Prof. Sherif AbdelSalam

Program Director of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE)

Faculty Office Ext.

1873

Faculty Building

UB2

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Bio

Biography

Dr. Sherif AbdelSalam is a Full-Professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS), Civil & Construction Engineering (CCE) Program, Nile University (NU). He is the CCE Program Director and EAS Vice Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

Dr. Sherif earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 2004 from Cairo University, followed by M.Sc. in 2007 from the same school in Geotechnical Engineering. During the first three years of his career, he practiced civil engineering through working for a consulting firm as a designer of concrete and steel structures, a geotechnical engineer, and a site-supervisor on various projects. Meanwhile, he was working as a part-time teaching assistant at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Dr. Sherif then got a scholarship at Iowa State University (ISU), USA, and worked as a research assistant studying towards his PhD, which was earned in 2010. During his doctoral studies, he worked on funded projects by Iowa Highway Research Board (IHRB) and Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT).

During the period from 2010 till 2017, Dr. Sherif was a full-time in the British University in Egypt (BUE). He was a module leader responsible of teaching different courses generally related to soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. In 2013, Dr. Sherif was promoted to Program Director of the Civil Engineering Department at the BUE. In 2015, he was promoted by the permanent committee of the supreme council of Egyptian universities to an Associate Professor. He joined Nile University in September 2017 as Program Director for the Civil & Construction Engineering CCE program. His main target at that time was to develop the new program bylaws, build the civil engineering lab complex, expand the offered majors, recruit calibers and capacity building, and attract more students to the program until current. In December 2021, Dr. Sherif was promoted by the permanent committee of the supreme council of Egyptian universities to the rank of Full-Professor.

Over the past years, Dr. Sherif was awarded research grants including grants from BUE, NU, ISSMGE, and STDF. Currently he is the PI of an STDF funded project related to uses of EPS for roadway embankments and EPS nano-coating (2 million EGP funding). He published more than 60 papers and reports in international conferences and top ranked prestigious international journals in Civil Engineering such as ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering; ASCE, International Journal of Geomechanics; ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal; ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering; ICE Geosynthetics International; Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Nature Scientific Reports, Elsevier, Waste Management, and Ain Shams Engineering journal. He is a member in ASCE, ASTM, and ICE Journals peer review panel. His current Google scholar citation score in the range of 660, with an h-index 12 and i10-index 18.

Finally, Dr. Sherif is keeping his industrial links via conducting consultation works that are generally related to the field of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering, he acquired a professional consultant engineering certificate in 2019 from the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers and the executive director of SAAB Engineering Consulting Office.

Recent Publications

Folded isolated footings represent an alternative to traditional isolated footings to support structures on weak soils. The reinforced concrete used in folded footings can be optimized by minimizing the tensile stresses developing in the concrete section, reducing the resulting settlement and the redistribution of stresses on the supporting soil. This study presents a comprehensive numerical

Shell folded footings have drawn the interest of researchers for decades as an alternative to typical flat isolated footings because folded footings can reduce the needed amount of reinforced concrete in addition to enhancing the overall geotechnical performance of the supporting soil medium. The main setback of utilizing such folded footings is the relatively complex geometry of the bottom cavity

Biosolid-sludge of sewage treatment plants was mixed with clean coarse sands to reduce soil permeability and assess the potential of utilizing such mix for several geotechnical applications. One of the applications was to develop a soil mix with low permeability for use in roadway embankments subjected to torrents from sudden heavy rain in desert areas. The main purpose was to address a

Plain concrete is used for water canal lining due to its low permeability to reduce water losses due to seepage. However, cement manufacture has a negative environmental impact as it produces large amount of CO2 emissions in addition to high energy consumption. In this study, bio-sludge of sewage plants was used an alternative for cement, mixed with sand and crushed stone, and used as an

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is used as an inclusion to mitigate stresses acting on tunnels. In this study, the efficiency of utilizing EPS in reducing dynamic loads acting on shallow tunnels was studied. To gauge this, dynamic modulus of elasticity (Ed) and shear modulus (G) of EPS with densities equal to 25, 30, and 35 kg/m3 were characterized based on series of ultrasonic tests, where Ed ranged

In this study, a database was developed to house reliable results from 43-plate load tests conducted on different types of compacted soil, including load-displacement responses and other information about soil and testing conditions. Using information from that database, resistance factors were developed for shallow foundations based on the prevalent first order second moment reliability approach

Soil contamination with petroleum products and/or waste are a problem that can be detected nearby industrial areas and other amenities that include underground leaking tanks or pipelines. The negative effect of oil contamination on the soil properties is significant and can completely alter the strength as well as the serviceability limit states of the bearing stratum. In this study, Diesel was

Although there are many studies on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC), determining the factors having the highest impact on compressive strength of fiber reinforced concrete has little attention. In this paper a full factorial L16OA design is used to analyze the early compressive strength of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC). This is to find the factors tat are significantly affecting the early

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) has long been used to reduce stresses acting on buried structures. In this study, the efficiency of utilising EPS in reducing vertical stresses acting on cut-and-cover tunnels was investigated. To gauge this, short- and long-term shear strength parameters of EPS with densities of 25, 30, and 35 kg/m3 were determined. Interface friction of EPS with various materials was

Research Tracks

EPS geofoam for retaining walls, tunnels, and infrastructure
Geosynthetic and nano materials for infrastructure
Nano clay for agricultural sustainability
AI for infrastructure application
LRFD for bridge deep foundations
LRFD for shallow foundations

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Projects

Research Project

Characterization, Development, and Life Cycle Analysis of EPS Geofoam for Use under Roadways Embankments

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) or geofoam blocks have long been used as a lightweight, durable, geosynthetic alternative for soil backfills in several infrastructure facilities and geotechnical applications. Recently, EPS was utilized for roadway embankments after assuring safety against acting loads in addition to hydrostatic and buoyancy stability. While satisfying these considerations, the design