Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mohamed Arafa\u2019s career began in his native Egypt where he worked as an engineer and assistant lecturer at Cairo University<\/a>. After coming to the United States and completing his doctoral studies, Mohamed joined Severud Associates in 2007 as an engineer. He soon progressed to senior engineer and in 2014, advanced to associate. In 2019, Mohamed was elevated to senior associate and in 2025, was promoted to principal. Mohamed\u2019s extensive structural expertise and experience allow him to model, analyze, design, and effectively manage complex projects such as the South Shore University Hospital Expansion in Bay Shore, New York. His other innovative projects include the new corporate headquarters at 270 Park Avenue<\/a> and One Vanderbilt Avenue<\/a>, two of the tallest office buildings in New York City, and New York University\u2019s John A. Paulson Center<\/a>, also in Manhattan. Other significant projects in his portfolio are the redevelopment of the existing office building at 390 Madison Avenue<\/a> and The Bryant hotel and condominiums<\/a>, both in New York City, as well as the expansion of the SAP America headquarters in Newton Square, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outside of the office, Mohamed contributes to the structural engineering profession by teaching at Rutgers University<\/a> as a part-time lecturer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mohamed is author or co-author of several research papers and magazine articles, including \u201cSimplified Design Methods for Bridge Piers Subjected to Unconfined Blast Hazards<\/a>,\u201d which appeared in the journal Bridge Structures<\/em> in July 2011 and \u201cOptimizing Light and Space in the Big City,\u201d which appeared in Structure<\/em> in April 2014, about the 653 Tenth Avenue residential building.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mohamed is licensed as a structural engineer in Illinois and as a professional engineer in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and a Master of Science in structural engineering from Cairo University<\/a> in Egypt. In addition, he received a doctorate in structural engineering from Rutgers University<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mohamed Arafa, PhD, PE Principal Mohamed Arafa\u2019s career began in his native Egypt where he worked as an engineer and assistant lecturer at Cairo University. After coming to the United States and completing his doctoral studies, Mohamed joined Severud Associates in 2007 as an engineer. He soon progressed to senior engineer and in 2014, … Continue reading “Mohamed D. Arafa”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"team.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8733,"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/8733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev70.fiveminutes.in\/severud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}