Doaa Anas Mohamed Abou Elela El Molla

Associate Professor at Irrigation and Hydraulics

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

Dr. Doaa Anas El-Molla, currently works as an Associate Professor, Irrigation & Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She teaches different water engineering and hydraulic structures related courses for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She also supervised many MSc and PhD thesis and has various local and international publications. She is currently the director of the E-learning unit, a board member of the Teacher Support and Development Center at Faculty of Engineering, and a board member of the central E-learning unit and IIOE Egypt National Center at Ain Shams University. She is interested in studying seepage through porous media, hydraulic structures, and dams engineering.

Researchgate account: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Doaa-El-Molla

Awards

The best Ph.D. thesis in Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University for the academic year 2013-2014, and was honored for it in the Ain Shams University's 65th Scientific day.

2023 UNESCO-ICHEI Higher Education Digitalisation Pioneer Case Award as a team member of a project titled " Empowering Higher Education Institutions for Digital Teaching and Learning in Egypt" implemented by by the IIOE Egypt National Center. The project was selected by the UNESCO international centre for higher education innovation as a significant case in advancing the digital transformation of higher education.

Articles

• “Study of the Efficiency of Downstream Blanket in Heading-Up Structures”, Nile Basin Water Science and Engineering, Vol.3, Issue 1, pages 79-89, 2010.

• “A Comparative Analysis Between Electric and Numerical Seepage Modelling Techniques”, American Society of Civil Engineers - Egypt Section (ASCE- ES) and Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers, 25-27 September, 2012.

• “A Comparative Analysis Between Electric and Numerical Seepage Modelling Techniques in Stratified Soils”, Civil Engineering Research Magazine, Vol. (35), No. (4), Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, October, 2013.

• “Worth of the Three Dimensional Simulations of Seepage in the Vicinity of Heading-up Structures”, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. (20), No. (2), 2016.
DOI 10.1007/s12205-015-0579-6.

• "Seepage through homogeneous earth dams provided with a vertical sheet pile and formed on impervious foundation", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. (10), No. (3), 2019.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2018.12.008

• “A Comparison Between 1D, 2D AND Semi 2D Hydraulic Models”, Civil Engineering Research Magazine, Vol. (41), No. (4), Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, 2019.

• "Seepage losses from trapezoidal earth canals with an impervious layer under the bed", Water Practice and Technology, Vol. (16), No. (2), 2021.
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2021.010

• "Reducing the conveyance losses in trapezoidal canals using compacted earth lining", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2021.01.018

• "Modeling the effect of downstream drain geometry on seepage through earth dams", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2021.02.011

• “Effects of core characteristics on seepage through earth dams”, Water Practice and Technology, Vol. (16), Issue (4), pp. 1248-1264, 2021. Doi:10.2166/wpt.2021.053

• “Effect of the shape and type of piano key weirs on the flow efficiency”, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. (13), Issue (3), 2022. Doi: 10.1016/j.asej.2021.10.015

• “Control of seepage in multi-layered soil under heading-up structures using vertical and inclined sheet piles”, Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector (JAUES), Vol. (17), Issue (62), 2022. Doi: 10.21608/auej.2022.216591

• “Development of a quality-based irrigation water security index”, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. (13), Issue (5), 2022. Doi: 10.1016/j.asej.2022.101735

• “Effectiveness of Adding a Salt Tolerant Crop to the Egyptian Crop Pattern to Adapt with the Water Salinity and Shortage Conditions”, American Academic Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, Vol 8(6), Issue (1), 2022.

• “Water Losses from Irrigation Canals and their Modern Sustainable Solutions -A Review", The International Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC2023), New Administrative Capital, Egypt, March, 2023.

• “The impact of blockage on the performance of canal coverage structures", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2023

• " Estimation of seepage losses from cracked rigid canal liners using finite element modeling ", Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research, 2024

• " Effect of sacrificial piles on local scour around complex bridge piers ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal,, Vol. (15), No. (2), 2024

• “ Experimental and numerical modeling of diaphragm grouting in earth dams considering construction defects ", Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2024
• “ Assessment of bed clogging in surface water reservoirs under different hydrologic conditions ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. (15), No. (3), 2024

• “ Evaluating the effect of different diaphragm wall cracking scenarios on seepage and slope stability in Earth dams using experimental and numerical modeling approaches ", Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2024

• “ Modeling the successive failure of complex dams systems: A necessity in the light of climatic shifts in extreme storms", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2024

• “Modeling local scour around complex bridge supports using CFD and a shear-stresses-based simplified approach", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2024

• “A Review of the Experimental Approaches for Modeling the Overtopping Breach Process in Embankment Dams ", Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2025

Publications

1. Demerdash, D.E., Omar, M.E.D., El-Din, M.N., El-Badry, H., Aly, E., El-Molla, D.A., " Development of a quality-based irrigation water security index ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
2. Bekheet, A.A., AboulAtta, N.M., Saad, N.Y., El-Molla, D.A., " Effect of the shape and type of piano key weirs on the flow efficiency ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
3. Abdel-Kawy, A.O., Aboulatta, N.M., El-Molla, D.A., " Effects of core characteristics on seepage through earth dams ", Water Practice and Technology, 2021
4. El-Molla, D.A., El-Molla, M.A., " Seepage losses from trapezoidal earth canals with an impervious layer under the bed ", Water Practice and Technology, 2021
5. El-Molla, D.A., El-Molla, M.A., " Reducing the conveyance losses in trapezoidal canals using compacted earth lining ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
6. Gad, M.A., Anas, D., Atta, N.A., Samy, G., " Worth of the three dimensional simulations of seepage in the vicinity of heading-up structures ", KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2016
7. Doaa El-Molla, Amr Sameh Samir, Hanaa El Shiekh, Mustafa Ramadan El-Dawy, Yahia El-Zayat, " Water Losses from Irrigation Canals and their Modern Sustainable Solutions -A Review ", Conference: The International Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC2023)At: New Administrative Capital, Egypt, 2023
8. Dina El Demerdash, Mohamed Nour El-Din, Hesham El-Badry, Mohie El Din Omar , Essam Aly, Doaa El-Molla, " Effectiveness of Adding a Salt Tolerant Crop to the Egyptian Crop Pattern to Adapt with the Water Salinity and Shortage Conditions ", American Academic Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 2022
9. Nourhan Mansour, Nahla Aboulatta, Doaa El-Molla, " CONTROL OF SEEPAGE IN MULTI-LAYERED SOIL UNDER HEADINGUP STRUCTURES USING VERTICAL AND INCLINED SHEET PILES ", Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector, 2022
10. Mohamed Hamdi, Doaa El-Molla, Mohamed Gad, " A Comparison Between 1D, 2D AND Semi 2D Hydraulic Models ", Al Azhar Civil Engineering Research Magazine, 2019
11. El Molla, D.A., " Seepage through homogeneous earth dams provided with a vertical sheet pile and formed on impervious foundation ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2019
12. Doaa El-Molla, Mohamed Gad , Ghada Samy, Nahla Aboulatta, " A Comparative Analysis Between Electric and Numerical Seepage Modelling Techniques in Stratified Soils ", Civil Engineering Research Magazine, Vol. (35), No. (4), Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University, 2013
13. Doaa El-Molla, Mohamed Gad, Ghada Samy, Nahla Aboulatta, " A Comparative Analysis Between Electric and Numerical Seepage Modelling Techniques ", American Society of Civil Engineers - Egypt Section (ASCE- ES) and Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers, 2012
14. Nahla Aboulatta, Ghada Samy, Neveen Yousif, Doaa El-Molla, " Study of the Efficiency of Downstream Blanket in Heading-Up Structures ", Nile Basin Water Science and Engineering, 2010
15. Refaiy, A.R., AboulAtta, N.M., Saad, N.Y., El-Molla, D.A., " Modeling the effect of downstream drain geometry on seepage through earth dams ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
16. Doaa, Nahla M. AboulAtta, Doaa A. El-Molla, " The impact of blockage on the performance of canal coverage structures ", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2023
17. Doaa A. El-Molla, Mohamed G. Eltarabily, " Estimation of seepage losses from cracked rigid canal liners using finite element modeling ", Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research, 2023
18. Elngar, M.A., AboulAtta, N.M., Saad, N.Y., El-Molla, D.A., " Effect of sacrificial piles on local scour around complex bridge piers ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
19. Momen A. Fawzyc, Nagy A. A. Hassan, Neveen Yousif, Doaa Anas El-Molla, " Experimental and numerical modeling of diaphragm grouting in earth dams considering construction defects ", Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2023
20. Ahmed N. Abdel-Azim, Nagy A. Hassan, Doaa A. El-Molla, Dina M. Elleithy, " Assessment of bed clogging in surface water reservoirs under different hydrologic conditions ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
21. Momen A. Fawzyc, Nagy A. A. Hassan, Neveen Yousif, Doaa Anas El-Molla, " Evaluating the effect of different diaphragm wall cracking scenarios on seepage and slope stability in Earth dams using experimental and numerical modeling approaches ", Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2024
22. Ahmed N. Abdel-Azim, Nagy A. Hassan, Doaa A. El-Molla, Dina M. Elleithy, " Assessment of bed clogging in surface water reservoirs under different hydrologic conditions ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2024
23. Refaiy, A.R., AboulAtta, N.M., Gad, M.A., El-Molla, D.A., " Modeling the successive failure of complex dams systems: A necessity in the light of climatic shifts in extreme storms ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2024
24. Sama M. Abdelalim, Mohamed A. Gad, Doaa A. El-Molla, " Modeling local scour around complex bridge supports using CFD and a shear-stresses-based simplified approach ", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2024
25. Amr R. Refaiy, Nahla M. AboulAtta, Mohamed A. Gad, Doaa A. El-Molla, " A Review of the Experimental Approaches for Modeling the Overtopping Breach Process in Embankment Dams ", Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2025