Dr. Rami Hawileh is Professor of Civil Engineering at the AUS College of Engineering. He also currently serves as the Riad T. Sadek Endowed Chair for Civil Engineering. Since joining AUS in 2007, Dr. Hawileh has built a strong and active research focus that has resulted in around 170 journal papers published in well-reputed international journals and around 75 papers in conference proceedings. His research interests are primarily focused on strengthening of reinforced concrete structures, computational modeling, fire resistance, and analysis and design of sustainable concrete structures. Dr. Hawileh received the College of Engineering Research Excellence Award for 2013-2014 and was awarded a scholarship by the Arab Fund Fellowships Program in 2015. According to a study published and led by researchers at Stanford University, Dr. Hawileh is ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in their field since 2020 based on their annual and career-long citation impact.