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Ezzeldin Yazeed Sayed-Ahmed

  • Position: Professor and Chair, Construction Engineering
  • Department: Department of Construction
  • Email: eysahmed@aucegypt.edu
Brief Biography

Ezzeldin Yazeed is a professor and chair of the Department of Construction Engineering at The American University in Cairo. He was previously a professor at Ain Shams University and served as the acting director of the new credit hours engineering programs at Ain Shams University from 2007 to 2008. He was the associate dean of the College of Engineering at Qatar University from 2005 to 2006. In 2012, he was one of the nominees for the Ain Shams University president position, the first runner-up in this process.

Yazeed has been a program reviewer for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology since 2018, an evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education since 2024, a Fulbright program reviewer and a fellow of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. He has been a reinforced concrete and steel structures consultant in Egypt since 2008. He is a voting member of the Egyptian Code of Practice Committee for Steel Structures and the Egyptian Code of Practice for Fibre Reinforced Polymers. He was also a member of many engineering societies, such as the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineering Institute in the United States; the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering in Switzerland; and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and the Canadian Prestressed Concrete Institute in Canada.

Yazeed was awarded the State Award in Engineering Sciences (Egypt) in 1999 and the Bruce M. Irons Memorial Scholarship in Canada in 1994. He was also awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from AUC in 2019. His biographical profile has been listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the World and Who's Who in Engineering Higher Education since 2006. He has one US patent and more than 225 publications, of which more than 70 papers appear in journals. His author h-index as of June 2026 is 24 (Google) with more than 2,100 citations and 18 (Scopus) with more than 1,200 citations. He has been recognized since 2020 as one of the highest-cited researchers in the world in a study by Stanford University researchers. He has supervised more than 40 master's and PhD students. He is a reviewer for more than 40 international and regional journals and conferences.

Yazeed designed or design-reviewed many iconic projects such as the four 140-meter-high minarets of AlHaram AlMakki Extension (KSA), Al-Haram FRP Temporary Mataf (Makkah), FRP Clock of King Abdulaziz Endowment Tower (Makkah), Cambambe Hydroelectric Power Plant and Dam (Angola), stormwater drainage for Muna and Muzdalifah (KSA) and many other reinforced concrete and steel structures.

Education
  • PhD in structural engineering, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 9, 1995
  • MSc in structural engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, July 18, 1990
  • BSc in civil engineering (structures), distinction with honor, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, August 5, 1986

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r1gQiRMAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1 Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701922421

Patent Shrive, N.G., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Damson, E., Tilleman, D. and Tadros, G. Prestressing Anchorage System for Fibre Reinforced Plastic Prestressing Tendons. US Patent 6,082,063, July 4, 2000.

Books Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Elserwi, A.A. Limit States Design of Steel Structures. Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-620-2-05482-9, ISBN-10: 6202054824, 2017.

Journal Papers

  1. Serry, M., Darwish, M. S. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Friction Losses in Full-Scale Post-Tension Girders: Experimental Study. ACI Structural Journal. Pre-published April 2026.
  2. Khairy, M., Ahmed, Z., Abodonya, A., El Kadi, O. A., Tarabieh, K., Nassar, K. and Sayed-Ahmed, E. Y. Utilizing Cob–Earth and Sand-Filled Plastic Bottles to Address Environmental Challenges: A Sustainable Construction Solution. Sustainability, 2025, 17(15), 6784.
  3. Elbawab, Y., Elbawab, Y., El Zoughby, Z., ElKadi, O., AbouZeid, M. and Sayed-Ahmed, E. Flexural Testing of Steel-, GFRP-, BFRP- and Hybrid Reinforced Beams. Polymers, 2025, 17(15): 2027.
  4. Abdelshahid B., Nassar K., Youssef P., Sayed-Ahmed E. and Darwish M. Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Design and Performance Evaluation of Wood–Plastic Composite Roof Panels for Low-Cost Housing. Polymers, 2025; 17(6): 795.
  5. Taha, S.T., Iskander, G., AbouZeid, M.N. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Experimentally Investigating the Strengthening Effect of NSM-GFRP Bars on the Capacity of RC Slabs. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 24(2):1-5, 2024.
  6. Abdelhalim, J., Iskander, G. and Sayed-Ahmed, E. Investigating the Behaviour and Strength of Unbonded Pre-tensioned RC Slabs Subject to Flexural Loads. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 24(2):19-23, 2024.
  7. Ezzat, F.I, Abdelrahman, A.A. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Vibration Behavior of Post-Tensioned Concrete Slabs. ACI Structural Journal, 120 (4): 15-28, July to August 2023.
  8. Iskander, G., Soliman, E. and Sayed-Ahmed, E. Design of built-up steel beam-columns composed of two-channel sections. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 48(11): 1508-1522, 2021.
  9. Zaki, M., Tobaa, A., Shehata, A., Mohamed, F., Khalef, R., Hagrasa, Y., Abou-Ali, R., Farag, M., Ghaly, A, Madi, M., Sayed-Ahmed, E., El-Maghraby Y. and Abou-Zeida, M. Potential Advantages of Basalt FRP Bars compared to Carbon FRP Bars and Conventional Steel. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 19(1): 107-122, 2021.
  10. Salem A.H., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Elserwi, A.A. and Aziz, R.S. Behaviour and Design of Steel I-Beam to Column End Plate Bolted Connections Based on Experimental and Numerical Investigations. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, eJSE, 20(1): 83-101, 2020.
  11. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Abou-Zeid, M.N., Ghali, H.S., Ghali, H.S. and Armanious, R.M. Shear Strengthening of RC Beams Using NSM GFRP Bars or CFRP U-Wrap Sheets. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, eJSE, 19(1): 85-102, 2019.
  12. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Abdelrazik, A.T. Analytical and Numerical Models of Steel I-Section Beam-Columns Strengthened with Bonded Prestressed FRP Laminates. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, eJSE, 19(1): 1-13, 2019.
  13. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Abdelrahman, A.A. and Shrive, N.G. Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs with Bonded CFRP Laminates: Strain Compatibility Paradox. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, eJSE, 17(1): 53-64, 2017.
  14. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Shaat, A.A. and Abdallah, E. CFRP-Strengthened HSS Columns Subject to Eccentric Loading. Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE, 22(4): 04018025, June 2018.
  15. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Abdelrahaman, A.A. and Embaby, R.A. Concrete Dams: Thermal-Stress and Construction Stage Analysis. Dams and Reservoirs Journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), 28(1): pp. 12-30, February 2017.
  16. Akroush, N., Almahallawi, T., Seif, M. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. CFRP Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams in Zones of Combined Shear and Normal Stresses. Composite Structures, Elsevier, 162: 47-53, February 2017.
  17. Iskander, M.S., Shaat, A.A., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Soliman, E.A. Strengthening CHS T-Joints Subjected to Brace Axial Compression Using Through-Bolts. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 128: pp. 555-566, January 2017.
  18. Abdlebasset, Y.M., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Mourad, S.A. High-Rise Buildings with Transfer Floors: Linear Versus Nonlinear Seismic Analysis. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 16(1): 8-16, 2016.
  19. Abdlebasset, Y.M., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Mourad, S.A. Seismic Analysis of High-Rise Buildings with Transfer Slabs: State-of-the-Art-Review. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 16(1): 38-52, 2016.
  20. Gharib, M.A., Khushefati, W.H., Khedr, M.A. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Steel beams strengthened with prestressed CFRP laminate: is there a need for laminate prestressing? Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 16 (1): 53-63, 2016.
  21. Gharib, M.A., Khushefati, W.H., Khedr, M.A. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Performance of steel beams strengthened with prestressed CFRP laminate. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 15: 60-69, 2015.
  22. El-Awady, A.K., Okiel, H.O., Abdelrahman, A.A. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Seismic Behaviour of High-Rise Buildings with Transfer Floors. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 14(2):57-70, 2014.
  23. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Bakay, R. and Shrive, N.G. 2009. Bond Strength of FRP Laminates to Concrete: State-of-the-Art Review. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 9: 45-61, September 2009.
  24. Bakay, R., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Shrive, N.G. Interfacial Debonding Failure for Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced Polymer strips. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 36(1): pp. 103-121, January 2009. https://doi.org/10.1139/L08-096
  25. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Design Aspects of Steel I-Girders with Corrugated Steel Webs. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 7: 27-40, December 2007.
  26. Hosny, A.A., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Abdelrahamn, A.A. and Alhlaby, N.A. Strengthening Precast-Prestressed Hollow Core Slabs to Resist Negative Moments Using Carbon Fibre Reinforces Polymer Strips: an Experimental Investigation and a Critical Review of Canadian Standards Association 806-02. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 33(8): pp. 955-967, August 2006.
  27. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Plate Girders with Corrugated Steel Webs. AISC Engineering Journal. American Institute of Steel Construction, 42(1): pp.1-13, 1st Q 2005.
  28. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Lateral Torsion-Flexure Buckling of Corrugated Web Steel Girders. Structures and Buildings Journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Structures and Buildings 158, Issue SB1, pp. 53-69, February 2005.
  29. Adeeb S. M., Sayed-Ahmed E.Y., Matyas J., Hart D.A., Frank C.B. and Shrive N. G. Congruency Effects on Load Bearing in Diarthrodial Joints. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 7(3): pp. 147-157, June 2004.
  30. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Riad, A.H. and Shrive, N.G. Flexural Strengthening of Precast Reinforced Concrete Bridge Girders Using Bonded Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Strips or External Post-Tensioning. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 31(3): pp. 499-512, June 2004.

  31. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Behaviour of Steel and (or) Composite Girders with Corrugated Steel Webs. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 28(4): pp. 656-672, August 2001.

     

     

  32. Nelson, G.S., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., ter Keurs, H.E.D.J., Tyberg, J.V. and Shrive, N.G. A 2D Finite Element Model of the Interventricular Septum Under Normal and Abnormal Loading. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 4(4): pp. 307-322, July 2001.

     

     

  33. Nelson, G.S., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Gibbons Kroeker, C.A., Sun, Y-H., ter Keurs, H.E.D.J., Shrive, N.G. and Tyberg, J.V. Compression of Interventricular Septum During Right Ventricular Pressure Loading. American Journal of Physiology, Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 49(6): pp. 280:H2639-H2648, June 2001. (PubMed 11356620)

     

     

  34. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Lissel, S.L., Tadros, G. and Shrive, N.G. Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Post-Tensioned Masonry Diaphragm Walls: Prestressing, Behaviour, and Design Recommendations. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 26(3): pp. 324-344, June 1999.
  35. Nelson, G. S., Sayed-Ahmed, E. Y., Tyberg, J. V. and Shrive, N. G. A 2-D Finite Element Model of the Interventricular Septum. Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Procedures, 1998; Vol. 15 (2): pp. 136, August 1998.
  36. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Shrive, N.G. New Steel Anchorage System for Post-Tensioning Applications Using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Tendons. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 25(1): pp. 113-127, February 1998.
  37. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Shrive, N.G. and Tilleman, D. Creep Deformation of Clay Masonry Structures: A Parametric Study. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 25(1): pp. 67-80, February 1998.
  38. Shrive, N.G. and Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. Design Recommendations for Hollow Concrete Masonry Walls Subject to Concentrated Loads, Based on a Test Program. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 24(3): pp. 380-391, June 1997.
  39. Shrive, N.G., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Tilleman, D. Creep Analysis of Clay Masonry Assemblages. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 24(3): pp. 367-379, June 1997.
  40. Nelson, G. S., Sayed-Ahmed, E. Y., Tyberg, J. V. and Shrive, N. G. A 2-D Non-Linear Finite Element (FE) Model of the Interventricular Septum under Normal and Abnormal Loading Conditions in Diastole. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1997; Vol. 25 (Suppl I): S-25 – S32.
  41. Nelson, G.S., Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y., Shrive, N.G. and Tyberg, J.V. Compressive Stress in Paradoxic Interventricular Septal Inversion. Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Procedures, 1996; Vol. 13 (4): pp. 282, November 1996.
  42. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Shrive, N.G. Nonlinear Finite-Element Model of Hollow Masonry. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 122(6): pp. 683-690, June 1996.
  43. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Shrive, N.G. Design of Face-shell Bedded Hollow Masonry Subject to Concentrated loads. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(1): pp. 98-106, February 1996.
  44. Sayed-Ahmed, E.Y. and Shrive, N.G. Numerical Analysis of Face-shell Bedded Hollow Masonry Walls Subject to Concentrated Loads. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 22(4): pp. 802-818, August 1995.

Ezzeldin Yazeed believes that an effective instructor should help students answer questions they do not yet know how to ask. He also embraces the principle that knowledge and methods, no matter how well established, can always be improved upon by better approaches, technologies and practices. As such, he continuously seeks to learn, adapt and replace existing methods with more effective ones whenever appropriate.

His primary teaching objective is to provide students with a skills-based learning experience rather than a purely knowledge-based one, preparing them to think critically, solve complex problems and adapt to rapidly changing professional environments. He adopts learner-centered teaching paradigms that actively engage students in the learning process and promote independent thinking, creativity and lifelong learning.

His teaching philosophy emphasizes project-based learning, experiential learning and the integration of real-world engineering challenges into the classroom. He is particularly interested in innovative teaching and learning pedagogies, including blended learning, flipped classrooms, student-generated examinations and class activities, design competitions and the effective integration of artificial intelligence in engineering education. He views artificial intelligence not merely as a technological tool, but as a transformative enabler that can enhance learning, improve problem-solving capabilities, personalize instruction and better prepare students for the future of engineering practice.

Through these approaches, he strives to create a dynamic learning environment that empowers students to become self-directed learners, innovative engineers and future leaders in their profession.

Ezzeldin Yazeed's research covers the following spectrum:

  1. Prestressed concrete structures: Post-tension slabs with bonded and unbonded prestressing strands; friction losses in post-tension structures; post-tension masonry diaphragm walls; and strengthening of structures using external prestressing.
  2. Advanced composite materials for sustainable structures: Behaviour and design of fibre reinforced polymers structures and bridges; steel anchor for carbon fibre reinforced polymers tendons or cable stays; behaviour and design of masonry diaphragm walls prestressed with carbon fibre reinforced polymers tendons; thermal effects on prestressed masonry walls post-tensioned using carbon fibre reinforced polymers tendons; and properties of carbon fibre reinforced polymers tendons, such as short- and long-term mechanical properties, coefficient of thermal expansion and effect of elevated temperature.
  3. Rehabilitation and strengthening of structures via traditional and advanced composite materials: Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete bridge beams using advanced composite materials; strengthening of prestressed or precast hollow core slabs using carbon fibre reinforced polymers strips; flexural strengthening of steel and reinforced concrete members using plain or prestressed carbon fibre reinforced polymers strips; flexural and shear strengthening of reinforced concrete structures using near surface mounted fibre reinforced polymers bars; rehabilitation of masonry walls using carbon fibre reinforced polymers strips or epoxy grout; seismic behaviour of high-rise buildings with transfer floors; elastic response spectrum and nonlinear time history analysis of high-rise with transfer floors; and inter-storey drift of high-rise buildings with transfer floors.
  4. Steel structures and bridges analysis and design: Behaviour and design of rigid beam-to-column connections subject to flexure or torsion; analysis and design of steel tubular members’ connections; analysis and design recommendations for corrugated steel web composite bridge girders; behaviour of steel-free deck composite bridge system; concrete dowels and shear connectors for composite girders with corrugated steel webs; behaviour or design of axially loaded and flexural members composed of cold-formed steel sections; post-buckling strength of thin-walled steel columns; and lateral stability and simplified design of steel I-beams.
  5. Structural behaviour of mass concrete in concrete dams: Coupled thermal and stress analysis of concrete gravity dams.
  6. Response of structures to subsurface blasting: Recommendations for new limits on subsurface blasting peak particle velocity to deter residential housing cracking.
  7. Vibration of lightweight bridges: Comparative investigation into current code limits for vibrations and comfort levels; and dynamic load modelling due to pedestrian activities on lightweight bridges.
  8. Masonry and concrete structures: Concentrated loads on hollow block concrete masonry walls; analysis and modelling of clay masonry creep; and short-term deflection of cracked reinforced concrete beams.
  9. Biomechanics engineering: Finite element modelling of the human heart interventricular septum; and finite element modelling of the articular cartilage in diarthrodial joints.
  10. Engineering education: Active course offering and effective learning and teaching modules including blended learning and flipped classes paradigm; engineering programs accreditation and continuous quality improvement; and standardized university admission examinations, including planning and specifications.