Next week's guest speaker will be Dr. Ghadir Haikal, an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. Dr. Haikal holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Tishreen University, Syria, and her master’s and PhD degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked as a graduate research assistant at UIUC. Dr. Haikal has research interests in computational mechanics, nonlinear finite element methods, material modeling, structural analysis, and nonlinear dynamics. Her recent work has focused on the modeling of contact interfaces in complex engineering systems.
Dr. Haikal's presentation will focus on structures of the Middle East (focused mainly on Syria and the surrounding region) and the aspects of their design that has allowed them to stand the test of time.
Under the Week 9 Course Content on Blackboard, you will find an article about "Five Machines that Changed the World." Please read this article. At first this article seems somewhat counter-intuitive to what a Civil Engineering professor in structures might have assigned, but explore this thought in your post. Some writing prompts follow:
1. What does this article have to do with structures?
2. Think about some of the impressive ancient structures you know about in the Middle East. What are they? What do you know about them? How have they survived so long? It's okay to develop more questions than answers off of these, just be prepared to ask them in class!
3. Consider the relationship between structures, infrastructure, and conflict.
Dr. Haikal's presentation will focus on structures of the Middle East (focused mainly on Syria and the surrounding region) and the aspects of their design that has allowed them to stand the test of time.
Under the Week 9 Course Content on Blackboard, you will find an article about "Five Machines that Changed the World." Please read this article. At first this article seems somewhat counter-intuitive to what a Civil Engineering professor in structures might have assigned, but explore this thought in your post. Some writing prompts follow:
1. What does this article have to do with structures?
2. Think about some of the impressive ancient structures you know about in the Middle East. What are they? What do you know about them? How have they survived so long? It's okay to develop more questions than answers off of these, just be prepared to ask them in class!
3. Consider the relationship between structures, infrastructure, and conflict.
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