Bassem O Andrawes
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois
United States of America
Biography
Bassem Andrawes holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University (1996), M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Structures) from Iowa State University (2001), and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structures) from Georgia Institute of Technology (2005). He has been on the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois since the fall of 2006. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, Professor Andrawes worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California Irvine and a Design Engineer at Englekirk Partners Consulting Structural Engineers in Santa Ana, California.
Research Interest
Structural Engineering, Societal Risk Management
Publications
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Zhe Chen, Moochul Shin, Bassem Andrawes, and John Riley Edwards (2014) "Parametric study on Damage and Load Demand of Prestressed Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems" Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 46, p. 49-61
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Qiwen Chen and Bassem Andrawes (2014) "Finite Element Analysis of Actively Confined Concrete Using Shape Memory Alloys" Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 12, n 12, p. 520-534
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Zhe Chen, Bassem Andrawes, and John Riley Edwards (2016) "Finite Element Modeling and Field Validation of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers and Fastening Systems" Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 12, n 5, p. 631-646
