Steering Committee

• Khalid M. El Zahaby (EG), Chair
• Mohamed F. Shehata (EG), Chair
• Hany F. Shehata (EG), Vice-Chair
• Nabil Khélifi (DE), Vice-Chair
• Wissem Frikha (TN), Vice-Chair
• Dar-Hao Chen (US), Co-Chair
• Imad L. Al-Qadi (US), Co-Chair
• Tarek H. Abdoun (US), Co-Chair
• Braja Das (US), Advisory Chair
• Harry G. Poulos (AU), Advisory Chair
• Musharraf Zaman (US), Advisory Chair

Conference Advisory Committee

• Imad L. Al-Qadi: University of Illinois, USA (Chair)
• Braja Das: Dean Emeritus, CSU, USA (Co-Chair)
• Musharraf Zaman, Univ of Oklahoma, USA (Co-Chair)
• Sherif W. Agaiby: Dar Al-Handasah (Co-Chair)
• Adil K. Al-Tamimi: American Univ of Sharjah, UAE
• Adrian Rodriguez-Marek: Virginia Polytechnic Inst, USA
• Alaa K. Ashmawy: American University in Dubai, UAE
• Ali Bouafia: Saad Dahlab University, Blida, Algeria
• Amira Abdel-Rahman: HBRC, Egypt
• Anand J. Puppala: University of Texas, Arlington, USA
• Antonio Bobet: Purdue University, USA 
• António Gomes Correia: University of Minho, Portugal
• Antonio Viana da Fonseca: Chairman of TC 102 ISSMGE
• Ather Ashraf: University of the Punjab, Pakistan
• Atilla Ansal: President of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering
• Bin Shi: Nanjing University, China
• Chan Chee-Ming: Univ Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
• Dar-Hao Chen: TXDOT, USA
• David Yánez Santillán: SMIG, Mexico 
• Debra Laefer: Univ College Dublin, Ireland
• Erol Güler: Boğaziçi University, Turkey
• Erol Tutumluer: University of Illinois, USA
• Fadi Hage Chehade: Lebanese University, Lebanon 
• Fernando Tadeo: University of Valladolid, Spain
• G. Hemalatha: Karunya Inst. of Tech. and Sci., India 
• Hany Fekry: Delaware Dept. of Transportation, USA
• Jacob Hiller: MTU, USA
• Jay N. Meegoda: New Jersey Institute of Tech., USA
• Jeffery R. Roesler: University of Illinois, USA
• Jian Liu: Shandong University, China 
• Jia-Ruey Chang: National Ilan University, Taiwan 
• João Pombo: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• John Kaiser Calautit, University of Sheffield, UK 
• Krishna R. Reddy: University of Illinois, USA 
• Louay N. Mohammad: LSU, USA 
• Marc Ballouz: Int’l Institute for Geotechnical & Materials
• Marwan Al Heib: INERIS, France 
• Muhannad T. Suleiman: Lehigh University, USA
• Murad Abu-Farsakh: Louisiana State University, USA
• Neeraj Buch: MSU, USA: President of ISCP
• Rainer Horn: Christian Albrechts Univ. zu Kiel, Germany
• Ramzi Taha: Qatar University, Qatar 
• Sami Rizkalla: North Carolina State University, USA
• Serge Varaksin: Chairman of TC 211, ISSMGE
• Wolfgang Habel: BAM, Berlin, Germany: President of ISHMII
• Zoubeir Lafhaj: École Centrale de Lille, FR

Conference Scientific Committee

• Khalid M. El-Zahaby: Chairman of HBRC, EG (Chair)
• Tarek Abdoun: RPI, USA (Co-Chair)
• Wong K. Kwan: ENTPE, FR (Co-Chair)
• Wissem Frikha: ENIT, TN (Co-Chair)
• Abejide, O. S: Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria 
• Adel Abdelnaby: The University of Memphis, USA
• Ali Karrech: University of Western Australia, Australia
• Amin Almasri: Jordan University, Jordan 
• Amir Hossein Hamidian: University of Tehran, Iran
• Antonin Fabbri: Univ of Lyon/ENTPE, FR
• Audrey Copeland: NAPA, USA 
• Babak Hamidi: GFWA, Australia
• Behzad Fatahi: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Belgasem Jellai: Univ. de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
• Celso Romanel: PUC-Rio, Brazil 
• Chu Jian: NTU, Singapore
• David Jones: University of California, Davis, USA
• Deesy G. Pinto: University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Devendra Narain Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech. Bombay, India
• Dharamveer Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay, India
• Emilio G. Taengua: Queen’s University, UK
• Essaieb Hamdi: National Engineering School, Tunis
• Fathi Abd Raboo: Alexandria University, Egypt
• Hassam N. Chaudhry: Heriot-Watt Univ-UK, UAE 
• Herve DI Benedetto: Univ of Lyon/ENTPE, France
• Hesham Kamal Amin: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
• Imen Said: ENIT, Tunisia
• Janusz Wasowski: CNR-IRPI (National Research Council), Italy
• Jize Yan: University of Cambridge, UK
• Joseph K. Oddei: Ghana Geotechnical Society, Ghana 
• K. Guerrier: Université Quisqueya, Haiti 
• K. Muthukkumaran: NIT, Tiruchirappalli, India
• Khadiga Abdel-Ghany: Geo-Institute of HBRC
• Khalid Alshibli: University of Tennessee, USA
• Lajos Kisgyörgy: Budapest Univ of Tech., Hungary
• Lamia T. Bouebdellah: University of El-Manar, Tunisia
• Lyesse Laloui: EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Manfred N. Partl: Carleton University, Switzerland
• Manik Barman: University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
• Marwa Hassan: Louisiana State University, USA 
• Mohamed A. Zaki: Structural Institute, HBRC, Egypt
• Mohamed F. Shehata: EHE-Consult Group, EG, UAE 
• Mohamed Maher Gad: Ain-Shams University, Egypt
• Mounir Bouassida: ENIT, TN
• Nadia Mokni: IRS[N], France
• Nadia Shnouda: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
• Nasser Darwish: Alexandria University, Egypt
• Neelima Satyam: Inst. of Inf. Tech., Hyderabad, India
• Osman M. O. Ramadan: Cairo University, Egypt 
• Ossama Abd-Elrahman: RPI, USA 
• P. Anbazhagan: IIS, Bangalore, India
• Peter T. Bobrowsky: Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
• Piergiorgio Grasso: President, GEODATA Engineering S.p.A., Italy
• Pijush Samui: VIT University, Vellore, India
• Pingbo Tang: Arizona State University, USA
• Robert L. Parsons: The University of Kansas, USA
• Roberto Valentino: University of Parma, Italy
• Sami Montassar: University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
• Sanjay Kumar Shukla: Edith Cowan University, Australia
• Sarat Kumar Das: IIT Kanpur, India
• Sayed M. A. El-Araby: Ain-Shams University, Egypt 
• Shehata E. Abdel Raheem: Taibah University, SA 
• Sherif S. AbdelSalam: British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt
• Sherif Elfass: University of Nevada, USA
• Suzan Usama: Geo-Institute of HBRC, Egypt
• Tamer M. Sorour: Ain-Shams University, Egypt
• Tarek Thabet Abdel-Fattah: Geo-Institute of HBRC
• Tatsuya Ishikawa: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• Waleed E. El-Sekelly: RPI, USA
• Y. Richard Kim: North Carolina State University, USA
• Youssam Kazan: Lebanese University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
• Zhanping You: Michigan Technological University, USA

Publication Steering Committee

• Hany Farouk Shehata: CEO, SSIGE, Egypt (Chair)
• Imad L. Al-Qadi: University of Illinois, USA (Co-Chair)
• Nabil Khélifi: Springer, Germany (Co-Chair)
• Wissem Frikha: ENIT, Tunisia (Co-Chair)
• Abdullah Galaa: HBRC, Egypt
• Antonio Viana da Fonseca: University of Porto, Portugal
• Devendra Narain Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech. Bombay, India
• Dharamveer Singh: Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay, India
• Gabriele Tebaldi: University of Parma, Italy: President of ISAP
• Hugo Rodrigues: Polytechnic Inst. of Leiria, Portugal
• Jie Han: University of Kansas, USA
• João Pombo: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• John Kaiser Calautit, University of Sheffield, UK
• Khalid El-Zahaby: HBRC, Egypt
• Sanjay Kumar Shukla: Edith Cowan University, Australia
• Sherif W. Agaiby: Dar Al-Handasah, Egypt
• Tarek Abdoun: RPI, USA

Local Organizing Committee