Benha University
Department of Civil Engineering
El-Homsy Street
Kaha, El-Kalubia 13743
Egypt
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Jan 1993 – Mar 1997 Okayama University
PhD, Earthquake Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering
Okayama-shi, Japan
Oct 1987 – May 1991 Ain Shams University
MSc., Srtructural Engineering (dynamics)
Cairo, Egypt
Oct 1981 – May 1986 Zagazig University (Benha Branch)
BSc., Civil Engineering
Cairo, Egypt
Jul 2004 – Oct 2004 Visiting Professor to Okayama University, Japan, invited by Japanese
Association of International Education.
Okayama University, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Okayama-shi, Japan
Apr 2003 – Jul 2003 Visiting Professor to Technical University of Hamburg Harbor (TUHH),
Germany invited by Mechanics and Ocean Engineering Department.
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Mechanics and Ocean Engineering
Department
Hamburg, Germany
Jul 1999 – Sep 1999 Visiting Researcher to Ruhr University at Bochum, Germany invited by the
Graduate School of Computational Structural Dynamics “Graduiertenkolleg”.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Graduate School of Computational Structural
Dynamics “Graduiertenkolleg”
Bochum, Germany
Jul 1998 – Sep 1998 Visiting Researcher Ruhr University at Bochum, Germany invited by the
Graduate School of Computational Structural Dynamics “Graduiertenkolleg”.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Mechanik

Bochum, Germany
Jan 1993 – Mar 1997 Ph.D. Scholar, Okayama University, Japan, Under the Monbousho
Scholarship Program Structural Dynamics.
Okayama University, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Okayama-shi, Japan
Aug 1986 – present Professor (Associate)
Benha University, Department of Civil Engineering
Cairo, Mu ḩ āfaz at al Qāhirah, Egypt
RG Score 4.92
Publications 30
Total Impact Points 3.48
Views 394
Downloads 161
Citations 67
Jul 2004 Grant: Follow Up Program, invited by Japanese Association of International
Education.
Jan 1993 Scholarship: PhD Monbousho scholarship
Skills Structural Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Structural Dynamics, Soil Structure
Interaction, Earthquake Engineering, Boundary Element Method, Dynamics,
Wave Propagation, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Modeling, Finite Element
Modeling, Dynamic Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, Structural Vibration,
Vibration Analysis, Structural Optimization, Bridge Engineering, Finite Element
Method, Reinforced Concrete, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering,
Building, Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake, Steel, Composites, Composite
Material, Building Codes, Seismic Design
Languages Arabic, English
Scientific Memberships JSCE, member,
Egyptian Syndicate for Engineers,
Society of Engineers, member

Interests
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Maher Adam, Hirokazu Takemiya: ‘Why the heaviest damages occurred in Kobe during the Hyogo-ken Nanbu
Earthquake, Japan 1995’. The Kobe Earthquake: Geodynamical aspect, 1st edited by Brebbia, 01/1995: pages 39-58; Computational Mech. Publications, Southampton, UK.
Y B Shaheen, R M Abd El-Naby, M A Adam, A M Erfan: STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOR OF INNOVATIVE
COMPOSITE COLUMNS. IJCIET. 12/2014; 5(5 11):976-6308.
Ali Shanour, Maher Adam, Ahmad Mahmoud, Mohammed Said: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF
CONCRETE BEAMS REINFORCED WITH GFRP BARS. IJCIET. 11/2014; 5(11):154-164.
R M Abd, M A Adam, M A Salama, T A El-Sayed: REPAIR OF DISTRESSED RC BEAMS USING GLASS
FIBER REINFORCED POLYESTER CONTAINING DIFFERENT POWDERS.. Al azhar. 11/2013;
Y. M. Hashem, A. A. Mahmoud, Maher Adam, A. Shanour: Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Infilled Frames
under Cyclic Loading. Ain Shams Journal of Civil Engeering (ASJCE). 09/2010; 2(9):169-182.
Maher Adam, Nawawi Chouw, Otto Von Estorff: SIGNIFICANCE OF SOFT LOCAL SITE IN ALTERING
THE NON-UNIFORM GROUND MOTIONS AND THE BUILDING RESPONSE. Al-Azhar
University Engineering Journal, AUEJ, Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan., pp. 154-169. 02/2005; 8(1):154-169.
Maher Adam, Nawawi Chouw: SIGNIFICANCE OF SOFT VALLEY SEDIMENT IN ALTERING SPATIAL
GROUND MOTIONS AND BRIDGE RELATIVE RESPONSE. JSCE Journal of Earthquake
Engineering, Vol. 28, Paper 126 on CD-Rom. 01/2005; Volume 28.
M. Adam, O. von Estorff: Reduction of train-induced building vibrations by using open and filled trenches.
Computers & Structures 01/2005;
Maher Adam, Nawawi Chouw: Consequence of non-linear soft soil behaviour on ground excitations and building
responses. Journal of the Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama University,
Japan, Special Edition, Nov., pp. 79-86. 11/2004;
M A Adam, I G Shaaban, Assistant Professor: SEISMIC RESPONSE OF R.C. BUILDING FRAMES
SUBJECTED TO COMBINED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EXCITATIONS. Engng. Research
Journal, faculty of Engineering (Mattaria), Helwan University, Egypt, Vol. 82, Aug. pp. 59-75.
01/2002;

Maher Adam, N. Chouw: Reduction Of Footing Response to Man-made Excitations by Using a Wave Impeding
Barrier. Journal of Applied Mechanics, JSCE, Japan, Vol. 4, Aug. pp. 423-431. 08/2001;
M. Adam, G. Pflanz, G. Schmid: Two- and three-dimensional modelling of half-space and train-track embankment
under dynamic loading. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 12/2000; 19(8-19):559-573.
Hirokazu Takemiya, Maher Adam: 2D NONLINEAR SEISMIC GROUND ANALYSIS BY FEM-BEM: THE
CASE OF KOBE IN THE HYOGO-KEN NANBU EARTHQUAKE. Journal of Structural Mech. and
Earthq. Eng., JSCE. 02/1998; 15(1):19-27.
Hirokazu Takemiya, Maher Adam: 2D NONLINEAR SEISMIC GROUND ANALYSIS BY FEM-BEM.
Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu. 01/1998;
Maher Adam, Hirokazu Takemiya: SEISMIC WAVE AMPLIFICATION DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY AND
GEOLOGY IN KOBE DURING HYOGO-KEN NANBU EARTHQUAKE. J. Struct. Mech. Earthquake
Eng., JSCE, No. 570/ I -40). 01/1997; 14(2):129s-138s.
Hirokazu Takemiya, Maher Adam: SEISMIC WAVE AMPLIFICATION DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY AND
GEOLOGY IN KOBE DURING HYOGO-KEN NANBU EARTHQUAKE. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu.
01/1997;
Maher Adam, Hirokazu Takemiya: Soil Amplification by Topographies During Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JSCE EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM, Japan; 01/1995
Maher Abdel-RahmanIbrahim Adam: Thesis or Dissertation.
N. Chouw, Maher Adam, Su Hai: Influence of non-uniform abutment and pier movements on pounding
responses of an isolated bridge structure. Proceeding, 19th Australian Conference on the Mechanics of
Structures and Materilas (19ACMSM) pp 269-274., New Zealand; 11/2006
Maher Adam, Nawawi Chouw: INVESTIGATION OF POUNDING RESPONSES OF BRIDGE GIRDERS
OVER A SOFT SEDIMENT VALLEY. Proceedings of the Third Egyptian Conference on Earthquake
Engineering, EGYQUAKE3,, Cairo, Egypt,; 12/2004
Maher Adam, M. El-Mohr: Effect of Using Different Concrete Strengths for Columns and Beams on The
Behaviour of Building Frames. Proc. Of the 4th International Conference On Civil & Architecture
Engineering, 4ICCAE, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, May, Cairo; 05/2002
Maher Adam: REDUCTION OF TRAIN INDUCED BUILDING VIBRATIONS USING OPEN AND IN-
FILLED TRENCH BARRIERS. Proc. Of the 4th International Conference On Civil & Architecture
Engineering, 4ICCAE,, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt; 05/2002
Maher Adam, G. Schmid: Investigation of Ground Vibrations in the Vicinity of A Train Track Embankment.
Wave propagation-Moving loads-Vibration Reduction,; 01/2002

Maher Adam: INVESTIGATION OF GROUND-BORN VIBRATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF A RAILWAY
EMBANKMENT. Ninth International Colloquium on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering. 9th,
ICSGE Cairo, EGYPT, 10-12 April, 2001, Cairo- Egypt; 04/2001
Maher Adam, I.G. Shaaban: Seismic Behavior of Beam-Column Connections in High Strength Concrete Building
Frames. Proc. Of 8th Arab Structural Engineering Conference (8ASEC), Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 21-23, paper No. C-3, pp.469-481; 10/2000
Maher Adam, Guenther Schmid, Nawawi Chouw: INVESTIGATION OF GROUND MOTIONS AND
STRUCTURAL RESPONSES IN NEAR FIELD DUE TO INCIDENT WAVES. Proc. Of 12th World
Conference on Earthq. Eng. (12WCEE 2000), Auckland New Zealand, January, paper No. 1313 (CD
ROM).; 01/2000
Maher Adam, Gero Pflanz, Gunther Schmid: TWO-AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT
RESPONSES OF HALF-SPACE UNDER DYNAMIC STRIP LOADS AND TRAIN TRACK LOADS.
12WCEE2000; 01/2000
Maher Adam, Hirokazu Takemiya: Seismic wave amplification in Kobe during Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake.
Proc. of the 11th World Conf. on Earthq. Eng. (11WCEE), Mexico, Elsevier Science, Mixeco; 01/1996
Maher Adam, Hirokazu Takemiya: Seismic response reduction of tunnel in alluvium site’. Proc. of 5th East
Asia-Pacific Conf. on Structural Eng. and Construction, EASEC-5,, Australia; 01/1995