Sherif El-Tawil is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University (1996), M.S. (1991) and B.S. (1989) from Cairo University. Education Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1996) M.S., Cairo University, Egypt (1991) B.S., Cairo University, Egypt (1989) His research focuses on structural behavior under extreme events, including: Progressive collapse modeling Seismic response of deep steel columns Catenary action in structural systems Ultra High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Virtual reality applications for finite element analysis and education Egress simulation using agent-based models Hybrid coupled walls He has taught courses at both the University of Michigan (CEE-510, CEE-512, CEE-312, CEE-211, CEE-611, CEE-413) and University of Central Florida (CES-5606, CES-4605, CES-6116, EGN-3310, CES-4101). He has conducted workshops on structural bolting, steel bridge design, and seismic design. Current and former students include: Prof. Julie Fogarty (PhD 2015, UM) Dr. Jieshi Fang (PhD 2015, UM) Dr. Sukhoon Pyo (PhD 2014, UM) Prof. Honghao Li (PhD 2011, UM) Prof. Philip Park (PhD 2011, UM) Prof. Chung-Chan Hung (PhD 2010, UM) Prof. Dongjoo Kim (PhD 2009, UM) Dr. Kittinun Sirijaroonchai (PhD 2009, UM) Dr. Supat Suwwanakarn (PhD 2009, UM) Prof. Kapil Khandelwal (PhD 2008, UM) Dr. Ekin Ekiz (PhD 2007, UM) Dr. Mohamed Hassan (PhD 2003, UCF) Prof. Jin Jun (PhD 2002, UCF) He leads the Computational Structural Simulation Laboratory (CSSL) and has collaborated with NIST on large-scale collapse testing of steel subassemblages.







