Emad Elwakil
Emad Elwakil, PhD , PE, CCE , PMP
Assistant Professor
eelwakil@purdue.edu
(765) 494-6752
(765) 496-2246Knoy 433
Knoy Hall, 401 N. Grant Street
M – 12:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Anytime I am in my office and not engaged in a meeting or a phone call.
Biography
Dr. Elwakil has made numerous contributions in discovery, student learning, leadership development, and industry engagement. Dr. Elwakil is certified Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Cost Professional (CCP), and certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Dr. Elwakil has exhibited scholarship through a consistent commitment to Construction Management (CM) research and education employing a systematic program of inquiry and compilation of a body of knowledge concerning modeling and simulation of construction organizations and infrastructure. Specifically his work deals with modeling and simulation of organization performance and infrastructure management. These topic areas are increasingly important to the construction industry both domestically and internationally.
Since coming to Purdue University Dr. Elwakil has been awarded “Purdue Polytechnic Institute Exceptional Early Career Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching “and “The School of Construction Management Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award” by students’ vote. Dr. Elwakil has been awarded “The School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award” and “The School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Learning” by faculty’s vote.
The results of Dr. Elwakil research have been documented in 20 journal articles , one book, 25 conference papers , three posters, and 23 technical reports from funded projects. He has chaired many PhD’s and MS students and has served as a committee member for 17 graduate students.
Dr. Elwakil has been awarded more than $450 K in external grants. He has been awarded $7000 from Purdue University internal grants. Dr. Elwakil is one of the nine Principal Investigators in the $13.5 million UNSA ”Universidad Nacional de San Agustin” & Purdue University Partnership (NEXUS) which is global initiatives in discovery and Purdue’s growing international impact to make UNSA the premier location in Latin America for cutting-edge environmental sustainability research and innovation, and technology transfer.
Since coming to Purdue University, Dr. Elwakil has submitted more than $10 M research proposals for NSF, DOT, USAID, UKAID, Qatar National Foundation, and Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences to support his research in the area of Infrastructure Management. Dr. Elwakil has collaborated with Discovery Park and submitted more than $600 K research proposals for UNSA, Peru grants.
A notable component of Dr. Elwakil’s teaching and learning activities has been in the development of the Modeling and Simulation area of specialization for the graduate program through developing a graduate simulation and modelling construction processes course. This area of specialization is the first of its kind in the Construction Management Program. The teaching materials and course concepts were developed through Dr. Elwakil’s scholarly discovery and engagement activities. Dr. Elwakil redesigned a core course for construction plans and measurement to include the modern construction techniques and added more infrastructure topics to fit the new change of the curriculum and college transformation. Dr. Elwakil modified a core course for cost control to reflect the Polytechnic Institute new project based curriculum.
Dr. Elwakil has a record of service activities at Purdue. These activities have supported the department, college and university as well as serve the construction industry. Dr. Elwakil is a Co-chair of postdoctoral researcher committee and a member of data committee in the NEXUS institute collaboration project, the latest Purdue’s growing international impact. Dr. Elwakil has served the department and university in committees that support educational interests such as curriculum, undergraduate and graduate education, as well as diversity and recruitment.
Dr. Elwakil has a record of global initiatives in discovery. He is hosting a postdoctoral researcher for six months supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to work on infrastructure projects assessment. Dr. Elwakil hosted a graduate PhD student from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics for one year to work on risk management modeling of large scale infrastructure projects supported by China Scholarship Council.
Dr. Elwakil has a record of contributions to student diversity and inclusiveness. He used to work with undergraduate international students to help them to adapt easily in the Polytechnic Institute and Purdue University community through the college’s faculty-to-student mentorship program.
Prior coming to Purdue, as assistant professor at California State University. He was awarded $180 K from Caltrans for improving and strengthening the Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept.
Dr. Elwakil also worked in USAID projects, Caltrans, and with Infrastructure Canada on large scale construction and infrastructure projects.
Education:
Ph.D. Construction Engineering and Management./Building Engineering , Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
MASc. Construction Engineering and Management/ Civil Engineering , Zagazig University, Egypt.
BSc. Civil Engineering , Zagazig University, Egypt.
Certifications:
Professional Engineer of Ontario (PE) Since 2011
Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) Since 2011
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) Since 2009
2018 Purdue Polytechnic Institute Exceptional Early Career for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
2018 The School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award
2018 The School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Learning Award
2017 The School of Construction Management Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award
2014 The School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award
2013 The Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Research Award
2011 Doctorate Honor & Accelerated Award, Concordia University
2010 AACE-Concordia University Section Scholarship Award , The First Place
2008 Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Award
- Elwakil, E.* and Zayed, T. (2018) “Construction Productivity Fuzzy Knowledge Base Management System” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 45(5), 329-338. (nominated for the best paper award)
- Elwakil, E.* (2017) “Integrating Analytical Hierarchy Process and Regression for Assessing Construction Organizations' Performance” International Journal of construction Management, Taylor & Francis Group. Vol 17(1), 76-88.
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M. (2017) “Risk Level Problems Affecting Microtunneling Projects Installation” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 44(12), 1014-1021.
- Salem, D.* †, Elwakil, E.* (2017) “Fuzzy-Based Model for Electric Lighting Evaluation in Institutional Buildings “International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 6, No 2, 12-28.
- Salem, D.* †, Elwakil, E.* (2016)” Daylighting-Based Assessment of Occupant Performance in Educational Buildings “Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice ASCE. Vol 143, Issue 1. pp. 01-09.
- Elwakil, E.* (2016) “Integrating AHP-Fuzzy Model for Assessing Construction Organizations' Performance” International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 5, No 1, 01-12.
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E.* (2016) “Toward a Sustainable World Institutional Buildings” International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 5, No 2. pp. 61-71, 2016
- Radwan, A. †*, Elwakil, E.* (2016) “Functional Units based Model for Construction Organizations Performance” International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 5, No 3, 128-137.
- Elwakil, E.*, and Zayed, T. (2014) " Construction Knowledge Discovery System Using Fuzzy Approach” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 42(1), 22-32. (nominated for the best paper award)
- Elwakil, E.*, Eweda, A.*, and Zayed, T. (2014) "Modeling the Effect of Various Factors on the Condition of Pavement Marking” Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 10(1), 93-105.
- Elssinoucy, A.*, El-Abbasy, M*; Elwakil, E*; Abdrabou, B†; Zayed, T (2014) “A model for Predicting Failure of Oil Pipelines” Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 10(3), 375-387.
- Zayed, T.*, Elwakil, E.*, Ammar, M. (2012) “A Framework for Performance Assessment of Organizations in the Construction Industry” International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 1, No 4, 199-212.
- Fares, H.*, Shahata, K.*, Elwakil, E.*, Eweda, A., Zayed, T., and Abdelrahman, M. (2012) “Modeling the Performance of Pavement Marking in Cold Weather Conditions” Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 8 (11), 1067-1079, Taylor & Francis.
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M.* (2018) “Risk Management for Power Purchase Agreements" 6th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, Long Beach, California, November 11-13, 2018.
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M.* (2018) “Priority Model for Public-Private Partnership Investment in Energy Projects’ Penetration Time “6th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, Long Beach, California, November 11-13, 2018.
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M.* (2018) “Probabilistic Estimation for Microtunneling Projects" International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, Charleston, South Carolina, August 09-10, 2018. (Accepted)
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E. * (2018) “ Develop An Assessment Model For Healthcare Facilities: A Framework to Prioritize the Asset Criticality for The Capital Renewals" International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, Charleston, South Carolina, August 09-10, 2018. (Accepted)
- Ju, L*. Li, H., *; Zhao, W. *†, Elwakil, E. * (2018) "Why Paternalistic Leadership Cannot Behave Ethically? The Mechanism of Abusive Supervision in Territorial Conflict between Leader and Subordinate" Meeting Challenges of Continuous Transformation Conference, IACMR (The International Association for Chinese Management Research), Wuhan, China, June 13-17 2018
- Salem, D. *†, Attia, T. * Elwakil, E. * (2016) “A Framework for Manual Lighting Control in Commercial Buildings Using Fuzzy Hierarchical Expert Approach" International conference on Sustainability and Project Management, March 2016, Egypt.
- Radwan, A.*†, Elwakil, E. * (2015) “Functional Units based Model for Construction Organizations Performance Prediction” 14th International Conference on Structural & Geotechnical Engineering 2015 (ICSGE14), Dec. 20th – 22nd, 2015, Egypt.
- Elwakil, E.*, Zayed, T., Attia, T. (2015) “Construction Productivity Model Using Fuzzy Approach” International Construction Specialty Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Ottawa, June 08-10, 2015.
- Rathore, Z. *†, Elwakil, E. * (2015) “A Framework for Organizations Performance Assessment Using Fuzzy Approach” International Construction Specialty Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Ottawa, June 08-10, 2015.
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E,* Kandil, A. (2015) “Building a Sustainable Occupant’s Performance based Model for Institutional Buildings” International Construction Specialty Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Ottawa, June 08-10, 2015.
- Radwan, A. *†, Elwakil, E.* (2015) “Framework for Functional Units based Fuzzy Model to Predict Construction Organizations Performance” Special Session on Fuzzy Logic Applications in Construction Engineering and Management at NAFIPS 2015, Redmond, WA, August 17-19, 2016.
- Radwan, A. *†, Rathore, Z.,* and Elwakil, E.* (2015). Functional units based Fuzzy model framework for construction organizations performance. In Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) Annual Conference of the North American. IEEE.
- Rathore, Z. *†, Radwan, A. *, and Elwakil, E. * (2015). "Framework to identify and evaluate the cause of conflicts within a Matrix organization in construction industry using fuzzy expert system." Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) 2015 Annual Conference of the North American. IEEE.
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E, * Kandil, A (2015) “Fuzzy-Based Model for Predicting Lighting Efficiency in Institutional Buildings” Special Session on Fuzzy Logic Applications in Construction Engineering and Management at NAFIPS 2015, Redmond, WA, August 17-19, 2016.
- Mirahadi, S. *†, Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T (2013) “An Innovative Technique for Improving Productivity Forecasting Models” Proceedings of 4th Construction Specialty Conference, CSCE, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2013, May 29- June 1, 2013.
- Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T. (2012) “Data Management for Construction Processes Using Fuzzy Approach”. Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Purdue University May 21-23.
- Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T. (2011) “Construction Data Preparation Framework Using Fuzzy Approach” 3rd International Construction Specialty Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Ottawa, June 14-17.
- Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T. (2011) “Develop a Knowledge Discovery System for Construction Processes” International project management Conference on Construction, Chengdu China, P005
- Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T. (2011) “Develop a Data Preparation Framework for Construction Processes” International project management Conference on Construction, Chengdu China, P007.
- Elwakil, E. *, Eweda, A., Mahmoud, M., Ammar, M., Mashhour, I., and Zayed, T. (2009) “Investigation and Modeling of Critical Success Factors in Construction Organizations”. Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Seattle, Washington USA, April 5-7, pp. 350-359.
- Fares, H. *, Elwakil, E. *, Zayed, T., Shahata, K. (2009) “Performance Assessment Methodology for Sustainable Pavement Marking” Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, January 11-15.
- Salem D. *†, Elwakil E.* (2018) “Assessment Model of Asset Management In Healthcare Facilities” Poster Presented at: Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and policy Research poster Session; 2018 March 1; Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN, US
- Salem S. *†, Elwakil E.*, Hegab M. (2017) “Assessment Model of Risk Level Problems Effect in Microtunneling Projects”. Poster Presented at: Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and policy Research poster Session; 2017 March 23; Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN, US
- Salem D. *†, Elwakil E.* (2017) “Healthcare Facilities Condition Assessment Model” Poster Presented at: Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and policy Research poster Session; 2017 March 23; Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN, US.
- Hegab, M.*, and Elwakil, E.* (2017) “Public Private Partnership for Highway Projects: Contract Administration. ISBN: 1979315930
- Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Construction Organizations Performance Models from Different Perspectives” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE. (In Review)
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M. (2018) “Investment Possibility based Models for Public Private Partnership in Water Projects” Journal of Utilities Policy, Elsevier. (In Review)
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M. (2018) “Assessment and Modelling of Qualitative Factors Affecting Productivity in Microtunneling Projects” Engineering, Construction, and architectural Management, Emerald. (In Review)
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M. (2018) “Decision Models for Public Private Partnership Investment in Sanitation Projects” International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis. (In Review)
- Elwakil, E.*, Hegab, M. (2018) “Selecting the Candidate Country for Public-Private Partnership Investment in Energy Projects” Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE. (In Review)
- Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Functional Expert-based Performance Assessment Models at Organizational Level” Engineering Project Organization Journal. (In Review)
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E.* (2017) “Expert-based Risk level Assessment Model for Microtunneling Projects” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems Journal, Taylor & Francis. (In Review)
- Salem, D. *†, Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Asset Condition Assessment of the Physical Condition in Healthcare Facilities" 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-10), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 20-25, 2019. (abstract accepted)
- Syed, S.*†, Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Project Performance Index for Capital Intensive Construction Projects “10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-10), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 20-25, 2019. (abstract accepted)
- Amarkhil, Q.*†, Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Modeling Construction Organization Performance in Post-Conflict Environment “10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-10), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 20-25, 2019. (abstract accepted)
- Hajare, A.*†, Elwakil, E.* (2018) “Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Energy Efficient Single Family Residence “10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-10), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 20-25, 2019. (abstract accepted)
Professional Affiliations:
2009 – Present Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)
2009 – Present Member, Golden Key International Honor Society (GKIHS)
2007 – Present Member, North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
2011 – Present Member, Construction Research Council (CRC)
2002 – Present Member, Order of Civil Engineers, Egypt
2011 – Present Member, AACE International