PhD Students
Current
Muhammed Al-Adgham
PhD Student · 2024 – PresentDissertation
Self-prestressing flexural and shear strengthening of RC beams using heat-activated Fe-shape memory alloy plates
Mohammad Al-Osta
PhD Student · 2025 – PresentDissertation
Seasonal climate effects on shrinkage and mechanical performances of self-healing 3D-printed concrete with recycled fine aggregate
Teshome Reba
PhD Student · 2025 – PresentDissertation
Energy harvesting from infrastructural vibrations
Hassibullah Sadat
PhD Student · 2025 – PresentDissertation
Damage models for new generation of concretes
Alumni
Dr. Mohammed E. Shehadah
PhD Alumni · 2025Dissertation
Structural performance of treated recycled aggregate concretes
Structural Engineer, Buro Happold Ltd., Riyadh
Dr. Abubakr S. Musa
PhD Alumni · 2019Dissertation
Buckling of axially loaded cylindrical shells
Research Scientist, IRC-CBM, KFUPM
MS Students
Current
Paul Isu
MS Student · 2025 – PresentThesis
Self-sensing 3D-printed concrete integrated with graphene derivatives
Husain Al-Aliwat
MS Student · 2024 – PresentThesis
Experimental and AI-based quality monitoring in 3D concrete printing
Alumni
Mahmood Abdulazeez
MS Alumni · 2024Thesis
Seismic performance of RC bridge piers retrofitted with Fe-based shape memory alloys and UHPC
PhD Student, University of Adelaide, Australia
Abdul-Rahman El-Tohfa
MS Alumni · 2022Thesis
Fracture propagation in quasi brittle materials using eXtended/Generalized finite element method
PhD Student, McMaster University, Canada
Mohammad Al-Osta
MS Alumni · 2022Thesis
Evaluation of self-healing FRCM/concrete interfacial bond
PhD Student, KFUPM
Maan Lardhi
MS Alumni · 2022Thesis
Punching shear performance of steel fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete slabs strengthened with near surface mounted composites
Acting Managing Director, Debsa Built Environment, Riyadh
Dr. Mohammed E. Shehadah
MS Alumni · 2020Thesis
Modelling of interfacial bond behavior between externally bonded FRP and concrete
Structural Engineer, Buro Happold Ltd., Riyadh
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Mohammad M. Khan
Post-Doctoral Fellow · 2024 – PresentResearch Project
Static and dynamic performances of UHPC variants
Dr. Anwar Hosan
Post-Doctoral Fellow · 2025 – PresentResearch Project
3D concrete printing from local Saudi materials
Directed Research Advisees
PhD & MS independent/directed research projects supervised outside the thesis programme.
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2022
Vulnerability assessment of composite-strengthened RC structures under impact/blast loading
PhD DR-I
Mr. Mohammed E. Shehadah · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM -
2022
Application of Adaptive Extended Finite Element Method for Mixed-Mode Fatigue Fracture Propagation
PhD DR
Mr. Mohammad Al-Jawhary · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM -
2022
Strengthening of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Beam-Column Joints
PhD DR-II
Mr. Mohammed E. Shehadah · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM -
2024
Modeling of Fracture and Damage in 3D Printed Materials using Extended Finite Element Method
MS IR
Mr. Husain Al-Aliwat · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM -
2020
Development and Validation of a 3D Model for the Simulation of Fracture Propagation in Concrete based on XFEM
MS IR
Mr. Abdul-Rahman El-Tohfa · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM -
2018
A Study of Hygrothermal Effect on Interfacial Bond Between CFRP and Concrete Made from Local Materials
MS IR
Mr. Rayhan M. Faysal · Dept. of Civil Engineering, KFUPM