Background
Shawa, Osama Magdy was born on August 10, 1940 in Homs, Syria. Son of Magdy Mohamad and Nazira Said (Salam) Shawa. arrived in Saudi Arabia, 1964.
Shawa, Osama Magdy was born on August 10, 1940 in Homs, Syria. Son of Magdy Mohamad and Nazira Said (Salam) Shawa. arrived in Saudi Arabia, 1964.
Business and Community Engagement, University Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt, 1964. Master of Civil Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1977.
Civil engineer, Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 1964; head engineering department, King Saud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1965-1971; research associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1973; principal engineer, Structural Design Associations, Earthquake Engineering Sys., San Francisco, 1973-1977; principal engineer, Pregnoff Mathew Beebe, San Francisco, 1973-1977; head building and bridges, Binladin Organisation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1978-1983; president, managing director, Entechs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, since 1984. Construction engineering Bechtel, San Francisco, 1973-1977. Private consultant, Riyadh, since 1964.
Member American Concrete Institute, Saudi Building Sciences Organization (engineering committee).
Son of; married Zahra Shaheen Horoufi, August 31, 1973. Children: Waseem, Sahar, Rafah, Enas.