Mohamed Askar

Program Director, Associate Professor of Construction Engineering and Management / Director of the Construction Management Program

  • Cedar City UT UNITED STATES

Specializing in construction contracting, engineering consultation, real estate, strategic planning and development programs

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Biography

Dr. Askar is an associate professor and the director of the Construction Management program at Southern Utah University. He has more than 30 years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in several universities. As a teacher, he is bridging the gap between traditional teaching methods and applying industry knowledge in the classroom to help students understand the link between theory and practice and better prepare them for the future.

Dr. Askar worked for over 25 years as the Founder and CEO of a group of construction companies located in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and the USA. His companies are working in construction contracting, civil engineering design, project management, engineering consultation, real estate, and professional training.

Dr. Askar consults with different Governmental Agencies for the strategic planning, development programs and technical aspects related to construction engineering and management.

Industry Expertise

Manufacturing
Research
Education/Learning
Management Consulting

Areas of Expertise

Building Maitenance and Repair
Residential Buildings
Programming
Hardware
Construction Industry
Quality Assurance and Quality Control Systems
Hazard and Risk Managment
Infrastructure Systems
Strategy Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and Control
Implementation of BOT-Projects
Implementation of Real Estate Business Plans
Value Engineering Consultation
Construction, Engineering and Service Contracts
QA/QC Applications
Maintenance Management Systems
Industry Personnel Training
Innovative Problem Solving and Effective Decision Making
Construction Contracts
Construction Project Management
Industry Applications
Software
Computer Applications
Construction Supervision Techniques
Non-residential Buildings

Education

Brandenburg University - Germany

Ph.D.

Construction Engineering

Zagazig University – Egypt

M.Sc.

Construction Engineering

Zagazig University – Egypt

B.Sc.

Civil Engineering

Affiliations

  • Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • British Institute of Management
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Languages

  • German
  • Arabic

Media Appearances

InSite Software Prepares Students for Real-Life Construction

Construction Equipment Guide  online

2021-05-17

"We implement project-based learning in our curriculum and regularly revise the course syllabi to match the industry and new technologies by adding more applications," said Mohamed Askar, CM Program, Department of Engineering and Technology, Southern Utah University.

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Articles

Quantitative Model for Quality Assurance to Enhance Engineering Education Performance Indicators

International J. Soc. Sci. & Education

Dr. Mohamed Askar

The quality of engineering education is a vital factor that relates to the long-lasting strategic advancement of the infrastructure of engineering education.

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Target-Based Engagement Assessment Statistical Model of Faculty Members for Enhancing Performance and Engineering Education

The IAFOR Journal of Education

Dr Mohamed Askar, Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, earned his PhD in Construction from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus in Germany.

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Courses

CE 3200 Hydraulic Engineering and Hydrology

The course introduces the design considerations of different types of hydraulic structures and the distribution of the various water resources. The course helps students design and analyze hydrologic structures, such as flood control, stormwater, and watersheds.

CE 4100 Water and Wastewater

This course is an overview of engineering approaches to protecting water quality with an emphasis on fundamental principles. Theory and conceptual design of systems for treating municipal wastewater and drinking water are considered, as well as the reactor theory, process kinetics, and models. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are presented.

CE/CM 4150 Soils and Foundations Design and Construction

This course introduces geotechnical engineering's basic concepts and the correlation between soil mechanics and foundations design and construcion. The foundation design cover the concepts of the geotechnical and structural design of shallow and deep foundations, considering both the ultimate and serviceability limit states.

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