Biographical Information:

Left Lebanon at age 17 on November 22, 1975.

Education

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 1980

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 1979

Highschool, Good Shepherd Secondary Institute, Achrafieh, Beirut, 1975

 

Registration

Registered Professional Engineer, Washington, 1986

Professional Associations

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

American Public Works Association (APWA)

North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)

ASCE Task Committee on Thrust Restraint Design of Buried Pipelines, Member 2009 – Present

Regional Water supply Outlook, Advisory Committee Member, 2006 – 2008, Puget Sound, WA

 

Technical Papers Presented and/or Published:

Excellence in Engineering Award – Replacement of Water Transmission Pipelines 2 & 3 – Phase 6: Selected as the “Best Large Engineering Works Project for 2012” in the State of Washington by the American Water Works Association.

“Once Vulnerable, Now Robust” Featured article published in ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine, Nov. 2011 issue

“An Improved Approach for the Design of Thrust Blocks in buried Pipelines”. Presented at the 2011 ASCE Pipelines Conference in Seattle, WA. The paper was prepared as part of the ASCE Task committee on Thrust Restraint Design of Buried Pipelines which will ultimately be published by ASCE as a Manual of Practice for the Design of Thrust Blocks in Buried Pipelines

“Seismic Concerns for the Design of Above Ground Pipe Supports”. Presented at the 2010 ASCE Pipelines Conference in Colorado

“Effectiveness of Thermal Stress Control Practices in the performance of Buried Welded Steel Pipelines”. Presented at the 2009 ASCE Pipelines Conference in Atlanta, GA. The paper is currently under technical review for publishing in the ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems

“Permitting Considerations for Utility Conveyance Projects”. Presented at the 2008 PNWS AWWA Spring Conference in Kennewick, WA

“Design and Specification of Bolted Flange Joints in Water/Wastewater Practice”. Presented at the 2010 ASCE Pipelines Conference in Colorado

“Impact of Climate Change on the City of Everett Water Supply”. Presented at the 2008 PNWS AWWA Spring Conference in Kennewick, WA

“City of Everett Water Transmission Lines 2 & 3 Phase 6 Replacement – Why it Wasn’t HDD? (Risk Based Analysis)”. Presented at 2009 Trenchless Technology Symposium in Everett, WA

“Hydraulic Model Creation and Calibration are Never as Easy as they First Appear”. Best Presentation Award at the International User Conference 2006, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Summary

Mr. Nasr is a Principal Engineer with the City of Everett, WA. He is the Utility Planning Section Manager responsible for the water and sewer utility planning, water resource management, project management, design, construction management, and implementation of the capital improvement projects. Mr. Nasr manages an annual budget of more than $30 million. He has over 30 years experience in the design of domestic water supply and distribution, water treatment, wastewater conveyance and treatment, drainage systems, retention and detention systems, and water and sewer hydraulic modeling, in addition to over three years experience in construction management in Saudi Arabia.