Rami A. Haweeleh Assistant Professor of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering School of Engineering, American University of Sharjah P.O. Box. 26666 Sharjah, U.A.E. +971-6-515-2496 Email: rhaweeleh@aus.edu Education I. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE Ph.D. in Civil Engineering: May 2005 Major Area: Structural Engineering & Computational Mechanics, GPA: 4.00/4.00 Dissertation: Computational Investigation of the Behavior of Precast Hybrid Beam- Column Connections Advisor: Professor Adeeb Rahman II. BRADLEY UNIVERSITY Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.C.E.): December 2000 Major Area: Structural Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, GPA: 3.90/4.00 Thesis Title: Comparison between the ACI 318 and EC2 (Eurocode 2) in Structural Concrete Design Advisor: Dr. Faris Malhas III. BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (B.Sc.): July 1998 Major Area: Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering, GPA: 3.65/4.00
Research Interests Solid and Computational Mechanics. Finite element modeling and analysis of composite structures subjected to fire loading and to seismic cyclic loading. Mechanical and low-cycle fatigue behavior of reinforcing bars. Development of non-dimensional design procedures and aids for precast hybrid beam-column connections and structural walls. Buckling analysis of columns Honors and Awards Recipient of Emirates Foundation (EF) Research Grant for research in CFRP materials exposed to harsh environment 2009-2010 Recipient of AUS Research Grant for research in CFRP material in structures under Marine and Fire Exposures 2009-2010 Recipient of AUS Research Grant for research in fatigue of reinforcing bars 2008-2009 Recipient of AUS Research Grant for research in CFRP material in structures exposed to harsh environment 2008-2009 Recipient of AUS Seed Grant for research 2008-2009 Outstanding Technical Paper of the Materials and Fabrication Committee of the ASME PVP Division for the PVP 2007 Conference. The award was presented in Chicago 2008 Outstanding Graduate-Student Teaching Award at UW-Milwaukee 2003-2004 Research Fellowship from the Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) 2003-2004 Chancellor s Graduate Student Award at UW-Milwaukee 2003-2004 Bhatacharya Outstanding Graduate Student Award at Bradley University May 1999 Full Scholarship for Excellent Academic Achievement at Bradley University 1999-2000 2
Al-Mufdi Scholarship-Bradley University 1999-2000 Member of the Chi-Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society May 2000 Teaching Experience American University of Sharjah Sharjah, UAE August 2007 - Present Position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering. Courses: CVE 220 Engineering Statics CVE 301 Structural Analysis CVE 312 Structural Steel Design CVE 411 Structural Concrete Design ARC 242 Statics and Mechanics of Materials for Architects ARC 344 Structural Design for Architects Teaching Evaluations: On average, above 4.0 on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0 (1.0 worst, 5.0 best) for all courses taught. Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee Fall 2003 - Spring 2006 Position: Part-time Lecturer in the Architectural, Construction, and Mechanical Engineering Departments. Courses Taught as Instructor: Finite Element Analysis with Software Application Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Statics Strength of Materials Design of Steel Structures Teaching Evaluations: Above 4.0 on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0 (1.0 worst, 5.0 best) for all courses taught. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee August 2001- February 2006 Position: Teaching Assistant (Served as Instructor) August 2001 May 2005 Lecturer in the Structural Engineering Area August 2005 - February 2006 3
Courses Taught: Introduction to Structural Design Dynamics Strength of Materials Engineering Surveying and conducted Surveying Laboratory Teaching Evaluations: Above 4.0 on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0 (1.0 worst, 5.0 best) for all courses taught Birzeit University September 1998 Jan 1999 Position: Teaching Assistant Courses Taught: Soil Mechanics laboratory, grade homework assignments and exams. Statics Publications & Presentations Refereed journal papers, published, in press, or accepted subject to editorial changes. 1. Hawileh, R., Naser, M., Zaidan, W., and Rasheed, H. (2009). Modeling of insulated CFRP-strengthened reinforced concrete T-beam exposed to fire. Engineering Structures, Elsevier, Volume 31, No. 12, pp. 3072-3079. 2. Hawileh, R., Malhas, F., and Rahman, R. (2009). Comparison between ACI 318-05 and Eurocode 2(EC2-94) in flexural concrete design, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Journal, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 705-724. 3. Hawileh, R., Rahman, A., and Tabatabai, H. (2009). A Non-Linear 3D FEM to Simulate Un-Bonded Steel Reinforcement Bars under Axial and Bending Loads. Engineering Journal, Scientific Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 75-90. 4. Abdalla, J.A., Hawileh, R., Oudah, F., and Abdelrahman, K. (2009). Energy-based prediction of low-cycle fatigue life of BS 460B and BS B500B steel bars. Materials & Design, Elsevier, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 4405-4413. 5. Sham, T. L., Mahmoud, S. H, Gunawardane, H. P., and Hawileh, R.A. (2008). Flaw Evaluations using Master Curve Methodology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP 6, pp. 135-144. 6. Hawileh, R., Tabatabai, H., Rahman, A., and Amro, A. (2006). Non-Dimensional Design Procedures for Precast, Prestressed Concrete Hybrid Frames. PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 110-130, 4
7. Rahman, A., Hawileh, R., and Mahamid, M. (2004). The effect of fire loading on a steel frame and connection. Wessex Institute of Technology, High Performance Structures and Materials 7. WIT Press Publisher 2004. Edited by C.A Brebbia and W.P. De Wilde. pp. 307-316. Papers & Presentations in Conference Proceedings 1. J.A. Abdalla and R.A. Hawileh, Predictions of Hysteresis Energy Dissipation of Steel Reinforcing Bars using Artificial Neural Networks. Proceedings of The First International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSC2009), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2009. 2. J.A. Abdalla and R.A. Hawileh, Prediction of low-cycle fatigue hysteresis energy of steel bars based on total strain amplitudes. Proceedings of The 11th Arab Structural Engineering Conference, Dhahran, Suadi Arabia, 2009. 3. R.A. Hawileh, J.A. Abdalla, and M.H. Tanarslan, Finite Element Analysis of a Shear Deficient Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Dynamic Loading. SEECCM 2009, 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Rhodes, Greece, 22 24 June 2009. 4. R.A. Hawileh, J.A. Abdalla and M.H. Tanarslan, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of RC T-beams with Side Bonded CFRP Subjected to Cyclic Loading. The first International Conference on Computational Technologies in Concrete Structures, 24 27 May 2009,Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju, Korea. 5. R.A. Hawileh, M. Naser and H. Rasheed, 3D Finite Element Model to Simulate CFRP Strengthened RC Beams. The first International Conference on Computational Technologies in Concrete Structures, 24 27 May 2009,Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju, Korea. 6. E. Saqan and R.A. Hawileh, Seismic Design of Precast Unbonded Post-Tensioned Split Walls: A Non-Dimensional Approach. ACI 2009 Convention, Presentation, San Antonio, TX. 7. R.A. Hawileh, M. Nasr, A. Al-Amri, and H. Rasheed, 3D Finite Element Simulation of Reinforced Concrete T-Beam Strengthened with Insulated CFRP and Subjected to under Fire Loading. Third International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO'09), January 2009, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah UAE 8. R.A. Hawileh, O. Afana, W. Zaidan, H. Rasheed, 3D Finite Element Transient Thermal- Stress Analysis of FRP Strengthened Concrete Beam Exposed to Top Fire Loading. Seventh International Conference on Composite Science & Technology (ICCST/7), January 2009, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah UAE 9. R.A. Hawileh, J. A. Abdalla, F. Oudah and K. Abdelrahman, Low-cycle Fatigue characteristics of BS4449 460B steel reinforcing bars subjected to harmonic load. Seventh International Conference on Composite Science & Technology (ICCST/7), January 2009, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah UAE 10. R.A. Hawileh, J. A. Abdalla, A. Tamimi, K. Abdelrahman, and F. Oudah, Behavior of Corroded steel reinforcing bars under monotonic and cyclic loading. Seventh International Conference on Composite Science & Technology (ICCST/7), January 2009, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah UAE 11. J. A. Abdalla and R. Hawileh, Predictions of Low-Cycle Fatigue Life of Steel Reinforcing Bars using Artificial Neural Network. Third International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO'09), January 2009, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah UAE 5
12. R.A. Hawileh and A. Rahman, Behavior of Steel Reinforcing Bars Subjected to Cyclic Loadings. The 3 rd International Conference on: Application of Traditional and High Performance Materials in Harsh Enviorments, January 23-24, 2008, Sharjah, UAE. 13. R.A. Hawileh, A. Rahman, and F. Malhas, Finite Element Stress Analysis of Precast/Prestressed Hybrid Beam-Column Connections. 11 th International Conference on Inspection, Appraisal, Repairs & Maintenance of Structures, November 14-17, 2007, North Cyprus. pp 197-203. 14. Hawileh, R.A., Gudarl R., and Mahmoud S. H., Comparison of the Fatigue Penalty Factors (Ke MethodAologies). SMiRT-19, 19 th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, August 12-17, 2007, Toronto, Canada. 15. Sham, T. L., Mahmoud, S. H, Gunawardane, H. P., and Hawileh, R.A., Flaw Evaluations using Master Curve Methodology. PVP2007-26648, 2007 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, July 22-26, 2007, San Antonio, Texas. Selected as the Outstanding Technical Paper of the Materials and Fabrication Committee of the ASME PVP Division for the PVP 2007 Conference. The award was presented in Chicago, 2008. 16. Hawileh R.A., Rahman A., and Tabatabai H. 3-D FE Modeling and Low-Cycle Fatigue Fracture Criteria of Mild Steel Bars Subjected to Axial and Bending Loading. Proceedings of McMat2005, 2005 Joint ASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 2005 17. Hawileh R.A., Rahman A., and Tabatabai H. Low Cycle Fatigue Criteria for Mild Steel Bars Under Combined Bending and Axial Loading. IMAC-XXIII, Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc, Orlando, Florida, February 2005. 18. Hawileh R.A., Rahman A., and Tabatabai H. Non-Linear FE Transient Analysis of Precast Hybrid Beam-Column Connection. IMAC-XXIII, Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc, Orlando, Florida, February 2005. 19. Hawileh R.A., Rahman A., and Tabatabai H. Simplified Design Procedures for Precast Hybrid Frames. PCI Annual Convention / Exhibition and the PCI National Bridge Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Octobor 2004. 20. Rahman A., Hawileh R.A., and Mahamid M. The Effect of Fire Loading on a Steel Frame and Connection. HPSM 2004, Ancona, Italy, June 2004. 21. Rahman A., Hawileh R.A., and Tabatabai H. Simplified Design Procedures for Precast Hybrid Frames, PCI, Chicago, April 2004. 22. Rahman A., Hawileh R.A., and Mahamid M. Computational Model for Steel Connection in Fire Loading. SEI Conference Baltimore Maryland, October 2003. 23. Rahman A., Hawileh R.A., and Mahamid M. Performance of Standard Steel Connections Used in High Rise Buildings due to Fire Loading. 16th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Seattle, July 2003. 6
24. Rahman A., Hawileh R.A., and Tabatabai H. 3-D Finite Element Analysis of Precast Concrete Beam-Connections Subjected to Cyclic Loads. 16th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Seattle, July 2003. Published Technical Reports 1. Rahman A., Hawileh R., and Tabatabai H. Simplified Design Procedures for Precast Hybrid Frames Submitted to the Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago, IL, September 2004. Industrial and Professional Experience 1. Structural Engineer II: AREVA NP INC. (An AREVA and Siemens Company) 3315 Old Forest Road, P.O. Box 10935, Lynchburg, VA 24506-0935: from February 2006- July 2007. Stress and Finite Element Analysis of Pressure and Reactor Vessels. Transient -Thermal Stress and Fatigue Analysis of Reactor Nozzles and Closure Heads. Analysis should meet the design allowable stresses and life of the ASME Code, Section III. Pressure- Temperature Limits for Reactor Vessel Beltline, Nozzle Belt, Outlet Nozzle and Closure Head for different Conditions in accordance with the ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI, Appendix G and code cases. Weld Residual Finite Element Analysis. Fracture Flaw evaluations for Pressurizer and CRDM Nozzles. 2. Structural Engineer: the Austin Company, Schaumburg, IL, July 2000-July 2001. Analysis and Design of Industrial Buildings using ASD, LRFD, ACI 318-02, BOCA, and the Uniform Building Code; Review Shop Drawings Design of Pipe and Duct Supports, and Platform Design Projects (Muskegon Chronicle Structural Lead ; Kenosha News; CIMA Labs; Ann Arbor News, Rohm & Hass; Motorola; Milwaukee Journal; Pharmacia / Upjohn Building 126-3; Pharmacia Parkway, Skokie, IL). 2. Resident Engineer: Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) - Peoria, IL; Jun-July 2000. Material Lab. 3. Structural Engineer: Al-Sakakini Company Jerusalem; Jun-Aug 1998. Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures. Continuing Education 7
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III, Division 1 03/2006 06/2006 Professional Affiliations Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Member of American Concrete Institution (ACI) Member of Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Member of Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) References Dr. Adeeb Rahman Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics 3200 N. Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211 email: adeeb@uwm.edu Phone: 414-229-2860 Dr. A. Fattah Shaikh Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics email: afshaikh@uwm.edu Phone: 414-229-5195 Dr. Matthew Panhans Professor, Chairperson Milwaukee School of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department email: panhans@msoe.edu Phone: 414-277-7277 a Habib Tabatabai Associate Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics email: ht@uwm.edu Phone: 414-229-5166 Dr. Jackman Deborah Professor, Chairperson Milwaukee School of Engineering Architechural Engineering and Building Construction Department email: jackman@msoe.edu Phone: 414-277-7472 8