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Contact Info: 51 Mostafa El Nahass Street, Apt. # 15 Nasr City, Cairo, EGYPT Phone: (20122) 444 – 8008 (mobile) (202) 2670 – 8334 (home) e-mail: sameh.mehanny@stanfordalumni.org ssfmehanny@eng.cu.edu.eg

Sameh Samir F. Mehanny

Education Specialized Courses

Aug. 1998-Sep. 1999 Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA Ph.D. in Structural Engineering with emphasis in Earthquake Engineering (Department

of Civil and Environmental Engineering). Conferral date: 6 January 2000. Thesis title: “Modeling and Assessment of Seismic Performance of Composite Frames

with Reinforced Concrete Columns and Steel Beams”. Skills and expertise include the following areas: extensive knowledge of design and behavior of steel, reinforced concrete, and composite building systems, computer modeling of structural systems, development and application of nonlinear analysis methods, probabilistic seismic hazard modeling and assessment, and finite element applications.

1995-Aug. 1998 Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA Candidate for Ph.D. in Structural Engineering (School of Civil and Environmental

Engineering) with minor in Solid Mechanics (Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) before moving to Stanford University following my advisor Prof. G.G. Deierlein.

Course work: GPA is 4.12 on a scale of 4.0. Graduate classes were taken in both the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department.

1987-1994 Cairo University Cairo, EGYPT M.Sc. Structural Engineering, 1994 (Distinction with Honors). Top in class of about 50.

Thesis on “Analysis of Piled Foundations in Homogeneous, Non-Homogeneous, and Layered Soils”.

B.Sc. Civil Engineering, 1992 (Distinction with Honors). Top in class of 367. Graduation project titled “Analysis of Tall Buildings under Lateral Loading.”

Ranked Top of his class for the 5 years of undergraduate studies. 1974-1987 College de la Sainte Famille – “Jesuites” Cairo, EGYPT Primary, Preparatory and Secondary school. Ranked first among students of Mathematics branch of Cairo Governorate and third

among students of the Arab Republic of Egypt in High School Diploma Exam, Thanaweya Amma, 1987.

A course on Performance Based Seismic Design offered by the Structural Engineers

Association of Northern California – SEAONC, San Francisco, CA, USA, January, 2000. A course on Design and Installation of Buried Pipes offered by the American Society of

Civil Engineers – ASCE, Boston, MA, USA, October, 1999.

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Research Projects Awards and Honors

The Principal Investigator and the Scientist in Charge from the Egyptian side in the 4-year long project “Optimization Driven Architectural Design of Structures” (Acronym: OptArch) that is funded by Horizon 2020 MSCA-RISE-2015 of the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission in Brussels. The Scientist in Charge from the Egyptian side in the 4-year long project "Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures" (Acronym: ADERS) that is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme), of the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission in Brussels. 1. Selected by the Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering as an

Outstanding Reviewer for the year 2013. 2. Listed in “Who Is Who in Science and Engineering 2007" Marquis Publication. 3. Listed in "Who Is Who in the World 2006" Marquis Publication. 4. Recipient of the 2003 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize from the Structural Engineering

Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers – ASCE. 5. Recipient of Thomson Institute for Scientific Information Highly Cited Author Certificate

recognizing the outstanding contribution to science made by Egyptian scientists, October 2003. The institute is based in Philadelphia, USA.

6. Recipient of Professor Dr. Ehab Ismail prize for scientific excellency from Cairo University, 2004.

7. Recipient of a certificate of honor from CAPSCU – the Center for Advancement of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University, 2003.

8. Recipient of the STA fellowship in Science and Technology sponsored by Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), March 1999.

9. Awarded teaching and research assistantship in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Aug. 1998-Sept. 1999.

10. Awarded teaching and research assistantships at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY during 1995-1998.

11. Recipient of Hussein Sherif Award for the best structural engineering graduation project from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt in 1992.

12. Recipient of Egyptian Government Outstanding Academic Performance prize five times in a row through the five years of undergraduate studies.

13. Recipient of the Egyptian Syndicate for Engineers Outstanding Academic Performance prize for being ranked first of the graduating class of 1992, Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University.

14. A trip to Europe for three weeks as an award from Dar-Al-Tahrir Printing and Publishing for being ranked third of the Arab Republic of Egypt and first of Cairo Governorate among a class of about 250,000 students in the High School Diploma Exam, Mathematics Branch, 1987.

15. Shared a Gold Medal with two partners for preparing a recorded tape speech in French about the development and growth of communications tools in the twentieth century in the festival “Communications 2000” organized and hosted by the French Embassy in Egypt, 1985.

16. Elected President of EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) Peter Gergely Student Chapter at Cornell University for years 1998 and 1999 then moved to Stanford University following my advisor to continue my Ph.D. research.

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Academic Activities and Services

17. Served in a graduate student search committee for the faculty position in the Structures Group at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University in the Spring 1997.

18. Served in individual meetings with prospective graduate students at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University to offer advice and guidance.

Serving as external examiner for the MEng thesis in structural engineering of Mrs Shibeshi at

the University of Pretoria, South Africa, entitled “Dynamic analysis of steel railway bridge subjected to rapid rail”.

Serving for the periods from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2015 and from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2019 as a member of the scientific committee for evaluation of scientific research by faculty members applying for promotion to professorship and associate professorship in the field of structural engineering in Egyptian universities, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt.

Served as a member of the scientific committee of the 5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering COMPDYN 2015, M. Papadrakakis, N.D.Lagaros, V. Plevris (eds.), Crete Island, Greece, 25–27 May 2015.

Served as a member of the scientific committee of the 4th ECCOMAS Thematic International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering COMPDYN 2013, M. Papadrakakis, N.D.Lagaros, V. Plevris (eds.), Kos Island, Greece, 12–14 June 2013.

Serving as a technical reviewer for research papers published in the following scientific journals: - Journal of Structural Engineering of ASCE - ACI Structural Journal - Journal of Bridge Engineering of ASCE - Journal of Engineering Mechanics of ASCE - Journal of Engineering Structures by Elsevier - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering by Springer - Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

by Taylor and Francis - Journal of Earthquake Engineering by Taylor and Francis - Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration by Springer - Construction and Building Materials by Elsevier - Journal of Structures and Buildings by Thomas Telford - Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics by Techno Press - Journal of Earthquakes and Structures by Techno Press - Environmental Engineering and Management Journal - Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities of ASCE - Journal of African Earth Sciences by Elsevier - Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Transactions - ACI SP on shear and torsion of concrete structures as part of T.Hsu Symposium - Journal of Engineering and Applied Science of Cairo University. - HBRC Journal of Housing and Building National Research Center, Production and

Hosting by Elsevier Serving on the Reviewers Board of the open access journal: Frontiers in Built

Environment, section Earthquake Engineering Served as a reviewer for technical e-books for Bentham Science Publishers. Served as a reviewer for competitive technical proposals submitted to the National

Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt.

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Professional Activities

Member of Arab Code for Bridge Design, Construction, Inspection and Maintenance since 2016.

Member of Egyptian Code of Practice for Bridges – Committee for Bearings and Expansion Joints since 2008.

Member of Egyptian Code of Practice for Bridges – Committee for Loads since 2008. Member of Egyptian Code of Practice Sub-Committee for Live Loads on Roadway

Bridges since 2006. Attended and participated in several specialized international conferences in structural

engineering and earthquake engineering in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Greece, Italy, Portugal, China, and Egypt.

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE. Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI. Affiliated with John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Egyptian Syndicate for

Engineers, Egyptian Society for Tunnels and Egyptian Society for Engineers.

Aug. 2004-Present DAR AL HANDASAH Cairo, EGYPT Part-time senior structural/bridge engineer and team leader. Participated in the structural design and analysis in coordination with other trades in addition to the review, coordination and approval of structural shop drawings and material submittals for the following: Detailed design of a cable-stayed bridge for the Versova-Bandra Sea Link, Maharashtra,

India. The main span is 150m with 75m side spans. Detailed design of the elevated viaducts of Greater Cairo Metro Line III - Phase 4b, Egypt,

extending from the center of Heliopolis District to Cairo Airport and Cairo Ring Road. The alignment includes a 6.5 km long viaduct; 5 elevated stations, comprising 4 typical twin-track and twin-platform elevated stations and one 3-track twin-platform terminal elevated station with shunting tracks; one depot for heavy maintenance (workshop) with 25 buildings; and all wet infrastructure and electromechanical services. The deck is composed of inverted prestressed precast omega or I-beams carrying an RC deck slab. The substructure is composed of either mono-pile column bents or single columns or frame bents supported on typical pile caps on piles.

Design of Panama Metro Line 2 elevated viaduct with the deck composed of simple spans of U-shape prestressed girders supported on mono-shaft piers. The design has been performed per the AASHTO Guide Specifications for LRFD Seismic Bridge Design and CalTrans Seismic Design Criteria (2013).

Design-Build services for SR 836 operational capacity and interchange improvements, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, FL, USA. The project involves design of widening of about 14 bridges with the deck composed of AASHTO type precast pre-stressed beams and Florida I Beams. The project also includes widening of one steel bridge in addition to a new 4-span continuous curved steel bridge and a new simple span curved steel bridge.

Design for construction of south airport Automated People Mover guideway/elevated structure (about 400m long) in Orlando International Airport, Florida, USA, connecting the Mid-Crossfield Taxiway to the future South Airport APM Station.

Design for tender of about 18 km long elevated viaducts for Makkah metro lines – KSA. Detailed Design for construction of about 2.7 km long elevated viaducts for the green line

of Doha metro – Qatar. The design is performed according to Euro Norms and the cross-section hosting the deck is of the U-type Systra prestressed beam. The line also includes several long span continuous bridges with spans reaching 70m. The work involves performing detailed Rail-Structure-Interaction analysis as well as detailed Dynamic

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analysis of the bridge under the effect of moving trains with various speeds up to the maximum line speed.

Design of Phase Two of Panama Metro Line 1 elevated viaduct with the deck composed of simple spans of U-shape prestressed girders supported on mono-shaft piers. The design has been performed per the AASHTO Guide Specifications for LRFD Seismic Bridge Design and CalTrans Seismic Design Criteria (2013).

Detailed Design for Construction for a prestressed concrete box girder ramp behind Kudai metro station at first ring road in Makkah, KSA.

Detailed Design for Construction of 16 continuous (multi-span) pre-stressed voided slab deck bridges with span lengths varying between 25 and 35m. The bridges are located along the roads connecting Sabah Al-Ahmad and Khiran new towns in Kuwait.

Detailed Design for Construction of 28 reinforced concrete protection culverts for Kuwait Oil Company.

Detailed Design Review of a number of pre-cast and cast-in-situ continuous pre-stressed concrete railway bridges in Haramain High Speed Rail Project carrying high speed trains as part of a 450 km long electrified rail line from Makkah to Madinah via Jeddah with a commercial operating speed of 300 km/h. Designers are Spanish consultant Acciona and Belgium consultant TUC Rail.

King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia. Design review for a new airport based on a new phased master plan up to the year 2035 (Phase 1 up to 2012), comprising a new passenger terminal complex (670,000 m²) with a capacity of 30 million passengers per annum to replace the existing North and South Terminals; integrated provision for a planned railway station and an automated passenger mover (APM); new landside roads and interchanges; all required airfield components and state-of-the-art airport systems.

Design and preparation of “for Construction” drawings of an Automated People Mover (APM) prestressed concrete elevated guideway continuous structure at the Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) - Campus Transit System, Saudi Arabia. It is an 11.85 km dual-track elevated rail system, with 14 air-conditioned stations, 2 bus terminals, 3 pedestrian bridges, and a complete maintenance and storage facility. The APM bridge is of pre-tensioned precast C-beams for straight sections, and post-tensioned precast segments for curved sections. Span lengths range from 30 m to 45 m.

Design of the main entry portal structure for King Abdallah University for Science and Technology Campus in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a signature precast reinforced concrete structure that consists of a pair of symmetric doubly curved shells which are spread from one another and joined at the top. The basic structural form is a single layer gridshell realized in a triangular mesh. Within the mesh, the primary diagonal ribs are curved to the radius of the shell rather than faceted. The structure is approximately 33m tall and 24m along the roadway, as cut from a generating sphere of 50m diameter. Cladding on the outer face of the gridshell is provided in the form of laminated glass panels.

Full responsibility for all phases of the structural design including structural analysis, developing calculation procedures, preparation of design calculations and tender documents, creating structural computer models and analyses, issuing design drawings, reviewing shop drawings, and assisting in handling site construction queries, reviewing submittals by Contractors for 3 viaducts (1.55 km in total length), 24 overpass and underpass bridges, 9 retaining walls, 10 wadi bridges of 1.3 km in total length in Algeria as part of the project: Autoroute Est - Ouest, Tronçon Lakhdariah – Bouira. The project is located in a moderate seismic zone with a 0.25g design peak ground acceleration.

Design of a large number of interchanges, minor and major crossings in Qatar consisting of a series of continuous two-, three- and four-span box girder prestressed concrete bridges

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with spans varying from 20 to 45m. The job also includes preparation for Approval In Principle reports to be submitted to the client with quantity take-off sheets.

Design of three major viaducts as part of the Riyadh Ring Road in Saudi Arabia crossing deep valleys. Two of the viaducts are 500m long each and the third is 1000m. The viaducts are prestressed precast concrete main girders spanning 42.85m with a cast-in-situ top slab. The girders are resting on reinforced concrete piers with heights ranging from 30m to 90m.

Design for tender of a 6-lane dual roadway bridge and a twin-line railway bridge connecting proposed Boubyan Seaport and State of Kuwait mainland. The deck of the bridges is composed of continuous post-tensioned prestressed reinforced concrete box girders with a typical span of 53m. The deck rests on pot bearings over 2.5m diameter reinforced concrete piers with shaft extending in the ground forming a flexible substructure and foundation system. Design has been carried out for two proposed methods of construction including advancing shoring technique and segmental construction technique. The bridges are 1500m long each.

Design for tender of a 6-lane dual roadway long span bridge across the river Nile in Sudan known as Shendi-ElMattama bridge. The main navigable channel is 90m with side spans of 60m followed by 40m spans with a total length of 600m. The construction method is the two-balanced cantilever technique for the main navigable channel with the advancing shoring technique for other side spans. The bridge deck is a single-cell post-tensioned prestressed box girder. Monolithic piers exist only at the navigable channel while the other spans rest on pot bearings over reinforced concrete piers. Foundation system consists of a reinforced concrete pile cap resting on piles.

Improvement of Jamarat area and bridge in Mina – Saudi Arabia. The work involves detailed design, technical assistance during construction and supervision of construction for a multi-level bridge structure on a site area of 500,000 m². The new bridge is formed of four platform levels and is to replace an existing bridge having a hindering column grid of 20 m by 9 m. Additional works comprise a network of underpasses connected to the basement floor for service use and emergency evacuation; entrance and exit pedestrian ramps connecting the various floors to the ground and adjacent mountains; service and helipad towers connected to the bridge and serving for emergency evacuation, intervention and housing all monitoring and civil defence utilities; escalator buildings connecting the ground to the upper floors; miscellaneous utility networks in and around the project

Feb. 2002-July 2004 Orascom Engineering Cairo, EGYPT Part-time senior structural engineer and earthquake engineering consultant. Designed

machines foundations in the main workshop for the Egyptian Authority for Railways, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. Conducted thorough response spectrum seismic analyses and blast analysis and participated in the design of several special control buildings and workshops in LNG Damietta Project, Damietta, Egypt. Participated in the design for tender of the Proctor and Gamble industrial facilities in Turkey located in a very high seismic zone. Translated the full document of the Algerian Code of Practice for Steel Structures from French to English.

Design review with emphasis on seismic behavior of the Smart Village Pavilion designed by ECG, Egypt with the suspension system designed by VSL, Switzerland. The pavilion consists of one floor and a roof composed of concrete and steel composite decks supported by pretensioned bars suspended from a reinforced concrete core-wall. The core-wall tower is about 23 meters high and is eccentric in plan with respect to the two protruding (and suspended) composite decks extending 20 meters away from the core.

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Design of repair and strengthening schemes for building B1 of the Ministry of Communications in the Smart Village.

Selected as a special seismic inspector by the Corps of Engineers of the United Sates Army for their Airbase Upgrade Projects in Fayid, Egypt, September 2002.

Oct. 2000-July 2004 S. Samaan’s Consulting Office Cairo, EGYPT Part-time senior design engineer, preparing specifications documents and design review for El Wasta Bridge and Mallawi Bridge crossing the Nile. Participated in the review of Mostorod Bridge, Damietta Bridge, and Kafr El Zayat Bridge; and the design, design review and design for tendering of different residential and commercial buildings, hotels, churches, and other special civil structures including water tanks, swimming pools and cement silos. Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 Simpson Gumpertz and Heger San Francisco, CA, USA Senior engineer, working on the following: Linear and nonlinear finite element static and dynamic analysis of various types of

structures. Seismic assessment of multistory residential and commercial buildings, and parking

garages located in Downtown San Francisco, Downtown Los Angeles and in the Silicon Valley area.

Performance-based seismic design of new building structures using innovative systems such as “Unbonded Braced Frames” and “Dogbone Steel Moment Frames”.

Development of pre-earthquake strengthening schemes and schemes for seismic rehabilitation of damaged structures with reinforced concrete and structural steel systems.

Failure analysis of a water slide fiasco in Northern California. Damage system identification and instrumentation of existing buildings to monitor

seismic response (Warner Bros. Complex composed of 3 buildings in Los Angeles area). Analysis and design of Safety Line Cable System for the repair of pre-stressed large

diameter (2.85m) concrete pipes in Palo Verde, Arizona, USA. 1992-1995 S. Samaan’s Consulting Office Cairo, EGYPT Part-time design engineer, participated in the design and design review of about twelve

reinforced and pre-stressed concrete, and steel bridges over the river Nile. Also participated in the preliminary design for tender of Aswan Cable-Stayed bridge over the Nile, and reviewed structural design of several public buildings including two high rise hotels at Medinah, Saudi Arabia.

Helped in inspection and post-earthquake evaluation of different buildings, historically preserved structures and monuments (including churches and mosques) after the October 1992 earthquake in Cairo, Egypt.

Summer 1990 and 1991 Arab Contractors Cairo, EGYPT Structural engineering intern, served as an assistant site engineer during the construction

of the Olympic Covered Halls, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. Work included checking shop drawings, site inspections and supervising construction stages including placement of pre-cast units and pre-stressing of steel cables of the covering dome. These covered halls are the largest in the middle east area and were constructed to host the African Nations Games in 1991.

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Academic Career Publications

Dec. 2000-Present Cairo University Cairo, EGYPT Professor of Structural Engineering Mar. 2011 – Present, Associate Professor Feb. 2006

– Feb. 2011, Assistant Professor Dec. 2000 – Jan. 2006 teaching structural analysis and mechanics classes in the Civil Engineering Department for second and third year civil students and teaching structural dynamics and earthquake-resistant design for fourth year civil students.

Teaching post-graduate courses of advanced structural analysis, structural dynamics and seismic analysis of structures.

Supervising graduate students in their research towards M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in structural engineering. Accomplished theses: M.Sc. (21) and Ph.D. (2).

Feb. 2002-Jul. 2004 Contrack Inter. - Orascom Engineering Cairo, EGYPT Teaching introductory short courses on Earthquake Engineering and Seismic-Resistant

Design of Concrete and Steel Structures for engineering staff in a continuing education and professional development forum organized by the company. Contrack International, Inc. is a US company with head quarters in Arlington, VA and is affiliated with Orascom Construction Industries, Cairo – Egypt.

Aug. 1998-Oct. 1999 Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA Invited by Prof. G.G.Deierlein as a guest lecturer for the graduate class on advanced

structural analysis (CEE280) in the Fall 1998 quarter. Teaching Assistant: undergraduate class of design of steel structures, Winter 1999 quarter. Teaching Assistant: graduate class of nonlinear structural analysis, Spring 1999 quarter.

The course covers geometric and material non-linearities and involves preparing software using MATLAB for nonlinear analysis of skeletal structures.

1995-1996 Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA Teaching Assistant: graduate classes in advanced reinforced and pre-stressed concrete

structures with Prof. R.N.White of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Served as a TA for an undergraduate class of structural analysis for co-op students with

Prof. P. Petrina of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Invited by Prof. R.N.White to give a few lectures for the graduate class of advanced

reinforced concrete structures in the Spring 1998 semester. 1992-1995 Cairo University Cairo, EGYPT

Teaching assistant, taught sophomore and junior structural analysis and mechanics classes in the Civil Engineering Department as well as the School of Architecture.

1. Kotb, A.A-M., Mehanny, S.S.F., and Ramadan, O.M.O (2019), “Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Inelastic Seismic Response of Continuous Bridges on Piled Foundation”, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) ISSN: 2249 – 8958, Volume-8 Issue-6, August 2019

2. Farag, M.M.N, Mehanny, S.S.F., Kohrangi, M, Vamvatsikos, D. and Bakhoum, M.M. (2019), “Precast Beam Bridges with a Buffer-Gap-Elastomeric Bearings System: Uncertainty in Design Parameters and Randomness in Ground Records”, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001396, Vol. 24, No. 5, May 2019.

3. Rashwan, M.R., Rashed, Y.F., and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2019), “Theoretical envelop for the punching shear formula”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 66, No. 1, Feb. 2019, pp. 91-107

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4. Boules, Ph.F., Mehanny, S.S.F. and Bakhoum, M.M. (2018), “Shear lag effects on wide U-section pre-stressed concrete light rail bridges”, Structural Engineering & Mechanics, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp: 67-80, October 2018, DOI: 10.12989/sem.2018.68.1.067

5. Ayoub, E., Mehanny, S.S.F., Malek, C. and Helmy, G (2017), “Dynamic response assessment in compliance to Eurocodes for the elevated viaducts of Doha metro green line”, Structural Concrete: the journal of the fib, Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp. 397-408, June 2017.

6. Ishac, M.G. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2017), “Do mixed pier-to-deck connections alleviate irregularity of seismic response of bridges with unequal height piers?”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pages 97-121, January 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10518-016-9958-8

7. Ayoub, E., Mehanny, S.S.F., Malek, C. and Helmy, G (2015), “Dynamic Analysis of Elevated Viaducts of Doha Metro Green Line” Proceedings of the EVACES’15 – Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures, Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland, 19–21 October 2015.

8. Farag, M.M.N, Mehanny, S.S.F. and Bakhoum, M.M. (2015), “Establishing Optimal Gap Size for Precast Beam Bridges with a Buffer-Gap-Elastomeric Bearings System”, Earthquakes and Structures, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp: 195-219, July 2015.

9. Ramadan O.M.O., Mehanny, S.S.F. and El Howary, H.A. (2015), “Seismic Vulnerability of Box Girder Continuous Bridges under Spatially Variable Ground Motions”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10518-014-9683-0, Vol. 13, Issue 6, June 2015, pages 1727-1748.

10. Ishac, M.G. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2015), “How to Achieve Regular Seismic Behavior of Irregular Bridges with Unequal Height Piers?” Proceedings of the 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, M. Papadrakakis, V. Papadopoulos, V. Plevris (eds.), Crete Island, Greece, 25–27 May 2015.

11. Mehanny, S.S.F., Ramadan O.M.O. and El Howary, H.A. (2014), “Assessment of Bridge Vulnerability due to Seismic Excitations Considering Wave Passage Effects,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 70, 1 July 2014, pages 197-207.

12. Guirguis, J.E.B. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2013), “Evaluating Codes Criteria for Regular Seismic Behavior of Continuous Concrete Box Girder Bridges with Unequal Height Piers,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000383, Vol. 18, No. 6, June 2013, pp 486-498.

13. El Howary, H.A., Ramadan O.M.O and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2013), “Effect of Spatially Variable Ground Motions on the Seismic Fragility of Box Girder Continuous Bridges,” Proceedings of the 4th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, M. Papadrakakis, N.D.Lagaros, V. Plevris (eds.), Kos Island, Greece, 12–14 June 2013.

14. Guirguis, J.E.B. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2012), “How Effective Are EC8 and Recommended AASHTO-LRFD Criteria for Regular Seismic Behavior of Ductile Bridges With Unequal Height Piers,” Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sept. 24-28, 2012, Lisbon, Portugal.

15. Mehanny, S.S.F., Soliman, A.M. and Bakhoum, M.M. (2012), “Strength and Drift Seismic Code Requirements for Mid-Rise RC Frame Buildings,” Proceedings of the IABSE Conference 2012, May 7-9, 2012, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

16. Soliman, A.M., Mehanny, S.S.F. and Bakhoum, M.M. (2012), “Effect of FEM Modeling Assumptions and Code Provisions on Seismic Analysis of RC Buildings,” Proceedings of the IABSE Conference 2012, May 7-9, 2012, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

17. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2012), “Are Theoretically Calculated Periods of Vibration for Skeletal Structures Error-Free?” Earthquakes and Structures, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 17-35.

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18. Mehanny, S.S.F, Mehanny, S.S.F., and Rashed Y.F. (2011), “A Probabilistic Boundary Element Method Applied to the Pile Dislocation Problem,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, Issue 10, pages 2919-2930, Oct. 2011.

19. El Howary, H.A. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2011), “Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation of RC Moment Frame Buildings in Moderate Seismic Zones,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 40, Issue 2, pp. 215-235.

20. Rizkalla, S.I., Attia, W.A. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2010), “Effective Modulus of Elasticity Method for Inelastic Buckling Analysis,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies, IC-NOCMAT 2010, Sept. 21-23, 2010, Cairo, Egypt.

21. Rizkalla, S.I., Attia, W.A. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2010), “Proposed Practical Method of Analysis for Inelastic Buckling in Plates,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies, IC-NOCMAT 2010, Sept. 21-23, 2010, Cairo, Egypt.

22. Mehanny, S.S.F., and El Howary, H.A. (2010), “Assessment of RC Moment Frame Buildings in Moderate Seismic Zones: Evaluation of Egyptian Seismic Code Implications and System Configuration Effects,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, Issue 8, pages 2394-2406, Aug. 2010.

23. Mehanny, S.S.F., Sobhy, B.M., and Bakhoum M.M. (2010), “Assessing Strength and Drift Limitations for Seismic Design of Flat Slab Buildings,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.57, No.4, Aug. 2010, pp. 277-295.

24. Youssef, M.F., Mehanny, S.S.F., and Gendy, A.S. (2009), “Computational Investigation for Optimum Shape of Steel Barriers under Blast,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.56, No.5, Oct. 2009, pp. 475-495.

25. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2009), “A Broad-Range Power-Law Form Scalar-Based Seismic Intensity Measure,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 31, Issue 7, pages 1354-1368, July 2009.

26. Ramadan, O.M.O., Mehanny, S.S.F., and Mostafa, A. (2008), “Revisiting the 5% Accidental Eccentricity Provision in Seismic Design Codes for Multi-Story Buildings,” the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct. 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

27. Mehanny, S.S.F., Sobhy, B.M., and Bakhoum M.M. (2008), “Strength versus Drift Limitation Effects on Code-Compliant Seismic-Resistant Flat Slab Buildings,” the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct. 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

28. Mehanny, S.S.F., and Ayoub, A.S. (2008), “Variability in Inelastic Displacement Demands: Uncertainty in System Parameters versus Randomness in Ground Records,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pages 1002-1013, April 2008.

29. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2006), “Quantifying Relative Error in Calculated Period of Vibration for Skeletal Structures,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.53, No.6, Dec. 2006, pp. 765-784.

30. Mehanny, S.S.F., Ramadan, O.M.O., and Nasralla, H.G.Z. (2005), “Repair of Cracked Steel I-Beams – Fracture Demand Versus Force and Stress Criteria,” the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Aug. 30 – Sep. 2, 2005, Rome, Italy.

31. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2005), “Variability in Code-Based Moment and Curvature Capacities of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Columns,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 31, 2005, pp. 69-84.

32. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2004), “Unreinforced Concrete Structures – Fracture Analysis Approach,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.51, No.6, Dec. 2004, pp. 1099-1118.

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33. Mehanny, S.S.F. (2004), “Disaggregating Response Modification Factors for Moment Frames in Seismic Provisions,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science,Vol.51, No. 4, Aug. 2004, pp. 723-740.

34. Mehanny, S.S.F., Gendy, A.S., and Seif, S.P. (2004), “Assessment of Equivalent Static/Dynamic Analyses of Bridges via the Seismic Provisions of Emerging Egyptian Code,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Vol.39, No. 2, June 30, 2004, pp. 99-119.

35. Mehanny, S.S.F., and Cordova, P.P. (2004), “Development of a Two-Parameter Seismic Intensity Measure and Probabilistic Design Procedure,“ Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.51, No. 2, Apr. 2004, pp. 233-252.

36. Mehanny, S.S.F., Gendy, A.S., and Seif, S.P. (2003), “Seismic Assessment of Bridges Over the River Nile,” fib Symposium on Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions, May 6-9, 2003, Athens, Greece.

37. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Meyer, J.D. (2002), “Seismic Risk Assessment Methodology for Welded Stainless Steel Storage Tanks,” 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, USA, July 2002.

38. Mehanny, S.S.F., Kuramoto, H. and Deierlein, G.G. (2001), “Stiffness Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Columns for Frame Analysis,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 98, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 2001.

39. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Deierlein, G.G. (2001), “Seismic Damage Analysis – Assessing Collapse Prevention for Composite Moment Frames,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 127 No. 9, September 2001.

40. Cordova, P.P., Mehanny, S.S.F., Deierlein G.G., and Cornell, C.A. (2001), “Development of a Two-Parameter Seismic Intensity Measure and Probabilistic Assessment Procedure,” The Second US-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2001, pp.: 187-206.

41. Mehanny, S.S., Cordova, P.P., and Deierlein, G.G. (2000), “Seismic Design of Composite Moment Frame Buildings – Case Studies and Code Implications”, Engineering Foundation Conference: Composite Construction IV, ASCE, June, 2000, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 11 pages.

42. Mehanny, S.S., and Deierlein, G.G. (2000), “Modeling and Assessment of Seismic Performance of Composite Frames with Reinforced Concrete Columns and Steel Beams”, J.A. Blume Earthquake Center Report No. 135, Stanford, CA.

43. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Deierlein, G.G. (2000), “Assessing Seismic Performance of Composite (RCS) and Steel Moment Frame Buildings,” 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 2000.

44. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Deierlein, G.G. (2000), “Seismic Damage Indices and Near-Collapse Performance Assessment in Composite Moment Frames,” 6th ASCCS Inter. Conf. on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, March 22-24, Los Angeles, CA.

45. Deierlein, G.G. and Mehanny, S.S.F. (2000), “On Assessing Near-Collapse in Seismic Performance-Based Design,” Structures Congress 2000, May 8-10, Philadelphia, PA.

46. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Deierlein, G.G. (1998), “Seismic Design, Analysis and Behavior of Composite (RCS) Moment Frames,” Struct. Engrg. World Congress, Elsevier, Paper T177-1.

47. Mehanny, S.S.F., El-Tawil, S., and Deierlein, G.G. (1998), “DYNAMIX - A Software for DYNamic Analysis of MIXed Structures, Technical Manual,” Structural Engrg. Report, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

48. Mehanny, S.S.F. and Deierlein, G.G. (1997), “Seismic Design and Performance of RCS Moment Frames” US-Japan Cooperative Research 4th JTCC, October 12-14, 1997, Monterey, CA.

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Personal Interests, Activities and Skills Personal Info

49. Kuramoto, H., Mehanny, S.S.F., and Deierlein, G.G. (1996), “Static Nonlinear Analysis for a Composite RCS Frame,” US-Japan Cooperative Research 3rd JTCC, December 12-14, 1996, Hong Kong.

Proficient in English, French and Arabic. Special oral and written presentation skills. Familiarity with different codes, standards and guidelines including: 1997 UBC, IBC

2000, NEHRP, ACI-318, AISC-LRFD, FEMA-SAC documents, SEAOC Blue Book, EuroCode, BSS, DIN, AWWA D100-96 (American Water Work Association), API 650-98 (American Petroleum Institute), AASHTO, and AASHTO-LRFD.

Comprehensive programming knowledge in Matlab, F-77 and F-90; one of the developers of a nonlinear inelastic static and dynamic analysis software for framed-structures with graphical interface (DYNAMIX). Developed software for analysis of piled-raft foundations in different soil types. Software knowledge also includes the following packages: ANSYS, DIANA, FRANC2D, MASTAN2, SAP, SAFE, ETABS, RAM, STAAD3, CU-STAND for research, teaching and professional purposes. Operating systems: Windows 95/NT, Unix, VMS, Macintosh. Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and MATHCAD.

Served as a librarian for an intradepartmental library at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, 1997-1998.

Served as Vice President of the Egyptian Student Association at Cornell University, 1997-1998.

Core-group member of “KHADRA-Green Desert for Egypt”, participated in planting cultural and community activities and helped in organizing a fund-raising festival hosting about 3,000 people in 1989.

A listener of classic music and likes swimming, reading and travelling. Marital status: married Nationality: Egyptian Date of birth: May 10th, 1969