Sherif Yehia is a Prof. of civil engineering at the American University of Sharjah, UAE and Deputy head of the fib-UAE group. He earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Sherif Yehia has taught in Civil and Construction engineering departments at institutions such as University of Nebraska, Omaha and Western Michigan University, USA. Prof. Yehia is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Nebraska and Michigan. He is the Co-developer of the newly conductive concrete application for deicing operations. His research interests include behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete, composite structures, special concrete, infrastructure management systems and engineering database management and information technology. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 articles and technical reports published in internationally recognized journals / conference proceedings and hold 3 US patents. Prof. Yehia participated in several funded research projects from various federal