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Dr. Hegazy participated in a wide spectrum of new/rehabilitation projects and is internationally renowned for his research on Computational Construction Management and Asset Management. His recent research uses tools of computational intelligence to efficiently plan and execute municipal infrastructure programs and support contractors’ decisions on high risk and constrained projects. Dr. Hegazy is the sole author of the textbook "Computer-Based Construction Project Management" published by prentice. He graduated many Ph.D. and Master’s students, collaborates with many universities worldwide, and received several awards of excellence in research. In 2004, Dr. Hegazy was acknowledged as one of the world’s top five contributing authors to ASCE construction research (ranked third in the period 1997-2002), as reported in the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management article, Vol. 130, No. 3, 2004, page 437. Dr. Hegazy received best paper award in 2011 from the Journal of Management in Engineering and top cited paper award from the Advanced Engineering Informatics Journal. He has consulted and advised a number of contractors and government organizations in Canada. He is the founder of OPTEAM Project Management Consultants Inc. Personal web site is in: www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/tarek
Education
1993 Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management, Centre for Building Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Thesis: "Integrated Bid Preparation With Emphasis on Risk Assessment Using Neural Networks".
1986 M.S.E. in Civil Engineering - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
1981 B.SC. in Civil Engineering - Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.