Assistant Professor Nora El-Gohary earned her B.Sc. (1999) and M.Sc. (2002) degrees from the American University in Cairo, both in Construction Engineering.  She earned her Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Toronto in Civil Engineering.  She joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, she served on the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and Management. Her professional experience includes working for Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies.

A member of CEE’s Construction Engineering and Management faculty, Dr. El-Gohary will be teaching two courses in Construction Engineering and Management: CEE 422 Construction Cost Analysis and CEE 528 Construction Data Modeling.

Dr. El-Gohary’s professional activities include serving on the Data and Information Systems Committee and the Information Technology in Construction Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board National Research Council.  She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); the Construction Institute of ASCE; and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

Dr. El-Gohary has received several research grants and awards including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant in 2009.