Ayman A. Seleemah, M.Sc., Ph.D., C.E.
April 2014
Vice Dean for community service and environmental affaris
Professor, Structural Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Tanta Univ.
Consultant Engineer [Design of Concrete Structures]
Recipient, Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2007.
Former, Head of Civil Engineering Department, Benha High Institute of
Technology, Benha University, Egypt.
Email: seleemah55@yahoo.com
Mobile: +20100 6619311
Phone (040) 3401121 {Home}
Nationality:
Egyptian
Research Interest:
Earthquake Engineering for Buildings and Bridges, Computer Aided Analysis
and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Seismic Isolation of Buildings,
Tanks, and Bridges; Seismic Energy Dissipation Systems and Development,
Finite Element Analysis of Structures, Cable Stayed Bridges, Neural Network
Applications in Structural Engineering, Shear Resistance of Reinforced
Concrete Members, Offshore Structures.
Education:
 Ph.D., Structural Engineering, May 1997
Joint Supervision between State University of New York at Buffalo, USA,
and Cairo University, Egypt.
Major Area:
Shaking Table Tests, Passive Control of structures, Component
Testing, Modeling, Earthquake resistance of structures
Dissertation Title:
Experimental and Analytical Investigations of Seismic Response
of Buildings with Added Linear and Nonlinear Viscous
Dampers.
Foreign Advisor: Professor Micheal C. Constantinou.
Local Advisors: Professor Hassan M. Emam, Professor Amr W. Sadek, and
Professor El-Sayed A. El-Kasaby
 M.Sc., Structural Engineering, June 1991
Cairo University, Egypt.
Major Area:
Dissertation Title:
Earthquake Engineering, Multistory Frames, Seismic analysis
Seismic Spectral Analysis of Inelastic Multistory Frames
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Courses Taken:
 Structural Analysis
 Reinforced Concrete
 Metallic Structures
 Technical English Language
 Soil Mechanics and Foundation
 Mathematics
 Strength and Technology of Building Materials
 Research Methods and Report Preparation
 Computer Methods
 Structural Mechanics
Courses Assessment:
Very Good, Ranked the FIRST among the 43 candidates.
Academic Advisors: Professor Hassan M. Emam, and Professor Amr W. Sadek.

B.Sc., Structural Engineering, June 1986
Cairo University, Egypt.
Project:
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, it included
Multistory Multi-Bay waffled slab Building, Football Stadium,
Continous Folded Plate Covering, Analysis and Design of Reinforced
and Prestressed Concrete Structures.
Detailed Undergraduate Rate and Rank:
Preparatory year: Distinction, Ranked the 5th among the more than 1000 candidates.
First year:
Distinction, Ranked the 2nd among the more than 650 candidates.
Second year:
Very Good, Ranked the 6th among the more than 600 candidates.
Third year:
Distinction, Ranked the 3rd among the more than 600 candidates.
Forth year:
Very Good with Honor Degree, Ranked the 11th among the 600
candidates.
GPA:
3.75
(4.0 Scale)
Research Activity:

Conducting research in the Structural Engineering Field.
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Academic advisor for several M. Sc. and Ph. D. students at Tanta and
Benha Universities.
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Member of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research,
1995,USA.
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Member of the
1996,Okland, USA.
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Involved as a peer reviewer of the Canadian Journal of Civil
Engineering.
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Involved as a peer reviewer of Materials and Structures Journal,
Springer.
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Involved as a peer reviewer of Journal of Civil Engineering and
Construction Technology, Academic Journals.

Involved as a peer reviewer of Engineering Materials Journal

Recepent, Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2008-2012
Earthquake
Engineering
Research
Institute,
Academic Experience:

Professor, Structural Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Tanta Univ
April 2012

to
Associate Professor, Structural Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Tanta Univ
Augest 2009

Present
to
March 2012
Benha High Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Nov. 2004
to
July 2009
Teaching Several Structural Engineering Courses:
- Theory of Structures I & II
- Reinforced Concrete Tanks
- Concrete Technology
- Engineering and Society
- Civil Engineering Drawings
- Structural Reports
- Structural Engineering Project
- Computer Application Project
- Structural Dynamics
- Earthquake Engineering
- Advanced Structural Dynamics C911 (Post Graduate)
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- Advanced Stress Analysis
C903 (Post Graduate)
- Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques C933 (Post Graduate)

Head of Civil Engineering Department
Nov.2006 to Jan. 2008

Preparation of the scientific plan for the department.

Preparation of the schedule of study of the department (undergraduate and
postgraduate).

Selection of the scientific examining committee for undergraduate and
postgraduate courses.

Conducting several tasks for management and upgrading of the department
and coordination with professors at different universities.

Preparation of celebes of courses for the new Admission Regulations
(undergraduate and postgraduate) by coordination with colleagues and
professors at different universities.

Preparation of Five-Year plan for initiation of new laps and updating of
existing ones by coordination with several manufacturers (both domestic
and abroad).
 Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics Lap. (New Lap)
 Reinforced concrete and materials Lap. (Update existing)
 Soil mechanics and foundations Lap. (Update existing)
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
Assistant Professor
Dec.
1997
to
Oct. 2004
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
Research Scholar
October 1995
to
January 1997
Conducting Analytical and Experimental Research in the Field of Seismic
Energy Dissipation for Buildings and Bridges.

California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo , CA, USA
Visiting Scholar
April 1995
to
October 1995
Conducting Research in the Field of Earthquake Resistant Design.

Benha High Institute of Technology
Assistant Lecturer
August
1993
to
March 1995
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Teaching Assistant for Several Structural Engineering Courses such as

-
Theory of Structures I & II
-
Reinforced Concrete Structures I, II & III
-
Concrete Technology
-
Engineering Applications
-
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Project
-
Reinforced Concrete Project
Civil Engineering Department, Mansura University
Assistant Researcher
January 1988
to
Dec 1989
Teaching Several Structural Engineering Courses

Professional Experience:

Dream Home Center
Owner and General Manager
Sept.
1997
to
Present
Conducting Analysis, Design, and Preparation of Construction Drawings for
RC Projects
- Sharm El-Shekh Military Hospital, Egypt (LE 46 M)
- Mubarak Residential Towers, Tanta (13 Story, 1800 sq. meter area)
- Delta International Hospital, Tanta (11 Story, 600 sq. meter area)
- Elsalama International Hospital, Tanta (9 Story, 500 sq. meter area)
- Ammar Hospital, Tanta (12 Story, 350 sq. meter area)
- Tanta Stadium, Tanta Sporting Club.
- El-Shekh Kalifa Ben Hamad Aal Thany Villa (4 Story, 400 sq. meter area)
- American-Egyptian Company For Trading, Sharm El-Shekh, Egypt.
- Tanta Royal Tower, Tanta (11 Story, 500 sq. meter area)
- Alatebaa Tower, Tanta (9 Story, 700 sq. meter area)
- E.G. Pharmaceutical Industries, El-Obour City. (3 Story, 6000 sq. meter
area)
- FLEXO-MISR Factory, Quesna. (6 Story, 5000 sq. meter area)
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-I.D.I. Pharmaceutical Industries, East Port Said. (3 Story, 12000 sq. meter
area)
- Qulbaz Factory II, Quesna. (6 Story, 3000 sq. meter area)
- Qulbaz Factory III, Quesna. (6 Story, 3500 sq. meter area)
- Elkettan Factory, Quesna. (2 Story, 1300 sq. meter area)
- Eldakahlia Factory for Gum and Sweets, Quesna. (5 Story, 2500 sq. meter)
- Elshanawany Factory for Sweets, Quesna. (6 Story, 3000 sq. meter)
- GAMY Factory for Sweets, Tanta (5 Story, 300 sq. meter)
- Wet Blue, Union for Leather, Quesna (1 Story, 2400 sq. meter)
- Chemical Store, Union for Leather, Quesna (1 Story, 4800 sq. meter)
-Abu-Redis Underground Tank, Sharm El-Shekh, South Sinaa, Egypt.
- Elborsa Trading Center, Tanta, Egypt.
- Roseih Mall, Tanta, Egypt.
- El Safa Tower, Tanta, (13 Story, 800 sq. meter area)
- Abu Bakr Elsedeq Tower I, Tanta, (13 Story, 1000 sq. meter area)
- Abu Bakr Elsedeq Tower II, Tanta, (13 Story, 800 sq. meter area)
- Alattawa City Mosque, ( 400 sq. meter open span with a central dome )
- Aldamaty Mosque, Tanta, (500 sq. meter open span with a perforated dome)
- Saeed Tower, Tanta, (11 Story, 1000 sq. meter area)
- Saeed Mall and Tower II, Tanta, (11 Story, 600 sq. meter area)
- More than 500 Residential and Office Buildings, (6-13 Story & 300-1500 sq.
meter area each)
- Repair and Retrofitting of many Reinforced Concrete Structures.

Egyptian Insurance Liability Pool
Review Engineer
Nov. 1991
to
August
1993
Revision of Major Reinforced Concrete Projects (LE 64,554,809 Total
Insurance value)
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Team of Engineers and Architects (Prof. M. A. Kassem) Tanta, Egypt
Structural Engineer
July 1986
to
Dec. 1988
Part time
Conducting Design, and Preparation of Construction Drawings for many RC
and Steel Projects

Puerto Autonomo De Barcelona, Spain
Training
July 1985
to
August 1985
Published work:
1. Ayman A. Seleemah, ”Seismic Spectral Analysis of Inelastic Multi-
Story Frames”, M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,
Cairo, Egypt, June 1991.
2. A.W. Sadek, H.M. Emam and Ayman A. Seleemah, ”Seismic Spectral
Analysis of Inelastic Single Story Frames”, Fourth Arab Structural
Engineering Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 1-19, Nov. 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
3. Ayman A. Seleemah, ”Experimental and Analytical Investigations of
Seismic Response of Buildings with Added Linear and Nonlinear
Viscous Dampers”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt, May 1997.
4. Ayman A. Seleemah and M.C. Constantinou, ”Investigation of
Seismic Response of Buildings with Linear and Nonlinear Fluid
Viscous Dampers”, Report No. NCEER-1997-0004, National Center
for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, New York, USA.
5. Ayman A. Seleemah and Medhat K. Abdullah, “Mechanical Properties
and Modeling of Earthquake Protective Systems for Structures: Linear
and Nonlinear Fluid Viscous Dampers“, Third international conference
on civil and architecture engineering, MTC, Vol. 1, pp. 1-17, March
1999. [Winner, Best Paper Award]
6. Ayman A. Seleemah, “Effect of Concrete Strength and Steel Grade on
Seismic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures“, Civil
Engineering Research Magazine, Vol. 22, No.2, pp. 289-303, April
2000.
7. M. Abou-Rayan and Ayman A. Seleemah, “Cable-Stayed Bridges:
Parametric Analysis“, Civil Engineering Research Magazine, Vol. 23,
No.1, pp. 146-156, January 2001.
8. M. Abou-Rayan and Ayman A. Seleemah, “The Feasibility of Longer
Spans in Cable-Stayed Bridges“, Mansura Engineering Journal, Vol.
26, No. 2, June 2001.
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9. Ayman A. Seleemah and A. M. Abou-Rayan, “Influence of Existence
of Edge Pile System on the Behavior of Mat Foundations“, Mansura
Engineering Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2001.
10. Ayman A. Seleemah and A. M. Abou-Rayan, “Three Dimensional
Analysis of High-Rise Symmetric and Unsymmetric Setback
Structures“, Mansura Engineering Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, Sept. 2001.
11. Medhat K. Abdullah and Ayman A. Seleemah, “Numerical Simulation
of the Nonlinear Behavior of the Stiffness Decoupler Base Isolation
System (SDBIS)“, Engineering Research Journal, Helwan Univ., Vol.
78, Dec. 2001.
12. Medhat K. Abdullah and Ayman A. Seleemah, “The Stiffness
Decoupler Base Isolation System (SDBIS)“, 4th Inter. Conf. on Civil &
Arch. Engineering, May 2002.
13. Ayman A. Seleemah, “Inelastic Seismic Behavior of Masonry Infilled
Reinforced Concrete Structures”, Tenth International Colloquium on
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Ain Shams University, April
2003.
14. Ayman A. Seleemah, ”Effect of Frictional Variations of Sliding
Isolation Systems on Seismic Behavior of Isolated Liquid Storage
Tanks”, Tenth International Colloquium on Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering, Ain Shams University, April 2003.
15. Wael M. Abou Elmagd, Ayman A. Seleemah, Mohamed A. Dabaon,
and Adel H. Salem, “Modeling Of Composite Beam With Partial Shear
Interaction”, Tenth International Colloquium on Structural and
Geotechnical Engineering, Ain Shams University, April 2003.
16. Ayman A. Seleemah, ”Predicting Maximum Shear Capacity of
Concrete Beams Without Transverse Reinforcement using ANN”,
International Conference On Structural & Geotechnical Engineering
And Construction Technology, March, 2004, Mansoura, Egypt
17. Saher Elkhoraby, Ayman A. Seleemah, M. A. Kassem, and I.
Ezzelarab, “Earthquake Response of Seismically Isolated Bridges”, Ain
Shams Univ. Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2005, pp 139167.
18. Ayman A. Seleemah,” A Neural Network Model For Predicting
Maximum Shear Capacity Of Concrete Beams Without Transverse
Reinforcement”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, V.32 (4),
Augest, 2005, pp 644-657.
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19. Saher Elkhoraby, Ayman A. Seleemah, M. A. Kassem, and I.
Ezzelarab, “Seismic Response of Isolated Bridges with Soil-Structure
Interaction [SSI]”, Sixth Alexandria International Conference on
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, V. (2), April, 2007, pp 165190.
20. Saher Elkhoraby, Ayman A. Seleemah, M. A. Kassem, and I.
Ezzelarab, “Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Isolated Bridges
Considering Upper and Lower Bound Properties of Isolation Bearings”,
Sixth Alexandria International Conference on Structural and
Geotechnical Engineering, V. (2), April, 2007, pp 191-211.
21. Ayman A. Seleemah, Saher Elkhoraby, M. A. Kassem, and I.
Ezzelarab, “A New Proposed Seismic Isolation System: Double
Isolation Surfaces System with Tuned Mass Damper [DISTM] Part (I):
Experimental Testing of the Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) Component”,
Ain Shams Univ. Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 2, June 30, 2007.
22. Ayman A. Seleemah, Saher Elkhoraby, M. A. Kassem, and I.
Ezzelarab, “A New Proposed Seismic Isolation System: Double
Isolation Surfaces System with Tuned Mass Damper [DISTM] Part (II):
Modeling, Numerical Analysis, and Comparison with Conventional
Seismic Isolation Systems”, Ain Shams Univ. Scientific Bulletin, Vol.
42, No. 2, June 30, 2007.
23. Ayman A. Seleemah, and Amr Z. Elkady “Proposed Stratigies for
Optimum Damper Placement in Structures”, Seventh Alexandria
International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering,
December, 2010.
24. Ayman A. Seleemah, and Amr Z. Elkady “Preliminary results of
Proposed Damper Configurations for Enhancing Supplemental
Damping Level ”, Seventh Alexandria International Conference on
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, December, 2010.
25. Ashraf M. Abou-Rayan, Ayman A. Seleemah, and Amr R. El-Gamal
“Wave Induced Motion of a Squared Tension Leg Platform in Deep
Waters”, Al-Azhar Engineering Eleventh International Conference,
December, 2010.
26. Ayman A. Seleemah, and Mohamed El-Sharkawy “Seismic analysis of
base isolated liquid storage ground tanks”, Ain Shams Engineering
Journal, Elsevier, (2011) 2, pp 33-42.
27. Saher Elkhoraby, Ayman A. Seleemah, and Mohamed El-Sharkawy
“Validity of simplified models for prediction of the seismic response of
isolated liquid storage ground tanks”, the 2011 World Congress on
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Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM'11+),
Seoul, Korea, 18-22 September, 2011, pp 3279-3292.
28. Ayman A. Seleemah, and Mohamed El-Sharkawy “Seismic analysis
and modeling of isolated elevated liquid storage tanks”, Earthquakes
and Structures, An Int. Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4., Dec. 2011, pp 397-412.
A. Seleemah, and Amr Z. Elkady “New Proposed
Configurations of Damper Placement in Structures”, Fourth
International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, ICSSD
2012, India, pp 784-796. (Selected by the Conference Organizing
Commetee to be presented as a Key Note paper)
29. Ayman
30. Ayman A. Seleemah, Ashraf Aburayan and M. Samy “A Neural
Network Model for Damage Detection of El-Ferdan Bridge”, Fourth
International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, ICSSD
2012, India, pp 775-783.
31. Ayman A. Seleemah “A Multilayer perceptron for predicting the
ultimate shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams”, Journal of Civil
Engineering and Construction Technology, Vol. 3 (2), Feb. 2012, pp
64-79.
32. Ashraf M. Abou-Rayan, Ayman A. Seleemah, and Amr R. El-Gamal
“Response of Square Tension Leg Platforms to Hydrodynamic Forces”,
Ocean Systems Engineering, An Int. Journal., Vol. 2, No. 2, June 2012,
pp 115-135.
33. Mohamed Kidr, Ayman A. Seleemah, and Tamer Romeh “Flextural
behavior of strengthened steel poles”, High Performance Structures and
Materials VI, Vol 124, 2012, pp 229-238.
34. Jankowski R., Seleemah A., El-Khoriby S., and Elwardany H.
"Experimental Study on Pounding between Structures During
Damaging Earthquakes", 13th International Conference on Fracture and
Damage Mechanics, September 2014, Ponte Delgado, Azores, Portugal.
35. Jankowski R., Seleemah A., El-Khoriby S., and Elwardany H.
"Experimental Study on Pounding between Structures During
Damaging Earthquakes" Accepted for publication in special issue of the
Key Engineering Materials Journal 2014.
36. Seleemah A., El-Khoriby S., Jankowski R., and Elwardany H.
"Experimental and Numerical Study on Pounding of Structures in
Series", Sent for possible publication, Earthquake Engineering and
Structural Dynamics.
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Short Courses Taught:
The following courses were taught at the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
(General, Cairo, and Gharbia Branches) and at the ISKAN in Gharbia and Kapher
El- Shekh Provinces.
 Repair and Strengthening of RC Structures
 Earthquake Resistant Design
 Optimum Structural Configuration
 Causes of Cracks in RC Structures
 Earthquake Engineering
Honors Certificates:
Ministry of High Education (1980 to 1985)
Reward of Academic Excellence.
Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers (Gharbia Branch)
Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers (General Branch)
for Services in the Eng.
Field
for Efforts During 1992
Earthquake
ISKAN Kapher El- Shekh
Military Technical Collage
Engineering Syndicate
for Helping Developing Engineering Knowledge
Best Paper Award
Consultant Engineer
[Design of Concrete Structures]
Recipient, Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2007.
Malivia Institute of Technology
Key Note Lecture presentation
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