Kaloop is a civil and structural engineer with over 20 years of broad expertise in the areas of structural health monitoring (SHM), Modeling, and Geomatics engineering. He has contributed to the development of methodologies for construction survey engineering applications and modelling. He made significant contributions in the areas of quality assurance of SHM, stochastic modeling, construction survey, signal processing, and geomatics. The research projects of Kaloop are linked to practical applications with significant economic value, e.g., transportation, geomatics, and construction. He was ranked among the top 2% of scientists by Elsevier in 2023 and 2024, and in the top 0.5% of scholars by ScholarGPS in 2024 for the impact, quality, and consistency of his research.
Ph.D., Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering and Protective Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2010.
M.Sc., Public Works Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt, 2006.
B.Sc.(honors), Civil Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt, 2002.
Visitor, Leeds Beckett University, UK (1/2024-6/2024)
Co-director, Digital Innovation Center, Czech Republic/UK (12/2022-Present )
Professor, Mansoura University, Egypt (4/2022 - Present).
Research Professor, Incheon Disaster Prevention Research Center, Incheon National University, Korea (3/2014 – Present).
Instructor, Haward Technology Middle East, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011- Present).
Research fellow, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (10/2013 – 3/2014).
Research fellow, Kunsan National University, Korea (11/2012 – 10/2013 ).
Manager of GIS unit, Mansoura University, Egypt (1/2011 –11/2012).
Manager of Survey Engineering laboratory, Mansoura University, Egypt (9/2011 – 9/2012).
Associate Professor, Mansoura University, Egypt (2/2016- 4/2022).
Assistant Professor, Mansoura University, Egypt (12/2010 – 2/2016).
Research and Teaching Assistant, Mansoura University (1/2003 – 12/2010 ).
Awards
PhD-Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education/China Scholarship Council, Egypt/China, 2007.
Publication Award, Mansoura University, Egypt, 2012-2023.
Postdoctoral scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Korea, 2012.
Postdoctoral scholarship, China Scholarship Council, China, 2013.
Best Paper Award, 5th Asia and Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium (YRGS-2013), Jaipur, India, 2013.
Postdoctoral scholarship, Incheon National University, Korea, 2014-2019.
Research Professor scholarship, Incheon National University, Korea, 2020.
Outstanding researcher, Incheon National University, Korea, 2022-2025.