Dr. Hany El Naggar
Professor, Head of Department
Email: Hany.Elnaggar@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3960
Fax: 902- 494-3108
Mailing Address:
AV俱乐部, Sexton Campus
1360 Barrington Street, Rm 215 Bldg D
Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
- Soil Structure Interaction (SSI)
- Soil Metal Bridges
- Integral Abutment Bridges
- Resilient GeoStructures
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Tunneling
- Pipelines
- Sustainable Applications of TDA
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, The University of Western Ontario
- MESc, Civil Engineering, The University of Western Ontario
- BESc, Civil Engineering, Alexandria University
Teaching Assignments 聽
- CIVL 3505 Structural Systems I 鈥� Form and Analysis
- CIVL 4111 Geotechnical Engineering
- CIVL6126 Foundation Engineering I
- CIVL6130 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Biography
Dr. Hany El Naggar, Ph.D., P.Eng. is a Professor of GeoStructural/Geotechnical Engineering at AV俱乐部 with more than 25 years of experience in civil construction, geotechnical and structural engineering, and research in Canada and abroad. He has participated in numerous geotechnical and structural investigations and has extensive expertise in the analysis and design of foundations and the soil鈥搒tructure interaction (SSI) of buried infrastructure.
As the inaugural Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dr. El Naggar was responsible for student鈥搒upervisor relations. In this role, he developed resources to strengthen supervisory relationships, recognizing their critical importance for student success and timely program completion.
Dr. El Naggar and his research team have conducted extensive studies on SSI effects around buried infrastructure and pioneered innovative uses of tire-derived aggregate (TDA) as a buffer zone to create stress arching and reduce demand on rigid pipes and culverts. They have also proposed an earth pressure reduction system using a geogrid-reinforced platform bridging approach to minimize stresses on buried utilities and have examined the effects of high-rise buildings on pre-existing tunnels. Additionally, he has performed numerous slope stability assessments for high embankments and dams and developed a new sand-coated glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) pile with enhanced friction performance.
Dr. El Naggar's research findings have been reported in more than 250 technical publications covering both experimental and numerical work in the fields of SSI, resilient buried infrastructure, and concrete pipes. Dr. El Naggar鈥檚 pioneering work on the seismic performance of corrugated steel plate culverts led to significant revisions to the seismic provisions of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC, 2019 & 2025), ensuring safer, more resilient infrastructure across Canada and the world. Dr. El Naggar鈥檚 influence extends further with his contributions to the 5th edition of the Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual (CFEM, 2023), where he introduced a new pile design procedure. This innovation greatly improved the consistency of pile capacity calculations among different designers, reducing discrepancies and fostering more reliable designs. Likewise, his research on the modelling of buried concrete structures, particularly rigid pipes, has been recognized as a best-practice example in CHBDC (2019). Dr. El Naggar's contributions have received international recognition, culminating in the prestigious 2024 G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), honouring his outstanding contributions to soil mechanics and foundation engineering.