Amr, smiling, arms crossed, wearing headphones at his desk; a black-and-white film photograph.

Amr is a geotechnical engineer and a PhD researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke, in Quebec. He studies what happens to pile foundations when the ground around them liquefies in an earthquake.

Before the PhD he spent more than fourteen years on foundations in Egypt and Oman. Alongside it he shoots film, writes a novel and essays, builds small apps, and hosts سكة Suffer, a podcast about mental health in Egyptian Arabic.

Based in
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Languages
Arabic · NativeEnglish · FluentFrench · Ten university courses, up to advanced

One Amr, three names

The names change with the work. The person doesn’t: hence oneamr.com.

Education

  1. 2023–

    PhD, Civil Engineering

    Université de Sherbrooke

    Seismic performance of pile foundations in liquefiable soils, supervised by Prof. Mourad Karray. GPA 4.3/4.3.

  2. 2018–2020

    MSc, Civil Engineering

    Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat

    Piles under axial and sideways loads in layered soils with a soft-clay layer, tested and modelled. GPA 3.97/4.0.

  3. 2005–2010

    BSc, Civil Engineering (Structures)

    Higher Institute of Engineering, Al-Shorouk Academy, Cairo

Around the work

  1. 2026–

    President, Promo des Cycles Supérieurs en Génie

    Université de Sherbrooke

  2. 2024–2026

    Vice-President, Student Affairs, Promo des Cycles Supérieurs en Génie

    Université de Sherbrooke

    Co-created a mutual-aid scholarship for four students a term, covering immigration-document fees and conference trips. Ran a graduate mental-health survey of 105 students and took the findings to the faculty.

  3. 2024–

    Peer support volunteer, La Pair-Mission

    Université de Sherbrooke

    Listening, pointing to help, and running mental-health support groups.

  4. 2022–

    Host and producer, سكة Suffer

    Online

    More than 34 episodes and 76,500 listens, with psychiatrists and therapists among the guests.

  5. 2024–2026

    Volunteer event photographer

    Université de Sherbrooke and Sherbrooke

    Women in Science and Engineering mentorship events, the GENIUS research-poster days and the CR+ doctoral career day.

  6. 2025

    Volunteer, Fête du Lac des Nations

    Sherbrooke

    Customer service at the city’s summer festival.

Awards and scholarships

  • 2026

    Mitacs Globalink Research Award

  • 2025–2026

    Fondation Arbour Doctoral Scholarship

  • 2025

    Eureka Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke

  • 2024

    Student Engagement Support Fund Award, Université de Sherbrooke

  • Special Recognition for Student Engagement, on his Université de Sherbrooke transcript

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