OUR VISION:

Empowering the world through forward-thinking engineering and sustainable construction practices. at ab consulting engineers, we want to revolutionize the built environment with innovative, sustainable, and resilient structural solutions that inspire safety, efficiency, and community growth.

meet our founder

ASHRAF EL-BAHY, Ph.D, PE, SE, SI

founder/president

Dr. El-Bahy has 40 years’ experience in the engineering design and usage of a wide variety of structural materials including structural steel; cast-in-place, precast and prestressed concrete; masonry; wood and aluminum. He is versed in project management, coordination, and construction of multi-disciplined design/engineering teams. His current experience is as Principal/President of AB Consulting Engineers, Inc. His previous experience included Senior Structural Engineer for TLC Engineering for Architecture, Boyle Engineering, and Val Villanyi Hausner; Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Florida; a Guest Researcher for experimental and analytical damage assessment of bridge piers subjected to seismic action at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, D.C.; Researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada

education

University of Central Florida

Ph.D./Civil Engineering-1996

University of Toronto

Graduate Studies-1990

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Master of Science

Civil Engineering-1988

Cairo University

Bachelor of Science

Civil Engineering-1985

Professional REGISTRATION

Florida 52616

South Carolina 22043

Ohio 71550

Georgia 33092

North Carolina 34220

FL Special Inspector 1164

Professional AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Society of

Civil Engineers

Member of American Concrete Institute

AWARDS

American Concrete Institute (ACI) Structural Research Award 2001 for authored paper, “Cumulative Seismic Damage of Circular Bridge Columns: Variable Amplitude Tests’.

RESEARCH SUMMARY

  • Experimental and analytical damage correlation of bridge piers subjected to random cyclic loading. The project was funded by N.I.S.T. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, CALTRANS (California Department of Transportation), F.H.W.A. (Federal Highway Association), NCEER (National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research) and U.C.F. (University of Central Florida).
  • Testing and modeling orthogonal reinforced concrete panels subjected to cyclic and reversed loading.
  • Modeling out-of-plane forced vibration of continuous curved beams including warping effects.

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. El-Bahy, A., Kunnath, S.K., Stone, W.C. and Taylor, A. (2000). Energy-Dissipation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers.  ACI Structural Journal.
  2. El-Bahy, A., Kunnath, S.K., Stone, W.C. and Taylor, A. (2000). Response of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers to Random Cyclic Loads.  ACI Structural Journal.
  3. Kunnath, S.K., El-Bahy, A. and Gasper, C. (1997). Seismic Strengthening of Existing Non-ductile R.C. Buildings.  ACI Structural Journal.
  4. Taylor, A, El-Bahy, A, Stone, W.C. and Kunnath, S.K. (1996). Effects of Load Path on Seismic Damage to R.C. Bridge Columns.  11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico.
  5. Taylor, A., El-Bahy, A., Stone, W.C. and Kunnath, S.K. (1995). Load Path Effects on the Seismic Performance of R.C. Bridge Columns. (1995) UJNR Bridge Engineering Workshop, Tusukuba, Japan.
  6. Kunnath, S.K., El-Bahy, A., Stone, W.C. and Taylor, A. (1994). Failure of R.C. Bridge Piers Under Random Cyclic Loading. ACI (American Concrete Institute) International Fall Convention, Tampa.
  7. Kunnath, S.K., El-Bahy, A. and Gasper, C. (1994). Seismic Strengthening of Existing Non-ductile R.C. Buildings.  ACI (American Concrete Institute) International Spring Convention, San Francisco.
  8. El-Bahy, A. (1988). Out of Plane Forced Vibration of Continuous Circular Curved Beams Taking Warping Effect into Consideration.  M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, Egypt.

MISCELLANEOUS:

  • “The Art of Winning!” Dotti Wynn radio interview: “Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things,” 2004

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