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Abdullah Mohammed Rahma Alshamsi, BS (math), BCE (with Honors), MSCE, PhD, MCIArb, FCIOB

Currently the Vice chancellor of the British University in Dubai (BUiD) link title

Academic Rank: Professor

Current employment:

Vice Chancellor of the British University in Dubjai

Qualifications:

Degrees:	field		Institution		Date of achievement

Ph.D. CE		Leeds University, U.K.		 	1988

MSCE		CE		Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	1983

BCE (honors)	CE		Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	1982

BS		Math 		Eckerd College, USA				1980

Academic Service:

Vice-Chancellor - The British University in Dubai, since February 2007 -

Professor				October 2002

Assistant Professor			January 1989

Associate Professor			May 1995

Teaching Assistant 			May 1983

Arbitration and Consultancy: * Founder and managing Director of  AlHILAL Consultants Engineers, Ajman, UAE since 1997. Tasks involved:
 * Attended the International Training Course titled “Practical Techniques for Handling International Commercial Arbitration Cases” by Prof. Dr Klaus Peter Berger and Mr Victor Leginsky, organized in Dubai by Dubai International Arbitration Center in Association with CENTRAL, Universitat ZU Koln Germany, 19-21 September 2011.
 * Attended the Entrance Course of Ciarb 0n 19-11-2011.

1- Design and supervision of various commercial and residential new projects as well as maintenance in Ajman, Sharjah and Dubai.

2- Special tasks as third party for various problems. Sample of such tasks include:
 * Mohammed Manour Villa – consultant report for UAE court which was accepted in full as a true record.
 * Butti AlKaabi villa- consultant report for UAE court which was accepted in full as a true record.
 * Third party for basement of Etisalat Center at Jabal Ali – Dubai- for the protection of steel from corrosion as a result of salt intrusion.
 * Third party for the final handover and final financial settlement of a villa in Alwehaidah, Dubai.
 * Third Party for the final handover and final financial settlement of G+6 Building in Salalah- Oman.
 * Third party for the evaluation of new Building under construction subjected to fire in the ground floor in Dubai International City.
 * Third party for the recommendation and repair of significant misalignment of a corner column extending over 3 floors.
 * Third party for the recommendation to seal the basement of a new building in Aljumairah –Dubai- suffering from significant leakage.
 * Third party for the evaluation of the structural integrity of concrete and steel of new building under construction subjected to fire on the Third floor in Business Bay Area - Dubai.

Honors and awards:
 * Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society for mathematics
 * Chi epsilon Honor society for Civil Engineering
 * Rashid Award for Scientific Advancement, 1992, UAE
 * Rashid Bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, 1991, UAE
 * The Outstanding Civil Engineering Department staff member- as elected by Department students.
 * UAE Society of Engineers Award 2010
 * Rashid Award for outstanding Academic record (Professorship) 2011

Research Proposals

Internally Funded Research projects (UAEU)
 * 1) Properties of admixtures and addition to concrete in hot climates (Head)
 * 2) Traditional Building Materials in the UAE, (Head)
 * 3) Creep of FRP reinforcing bars in the UAE climate (member)
 * 4) Repair and rehabilitation of RC structures using FRP (member).

Research Proposals

Internally Funded Research projects (UAEU)

1- Properties of admixtures and addition to concrete in hot climates (Head)

2- Traditional Building Materials in the UAE, (Head)

3- Creep of FRP reinforcing bars in the UAE climate (member)

4- Repair and rehabilitation of RC structures using FRP (member).

Externally funded Research Projects:

1- Durability of concrete in the UAE – Funded by UNIBETON 800000 dirhams over 4 years

2- The use of FRP to upgrade structures – ADCO- 1 year.

Publications:

Abdullah Alshamsi, Hassan D. Imran and Ahmed Bushlaibi ' Drying Shrinkage of concrete samples exposed to extreme hot climates' 6th International Congress on Global Construction: Ultimate Concrete Opportunities, 5-7 July 2005.

Abdullah Alshamsi, Adel Hammai and Saeed Hareb 'Use of FRP Materials for Strengthening Concrete Structures' Accepted for publication, 6th International Congress on Global Construction: Ultimate Concrete Opportunities, 5-7 July 2005

Abdullah Alshamsi, Hassan D. Imran, and Ahmed Bushlaibi 'Strength of High Performance Concrete in Extreme Hot climates' 4th International Conference on Concrete in Extreme Climates, (CONSEC 04), Seoul, Korea June 2004.

Adel Hammami, Abdullah Alshamsi and Saeed Hareeb 'use Of Frc Materials For Strengthening Concrete Structures Under Severe Environments, FRP symposium, University of Sharjah, Nov. 2003.

Adel Hammami, Abdullah Alshamsi and Saeed Hareeb 'The Vacuum Infusion Molding Process For Strengthening Concrete Structures, ECCM conference, Athens, Greece, 2003.

عبد الله محمد الشامسي "المكاتب الاستشارية الهندسية بدول مجلس التعاون الخليجي- دراسة إحصائية"، الملتقى الهندسي الخليجي الخامس، الدوحة، قطر، مارس 2002.

Abdullah M. Alshamsi and Ahmed H. Bushlaibi “Efficiency of Curing on Partially Exposed High Strength Concrete in Hot Climate” Cement and concrete Research, 32(2002) 949-953.

Abdullah M. Alshamsi and Hassan D. Imran “Development of a permeability apparatus for concrete and Mortar” Cement and concrete Research, 32(2002) 923-929.

Abdullah Yousef Al-Ali, Abdullah M. Alshamsi and Yasser Hawas “ Structural performance of Recycled Concrete Aggregates for Road Construction” 1st International conference  on Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Construction Materials, Dubai, Oct. 2001.

N. R. Shattaf, A.M. Alshamsi and R.N. Swamy “Curing/environment Effect on the Pore Structure of Blended cement” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 13, issue 5,Oct. 2001, pp.380-388.

Abdullah M. Alshamsi and Hassan D. Imran “ Transport of Methanol Through Mortar at Various Ambient Temperatures”  International Conference on Concrete under severe Conditions, v. 1, p87-94,  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 18-22, 2001.

Abdullah  Alshamsi “Stiffening Rates of Blended Cements Pastes in Hot Climates” ,Advances in Cement Research, 2001, 13,No. 1, January, 11-16.

Abdullah Alshamsi and Ahmed Bushlaibi “Calcium Effect on Setting of cements at Various Temperatures” Engineering Journal, Qatar University, Vol. 13, Dec. 2000.

Amin Einea, Abdullah Alshamsi, Ahmed Bushlaibi “ Long-term Behavior of Beams Reinforced with FRP Bars” 4th International Symposium on fiber Reinforced Polymer for Reinforced Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-4) Oct.31-Nov. 5, 1999, Baltimore, Maryland.

عبد الله محمد الشامسي "الجمعيات المهنية الهندسية بدول مجلس التعاون الخليجي"، الملتقى الهندسي الخليجي الثالث، المنامة، البحرين، يونيو 1999.

عبد الله محمد الشامسي "المهندسون في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة- دراسة إحصائية"، مجلة عالم الهندسة، سبتمبر 1998( تقديمها أيضا إلى الملقى الخليجي الثاني- الشارقة)

Alshamsi A.M.. Bushlaibi and Sabouni A.R Strength of Concrete Containing High Microsilica Content”,  2nd International Conference on Concrete Under Severe Environments, Tromso, Norway,

June 21-24, 1998.

Alshamsi A.M. " Microsilica and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Effects on Hydration Temperature ", Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 27, PP 1851-1859, 1997.

A.M. Alshamsi  “The Influence of Microsilica and Curing Temperature on the Compressive Strength of HSC”, ACI 1997 International Conference on High Performance Concrete: Design and Materials and recent Advances in Concrete Technology” Malaysia December, 1997.

A.M. Alshamsi “ Corrosion of Steel in Concrete”, 1st International Conference on FBECR, UAE Society of Engineers , Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 25-26, 1997.

K.I. Alhosani, A.M. Alshamsi and K.M. Yousri “ The effects of two types of Hydrophobic Materials on Setting  of Pastes in Hot Climates” Fourth International Conference on Concrete Technology for Developing Countries, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, 7-8 November ,1996

Shattaf N.R. and Alshamsi  A.M. "The Effect of Condensed Silica Fume on Some properties of Concrete in Hot Climates" Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, PP  114-121, Special Edition of the First International Conference on Reinforced Concrete Materials in Hot Climates", Alain, U.A.E.,  24-27 April 1994,

A.R. Sabouni, A.M Alshamsi, and A.M. Sherif “  An expert System Approach for Concrete Mixture Design in Normal and Hot Climates”,  Second International Conference in Civil Engineering on Computer Applications Research and practice” Bahrain, April 6-8, 1996.

A.M. Sherif, A.R. Sabouni, A Berrais and A.M Alshamsi, and “ Advisory Graphical Expert System for Crack Diagnosis and Assessment”,  Second International Conference in Civil Engineering on Computer Applications Research and practice” Bahrain, April 6-8, 1996.

A.M. Alshamsi, K.I. Alhosani,  and K. M. Yousri “Hydrophobic Materials, Superplasticizer and Microsilica Effects on Setting of Cement Pastes at Various Temperatures” Magazine of concrete research, Vol. 49, Number 179, June 1996, pp. 99-110.

Alshamsi A. M. "Efficiency of the Use of Set-Retarding Superplasticizers in Hot Climates", Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 12, No. (1), 1994.

Alshamsi A.M. " Temperature Rise inside Pastes During Hydration in Hot Climates", Journal of Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 353-360, 1994.

Alshamsi  A. M., Sabouni A.R., Bushlaibi A.H. and Al-Hosani K.I. (Editors) " Proceeding of the First International Conference on Reinforced Concrete Materials in Hot Climates", Volumes I and II, Alain, U.A.E.,p. 775, 24-27 April 1994.

Elkanzi E., Al-Hosani K., Alshamsi A. and Yousri K. "Prospects of  Sulfur as a Construction Material in the UAE" First International Conference on Reinforced Concrete Materials in Hot Climates", Alain, U.A.E., pp. 319-335,  24-27 April 1994,

Bushlaibi A.H., Alshamsi A.M., Sabouni A.R., and Al-Hosani K.I. "Guide to Durable Concrete" Translation of ACI Committee 201R-92, Amwag Publishing, Ajman, UAE, 1994.

Alshamsi A.M., Sabouni A.R. and Bushlaibi A.H. "Influence of Set-retarding Superplasticisers and Microsilica on Setting Times of Pastes at Various Temperatures", Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 23, pp. 592-598, May-June,1993.

Cabrera J.G., Wainwright P.G. and Alamri A.M. "Properties of Pozzolanic Mortars cured in Hot Dry Environments" ACI Special Publication SP-139, edited by Cameron Maclnnis, pp. 77-90, 1993.

Alshamsi A.M., Bushlaibi A.H. and Sabouni A.R. " Fineness, Consistency and Setting times of Various Ordinary Portland Cements Produced in the U.A.E." , Dirasat Hundasia, Volume 5, No. 1, pp.1-10, 1992.

Alshamsi A.M., Sabouni A. R. and Bushlaibi A.H. "Hot Weather Concreting", The official Arabic translation of ACI 305 committee report, Alittihad Publishing, Dubai, 1992.

Wainwright P.G., Cabrera J.G., Alamri A.M. " Performance Properties of Pozzolanic Mortars Cured in Hot dry Environments" Proceeding of the Third international RILEM Conference, pp. 115-128, 1992.

Alamri A.M., Chairman Opening Remarks" ,Seminar on Anti-Corrosion Products - Methods and Systems, Abu Dhabi,1992.

Alamri A.M. "Influence of Curing on the Properties of concretes and Mortars in Hot Climates", Ph.D. thesis, Leeds University, Leeds, U.K., 1988.

Cabrera J.G., Wainwright P.G. and Alamri A.M. " Curing Periods influence on Some Durability-Related Properties of Mortars", First International Conference on Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Almanama, Bahrain, 1985.

Alamri A.M. "Subsidence investigation and Risk Evaluation", Msc Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1983.

Conferences Attended

1- Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete Structures in the Arabian Gulf Countries, 1985.

2- Durability of Buildings, London, U.K., 1986.

3- Arabian Conference of  Structural Engineering,  Alain- UAE- 1989.

4- Durability of Concrete, Montreal, Canada, 1991.

5- Seminar  on “ Protection   of Steel reinforcement- Methods   and Techniques-“  Abu Dhabi-  -  1992

6- Fifth International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, India, 1992.

7- Seminar on Properties of Concrete, Society of Engineers  and  Ministry  of public works, Dubai,1993

8- ACI Fall Convention, Indianapolis, USA, 1993.

9- The 1st International Conference on Reinforced Concrete Materials in Hot climates, Alain, UAE, April 1994.

10-  The International conference on High Performance Concrete, Singapore, Oct, 1994

11- Workshop on education in the United Arab Emirates, organized by the national Project 	for  Research and Development of Labor Force and Education Planning, December, 1994

12- The First International Conference on "Concrete in Severe Environments", August, 	1995

13- The Forth International Conference on Concrete Technology in Developing Countries, 			Gazimagusa, Turkish Republic of  North Cyprus, 7-8 November, 1996.

14- The Third  CANMET/ACI  International Conference  on High Performance Concrete: Design and Materials and Recent Advances in Concrete  Technology, Kuala  Lumpur, Dec. 2-5, 1996.

15- Workshop on  Concrete resistance to  Fire, Kuala  Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 5th 1997.

16- The 2nd  GCC engineering work shop on GCC  engineers and the Private  sector, Organized by the UAE Society of Engineers, Sharjah, 1998.

17- The 3rd GCC engineering work shop on GCC Engineers and The challenges  of the 21st Century, Organized by the UAE Society of Engineers, Almanamah, Bahrain, June 1999.

18- Seminar on the quality control of  plastic, Aspestos and cement  pipes, Dubai Municipality, Feb, 1999.

19. Fourth International Symposium on Fiber reinforced concrete Structures (FRPRCS-4) Nov. 1999.

20. Symposium organized by UAE Society of Engineers on Engineering Consultants Offices in the GCC, Nov, 2000.

21. Arabian Gulf- vision for the future, organized by ALKHALEEJ PRESS, Sharjah, UAE.

22. Third International Conference on Concrete in severe environments, Vancouver, Canada, June 2001.

23. The First international conference of Quality control and quality assurance, 29-30th Oct. 2001, Dubai, UAE.

24. The fourth GCC engineering gathering, Doha, Qatar, March 2002.

25. The forth international conference on Concrete in Severe Environments (CONSEC 04), Seoul, korea June 2004.

26. 6th International Congress- Ultimate Concrete Opportunities 5-7 July, 2005, Dundee, Scotland.

Teaching Activities:

a) New courses developed:

1- Civil Engineering Materials

2- Advanced Concrete Technology

3- Engineering Materials (coordinator). 1994-1996

4- Concrete Technology

b) Undergraduate courses taught:

1- Structural Analysis I

2- Structural Analysis II

3- Concrete Technology

4- Mechanics of Materials I

5-  Structural Analysis for Architectural Engineering students

6- Civil Engineering Materials

7- Advanced Concrete Technology

8- Structural Concrete Design I for architectural Engineering

9- Engineering Materials.

10- Statics

11- Design of Concrete Structures for Civil Eng. Students (Structural Design I)

c) Senior Student Projects:

1- Supervisor  many senior year students in the area of concrete Technology and concrete design

2- Member in the examining committees of many students

d) Postgraduate

Courses Taught:

1- Fundamentals of Materials ( Masters of Materials Science  and Engineering)

2-  Construction and Building Materials (Masters of Material Science & Engineering)

3- Independent Studies in Ceramic Materials (masters of Materials science &Engineering)

Ph.D and MSc Supervision: Examination:
 * Advisor for a Ph.D. student (Engineer Nasser R. Shattaf- Ministry of Public Works) studying at the University of Sheffield – Graduated in 1998. Topic: properties of blended cement concrete in hot climates.
 * Principal supervisor for an Msc student (eng. Abdullah Yousuf Ali), graduated June 2001, topic: properties of recycled concrete aggregates for road construcrtion.
 * Principal advisor for an Msc student (Eng. Hassan Aljafri), starting Sept 2001, Topic: Patch repair of deteriorated concrete as a result of corrosion of the reinforcing steel.
 * Advisor, MSc Student (Eng. Mariam Alharrasi), Starting 2004, Topic: Effects of slag and Environmental on Heat of Hydration. Expected to finish 2006.

1-External examiner for a Msc dissertation for a student in the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain- Abdulwahid M. Sheer- 1992.

2-External Examiner for a Msc dissertation for a student in the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain – Suad Fahhad Alotaibi- 1994.

3- Head of the examining committee for Eng. Abdullah Yousef, June 2001.

4- External Examiner, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, Student Essam Alrebaian, Feb, 2002.

4- Internal examiner 'for the MSc Dissertation, Mesara Yahya AlAmri, June 2003