Associate Professor of Practice
Biography
Abdulrazak Abdulghafour is a University of Tennessee, Knoxville graduate (MS/CEE ’91, PhD ’98). He comes to UT from Saudi Arabia, where he was a professor of civil engineering at Umm Al-Qura University. Abdulghafour has over 30 years of experience in academia and industry. He has a strong background in construction engineering, project management, structural engineering, and architecture. Abdulghafour has taught a wide range of courses in civil engineering, supervised numerous master’s theses, and published extensively in his field of specialization. Complementing his academic background, Abdulghafour has carved a distinguished career steering and advising on many large-scale infrastructure ventures encompassing roads, bridges, airports, and tunnels.
Education
- PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998
- MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991
Contact Information
- 432 John D Tickle Engineering Building
- Phone: 865-974-7583
- E-mail: aabdulgh@utk.edu