Dr. Elwakil has made numerous contributions to discovery, student learning, leadership development, and industry engagement. Dr. Elwakil is a certified Professional Engineer (PE), certified Cost Professional (CCP), and certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has exhibited strong scholarship through a consistent commitment to Infrastructure Management and 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. Dr. Elwakil has been awarded nearly 1 million dollars in external grants as a (sole) principal investigator and $14.7 million grants as a principal investigator with others. Dr. Elwakil presents a record of consistent, relevant, and sustained excellence in the scholarship of discovery. He demonstrated expanded levels of national recognition and impact in the field of modeling and simulation. He established a successful path through publishing in referenced high-quality refereed journals He serves as an associate editor in two notable American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) journals. Dr. Elwakil's research results have been documented in 46 refereed journal articles, 48 refereed conference papers, 8 posters, and one book. He is very active in mentoring graduate students and chairing and serving on graduate student committees. He has chaired and co-chaired 7 PhD students and 28 thesis and non-thesis MSc students and served as a member of 11 graduate student committees. Dr. Elwakil has been awarded the prestigious Purdue University Faculty Scholar based on his significant contribution to the Purdue Polytechnic Institute as a scholar and teacher. He has been awarded Purdue University's prestigious Seed of Success Award (Acorn) in recognition of his accomplishment of obtaining a million dollars external sponsored award. Dr. Elwakil has been awarded the Exceptional Early Career Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching and the School of Construction Management Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award by students’ vote and the School of Construction Management Outstanding Faculty in Learning by faculty’s vote. Dr. Elwakil led the graduate program through curriculum development and represented the college on Purdue University Graduate Council. In addition, Dr. Elwakil has an extensive record of working in the industry at USAID projects, Caltrans, and Infrastructure Canada on large-scale construction and infrastructure projects.
