M.S., M.E. and  Ph.D. Advising

M.S. Theses Chairman

            1.         Abdul Nabi Lashari, Protection of Reinforced Concrete Using Corrosion Inhibitors and Coatings, May 1996.

            2.         Taofiq O. Abiola, Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Blended Cements under Hot Weather Conditions, September 2002.

            3.         Walid Mohammed El Mahdi Siddiq, Studies on Soil-Foundation Interaction in the Sabkha Environment of Eastern Saudi Arabia, December 2003.

            4.         Walid Mohammad Al-Kutti, Compliance Criteria for Quality Concrete, May 2005.

            5.         Mohammed Azhar, Evaluation of Ternary Cements for Improving Concrete Durability, in progress.

            M.E. Report Chairman

            1.         Eissa Shayei Alayedi, Chemical Stabilization of Al-Qurayyah Eastern Saudi Sabkha Soil, July 1996.

            2.         Nasser Saad Saban, Stabilization of Two Eastern Saudi Marl Soils, June 2003.

            M.S. Theses Co-Chairman

            1.         Wael Mohamed Ali Elleithy, Bond and Durability of Fusion-Bonded Epoxy-Coated Steel Bars, June 1995.

            2.         Ahmad Habib-ur-Rehman, Characterization and Stabilization of Eastern Saudi Marls, December 1995.

            3.         Imtiaz Ahmad, Characterization and Stabilization of Eastern Saudi Sabkhas, July 1997.

            M.S. Theses Committee Member

            1.         Naseer Ahmad Mohiuddin, Use of Small Diameter Cores in Evaluation of In-Situ Concrete Strength in Eastern Saudi Arabia, June 1995.

            2.         Mohammed Asad, Computational Modeling of Shrinkage in Repaired Concrete, December 1995.

            3.         Mohammed Abdul Waris, Plastic Shrinkage Cracking in Hot Weather Concreting, June 1996.

            4.         Shahid Azam Khan, Effect of Gypsum-Anhydrite on the Behavior of Expansive Clays, April 1997.

            5.         Khaqan Khan, Fracture Toughness Envelope for a Limestone Rock Formation, April 1998.

            6.         Muhammad Imran Khan, Performance Optimization and Modeling of Slurry Seal and Micro Surfacing Utilizing Steel Slag Aggregates, December 1998.

            7.         Syed Muhammed Ali, Interface Frictional Characteristics of Non-woven Geotextile-Sabkha and Sand Using Pull-out Tests, September 1999.

            8.         Khalid Al-Ghunaiyan, Characterization and Stabilization of Eastern Saudi Sands, October 1999.

            9.         Zaki Uddin Siddiqi, Effect of Geotextile on the Load-Carrying Capacity and Deformation of Sabkha Soil, May 2000.

            10.       Syed Imran Ali, Effect of Aggregate Quality on Reinforcement Corrosion, April 2003.

            11.       Mohammed Ismail, Improving the Performance of Damaged FBECR in Chloride-Contaminated Concrete, November 2005.

            12.       Jaffer Mohiuddin, Flexural Behavior of Prestresed Precast Hollow Core Slabs Strengthened with CFRP Sheets, January 2006.

            13.       Osmanuddin Adil Syed, Field Performance of Plain and Blended Cement Concretes in Marine Environments, in progress.

            Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member

            1.         Hamed A. Al-Ghamdi, Effect of Curing and Mix Design Parameters on Durability of Portland Cement and Portland Cement-Silica Fume Cement Mortars in a Hot-Marine Environment, Principal Advisor: Prof. F.P. Glasser, Department of Chemistry, The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, May 1999.

            2.         H.A.M. Beshr, Durability of High Performance Concrete, KFUPM, Dhahran, June 2000.

            3.         Mahmoud M. Ghazal, Geological Hazards and Soil Stabilization of the Western Saudi Sabkha Soils, Principal Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim M. Al-Hasan Abdulgadir, Department of Engineering Geology, College of Sciences and Technology, Al-Neelain University (previously known as Cairo University, Khartoum Branch), Sudan, July 2004 (The experimental work was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

            External Examiner of M.S. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation

            1.         Bing Zhu, Durability of Reinforced Concrete in Association with Chloride-Induced Corrosion, Master of Eng. Science Thesis, Principal Advisor: Dr. Obada Kayali, Department of Civil Engineering, University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defense Force Academy, Canberra, Australia, December 1998.

            2.         Mohammed Al-Haj Hussein, The Effect of Cement Type on the Potential and Corrosion Behavior of Steel Reinforcement, Ph.D. Dissertation, Principal Advisor: Dr. Mike Mulheron, Lecturer in Construction Materials, School of Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, August 2003.

            3.         Pang Wang Fook, Engineering Properties and Durability of Superplasticised Metakaolin Concrete with Different Water/Binder Ratios, Master of Eng. Science Thesis, Principal Advisor: Dr. Hashim Abdul Razak, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 2004.

            4.         Mahmoud M. Ghazal, Geological Hazards and Soil Stabilization of Western Saudi Sabkha Soils, Principal Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim M. Al-Hasan Abdulgadir, Department of Engineering Geology, College of Sciences and Technology, Al-Neelain University (previously known as Cairo University, Khartoum Branch), Sudan, July 2004 (The experimental work was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

            5.         Fareeda Mohammed Abdallah, Engineering Specification of Khartoum State Aggregates for Concrete Mixes and Road Design, Master of Engineering Science, Principal Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim M. Al-Hasan Abdulgadir, Department of Engineering Geology, College of Sciences and Technology, Al-Neelain University (previously known as Cairo University, Khartoum Branch), Sudan, July 2004 (The experimental work was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).