Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

	Ph.D. : Structural Engineer, 1988, School of Civil Engineering , Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. Simplified Design Analysis of Frames with Semi-Rigid Connections.
	M. Sc. : Structural Engineer, 1982, Kiev Civil Engineering Institute Kiev. U.S.S.R. (Currently: Republic of the Ukraine).

Previous Professional and Academic Experience

Practicing Engineer, (1983-1984), Dar Al-Handasah, Ramallah.

Teaching Assistant, (1982-1984), Civil EngineeringDepartment, Birzeit University.

Fields of Interest

Steel Structures Behavior and Design.

Structural Stability

Analysis and Behavior of Structures with Semi-Rigid Connections, Moment-Rotation Relationships of Semi-Rigid Joints

Finite Element Method and Computerized Structural Analysis and Design.

Publications

M. Barakat and W. F. Chen, 1991. Design Analysis of Semi-Rigid Frames - Evaluation and Implementation, AISC, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2nd Quarter, Chicago, pp 55-64.