Prof. Shafei has established and maintained an active presence and multiple roles in the professional community. His professional service spans a number of committees in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Concrete Institute (ACI), and Transportation Research Board (TRB). He has contributed to multiple grant review activities, including serving on proposal review panels organized by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Shafei has reviewed several papers for different engineering and science journals.