Segmental Concrete Bridge Team Member Profile

Hala Elgaaly, PE, MS
Bridge Design Team Leader

FHWA, Federal Lands Highway Bridge Office
Sterling, VA

SUMMARY OF POSITIONS HELD
Bridge Design Team Leader, EFLHD 1997 to Present

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT POSITION
Twenty years of structural engineering experience, eighteen of which are with the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD), in the field of bridge design, rehabilitation, and construction. Currently, functions as a Bridge Design Team Leader, in the FHWA's Federal Lands Highway National Bridge office, position responsibilities include:

• Provide technical support to staff
• Oversee/manage the development of bridge TS&L and PS&E
• Provide technical support to construction office during the construction of bridges
• Participate on various technical committees

EDUCATION - TRAINING - SKILLS

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan
• Masters Degree in Structural Engineering, from the George Washington University
• Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia
• Direct experience with complex structures' finite element structural analyses, bridge designs, bridge type selection, bridge rehabilitation, and bridge office support during the construction of bridges. Specific bridge types which has direct experience with are:
• Precast and Cast-in-place concrete segmental bridges
• Cast-in-place concrete posttensioned box girder
• AASHTO type concrete girder made continuous for live load
• Concrete arches
• Concrete rigid frame
• Precast prestressed T-beam
• Steel girder
• Timber, and steel truss

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES

• FHWA member to the AASHTO Technical Committee for Concrete Design, T-10
• A member of the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group (TIG) on Prefabricated Bridges
• Serves on the American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI) Board of Directors
• A member of two separate ASBI Committees: ASBI Standard Sections & the ASBI Life Cycle Cost Analyses Committees
• Serves on the FHWA High Performance Concrete (HPC) Team
• Friend of TRB A2C03 Concrete Bridge Committee
• A member of the FHWA Segmental Concrete Bridge Virtual Team (team membership includes state DOTs & industry)
• Serves on the NCHRP Project Panel 12-61, Simplified Shear Design of Structural Concrete Members
• Member of the FHWA Load and Resistance Factor Design Team