Committee

Steering Committee

  • Khalid M. El Zahaby (EG), Chair
  • Mohamed F. Shehata (EG), Chair
  • Hany F. Shehata (EG), Vice-Chair
  • Nabil Khélifi (DE), Vice-Chair
  • Wissem Frikha (TN), Vice-Chair
  • Dar-Hao Chen (US), Co-Chair
  • Imad L. Al-Qadi (US), Co-Chair
  • Tarek H. Abdoun (US), Co-Chair
  • Braja Das (US), Advisory Chair
  • Harry G. Poulos (AU), Advisory Chair
  • Musharraf Zaman (US), Advisory Chair

Conference Advisory Committee

  • Imad L. Al-Qadi: University of Illinois, USA (Chair)
  • Braja Das: Dean Emeritus, CSU, USA (Co-Chair)
  • Musharraf Zaman, Univ of Oklahoma, USA (Co-Chair)
  • Sherif W. Agaiby: Dar Al-Handasah (Co-Chair)
  • Adil K. Al-Tamimi: American Univ of Sharjah, UAE
  • Adrian Rodriguez-Marek: Virginia Polytechnic Inst, USA
  • Alaa K. Ashmawy: American University in Dubai, UAE
  • Ali Bouafia: Saad Dahlab University, Blida, Algeria
  • Amira Abdel-Rahman: HBRC, Egypt
  • Anand J. Puppala: University of Texas, Arlington, USA
  • Antonio Bobet: Purdue University, USA 
  • António Gomes Correia: University of Minho, Portugal
  • Antonio Viana da Fonseca: Chairman of TC 102 ISSMGE
  • Ather Ashraf: University of the Punjab, Pakistan
  • Atilla Ansal: President of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering
  • Bin Shi: Nanjing University, China
  • Chan Chee-Ming: Univ Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
  • Dar-Hao Chen: TXDOT, USA
  • David Yánez Santillán: SMIG, Mexico 
  • Debra Laefer: Univ College Dublin, Ireland
  • Erol Güler: Boğaziçi University, Turkey
  • Erol Tutumluer: University of Illinois, USA
  • Fadi Hage Chehade: Lebanese University, Lebanon 
  • Fernando Tadeo: University of Valladolid, Spain
  • G. Hemalatha: Karunya Inst. of Tech. and Sci., India 
  • Hany Fekry: Delaware Dept. of Transportation, USA
  • Jacob Hiller: MTU, USA
  • Jay N. Meegoda: New Jersey Institute of Tech., USA
  • Jeffery R. Roesler: University of Illinois, USA
  • Jian Liu: Shandong University, China 
  • Jia-Ruey Chang: National Ilan University, Taiwan 
  • João Pombo: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
  • John Kaiser Calautit, University of Sheffield, UK 
  • Krishna R. Reddy: University of Illinois, USA 
  • Louay N. Mohammad: LSU, USA 
  • Marc Ballouz: Int’l Institute for Geotechnical & Materials
  • Marwan Al Heib: INERIS, France 
  • Muhannad T. Suleiman: Lehigh University, USA
  • Murad Abu-Farsakh: Louisiana State University, USA
  • Neeraj Buch: MSU, USA: President of ISCP
  • Rainer Horn: Christian Albrechts Univ. zu Kiel, Germany
  • Ramzi Taha: Qatar University, Qatar 
  • Sami Rizkalla: North Carolina State University, USA
  • Serge Varaksin: Chairman of TC 211, ISSMGE
  • Wolfgang Habel: BAM, Berlin, Germany: President of ISHMII
  • Zoubeir Lafhaj: École Centrale de Lille, FR

Conference Scientific Committee

    • Khalid M. El-Zahaby: Chairman of HBRC, EG (Chair)
    • Tarek Abdoun: RPI, USA (Co-Chair)
    • Wong K. Kwan: ENTPE, FR (Co-Chair)
    • Wissem Frikha: ENIT, TN (Co-Chair)
    • Abejide, O. S: Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria 
    • Adel Abdelnaby: The University of Memphis, USA
    • Ali Karrech: University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Amin Almasri: Jordan University, Jordan 
    • Amir Hossein Hamidian: University of Tehran, Iran
    • Antonin Fabbri: Univ of Lyon/ENTPE, FR
    • Audrey Copeland: NAPA, USA 
    • Babak Hamidi: GFWA, Australia
    • Behzad Fatahi: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    • Belgasem Jellai: Univ. de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
    • Celso Romanel: PUC-Rio, Brazil 
    • Chu Jian: NTU, Singapore
    • David Jones: University of California, Davis, USA
    • Deesy G. Pinto: University of Coimbra, Portugal
    • Devendra Narain Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech. Bombay, India
    • Dharamveer Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay, India
    • Emilio G. Taengua: Queen’s University, UK
    • Essaieb Hamdi: National Engineering School, Tunis
    • Fathi Abd Raboo: Alexandria University, Egypt
    • Hassam N. Chaudhry: Heriot-Watt Univ-UK, UAE 
    • Herve DI Benedetto: Univ of Lyon/ENTPE, France
    • Hesham Kamal Amin: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
    • Imen Said: ENIT, Tunisia
    • Janusz Wasowski: CNR-IRPI (National Research Council), Italy
    • Jize Yan: University of Cambridge, UK
    • Joseph K. Oddei: Ghana Geotechnical Society, Ghana 
    • K. Guerrier: Université Quisqueya, Haiti 
    • K. Muthukkumaran: NIT, Tiruchirappalli, India
    • Khadiga Abdel-Ghany: Geo-Institute of HBRC
    • Khalid Alshibli: University of Tennessee, USA
    • Lajos Kisgyörgy: Budapest Univ of Tech., Hungary
    • Lamia T. Bouebdellah: University of El-Manar, Tunisia
    • Lyesse Laloui: EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Manfred N. Partl: Carleton University, Switzerland
    • Manik Barman: University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
    • Marwa Hassan: Louisiana State University, USA 
    • Mohamed A. Zaki: Structural Institute, HBRC, Egypt
    • Mohamed F. Shehata: EHE-Consult Group, EG, UAE 
    • Mohamed Maher Gad: Ain-Shams University, Egypt
    • Mounir Bouassida: ENIT, TN
    • Nadia Mokni: IRS[N], France
    • Nadia Shnouda: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
    • Nasser Darwish: Alexandria University, Egypt
    • Neelima Satyam: Inst. of Inf. Tech., Hyderabad, India
    • Osman M. O. Ramadan: Cairo University, Egypt 
    • Ossama Abd-Elrahman: RPI, USA 
    • P. Anbazhagan: IIS, Bangalore, India
    • Peter T. Bobrowsky: Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
    • Piergiorgio Grasso: President, GEODATA Engineering S.p.A., Italy
    • Pijush Samui: VIT University, Vellore, India
    • Pingbo Tang: Arizona State University, USA
    • Robert L. Parsons: The University of Kansas, USA
    • Roberto Valentino: University of Parma, Italy
    • Sami Montassar: University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
    • Sanjay Kumar Shukla: Edith Cowan University, Australia
    • Sarat Kumar Das: IIT Kanpur, India
    • Sayed M. A. El-Araby: Ain-Shams University, Egypt 
    • Shehata E. Abdel Raheem: Taibah University, SA 
    • Sherif S. AbdelSalam: British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt
    • Sherif Elfass: University of Nevada, USA
    • Suzan Usama: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
    • Tamer M. Sorour: Ain-Shams University, Egypt
    • Tarek Thabet Abdel-Fattah: Geo-Institute of HBRC
    • Tatsuya Ishikawa: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
    • Waleed E. El-Sekelly: RPI, USA
    • Y. Richard Kim: North Carolina State University, USA
    • Youssam Kazan: Lebanese University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
    • Zhanping You: Michigan Technological University, USA

    Publication Steering Committee

      • Hany Farouk Shehata: CEO, SSIGE, Egypt (Chair)
      • Imad L. Al-Qadi: University of Illinois, USA (Co-Chair)
      • Nabil Khélifi: Springer, Germany (Co-Chair)
      • Wissem Frikha: ENIT, Tunisia (Co-Chair)
      • Abdullah Galaa: HBRC, Egypt
      • Antonio Viana da Fonseca: University of Porto, Portugal
      • Devendra Narain Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech. Bombay, India
      • Dharamveer Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay, India
      • Gabriele Tebaldi: University of Parma, Italy: President of ISAP
      • Hugo Rodrigues: Polytechnic Inst. of Leiria, Portugal
      • Jie Han: University of Kansas, USA
      • João Pombo: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
      • John Kaiser Calautit, University of Sheffield, UK
      • Khalid El-Zahaby: HBRC, Egypt
      • Sanjay Kumar Shukla: Edith Cowan University, Australia
      • Sherif W. Agaiby: Dar Al-Handasah, Egypt
      • Tarek Abdoun: RPI, USA

      Local Organizing Committee

        • Mohamed Farouk Shehata: Head of SSIGE (Chair)
        • Khalid Yousry: VP of HBRC (Co-Chair)
        • Nasser Abdel-Ghafour: VP of HBRC (Co-Chair)
        • Tamer M. Sorour: SSIGE (Co-Chair)
        • Youssef F. Rashed: The Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities (Co-Chair)
        • Abdullah Galaa: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
        • Adel Hashim: Geo-Institute of HBRC
        • Amr Hemeda: Geo-Institute of HBRC
        • Ashraf Abu-Krisha: Secretary of ETS
        • Ashraf Eid: Geo-Institute of HBRC
        • Ashraf Ibrahim: Geo-Institute of HBRC
        • Hany F. Shehata: CEO, SSIGE, Egypt 
        • Nahla Elsersy: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
        • Rawya El-Sakhawy: Geo-Institute of HBRC
        • Tarek El-Sokkary: HBRC