Prof. Abdel Mohsen Onsy Mohamed
Dean of the College of Research and Graduate Studies
Prof. Abdel Mohsen Onsy Mohamed earned his M. Eng. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1987 from the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. From 1981 to 1998 Prof. Mohamed was employed by McGill University, and was the Associate Director of the Geotechnical Research Centre (GRC) and a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. From 1998 to 2011, Prof. Mohamed was employed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) University, where he served as the Deputy Assistant Provost for Research, Research Director of the University, Advisor to the Assistant Provost for Research, Director of Research Support and Services Unit, Research Affairs Sector, and Professor of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. Since 2011, Prof. Mohamed is employed by Abu Dhabi University, UAE, as the Dean of College of Research and Graduate Studies (CRGS).
Prof. Mohamed filed and published fifteen (15) patents; authored and coauthored seven (7) books; edited eleven (11) Books; and published over 230 papers in refereed journals and international refereed conference proceedings. He supervised 27 graduate students (M. Sc., M. Eng. and Ph.D.) in UAE and McGill Universities.
Prof. Mohamed is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Developments in Arid Regions Research (DARE) Series Published by Taylor and Francis, UK; the President of the Gulf Society for Geo-engineering (GSGE); Board member, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geo-mechanics (IACMAG); the Editorial Board member, International Journal of Recent Patents on Engineering (ENG); Regional Editor, Journal of Applied Sciences, Pakistan; Executive Board Member, Arab Healthy Water Association; A member of the Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Technical Committee of International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE); and the former Editor-in-Chief of the Emirates Journal for Engineering Research Published by UAE University. Prof. Mohamed also served as a member of the International Advisory Board for various international conferences.
Prof. Mohamed awarded the College of Engineering Best Performance Award for Excellence in Scholarship, UAE University (2007); the Outstanding Performance and Distinction Award in Research in the College of Engineering, UAE University (2004), the Outstanding Performance and Distinction Award in University and Community Services in the College of Engineering, UAE University (2004), the Best Interdisciplinary Research Project Award in the College of Engineering, Research Affairs Sector, UAE University (2004), the Decree of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to the Geo-engineering Field from International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, England (2002), and the Outstanding Performance and Distinction Award in Research in the College of Engineering, UAE University (2001).
