Sep. 2012- Now:
1. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at Al-Mansour University College. I taught the Subjects: Building Construction and Mechanics of Materials for second year students & Theory of Structures for third year students. I am also currently the supervisor for 4- final year projects for fourth year students.
I was a member of the examination committee in the civil engineering department for three years. I am a member of the scientific committee at the civil eng. department.
2. June 2009 – Oct. 20011
“National Union Consultants” Tripoli, Libya
Worked as structural engineering consultant
3. January 2007- April 2009
“Al-Bayati Consulting Bureau”Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Worked as structural engineering consultant
4. September 1998 – December 2006
“National Consulting Bureau”, Tripoli, Libya.
Worked as structural engineering consultant
5. September 1994- June 1998
“University of Tripoli” Tripoli, Libya.
I was employed as Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at
the University of Tripoli . I taught the subjects “Theory of Elasticity”, “Theory
of Structures” and “Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design”.
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6. September 1991 – July 1994
“University of Baghdad”, Civil Engineering Department. I was a faculty member
at the University of Baghdad. I taught the subject of “Theory of Elasticity” and
“Elastic Stability of Structures” for graduate students. At the under graduate
Level, I taught “Theory of Structures” and “Reinforced Concrete Design”.
7. September 1973 – August 1991
Head of Structural Department at the National Centre for Engineering
Consultancy in Baghdad and lecturer at the University of Technology and at
the University of Baghdad
I worked on the structural design of about 20 reinforced concrete silos
which were constructed throughout Iraq. I also worked on the structural
design of Um-Qasr harbor which was constructed late in the nineteen
eighties in addition to the structural design of numerous number of major
buildings constructed throughout Iraq .
8. September 1970- June 1973
“Kansas State University”, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Studied for Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering
9. June 1968- August 1970
Employed by the firm “Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff”, Kansas
City, Missouri, USA.
worked as structural designer for multistory buildings and highway bridges
10. September 1966- June 1968
“University of Colorado”, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Studied for M.S. degree in Civil Engineering
Academic certificates
Ph.D., June - 1973, Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas, USA. Civil Engineering (Structures).
Ph.D. Thesis title:” Stress Distribution within Circular Cylinders in Compression”
M.Sc. degree, June 1968, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Colorado, USA. Civil Engineering (Structures).
M.S. Thesis: “the Bond between Light weight Concrete and Prestressing Strand
as a Function of Strand Pretension and Cement Content”
B.Sc., July 1962, Civil Engineering, University of Wales,
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Final year project: "Design of Highway Bridge"
Skills
1. Being a Consultant Structural Engineer, I had a major role in the structural design of many strategic structures in Iraq during the period (1973-1991), namely, Um Qasr harbor, concrete grain silos throughout Iraq, six ministerial buildings, Al-Mammon Tower and many other important structures throughout Iraq.
2. Played a major role in the structural repair and renovation of many strategic buildings in Iraq during the 1991 post war reconstruction campaign.
3. I have trained a numerous number of young structural engineers by involving them directly in the process of structural design of buildings.
Publications & Researchs
1. “A Training Programme in Structural Design”, (May 2007). This is a booklet for teaching junior engineers the practical methods in the design of Reinforced Concrete skeleton buildings.
2. "Bond Strength as a Function of Strand Tension and Cement Content for
Lightweight Aggregate Concrete". G. Tulin, Maluf Al-Chalabi, Journal of the
American Concrete Institute, No .10, Proceedings V.66, October 1969, USA.
3. "Discussion of paper, Stresses within Elastic Cylinders Loaded Uniaxially and
Triaxially”, Maluf Al-Chalabi. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and
Mining Science, Vol. 99, Pergamum Press, 1972, England.
4. "Strain Distribution within Circular Cylinders in Compression”. Maluf
Al-Chalabi and L.C. Huang. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and
Mining Science, Vol. 11, PP 45-56, Pergamum Press 1974, England.
5. " Stress Distribution within Compressed Circular Cylinders". Maluf
Al-Chalabi, L.C. Huang and F. McCormick. Journal of the Society for
Experimental Stress Analysis, Vol. 14, No.12, December 1974, USA.
6. "Simplified Design of Modern Reinforced Concrete Grain Silos". Maluf
Al-Chalabi, Modern Construction Magazine, Vol. 2, No.3, February 1980,
Baghdad, Iraq.
7. "The Structural Appraisal of a Repaired Multi Story Building Damaged
by Explosion". Maluf Al-Chalabi, Proceedings of the First Engineering
Conference of the Ministry of Housing and Construction, (15-18) March,
1989, Baghdad, Iraq .
8. " Procedure of Structural Repair of a Damaged Reinforced Concrete Skeleton
Building as part of Post War Reconstruction Campaign", Maluf Al-Chalabi,
Proceedings of the Third Engineering Conference of the Ministry of Housing
and Construction, (5-8) April, 1993, Baghdad, Iraq .
9. "The Sudden Collapse of Multi Story Buildings. Causes and Precautions to
Avoid Occurrence”. Maluf Al-Chalabi. Proceedings of the 13th National
Engineering Conference, (11-13) October, 1998, Misurata, Libya.
Awards, estimates and patents
I have been given numerous numbers of awards back in the many years of my professional and academic years.
However, at Al-Mansour University College I was given many letters of thanks
for my efforts on several committees at the college.