Publications

  • Seismic Design of Structures: Your Guide for the California Civil Engineering Exam
    Nagi Abo-Shadi, PhD, PE, SE, 2012
  • Structural Steel Notes, LRFD PE Civil Exam Review, Nagi Abo-Shadi, PhD, SE, 2012
  • Reinforced Concrete Design PE Civil Exam Review, Nagi Abo-Shadi, PhD, SE, 2012
  • Nagi Abo-Shadi and Seyed Abbasi, “Concrete Deck Strengthening with – LinForce™-C System: Case Study – 434 South Grand Avenue 6th Floor – AT&T, Los Angeles, California,” American Society of Civil Engineers, 6th International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC’6), Cairo, Egypt, June 28-30, 2010
  • A. Rahim, D. Jansen, N. Abo-Shadi, and J. Simek, "Overview of the use of HMWM in Sealing Concrete Bridge Deck Cracks," 7th International Bridge Engineering Conference, Transportation Research Board, San Antonio, Texas December 1 to 3, 2010.
  • A. Rahim, D. Jansen, N. Abo-Shadi, and J. Simek, "The Use of High Molecular Weight Methacrylate to Seal Bridge Deck Cracks: An Overview of Research," 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
  • A. Rahim, D. Jansen, and Abo-Shadi, N., "Concrete Bridge Deck Crack Sealing/Filling: An Overview Of Research," Caltrans Project Coordination Meeting, Sacramento, California, October 2005.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "Recommendations for design of Earthquake-Resistant Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls," Draft Report, Reported by ACI Committee 341, Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges, Subcommittee on Pier Walls, October 2001.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, Saiidi, M., Sanders, D., "Performance-Based Design of Confinement Reinforcement in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls for Out-of-Plane Seismic Loads," ACI Structural Journal, V. 98, No. 1, January-February 2001, pp. 3-15.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, Saiidi, M., Sanders, D., "Out-of-Plane Seismic Response of R/C Bridge Pier Walls," ACI Structural Journal, V. 97, No. 6, November-December 2000, pp. 803-813.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "Seismic Response of Bridge Pier Walls with Confinement Steel Violating the Current Design Codes," Winner of the Paper Competition 1998/1999, Graduate Student Association, University of Nevada, Reno, May 1999.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "Seismic Response of Bridge Pier Walls in the Weak Direction," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno, May 1999.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, Saiidi, M., and Sanders, D., "Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls in the Weak Direction," Technical Report CCEER-99-3, Center for Engineering Earthquake Research, University of Nevada, Reno, April 1999, SEL TA654.6. R375 no.1999-3, also published as MCEER 00-0006 Report, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000, SEL TA654.6. T423 no.2000-0006.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi, Saiidi, M., and Sanders, D., "Effect of Reducing the Lateral Steel on the Seismic Response of Bridge Pier Walls in the Weak Direction," ACI Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California, October 1998.
  • Sanders, D., Saiidi, M., and Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls," ACI Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1997.
  • Saiidi, M., Sanders, D., Douglas, B., and Abo-Shadi, N., "Evaluation of the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Pier Walls, Year 4 Research Summary," NCEER Highway Project Coordination Meeting, Buffalo, New York, October 1997.
  • Saiidi, M., Sanders, D., Douglas, B., and Abo-Shadi, N., "Evaluation of the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Pier Walls, Year 3 Research Summary," NCEER Highway Project Coordination Meeting, Buffalo, New York, November 1996.
  • Abo-Shadi, Nagi A., "Study of the Stress Distribution of Anchorage Zone of Prestressed Concrete Beams and Defining of Failure," M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, February 1992.
  • Helmy, M., Agag, H., and Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "A Complete Description and a Comparative Study of the Stress Distribution in Anchorage Zone of Prestressed Concrete Beams," Second Alexandria Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, (ACSGE2), April 1994.
  • Helmy, M., Agag, H., and Abo-Shadi, Nagi, "Defining the Failure of the Anchorage Zone of Prestressed Concrete Beams," Second Alexandria Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, (ACSGE2), April 1994.