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Ali Selim
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Professor
Director, SD Local Transportation Assistance Program.
Office Location: Room 122, Crothers Engineering Hall
Mailing Address:
CEH 122, Box 2219
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
Phone: (605)688-6355
E-mail: Ali.Selim@sdstate.edu
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| Dr. Selim has 30 years of experience as professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the South Dakota LTAP, South Dakota State University, SD, USA. As a professor he has taught Highway and Traffic Engineering, Highway Design, Highway Capacity Analysis, Bituminous Materials, Highway Safety and Pavement Management. He also had 5 years as Senior Design Engineer for the Missouri State Highway Department. Dr. Selim is the PI for over 5 million dollars of research and service projects during his service with SDSU.
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Courses:
- CEE 363 - Highways and Traffic Engineering
- CEE 411/511 - Bituminous Materials
- CEE 467 - Transportation Engineering
- CEE 664 - Highway Capacity Analysis
- CEE 762 - Pavement Management and Rehabilation
- EM 221 - Statics
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Education:
- B.Sc - Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
- M.S - University of Missouri-Rolla, 1974
- Ph.D. - University of Missouri-Rolla, 1976
Professional Registration:
- Registered Professional Engineer - South Dakota # 6418
- Registered Professional Engineer - Missouri # D-14991
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Honors:
- Adjunct Professor, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2004
- Recipient of the F.O. Butler Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, South Dakota State University, fall 2002.
- Chairman, Operation of Safety Council of the T&DI of ASCE.
- Recipient of the Burlington-Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Research, South Dakota State University, spring 1989.
- Medal of Appreciation, Ain Shams University for cooperative collaboration, 1997.
Areas of Research Interest:
- Low-volume Roads
- Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design
- Asphalt Mix technology
- Geometric Design of roads
- Traffic Accident Investigations
Recent Publications (2001-2006):
- Enhancing crack resistance of SMA mixtures through the use of higher amounts of newly developed cellulose fivers. International conference on advanced characterization of pavement and soil engineering materials. Athens, Greece. June 2007.
- Low-volume roads – State of the practice. Invited keynote speaker. Third gulf conference on roads, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, March 6-8, 2006.
- Laboratory fatigue evaluation of stone matrix asphalt beam specimens with cellulose oil palm fiber. Fourth International conference on maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements and technology control. Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 18-19, 2005.
- Potential use of ground tire rubber in stone matrix asphalt (SMA) – A laboratory evaluation. Proceedings of the 2005 international symposium on pavement recycling. S_o Paulo, Brazil. March 14-16, 2005.
- Enhancing fatigue resistance of stone matrix asphalt (SMA) by using new cellulose fibers. Proceedings of the second international civil eng. Infrastructure system conference. June 6-8, 2005. American University in Beirut. June 2006.
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