Hisham M. Nada
HISHAM M. NADA
Governor Wes Bay Apartments
Doha, Qatar
Mobile : +974 70309901
E-mail: nada_hesham@hotmail.com
hesham.nada@gmail.com
Personal
Egyptian, Male, married and have three kids, Born in Dec. 23rd, 1966.
Education
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Ph.D., in Structural Engineering, Dissertation title “Seismic Performance of RC Bridge
Frames with Architectural-Flared Columns”, May 2003, State Univ. of Nevada, Reno,
USA. Project Sponsored by California Dept. of Transportation.
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3 years of study towards uncompleted Ph.D. degree due to lack of project funds.
Dissertation title “Conceptual Design of Tall Buildings”, El-Mansoura Univ., Jan. 1996
to March 1999.
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M.Sc. In structural Engineering, Thesis title “ Analysis of Discontinuity Problems due
to Misalignment of Columns Using Strut-and-Tie Model”, June 1994, El-Mansoura
Univ.
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B.Sc. in Civil Engineering in May 1989, El-Mansoura Univ., Grade “Very Good”,
Ranked the 5th. Graduation Project, Design of reinforced concrete structures with
grade Excellent.
Licenses
P.E, Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, Sep. 2002, California, USA.
Courses and Workshops
Module I, Value Management Training Seminar, Projacs Management & Training,
March 21, 2007, Dammam, KSA
Experience
Feb. 2013 to Now
Head of Structural Department in “ECG” Engineering Consultants Group, Doha,
QATAR.
Responsibilities:
o Manage the structural Department team in the firm.
o Provide technical consultancy support of for the design process.
o Review and monitor design quality process.
Sep. 2003 to Feb. 2013
Structural Consultant and Professor Assistant in University of Dammam,
Dammam, KSA
Responsibilities:
o Perform Conceptual Design for campus structures.
o Preform value Engineering and structural design Optimization.
o Revise, check and approve final designs carried out by Design
consultants.
o Provide on-site structural consultancy Support for supervising
consulting firms.
o Monitor and coordinate between different contractors and
supervising consultants.
Mar. 1999 to May 2003
Research Graduate Assistant, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, USA
Responsibilities:
o Carry out a complete design of a bridge prototype in high seismic
zone according to the Code of CalTarns.
o Define research program for the research project.
o Carry out the experimental and theoretical analysis.
o Data processing, identifying findings, and reaching new
recommendations for bridge column design.
Feb. 1998 to Mar. 1999
Senior Structural Design Engineer in “ECG” Engineering Consultants Group, Cairo
city, EGYPT.
Responsibilities:
o Perform Preliminary conceptual design.
o Lead a group of designers and draftsmen reporting to the principal
engineer.
o Carry out and perform first stage revision of structural analysis and
design.
Sep. 1997 to Feb 1998
Senior Structural Design Engineer in “CDEC” Consulting Office , Cairo city, EGYPT.
Responsibilities:
o Perform Preliminary conceptual design.
o Carry out structural analysis and design.
o Revision of structural designs carried out by others for the
insurance company.
Oct. 1994 to Aug. 1997
Structural Design Engineer in “Al-Ahmadi Consulting Office”, Jubail city, Saudi
Arabia.
Responsibilities:
o Carry out structural analysis and design.
Nov. 1992 to Oct. 1994
Structural Design Engineer in “Al-Marhoon Consulting Office”, Dammam city,
Saudi Arabia.
Responsibilities:
o Carry out structural analysis and design.
Nov. 1991 to Nov. 1992
Civil Engineer in the Egyptian Electricity Authority “EEA”, Sadat city, EGYPT.
Responsibilities:
o Carry out structural analysis and design.
June 1989 to Nov. 1991
Structural Design Engineer in “Alam El-Benaa” Design Office, El-Mansoura, EGYPT.
Responsibilities:
o Carry out structural analysis and design.
Computer Knowledge
Structural Programs: DIANA 7, DIANA 8, FX+ (for DIANA), SAP2000
Math Programs: MathCAD, MathCAD Prime
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Cad Programs: Auto-Cad
Graphic Programs: Grapher 3.01, PhotoShop
Other Programs: Microsoft Office Programs ( Ms-Word, Excel and Power Point)
Practical Experience
 Structural Consultant for King Fisal Univ. new campus, Dammam, KSA.
The project estimated cost is SR 5.0 billion. It includes the infrastructure, Medical
Colleges, Engineering College, Dental Clinics, 800 bed Hospital, Staff and Student
Housing, Stadium, Female Colleges and Service Buildings. The responsibilities
include conceptual design of the buildings, structural design check, structural
Design optimization and provide consultancy support for Designers and Supervision
firms.
 Bridge No. 146.463, Hofouf, KSA
Post-Tensioned Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Multi-Span Box Girder Bridge
supported on single columns and crossing a highway with a maximum span of 35
meter. The bridge was designed to carry heavy freight train loading using AREMA
code guidelines. The bridge was aslo designed to carry HIGH SPEED passenger
trains operating on speeds up to 250 km/h using EURO CODE guidelines with time
history dynamic analysis. Hofouf, KSA.
 Bridge No. 426.617, RIYADH, KSA
Post-Tensioned Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Multi-Span Box Girder Bridge
supported on single columns and crossing a highway with a maximum span of 35
meter. The bridge was designed to carry heavy freight train loading using AREMA
code guidelines. The bridge was aslo designed to carry HIGH SPEED passenger
trains operating on speeds up to 250 km/h using EURO CODE guidelines with time
history dynamic analysis. RIYADH, KSA.
 Khobar Highway Underpass Superstructure,
The bridge is a two span wide bridge of 32 m long by 60 m wide. The bridge carries
6 lanes in total. It consists of precast girders of about 17 m long.
 As Salam Bridge, Madinah, KSA.
Reinforced Concrete Multi-Span Box Girder Bridge supported on a single flared
column and crossing a highway with a maximum span of 32 meter. It was designed
to carry traffic loading. Madinah, KSA.
 KFU bridge design, Hassah, KSA.
The bridge connects the two parts of the university separated by a highway. The
bridge is 25 m simple span bridge that crosses the intersection with an arched
elevation layout supported on stiff abutments.
 Al-Otahim Mall, Dammam, KSA.
The building is reinforced Concrete multi-story mall with long spans in both
directions 15x18m. The owner requirements was to avoid all prestressed and
precast structures. The mall covers a land area of about 48000 m2 and considered
one of the land marks of the city of Dammam
 Design Check of the 26th July Bridge, Cairo, EGYPT.
The bridge is pre-stressed box girder that links Cairo city by 6th of October city. The
bridge was designed to carry car traffic and trainload as well.
 Design of Al-Dekhila Bridge Ramps, Alexandria, EGYPT.
The bridge is a girder bridge that crossing Um-Zieghu road and was designed to
sustain slag trucks of 340 ton resting on piles.
 Calculations for column shortening of “Wakf King Abd Al-Aziz” tower, Makkah, KSA.
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The project consists of 67 floors made of reinforced concrete floors.
 Design and Seismic Analysis of Bridge Prototype, UNR, Nevada, USA.
The prototype bridge was used as a basis for creating four different bridge
specimens. The analysis included non-linear finite element analysis using ADINA
and DIANA programs and time history analysis using RC-SHAKE. After the
construction of the bridges, the specimens were excited using real earthquake
records by shake table.
 Design of theatre and meeting halls unit of El-Mansoura Univ. Admin. Building, ElMansoura, EGYPT.
The unit consists of a basement, theatre floor, balcony and a three typical floors
with a clear span of about 60 ft long.
 Design of restaurant and hospital units of the Students’ Services Center in ElMansoura Univ. El-Mansoura, EGYPT.
The building consists of 2 units, 6 floors each of 30 ft x 30 ft clear spans with Flat
Slab system.
 Design of the Saudi Battery Factory, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Factory is a steel structure with an area of 360 ft x 360 ft covered area with a
120 ft clear span and 36 ft bays.
 Design of Rashwan Hotel, Meddina Saudi Arabia
The hotel consists of 18 floors with 2 garage basements, 2 commercial floors,
restaurant floor and typical floors. The building resting on a soil that has different
profiles from basalt rocks to sandy soil.
 Project Coordinator and Structural Consultant for the construction of King Fisal Univ.
new campus, Dammam, KSA.
 Project Control Engineer Ar-Razi Housing project, SABIC, Jubail Industrial, Saudi
Arabia
The project consisted of 60 units precast villas including the infrastructure work of
the area. The responsibilities included Supervision Team Performance Monitoring,
Quality Auditing and Project Progress reporting.
 Project Manager for the construction of the admin. Building and Restaurant of Gas
Co., SABIC, Jubail Industrial, Saudi Arabia
 Owner Representative and Supervision Engineer for the construction of Sadat City
Substation project, Sadat City, Egypt
Research Interest
 Seismic Performance of Concrete structures.
 Temperature Effect on Concrete Bridges.
 Reinforced Concrete Detailing.
Teaching Experience
Instructor and Substitute for the following class, (UNR, USA):
 Strength of Materials (CE 300 Level)
 Prestressed Concrete Design (CE 600 Level)
 Advanced Concrete (CE 700 Level)
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Publications
 Hisham M Nada, David H. Sanders, M. “Saiid” Saiidi, “Performance of Flared Columns
with Gaps”, 17th US-Japan Workshop, Nov. 12-14, 2001, Tskuba, Japan.
 Hisham M Nada, David H. Sanders, M. “Saiid” Saiidi, “Flare-column bents dynamically
tested on a shake table”, Proceedings of the Seventh US National Conference on
Earthquake Engineering, July 21-25, 2002.
 Hisham M Nada, David H. Sanders, M. “Saiid” Saiidi, and Saad El-Azzazy “Behavior of
Flared Column Bents under Seismic Loading”, 5th ACI International Conference,
Cancun, Mexico, December 10-3, 2002.
 Hisham M Nada, David H. Sanders, M. “Saiid” Saiidi, “Seismic Analysis and Design of
Flared Bridge Columns”, 35th Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic
Effects, May 12-14, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan (invited).
 Attia H. Bauoumy, Youssef I. Agag and Hisham L. Nada, “Elastic Analysis of Beam-Column
Connections Considering Coulmn Misalignment”, Second Conference on Civil Engineering,
Military Technical College, Nov. 8-10, 1994, Cairo, Egypt
References:
 Prof. M. “Saiid” Saiidi, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Reno, USA
Tel (+1) (775)-784-4839, E-mail : saiidi@unr.edu
 Associate Prof. David H. Sanders, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Reno, USA
Tel (+1) (775)-784-4288, E-mail : sanders@unr.edu
 Prof. Dr. Salah E. El-Metwally, Civil Eng. Dept., El-Mansoura Univ., Tanta, Egypt
Tel (+20) (122)-737-9463, E-mail : selmetwally@yahoo.com
 Eng. Yousef Hossam, Head of Structural Eng. Dept., ECG Company, Cairo Egypt.
Tel (+20) (122)-386-2323, E-mail : youssef.hossam@ecgsa.com
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