courses and research in Geotechnical Engineering, and teaching undergraduate courses in Mechanics, Materials, and Transportation. Administrative duties during various periods included Associate Chairman, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, and Graduate and Undergraduate Advisor. |
| 1972 – 1987 |
Lecturer (part-time), Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Teaching courses in Geotechnical Engineering |
| 1966 – Present |
Geotechnical Engineer Consultant (part-time). Worked for McClelland Engineers, Inc.; Fugro Gulf, Inc.; Harding-Lawson Associates, Inc.; Battelle, Inc., and National Soil Services, Inc., Houston, Texas. Full-time during some summers |
| 1974 – 1975 |
Vice-President, McClelland Engineers (Geotechnical Engineering Consultants), Houston, Texas; Manager of Middle East Division |
| 1966 – 1969 |
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1965 – 1966 |
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, Texas |
| 1964 – 1965 |
Research Engineer and Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Working on research projects for NASA |
| 1961 – 1964 |
Teaching and Research Assistant (part-time) and Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1959 – 1961 |
Instructor, Engineering Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Cairo, Egypt |
| 1958 – 1959 |
Design Engineer, The Development and Construction Company, Cairo, Egypt |
| Courses taught |
| CIVE 3339 |
Geotechnical Engineering |
| CIVE 4369 |
Foundation Engineering |
| CIVE 5331 |
Soil Engineering in Highway Practice |
| CIVE 6333 |
Theoretical Soil Mechanics I |
| CIVE 6334 |
Theoretical Soil Mechanics |
| CIVE 6339 |
Soil Dynamics |
| CIVE 6346 |
Interaction of Soils and Structures I
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| CIVE 6111 |
Graduate Seminar |
| CIVE 2332 |
Mechanics of Solids |
| CIVE 6372 |
Geotechnical Engineering Practice in Waste Disposal |
| CIVE 4337 |
Transportation Engineering |
| CIVE 4312 |
Civil Engineering Design/Project |
| CIVE 4311 |
Civil Engineering Design and Professional Practice |
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