RESUME’

NAME: Amer M. ELSOURI.

DATE OF BIRTH: 12/01/1960

ADDRESS: 1ST FLOOR- Elsouri Bldg, Baajour St Haret-Hriek

Beirut - Lebanon
TELEPHONE: 03/060583 email: ae54@aub.edu.lb

MARTIAL STATUS: Married

NATIONALITY: Lebanese, Australian

EDUCATION:
Secondary: Borj Elbarajinah High School, Beirut.
1974-1977 Successfully completed the National High
School Certificate (Mathematics branch) 1977 First class honors in
1975, 1977.
Tertiary: Beirut Arab University, Beirut.
1977-1982 Bachelor in Civil engineering
Academic fees Exemption award in 1981.
Honor grades in 1982 (Results available upon request).
Course includes: (Course details available upon request).
1986: Lancaster University, ENGLAND.
Postgraduate Preparatory course
E.L.T.S English Language Qualification of Cambridge University
1987: Victoria University (Former Footscray Institute of Technology)
Melbourne- Australia
Bachelor in Civil Engineering
Honor grades in all subjects (results available upon request).
Course includes: (Course details available upon request).

Postgraduate: Beirut Arab University

2003-2006 Masters of Engineering (Structural and Geotechnical)
Degree comprises 9 courses and a thesis.
Honors in all courses (Grade details available upon request)
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2007-2011 American University of Beirut

PhD in Civil Engineering (Structural)
Coursework made up of 8 courses (24 credits), final GPA = 4
Final defense of thesis (24 credits), August 2011.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Earthquake assessment of existing buildings. Seismic repair and strengthening
of structures using conventional and innovative techniques (CFRP).

EXPERIENCE:
1979-1981 Engineering Trainee
Engineering and Contracts Company LTD, Beirut.
Part-time employment
Duties: design and drafting of R.C slabs (solid and hollow blocks), beams,
columns and foundations of multistory of multistory buildings (up to 12
stories ).

1982-1985 Civil Engineer Designer

Bureau Technique D'Urbanisme et des Travaux Publics, Casablanca Bldg
Bier Hassan, Beirut.
Full-time employment on Civil Engineering projects
Duties included design and preparation of drawings from planning to
execution stage.

1982-1985 Tutor, Beirut Arab University

Beirut , Lebanon
Part-time employment. tutoring in Reinforced
Concrete Structures design for 3rd and 4th year
Civil Engineering students
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1988-1992 Structural Design Engineer

Irwin Johnston and Partners
20 Coventry St, South Melbourne
Melbourne – Victoria – Australia
Tel.(613-9) 6997199.
Full-time employment in the design of some major projects in Victoria.
Duties included design and detailing of residential, commercial and industrial
buildings as well as liaison with architects. Most jobs I worked on included a
major part of structural steel design. Some of the jobs I worked on are listed
below and more details are available upon request.

Flinders Street train Station Re-development (200 million Australian Dollars)

Peter McCallum Hospital (50 million Australian Dollars).

B.M.W Company Headquarters in Mulgrave-Melbourne.

Tudor Printery, Coburg, Victoria.

Magee Building, Phillip Institute of Technology, Bundoora, Victoria.

Lincoln Place Building.

1993 -2006 ENGINEERING AND CONTRACTING OFFICE

BEIRUT-LEBANON
Self-employed.
Full responsibility of office activities from design
stage to full construction of buildings. Projects vary from two-story Villa to
multi-story residential buildings and steel structures. Tel: 01/543084-
03/060583

2011-Present Lecturer, American University of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon
Part-time employment
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering-Courses taught:
Mechanics-(Statics) CIVE210, Concrete I CIVE413
Department of Mechanical Engineering- Courses taught:
Mechanics of Materials MECH320
Department of Architecture and Graphic design-Courses taught: Statics
Arch151 and Structural systems Arch252
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2011-2014 Lecturer, Lebanese International University

Beirut, Lebanon
School of Engineering
Part-time employment, Mechanics (Statics) MENG250

2012-2018 Lecturer, Lebanese American university

Beirut Campus, Lebanon
Department of Civil Engineering
Part-time employment, Mechanics (Statics) CIE200 and Concrete I course.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Harajli, M., Dagher, F., and ElSouri, A., “Cyclic Response of RC

Columns with Bond-Critical Zones Repaired using FRP or Steel
Confinement,” Special Publication of the American Concrete Institute
(ACI), Editors, G. J. Parra-Montesinos and P. Balaguru, ACI SP-272,
2010, pp. 225-25

2. ElSouri, A. and Harajli, M. (2011). "Seismic Repair and Strengthening

of Lap Splices in RC Columns: Carbon Fiber–Reinforced Polymer
versus Steel Confinement." Journal of Composites for Construction,
ASCE,Volume 15, Issue 5 (October 2011), 721-731.

3. ElSouri, A., and Harajli, M. H., “Behavior of Wide Concealed Beam-

Narrow Column Joints under Lateral Earthquake Loading,” ACI
Structural Journal, Vol. 110, No. 2, March-April 2013, pp 205-215.

4. ElSouri, A., and Harajli, M., “Gravity Load-Designed Concealed Wide

Beam-Narrow Column Connections: Experimental Assessment of
Seismic Response,” Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on
Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering – COMPDYN 2011, Corfu, Greece, May 25-28, 2011,
paper No. 656.

5. ElSouri, A., and Harajli, M., “Seismic response of exterior RC wide

beam-narrow column joints: earthquake-resistant versus as-built
joints,” Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol.57, 2013, 394-405.

6. ElSouri, A., and Harajli, M.,” Repair and FRP Strengthening of

Earthquake-Damaged RC Shallow Beam-Column Joints,” Advances
in Structural Engineering Volume 18 No.2 2015, pp. 237-249.
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7. Hantouche, E., Harajli, M., Haddadin, F., and Elsouri, A. (2015).

"Seismic Strengthening of Bond-Critical Regions in Wall-Type
Bridge Piers Using Active Confinement." Journal of. Bridge
Enginering, ASCE, Volume 20, Issue 11 (November 2015).

8. ElSouri, A., and Harajli, M., “Interior RC wide beam-–narrow column

joints: Potential for improving seismic resistance,” Journal of
Engineering Structures, Vol. 99, 2015, 42-55.

MEMBERSHIP:
Graduate member of Institution of Engineers –Australia.
Member of Institution of Engineers – Lebanon.

OTHER INFORMATION:
Very good command of English language.
Knowledge of a range of computer software and packages including
ACAD, ROBOT, ETABS, SAP2000 and ABAQUS 6.8.

REFEREES:
Prof. M. Harajli
Professor
American University of Beirut.
Beirut, Lebanon.
Phone: 01/350000, Ext.3527
03/627180

Prof. B. Hamad
Professor
American University of Beirut.
Beirut, Lebanon.
Phone: 01/350000
03/333580

Prof. Y. Temsah
Professor
Beirut Arab University.
Beirut, Lebanon.
P.O Box115020
Phone: 300110 Beirut.
03/723790
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Dr. H. Basha
Lecturer
Beirut Arab University.
Beirut, Lebanon.
P.O Box115020
Phone: 300110 Beirut.
03/423377

Mr I. Mackie.
Head of Civil Engineering Department
Victoria University (Former Footscray Institute of Technology).
P.O .Box 64
Footscray, 3011
Victoria
Phone: (61309)688-4257

Mr R. Shipton.
Senior lecturer
Victoria University (Former Footscray Institute of Technology).
P.O Box64
Footscray.3011
Victoria
Phone: (61309)688-4305

Mr. Moustapha Fawaz

Manager
Bureau Technique D’Urbanisme et des Travaux Publics.
Casablanca Bldg, Beir Hasan, Beirut
Phone: 03/202291- 01/820472

Mr.Simon Spurgeon
Partner
Irwin Johnston and Partners.
20 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
Victoria, Australia.3025
Phone: (61309) 699-7199