Dr. Abdel Ghoneim

Dr. Ghoneim has B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Cairo University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Calgary. He worked as a consulting engineer in Calgary for three years. He joined Dome Petroleum/CANMAR as supervisor of ship design team (five years). His responsibilities included design and operational support for Dome’s Arctic fleet of drilling vessels and platforms. Dr. Ghoneim worked for DNV in Calgary (three years) and then Houston (24 years) where he managed offshore classification, certification and research activities and was involved in developing parts of DNV MOU Rules and Offshore Standards. He participated in the teaching of DNV courses on probabilistic analysis, buckling, fatigue, and Arctic Technology. He also worked as PM on classification and construction surveillance of Jack-up and Semisubmersible vessels. He also performed verification, PE certification, and FEM of a number of FPS units. Dr. Ghoneim has been actively involved in several API, ISO, IADC, and SNAME committees throughout his 40 year career. He is a member of SNAME and MTS, and a life member of ASCE. He worked for Atkins Oil & Gas in Houston for three years and was the Engineering Manager responsible for technology development, profiling and Advanced Analysis. He has also managed a number of projects dealing with fire and blast design and collision/impact investigation. He is currently President of Frontier Professional Engineering & Design LLC a consulting company acting as independent contractor for The JUKES Group in the role of VP, Engineering and Marine Technology starting April 7, 2016.