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Adnan A. Basma - Professional Activities & Affiliations
P. O. Box 27272, Civil Engineering Department
College of Engineering, The University of Sharjah
Sharjah – United Arab Emirates
Phone:  +971 (6) 505 0957 (Office)
Mobile:  +971 (50) 796 6028

Fax:

+971 (6) 5050401
E-mail: aabasma@sharjah.ac.ae

Web:

http://aabasma.com

April 2002
  INVITED SEMINARS  

  1. "Slopes and Embankments: Failures and Methods of Avoiding Them", March 12, 1990. Invited by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Amman - Jordan.

  2. "Prediction of Expansion Degree For Natural Compacted Clays", American University of Beirut (AUB), April 1, 1993. Invited by the Department of Civil Engineering.

  3. "Characterization of Expansive Clays", Kuwait University, Feb. 21, 1994. Invited by the Department of Civil Engineering.

  4. "Design of Foundations on Expansive Clays", Nov., 1994. Invited by the Jordanian Engineering Association, Irbid - Jordan.

  5. "Behavior of Expansive Clays Under Cyclic Swelling", Nov. 1996. Invited by the Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat - Oman.

  6. "Civil Engineers: Who Are We?" April 2002. Invited by the Department of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah.
  SHORT COURSES DELIVERED  

  1. Slopes and Earth Retaining Structures. One-week course for Civil Engineers from Greater Amman Municipality. Amman - Jordan. 5 - 9 Jan., 1991.

  2. Expansive and Collapsible Soils in Jordan. Two-week course for Jordanian Engineering Association, Greater Amman Municipality and Irbid Municipality. Amman - Jordan. 14 - 25, Jan., 1995.

  3. Advanced Use of MS WORD and EXCEL. One-week course for Final Year CE Students.. Oct. 12-16, 1996. Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat - Oman.

  4. Foundations on Difficult Soils. One-week course for Civil Engineers from Muscat Municipality. 13-17 June, 1998. Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat - Oman.
  WORKSHOPS ATTENDED  

  1. The Art of Education at University Level, 12 - 16 March 1993 Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid - Jordan.

  2. Educational Technology Workshop, 22-26 September 2001, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat - Oman.

  3. E-learning, E-business and E-security, Workshop organized by TranData, 12 November 2001. Metropolitan Beach Resort in Jumaira, Dubai- UAE.

  4. Bentley 2002 Workshop: Civil Products, Buildings and Geoengineering, 29 - 30, January 2002, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai - UAE.

  5. International Workshop on Roller Compacted Concrete, 7-10 April 2002, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid - Jordan (Member of Scientific Committee)

  6. ABET International Workshop, 26 - 27 April 2002, Istanbul, Turkey.
  CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES  

  1. Moderated a session in The Second International Conference on Foundations and Tunnels, The Univ. of London, England, September 1989. (Invited)

  2. Moderated a session in The Third Scientific Day, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid - Jordan, April 1992. (Invited)

  3. Moderated a session in The 32nd Science Week, Damascus Univ., Syria, November 1992. (Invited)

  4. Conference Secretary and Co-Chair of Managing Committee, International Conference on Geoenvironment 2000, Sultan Qaboos University, March 2000

  5. Organizing Committee, Plastic and The Environment, Collaboration between University of Sharjah and UNIDO, Sharjah, March 2000.

  6. Advisory Committee, Forum on The Changing Role Of Engineering Education In The Information Age - Innovation And Tradition, University of Sharjah, April 2001.

  7. Moderated a session in Educational Technology Symposium, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 22-26 September 2001.

  8. Scientific Committee: International Workshop on Roller Compacted Concrete, 7 - 10 April, 2002, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid - Jordan

  9. Advisory Committee: Forum on Generic Attributes in Undergraduate Engineering Education, University of Sharjah, May 2002.

  10. Scientific Committee: Engineering Education in the Arab World, 29 - 30 April, 2003, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

  11. Advisory Committee: Forum on Building Partnership With Government, Industry & Society, to be held at University of Sharjah, 14 - 15 October, 2003.

  12. Chair of Organizing Committee: International Conference in Geotechnical Engineering, to be held at University of Sharjah, 3 - 6 October, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
  Professional Affiliations  

  1. American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Associate Member.

  2. American Concrete Institute, ACI, Member.

  3. American Society of Testing and Materials, ASTM, Member.

  4. National Research Council, NRC, Member

  5. Transportation Research Board, TRB, Member.

  6. British Geotechnical Society, BGS, Member

  7. Canadian Geotechnical Society, CGS, Member.

  8. National Professional Engineers, NPE, USA, Member.

  9. HTML Writers Guild, USA, Member.

  10. HTML Authors Association, USA, Member
  Review Duties (Papers and Projects):  

  1. Geotechnical Engineering Journal, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Hong Kong.

  2. Structural Safety Journal, USA

  3. Transportation Research Board, Washington, USA.

  4. Mu'ta Journal for Engineering Research, Mu'ta University, Jordan

  5. Yarmouk Journal for Scientific Research, Yarmouk University Jordan

  6. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

  7. Board of Advisors, America Board of International Research, USA.

  8. Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

  9. Australian Journal of Soil Research, Australia

  10. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, USA