Mounir El Asmar

Professor Mounir El Asmar was selected to receive the SSEBE Outstanding Service Award  for his tremendous contributions and leadership on a number of exciting initiatives! The award citation reads: Dr. Mounir El Asmar constantly goes above and beyond the call of duty. He has demonstrated excellence and innovation in professional and institutional service, advancing the missions of SSEBE…

ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD JUNE 10, 2021THE 2021 TOP 100 PROJECT DELIVERY FIRMS: GOOD IN A CRISIS With fluctuating prices in the construction market, labor shortages and high construction materials costs, contractors and designers have an opportunity to be agile in pivoting to innovative project delivery methods that enable them to work within project budgets, compressed timelines,…

Arizona State University hosted the American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Research Congress (CRC2020) this past March! The conference theme was Construction Research and Innovation to Transform Society. After 2 years of planning and 900 submissions, participants from 24 countries joined us on our ASU Tempe campus to present their work, and published 481 technical articles — a CRC record! “We were…

On May 8-9, 2019, a kick-off meeting was held to begin our new research project: “Improving the Reliability of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Compliance Reviews and EVMS Maturity Level Assessments: Development of an EVMS Maturity Level Rating Index.” Over the course of the next three years, the government and industry research team that includes…

Dr. Mounir El Asmar received the Fulton Exemplar Faculty distinction. This distinction recognizes outstanding associate or full professors who have a strong combination of exemplary research outcomes, excellent teaching, student mentorship and service contributions. Fulton Exemplar Faculty are distinguished by having high research productivity as well as educational effectiveness. Moreover, Dr. El Asmar and Dr. G. Edward Gibson, Jr. were…

Dr. Mounir El Asmar received the Design-Build Institute of America 2017 Distinguished Leadership Award for his demonstrated leadership in advancing design-build project delivery. Ms. Lisa Washington, executive director and CEO of the Design-Build Institute of America, and DBIA chairman Mr. Praful Kulkarni, presented the award at DBIA’s annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. El Asmar also received the Community Service…

Dr. Mounir El Asmar received the SSEBE Outstanding Service Award for 2016. The nominator wrote, “Dr. El Asmar has demonstrated excellence and innovation in service to SSEBE. His diverse accomplishments are in line with ASU’s New American University design aspirations. He has served his profession, engaged in student recruitment and retention, assumed committee leadership, and contributed to the…

Dr. Mounir El Asmar received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s prestigious Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize for his work on quantifying the performance of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Dr. Jesus M. de la Garza, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, presented the award on behalf of  ASCE’s Construction Institute (CI) at the…

ASU had a great showing at the Construction Industry Institute’s (CII’s) Annual Conference! Dr. Mounir El Asmar received the CII Distinguished Professor Award. Dr. El Asmar’s PhD student Mr. David Ramsey won the First Place Best Poster Award. SSEBE Director Dr. G. Edward Gibson received the Outstanding CII Instructor Award. Congratulations to all on their achievements!

Dr. El Asmar was invited to deliver the Opening Keynote Speech at the Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Sustainable Development (EUMISD) Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability (TMREES14) International Conference held in, Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10 – 13, 2014. The presentation addressed the current environmental challenges faced by society, and discussed the scale of change…