Dr. Tarik Youssef is currently an Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the French University of Egypt. Dr. Youssef was formerly a faculty staff member at the German University in Cairo (GUC) as well as the British University of Egypt, Al-Shorouk City, Egypt. He also served as a visiting scholar in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Canada, and the Faculty of Engineering at the "National Institute of Applied Sciences" (INSA) in Strasbourg. Youssef earned his B.Sc. in Structural Engineering from Ain Shams University, M.Sc. from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and Ph.D. from the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Tarik Youssef’s research expertise covers a diversity of domains including innovative materials for civil infrastructure and ecological building using local soils and timber (sustainable development). He has participated and presented in several conferences worldwide, including in Canada, Japan, Australia, Germany, France and Egypt. Dr. Youssef is also a certified professional engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada. In addition to teaching and research activities, Dr. Youssef is the manager of AECC Geotechnical Consultants, which is popular in Egypt and Saudi Arabia for geotechnical investigation, dewatering solutions and forensic engineering.