Author: Ayman S. Mosallam
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Bio: Dr. Mosallam is  a Professor of Structural and Earthquake Engineering and the Director of the UCI Structural Engineering Testing Hall at the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is a registered Structural Professional Engineer in USA and has more than thirty-three years of experience in structural engineering with a particular interest in development of advanced materials, innovative building systems and affordable housing. Over the years, Dr. Mosallam has led several ventures related to structures and infrastructural systems and has succeeded in transferring several structural innovative systems from the laboratory to the field that are being used in USA.  He is the Founder of the Egyptian Green Building Council (egypt-gbc.org) and has served as a mentor to initiate several Green Building Councils in Africa and Asia. He is the principal author of the Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) of Egypt. Professor Mosallam is a leading authority in USA and in Egypt in the area of nonconventional building system, especially those that are environmentally-friendly and energy efficient.  He is the Principal Author of the Acceptance Criteria AC 3-01 that is issued by the
Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC). He is a member of ASCE Construction Institute Materials Directorate (Executive Committee) and a Control Member on the ASCE Structural Composites and Plastics Committee (SCAP).  Professor Mosallam serves on the Technical Advisory Board of the International Accreditation Service (IAS). He has published over 450 technical papers, chapters, and reports on structural performance of structural systems and authored, edited and co-edited seven books in this area. He is the author of the ASCE Design Manual for Composites Joints and the co-developer of the ASCE/PIC Prestandard Document on Structural Design of Pultruded FRP Composite Structures.
He is serving on the editorial board of Composites: Part B Journal and the Guest ditor for special issues on Infrastructure Applications for Composites: Part B International Journal, and recently the Reinforced Plastics and Composites Journal. Professor Mosallam is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Outstanding Research Award from the International Conference of Composites Engineering, Best Design Paper Award from Composite Institute, the Industry Impact Award , Best Paper Award from SPI, and the Outstanding Engineering Educator of Year Award