Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Amr A. Kandil holds a B.Sc. degree in construction engineering from the American University in Cairo (AUC). Shortly after receiving his bachelors degree he joined Bechtel International’s Cairo office to work as a project controls engineer on a $300 million hotel development project. During his employment at Bechtel he was also pursuing his Masters degree in construction engineering at AUC. During his master degree he started up, with a number of partners, an engineering consulting firm where he was the managing partner. After completing his masters he was awarded a W. E. O’Neil pre-doctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his studies at the University of Illinois he worked as a teaching assistant for a number of courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and as a research assistant on a number of externally funded projects. Dr. Kandil's main research interests are in the use of information technology applications for decision support in large-scale infrastructure projects and in sustainable infrastructure construction.

 

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2005)

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering with a Computational Science and Engineering Option.

GPA: 3.91/4.0

Research Topic: Multi-Objective Optimization for Large-Scale Highway Construction Projects

The American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt (2001)

Master of Science in Construction Engineering.

GPA: 3.89/4.0

Research Topic: Clustered Simulation Modeling for the Probabilistic Analysis of Large Networks

The American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt (1999)

Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering. Honors.

Major: Construction Engineering.

GPA: 3.51/4.0

 

Work Experience

Assistant Professor (Aug. 2005 to Date )

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University

 

Research and Teaching Assistant (Aug. 2002- June 2005)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

 

W. E. O’Neil Pre-Doctoral Fellow (Aug.2001-Aug.2002)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

 

Managing Partner (Sep.2000-Aug.2001)

AES Engineering Services, Cairo, Egypt

 

Project Controls Engineer (Aug.1999-Sep.2000)

Bechtel International, Cairo, Egypt.

 

Planning and Controls Engineer (Feb.1999-Aug.1999)

PROMANDAS Consulting Group, Cairo, Egypt. 

 

Summer Intern (Jun.1998-Aug.1998)

ABB International, Cairo, Egypt.

 

Summer Intern (Jun. 1997-Aug.1997)

Team Engineering Enterprises, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.