BIOGRAPHY
Aman Mwafy holds a PhD and a Diploma in Structural Engineering at the Imperial College London. He is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UAEU. He was a senior research fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2004 to 2007. He has been a faculty member in Egypt since 2001 (currently professor of Structural Engineering, on leave). Aman has research interests in seismic resistance and retrofit of structures. He was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding 2002 Journal Paper Award’ from Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council. His journal papers in Engineering Structures and the Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings were ranked among the top papers in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2017. Aman has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the U.S., UAE and Egypt on earthquake risk management, design of earthquake resistant structures, and design of reinforced & prestressed concrete structures. He has supervised several students on their PhD, MSc and graduation projects. He is a certified Consulting Engineer and a member of several professional associations, including ASCE and SEI. He has conducted several consultancies on the design and assessment of structures in the UAE, U.S. and Egypt.
EDUCATION
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Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, Structural Engineering, Imperial College-Science & Med, 2001
RESEARCH AREAS
- Development and calibration of seismic design provisions
- Structural response under extreme loading conditions
- Seismic vulnerability assessment and retrofit of buildings
- Response of bridges with soil-foundation-structure interaction
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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(2017). "Effect of vertical structural irregularity on seismic design of tall buildings". Co-Authors: S. Khalifa. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. . 20
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(2017). "A Methodology for Defining Seismic Scenario-Structure-Based Limit State Criteria for RC High-Rise Wall Buildings Using Net Drift". Co-Authors: W. Alwaeli; K. Pilakoutas; M. Guadagnini
. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics . . 20
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(2017). "Performance Assessment and Prioritization of Mitigation Approaches for Pre-seismic Code Structures". Co-Authors: S. Elkholy
. Advances in Structural Engineering . 9. 23
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(2017). "Chapter 14: Collapse assessment of substandard concrete structures for seismic loss estimation of the building inventory in the UAE". Co-Authors: B. Almurad
. Global Changes and Natural Disaster Management Geo-information Technologies, Springer. . 14
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(2017). "Multi-level nonlinear modeling verification scheme of RC high-rise wall buildings". Co-Authors: W. Alwaeli; K. Pilakoutas; M. Guadagnini
. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. . 19
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(2017). "Implications of Adopting Different Force Reductions in Seismic Design of RC Buildings". Co-Authors: H. Mahmoud
. International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering. . 21
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(2015). "Assessment of Material Strength Implications on Seismic Design of Tall Buildings through Collapse Analysis". Co-Authors: N. Hussain; K. El‐Sawy
. Advances in Structural Engineering. 18(12). 18
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(2015). "Seismic performance and cost-effectiveness of high-rise buildings with increasing concrete strength". Co-Authors: N. Hussain; K. El-Sawy
. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Wiley. Vol. 24(4). 23
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(2013). "Use of overstrength and inelastic response in seismic design". Co-Authors: Single Author
. Structures and Buildings, ICE. Vol. 166(6). 16
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(2012). "Analytically-derived fragility relationships for the modern high-rise buildings in the UAE". Co-Authors: Single Author
. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Wiley. Vol. 21(11). 20
