Dr. Khaled El-Rayes

Associate Professor

Construction Management

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TEACHING

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (August 2000 to August 2007)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, Illinois.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (August 1999 to August 2000)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Civil Engineering, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (June 1998 to August 1999)
Concordia University, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PART-TIME FACULTY (1996 to 1998)
Concordia University, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

TEACHING ASSISTANT (1991 to 1997)
Concordia University, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2) ENGR 1503 Engineering Design I (3 credits) Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

2.1) Graphics I: A course in the development of spatial reasoning and effective graphic communication skills. Third angle orthographic projection of points, lines and planes in space with progression from this to solid objects including the use of auxiliary planes for complete description. Basic descriptive geometry. Intersections and developments. Tools will be used but free hand sketching will be emphasized.

 

2.2) Computer Graphics: This component of the course introduces the use of a computer aided design package for the construction of three dimensional wire-frame models of engineering objects. These models are used for creating all the necessary projections for the production of engineering drawings. The engineering graphics principles, sketching and visualization skills developed in the graphics portion of the course are employed and reinforced.

3) ENGR 6739 Construction Planning Equipment and Methods (3 credits) Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Construction equipment selection and utilization; earthmoving including use of explosives; case studies of major civil projects; computer applications to the construction industry. Relevant labratory/field exercises.

4) ENGR 211 Technical Drawing (2 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Fundamentals of technical drawing, including drawing and dimensioning practices, orthographic projections, isometric drawing and sketching, auxiliary and sectional views, and computer-aided drafting. Examples and applications are taken from all disciplines of the engineering programme by means of team-teaching. Lectures: one hour per week. Laboratory: two hours per week. Tutorial: one hour per week.

5) BLDG 341 Building Engineering Systems (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Introduction to systematic solution of building engineering problems. Techniques treated include linear programming, network analysis, nonlinear programming, geometric programming, and an introduction to decision analysis and simulation. Techniques illustrated by application to problems in building science, building environment, building structures, and construction management. Lectures: three hours per week.

6) BLDG 401 Building Economics (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Development of economic performance measures of interest to developers, owners, contractors, and users. Sources of finance and the determinants of the cost of money. Treatment of life cycle costing, economic risk; tax regulation, inflation, forecasting techniques; model building, cost indices, elemental estimating, computerized information systems. Consideration of economic analyses of projects, single buildings, and building components. Lectures: three hours per week.

7) BLDG 492 Construction Processes (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
A study of current construction methods and techniques. The subjects include site preparation and earthwork, wood framing, masonry, concrete forming, slip forming, precast construction, industrialized building, deep excavation shoring and underpinning. Design, erection, and removal of temporary construction work. Current field practice and safety considerations. Site visits. Lectures: three hours per week.

9) CEE 498 Construction Optimization and Decision Analysis (4 credits) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This course focuses on recent research developments in  in the application of decision analysis and optimization tools in construction engineering and management, including selection of construction managers and contractors, site layout planning, estimating bid markups, quantifying impact of weather and change orders, optimal resource utilization, and optimal planning and control.

10) BLDG 657 Project Management (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Introduction to managing the development, design and construction of buildings. Examination of project management for the total development process, including inter-relationships between owners, developers, financing sources, designers, contractors and users; role and tasks of the project manager; setting of project objectives, feasibility analyses; budgets and financing; government regulations; environmental and social constraints; control of cost, time and technical performance; human factors.

11) BLDG 680 Construction Planning and Control I (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Methods of delivering construction. Contractual relationships and organizational structures. Phases of project development. Estimating resource requirements; costs and duration. Bidding strategies. Network analysis using CPM and PERT, time-cost trade-off, resource allocation and levelling. Cash flow analysis. Earned value concept for integrated time and cost control. Quality control. Value engineering. Computer applications.

12) BLDG 656 Building Economics I (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Development of economic performance measures of interest to developers, owner, contractors and users. Sources of finance and the determinants of the cost of money. Treatment of: Life cycle costing; economic risk; tax regulation; inflation; forecasting techniques; model building; cost indices; elemental estimating; computerized information system. Consideration of non-economic attributes. Case studies of economic analyses of projects, single building and building components.

13) BLDG 683 Construction Processes (3 credits) Concordia University, Canada
A study of current construction methods and techniques. The subjects include wood framing, masonry, concrete forming, slipforming, precast construction, industrialized building, deep excavation shoring and underpinning. The methods are described in terms if materials involved, equipment required, current field practice and safety consideration.

15) ENGR 244 Mechanics of Materials (3.75 credits) Concordia University, Canada
Mechanical behaviour of materials; stress; strain; shear and bending moment diagrams; introduction to inelastic action. Analysis and design of structural and machine elements subjected to axial, torsional, and flexural loadings. Combined stresses and stress transformation. Deflections. Introduction to elastic stability. Lectures: three hours per week. Tutorial: one hour per week. Laboratory: three hours per week, alternate weeks.

• Named to the Fall 2005 “Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students,” UIUC

• Named to the Spring 2005 “Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students,” UIUC

• Named to the Spring 2004 “Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students,” UIUC

• Awarded the 1996 Teaching Assistantship Award by the School of Graduate Studies, Concordia University

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