About
Who We Are
Mission
Our Mission
Research on smart and adaptive technologies for Sustainability, Infrastructure Resilience, and Construction Industry 4.0.
Research Themes
Smart and Sustainable Systems
Developing self-sensing and eco-friendly structural materials for the circular economy.
Computational Mechanics & Advanced Simulation
Leveraging G/XFEM, AEM, CFD, and high-fidelity physics-based modeling to predict complex fracture patterns, fresh-state material behavior, and extreme events.
Structural Resilience
Enhancing infrastructure performance against seismic, blast, and extreme environmental loads.
Digital and Automated Construction
Investigating 3D concrete printing and robotic construction.
Structural Systems & Rehabilitation
Developing innovative structural systems and strengthening, repair, and retrofit solutions using advanced composites and smart materials.
Facilities & Infrastructure
ATLAS Lab provides access to many Experimental, Computational and Modeling facilities.
Experimental Facilities
Heavy Structures Lab
Reconfigurable heavy structures facility for dynamic and static systems
Heavy-duty testing frames designed to support large-scale structural testing with high strength and stiffness. The system includes two load frames and modular components to accommodate a wide range of experimental setups. Includes a reaction floor, two loading frames, reaction wall, actuators and hydraulic jacking sets, multiple UTM Instron machines as well as high-capacity overhead moving crane, forklift, heavy-duty manual trucks, and many loading accessories.
Universal Bond Tester (UBoT)
A patented invention for FRP-concrete with convertibility to all bond test standards and methods.
Plastic Shrinkage Monitoring System
For 3D-printed concrete with cloud-based real-time data synchronization for structural health monitoring and digital twinning.
3D Concrete Printers
Smart System for Infrastructural Vibration Energy Harvesting
Collaboration with Interdisciplinary Research Centers (IRCs) at KFUPM.
Based at KFUPM, ATLAS Lab facilitates collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Research Centers and provides access to their advanced research facilities. These include the IRC for Construction and Building Materials (IRC-CBM), the Construction and Building Materials Laboratory, the Materials Characterization Laboratory, and the Durability and Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory.
Computational Mechanics and Modeling Facilities
PrestressedOpt
An in-house developed dual topology optimization software for prestressed concrete members' geometry and tendon profile.
TopoTabs
An in-house developed API for topology optimization with seamless integration into proprietary software.
ISET
An Adaptive Generalized/eXtended Finite Element Solver in collaboration with the GFEM Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Materials Studio
For atomic and molecular behavior simulation.
SIMULIA ABAQUS
A suite for finite element analysis (FEA) and computer-aided engineering.
ELS
Applied Element Method (AEM) based solver for performing both linear and nonlinear, static or dynamic analysis that follows the behavior of structures through separation, collision, and collapse.
Workstations
For advanced computing.
The Team
Lab Director
Dr. Faisal Mukhtar
Associate Professor
Dr. Mohammad M. Khan
Post-Doctoral Fellow · 2024 – Present
Dr. Anwar Hosan
Post-Doctoral Fellow · 2025 – Present
Muhammed Al-Adgham
PhD Student · 2024 – Present
Mohammad Al-Osta
PhD Student · 2024 – Present
Teshome Reba
PhD Student · 2025 – Present
Hassibullah Sadat
PhD Student · 2025 – Present
Mohamedalhag Mohamed
PhD Student · 2026 – Present
Goshu Tujuba
PhD Student · 2026 – Present
Hanan Shalata
PhD Student · 2026 – Present
Hager Elshaer
PhD Student · 2026 – Present
Dr. Mohammed E. Shehadah
PhD Alumni · 2025
Dr. Abubakr S. Musa
PhD Alumni · 2019
Paul Isu
MS Alumni · 2026
Husain Al-Aliwat
MS Alumni · 2026
Mahmood Abdulazeez
MS Alumni · 2024
Abdul-Rahman El-Tohfa
MS Alumni · 2022
Mohammad Al-Osta
MS Alumni · 2022
Maan Lardhi
MS Alumni · 2022
Gallery
Photo Gallery
Video Gallery
Flexural Strengthening of RC Beams Using Self-Prestressing Fe-SMA Plates
Watch on YouTube ↗Shear Strengthening of Deep RC Beams Using Self-Prestressing Fe-SMA Plates
Watch on YouTube ↗In-House Transformation of a Polymer 3D Printer into a Concrete Printing System
Watch on YouTube ↗Simulation of 3D Concrete Printing and Buildability Analysis
Watch on YouTube ↗Rheology and Multiphase Modeling of Self-Compacting Concrete Flow
Watch on YouTube ↗3-D G/XFEM Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture & Multiple Fracture Interactions
Watch on YouTube ↗Convertible Bond Test Apparatus for EB FRP, NSM FRP, FRCM
Watch on YouTube ↗Comprehensive FRP-Concrete Bond Behavior & the Innovative UBoT
Watch on YouTube ↗Join Us
ATLAS Lab is growing its community of researchers driving forward sustainability, infrastructure resilience, and Construction Industry 4.0. We welcome enquiries from motivated students and researchers in structural engineering, materials science, and computational mechanics.
PhD & MS Students
Join an active graduate research team at KFUPM working on funded projects spanning FRP composites, 3D concrete printing, shape memory alloys, and computational mechanics. A background in structural/civil engineering, mechanics, or a related computational field is helpful.
Post-Doctoral Fellows
The lab regularly hosts post-doctoral fellows on funded projects, working closely with the PI and senior graduate students.
Collaborators
ATLAS Lab welcomes collaboration with academic institutions, industry partners, and government research centers.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests, and (for graduate applicants) academic transcripts to faisalmu@kfupm.edu.sa, or reach out via the Contact page.