* M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
* B.Sc. (Honour) in Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
* Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
*Currently, a research post doctor at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.
* Research interests are: stability of structures, behaviour and design of structural members, finite element modelling, and seismic behaviour of structures.
* Married, with two cute kids: 28 month old daughter Maha and 8 month old son Nael .
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 2000. Proposed provisions for the design of steel beam-columns in S16-2001. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 610-619.
* Essa, H.S. 1998. New stability equation for columns in unbraced frames. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal. Techno-Press. S. Korea. Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 411-425.
* Essa, H.S. 1998. Discussion of "Restraint demand factors and effective lengths of braced columns"; by J. Hellesland and R. Bjorhovde. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 124, No. 4, pp. 474.
* Essa, H.S. 1998. Discussion of "Effective length factor of columns in semirigid and unbraced frames"; by N. Kishi, W.F. Chen, and Y. Goto. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 124, No. 10, pp. 1230.
* Essa, H.S., and Hekal, S.A. 1997. Improved G-factor method for columns in unbraced frames. Scientific Bulletin, Ain Shams University, Egypt. Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 1-18.
* Essa, H.S. 1997. Stability of columns in unbraced frames. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 123, No. 7, pp. 952-957.
* Essa, H.S., and Hekal, S.A. 1996. Optimum bracing of space frames. Proceedings of the Seventh Int. Colloquium on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt, Dec. 17-19.
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 1995. Design of steel beams in cantilever-suspended span construction. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 121, No. 11, pp. 1667-1673.
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 1994. Design of cantilever beams: refined approach. Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 120, No. 9, pp. 2623-2636.
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 1994. Station square revisited: distortional buckling collapse. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 377-381.
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 1993. Distortional buckling of steel beams. Structural Engineering Report 185, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 326 pp.
* Essa, H.S., and Kennedy, D.J.L. 1993. Design of restrained beams against lateral-torsional buckling. Proceedings of the 1993 Can. Soc. of Civil Eng. Conf. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Vol. II, pp. 305-314.