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College of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching areas

Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Computational Methods in Civil Engineering.

Research areas

Geosynthetics behaviors and its applications in Geotechnical Engineering, Static and seismic analysis of reinforced-soil retaining walls and embankments, Static and dynamic tests for soil properties and behaviors, Numerical and experimental modeling of Geomaterials and composites, Analysis, behaviors and testing methods of saturated and unsaturated soils.

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering/geotechnical Engineering, Queens University, Canada, 2003

MS, Civil Engineering/ Geotechnical Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1994

BS, Civil Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1989

Professional experience

Professor, Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2022 - Present

Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - Present

Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2006 - 2014

Assistant Professor,, Structural Engineering Department, College Of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, 2003 - 2006

Research Assistant, Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC), Ontario, Canada, 1997 - 2003

Research / Teaching Assistant, College Of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1991 - 1997

Construction And Design Engineer, ROSHDY CO. for General Contract & Trade Company, Egypt, 1989 - 1993

Memberships

Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), May 2002

Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), June 2001

International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)., April 1998

North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS)., April 1998

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2989

Professor Magdi El-Emam

Professor

PhD, Queens University, Canada

Magdi El-Emam has taught in civil engineering departments for more than twenty years at institutions such as Zagazig University and American University of Sharjah. His areas of research and teaching interest are soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, the behavior of geosynthetics and its applications in geotechnical engineering, numerical and experimental modeling of retaining walls and slopes, behaviors and testing methods of saturated and unsaturated soils, principles of soil geotechnical engineering and foundation design. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a research associate at Royal Military College of Canada.

Publications

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Sami Tabsh. Plane Strain Sand Properties from Numerical Modelling of Direct Shear Test, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Rawan Aqel, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Mohammad Yamin. Piping Stabilization of Clay Soil Using Lime, Geosciences, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Magdi El-emam, Ahmed Badr Mabrouk And Amin Bigdeli. Static Response of Non-yielding Basement Walls with Different Material Properties, Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2 March 2024

Sami Tabsh, Adil Al-tamimi And Magdi El-emam. Strength Properties of Pervious Concrete Made with Locally Produced Recycled Coarse Aggregate

Sami Tabsh, Adil Al-tamimi And Magdi El-emam. Effect of Rebar Harsh Storage Conditions on the Flexural Behavior of Glass FRP Concrete, Sustainability, 27 February 2024

Adil Al-tamimi, Sami Tabsh And Magdi El-emam. Pervious Concrete Made with Recycled Coarse Aggregate and Reinforced with Date Palm Leaves Fibers, Materials, 4 December 2023

Magdi El-emam, Youcef El Berizi, Ahmed Mabrouk And Sami Tabsh. Bearing capacity of strip footing on top of slope: Numerical parametric study, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 12 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023

Wisam Abushama, Adil Al-tamimi, Sami Tabsh, Magdi El-emam, Ahmed Ibrahim And Taghreed Mohammed Ali. Influence of Optimum Particle Packing on the Macro and Micro Properties of Sustainable Concrete, Sustainability, 28 September 2023

Magdi El-emam, Ruba Elmootassem, Haitham Badrawi And Ashraf Amin. Bearing Capacity and Strength of Fibre-Reinforced Sand: Experimental and Parametric Study, International Journal Of Civil Infrastructure, 1 August 2023

Sami Tabsh And Magdi El-emam. Development of Relative Rigidity Measure for Shallow Foundations, International Journal Of Civil Infrastructure, 1 August 2023

Sami Tabsh And Magdi El-emam. Sensitivity of Raft Foundation’s Structural Behaviour to Changes in Geometry and Materials, 29 March 2023

Magdi El-emam And Ashraf Amin. Shear strength and Bearing Capacity of Fibre-Reinforced Sand, 29 March 2023

Magdi El-emam And Adil Al-tamimi. Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Dune Sand Earth Blocks Reinforced with Natural and Polymeric Fibers, Sustainability, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Kazi Fattah. Dynamic Characterization of Calcareous Sands from Urban Areas of Abu Dhabi, Appl. Sci, March 2022

Magdi El-emam And Sherif Ahmed. The Visibility of Utilizing Recycled Aggregate for Masonry Units Production, Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation, 30 November 2021

Sami Tabsh And Magdi El-emam. Influence of Foundation Rigidity on the Structural Response of Mat Foundation, Advances In Civil Engineering, 8 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Sami Tabsh, Magdi El-emam And Pouya Partazian. Numerically Based Parametric Analysis of Mat Foundations, Practice Periodical On Structural Design And Construction, 1 May 2020

Ahmad Mohsin, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Effect of sample size on the dynamic properties of soils in UAE

Magdi El-emam And Majid Touqan. Experimental modeling of strip footing adjacent to non-yielding retaining wall, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 21 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020

Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan And M Amer. Effect of Water Content, Void Ratio and Clay Content on Sand P-Wave Velocity, Proceedings Of The 4rd World Congress On Civil, Structural, And Environmental Engineering (csee’19), April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Ahmad Mohsen, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Evaluation of dynamic properties of soils in UAE from bender element and cyclic triaxial tests, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Farid Abed, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Response of Base Course in Pavement Structures using Recycled Aggregates and Treated Wastewater, 3rd International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques Icimart’19, March 2019

M. El-emam. Experimental verification of current seismic analysis methods of reinforced soil walls, Soil Dynamics And Earthquake Engineering, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018

Farid Abed, Munir Nazzal, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Nouran El Messalami. Use of treated wastewater in the construction of base course layers for sustainable pavement structures, Journal Of Materials In Civil Engineering, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018

Mohammad Amer And M. El-emam. Variation of P-Wave Velocity with Sand Properties, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference (uaegsrc18), Aus, Uae., April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018

Majid Touqan And M. El-emam. Behaviour of strip footing in the vicinity of non-yielding wall, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018

Farid Abed, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Investigating the use of recycled aggregates and treated wastewater in pavement structures, Proceedings Of The International Conference On Civil And Infrastructure Engineering, Iccie, March 2018

Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El Emam. Effect of admixture’s formulation on the damping of engineered sand, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 20 March 2018

Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. Reducing the collapsibility of clay using a cement-polymeric fibre admixture, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement, 1 February 2018

Farid Abed, M. Nazzal, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam, N Elmessalami And S Al-dabag. The Use of Wastewater in Construction of Base Course Layers in Pavement Structures, Geomeast2017 International Congress And Exhibition, 2017

Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Effect of Treated Waste-Water on Compaction and Consolidation Properties of Fine Soil, International Journal Of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction And Architectural Engineering, 2017

Magdi El-emam, Majid Touqan, M. Bouassida And M. A. Meguid. Response of Strip Footing Adjacent to Nonyielding Basement Wall, Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Innovative Infrastructure Geotechnology", 8 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Magdi El-emam, M. Nazzal And N Elmessalami. Effect of Treated Wastewater on Some Properties of Road Base Material, Proceedings Of The 2nd International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques, Icimart’16, March 2016

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, N. Elmessalami, H. Joudeh, A. Askarpoor, W. Nounou And A. Alimam. Potential of Using Recycled Aggregate with Treated Wastewater as Road Base Material, Proceedings Of 2016 International Conference On Sustainable Waste Management, (icswm 2016), March 2016

Majid Touqan And Magdi El-emam. Response of Nonyielding Wall Adjacent to Strip Footing, Proceedings Of The 2nd International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques, Icimart’16, 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

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Reduction of clay soil collapsibility using cement-polymeric fiber admixture, Proceedings Of 16th African Regional Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, Arc’16, 2015

Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan, Jamal Abdalla And Muhammad Irfan. Local site effects on seismic ground response of major cities in UAE, Natural Hazards, 2015

Magdi El-emam, Adil Al-tamimi, A. Aljallad, M, Al-moukdad, A. Al-marei And M. Noaman. High strength earth blocks reinforced with natural and polymeric fibres, Proceedings Of 16th African Regional Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, Arc’16, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015

Magdi El-emam. Bearing Capacity Improvement of Fibre-Reinforced Sand, Proceedings Of The 1st International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques, Icimart’14, March 2014

M. El-emam. Modulus and Damping of Reinforced Soil walls from Shaking Table Tests, Geomechanics And Geoengineering: An International Journal, 1 March 2014

A. Bigdeli And Magdi El-emam. Effect of material properties on seismic response of non-yielding retaining walls, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014

Sami Tabsh And Magdi El-emam. Finite element-based parametric analysis of mat foundations, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Giovanni Cascante And Hesham El Naggar. Energy dissipation in engineered sand of large damping ratio, Geomechanics And Geoengineering, 2013

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Muhammad Irfan And Jamal Abdalla. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates, Natural Hazards, 2013

M Irfan, Zh Khan, Magdi El-emam And Jamal Abdalla. Seismic hazard assessment and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates, 2012

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Numerical prediction of plane strain properties of sandy soil from direct shear test, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 2012

M. Irfan, M. El-emam, Z. Khan And J. Abdalla. Analysis of local site effects on seismic ground response of Dubai-Sharjah metropolitan area, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225 Gps, March 2012

S Zarnani, Magdi El-emam And R. J. Bathurst. Comparison of Numerical and Analytical Solutions for Reinforced Soil Wall Shaking Table Tests, Geomechanics And Engineering, Vol., 1 December 2011

Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Specimen size effect on shear strength parameters of tested clay, Special Issue, Journal Of Nevada Water Resources Association, Vol., 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011

Magdi El-emam. Experimental and Numerical Study of At-Rest Lateral Earth Pressure of Overconsolidated Sand, Advances In Civil Engineering, Special Issue On Advances In Instrumentation And Monitoring In Geotechnical Engineering, Vol., 1 June 2011

Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. The use of cutting-stone-slurry-waste in engineering practice, Anadolu Journal Of Agricultural Sciences, 1 September 2010

Magdi El-emam And Richard Bathurst. Influence of reinforcement parameters on the seismic response of reduced-scale reinforced soil retaining walls, Geotextiles And Geomembranes, Vol., 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2007

Magdi El-emam And Richard Bathurst. Facing Contribution to Seismic response of Reduced-Scale Reinforced soil Walls, Geosynthetics International, Vol., 1 September 2005

K. Hatami, R. J. Bathurst And Magdi El-emam. Acceleration Amplification in the Backfill of Reinforced Soil Walls of Different Heights, Proceedings Of 3rd Conference On Poromechanics, Norman, Oklahoma, Usa, May 2005, (abousleiman, Cheng & Ulm Eds.), Taylor & Francies, London, 725-731., May 2005

K. Hatami, R. J. Bathurst, Magdi El-emam And T. M. Allen. Numerical Models for Reinforced Soil Walls, Proceedings Of 1st Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineers And Geoscientists Conference, Manoir St-castin, Québec City, Québec, Canada, October 2004, 6p., September 2004

Magdi El-emam, R. J. Bathurst And K. Hatami. Numerical Modelling of Reinforced-soil Retaining Walls subjected to Base Acceleration, Proceedings Of 13th World Conference On Earthquake Engineering (13wcee), Vancouver, Bc, August 2004, 15p., August 2004

Magdi El-emam, Richard Bathurst, Kianoosh Hatami, Mohsen Mashhour, H. Ochiai, J. Otani, N. Yasufuku, K. Omine, H. Ochiai, J. Otani, N. Yasufuku And K. Omine. Shaking Table and Numerical Modelling of Reinforced-soil Walls, December 2003

Richard Bathurst, Dave Walters, Mortaza Esfehani, Magdi El-emam And Jams Blatz. Physical Modeling of Geosynthetic Walls and Embankments, Physical Modelling In Geotechnics, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2002

Magdi El-emam, R. J. Bathurst And H. Hatami. Effect of Reinforcement Design on Seismic Response of Reinforced-soil Retaining Walls, Physical Modelling In Geotechnics, February 2002

Conference Presentations

Plane Strain Sand Properties from Numerical Modelling of Direct Shear Test, 9th World Congress On Civil, Structural, And Environmental Engineering (csee 2024), 14 April 2024

Stabilization of Sand with Natural and Artificial Geofibers, International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques (icimart'24), February 2024

Shear strength and Bearing Capacity of Fibre-Reinforced Sand, 8th Int. Confer. On Geotechnical Research And Engineering (icgre’23), March 2023

Bearing Capacity and Failure Mechanism of Strip Footing on Top of Slope: A Parametric Study with Numerical Modeling, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference (uaegsrc’22), March 2022

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Enhancement of Geotechnical and Structural Performance of Gabion Walls with Cement Mortar and Reinforcement, American university of Sharjah, 1 June 2023 - 31 May 2025

Grant, Properties of Tire Shreds-Dune Sand Mixture as a Backfill Soil for Geotechnical Applications, Sharjah National Oil Company (SNOC), 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Grant, Shear strength and Pullout Capacity of Recycled Aggregate-Dune Sand Mixture as a Backfill Soil, Beeah Group, 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Grant, Structural Behavior of Steel Reinforced 3D concrete printed Members Made with Recycle Aggregate from Beeah, Beeah Group, 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Grant, Structural Behavior of Steel Reinforced Concrete Members Made with 100% Recycled Materials from Beeah and No Cement, Beeah Group, 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Grant, Use of Waste Materials in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Applications, AUS Post-Doc Fellowship, 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Fellowship, Energy, Water, and Sustainable Environment Research Center (EWSERC) | Theme 5: Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures, AUS - College of Engeneering, May 2024

Grant, Seismic site amplification factors for major cities of UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 28 May 2021

Grant, Behavior of Reinforced Soil walls and Slopes Constructed with Improved Dune Sand, 1 June 2018 - 31 May 2019

Grant, The use of Wastewater & Recycled Demolition Wastes to Reduce Pollution in UAE; Utilization of Recycled Construction Materials Produced by CDW Unit/Beeah; and, Performance Evaluation of Recycled Crushed Concrete as Pavement Materials, Gulf Ecosystems Research (GER), 1 January 2015 - 31 December 2017

Grant, Adapting Geophysical Techniques in Geotechnical Investigation, 1 June 2016 - 31 May 2017

Grant, Analysis of Shallow Foundation and Traffic Loads adjacent to Basement Walls, American University of Sharjah (AUS), 1 June 2014 - 31 May 2015