Prof. Saad Issa Sarsam was born in Baghdad (1955), got BSc. in Civil Engineering (1977), Post graduate diploma in Transportation Engineering (1978); MSc in Transportation Engineering (1980).  Worked as senior material Engineer for NCCL (1982-1988); Served as Director of NCCL- Mosul, Iraq (National center for construction laboratories; Ministry of Housing and construction) (1988-1993).  Joined the academic staff at University of Mosul (1992-2005) and got the Assistant Professor degree at (2002); joined the academic staff at University of Baghdad (2005 until now) and got the Professor degree at (2007). Served as the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Baghdad (2016-2018). published two books and 216 research papers in national and international scientific journals. Member of editorial board of nine international scientific journals, and reviewer of another five journals. Supervised 37 MSc Thesis and participated in 48 national and international scientific conferences. Worked for Ministry of Industry and Military manufacturing, Faw General Directory, (1989-1990). Worked as Consultant road Engineer for Municipality of Mosul on urban road resurfacing and construction (2001-2002). Worked for Training program at Iraqi Engineers Union for junior and senior engineers (2001-2004). Worked as Consultant Engineer for [Sumer Contracting Company (2004); AFM Group-Switzerland (2014); Ministry of Transport (2011-2017) and National center for construction laboratories and research (2011-2015)].

Areas of specialization and interest: (Maintenance Management system, Quality assurance, Airport Engineering, Roller compacted concrete; modified asphalt concrete; Asphalt stabilized embankment models; Road user characteristics).