His primary research foci are in highway engineering, pavement performance modeling, pavement management and sustainability, and life cycle analysis. Dr. El-Hakim is a professional engineer in Ontario with nine years of industrial and academic experience. He is an adjunct assistant professor in University of Waterloo. As a consultant, he worked on several infrastructure projects, some of which included airports, highways, and municipal roads. His technical background and project experience in infrastructure projects includes in-depth knowledge of the nondestructive and destructive testing of pavements, infrastructure condition surveys, and pavement investigations.