Said Elkholy has been a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Fayoum University, Egypt, since 2019. He graduated with honors from Cairo University, Fayoum Branch, in 1997 with a BS in Civil Engineering and received an MS in Structural Engineering in 2001, also from Cairo University, Fayoum Branch. In 2004, he received a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and subsequently joined the faculty of Engineering at Fayoum University. He also served as a Visiting Professor and Assistant Professor at the UAEU. Prof. Elkholy's general research interest lies in computational modeling, analysis, and testing of structural materials and systems. He is especially interested in how buildings and bridges behave under extreme loading conditions.