DR. Sherif Akl
•Development Research and Technological Planning Center
-Cairo University Director (2025-present)- Managing the workflow to enable faculty members to perform consulting working and contribute to the market. - Initiating new programs such as: Project Governance, Computational Mechanics, Consulting for the newly formed Cairo University Holding Company.
•Quality Assurance Unit – Faculty of Engineering
-Cairo University Head of Unit (2024-present )- Managing workflow to enable the institute and its programs to apply for accreditation from the National Authority of Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education. - Monitoring the execution of the faculty strategic plan for development.
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory – Public Works Department
-Cairo University Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations (2022-present) Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations (2017-2022) Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations(2012-2017)- Soil Investigation and Structural Integrity Analysis of more than 700 locations all over Egypt. Work included issuing reports and recommendations of foundation types for new residential and educational buildings; and the structural analysis and recommendations for retrofitting existing structures. - Design and Shop Drawings for Side Support Systems in several Excavation Sites in Giza Governorate. This work is done in cooperation with the Civil Engineering Research and Studies Center in Cairo University. - Numerical modeling and structural assessment of the Spillway for the High Dam in Aswan. This work is done in cooperation with the Center of Studies and Designs for Water Projects in Cairo University.
TEACHED COURSES
Undergraduate Courses
| Soil Mechanics |
| Foundation Analysis and Design |
| Advanced Foundations |
Graduate Courses
| Numerical Analysis |
| Engineering Geology |
| Applications of Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering |
| Soil Structure Interaction Advanced Soil Mechanics Soil Modeling |
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Reviewer for Journals
International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering.
Chair Conference Sessions
Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics (ARMA 2013, ARMA2015)
Depletion Induced Land Subsidence (ARMA 2016, ARMA 2017)
Visiting Professor
Tufts University, Advanced Geomaterials Laboratory (2016)
MIT, Computational Geomechanics Group (2015)
Reviewer for Journals
| International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. |
Chair Conference Sessions
Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics (ARMA 2013, ARMA2015) |
Visiting Professor
Tufts University, Advanced Geomaterials Laboratory (2016)
Visiting Professor
MIT, Computational Geomechanics Group (2015)
GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
2015
Experimental Investigation of Cohesive Nile Sediments Anisotropy. Science and Technology Development Fund.
2016
Using PNEUSOL 'Tire-Soil' in Construction Applications as a Low Cost Material. Scientific Research Developing Unit in Beni-Suef University.
Consulting Services
Committee Member of Egyptian Code of Practice for Geotechnical Engineering Committee No. 4, Deep foundations; and Committee No.7, Side Supporting Structures.
Committee Member of Egyptian Code of Practice for High Rise Buildings Foundations Committee
Committee Member of Egyptian Code for Water Resources and Irrigation Works, Specifications for Earthquake Load Considerations.