Ahmed Mowafy Saad, PhD, P.Eng.
Pronouns: He,him,his
Contact
Assistant Teaching Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
- mowafysa@ualberta.ca
- Address
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7-356 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Structural Engineering Steel Mass Timber Hybrid Structures Seismic Design
About
An experienced educator and structural engineer with 13+ years of combined academic and industry experience in the Middle East and Western Canada. Skilled in curriculum development, active learning, and innovative instructional design. Specializes in steel, hybrid, and mass timber solutions with an emphasis on seismic design and finite element modelling. Also has a proven industry background designing mid- and high-rise buildings, bridges, and other complex structures. Demonstrates strong project management capabilities, bridging theory with practice to advance structural engineering.
Research
Resilient Hybrid Steel-Timber Structural systems for seismic applications, Engineering Education
Teaching
- ENGG 130: Engineering Mechanics
- ENGG 160: Introduction to Engineering Design, communication, & profession.
- CIVE 270: Mechanic of Deformable Bodies.
- CIVE 374: Structural Design I
- CIVE 479: Structural Design III (Capstone Project)
Courses
CIV E 270 - Mechanics of Deformable Bodies I
Plane stress and strain; stress-strain relationships; stresses and deformations resulting from axial and transverse loads; buckling of columns; torsion of circular sections; combined stress; statically indeterminate problems. Laboratory to demonstrate mechanical properties and verify assumptions of analysis. Prerequisites: ENGG 130 and MATH 101.
CIV E 374 - Structural Design I
Introduction to limit states design, common framing systems, design loads, and load path evaluation. Behaviour and design of steel members and connections. Prerequisite: CIV E 372.
ENGG 130 - Engineering Mechanics
Equilibrium of planar systems. Analysis of statically determinate trusses and frames. Friction. Centroids and centres of gravity. Forces and moments in beams. Second moments of area. Note: Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. Corequisite: MATH 100.
Featured Publications
Ahmed Mowafy, Ali Imanpour, Ying-Hei Chui, Hossein Daneshvar
Journal of Structural Engineering. 2024 November; 10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-13342
Ahmed Mowafy, Ali Imanpour, Ying-Hei Chui
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 2024 July; 10.1139/cjce-2023-0319
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