Fahim Sadek
Position
Research Structural Engineer
Structural Systems and Design Group
Structures Division
Task
Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Prediction
Education
Cairo University, Egypt, B.S., Civil Engineering, 1987.
Cairo University, Egypt, M.S., Structural Engineering, 1991.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Ph.D., Structural Engineering, 1996.
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Dr. Sadek received his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Southern Methodist University in 1996. He is a Research Structural Engineer in the Structures Group of the Materials and Construction Research Division at BFRL, NIST, where he worked since 1996.
Dr. Sadek has extensive experience in finite element modeling and computer simulation of linear and nonlinear, static and dynamic structural response, particularly for structures subjected to seismic and wind loads. He also has experience in experimental work, having performed structural testing on seismic isolation units and wood-frame housing. His research specialties include structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, active and passive structural control, and wind engineering and structural reliability. Dr. Sadek has worked extensively in the field of structural control, and has developed control algorithms for active and hybrid control of structures, as well as methods for the analysis and design of structures with damping devices. His contributions to wind engineering research include: database-assisted reliability-based design procedures and standardization, an innovative approach for the design of wind-sensitive structures utilizing: information technology techniques applied to large aerodynamic data sets generated in the wind tunnel, reliability analyses of low and high-rise structures, and finite elements ultimate capacity estimates of structural systems and components.
Dr. Sadek is the co-author of “Ground Motion and Response Spectra” in the Seismic Design Handbook (F. Naeim, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, pp. 47-124). He is also the author and co-author of more than forty technical publications. Dr. Sadek is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Structural Engineering Institute/ASCE technical committees on wind effects and structural control.
Dr. Sadek will lead the project “Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Prediction” as part of the proposed NIST investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. The project involves development and analysis of sophisticated finite element models of the towers to establish their baseline performance under design loading conditions and to estimate probable damage to the towers due to aircraft impacts. |
