Dr. Nariman Khalil is an Associate Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Balamand. She received her Ph.D. degree in reinforced concrete structures from the University of Leeds- England in 1991. She has more than two decades experience in teaching structural analysis and reinforced concrete design and providing consultancy for private and governmental sectors in the Middle East. Her technical publications in refereed journals and peer-reviewed conferences span multiple areas and disciplines including structural stability and design, rehabilitation of concrete structures, concrete sustainability, highway materials, and engineering education.

She is an Order of Engineers licensed consultant in Lebanon and Syria. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and a member of ACI Committee 555. She is a founder and Board member of the Middle East Society of Asphalt Technologists (MESAT). In 2016, she formed the first ACI Student Chapter in Lebanon at the University of Balamand and served as the Chapter Advisor that won the ACI Excellent and Outstanding University Awards in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Third Prize award in the category of “Scientific Research”, Project entitled “Shear Behaviour of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Beams strengthened with CFRP Rods”; Second Annual Structural Engineering Projects Competition 2019, Order of Engineers & Architects – Beirut, July 30th, 2019; Third Prize Award in the category of “Materials and Nanotechnology”, Project entitled “SuperPave Performance Grading System for Bitumen Modified with Crumb Rubber” The LIRA 14 Forum of Technology and Industrial Innovation”, Dbayeh Convention Center, 29 Nov.- 1st Dec., 2018; ACI Outstanding University Award, 2018, ACI-UOB Student Chapter; ACI Excellent University Award, 2017, ACI-UOB Student Chapter; Research development grant for the academic year 2016-2017 by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF); HERMES grant for one month research at the University of Palermo-Italy in the framework of Erasmus Mundus HERMES program, coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (TETHYS), 2016; Second Place Award, Order of Engineers and Architects Competition for Engineering projects – Tripoli, 2014; “Arab Women Award for Scientific Research”- National Committee for Lebanese Women NCLW, International Womens Day, presented by the First Lady, Presidential Palace- Beirut, March 8, 2002