Faculty of Engineering

Prof. Dr.Sameh Ahmed Galal

Contact Information
Phone Number : 084 6337580 / 084 6337588                          
Fax Number : 084 6334031
E-mail Address : sag00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office : Faculty of Engineering – Ground Floor – Building of Department of Civil Engineering
Postal Address : : Fayoum – Fayoum University – Faculty of Engineering – Department of Civil Engineering – P.O. Box: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. :in Civil Engineering – Cairo University – Fayoum Campus – 1988
MS.C. :in Civil Engineering (Major: Traffic Engineering) –Cairo University – 1993 .
Ph.D. : . in Civil Engineering (Major: Traffic Engineering) – Cairo University – 1999 .
Academic Positions
Demonstrator:: 1988 – 1993
Assistant lecturer : From 1993 – 1999
Lecturer : From : 1999 – 2004
Assistant Professor : From 2004 – 2010
Professor : From : 2010 Up Till Now
Academic Rank
Vice Dean for Post-graduate Studies From 27/3/2016 until now.
Acting as Vice Dean for Post-graduate Studies From 25/11/2014 to 26/3/2016.
Vice Dean for Society Service and Environmental Development From 21/11/2011.
Head of Civil Engineering as of 27/09 / 2011.
Research Interests
Pavement management.
Properties of materials .
Pavement management-associated specifications .
Pavement Design and Analysis .
Structural road design .
Additional Information

Director of Traffic Engineering Laboratory.

 Traffic Engineering Consultant .

List Of Publication

Sameh.A.Galal, and E.A. Sharaf (1999). “A Framework for Developing of Performance-Related Specificatios for Flexible Pavements”, Proc. of Al- Azhar Engineering Sixth International Conference, Cairo, September 1-4, 2000.

Sameh.A.Galal, E.A. Sharaf (1999).“Effect of Materials and Construcion (M&C) Variables on Payment Schedule of Performance-Related Specifications”, Proc. of Al- Azhar Engineering Sixth International Conference, Cairo, September 1-4, 2000.

Sameh.A. Galal, and Essam.A. Sharaf“Variability in Highway Pavement Construction in Egypt”, The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 36 No. 3, Faculty of Engineering, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, September 2001, pp. 1-23.

Sameh.A.Galal, Ahmed M. Abdelfattah and Essam.A. Sharaf (2002) ““A Sensitivity Analysis on the Effect of Different Pavement Materials and Construction Variables on Contractor’s Payment Schedule”, Proc. of 2nd Minia International Conference for Advanced Trends in Engineering, Minia, April 7-9, 2002, pp. 120-136

Ahmed M. Abdelfattah, Sameh.A.Galal, and Essam.A. Sharaf (2002) “Development of a Simplified Pavement Performance-Based Methodology to Estimate Contractor Pay Factor”, Proce. of 3rd Regional Conference on Civil Engineering Technology and 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydrology, ASCE, Egypt-Section, Cairo, Egypt, 8-10 April, 2002.

Sameh.A. Galal, “Analysis of the Effect of Pavement Construction Variability on Pavement Performance and Contractor Pay Fcator : A Case Study in Egypt”, Proc. of 3rd Regional Conferenece on Civil Engineering Technology and 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydrology, ASCE, Egypt-Section, Cairo, Egypt, 8-10 April, 2002.

Sameh A. Galal,“Comparison of Statistically-based End-result and Performance-related Specifications for Quality Control”, Al-Azhar University Engineering Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, January, 2003, pp. 35-56.

Yasser R. Goda, Sameh A. Galal, and Essam A. Sharaf, “A Study on the Effect of Finite Element Parameters on Flexible Pavements Responses””, Proc. of Al-Azhar Engineering 7th International Conference for Advanced Trends in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, April 7-10, 2003.

Yasser R. Goda, Sameh A. Galal, and Essam A. Sharaf,“Prediction of Flexible Pavement Performance Using Finite Element Procedure”, The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 38 No. 2, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, June 2003, pp. 87-105.

Sameh A. Galal, Yasser R. Goda and Essam A. Sharaf, “Use of Axisymmetric Finite Element Model for Flexible Pavement Performance-related Specifications”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 50 No. 5, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, 2003, pp. 911-930

Khaled A. Sayed, Essam A. Sharaf and Sameh A. Galal, “Effect of High Tire Pressure on Flexible Pavement Responses and Performance” The 3rd Minia International Conference For Advanced Trends in Engineering – MICATE’2005 – Minia 3-5 April 2005.

Sameh A. Galal, " Review of the Effect of Temperature on Pavement Analysis and Performance,"Al-AzharUniversity Engineering Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2, Faculty of Engineering, Al-AzharUniversity, January, 2007.

Sameh A. Galal, " Characterization and Evaluation of Different Coarse Aggregates Particle Shape and Surface Texture: A Case Study in Libya",The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 41 No. 3, Faculty of Engineering, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, Septemper 30, 2006.

Sameh A. Galal, " Influence of Coarse Aggregate Particle Shape and Texture on Characteristics of Hot-Mix Asphalt", Proc. of 3rd Regional Conferenece on Civil Engineering Technology and 5th International Symposium on Environmental Hydrology, ASCE, Egypt-Section, Cairo, Egypt, 3-5 Septemper, 2007.

Mostafa A. Abo-Hashema , Sameh A. Galal and Essam A. Sharaf, " Effect of Over/Under Design on Life-cycle Cost of Flexible Pavement", The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 43 No. 2, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Jane 30, 2008.

Sameh A. Galal, and Mostafa A. Abo-Hashema"Impact of Changing Environmental Parameters on Flexible Pavements Performance" , The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 43 No. 1, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, March 31, 2008.

Sameh A. Galal, and Mostafa A. Abo-Hashema, "Inclusion of Environmental Effects in the Performance-related Specifications for Flexible Pavements", Al-AzharUniversity Engineering Journal, Vol. 3 No. 9, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, October, 2008.

Sameh A. Galal and Said A. El-Kholy," Modeling Effects of Tire Inflation Pressureon Rigid Pavement Responses" , Al-AzharUniversity Engineering Journal, Vol. 4 No. 10, Faculty of Engineering, Al-AzharUniversity, January, 2009.

Ahmed M. Ahmed, Sameh A. Galal and Mohamed R. El Mitiny," Influence of Crushed and Natural Aggregate Properties on Tensile Strength of HMA Mixtures", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 55 No. 4, Faculty of Engineering, CairoUniversity, Giza, August, 2008.

Sameh A. Galal and El-Kholy, S.A. (2010) " Ultimate Behavior of Rigid Pavements Under Different Soil Erosion Scenarios Using FE Approach" Accepted for Published in Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 57 No.6, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, December, 2010.

Elkholy, S. and Galal, S,“The AASHTO Procedure Versus a New Proposed Technique for Investigating the Soil Erosion Effect on Rigid Pavements Behavior,” American Society of Civil Engineers International Engineering and Construction Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Jun2010.

Elkholy, S. and Galal, S. “A Study on the Effect of Non-uniform Tire Inflation Pressure Distribution on Rigid Pavement Responses,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 3, PP. 244-258, 2012

Elkholy, S. and Galal, S.“EFFECTS OF SUBBASE EROSION ON THE DESIGN OF CONCERETE JOINTED RIGID PAVEMENT (GPAV-2014-0240),” has been submitted by to International Journal of Pavement Engineering (Under Puplished)

Sheriff A., Sameh A. and Abdallah W. “Studying the Influence of using Sasobit on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement” Accepted for Published in the 13th Al Azhar Engineering International Conference, Dec. 23-25, 2014.

Sheriff A., Sameh A. and Abdallah W.“Utilization of Sasobit Material to Improve Tensile Strength and Rutting Resistance of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement” Under Published in IJRET journal.

Sameh A. Galal, "An Analytical Finite Element Approach For Analyzing Asphalt Concrete Pavement Under High Tire Pressure",The Scientific Bulletin Vol. 41 No. 1, Faculty of Engineering, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, March 31, 2006.