Wail N. Al-Rifaie
Philadelphia University
Jordan
Biography
Wail N. Al-Rifaie is the former President of University of Technology, Baghdad where holds a chair in the Building and Construction Engineering Department. He received his Ph.D in Structural Engineering from University of Wales, University College, Cardiff, U.K. in 1975. Professor Wail received the Telford Premium Prize from the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1976 on the strength of his doctoral work. He has been awarded numerous national honors including the Outstanding Professor Award (1996), the Science Merit Medal (2001) and the Science Decoration in the same year. He was a special professor at Nottingham University, UK in years 2008-2011. Professor Wail has supervised over 70 post graduate thesis and published over 110 scientific papers, the majority of which concern ferrocement elements, including membrane roof structures, box beams, load bearing walls and columns, hydraulic containment structures and thin shells such. He is the author of 7 Books in the field of Structural Analysis. Professor Al-Rifaie introduced a structural system for housing and emergency shelter using ferrocement as structural elements. Recently Prof. Al-Rifaie focusing on nano materials for construction
Abstract
Abstract : A step-by-step liberalized procedure for Ultimate Analysis of Space Structure