Roles and Responsibilities:

• Professor of Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering, Transportation Department

Qualifications

• Ph.D. Hannover University, Germany 1979
• M.Sc. Alexandria University, Egypt 1973
• B.Sc. Alexandria University, Egypt 1969

Research Interests

• Sustainable Development of Mobility
• Optimization of Public Transportation Systems
• Traffic Simulation on overcrowded Road Networks
• Applications of Inelegant Transportation Systems.

Current Work

• Area Traffic Capacity in the City Centre
• Intelligent Passenger Information Systems
• Traffic Simulation on Urban Highways
Pavement management systems

Selected Publications

• Sustainable Development of Mobility in Alexandria Metropolitan Area, approved for presentation, International Conference on Traffic & Transportation Studies, Nanning, China, 2008
• New Mobility: A way for Improving Urban Quality, Golf Road Engineering Society, Dubai, 2008
• Bekheet W, Helali K, VanDerHurst P, Voth M, Amenta J. “Development of the National Park Service Park Roads and Parkways Pavement Management System ”. Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2007
• Sustainable mobility in metropolitan environments in developing countries– Metropolitan Beirut case study, World Transport Policy & Practice, UK 2005
• Energy Conservation in Urban Areas in the Framework of a Sustainable Transportation Concept, RETBE’04, 5th International Conference, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, 2004
• Strategic Environmental Assessment for Sustainable Transport at National Level -Libya as a Case Study, RETBE’04, 5th International Conference, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, 2004