RESUME

Name:                   Prof. Dr. Samir Abdullah Ahmad Ashour

Nationality:            Saudi

Date of Birth:         1378H (1958G)

Marital Status:        Married ( one son, three daughters)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

·                    Ph.D. Civil Engineering – University of Michigan, <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.A.</st1:country-region>, 1987.

·                    M.S. Civil Engineering – University of Michigan, <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.A.</st1:country-region>, 1983.

·                    B.Sc. Civil Engineering – College of Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (University of Petroleum and

Mineral Previously) 1981.G.

PRESENT POSITION

·                    Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O.Box 80004, Jeddah-21589,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

SPECIALIZATION

·                    General Specialty  :     Civil Engineering

·                    In Depth Specialty:     Structural Engineering

EMPLOYMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS

1.                 Graduate Assistant: College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, 18/11/1401.

2.                 Scholarship to the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States of America</st1:country-region> for earning M.S. and Ph.D. degree from University of Michigan, 1982.

3.                 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, 21/7/1407H.

4.                 Teaching Structural Engineering Subjects and Supervising Structural Engineering Laboratories. Guiding and Supervising Students

Senior Projects.

5.                 Assistant Director, Academic Affairs and Training at the College of Engineering for two years from 20.11.1407H.

6.                 Member of Academic Affairs Committee in the Department for two years from 1407H.

7.                 Assigned to work as Chairman, Civil Engineering Department from 20.11.1407H to 19.12.1407H.

8.                 Member, Industrial Relation and Community Services Committee from 6.7.1407H.

9.                 Consulting services to several Government Agencies for Solving some engineering problems upon recommendation from the

University and these agencies include:

a)     Ministry of the Municipal and Rural Affairs.

b)    General Explorations in Jeddah City.

10.             Member, Lectures and Scientific Seminars Committee in the Department for two years from Shaaban, 1409H.

11.             Member, Information Database Committee for programs available in the College of Engineering 1409-1410H.

12.              Chairman, Scholarships Follow-up Committee of the Department, for two years from 1410H.

13.             Member, Graduates of the Department Follow-up Committee from 1412H.

14.             Chairman, Education Development Committee for two years from 11.5.1412H.

15.             Chairman, Finance Committee for Civil Engineering Exhibition during the month of Rabi Al Awal, 1413H.

16.             Chairman, College Academic Committee for Studying Students Affairs 1413-1414H.

17.             Chairman, English Language Curriculum Development Committee of College 1417 – 1418H.

18.             Member, Evaluation of Academic Level Committee for Undergraduate and Graduate Level 1414H.

19.             Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Civil Engineering Department, 1417-1418H.

20.             Member, Community Services and Liaison Committee 1417H to date.

21.             Member, Curriculum Committee of the Department, 1417-1418H.

22.             Vice Chairman, English Language Curriculum Development Committee 1418H to date.

23.             Member of Committee to Study Southern Cooperative Housing 1416 – 1418H.

24.             Chairman of Committee to study street light poles in Jeddah 1416 – 1418H.

25.             Member of Committee to evaluate Seismic Resistivity of Water Tanks in Makkah 1417 – 1418H.

26.             Director of Post-Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering 1420-1421H.

27.             Member of the Editorial Board of the Engineering College Journal 1410-1422H.

28.             Member in permanent committee for promotion since 15/10/1425

29.             Chairman of permanent committee for promotion since 15/10/1427

30.             Member of the scientific council in the university since 15/10/1427

COURSES TAUGHT IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEAPRTMENT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

1.     Strength of Materials

2.     Structural Analysis (I)

3.     Structural Analysis (II)

4.     Design of Metal Structures

COURSES TAUGHT AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL

1.     Structural Dynamics (Earthquake Engineering)

2.     Matrix Structural Analysis

3.     Advanced Steel Design ( ASD and LRFD)

PROJECTS SPONSORED FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY

1.                 Co-Investigator in Project Titled: “Flexural and Shear Behavior of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete”. Final Report of the

Project No. 069/419/1991G.

2.                 Principal Investigator of Project Titled: “Service and Ultimate Load Behavior of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”.

Final Report of Project No. 042/413.

3.                 Consultant of Project Titled: “Torsion in High-Strength Plain and Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams with and without Transverse

Opening”. Final Report of Project No. AR-12-36/419.

4.                 Principal Investigator of Project Titled: “Service and Ultimate Load Behavior of Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Beams Using

Carbon Fibers Reinforced Plastics”. Final Report of Project No. 103/420.

ENGINEERING CONSULTATIONS

1.                 Completed work as member of committee to study and evaluate seismic performance of water tanks in Holy places and

Makkah city for thirty six months. A detailed report has been submitted for this purpose.

2.                 Complete work as member of committee to evaluate the performance of street lighting poles in Jeddah areas. The study involved

causes of failure and collapse and remedial measures. A detailed report has been submitted.

3.                 Completed work as member of committee to investigate and evaluate the performance of Cooperative Housing in South of Jeddah

. The study involved detailed analysis for the damaged buildings due to differential settlement. A detailed final report has been

submitted.

4.                 Conducting a detailed study on a commercial steel structure mall in al –muhammadiah , Jeddah. The study involved analysis, re

-evaluation, strengthening and implementation of retrofitting strategies.

5.                  Completed work as a consultant to investigate the collase of  a electricity transmission tower on the highway between Makkah and

Jeddah Cities. The study involved detailed analysis for the damaged structure errors in the construction procedure.  A detailed final

report has been submitted.

6.                 Completed work as member of a team  to investigate and evaluate the performance of bridges in Jeddah City. The study involved

detailed analysis and inspection of 40 bridges. A detailed final report has been submitted.               

SUPERVISED MASTER THESIS

1.                 “Analysis of Continuous Reinforced Concrete Beams By Using A Tri-Segmental Moment-Curvature Relationship”, Ayman A.

Moria, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Moharram 1412H.

2.                 “Flexural Behavior of High-Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams With Steel Fibers”, Mohammed Ishaq Kamal, Civil Engineering

Department, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Safar, 1419H.

3.                 “Effect of Tension-Reinforcement Ratio, Concrete Strength and Section Geometry on Deflection of Wide-Beams, Khalid Abdullah


Al-Harithy, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Rabee Awal, 1422H.

PAPERS FROM Ph.D. DISSERTATION

1.                 Ashour S., Hanson,R.D., and Sholl, E., “Effect of Supplemental Damping on Earthquake Response”, Proceedings, ATC Seminar on

Base Isolation and Power Energy Dissipation, Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, March, 1986.

2.                 Hanson, R.D., Bergman, D.M., and Ashour, S.A., ”Supplemental Mechanical Damping for Improved Seismic Response of

Buildings”, Third USA National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Charleston, SC. August 1986, Vol. II, pp. 1129-1140.

3.                 Hanson, R D., Wu, J.P., and Ashour <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, « Effect of Large Damping on Earthquake Response », Ninth World Conference of

Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Kyoto, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, 1988.

4.                 Ashour, S. A., and Hanson, R.D., “Effect of Added Dampers on the Seismic Response of Multi-Story Building”,, The Arabian

Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 3, July 1994, pp. 389-402.

PUBLISHED PAPERS

1.                 Ashour, S., and Abdel Rahman, H., “Application of Seismic Risk Analysis and Earthquake Simulation Methods to the Western

Region in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region>”, Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Engineering Science, Jeddah, Vol. 6, 1994, pp. 3-23.

2.                 Ashour, S., “Rational Equivalent Linear Model for Simple Yielding Systems”, AJSE, Arabian Journal for Sciences and Engineering,

Dhahran, Vol. 16, No. 2A, April 1991, pp. 127-139.

3.                 Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, Hasanain, G., and Wafa, F., “Shear Behavior of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”, ACI Structural

Journal, Vol. 89, NO. 2, March-April 1992, pp. 176-184.

4.                 Wafa, F.F., and Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, “Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete”, ACI Material Journal, Vol. 89,

No. 5, Sept. – Oct. 1992, pp. 449-455.

5.                 Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, Mahmood, K., and Abdel-Rahman, H.H., “Influence of Design and Construction Practices on Seismic Behaviour of

Reinforced Concrete Buildings”, Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures, SP128-62, ACI, Detroit 1991, pp. 1001-1016.

6.                 Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, and Wafa, F.F., “Use of Steel Fibers as Shear Reinforcement in High-Strength Concrete Beams”, Fourth RILEM

International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Cement and Concrete, July 1992, Sheffield, <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>, pp. 517-529.

7.                 Ashour, S.A., and Wafa, F.F., “Flexure Behavior of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”, ACI Structural Journal, Vol.

90, No. 3, May-June 1993, pp. 279-287.

8.                 Ashour, S., and Abdel-Rahman, H., “Seismic Resistivity of Multistory Buildings in the Western Region in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region>”,

Proceedings Third Arab Structural Engineering Conference, Vol. 1, 5-8 Mar., 1989, pp. 63-87.

9.                 Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, “Elastic Seismic Response of Planar Frames with Semi-Rigid Connections”, Proceedings of Fifth Arab Structural

Engineering Conference, Vol. 1, November 1993, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Libya</st1:country-region>, pp. 415-427.

10.             Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, Mahmood, K., and Wafa, F.F., “Influence of Steel Fibers and Compression Reinforcement on Deflection of High-

Strength Concrete Beams”, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 94, No. 6, November – December 1997, p. 611-624.

11.             Ashour, S.A., and Wafa, F.F., “Effect of Steel Fibers on the Flexural Behavior of High-Strength Concrete Beams with Low Flexural

Reinforcement”, The Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, Vol. 2, Nov. 1995, Jeddah, pp. 209-215.

12.             Ashour, S.A., Shihata, S.A., Wafa, F.F., and Akhtaruzaman, A., “Prestressed High-Strength Concrete Beams under Torsion and

Bending”, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, CSCE, Vol. 26, No. 2, April 1994, pp. 197-207.

13.             Wafa, F.F., Shihata, S.A., Ashour, S.A., and Akhtaruzzaman, A., “Prestressed High-Strength Concrete Beams Under Torsion”,

Journal of Structure Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 9, 1995, pp. 1280-1286.

14.             Wafa, F.F., and Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, “Minimum Flexural Reinforcement for High-Strength Concrete Beams”, ACI 1997 International

Conference of High-Performance Concrete: Design and Materials, December 1997, Kaula Lampur, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region>, pp. 549-571.

15.             Wafa, F.F., Ashour, S.A., and Hasanain, G., “Shear Behaviour of Reinforced High-Strength Concrete Beams”, Engineering Journal

of University of Qatar, Vol. 7, 1994, pp. 91-113.

16.       
      Mahmood, K., Ashour, S.A., and Al-Noury, S.I., ”Effective Moment of Inertia and Deflections of Reinforced Concrete Beams

under Long-Term Loading”, Engineering Journal University of Qatar, Vol. 8, 1995, pp. 101-125.

17.             Ashour, S.A., “Effect of Compressive Strength and Tensile Reinforcement Ratio on Flexural Behavior of High-Strength Concrete

beams”, Engineering Structures, International Journal, Vol. 22, No. 5, May 2000, pp. 413-423.

18.             Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, Wafa, F.F., and Kamal, M.I., “Effect of Concrete Compressive Strength and Tensile Reinforcement Ratio on the

Flexural Behavior of Fibrous Concrete Beams”, Engineering Structures, International Journal, Vol. 22, No. 9, Sept. 2000, pp. 1145-

1158.

19.        
     Ashour, S.A., Mahmood, K., and Wafa, F.F., “Long-Term Deflection of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”,

Structural Engineering and Mechanics, International Journal, Vol. 8, No. 6, Dec. 1999, pp. 531-546.

20.             Ashour, S.A., Mahmood, K., and Wafa, F.F., “Service Load Deflections of High-Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”,

Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Engineering Science, Jeddah, Accepted for publication, 1999.

21.             Ashour, <st1:country-region w:st="on">S.A.</st1:country-region>, Samman, T.A., and Radain, T.A., “Torsional Behavior of Reinforced High-Strength Concrete Deep Beams”. ACI

Structural Journal, Vol. 96, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999, pp. 1045-1058.

22.             Radain, T.A., Ashour, S.A., and Samman, T.A., “Torsion in High-Strength Plain Concrete Deep Beams with Transverse Opening”,

University of United Arab Emirates, Engineering Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999, pp. 10-21.

23 . Hakim, R.A, Alama M.S, Ashour, S.A. "Application of Pushover Analysis  for evaluating Seismic Performance of RC Building" IJERT International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol. 3 Issue January 2014 pp 1657-1662

24 . Hakim, R.A, Alama M.S, Ashour, S.A. "Seismic Assessment of an RC Building Using Pushover Analysis" ETASR Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research, vol 4, No. 3, 2014, pp 631-635