Professor Aqeel Mohammed Taher | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching areas

Field of Teaching: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Geotechnical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Engineering , BIM (Building Information Modeling),Computer Aided Analysis, Design and Detailing of Structures; Engineering Drawing, Introduction to Engg Probability and Statistics, Computational methods, Introduction to Engineering Courses.

Research areas

Research Interests:Problems related to geo-environmental issues, soil-structure interaction, earthquake engineering and Computer Applications in Civil Engineering

Education

Certificate, Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Stanford, United States, 2021
M.Tech, Civil Engineering/geotechnical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, 1993
Diploma, Diploma In Computer Applications, National Centre for Computing Techniques, 1989
Bachelor, Civil Engineering, Osmania University, 1987

Professional experience

Professor Of Practice, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present
Instructor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2012 - 2017
Laboratory Instructor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2000 - 2012
Senior Civil/ Structural Engineer, Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd., United Arab Emirates, 1996 - 2000
Design Engineer, Zamil Steel Buildings Co, Saudi Arabia, 1994 - 1996
Lecturer, Muffakaham Jah College of Engineering and Technology , Osmania University Hyderabad India., 1988 - 1994

Memberships

IGBC Indian Green Building Council, January 2018

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2905

Professor Aqeel Mohammed Taher

Professor of Practice
Other, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,

Aqeel Ahmed has been with AUS since 2000. He has more than 37 years of working experience in academia and industry. He has been working with multidisciplinary fields of geo-technical, structural' and environmental engineering including software development, web designing, development, supervision of civil engineering laboratories and earthquakes monitoring systems. He received the Best Civil Engineering Staff (Instructor) Award from the AUS Student Council and Teaching Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching by AUS College of Engineering. He has also received the Service Excellence Award by the AUS College of Engineering. His areas of research are problems related to geo-environmental issues, soil-structure interaction, and earthquak...

Publications

Maruf Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Syed Shah And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, November 2020
Md. Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Shah Syed And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, Methods Protoc, 5 November 2020
Zahid Khan, Aqeel Ahmed And Kazi Fattah. Analysis of Prerecorded Video Lectures on the Performance of Undergraduate Students and their Feedback in Geology- A Case Study, 3 March 2018
Zahid Khan, Aqeel Ahmed And N Haji Bismillah. Variation of shear wave velocity with SPT-N values for Sharjah, UAE, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, March 2016
Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Aqeel Ahmed. Comparison of dispersion curves from horizontal and vertical components of particle motion, 2015

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Experimental Assessment of Leakage in Water Distribution Network, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

Awards and Honors

Service Excellence Award, AUS College of Engineering, 13 May 2018
Received an appreciation/award in recognition of outstanding contributions towards the development of ASCE Students Chapter at the American University of Sharjah, AUS-ASCE Students Chapter, 25 April 2016
Special Teaching Award 2014-15, AUS College of Engineering, 22 April 2015
Best (Staff)/ instructor of Civil Engineering Department, AUS Engineering Student Council, 26 March 2002

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