Dr. M. A. Youssef - Engineering Projects

• Value Engineering.

• Structural Analysis and Design for Steel, Reinforced Concrete, Prestressed Concrete, and Masonry Structures.

• Utilizing New and Innovative Materials in Structural Engineering.

• Estimation of Fire Endurance of Concrete Elements.

2006

Flexural Capacity of Fire-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Toronto, ON

2006

Evaluation for the Thermal Properties of TSL Spray Using Numerical Analysis, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Toronto, ON

02/2000-07/2002

Murray Engineering, P.C., New York, NY, USA

Modular Construction:

• Yonkers Schools, Yonkers, NY, USA (three-storey steel modular structure).

• SUNY Purchase College Dormitory, Purchase, NY, USA (four-storey steel modular structure).

• Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), New York, NY, USA (one-storey steel modular structure).

• Special heavy modular units used to house diesel generators.

• Design and testing of a 3000 gallon generator sub base tank (UL142).

New Construction:

• Power Planet (two-storey steel structure).

• 223W 80th Street, New York, NY, USA (14-storey reinforced concrete building).

• Tiano Plaza Housing Redevelopment, Bronx, NY, USA (a seven-storey masonry building with prestressed precast planks).

New Applications:

• Developing design charts for aluminium wall panels for different wind speeds and wall heights.

Renovation, Alteration and Retrofitting:

• Restoration/replacement of an existing building façade on Northmore Street, New York, NY, USA.

• Goodman House, New York, NY, USA (addition to an exiting eight-storey reinforced concrete building)

• Geday Residence, New York, NY, USA (reinforcing of an existing concrete flat slab due to major floor alterations)

• Catch NRP (major alternation to an existing six-storey building)

• 15E 96th street, New York, USA (major alteration to an existing six-storey building).
  

09/1995-01/2000  

Earthquake Engineering Research group,  McMaster University, Canada

Description: 

Conducting seismic assessment for expansion anchors for the Korean Nuclear Reactor (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, AECL)

07/1992 - 07/1995

EL-Behairy Consulting Engineering, Cairo, Egypt

Description: 

Single to twenty storey commercial and residential buildings, railway bridges, ground water tanks and retrofitting of existing structures

09/1992-08/1995

RC Research Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Description: 

Field-testing of steel and concrete bridges located in Greater Cairo Ring Road