Dr. Marwan Alzaylaie
Dubai Development Authority
Senior Manager - Geotechnical Engineering
Dr. Marwan Alzaylaie
Dr.-Ing. Marwan Alzaylaie has been working at Dubai Development Authority (DDA), as Senior Manager-Geotechnical Engineering since 2006. His responsibilities include the review of geotechnical works design such as geotechnical investigation reports, shoring design, piling/deep foundation design, soil stability for open excavation, groundwater control and ground improvement design. Moreover, he supervises and monitors the geotechnical constructions sites within DDA jurisdictions. Also, he worked for Sharjah Municipality from 2002 to 2006 as a civil engineer.
Since 2015 Dr. Alzaylaie started teaching as part-time lecturer at Heriot-Watt University Dubai. He is involved in teaching geotechnical engineering courses and supervising the post and undergraduate students’ research. In 2021 he started teaching in Abu Dhabi University College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department as Adjunct Faculty.
Dr. Alzaylaie obtained his PhD in civil/geotechnical engineering from Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany (TU Darmstadt). His PhD thesis was titled “Stiffness and Strength of Dubai Sedimentary Rock”, also he obtained his B.Sc. & M.Sc. in civil engineering from University of Sharjah (UoS), UAE.
Dr. Alzaylaie has published several papers in addition to serving as member of organizing committees for numerous international conferences. Furthermore, he is a Member for ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 217 (Land Reclamation) and the Secretary & Treasurer of Deep Foundation Institute Middle East (DFI Middle East).
