Fouad Fanous

Title(s):

Professor Emeritus
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Office

410 Town Engr.
813 Bissell Rd.
Ames, IA 500111066

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Honors and Awards

  • Iowa State University Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, 2013
  • Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor, Engineering Student Council, Iowa State University, 2001
  • Charles W. Shafer Faculty Award, for excellence in teaching, research and service in Civil Engineering, 1991
  • Joseph and Elizabeth A. Anderlik, for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 1990, 2008
  • Boeing Endowment, 1988, 2006
  • Listed in “Who’s Who in Midwest”
  • Sigma Xi, 1980-present
  • Chi Epsilon, 1980-present

Education

  • Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1982
  • M.S. Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1980
  • B.S. Civil Engineering/Structural, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 1969

Interest Areas

  • Response of highway pavements to heavy farm implements
  • Performance of bridge decks
  • Bridge Management System
  • Finite element analysis – application to complex structures
  • Bridge strengthening
  • Testing and analysis of small-scale structural models
  • Reliability Assessment of nuclear containment strength under severe accident loads
  • Static and dynamic analysis of transmission lines

Publications

  1. Fanous, F., Rammer, D., and Wipf, T. “Simplified Analytical Model for a Covered Burr-Arch-Truss Timber Bridge,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Timber Bridges, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
  2. Fanous, F., Rammer, D., and Wipf, T. “Simplified Analytical Model for a Queen-Post Covered Timber Bridge,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Timber Bridges, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
  3. Fanous, F., May, J. and Wipf, T. “Live Load Distribution Factors for Glued-Laminated Girder Bridges,” ASCE Bridge Engineering Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2011, pp. 179-187.
  4. Fanous, F., May, J., Wipf, T. and Ritter, M. “Live Load Distribution factors for Glued Laminated Timber Bridges,” paper published on the CD of the Transportation Research 2008.
  5. Fanous, F., and Wu, H., “Performance of Coated Reinforcing Bars in Cracked Bridge Decks,” ASCE Bridge Engineering Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, May 2005, pp 255-261.
  6. Bayleyegn, Y. and Fanous, F., “Field Testing and Finite Element Analysis of Steel Bridge Retrofit for Deterioration-Induced Fatigue,” Transportation Research Board, 85th Annual Meeting, January 19-22, 2006.
  7. Abendroth, R., Fanous, F., and Andrawes, B., “Response of PC Girder Bridges with Intermediate Diaphragms to Lateral Impact Load,” National Research Council Records, (published on a CD), January 2003.
  8. Fanous, F. and Wu, H., “Service Life Projection for Epoxy-Coated Reinforcement in Concrete Bridge Decks,” paper invited by A3C15 Committee on Corrosion, TRB, 2003.
  9. Fanous, F. and Shannon, D., “Field and Analytical Investigations of Dowel Performance in Transverse Joint of Concrete Pavement,” Presented at the Mid-Continent Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2008.
  10. Fanous, F., and Wu, H. “Performance of Coated Reinforcing Bars in Cracked Bridge Decks,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 2005, pp. 255-261.

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