2015 ASCE Noble Prize Winner Dr. Mohamed Soliman joins OSU CEAT faculty

Friday, August 7, 2015

(STILLWATER, Okla., August 7, 2015) – CEAT will welcome Mohamed Soliman, Ph.D., to its faculty as an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering this fall.
Soliman was recently recognized for his research in the field of life-cycle engineering. He, along with his Ph.D. adviser Dan M. Frangpool, received the 2015 Alfred Noble Prize for their paper: Life-Cycle Management of Fatigue-Sensitive Structures Integrating Inspection Information.

"I was very glad when I was informed that I won the prize,” Soliman says. “What makes the prize more prominent is the fact that it is cross-disciplinary, which means that our paper was selected as the best among all the papers published in the technical journals of several major engineering societies in the US."

With over 15 years of academic and industry experience, Soliman’s research and expertise will be an asset to the CEAT faculty. His current research focuses on the life-cycle performance assessment and management of bridges and naval vessels.

"I am excited and proud to be a part of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oklahoma State University,” Soliman says. “The academic excellence of OSU, word-renowned research facilities and the unmatched opportunities for collaboration with existing faculty members will definitely support me to reach my long-term career goals."

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) awards the Alfred Noble Prize, established in 1929, to authors of technical papers of exceptional merit. ASCE will present the award at their annual conference in New York City on October 13, 2015.

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