Samir Yasso

Samir Yasso

Assistant Lecturer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lecturer at University of Mosul

  • Education

    • Mosul University

      2002 - 2005
      Master’s Degree Structural Engineering
    • Mosul University

      1998 - 2002
      Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering
    • The University of Kansas

      2012 - 2017
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Structural Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE Member of the American Concrete Institute, ACI Associate Member in ACI-ASCE Committee 408, Bond and Development of Steel Reinforcement Member of Chi Epsilon,The Civil Engineering Honor Society Member of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholar Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Recipient of Bert and Dorothy Steves Memorial scholarship for Fall 2015, Spring and Summer 2016 Ruben Zadigan Memorial Scholarship for Spring 2017 The Ph.D. research included studying the anchorage strength of conventional and high-strength hooked bars in beam-column joints. Collaborated with fellow graduate students to design, fabricate, cast, test concrete specimens and document failure mode. Also, responsible for designing high-strength concrete mixtures and perform trial batches. Planned and evaluated progress toward research goals in addition to the analysis of tests results.

  • Experience

    • University of Mosul

      Dec 2005 - Dec 2011
      Assistant Lecturer

      Assist teaching undergraduate students and evaluated their performance through assignments, quizzes, exams, and addressed areas of concern. The subjects taught included • Design of concrete structures• Mathematics (Calculus)• Programming using FORTRAN• Autocad

    • University of Kansas

      Jan 2012 - Oct 2019
      Graduate Student

      Involved in a research that includes studying the anchorage strength of conventional and high-strength hooked bars in exterior beam-column joints. Collaborate with fellow graduate students to design, fabricate, cast and test concrete specimens. Responsible for designing high-strength concrete mixtures and perform trial batches. Teaming to plan and evaluate progress toward research goals.

    • Gilsanz Murray Steficek

      Feb 2018 - Nov 2018
      Senior Structural Engineer
    • University of Mosul

      Oct 2019 - now
      Lecturer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Concrete Field Testing Technician - Grade I

      American Concrete Institute