DR. Sherif Akl
Academic Record
Dr. Sherif A. Y. Akl Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Soil Mechanics and Foundations Laboratory Cairo University
sherif.akl@cu.edu.eg
February 2025 : Appointed the Director of the Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC)
September 2024: Appointed the Head of the Education Quality Assurance Unit for the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
September 2022: Appointed Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory (SMFRL), Cairo Unviersity.
July 2017: Appointed Associate Professor in the Public Works Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
July 2012: Appointed Assistant Professor in the Public Works Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
February 2011: PhD from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under the supervison of Prof. Andrew J. Whittle.
Septmeber 2005: Appointed Research Assistant at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, MIT.
August 2005: MSc from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, under the supervision of Prof Mohamed I. Amer.
June 2003: BSc from the Civil Engineering Department, Cairo Unviersity, Distinction with Honors.
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)
Awards
MIT Presidential Fellowship
ARMA Future Leader
CUFE - Civil Best TA Award
SMFRL Excellence Award