He was Head of Civil Eng. Dept. at Annaba University, Algeria since 1989 he teaches steel structures and conducted many research work in the field of composite steel and concrete columns. He published many articles in established journals. He supervised many Thesis for the degree of Master and Doctorate. He got a long experience in directing many Design Offices in the city of Annaba, Algeria. He is an active person to promote the use of composite structures to overcome many seismic problems in Algeria. He temporally teaches at Al-Baha University, since 2008.