• PhD, Computer-Aided Structural Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (1992).
• M.Sc (Eng), Structural Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK (1988).
• B.Sc(Eng), Civil Engineering, Algiers Polytechnics, Algeria (1985).
• Member of the ASCE(American Society of Civil Engineers)
• Member of the ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)
• Listed in Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, Saxe-Coburg Publications.
• Worked with LeedsUniversity(UK), AbhaCollege of Technology (Saudi Arabia), United Arab EmiratesUniversity (UAE), and JadoUniversity (Lybia).

At present Dr Berrais is working as a Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering in the School of the Built Environment & Engineering (Built Environment subject area) and is the Course Leader for the IStructE Part III Examination Preparation Course.

• Application of Expert System Techniques to Civil Engineering Problems
• Earthquake-Resistant Analysis and Design of Buildings
• Application of Internet and WWW technology to Engineering Education

• Berrais, A., a knowledge-based expert system for earthquake resistant design of reinforced concrete buildings, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 28/3, Elsevier, 2005, pp. 519-530.
• Berrais A. "A Hybrid System for Dynamic Analysis and Design of Coupled Shear Walls", Journal of Sciencse & Technology, MentouriUniversity, Constantine, Vol. 13, June 2000, pp. 73-78.
• Abbes Berrais, Girls and Technical Education in the Arab World: Current situation and Future Perspective, Conference proceedings of the fourth International Technical Education Conference & Exhibition, STCEX 2006, Vol. I, General Organization for Technical education and Vocational training, Riyadh, KSA, 2- 12 December 2006.
• A. Berrais, "How Does The Arab World Compare in Engineering Education? A Comparative Study between the Arab World and the Rest of the World", 4th International Forum on Engineering Education: Integrating Teaching and Research with Community Service, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE, 25-27 April 2006.
• Abbes Berrais, The Role of World Wide Web Technology in Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Present Situation and Future Perspective, METSMAC , Middle Eastern Teachers of Science, Mathematics and Computing Conference (METSaC-I), Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates, 26-28 April 2005.
• A. Berrais, Earthquake resistant design and code checking of reinforced concrete buildings using expert system technology, The second International Technical Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computational, Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 July, 2004.

• Structural Analysis
• Structural Design of Timber Elements
• Structural Design of Steel Elements
• Structural Design of Reinforced Concrete Elements
• Computer-Aided Structural Analysis
• Design Technology (Structures)
• Group Project
• Projects Supervision