Prof. Walid El Kammash

  • Dr. El Kamash is the Vice Dean of Faculty of Engineering at Suez Canal University, Professor and accredited consultant of geotechnical and foundation. He is holding the philosophy of doctorate degree as well as Master of Science degree from the Suez Canal University and a visiting scholar of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Kansas in USA. He is qualified as a Mentor, Professor at the Civil Engineering Department. In addition to teaching, he is providing consultancy in Civil Engineering, included geotechnical engineering, Structural analysis, pavement design, construction quality control, destructive and non-destructive tests of concrete.

Consultancy and supervision works

  • He is providing consultancy and professional training to staff major oil and gas operators in Egypt and GCC countries. Dr. El Kamash is the chairman of “EDH consultations in geotechnical and structures” which contributes in designing and consulting many projects especially in oil and gas companies such as Petrobel and EPC, El sewedy, Capital and others. He has published numerous articles on a range of Geotechnical engineering & structural analysis and Supply Chain topics.

Dr Walid has been the consultant for the following projects :

–  Th plasma centre in the governorate of Ismailia.
–  Qeha and Edfina factories in new El Sadat City.
–  The new Port Said Stadium.
–  The new poly propylene station in Port Said governorate.
–  The new porto Said project in the governorate of port Said.
–  The artificial lakes in El LLAHON.
–  The grand garage in El Tahrir Square.
–  The males accommodation project in El Arish.
–  The females accommodation project in El Arish.
–  Dar El Eftaa project in El Suez City.

  • From January 2010 to October 2010, he took up the role of Department Manager at Belayeim Petroleum company in Egypt. Being involved in industrial works, he was in charge of supervising assigned staff and managing the design, procurement, and construction contracting processes according to company standard. Part of his duties involved negotiating modifications with architects and consulting engineers, with a constant focus on improving operations, minimizing turnaround times, and streamlining work processes. He took pride in fostering a collaborative and efficient workplace that aimed to provide high-quality, seamless customer service.
  •  From January 2008 to December 2009, he assumed the position of Head Section at the same company, supervising industrial works mainly. He proactively attended pre-construction conferences, conducted field investigations, and reviewed tender specifications, scopes of work, and commercial terms and conditions of the tender. Providing technical advice to architects, engineers, and contractors on code conformance issues was part of his daily tasks.
  • Civil Engineer at Belayeim Petroleum Company in Egypt from June 1999 to December 2007. He oversaw responsibilities which included supervision and inspection, technical evaluation and contracting, planning, control, coordination, and safety.

A few projects that he has consulted include:

–  Spearheading the industrial works at the BELAYIM plant at Port Fouad fields FIELD “TEMSAH” between 1999 and 2001. This entailed overseeing the excavation, driving piles, casting R.C. by pumps steel, roads, infrastructure, etc., for the oil and gas plant.

– Undertaking the Demmiatta-Port Said Highway project, where he managed the asphalting of a 12 Km stretch of the highway, as well as the construction of light structures from 2001 to 2002.

–  Laying the Skada cable across the Suez Canal to Rafah, which involved controlling the gas valves, from 2001-2002 in Sinai.

–  Designing light structures needed for the plant, including a car workshop, construction workshop, warehouses, foundations, etc.

–  Supervising all projects in the plant.

Academic Achievements:

  • June 2017- to 2020, Associate Professor, Chairman of civil Engineering Dept Suez Canal Univ., Egypt
  • 2010- June 2017 , Assistant Professor Jazan Univ., KSA, Taught several courses including: Geotechnical engineering, Geology for engineering, Engineering Economy.
  • Jan2010-May2010, Adjacent Lecturer HTI, 10th of Ramadan, EGYPT, Taught: Strength of materials,
  • 2004-2005, Ass. Lecturer. High Institute for comprehensive professions, Lybia

– Reviewing papers for international journal of int. Journal of geomechanics, Ain Shams Journal and …et

– Reviewing papers for the conference of Canadian Society Civil Engineering CSCE

– Taught several courses including: Soil mechanics, Structure, fluid mechanics.

TITLE OF DISSERTATIONS :

  • Analysis of 3D-structures resting on piled raft, Ph.D. Thesis, Suez Canal Univ., Egypt, 2009.
  • Analysis of Structures Resting on Non-Linear Soil, M. Sc. Thesis, Suez Canal Univ., Egypt, 2004.

VISITING Scholar

  • Australia, James Cook University, Department of Civil from Feb 2020 till August 2020
  • USA, University of Kansas, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, from 29 Jun 2011, till 30 July 2011 and from Nov 2015 till Jan 2016
  • USA, University of Kansas, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, from 1 Jun 2012, till 30 Jun 2012
  • Turkey, Istanbul University, Department of Civil Engineering, from 18 Jan2013, till 31 Jan 2013.
  • USA, University of Kansas, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, from 30 OCT 2015, till 31 Jan 2016.

International Conference Articles

  • El Kamash, W. (2010):”Alternative Economical Approach of Design Foundations of Petroleum Constructions”, conference MOC2010, Alex, Egypt.
  • El Kamash, W., El Gendy M., Salib R., Kandil M. (2012):”Analysis of Shear Walls on Piled Raft under Earthquake Excitations”, conference 2012CSCE Canadian society of Civil Engineering, Edmonton, Canada. From 3 to 9 Jun 2012.
  • El Kamash, W. (2013):” Studying the effect of soft clay layer with different thicknesses on piled raft considering the superstructure.”, conference of Canadian society of Civil Engineering, Montreal, Canada. From 29 May to 1 Jun 2013.
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H. (2014): “EPS supported fibre reinforced concrete slabs on grade built over soft clay” proceeding of conference GEO Regina, Canada. 28/9-1/10 2014
  • El Kamash, Sadik and Han “Two-dimensional parametric study of geosynthetic-reinforced column- supported embankment widening using the Modified Cam Clay model”, 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Berlin, 2014.
  • Influence of EPS Geofoam on the Soft Foundation Improved by Deep Mixed Columns
  • W El Kamash, S Oztoprak, (DM-2015) Proceedings of the Deep Mixing 2015 Conference
  • El Kamash, W. A Developed Analytical Formula for Horizontal Pressure on Barricades at Vertical Granular Backfilled Vertical Stopes. In Geo-Congress 2022 (pp. 544-553).

Reviewing activities and memberships

  • He worked as a reviewer for conference 2013 CSCE Canadian society of Civil Engineering, Montreal, Canada. From 29 May to 1 Jun 2013.
  • He worked as reviewer for Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, MS #: MTENG-3525R1
  • He worked as reviewer for 10th IGS conference 2014, Berlin, Germany.
  • Advisor for six master students (2 graduated)
  • Advisor for two PhD student (in progress)
  • He worked as a reviewer for the international Journal “Geomechanics and Engineering”.

Publications

  • Faysal, K, El Gendy, M.,Salib, R., El Kamash, W. (2003):”Application of Framework Analogy on 3D-Space Structure-Soil Interaction”, Suez canal Univ., Egypt.
  • Faysal, K, El Gendy, M.,Salib, R., El Kamash, W. (2003):”Analysis of 3D-Space Multistorey Structures Under Earthquake Excitation”, Ain Shams Univ., Egypt.
  • Faysal, K, El Gendy, M.,Salib, R., El Kamash, W. (2009):” Nonlinear analysis of piled raft with 3D-space structure”, Port-Said Engineering Research Journal, V. 13, no. 2, Sep. (2009), Egypt
  • Faysal, K, El Gendy, M.,Salib, R., El Kamash, W. (2009):” Analysis of Structures on Piled Raft under Earthquake Excitations”, Ain Shams Journal of Civil Engineering (ASJCE), Vol. 1, No. 1., Sept., 2009, pp.203-214
  • El Kamash (2012),”The positioning and thickness effect for soft clay layer on 3D-building resting on piled raft” Journal of Ain Shams Elsevier, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 17–26.
  • El Kamash, W, El Gendy, M.,Salib, R.,Kandil, M (2013),“.Studying of Shear Walls with Piled Raft over Soft Soil against Seismic Loads”, Journal of Port Said Engineering Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 144-152.
  • Abdelrahman and El Kamash (2014) “Behavior Improvement of Raft Foundation on Port-Said Soft Clay Utilizing Geofoam” Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics GSP 238, ASCE , pp557-566.
  • Serag, M., Abd Allah, A., El Kamash, W., Shams, M. (2014) “High Stability Dense Asphalt Mixture with Reduced Maximum Size Aggregate”, The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Vol. 17 No. 3.
  • El Kamash, W. and Han, J.(2014)“Displacements of Column-supported Embankments over Soft Clay after Widening Considering Soil Consolidation and Column Layout: Numerical Analysis Soils and Foundations” Journal of Soils and Foundations, Vol. 54 (6).
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar. (2018) “Numerical Study on buckling of end-bearing piles in soft soil subjected to axial loads” Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering.
  • El. Gendy, I. El. Araby, W. El. Kamash, E. Sallam, A. El. Labban (2018) “Effect of Using EPS Geofoam on Deformation Behavior of Square Footings on Clay Subjected to Static and Dynamic Loads: Experimental Study”, 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications,  Springer International Publishing, https://www.springerprofessional.de/effect-of-using-eps-geofoam-on-deformation-behavior-of-square-fo/15790862.
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H, Nabil, M. and Ata, A. (2020) “Optimizing the Unconnected Piled Raft Foundation (UPRF) for Soft Clay Soils: Numerical study” KSCE Journal of civil Engineering.
  • Zakaria, Mohamed Mamdouh, et al. “Stabilization of Soft Clay Soil by Deep Mixing.” Life Science Journal 17.3 (2020).‏
  • El Gendy, M., El Araby, I., El Kamash, W., Sallam, E., & El Labban, A. (2017). Experimental Study for the Effect of Static and Dynamic Loads on Clay Utilizing Geofoam. Port-Said Engineering Research Journal, 21(2), 241-249.‏
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H., To, P., & Sivakugan, N. (2021). The effect of long-term consolidation on foundations underpinned by micropiles in soft clay. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.‏
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H., & Nagaratnam, S. (2021). Numerical analysis of lateral earth pressure coefficient in inclined mine stopes. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 7(3), 1-24.‏
  • Aneke, F. I., Mostafa, M. M., & El Kamash, W. (2021). Pre-compression and capillarity effect of treated expansive subgrade subjected to compressive and tensile loadings. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 15, e00575.‏
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H., To, P., & Sivakugan, N. (2022). The effect of long-term consolidation on foundations underpinned by micropiles in soft clay. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 13(1), 101487.‏
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H., & Nagaratnam, S. (2022). Novel adaptation of Marston’s stress solution for inclined backfilled stopes. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 61(10), 8221-8239
  • El Kamash, W., El Naggar, H., & Nagaratnam, S. (2021). Numerical analysis of lateral earth pressure coefficient in inclined mine stopes. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 7, 1-24.‏
  • El Kamash, W., Hafez, K., Zakaria, M., & Moubarak, A. (2021). Improvement of soft organic clay Soil using vertical drains. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 25(2), 429-441.‏
  • El Kamash, W., & El Naggar, H. (2021). Numerical Simulation of the Installation of Vibro Displacement Columns in Normally Consolidated Clay Using a Field Case Study. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 7, 1-19.‏
  • El Kamash, W., & El Naggar, H. (2023). Improving Tilted Foundations Over Soft Clay Using Micropiles: Numerical Analysis. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1-22.‏

REFERENCES

  • Han Jie, Professor geotechnical, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, university of Kansas, USA, Tel  +1 785-864-3714, email:jiehan@ku.edu, www.people.ku.edu/~jiehan
  • Mohamed M. El Gendy, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering Department., Suez Canal University, EGYPT, Tel +2-(011)258-4579. e-mail: melgendy@elpla.com
  • Oztoprak S., geotechnical Eng., Department of civil Engineering, Istanbul university, Turkey, sadikoztoprak@gmail.com.
  • Hany El Naggar, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Dalhousie University,Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Email: Hany.Elnaggar@dal.ca, Phone: +1902-494-3904, Fax: 902- 494-3108,https://www.dal.ca/faculty/engineering/civil-resource/faculty-staff/our-faculty/professors/hany-el-naggar.html.
  • A/Prof. Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Associate professor, James Cook university, Department of civil engineering, Email: sivakugan@jcu.edu.au, Phone:+6174781443.
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