Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Journal of Civil Engineering Research is an open access scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of civil engineering around the world. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in civil engineering and thus advancement of civil engineering sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems in different areas of civil engineering.

Marwan Sadek

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Associate Professor, University of Lille 1, France

Research Areas

Soil Structure Interaction, Soil Dynamics, Numerical Modeling

Education

2003Ph.DCivil Engineering, University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille
1998-1999MasterCivil Engineering, University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille
1993-1998Engineering DiplomaCivil Engineering, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering

Experience

2005-present2005-Today: Associate Professor at Polytech'Lille-University of Lille 1-Sciences and Technologies, Head of Master 1 in Civil Engineering (85 students)
2002-20052002-2005: Bridge design Engineer at the society ACOGEC and part time lecturer at Polytechnic University of Lille

Academic Achievement

Scientific Excellence research prime awarded by the ministry of education (First rank ; 2009-2014)
Selected as the French candidate by the French committee of soil mechanics to participate in the "Second Young Geotechnical Engineer's Conference (Iygec) 2003 à Mamaia-Roumanie, 6-11 septembre 2003. Participation of 45 countries
Eiffel Scholarship of Distinction from the French government (1999-2002)
Merit Scholarship for Master degree study from the Francophone agency AUF

Membership

Member of the specialists committee (Section 60) of the Laboratory of Mechanics of Lille (2006-2008)
Member of the committee of selection (Section 60) at the University of Lille (Since 2009)
Member of the board of examiners of the TIPE test for preparatory class of prestigious engineering Schools in France (Concours Grandes Ecoles)
Member of Administration Council of Polytechnic University of Lille (2010-2014)
Member of Scientific Council of Polytechnic University of Lille (2010-2014)

Publications: Journals

[1]  Shahrour I., Sadek M. & Ousta R. (2001), "Three-dimensional finite element modeling of the seismic behavior of micropiles used as foundation support element", Transportantion Research Board, journal of "SOIL MECHANICS", TRB 2001, Transportation Research Record 1772, pp 84-91.
[2]  Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2004), "Three dimensional finite element analysis of the seismic behaviour of inclined micropiles", ELSEVIER, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, Volume 24, pp 473-485.
[3]  Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2006), "Influence of the head and tip connection on the seismic performance of micropiles ", ELSEVIER, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 26 (5), pp. 461-468.
[4]  Louay K., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2007), "Influence of the soil-structure interaction on the fundamental period of buildings", Wiley, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2007; 36:2445-2453.
[5]  Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2007), "Use of the Boussinesq solution in geotechnical and road engineering: influence of plasticity ", Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Elsevier, Thematic issue, Joseph Boussinesq, a Scientist of bygone days and present times, Tome 335, 2007, pp 516-521.
[6]  Ali B., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2008), " Elasto-viscoplastic finite element analysis of the longterm behavior of flexible pavements ", International Journal of Road Materials and Pavements Design, Volume 9, Issue 3, July 2008, Pages 463-479.
[7]  Ali B., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2008), " Modélisation numérique de l'orniérage : application aux voiries urbaines", European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, VOL 12/9-10-2008-pp.1165-1180.
[8]  Parish Y., Shahrour I., Sadek M. (2008) "INFLUENCE OF THE WATER-SKELETON INTERACTION IN SEISMIC RESPONSE OF EARTH DAMS", The International Journal of Multiphysics, Volume 2, Number 3, October 2008, pp. 267-277(11).
[9]  Ali B., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2009) "Finite-Element Model for Urban Pavement Rutting: Analysis of Pavement Rehabilitation Methods", Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Volume 135, Issue 4, pp. 235-239, 2009.
[10]  Parish Y., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2009) "Numerical analysis of the seismic behaviour of earth dam", Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 451-458, 2009.
[11]  SADEK M., Mroueh H., Shahrour I. (2010) "Influence of nonlinearity on the stress distribution in the soil-application to road engineering problems", Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, In Press, Volume 136, Issue 1, pp. 77-83.
[12]  Shahrour, I. Khoshnoudian, F., Sadek, M., Mroueh, H. (2010) "Elastoplastic analysis of the seismic response of tunnels in soft soils ", Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 25 (4), pp. 478-482.
[13]  Ali B., Sadek M. (2011) "Experimental analysis of the influence of crumb rubber addition on the short-term aging of Syrian asphalt", Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer, 6 May 2011, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1007/s12517-011-0342-3.
[14]  Mhanna M., Sadek M., Shahrour I (2011) "Numerical modeling of traffic-induced ground vibration", Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, In press.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2002) "Three dimensional Finite element analysis of the seismic behaviour of inclined micropiles", 5th European conference, Numge 2002, 4-6 Septembre 2002, Paris, pp. 995-100
[2]  Sadek M. & Shahrour I. (2003) "Influence of piles inclination on the seismic behavior of groups of flexible piles", Transportantion Research Board, TRB 82 Annual Meeting January 12-16, 2003, Washington.
[3]  Sadek, M. & Shahrour, I. (2003) "Seismic behavior of pinned-headed micropiles" Second young geotechnical engineer's conference (Iygec) 2003, Mamaia-Roumanie, 6 au 11 septembre 2003.
[4]  Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2003) "Influence of Boundary conditions on the seismic behaviour of micropiles foundations". International Workshop on soil-structure interaction, organised by TC 4 Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering of the ISSMGE, Prague, 24 August 2003.
[5]  Ali B., Sadek M., Shahrour I. (2005) "An ecological method to improve the short-term aging resistance of asphalt using Crumb Rubber" International conference of Urban Engineering, Lille,2005.
[6]  KHALIL L., SADEK M. & SHAHROUR I. (2007) "Influence of the soil-structure interaction (SSI) on the fundamental frequency of structures", 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Greece, June 2007.
[7]  SADEK M., Mroueh H. & SHAHROUR I. (2008) "BOUSSINESQ SOLUTION IN GEOTECHNICAL AND ROAD ENGINEERING", 10th International Conference on Application of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, May 2008. Cet article a obtenu un premier avis favorable pour être publié dans un numéro spécial d'un journal ASCE.
[8]  ALI B., SADEK M. & SHAHROUR I. (2008) "EVALUATION OF URBAN PAVEMENT RUTTING REPARATION USING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING", 10th International Conference on Application of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, May 2008.
[9]  PARISH Y., SADEK M. & SHAHROUR I. (2008) "Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Behaviour of Earth Dam", 7th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, Southampton, July 2008.
[10]  HAGE CHEHADE F. and M. SADEK (2008) "Numerical Analysis of slopes stability under seismic loading in Lebanon", 5th Congress of Scientific Research Outlook in the Arab World: "Scientific Innovation and Sustained Development", 2008, Fez-Morocco.
[11]  F. HAGE CHEHADE, M. SADEK & I. SHAHROUR (2009) "Non Linear Global Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Slopes Stability Under Seismic Loading", the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications (ACTEA),Beirut, IEEE, pp.46-51,2009.
[12]  F. HAGE CHEHADE, M. SADEK & I. SHAHROUR (2010) "Non linear numerical modelling of slopes stability under seismic loading and Reinforcement Effect", 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, NUMGE 2010, Trondheim, Norway.