Ashraf Ahmed Reda Mohamed Elshamy

Assistant Professor at Structural Engineering

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

1. Personal Information
• Family Name: El-Shamy
• First Name: Ashraf
• Date of Birth: 11-8-1990.
• Nationality: Egyptian.
• Civil Status: Married, 2 Children.
• Military Status: Exempted.
• E-mail: Ashraf.El-Shamy@eng.asu.edu.eg


2. Education Reference
• (2007–2012)
B.Sc. in Engineering Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Cairo, Egypt.
Grade: 91.1%(Excellent rated as 2nd).
Graduation Project: Geotechnical and Foundations.
Grade: Excellent (rated as 1st).

• (2013–2016)
M.Sc. in Engineering Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department, Cairo, Egypt.
Thesis Title: “3D analysis of settlement trough induced by tunneling”

• (2017–2020)
Ph.D. in Engineering Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department, Cairo, Egypt.
Thesis Title: “Performance of Swelling Soil in Arid Areas by Applying Enhanced Numerical Analysis”


3. Academic Experience
• 2/2013 – 10/2016: Faculty of Engineering, Ain shams university - Cairo
Teaching Assistant

• 3/2015 –6/2016: Faculty of Engineering, Future university - Cairo
Part-time Teaching Assistant

• 10/2016 – 12/2020: Faculty of Engineering, Ain shams university - Cairo
Assistant Lecturer

• 12/2020 – Date: Faculty of Engineering, Ain shams university - Cairo
Assistant Professor


4. Relevance of Professional Experience:
Ashraf Elshamy is a specialist in preparing geotechnical reports and an effective project manager. Ashraf Elshamy has extensive experiences on determination soil parameters from insitu and lab tests and in evaluation all obtained results. Ashraf Elshamy is well known to all soil parameters for different soils through many zones in Egypt through his contribution in many different Mega projects.

Ashraf Elshamy has conducted many laboratory and field tests in all swelling soils in Egypt through participating in many different mega projects in Egypt.

Ashraf Elshamy works both as a technical lead and as a project manager, and has experience leading effective and efficient teams that consistently deliver high quality design and innovative solutions.

COMPANY/OFFICE
• 2014 – Date: El-Mossallamy Consulting office.
Role: Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Project Manager that working for many important mega projects with complicated geotechnical problems such as following projects examples;


5. Computer skills
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• AutoCAD 2D &3D.
• PLAXIS Software 2D &3D.
• Different Geotechnical Software’s i.e. (Geo5, GeoStudio, GGU-Software International and Wall-AP)
• CSI (SAP2000 – SAFE – ETABS - CSI COL)
• Structure Point (SP Slab - SP Column - SP Beam


6. Language Skills
• Arabic: Mother tongue.
• English: Good in Writing and Speaking.


7. Soft Skills
• Able to work in group, under pressure, manage stress, teaching others, helpful, coach others, creative and calm.
• HR Skills (Seven challenges of Communications, Planning, Time management and Mind mapping)
• Self Motivated, Motivate others, Provide services.
• Interactive and fast enough to learn new technologies and sciences.
• Problem solving, Decision making.
• Maintaining the quality of work.

Awards

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Books

3D Analysis of Settlement Trough Induced by Tunnelling, MSc Thesis, (2016).

Performance of Swelling Soil in Arid Areas by Applying Enhanced Numerical Analysis, PhD Thesis, (2020).

Articles

EL-SHAMY A.A., EL-MOSSALLAMY Y.M., ABDEL-RAHMAN K., ALI H.A., “EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS FOR TYPICAL SWELLING SOIL IN EGYPT”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-3, (2019).

Publications

EL-NAHHAS F.M., EL-MOSSALLAMY Y.M, EL-SHAMY A.A., "3D ANALYSIS OF GROUND SETTLEMENT INDUCED BY MECHANIZED TUNNELLING", ICSGE 14, (2015).

EL-SHAMY A.A., EL-MOSSALLAMY Y.M., ABDEL-RAHMAN K., ALI H.A., "NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SWELLING SOIL VIA SWELLING ROCK CONSTITUTIVE MODEL", ICSGE 15, (2018).

EL-SHAMY A.A., EL-MOSSALLAMY Y.M., ABDEL-RAHMAN K., ALI H.A., “EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS FOR TYPICAL SWELLING SOIL IN EGYPT”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-3, (2019).

Said S.E., EL-SHAMY A.A., ALI H.A., EL-MOSSALLAMY Y.M., "NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF UNSATURATED COLLAPSIBLE SOIL", ICSGE 16, (2023).

Research Projects

Tunnelling and Underground Structures Numerical Simulation.

Performance Of Large Diameter Bored Piles In Collapsible Soils Using Enhanced Numerical Analysis.

Studying the Behavior of Unsaturated Soils.

Numerical Simulation for Swelling Soil via new Swelling Rock Model.

Numerical Simulation for Collapsible Soil via new Barcelona Model.

Assessment of Energy Pile Ultimate Capacity Under Thermal and Mechanical Loads.

Effect of Thermal Loading on The Mechanical Characteristics of Soft Clayey Soil.

Strengthening Earth Slopes using Micro-Piles Against Wet-Induced Failures.