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1. Ahmad Mousa 1/4
AHMAD
MOUSA
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering - Monash University
: +60-0166173631
: ahmad.w.mousa@gmail.com
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OVERVIEW
I am seeking a position that fits my well-rounded professional experience in engineering coupled with
my strong analytical and managerial skills. My industry engagements in mega projects in several
regions of the United States was a multi-frontal exposure to challenging problems and interdisciplinary
experiences. The interpersonal skills I acquired over the course of those consulting encounters have
further polished my technical knowledge and allowed for a business utilization of technicalities. The
more recent academic dimension of my career is a different venue to relay industrial experience as a
professional engineer through teaching and research. Lessons learned from the latter should be a
transferable asset for handling more complex projects that may require unusual solutions.
DISTINGUISHING QUALIFICATIONS
 Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California and in Egypt
 Certified project manager (CPM) at URS corporation (approved by PMI)
 7 years of north American indusial experience in geotechnical engineering
 Extensive exposure to geotechnical aspects of mega and infrastructure projects
 Field investigation manager at URS Corporation (CA central valley levee system)
 Lead analyst for SJAFCA area at URS Corporation
 Excellent interpersonal skills and report writing
 16 journal and conference papers
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
 Registered Professional Engineer (PE), California State, License #C74439
 Registered Geotechnical Engineer, Egypt, License # 01/06409
 Certified Project Manager (CPM) - accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
EDUCATION
 PhD, Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta [2006]
[GPA: 4.0; Major: Geotechnical Engineering; Minor: City Planning, College of Architecture]
 MS, Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette [2000]
[GPA: 4.0; Major: Geotechnical Engineering]
 MS, Construction Engineering, the American University in Cairo, Cairo [1999]
[GPA: 3.89; Major: Construction Engineering and Management]
 BS, Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo [1992]
[Honors; Major: Civil Engineering; Division: Structural Engineering]

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INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Prime Roles:
 Writing concept reports
 Supervising geotechnical design and analysis
 Monitoring field activities for quality assurance
 Preparation of geotechnical specifications
 Writing geotechnical reports and memorandums
Featured Project:
Kingdom Tower will form the centerpiece and first phase of the wider $20bn (£13bn) Kingdom City, a mixed-use
district to the north of Jeddah Golden. Structural and geotechnical consultant is Dar Al-Handasah.
Prime Roles:
 Leading pavement design/build projects for Interstate highway widening
 Design of shallow and deep foundation
 Writing geotechnical reports and memorandums
 Technical review and quality control for Geotechnical Laboratory
 Special study (Evaluation study on the use of organic matter in levees for USACE)
Featured Project:
Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection Project, Preparation of Preliminary Designs for Six
Pumping Station - Contract Task Order No. 5, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
Tetratech was tasked to perform a thorough professional geotechnical evaluation for the Flood risk
reduction public works in the Larose to Golden Meadow, LA Project for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District. This work was funded by the federal American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). It is intended to raise the flood wall level by up to eight feet over
existing grade in order to accommodate up to 50 to I00-year level flood conditions. In order to achieve
this mission, I performed detailed stability and seepage analyses including some sheet and H-piling, for
a flood risk reduction design at six pumping station locations.
Prime Roles:
 Preparing of subsurface investigation plan
 Preparing of laboratory program and coordination with laboratory
 Coordinating with subcontractors and providing feedback on laboratory program
 Coordinating with client, field representatives and loggers, and CADD, GIS, and gINT teams
 Writing geotechnical reports (GDR, and GER) and technical memorandums
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Dar Al-Handasah
Cairo, Egypt
May 2012 – Sep 2012
Senior Engineer, Field Investigation Manager and Lead Geotechnical Analyst
URS Corporation (AECOM)
Sacramento, CA
Aug 2007 – Aug 2009
Senior Project Engineer and Geotechnical Laboratory Technical Director
AAI (Tetra Tech)
Pasadena, CA
Aug 2009 – Feb 2012

3. Ahmad Mousa 3/4
 Conducting business presentations and client interviews [e.g. independent technical reviews (ITR),
independent consulting board (ICB) and department of water resources (DWR) ]
 Conducting and QC/QA geotechnical analyses: seepage, stability, and liquefaction
 Creating computational customized tools for underseepage evaluation and CPT-based liquefaction
assessment
 Engagement in preparation of company technical procedures and protocol
 Collaborating with economists for cost/benefit studies
Featured Project:
Urban Levee Geotechnical Evaluations Contract 4600007418, San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency
(SJAFCA); San Joaquin County, CA; Department of Water Resources (DWR).
DWR has identified approximately 72 miles of levees that protect the urban communities of San Joaquin County.
URS provided overall coordination and management of the task, as well as the subsurface investigation
of approximately 27 miles of levee on the Calaveras River, Stockton Diverting Canal, and Mormon
Slough (Calaveras River System). The remaining alignment - 45 miles – are located along Bear Creek
and Paddy Creek (Bear Creek System).
Prime Roles:
 Reviewing and providing geotechnical data, design recommendations
 Writing geotechnical reports (GDR, GBR, and GIR) and technical memorandums
 Preparation of field investigation work plans
 Preparation of laboratory testing programs
 Conducting geotechnical analyses
 Performing in-situ geotechnical evaluation and managing miscellaneous fieldwork
Featured Project:
South Fork Willow Creek Detention Basin (Colusa); The Colusa Basin Drainage District of Colusa
County; Glenn County, California.
The detention basin is designed to detain stormwater from upper Willow Creek which would be
released after storm recede. The proposed earth dam was approximately 70-ft high including 10 ft of
free board above the 100-year water surface elevation. The embankment cross section ranges from 200
to 550-ft wide at the bottom and up to 20-ft wide at the top. The total length of the embankment is
roughly 600 ft. The detention basin would accommodate up to 5200 ac-ft of storage and would
inundate approximately 305 ac during the 100-year storm.
Prime Roles:
 Performing site investigation
 Estimating design parameters from field investigation data
 Providing geotechnical recommendations for telecommunication projects
 Writing geotechnical memorandums and reports
Staff Geotechnical Engineer
DMK Solutions Inc. (Currently EGSci Consulting Inc.)
Atlanta, GA
Aug 2003 – Aug 2004
Staff Geotechnical Engineer II
CH2M HILL Inc.
Sacramento, CA
Apr 2006 – Jul 2007

4. Ahmad Mousa 4/4
Featured Project:
DMK Solutions Inc. provided exclusive geotechnical services for Morrison Hershfield Engineers, P.A.
(MH). The services include geotechnical recommendation for existing and new telecommunication
facilities in the south east states – particularly Georgia, Florid and North Carolina. Major beneficiaries
and clients include Nextel Communications (Nextel), Cingular Wireless (CINGULAR), Bechtel
Telecommunications, and Verizon Wireless (Verizon).
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENTS
 Visiting Professor
McGill University
Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Nov 2015 – Feb 2016
 Senior Lecturer
Monash University Malaysia
School of Engineering
Sep 2014 – to date
 Lecturer
The German University in Cairo (GUC)
Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science
Aug 2012 – Aug 2014
 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sep 2002 – Dec 2005
 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
Purdue University
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jan 2000 – May 2000
 Graduate Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor
The American University in Cairo
Engineering Department
Sep 1994 – Jun 1999
LIST OF SELECTED PROJECTS
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APPENDIX
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