Sameh Monir El-Sayegh, Assistant Professor
PhD, Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Project Management), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, 1998

Address:
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: EL125
Office: +(971) 6 515 2941
Fax: +(971) 6 515 2979
E-mail: selsayegh@aus.edu

Research Interests

Construction management, project controls, construction contracting, contract administration and control

Courses

Biography

Sameh Monir El-Sayegh is an assistant professor of civil engineering at the American University of Sharjah. He has been with AUS since 2002. Before that, he was a project controls manager with the Morganti Group Inc. in Houston, Texas (2001-2002), project controls engineer with Consolidated Contractors International Company in Yemen (1999- 2001), and automation engineer with CCIC in Athens, Greece (1998-1999). Dr. El-Sayegh has a PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering & Project Management) from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1998); an MS in Construction Management from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1996); and a BSc in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo (1993). Dr. El-Sayegh is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Work History

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2002-)

Project Controls Manager, Morganti Group Inc., Houston, Texas, USA, (2001-2002)

Project Controls Engineer, Consolidated Contractors Company CCC, Yemen, (1999-2001)

Automation Engineer, Consolidated Contractor Company CCC, Athens, Greece, (1998-1999)

Construction Engineer, Darwish Engineering, Sharjah, UAE, (1994)

Scientific and Professional Societies

Member of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Member of PMI College of Scheduling (PMCOS)

Member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE)

Member of International Who's Who of Professionals

Honors and Awards

Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship (1994-1996)

Recipient of AUC Alumni Endowed Scholarship (1988-1993)

Recipient of AUS Faculty Research Grants in 2004, 2006 and 2007

Recipient of AUS Faculty Development Grants in 2004, 2005 and 2007

Institutional Service at AUS

• Vice President of the Faculty Senate (2008-2009)
• Faculty Senate Executive Committee SEC (2007-2008)
• AUS Faculty Senate (2006 - 2010)
• Chair of the Faculty Evaluation and Standards of Performance committee (2007-8)
• AUS University Sabbatical Leave Committee (2007-2008)
• Co-chair of the Faculty Evaluation and Standards of Performance committee (06-07)
• Civil Engineering Internship Coordinator (2005 - 2008)
• Engineering Systems Management ESM Steering Committee (2004-06)            
• Engineering Systems Management ESM Curriculum Committee (Chair 04-06)
• ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor (2002-2005)
• Faculty Senate Student Affairs Sub-Committee (2002-2003)

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

1. El-Sayegh, Sameh M. (2008). “Risk Assessment and Allocation in the UAE Construction Industry”, International Journal of Project Management, Volume 26, Issue 4, pp 431-438.
2. Sakka, Zafer and El-Sayegh, Sameh M. (2007). “Float Consumption Impact on Cost and Schedule in the Construction Industry”, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, Volume 133, Issue 2, pp. 124-130.
3. Faridi, Arshi and El-Sayegh, Sameh M. (2006). “Significant Factors Causing Delay in the UAE Construction Industry”, Construction Management & Economics Journal, Volume 24, Issue 11, pp. 1167-1176.

Conference Proceedings

1. El-Sayegh, Sameh M. (2008), “Use of Risk Management Tools and Techniques in the UAE Construction Industry”, PM-04 - 4th SCPM and 1st IPMA-Med net Conference - Project Management Advances, Training and Certifications in the Mediterranean, 29-31 May 208, Chios, Greece
2. Sakka, Zafer and El-Sayegh, Sameh M. (2007), “Float Loss Impact Assessment”, The Fourth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, 11-13 July 2007, Gold Coast, Australia
3. El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir (2007), “Significant Factors Affecting the Selection of the Appropriate Project Delivery Method”, The Fifth Latin American and Caribbean Conference, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions LACCEI 2007, 29 May- 01 June 2007, Tampico, Mexico
4. El-Baz, Hazim and El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir (2007), “Developing Core Competencies of Engineering Management Graduates”, The Fifth Latin American and Caribbean Conference, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions LACCEI 2007, 29 May- 01 June 2007, Tampico, Mexico
5. Sari, Ahmed and El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir (2007), “Factors Affecting the Selection of the Appropriate Construction Management at Risk Contractor”, The Fifth Latin American and Caribbean Conference, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions LACCEI 2007, 29 May- 01 June 2007, Tampico, Mexico
6. El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir, “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Project Delivery Methods” Joint International Conference on Construction Culture, Innovation and Management CCIM 2006, 26-29 November 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7. Abdalla, J. A., El-Sayegh, S., Al-Suwaidi, K. and Bajubair S.,   “Comparative Study of Quantity and Cost of a Multistory Building with Different R/C Floor Systems” The 10th Arab Structural Engineering Conference, 13-15 November 2006, Kuwait
8. El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir, “Evaluating the Use of alternative Project Delivery Methods in the UAE Construction Industry” International Conference of Construction and Real Estate Management ICCREM 2005, 12-13 December 2005, Penang, Malaysia
9. Faridi Arshi Shakeel and El-Sayegh, Sameh Monir, “Assessment of the Causes of Delays in the UAE Construction Industry” International Conference of Construction and Real Estate Management ICCREM 2005, 12-13 December 2005, Penang, Malaysia 
10. El-Sayegh, Sameh M. “Integrating Quantitative, Qualitative and Construction Management in the Graduate Education” World of Construction Project Management WCPM 2004, 26-27 May 2004, Toronto, Canada
11. El-Sayegh, Sameh M. “The UAE Construction Industry: Opportunities and Obstacles” World of Construction Project Management WCPM 2004, 26-27 May 2004, Toronto, Canada