French
Arabic
Fouad KADDAH
Professor
School of Engineering of Beirut
Directeur Centre libanais d'études et de recherches de la construction
+961 (1) 421 000 ext 3357 fouad.kaddah@usj.edu.lb
Fouad Kaddah has double French-Lebanese nationality; he holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon and a doctoral thesis from the University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille. He has 38 years of teaching experience shared between France and Lebanon. He has been employed by the Saint Joseph University of Beirut since October 1996 as a full-time professor in Civil Engineering at the Higher School of Engineers of Beirut (ESIB). Furthermore, he has been responsible for supervising numerous doctoral theses and has authored numerous scientific articles that have been published in prestigious scientific journals
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| doctorate in mechanics | Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille | France | 1995 |
| DEA en mécanique | Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille | France | 1985 |
| mechanical engineering diploma | Ecole Centrale de Lyon | France | 1983 |
Teaching at USJ
University teaching outside USJ
| University teaching outside USJ | Country | Institution | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| teacher researcher | France | Ecole des Hautes études industrielles (HEI) | 07/10/1985 | 05/09/1996 |
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| concrete design engineer | INGENIERIE CIVILE EUROPEENNE DU NORD | 01/05/1990 | 31/08/1991 |
| design engineer | MATRA TRANSPORTS | 21/11/1983 | 20/08/1984 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
Seismic soil structureinteraction
Wind turbine underearthquake
Micromechanics ofcomposite materials
Publications and communications
1. Rawad Baroud, Karam Sab, Jean-FrançoisCaron, Fouad Kaddah (2016) Astatically compatible layerwisestress model for the analysis of multilayered plates; International Journal ofsolids and structures Volume 96, 1october 2016, pages 11-24.
2. Elias Dib, Jean Francois Caron, Wassim RaphaelIoanis Stefanou, Fouad Kaddah (2017)Numerical analysis and investigation of short and long term behavior ofunidirectionnal composites ; Journal of composite materials June 2017
3. Sobhi El Mawla, Fadi Hage Chehade, FouadKaddah (2018) Response of a Lebanese Rock-Filled Dam to Earthquake excitationResearchGate Conference Risk Analysis June 2018.
4. Sahar A Ismail, Fouad K Kaddah, WassimE. Raphael (2019) Effect of number of stories on the seismic soil structureinteraction performance of Midrise Frame structures 2019the 5th International Conference on Architecture, Materials andConstruction (ICAMC 2019) 2-4 December 2019, Lisbon, Portugal Published online12 June 2020.
5. Sahar A Ismail, FouadK Kaddah, Wassim E. Raphael (2019) Effect of Raft and Column Sizes on the Seismic Soil StructureInteraction Performance of Fifteen Storey Midrise Frame Structures structures 2019 the 5th International Conference onArchitecture, Materials and Construction (ICAMC 2019) 2-4 December 2019,Lisbon, Portugal Published online 12 June 2020.
6. Ismail, Sahar; Kaddah, Fouad; Raphael,Wassim (2020) SeismicSoil Structure Interaction Response ofMidrise Concrete Structures on Silty Sandy Soil ; Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 14, No. 1, 2020.
7. Tony Khoury,Richard Karam, Joseph Ghobril,….Elias Dib, Fouad Kaddah ThreeDimensional Comparison of the effects of sliding mechanics in labial andlingual orthodontics using the finite element method, American Journal ofOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Article accepted for publication inFebruary 2021 et publication scheduled in summer 2022.
8. Analysis of the structural response ofBeirut port concrete silos under blast loading; S. Ismail, W. Raphael, E.Durand, F. Kaddah, F. Geara, Archives of Civil Engineering, September 2022.
9. Analysis of the structural health responseof Beirut Port Silos under Seismic Loading, Sahar Ismail, Wassim Raphael,Emmanuel Durand, Fouad Kaddah, MEDGU (Mediterranean, Geosciences Union,Springer/ Publishing Partener), Marrakesh 27-30 November 2022.
10. Three-dimensional comparison of continuousand segmented arch techniques in the traction of palatally impacted caninesusing a non-linear finite element analysis; Stephanie Bou Malhab1, RichardKaram2, Fouad Kaddah2, Tony El Khoury1, Nabil Ghosn3 , Elie Khoury1, Adib Kassis1and Joseph Ghoubril1; Journal of Orthodontics; DOI: 10.1177/14653125231187422;Juin 2023.
11. Effect of power arm length combined withadditional anterior torque on the axial orientation of the maxillary incisorsduring en-masse retraction: A finite element analysis; Rime Zalaquett,a RichardKaram,b Fouad Kaddah,b Elie Khoury,a Tony El Khoury,a Joseph Ghoubril,a andAdib Kassis a ; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2023.08.016; Aout 2023.
12. Numerical investigation of the optimalporosity of titanium foam for dental implants; Hussein Farroukh a,*, FouadKaddah b, Toufic Wehbe a; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28063; Mars 2024.