Dr. Ashraf S. Elsayed

Ashraf S. Elsayed, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

College of Engineering

LSW 246

Tel.: (870) 972-2088 (Main Office)

Tel.: (870) 972-3426 (Direct)

Education:

BSCE – Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1982
MSCE – University of Alabama, 1991
Ph.D. – University of Alabama, 1995


Consulting Work:

Hall, Blake & Associates, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, Chief Engineer and Vice President of Operation, 2000

Hamza Associates, Inc., Cairo, Egypt, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, 1998-2000

GroundTech Services, Inc., Project Engineer, Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Testing, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1995 - 1998

Nile General Co. for Roads & Bridges, Cairo, Egypt, Project Engineer, Highway and Airport Design & Construction, 1982-1989

Teaching Interests:

Soil Mechanics
Foundation Engineering
Civil Engineering Materials
Statics

Research Interests:

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pile Foundations, Construction Materials

Recent Presentations:
  1. A Study of the Permeability of Base Course Materials in the State of Alabama, Presented in the annual meeting of Alabama Academy of Science, March 1993.
  2. Using Non-Destructive Testing Methods to Develop an Overlay Design Procedure for the State of Alabama, Presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in 1992.
  3. Evaluating Highway Overlay Thickness, Presented at ‘Evaluation ’91,’ the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Chicago, Illinois, October 31 to November 2, 1991.

Representative Publications:
  1. Engineering Characteristics of the Nile Delta Clays, presented and published by IS Yokohama 2000 (Geocoast 2), Japan, September 2000.
  2. Open Graded Highway Bases Makes Permeameter Setup Important, Published by ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, March-April 1998.
  3. Estimating Permeability of Untreated Bases, Published by the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1996.
  4. Estimating Permeability of Asphalt-Treated Bases, Published by the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1995.
  5. How Top-Size Affects the Resilient Modulus of Roadway Base Materials, Published by the Engineering Journal of the University of Qatar, Volume 8, 1995.
  6. Using Nondestructive Testing for Overlay Thickness Design of Flexible Pavement, Published by the Bureau of Engineering Research, Collage of Engineering, University of Alabama, BER Report 563-39, April, 1992.


Class Schedule: Fall 2008

      M T W R F
      7:00 OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE
      7:30 HOURS HOURS HOURS HOURS HOURS &
      8:00 SERVICES
      8:15 CE 4233 CE 4233
      8:30 FOUNDATION FOUNDATION
      8:45 ENGINEERING ENGINEERING
      9:00 ENGR 2403 ENGR 2403 ENGR 2403
      9:15
      9:30 STATICS STATICS OFFICE STATICS
      9:45 HOURS &
      10:00 ADMIN.
      10:15 OFFICE OFFICE SERVICES
      10:30 HOURS & HOURS &
      10:45 ADMIN. ADMIN.
      11:00 SERVICES SERVICES
      11:15
      11:30
      11:45
      12:00 CE 3223 CE 3223
      12:15 CIVIL CIVIL
      12:30 ENGINEERING ENGINEERING
      12:45 MATERIALS MATERIALS
      1:00
      1:15
      1:30
      1:45
      2:00
      2:15 CLASS CLASS CLASS
      2:30 PREP. PREP. PREP.
      2:45 & & & CE 3223
      3:00 RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH CIVIL
      3:15 ENGINEERING
      3:30 MATERIALS
      3:45 LABORATORY
      4:00
      4:15
      4:30
      4:45
      5:00

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