Dr. El-Dieb joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University in August 2007 as a Professor of Concrete Technology and Structural Engineering. Dr. El-Dieb earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1994. He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from the Structural Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1983 & 1988. Dr. El-Dieb has been the Civil Engineering Department Chair since 2015. He also served as the Department Chair during the Academic years 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 and as Acting Dean of the College of Engineering during the Academic year 2013-2014.

Before joining the UAE University, Dr. El-Dieb was a Professor in the Properties and Testing of Materials Structural Engineering Department at Ain Shams University in Egypt. He co-supervised over 50 B.Sc. graduation projects, 30 Master theses, and 5 Ph.D. dissertations. In addition to teaching and research experience, he has several years of professional practice diagnosing and evaluating deteriorated structures and designing, selecting, and evaluating different construction materials for various structures.

Dr. El-Dieb is a member of several professional associations: the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute (PCI), and the Egyptian Professional Engineers Association.