Civil Engineering Seminars and Lectures 2005-2006

The Civil Engineering Seminar Series (CIVE 797) was offered to CE graduate program during Spring 2006, and was open to the public. The seminar series was coordinated by Dr. Mounir Mabsout, CEE Department. Other seminars and lectures were presented during 2005-06.

Deep Foundations Quality Control and Quality Assurance Testing Methods
By Dr. Mohamad Hussein
Vice President, GRL Engineers, Inc., Orlando, Florida, USA
Partner, Pile Dynamics, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Chairman, Deep Foundations Committee – American Society of Civil Engineers
July 20, 2005

The Importance of Reliability Analyses in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
By Dr. Shadi Najjar
Lecturer, CEE Dept, AUB
December 8, 2005

Structural Health Monitoring and Field-Testing of Civil Infrastructures
By Dr. Hani Nassif
Associate Professor, CEE Department
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
January 5, 2006

Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
By Dr. Salah Sadek
Associate Professor, CEE Department, AUB
February 16, 2006

Managing Safety in the Construction Industry
By Dr. Fadi Hamdan
Lecturer, CEE Department, AUB
April 20, 2006

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Flow and Transport in the Environment
By Dr. Elie Bou Zeid
Post-Doctoral Researcher – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne
April 28, 2006

Maritime Transport in Lebanon: Policies, Ports Development, and Role of the Private Sector
By Mr. Ammar Kanaan
President, International Port Management SA
May 4, 2006

Simulation Tools for Infrastructure Monitoring and Management
By Dr. George Turkiyyah
Visiting Faculty, Computer Science, AUb
May 11, 2006

ITS: a 15-yr Retrospective and Looking Ahead
By Dr. Hani Mahmassani
Professor of Transportation, CEE Department, University of Maryland
May 26, 2006