Cirriculum Vitae
Ahmed Elbanna
MSc. Applied Mechanics, Caltech, USA 2006
MSc. Structural Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt 2005
BSc. Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt 2003.
Personal
data:
Name: Ahmed Ettaf Elsaid
Elbanna
Birth date :
E-mail: ahmedettaf@gmail.com
Telephone number: ------------------
Educational History:
** Pre- Faculty
- Primary stage
certificate :
- Preparatory stage
certificate :
- General Egyption Secondary Stage Certificate: Zohour Elyasmeen Language School in Maadi – Total Score 103.25 % - Ranked among thr1st 300 students nationwide. (Over 360 000 students)
** Undergraduate : Faculty of Engineering (
Ranked the 1st over 500 students in class with a total cumulative score of 98.013% (Distinction with honor)
- Preparatory year (1998-1999) : Distinction (94.8%)
- First year civil (1999-2000) : Distinction (99.67%)
- Secondary year civil (2000-2001): Distinction (97.8%)
- Third year civil "general" (2001-2002): Distinction (99.22%)
- Fourth year civil "general" (2002-2003) : Distinction ( 98.48)
Equivalent GPA (4-point scale) : 3.98
- Graduation Project : "
Analysis and Design of A
Supervisor
: Prof. Dr. Metwally Abu-Hamd – Professor of Metallic Structures and Bridges
and Manager of the Civil Engineering Research Centre –
Project Describtion: Analysis, design and detailing of a three span cable stayed single vent box girder bridge (90m-200m-90m). The assigned task included a 3D numerical model for the bridge body using SAP2000 program. All bridge components (Deck ,Towers ,Cables, Anchorages and Bearings) were designed and detailed.
Degree
: Distinction
** Graduate Study: Faculty of Engineering –
- Master Courses : Distinction (98.5%) GPA = 4
- Master Thesis (2005):
"Analysis and Design of different types of fully welded frame corner
connections "
- Advisers: Prof Dr. Bahaa Mashaly (Head of Structural Engineering Dept.) - Dr.Sherif Safar
** Graduate Study: EAS –
- MSc in Applied Mechanics (June 2006) : GPA = 3.92
- PhD student (2005- now): Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department.
- PhD Thesis:Statistical Physics of Earthquake Rupture Mechanics.
- Adviser: Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Heaton.
Honors and Awards :
- George Housner Fellowship in Earthquake
Engineering, Caltech (2005)
- Certificate of Honor From Cairo University in the "Ceremony of Science" attended by the prime minister (January 2004) for being the 1st rank student in the faculty of engineering
- The Prize of the 1st rank student from Faculty of Engineering ( 2003)
- Best Student Award in Soil Mechanics and Foundation (2003)
- Prof. Dr. Shafeek Aggour Award – Best Graduation Project for steel structures (2003)
- Best Student Award in Harbor Engineering (2003)
Previous Experience:
Academic:
- A Research assistant in the Civil Engineering
Department,
- TA in the Structural
Engineering Department (
- A design engineer in The design bureau (Taiba Consulting Centre) (2001-2005) .During this period I participated in the design of several educational institutes (for ALazhar), several residential buildings , and a prestressed hall (span=30m)
- A design engineer in The Arab Consulting Engineers (2003-2004) : During which I participated in the design of several steel structures (sheds-halls) and a pipe-stayed steel continuous bridge
Skills
- Familiar with several finite element packages such as :SAP2000 and ANSYS
- Good in Autocad
- Good in programming with Visual BASIC, C++, Matlab
- Good in using MS office package
Foreign Languages:
- English : very good
- French : Fair
Areas of Research Interest:
- Theoretical Mechanics.
- Geophysics
- Structural Dynamics and design of Civil Engineering structures
- Microscopic underpinning of friction and fracture