Sami H. Rizkalla, Ph.D., P.Eng., FACI, FASCE, FCSCE, FEIC

sami-rizkalla@ncsu.edu

Dr. Sami Rizkalla is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction and Director of the Constructed Facilities Laboratory at North Carolina State University. He is the Past President of the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence on Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada). Dr. Rizkalla's current research is in the field of advanced composite materials and its use for civil engineering applications. He is Chairman of American Concrete Institute Technical Committee 440 on Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Reinforcement and is a member of ACI Committee 550 on Precast Concrete. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the ASCE Journal Composite for Construction, USA Editor of the Elsevier Science Construction and Building Material Journal and a member of the Advisory Board of the Japanese Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology. He is a member of the TRB Committee A2C07, Structural Fiber Reinforced Polymer and past Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. He is Chief Editor of the FRP International Newsletter.

Dr. Rizkalla is a Fellow of the American Society for Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Fellow of the American Concrete Institute and Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Dr. Rizkalla has been active in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba (APEGM) as past Chairman and member of several committees, and served on the association's council. In 1994, the APEGM awarded Dr. Rizkalla the APEGM Award of Merit for his contributions and activities in engineering education and advancement of technology. In 1995 and 1996, Dr. Rizkalla was presented with an award for superior academic performance by The University of Manitoba. In November 1996, Dr. Rizkalla was selected by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers to receive the 1996 Meritorious Service Award for Professional Service.

Dr. Rizkalla obtained his B.Sc. from Alexandria University, Egypt and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, U.S.A. Dr. Rizkalla has published and presented over 200 technical papers in journals and conferences in the field of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures as well as co-authored four technical books in the fields of structural engineering and advanced composite materials.

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