Prof. Mohamed Nabeel Abdel-Salam

Dr. Mohamed Nabeel Abdel-Salam

Date of Birth : January 13 , 1950

Nationality : Egyptian

Address : 30 Kambiz Street, Dokki, Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Phone : 010 143 7710 (mob) , 3761 7057 (O)

e-mail : nabeel_hbrc@yahoo.com

Job : Director, Structures & Metallic Constructions Research Institute,

Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC), Egypt

Higher Education

Ph.D 1983 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

M.Eng 1979 Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

B.Sc 1973 Cairo University, Civil Engineering Department, Cairo, Egypt

Employment

2001 Professor & Director, Structures & Metallic Constructions Research Institute, Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC), Cairo, Egypt

1987 Assistant Professor

Housing & Building Research Center (HBRC), Cairo, Egypt

1983 Assistant Professor

Civil & Architectural Engineering Department

University of Miami (UM), Coral Gables, Florida, USA

1979 Research Assistant

Civil Engineering Department

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

1977 Teaching Assistant

Civil Engineering Department

Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

1973 Assistant Researcher

Housing & Building Research Center (HBRC)

Cairo, Egypt

Technical Committees

• Egyptian Code Standing Committee for Planning, Design and Construction of Bridges and Overpasses, 2006
• Head, Technical inspectors certification program (CERT Committee), Cooperation Protocol between Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC) and International Code Council (ICC) & International Accreditation Services (IAS) of USA, 2006
• Egyptian Code for Computation of Loads and Forces in Structural and Masonry Works, Earthquake Loads Committee, 1993
• Arab Codes & Standards Committee, Arab Cooperation Council, Steel Structures Code Committee, 1990
• Egyptian Code for Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Constructions Committee, 1989

Conferences

• Coordinator, International Conference on Bridge Management Systems – Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation, Cairo, Egypt, March 21-23, 2006

Reviewing

• Technical reviewer for several national and international conferences and technical magazines

Technical Publications

• “STATICS EXAM FILE” , Engineering Press Inc., San Jose, California, USA, 1985
• “MECHANICS OF MATERIALS EXAM FILE” , Engineering Press Inc., San Jose, California, USA, 1985

Published Papers

Numerous published papers in national and international technical magazines and conferences in the following fields:

• Stability of structures
• Earthquake engineering: dynamic properties of structures
• Structural analysis of bridges
• Composite structures
• High-rise buildings: shear walls
• Engineering education

Supervision On Scientific Dissertations

Several M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertations in the Egyptian and American Universities in the field of structural engineering

Teaching / Lecturing

• Lecturer, Structural mechanics undergraduate curriculum, Faculty of Engineering, The American University in Cairo, 2006
• Lecturer, Training courses for the Egyptian code for computation of loads and forces in structural and masonry works, HBRC, 1997 – present
• Graduate and undergraduate Structures curricula, Civil & Architectural Engineering Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, 1983 – 1987

Professional Expertise

• Design and supervision on construction for steel and reinforced concrete structures
• Assessment of structural safety and rehabilitation of steel and reinforced concrete structures
• Assessment (measurements / analysis) of dynamic vibrations of structures
• Feasibility studies
• Certified appraiser (No. 38) at the Mortgage Finance Authority

Additional teaching and lecturing

• Lecturer, Real Estate Appraisal: Fundamentals and Methods, American University in Cairo — February–May 2006.
• Review and adaptation for Egypt of the US Appraisal Institute's Real Estate Appraisal Procedures curriculum, Egyptian Financial Services Group (EFS Project) — May–November 2005.

Real estate appraisal experience

Real estate appraisal expert listed in the Mortgage Finance Authority's expert register under No. 38.

Selected assignments through Cairo University and Mega Delta

• Real estate assets of Fayoum Sugar Company, km 140 of the Cairo–Assiut Desert Road, Qasr El Basel, Itsa, Fayoum. Client: National Bank of Egypt, Main Branch — April 2006.
• Agricultural land in El Ganayen, Suez. Client: Banque du Caire, Qasr El Nil Branch — March 2006.
• 223 apartments across 27 buildings in Golf Town at Golf City, Obour; 10 villas of 6 designs at Golf City, Obour; and 39 villas of 8 designs at Green Land, El Shorouk. Client: Egyptian Arab Land Bank — November 2005.
• 100 apartments across 9 buildings in Golf Town at Golf City, Obour; 20 villas of 9 designs at Golf City, Obour; and 20 villas of 8 designs at Green Land, El Shorouk. Client: Egyptian Arab Land Bank — October 2005.
• Participation in reviewing the collateral and asset valuation committees' work for the merger of Egyptian Arab Land Bank and the Housing and Development Bank, Technical Merger Committee — August–October 2005.
• Properties owned by Egyptian Real Estate Group in Giza, Dokki and Mohandessin. Client: National Bank of Egypt, Investment Trustees Sector — June 2005.