Ph.D.: Major in Structural Engineering. The University of Texas at Austin, 1995.
	M.E.C.E:Major in Structural Engineering. The University of Texas at Austin, 1991.
	B.Sc:University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1989.

• Address
• Experience
• Professional Societies
• Honors and Awards
• Professional Publications
• Fields of Interest

Work Address:
Birzeit University
P. O. Box 14
Birzeit - Palestine

Fax:972-2-2982984
Tel: 972-2-2982108
Email:esaqan@eng.birzeit.edu

Professional & Academic Experience:
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine, September 1996-present.

Coordinator, Master of Water Engineering Program, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine, September 1999-present.

Special Projects Department, Arab Center for Engineering Studies - ACES, Ramallah, Palestine, June 1998-August 1999.

· Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, January 1992-December 1995.

· Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, September 1990-December 1990.

Professional Societies:

• Palestinian Society of Engineers.
• American Society of Civil Engineers.
• American Concrete Institute.
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Honors and Awards:

• Outstanding International Student Award, International Office, The University of Texas at Austin, Academic year 1989-1990.
• Member, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1989.

Professional Publications:

L. Palmieri, E. I. Saqan, C. W. French, and M. E. Kreger, "Ductile Connections for Precast Concrete Frame Systems," American Concrete Institute, SP-162, Mete A. Sozen Symposium, 1996, pp. 313-355.

E. I. Saqan, and M. E. Kreger, "Evaluation of US Shear Strength Provisions for Design of Beam-Column Connections Constructed with High-Strength Concrete," American Concrete Institute, SP-176-15, pp. 311-328.

M. E. Kreger, and E. I. Saqan, "Behavior of High-Strength Concrete Beam-Column Joints," Proceedings, Committee on Concrete and Masonry Structures Symposium - Worldwide Advances in Structural Concrete and Masonry, American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, April 15-18, 1996, pp. 420-430.

E. I. Saqan, M. E. Kreger, and Z. Lin, "Evaluation of Ductile Precast Beam-Column Connections for Seismic-Resistant Buildings," Proceedings, Eleventh World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June 23-28, 1996, CD-ROM.

L. Palmieri, C. W. French, E. I. Saqan, and M. E. Kreger, "PRESSS Phase II: Ductile Connections for Precast Concrete Frames", Proceedings, Fourth Meeting of the US/Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee for Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS), Tsukuba, Japan, May 16-18, 1994.

Fields of Interest:
Earthquake engineering, analysis and design of reinforced concrete, precast/prestressed concrete and steel structures.