Gamal Abouelenean

  • Academic Advisor
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Abouelenean is an Assistant Professor with the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and a member of Civil Engineering Advisory Board (CEAB). He received his Ph.D. in 1998 and M.S. in 1994 in Civil Engineering from Suez Canal University. He did his Ph.D. research under the Joint Supervision System between Tulane University and Suez Canal University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama. He also has a strong consulting experience, and over ten years of research experience in Water Resources, Hydrology, and Environmental Hydraulics.

Dr. Abouelenean's primary research interests include Water Resources Engineering, Hydraulics Engineering, Bridge Hydraulics, Bridge Scour, Numerical Modeling, and Computer Applications.

Dr. Abouelenean worked as a Principal Professional Engineer with Water Professionals Engineering, Inc in Alabama since 2006, and Associate Hydraulics Engineer with Saliba Engineering, Inc since 2004 in Florida. He also worked as a Doctorate Engineer at Suez Canal University and taught graduate- and undergraduate-level classes in Hydraulics and water resources engineering. He was a principal/co-principal investigator in number of researches, analyses, and design of projects in Water Resources/Hydraulics Engineering. He worked as an external academic expert and evaluated 22 higher educational systems’ projects in the framework TEMPUS program that supports the development of higher education systems in the European partner countries.

Dr. Abouelenean has been working on developing and setting up a Civil Engineering Program in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) since 2007. The program was approved by the State University of New York on November 2008. The program was registered by New York  State Education Department as a professional BE Civil Engineering Program on July 2009.

Dr. Abouelenean is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a member of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institution (COPRI), a member of the Egyptian Society of Civil Engineers (EEA), a members of the Public Service Center for Development of Engineering Researches and Technological Planning in Port Said (ERCDTP), a member of the Arab Research Institute in Science & Engineering (ARISE).

Dr. Abouelenean has several publications in the field of Water Resources/Hydraulics and Sediment Scour Engineering and GIS Applications.

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