Dr. Moustafa received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Minia University, Egypt and his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, he was a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Minia University and was a visiting faculty in Civil Engineering at Nagasaki University, Japan. His research interests include earthquake engineering, random vibrations and nonlinear dynamics; structural reliability analysis; health monitoring and life prediction of structures, optimal design of structures and design seismic codes; and soil-structure interaction and foundation dynamics.