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Dr. ANIS S. SHATNAWI, Associate Prof.

Structural Engineering

 

Office address: The University of Jordan

                            Department of Civil Engineering

                            Faculty of Engineering and Technology

                             Amman, 11942

                             Jordan

 

EDUCATION

 

v    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, OH      

      Ph.D. of Science in CIVIL ENGINEERING/COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, 1998-2001.

Dissertation: “Developments for complex inelastic large-scale simulations and parameter estimation, with emphasis on large strain, softening and localization phenomena, Ph.D. Dissertation, submitted to the graduate faculty of the University of Akron in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctorate of Science, Dec., 2001”.

 

v     JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, JORDAN  

     Master of Science in CIVIL ENGINEERING / Structural Engineering, 1993-1996.

Thesis: “Evaluation of ductility, ductility reduction and over-strength factors as applied to Jordanian Seismic Code, Master Thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of Jordan University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, May, 1996.

 

v     JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, JORDAN 

      Bachelor of Science in CIVIL ENGINEERING/Structural Engineering, 1988-1993.

 

 

  

 EXPERIENCE 

 

Oct '02– Present: 

The University of Jordan, Department of Civil Engineering, Amman, Jordan

Faculty Member, Associate Professor (Structural Division)

Oct. '09– Present:

The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Director, Engineering Department

Oct. '08– Present:

The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Director, Office of Implementation and Follow-up for the Project of Jordan University/Aqaba

April. '08– Present:

The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Project Manager, Project of Jordan University at Aqaba

Sept '07– Sept '08:

The University of Jordan, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Amman, Jordan

 Assistant Dean for Students’ Affairs

Sept '06– Sept '07:

The University of Jordan, Department of Civil Engineering, Amman, Jordan

 Department Head

Dec. '01– July '02:

The University of Akron, Department of Civil Engineering, Akron, OH, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Computational Methods Group)

Jan '98 – Dec. '01:

The University of Akron, Department of Civil Engineering, Akron, OH, USA

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

April '95 - Jan '98:

Ministry of Public Works & Housing, Amman, Jordan

Structural Design and Project Site Engineer

Sept '93 - June '96:

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Dept. of Civil Eng., Irbed, Jordan

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Feb. '94 – Aug. '94:

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Dept. of Civil Eng., Irbed, Jordan

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

 

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

                     

           ·        Chairman, ABET committee at the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Jordan.

           ·        Member, ABET committee at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The University of Jordan.

           ·        Member, UNDP project for enhancement of Quality Assurance and Institutional Planning

                at Arab Universities/  Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The University of Jordan.

           ·        Member and Organizer of TINEE (Int. Conference of Earthquake Engineering), Dead Sea, Jordan, 2005.

           ·        Member of Jordanian National Technical committee for Preparing of Reinforced Concrete Building Code of  Practice.

           ·        Member of Jordanian National Technical committee for Preparing Earthquake Resistant Structures Code of Practice.

 

               COMMITTEES - EXTERNAL

·  Secretary and Committee member for The International Earthquake Engineering Conference, Dead Sea, Jordan, 21-24 Nov., 2005.

·  Member, Technical Board for the Jordanian Construction Codes, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Jordan

·  Peer reviewer Certified by UNDP and Quality Assurance Agency, QAA on Enhancement of Quality Assurance and Industrial Planning for engineering programs.

·  Academic Subject Reviewer Certified by QAA.

·  Member of many technical committees for Jordanian Codes and Specifications/Ministry of Works and Housing.

  

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTING PAPERS

          ·    Training Workshop for Preparing of faculty Members, held by center of Human Resources at Jordan University from 30/4/2006-5/6/2006.

 

          ·    Participating and presenting a paper in the 9th Int. Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Greece, 2-5th Sep (2008).

 

          ·    Participating and presenting a paper in the 6th Int. Conference on Steel and Aluminum Structural Engineering, ICSAS’07, (2007).

 

          ·    Participating in 3 workshops about ABET Accreditation, which where held at Faculty of Engineering and Technology in the University of Jordan in 2006 and 2007.

 

          ·    Attending residential workshop on Academic Subject Review for Engineering programs, organized by UNDP, Tunisia, 11-14 June, 2007.

 

          ·    Attending two residential workshops on Academic Subject Review for Engineering programs, organized by UNDP, Sharm El-Shaikh, Egypt, 10-17 Nov., 2007.

 

          ·    Hosting an external peer reviewer of a higher education program at University of Jordan-Civil Engineering Department, including producing evidence-based Self-Evaluation report, March, 2008.

 

          ·    Working as a reviewer specialist and team member in the peer review of engineering programs at Helwan University, Egypt, 20-25 Feb., 2008.

 

          ·    Participating and presenting a paper at civil Engineering Conference organized by Jordan Association for Engineers, 2006.

 

          ·    Preparing and presenting training session at Jordan Association for Engineers about using Finite Element Method for Structural Analysis.

 

           ·     Participating and presenting in the seminar entitled Earthquake Resistant Structure held by Ministry of Public works and Housing and higher Council for civil Defense on Oct. 16, 2003, Amman, Jordan.

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS SUMMARY

Software, Coding, and Computer Platforms

 

v     Finite Element Modeling/Analysis: ABAQUS, PATRAN, SAP 2000, ETABS, and others.

v     Word Processors and Spreadsheets: MS-Word Microsoft, Excel and Graphics

v     Mathematics: Mathematica, MathCad, and MATHLAB

v    Programming Language: FORTRAN77

v     PC (Windows XP  &  Microsoft Windows PRODUCTS)

v     Various UNIX-based servers and workstations

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

v     Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997-present.

v     Member of Jordanian Engineers Association, 1993- present.