Background
Idriss, Izzat M. was born on December 28, 1935 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Muhammad and Asma (Kanawaty) Idriss. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1970.
Idriss, Izzat M. was born on December 28, 1935 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Muhammad and Asma (Kanawaty) Idriss. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1970.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1958. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1959. Postgraduate, California Institute of Technology, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, University California-Berkeley, 1966.
With, Dames & Moore, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, 1959-1966;
project manager, Dames & Moore, 1963-1966;
senior soils engineer, Dames & Moore, San Francisco, 1968-1969;
associate, Woodward-Clyde Cons., San Francisco, 1969-1974;
principal, vice-president, director, Woodward-Clyde Cons., 1974-1982;
managing principal, vice-president, director, Woodward-Clyde Cons., Los Angeles, since 1982. Lecturer soil mechanics department сivil engineering University of California-Berkeley, 1967-1968, assistant and associate research engineer, 1966-1976. Consultant to architect-engineering firms, since 1966.
Consultant nuclear reactor safety with respect to earthquake effects Government Italy, 1970-1975. Consultant International Atomic Energy Agency, since 1975, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, since 1981. Consultant professor Stanford University, 1977-1982.
Adjunct Professor University of California at Los Angeles, since 1983. Consultant on seismic effects for earth and rockfill dams, nuclear plants, offshore platforms and other industrial facilities, United States, Latin American, Europe, Middle East.
Member National Academy of Engineering, since 1989, International Commission on Large Dams (United States committee), American Society of Civil Engineers, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Seismological Society of America, Structural Engineers Association Southern California, Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon (honorary member Rensselaer chapter), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Mariam Kanawati, July 29, 1961. Children: Nizar, Nadania.