Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Teaching areas

Geotechnical dam engineering, Principles of soil mechanics, Foundation design, Geology, Fudemental of engineering drawing

Research areas

Soil behavior, soil erosion, soil stabilization, expansive soil, and soil testing

Education

PhD, Geo-technical, Soil Swelling And Soil Behavior, Kansas State University, United States, 1989

Master, Geo-technical, The University of Texas At Arlington, United States, 1987

BS, Structure, Yarmouk University, 1985

Professional experience

Professor, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2011 - Present

Visiting Scholar, Civil Engineering, Minnesota State University, Minnesota, United States, 2023 - 2023

Associate Prefossor, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2008 - 2011

Visiting Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2007 - 2008

Associate Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1999 - 2007

Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1991 - 1999

Soil Laboratory Manager And Staff Engineer, Staal Gardner and Dunne, Inc, CA, United States, 1990 - 1991

Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, Kansas State University, KS, United States, 1988 - 1989

Memberships

Jordan Society of Engineering, Amman, Jordan, June 1991

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2854

Dr. Mousa Attom

Professor

PhD, Kansas State University, United States

Mousa Attom worked for two years in the industry as a soil laboratory manager and a consultant engineer in Southern California. Dr. Attom has also taught at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Attom's research interests include expansive soil, soil stabilization, soil testing and soil behavior.

Publications

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Sami Tabsh. Plane Strain Sand Properties from Numerical Modelling of Direct Shear Test, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Shaziya Banu, Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Ramesh Vandanapu, Philip Astillo, Naser Al-lozi And Ahmed Khalil. Numerical Analysis of the Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Constructed on Sand-over-Clay Sediment, Buildings, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Rawan Aqel, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Mohammad Yamin. Piping Stabilization of Clay Soil Using Lime, Geosciences, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Ahmed Khalil, Rami Hawileh And Mousa Attom. Exploring Strength of Straight and Bent GFRP Bars: Refinements to CSA S807: 19 Annex E, Aci, March 2024

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Omer Khalafalla. Evaluation of Ground Improvement with Dynamic Replacement and Rapid Impact Compaction of an Artificial Island in the UAE—A Case Study, Asce, February 2024

Mousa Attom, Ramesh Vandanapu, Zahid Khan, Mohammad Yamin, Philip Virgil Astillo, Ahmed Eltayeb And Ahmed Khalil. Prediction of Internal Erosion Parameters of Clay Soils Using Initial Physical Properties, Water, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024

Mousa Attom, Mohammad Yamin, Zahid Khan And Ahmed Eltayeb. Stabilization of Clayey Soils Against Internal Erosion Using Cement-Crushed Glass Mixture, Springer

Shaziya Banu And Mousa Attom. Effect of Curing Time on Lime-Stabilized Sandy Soil against Internal Erosion, Geosciences, 30 March 2023

Mousa Attom, Abdel Razzaq Abu Othman, Abdinasir Ahmed, Abdulla Qaderi, Hamdan Alnuaimi And Essra Alshawabkeh. Improvement of Shear Strength Properties of Clay Soil Using Plastic-Cement Mixture

Shaziya Banu And Mousa Attom. Internal Erosion Stabilization of Cohesionless Soil Using Lime, Water, 24 May 2023

Mousa Attom, Ahmed Khalil And Mohamed Almasaeid. Effects of Various Crushed Glass Particle Sizes on the Engineering Properties of Artificial Sand

Ahmed Khalil, Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Oussama El-kadri. Energy Pile Performance and Design: A State-of-the-Art Review

Mohamed Almasaeid, Mousa Attom And Mohamed Arab. Potential use of Fly Ash Activated with Sodium Hydroxide to Improve Sandy Soils for Pavement Applications

Mousa Attom, Ramesh Vandanapu, Zahid Khan And Ahmed Eltayeb. Influence of plasticity indices on internal erosion of clay soils used in dams

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Continuous Evaluation of Shear Wave Velocity from Bender Elements during Monotonic Triaxial Loading, Materials, 12 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Mousa Attom. Enhancement of Clay Soil strength Using Crushed Glass Waste

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan, Naser Al Lozi And Ahmed Eltayeb. Geo-environmental solution of using crushed glass waste to improve shear strength properties of sandy soil

Zahid Khan, Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Nasser Al Hai. Correlations between SPT, CPT, and Vs for Reclaimed Lands near Dubai, Geotechnical And Geological Engineering, 9 May 2022

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan, Naser Al Lozi And Ahmed Eltaeb. Geo-environmental solution of using crushed glass waste to improve shear strength properties of sandy soil

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Kazi Fattah. Dynamic Characterization of Calcareous Sands from Urban Areas of Abu Dhabi, Appl. Sci, March 2022

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan, Naser Al Lozi And Ahmed Eltayeb. Wheat husk as a mulching technique for subsoil water retention in semi-arid countries/area

Ahmed Altayeb And Mousa Attom. The use of plastic water bottles in soil stabilization, September 2021

Zahid Khan, Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Nasser Al Hai. Geotechnical Characterization and Development of Correlations for Artificial Island near Dubai, The 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, September 2021

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan And Mousa Attom. Degradation Models for the Dynamic Properties of Soils in UAE, June 2021

Mousa Attom, Ramesh Vandanapu, Zahid Khan And Ahmed Eltayeb. A study on influence of engineering properties on erosion characteristics of soil

Mohammed Yamin, Mousa Attom, Serter Atabay And Ramesh Vandanapu. The effect of compaction effort on shear strength parameters of low/high plasticity clay soils, Geotechnical Engineering Journal Of The Seags & Agssea

Hanin Atwan, Mohammad Hamdan, Bassam Abu-nabah, Abdul Hai Alami And Mousa Attom. Experimental Evaluation of Ground Heat Exchanger in UAE, Renewable Energy, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Hanin Atwany, Mohammad Hamdan, Bassam Abu-nabah, Mousa Attom And Abdul Hai Alami. Transient 3D Numerical Simulation of Horizontal Earth Water Heat Exchanger (EWHE), Proceedings Of The International Conference On Advances In Energy Research And Applications (icaera'20), September 2020

Ahmad Mohsin, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Effect of sample size on the dynamic properties of soils in UAE

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. Efficacy of sand columns to increase the sub‑soil moisture content of clay, Sn Applied Sciences, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020

Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Lateral Response of Drilled Shafts in A Moving Cohesive Soil., International Journal Of Civil Engineering, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Mousa Attom And Rawan Aqel. The use of lime to stabilize low plastic silty soil against internal erosion

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. AUGMENTATION OF SUB-SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT OF CLAY USING SAND COLUMNS, 6th International Conference On Integrated Disaster Risk Management, September 2019

Ahmad Mohsen, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Evaluation of dynamic properties of soils in UAE from bender element and cyclic triaxial tests, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Farid Abed, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Response of Base Course in Pavement Structures using Recycled Aggregates and Treated Wastewater, 3rd International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques Icimart’19, March 2019

Mousa Attom, Farid Abed And Ramesh Vandanapu. Soil stabilization using glass-cement mixture, 27 March 2019

Ramesh Vandanapu, Joshua Omer And Mousa Attom. Three-dimensional finite element analyses of ground settlement and structural damage caused by irrigation of desert landscapes overlying collapsible soil strata, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramess Vandanapu. The use of sand column to increase the sub-soil moisture content, 27 August 2018

Farid Abed, Munir Nazzal, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Nouran El Messalami. Use of treated wastewater in the construction of base course layers for sustainable pavement structures, Journal Of Materials In Civil Engineering, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018

Ramesh Vandanapu, Joshua Omar And Mousa Attom. Laboratory simulation of the influence of groundwater rise and drip irrigation on the settlement of a sample of collapsible desert soil, 22 May 2018

Farid Abed, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Investigating the use of recycled aggregates and treated wastewater in pavement structures, Proceedings Of The International Conference On Civil And Infrastructure Engineering, Iccie, March 2018

Mousa Attom. The use of waste glass material to control soil swelling pressure, 26 March 2018

Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El Emam. Effect of admixture’s formulation on the damping of engineered sand, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 20 March 2018

Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. Reducing the collapsibility of clay using a cement-polymeric fibre admixture, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement, 1 February 2018

Farid Abed, M. Nazzal, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam, N Elmessalami And S Al-dabag. The Use of Wastewater in Construction of Base Course Layers in Pavement Structures, Geomeast2017 International Congress And Exhibition, 2017

Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Magdi El-emam And N. Elmessalami. Effect of Treated Waste-Water on Compaction and Consolidation Properties of Fine Soil, International Journal Of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction And Architectural Engineering, 2017

Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Robert Liang. Solutions for Soil-Pile-Soil Forces in Pile Stabilized Slopes, Geotechnical And Geological Engineering, 1 August 2017

Mousa Attom, Md. Mortula And Munjed Alsharif. Shear strength stabilization using burned sludge ash, 28 March 2017

Mousa Attom And Raed Abokwiek. The Effect of Sand Content on the Internal Erosion of Clay Soils, The International Conference On “engineering & Technology, Computer, Basic & Applied Sciences (ecba), August 2016

Ramesh Vandanapu, Joshua Omer And Mousa Attom. Geotechnical case studies: Emphasis on collapsible soil cases, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers: Forensic Engineering, 16 May 2016

Ramesh Vandanapu, Joshua Omar And Mousa Attom. Laboratory study of the effect of surface irrigation on the settlement of a collapsible stratum beneath a lightly loaded structure, March 2016

Ramesh Vandanapu, Joshua Omar And Mousa Attom. A Review on Testing of Collapsible Soils, March 2016

Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Magdi El-emam, M. Nazzal And N Elmessalami. Effect of Treated Wastewater on Some Properties of Road Base Material, Proceedings Of The 2nd International Conference On Infrastructure Management, Assessment And Rehabilitation Techniques, Icimart’16, March 2016

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, N. Elmessalami, H. Joudeh, A. Askarpoor, W. Nounou And A. Alimam. Potential of Using Recycled Aggregate with Treated Wastewater as Road Base Material, Proceedings Of 2016 International Conference On Sustainable Waste Management, (icswm 2016), March 2016

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Aqeel Ahmed. Comparison of dispersion curves from horizontal and vertical components of particle motion, 2015

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Reduction of clay soil collapsibility using cement-polymeric fiber admixture, Proceedings Of 16th African Regional Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, Arc’16, 2015

Jamal Abdalla, Mousa Attom And Rami Hawileh. Prediction of minimum factor of safety against slope failure in clayey soils using artificial neural network, Environmental Earth Sciences, 1 May 2015

Munjed Ai-sharif And Mousa Attom. A geoenvironmental application of burned wastewater sludge ash in soil stabilization, Environmental Earth Sciences, 1 March 2014

Mousa Attom, Rami Hawileh And M. Naser. Investigation on concrete compressive strength mixed with sand contaminated by crude oil products, Construction And Building Materials, 5 June 2013

Mousa Attom, Rami Hawileh And Jamal Abdalla. Development of prediction models for determining minimum factor of safety against slope failure in clayey soils, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013

Jamal Abdalla, Mousa Attom And Rami Hawileh. Artificial neural network prediction of factor of safety of slope stability of soils, 2012

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Numerical prediction of plane strain properties of sandy soil from direct shear test, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 2012

Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Specimen size effect on shear strength parameters of tested clay, Special Issue, Journal Of Nevada Water Resources Association, Vol., 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011

Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. The use of cutting-stone-slurry-waste in engineering practice, Anadolu Journal Of Agricultural Sciences, 1 September 2010

Conference Presentations

Plane Strain Sand Properties from Numerical Modelling of Direct Shear Test, 9th World Congress On Civil, Structural, And Environmental Engineering (csee 2024), 14 April 2024

Influence of plasticity indices on internal erosion of clay soils used in dams, 11th International Mechanical Engineering Research Conference, January 2023

Enhancement of Clay Soil strength Using Crushed Glass Waste, He Joint International Conferences Of The 11th International · Science, Social Sciences, Engineering And Energy Conference I-seec 2022 And The 6th International Conference On Technology And Social Science Ictss 2022, December 2022

Improvement of soil mechanical properties using shredded plastic bottles wastes, International Conference On Technology And Social Science Ictss-2021, December 2021

Geotechnical Characterization and Development of Correlations for Artificial Island near Dubai, The 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, September 2021

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, The Use of Glass Waste and Glass Waste with Cement to Stabilize Soil against Internal Erosion in Earth Fill Dam, June 2022 - May 2025

Grant, Prediction of Internal Erosion Rate Index Based on the Initial Physical Properties of Soils, June 2020 - May 2022

Grant, Seismic site amplification factors for major cities of UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 28 May 2021

Grant, Employing Earth Water Heat Exchanger to reduce Power Consumption of Air-conditioning System, AUS-FRG18, June 2018 - June 2020

Grant, Stabilization of internal erosion of clay soil by using lime material, AUS, June 2017 - 31 May 2018

Grant, 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, Gulf Ecosystems Research (GER), 1 January 2015 - 31 December 2017

Grant, The effect of different soil physical properties on internal erosion of clayey soil, AUS, May 2015 - May 2016