Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Structural Analysis and Design
Research areas
Structural reliability, finite element modeling, bridge engineering, experimental testing of structural steel and reinforced concrete elements
Education
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, United States
MS, Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, United States
BS, Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut
Professional experience
Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2006 - Present)
Director of Structural Design at Otak international, United Arab Emirates(2008 - 2009)
Head of Civil Engineering Department at American Unviersity of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2006 - 2008)
Associate Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(1999 - 2006)
Assistant Professor at University of Houston, United Arab Emirates(1994 - 1999)
Project Engineer at Gannett Fleming, Inc., United States(1990 - 1994)
Memberships
ASCE, USA, 1990 - 2010
Contact
+971 6 515 2957
Dr. Sami Tabsh
Professor
PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, USA
Sami W. Tabsh is Professor of Civil Engineering and former Head of the Department at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Before that, he has been a faculty member at the University of Houston, Texas, and a project engineer for complex structures with Gannett Fleming, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Tabsh's research interests are in reliability-based code development, bridge structures, high-rise buildings and experimental testing of steel and concrete structural members. He has been published man times in international journals and conference proceedings, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications
Sami Tabsh, Shehab El Din Mourad, Validation of the AASHTO LRFD Live Load Distribution Provisions for Integral Abutment Bridges, Accepted, 2020
Magdi El-Emam, Sami Tabsh, Design Parameters for Mat foundation, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted, Soil and Foundations
Moussa Leblouba, Sami Tabsh, Reliability-based shear design of corrugated web steel beams for AISC 360 specification and CSA-S16 standard, Published, Engineering Structures, 215, 2020
Moussa Leblouba, Sami Tabsh, Samer Barakat, Reliability-based design of corrugated web steel girders in shear as per AASHTO LRFD, Published, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 169, 2020
Sami Tabsh, Magdi El-Emam, Pouya Partazian, Numerically Based Parametric Analysis of Mat Foundations, Published, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 25, 2, 2020
Sami Tabsh, Effect of Construction Minor Defects on the Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Drilled Shafts, Published, Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Civil,Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE’19), Rome, Italy Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE’19), Rome, Italy, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Hany El-Kadi, Akmal Abdelfatah, Faculty Perception of Engineering Student Cheating and Effective Measures to Curb It, Published, EDUCON2019 – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Dubai, UAE, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Load Distribution in Short Bridges Subjected to Oversize Vehicles, Published, 9th Australian Small Bridges Conference, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Hany El-Kadi, Akmal Abdelfatah, Faculty perception of engineering student cheating and effective measures to curb it, Published, April-2019, pp. 806-810, 2019
Sami Tabsh, A Simple Method of Analysis for Complex Steel I-Girder Bridges, Published, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Management, Assessment and Rehabilitation Techniques (ICIMART’19), Sharjah, UAE, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Effect of construction minor defects on the ductility of reinforced concrete drilled shafts, Published, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Sherif Yehia, Shear strength of reinforced concrete beams made with recycled aggregate, Published, 2018
Sami Tabsh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Hany El Kadi, Engineering students and faculty perceptions of academic dishonesty, Published, Quality Assurance in Education, 25, 4, pp. 378-393, 2017
Sami Tabsh, Muna Mitchell, Girder distribution factors for steel bridges subjected to permit truck or super load, Published, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 60, 2, pp. 237-249, 2016
Sami Tabsh, Hany El-Kadi, Akmal Abdelfatah, Engineering students' perception of academic dishonesty at an American university in the UAE, Published, 10-13-April-2016, pp. 729-732, 2016
Sami Tabsh, Hany El-Kadi, Akmal Abdelfatah, Past and Present engineering students' views on academic dishonesty at a Middle-Eastern University, Published, International Journal of Engineering Education, 31, 5, pp. 1334-1342, 2015
Sami Tabsh, Magdi El-Emam, Finite element-based parametric analysis of mat foundations, Published, 1, pp. 693-697, 2014
Sami Tabsh, Comparison between reinforced concrete designs based on the ACI 318 and BS 8110 codes, Published, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 48, 4, pp. 467-477, 2013
Sami Tabsh, Husam Najm, Bridge structures, Published, Advances in Civil Engineering, 2012, 2012
Sami Tabsh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Mohammad AlHamaydeh, Sherif Yehia, Comparison of civil engineering curricula in the arab world, Published, International Journal of Engineering Education, 28, 5, pp. 1213-1220, 2012
Sami Tabsh, Hany el Kadi, Akmal Abdelfatah, Faculty response to ethical issues at an American university in the Middle-East, Published, Quality Assurance in Education, 20, 4, pp. 319-340, 2012
Sherif Yehia, Mohammad Al Hamaydeh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Sami Tabsh, ABET-accredited civil engineering programmes following track system: Part I - Survey and framework development, Published, Global Journal of Engineering Education, 14, 1, pp. 57-68, 2012
Sherif Yehia, Mohammad Al Hamaydeh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Sami Tabsh, ABET-accredited civil engineering programmes following track system: Part II - Implementation of the proposed framework, Published, Global Journal of Engineering Education, 14, 1, pp. 69-76, 2012
Akmal Abdelfatah, Sami Tabsh, Review of research on and implementation of recycled concrete aggregate in the GCC, Published, Advances in Civil Engineering, 2011, 2011
Sami Tabsh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Current Research and Implementation of Recycled Concrete in the GCC Countries, Published, International Conference on Sustainable Systems and the Environment, 2011
Sami Tabsh, Structural safety of reinforced concrete structures designed following the ACI 318 code, Published, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, pp. 256-257, 2010
Sami Tabsh, Akmal Abdelfatah, Influence of recycled concrete aggregates on strength properties of concrete, Published, Construction and Building Materials, 23, 2, pp. 1163-1167, 2009
Sami Tabsh, Closure to "stress-strain model for high-strength concrete confined by welded wire fabric" by Sami W. Tabsh, Published, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 21, 1, pp. 45, 2009
Sami Tabsh, Raouf Al-Shawa, Closure to "effect of spread footing flexibility on structural response" by Sami W. Tabsh and Abdul Raouf Al-Shawa, Published, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 11, 4, pp. 250, 2006
Sami Tabsh, Elimination of the effect of strain gradient from concrete compressive strength test results, Published, Computers and Concrete, 3, 6, pp. 375-388, 2006
Hazem Sarhan, Sami Tabsh, Michael O'Neill, Alaa Ata, Carl Ealy, Flexural behavior of drilled shafts with minor flaws, Published, 129, pp. 24-38, 2005
Sami Tabsh, Abdul Al-Shawa, Effect of spread footing flexibility on structural response, Published, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 10, 2, pp. 109-114, 2005
Sami Tabsh, Michael O'Neill, Moon Nam, Shear strength of drilled shafts with minor flaws, Published, Engineering Structures, 27, 5, pp. 736-748, 2005
Irvin Luker, Sami Tabsh, Effect of non-uniform straining in concrete compressive strength tests, Published, Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, 26, 2, pp. 42-51, 2004
Nehikhare Lambert-Aikhionbare, Sami Tabsh, Ductility enhancement of high strength concrete columns with welded wire mesh, Published, pp. 117-136, 2004
Hazem Sarhan, Michael O'Neill, Sami Tabsh, Structural capacity reduction for drilled shafts with minor flaws, Published, ACI Structural Journal, 101, 3, pp. 291-297, 2004
Michael O'Neill, Sami Tabsh, Hazem Sarhan, Response of drilled shafts with minor flaws to axial and lateral loads, Published, Engineering Structures, 25, 1, pp. 47-56, 2003
Nehikhare Lambert-Aikhionbare, Sami Tabsh, Confinement of high-strength concrete with welded wire reinforcement, Published, ACI Structural Journal, 98, 5, pp. 677-685, 2001
Sami Tabsh, Michael O'Neill, Effects of minor anomalies on axial capacity of drilled shafts, Published, Transportation Research Record, 1772, pp. 65-72, 2001
Sami Tabsh, Muna Tabatabai, Live load distribution in girder bridges subject to oversized trucks, Published, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 6, 1, pp. 9-16, 2001
Sami Tabsh, M. Tabatabai, Live-load girder distribution factors for bridges subjected to wide trucks, Published, 2, 1696, pp. 144-149, 2000
Shehab Mourad, Sami Tabsh, Deck slab stresses in integral abutment bridges, Published, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 4, 2, pp. 125-130, 1999
Sami Tabsh, Shehab Mourad, Live load distribution in integral composite steel bridges, Published, Engineering Journal, 35, 1, pp. 12-18, 1998
Shehab Mourad, Sami Tabsh, Pile forces in integral abutment bridges subjected to truck loads, Published, Transportation Research Record 1633, 1633, pp. 77-83, 1998
Sami Tabsh, Alex Aswad, Statistics of high-strength concrete cylinders, Published, ACI Materials Journal, 94, 5, pp. 361-364, 1997
Sami Tabsh, Kalpana Sahajwani, Approximate analysis of irregular slab-on-girder bridges, Published, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2, 1, pp. 11-17, 1997
Sami Tabsh, Shehab Mourad, Resistance factors for blind bolts in direct tension, Published, Engineering Structures, 19, 12, pp. 995-1000, 1997
Sami Tabsh, Safety of reinforced concrete members designed following ACI 318 building code, Published, Engineering Structures, 19, 10, pp. 843-850, 1997
Sami Tabsh, Shehab Mourad, Robert Korol, Structural safety of ultra-twist blind fasteners in tension , Published, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 24, 2, pp. 211-217, 1997
Sami Tabsh, Design considerations for post-tensioned integral pier caps, Published, 1, pp. 444-451, 1996
Sami Tabsh, Reliability of post-tensioned concrete slab bridges, Published, pp. 712-715, 1996
Sami Tabsh, Resistance factors for high strength blind bolts, Published, pp. 784-787, 1996
Sami Tabsh, Safety of concrete members designed by ACI 318 chapter 9 and appendix C load combinations, Published, pp. 218-221, 1996
Sami Tabsh, Reliability of composite steel bridge beams designed following AASHTO's LFD and LRFD specifications, Published, Structural Safety, 17, 4, pp. 225-237, 1996
Sami Tabsh, David Marchese, Span capability of noncompact composite steel bridge beams, Published, Transportation Research Record, 1476, pp. 8-13, 1995
Sami Tabsh, Structural safety of post-tensioned concrete slab bridges with unbonded tendons, Published, ACI Materials Journal, 92, 4, pp. 488-494, 1995
Sami Tabsh, Alex Aswad, Statistics of steam-cured plant-produced high strength concrete, Published, 2, pp. 1155-1158, 1995
Andrzej Nowak, Ahmed Yamani, Sami Tabsh, Probabilistic models for resistance of concrete bridge girders, Published, ACI Structural Journal, 91, 3, pp. 269-276, 1994
Sami Tabsh, Simple live load distribution factors for girder bridges, Published, pp. 497-502, 1994
Sami Tabsh, Ductility of non-compact steel bridge beams, Published, Engineering Journal, 31, 1, pp. 21-30, 1994
Sami Tabsh, Reliability of highway bridge piers, Published, pp. 1059-1064, 1993
Sami Tabsh, Jack Kayser, Probabilistic analysis of post-tensioned steel girder bridges, Published, pp. 13-15, 1992
Sami Tabsh, Bayesian reliability updating of existing steel girder bridges, Published, pp. 55-58, 1992
Sami Tabsh, Andrzej Nowak, Reliability of highway girder bridges, Published, Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), 117, 8, pp. 2372-2388, 1991
Andrzej Nowak, Sami Tabsh, Sensitivity analysis for composite steel girder bridges, Published, 61, pp. 289-301, 1991
Conference Presentations
Sami Tabsh, Graduate School or Work in Industry, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, May, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Feasibility of Using Wood-Reinforced Concrete Composites for Structural Applications, 4th Material Science and Engineering Research Institute (MSERI) workshop, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, April, 2019
Sami Tabsh, Case Studies in Engineering Ethics, Graduate Engineering students seminar, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, September, 2018
Grants and sponsorships
FRG20-M: Development of an eco-friendly wood-reinforced concrete composite system for constructing low income family housing, American University of Sharjah, 2022
FRG19-Medium: Effectiveness of Repair Methods for Reinforced Concrete Members Containing Honeycomb Defects., American University of Sharjah, 2021
Use of Steel Welded Wire Fabric as Flexural and Shear Reinforcement in Concrete Beams, American University of Sharjah, 2020
Effectiveness of Repair Methods for Reinforced Concrete Members Containing Honeycomb Defects, American University of Sharjah
The use of Wastewater & Recycled Demolition Wastes to Reduce Pollution in UAE; Utilization of Recycled Construction Materials Produced by CDW Unit/Beeah; and, Performance Evaluation of Recycled Crushed Concrete as Pavement Materials, Local, 2017
Awards and Honors
Received, Best paper, 3rd World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, Budapest, Hungary , 2018
