Department of Civil Engineering

Anis S. Shatnawi

E-mail1: ashatnawi@ju.edu.jo

 

 

 

 

The Department was established in the academic year 1976/1977. The main purpose of the program is to prepare individuals for professional careers in the various fields of civil engineering. This preparation is accomplished through a well-designed curriculum in various disciplines of civil engineering.

The curriculum provides a broad integrated education that serves as the basis for successful professional career. The curriculum also provides sound basis for continued professional development through informal studies, continuing education, and graduate study in specialized engineering fields.

The Department has 28 faculty members in various fields. It is the largest department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and it includes five divisions:

Structural Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Environmental and water Resources Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Construction Management

The Department has the following laboratories: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, Environmental Engineering, Surveying, Photogrammetry, Highway Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Building Material & Heavy Structures. The Department graduates are employed by private industry as well as local, national and regional governmental and non-governmental agencies.

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Department Members:

 

Yousef Masannat

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Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1989

Specialization: Geotechnical Eng.

Research Interests: Slope Stability Embankment Dams, Foundations

Bachelor: Ain Shams, Egypt, 1966

Master: University of Arizona, USA, 1971

Ph.D.: University of Arizona, USA, 1973

 

Samih Qaqish

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Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1989

Specialization: Structures

Research Interests: Structural Analysis

Bachelor: Cairo, Egypt, 1972

Master: Arizona, USA, 1975

Ph.D.: Arizona, USA, 1977

 

Youssuf M. Siyam

Email: yosiyam@yahoo.com

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1993

Specialization: Surveying

Research Interests: Land & Aerial Surveying

Bachelor: ITC, Holland, 1972

Master: ITC, Holland, 1974

Ph.D.: Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA, 1981

 

Yasser Hunaiti

Email: hunaiti@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1998

Specialization: Structures

Research Interests: Composite Structures

Bachelor: Garyounis, Libya, 1978

Master: McGill, Canada, 1982

Ph.D.: Manchester, UK, 1986

 

Abdelqader Said Najmi

Email: najmiso@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1998

Specialization: Steel and concrete Structures 

Research Interests: Steel and concrete columns, transformation techniques.

Bachelor: Cairo, Egypt, 1972

Master: Manchester, UK, 1978

Ph.D.: Manchester, UK, 1980

 

Kamil Al-Qaisi

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Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2000

Specialization: Environmental Engineering

Research Interests: Advanced Treatment of Water and Municipal and Industrial Sewerage, Study of Surface Water Pollution Problems, Management of Solid and Liquid Dangerous Waste

Bachelor: University of Jordan, Jordan, 1980

Master:

Ph.D.: Michigan, USA, 1985

 

Raed Samra

Email: samra@go.com.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2001

Specialization: Stuctures

Research Interests: Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Bachelor: AUB, Lebanon, 1976

Master: Illinois, USA, 1979

Ph.D.: Illinois, USA, 1983

 

Hassan Safarini

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Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2001

Specialization: Civil Engineering Structures

Research Interests: Computer Use Instructural Analysis, Linear and Non-linear Analysis of Concrete Structures

Bachelor: Leeds, UK, 1978

Master:

Ph.D.: California/Berkeley, USA, 1983

 

Moh'd A. Hiyassat

Email: hiyassat@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2001

Specialization: Construction Engineering & Management

Research Interests: Resource Leveling, Eng. Economy Scheduling

Bachelor: Mici, USSR, 1975

Master: University of Michigan, USA, 1981

Ph.D.: University of Michigan, USA, 1985

 

Abdullah Assaad

Email: assaad@ju.edu.jo

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1994

Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering.

Research Interests: Characteristics of Swelling Soils

Bachelor: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1969

Master: Surrey, UK, 1973

Ph.D.: California, USA, 1983

 

Adli Al-Balbissi

Email: balbissi@ju.edu.jo

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1992

Specialization: Transportation

Research Interests: Transportation Planning, Trans. Economics, Highway Safety

Bachelor: Baghdad, Iraq, 1974

Master: California/Berkeley, USA, 1981

Ph.D.: Texas A and M, USA, 1983

 

Bassel Hanayneh

Email: hanayneh@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1994

Specialization: Materials

Research Interests: Properties of Concrete

Bachelor: Lyon, France, 1979

Master: Rennes, France, 1980

Ph.D.: Rennes, France, 1984

 

Mahmoud Albattah (personal Website)

Email: albattah@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2005

Specialization: Geomatics Engineering, Geodetic Engineering and Satellite Remote Sensing

Research Interests: Space Image Processing, DEM'S, Automatic Correlation, Geodetic Control, Satellite Positioning, Precise Leveling and Monitoring

Bachelor: ENSG, France, 1985

Master: University of Paris 6, France, 1986

Ph.D.: Astronomical Observatory of Paris, University of Paris 6, France, 1989

 

 

 

Ahmad Jamrah

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Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2000

Specialization: Environmental Engineering

Research Interests: Water & Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Impact Assessment

Bachelor: Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1987

Master: JUST, Jordan, 1989

Ph.D.: University of Delaware, USA, 1993

 

Mohammed Tarawneh

Email: mstarawneh@hotmail.com

 

 

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2002

Specialization: Transportation Eng.

Research Interests: Traffic Accidents, Traffic Safety, Highway Design

Bachelor: University of Jordan, Jordan, 1988

Master: University of Nebraska, USA, 1989

Ph.D.: University of Nebraska, USA, 1991

 

Adnan H. Al-Salihi

Email: alsalihi@ju.edu.jo

 

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2002

Specialization: Water Resources and Hydraulic Structures

Research Interests: Dam Problems and Failures, Regional Water Resources, Drought Identification

Bachelor: Baghdad, Iraq, 1976

Master: Baghdad, Iraq, 1978

Ph.D.: Strathclyde, UK, 1986

 

Nabil Khairy

Email: nabil_khairy@hotmail.com

        nkhairy@ju.edu.jo

 

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1982

Specialization: Water Engineering

Research Interests:

Bachelor: University of Libya, Libya, 1972

Master: Queen's University of Belfast, UK, 1976

Ph.D.: University of Salford, UK, 1982

 

Tawfiq Samaneh

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Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1989

Specialization: Environmental Engineering

Research Interests: Treatment & Water and Waste Water and Pollution Control

Bachelor: Washington State, USA, 1972

Master: Washington State, USA, 1973

Ph.D.: Washington State, USA, 1981

 

Tarek Tarawneh

Email: wardtrnk@na.com.jo

 

 

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 1999

Specialization: Traffic, Water Resources

Research Interests: Traff. Management

Bachelor: University of Jordan, Jordan, 1991

Master: Nebraska, USA, 1992

Ph.D.: Nebraska, USA, 1997

 

Nazzal S. Armouti (personal website)

Email: armouti@ju.edu.jo

 

 

 

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2005

Specialization: Structures

Research Interests: EQ-Resistant Structures

Bachelor: Cairo, Egypt, 1980

Master: Manhattan, (New York) USA, 1987

Ph.D.: Lehigh, (Pennsylvania) USA, 1993

 

Anis S. Shatnawi

E-mail1: ashatnawi@ju.edu.jo

E-mail2: anis_shatnawi@hotmail.com

 

 

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Year Rank Obtained: 2002

Specialization: Structural Engineering

Research Interests: Structural and Computational Mechanics

Bachelor: Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan, 1993

Master: JUST,Jordan,1996

Ph.D.: The University of AKRON, OH, USA, 2001

 

Ghaleb J. Sweis
Email: gsweis@ju.edu.jo


Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Year Rank Obtained: 2003
Specialization: Project Management
Research Interests: Primary Research Interests: Productivity measurement, analysis, improvement and control; real-time data collection techniques.  Specific Research Topics: Causes and quantificatoin of construction labor and efficiencies.
Bachelor: University of Illinois, USA, 1984
Master: University of Illinois, USA, 1993
Ph.D.: Northwestern University, USA, 2000

Mutasim Soud Abdel-aber

Email: m.abduljaber@ju.edu.jo

Academic rank: Assistant Prof

Year of rank: 2004

Specialization: Structural engineering

Research interests: 1- Semi-rigid steel connections.  2- Analysis and design of light weight steel structures.

Bachelor: University of Jordan 1995

Master: University of Jordan 1998

Ph.D.: Oxford Brookes University 2003

 

 

Tareq Rasheed

E-mail : tareq.rasheed@ju.edu.jo

 

 

Academic Rank : Assistant Professor

Year Rank Obtained : 2002

Specialization : Structural Engineering

Areas of Research Interests : Rehabilitation of Structures, High Strength Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Concrete, and Contracts and Integrated Construction Management

Bachelor : University of Jordan, Jordan, 1987

Master : University of Jordan, Jordan, 1992

Ph.D.:  University of Jordan, Jordan, 2002

 

 

Hanan Mughrabi

Email: hananshaban19@hotmail.com

 

 

Academic Rank: Lecturer

Year Rank Obtained: 1991

Specialization: Water and Irrigation

Research Interests: Sediment Approach

Bachelor: University of Jordan, Jordan, 1980

Master: University of Jordan, Jordan, 1991