He is an Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at Alexandria University (Egypt, since Feb 2015) with over 35 years of experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and travel demand modeling. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, USA, 1999)—a top institution for transportation research—an M.S. (Alexandria University, Egypt, 1990), and a B.S. with Honors (Alexandria University, 1984), all in Civil/Transportation Engineering.
His expertise spans travel demand forecasting (e.g., developing Alexandria’s 4-stage TDF model), GIS-based accident analysis, mode choice modeling, and traffic simulation (VISSUM, TransCAD, Synchro). He has led 18+ academic research projects (e.g., NSF-funded regional economic flow models, UIUC’s railroad crossing accident prediction) and 30+ industry consulting projects (e.g., San Francisco/Oregon travel demand models, Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh/Madinah traffic studies). He has published 13+ peer-reviewed papers (in Alexandria Engineering Journal, Transportation Research Record) and supervised 5 master’s students and 1 Ph.D. student. A member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Egyptian Engineers Syndicate, he combines deep academic rigor with hands-on industry experience across the U.S., Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.