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Mohamed A. Meguid

Professor
PEng, PhD

MSc (Western Ontario, Canada)
PhD (Western Ontario, Canada)
Postdoctoral Fellow (Queen's, Canada)
 

Professor Meguid’s research can be broadly categorized into three primary areas of specialization (i) soil-structure interaction, (ii) geosynthetic engineering, (iii) multi-scale modeling of granular material in contact with buried structures.

Professor Meguid has an international reputation in sustainable design of buried lifeline systems. He is currently a member of the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design at McGill University and has been invited to join the Trenchless Engineering International Research Advisory Committee since 2011. Professor Meguid has served as an expert reviewer for major tunneling projects in Canada.

Since joining McGill, Professor Meguid’s teaching activities have been largely in geotechnical engineering and numerical modeling in geomechanics. In 2010, he received the Samuel and Ida Fromson Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Faculty of Engineering. He was also nominated by the Department for the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2011.

Research interests

  • Physical modeling in geomechanics
  • Geosynthetic Engineering
  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • Micromechanical behavior of granular soils
  • Analysis and design of buried lifeline systems.

Professional activities

  • Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (2004-present)
  • Chair, Department of Civil Engineering (2018-present)
  • Interim Chair, Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, Canadian Geotechnical Society (2020)
  • Associate Editor, Geotextiles and Geomembranes (2019-present)
  • Associate Editor, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions (2020-present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Canadian Geotechnical Journal (2020-present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Geotextiles and Geomembranes (2018-2019)
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (2017-2020)
  • Guest Editor of a Special Issue titled "Buried Infrastructure", International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (2020) 
  • NSERC Evaluation Group Member and Alternate Chair-Committee 1509 Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering (2017-2020)
  • Member of the Technical Committee (TC-R), International Geosynthetics Society (2018-2019)
  • Associate Dean-Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering (2014-2016)
  • Associate Dean–Undergraduate Education, Faculty of Engineering (2012-2014)
  • Associate Chair, Department of Civil Engineering (2010-2012)
  • Member, Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering & Design

Awards

  • Nominated for the Faculty of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, McGill University (2020)
    Winner of Samuel and Ida Fromson Award for outstanding teaching, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University (2010)
  • Nominated for the Faculty of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, McGill University (2006)
  • Best Professor's Award, CEUS, McGill University (2006)
  • Best Professor's Award, CEUS, McGill University (2005)
  • Industrial Research Fellowship, NSERC-IRF (2004)
  • Queen's PDF Fellowship (2003)
  • Best Graduate Thesis Award, Canadian Tunnelling Association (2002)
  • L.G. Soderman Award for excellence in Geomechanics research, The University of Western Ontario (2002)
  • NSERC Industrial Research Fellowship (2002)
  • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, PGSA and PGSB (1996-2000)
  • Milos Novak Memorial Award, Geotechnical Research Centre, The University of Western Ontario (1996)

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