TEACHING
1 Courses in Teaching
1.1 Courses Taught
CE 101 Engineering Graphics
CE 201 Statics
CE 302 Materials Testing
CE 305 Structural Analysis
1.2 Courses Improved and Taught
CE 441 Pavement Design
CE 574 Structural Pavement Design
CE 575 Performance and Rehabilitation of Pavements
CE 577 Airport Design
CE 579 Pavement Materials
CE 670 Advanced Pavement Design
CE 671 Advanced Pavement Materials
CE 672 Pavement Maintenance Management
1.3 Courses Developed and Taught
CE 440 Highway and Airport Materials
CE 442 Construction and Maintenance of Highways and Airports
2 Courses and Lab Development
2.1 Courses Development
CE 440 Highway and Airport Materials
CE 442 Construction and Maintenance of Highways and Airports
2.2 Highway Laboratory Development
I have managed, with the support of the University, to develop Civil Engineering Highway Laboratory from a simple testing facility for Marshall mix design in 1985 to one of the most advanced pavement materials research laboratories in the Kingdom and Middle East in 1993.
3 Short Courses
3.1 Short Courses Coordination
1. “Pavement Evaluation and Maintenance Management”, 15-19 November 1986. (Coordinator)
2. “Asphalt Concrete and Constituent Materials”, Special Course for Aramco, 14-18 November 1987. (Coordinator)
3. “Asphalt Mix Design and Quality Control Methods for the Gulf Countries”, August 1987. (Coordinator)
4. “Microcomputer Applications in Pavement Engineering”, 2-6 May 1992. (Coordinator)
5. “Testing and Quality Control Procedures of Soil, Concrete and Pavement”, 30 October to 3 November 1993. (Coordinator)
6. “Pavement Design and Maintenance Techniques”, 11‑15 December 1993. (Coordinator)
7. “Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Techniques”, 31/12/1994-4/1/1995. (Coordinator)
8. “Pavement Maintenance Management System”, Special Course for Dammam Municipality, 11-15 May 1996. (Coordinator)
9. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 2-6 February 2002. (Coordinator)
10. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 4-8 May 2002. (Coordinator)
11. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 29 June-3 July 2002. (Coordinator)
12. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 14-18 September 2002. (Coordinator)
13. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 12-16 October 2002. (Coordinator)
14. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 21-25 December 2002. (Coordinator)
15. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 1-5 March 2003. (Coordinator)
16. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 3-7 May 2003. (Coordinator)
17. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 25-28 May 2003. (Coordinator)
18. "Construction, maintenance, quality control and quality assurance of hot asphalt concrete mixes", 11-15 October 2003. (Coordinator)
19. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 6-10 March 2004. (Coordinator)
20. "Construction, maintenance, quality control and quality assurance of hot asphalt concrete mixes", 11-15 October 2005. (Coordinator)
21. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 30 April-4 May 2005. (Coordinator)
22. “SUPERPAVE Asphalt Binder Testing and Mix Design”, 11-15 Feb. 2006. (Coordinator)
23. "Construction, maintenance, quality control and quality assurance of hot asphalt concrete mixes", 15- 19 Oct. 2006. (Coordinator)
3.2 Short Courses Participation
1. “Safety Design and Operational Practices for Streets and Highways”, 1990, (Coordinated by Ergun, G.)
2. “Soil Stabilization and Ground Improvement”, 1-5 April 1995, (Coordinated by Aiban, S.)
3. “Stabilization of Indigenous Soils for Constructional Purposes”, 15-19 March 1997, (Coordinated by Al-Amoudi, O.)
4. “Workshop on Operation and Maintenance Management of Road Networks in the Kingdom”, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Riyadh, 1-2 Dhul Qa’dah 1415H.
5. “Stabilization of Indigenous Soils and Assessment of Pavements”, October 24 to 28, 1998, (Coordinated by Al-Amoudi, O.)
6. “Stabilization of Indigenous Soils and Assessment of Pavements”, October 21 to 25, 2000, (Coordinated by Al-Amoudi, O.)
7. “Inspection and Supervision Activities for Road Pavement Construction and Maintenance”, Closed short course offered to 15 employees of Saudi Aramco.
4 Public Lectures
1. “Utilization of Locally Available Marginal Materials for Local Road Construction”, M.O.C., 1987.
2. “Evaluation of Permanent Deformation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, seminar presented at ASCE, Civil Eng. Dept., April 1988.
3. “National Project on the Evaluation of Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete Pavement in Saudi Arabia”, Civil Eng. Dept., May 22, 1988.
4. “Evaluation of Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete Pavements in Saudi Arabia”, M.O.C , May 20, 1990.
5. Seminar on “Truck Weight Control ‑ Pavement Deterioration”, June 11, 1990.
6. Seminar on “Asphalt Concrete Mixes, Field Management”, M.O.C., 21/6/1414.
7. Seminar on “Pavement Maintenance Management - Theory and Practice”, Dammam Municipality, 11-15 May 1996.
8. Symposium on the Operation and Maintenance Management of Road Networks in the Kingdom, Riyadh Municipality, January 1995.
9. Materials Degradation and Protection in Saudi Arabian Environment, RI, Dhahran, November 12-13, 1996.
10. SUPERPAVE – What is New?, Saudi Aramco Road Dept., May 2001.
11. SUPERPAVE binder specification and SHRP LEVEL-I mix design, MOT, Riyadh ,May 25,2003.
5 Student Advising
a. Chairman
1. “Modeling of Arabian Asphalt Rheological and Performance Properties Using HP-GPC Technique”, by Ibrahim Asi, June 1996.
2. “Polymer Modification of Arabian Asphalt to Suit Gulf Countries - Performance Requirements”, by Ibrahim Al-Dubabe, June 1996.
3. “Modeling of Pavement Condition and Maintenance Priority Ranking for Road Networks”, by R.H. Ramadhan, July 1996.
4. "Artificial Intellegence Based Techniquesfor Intersection Traffic Flow Prediction and Time od Day Breakpoint Determination" Syed Mausiur Rahman, June 2010.
5. Improvement Of Asphalt Performance Using Industrial Wastes.Ph.d. thesis , Mohammad Anwar Parvez, 2011
6. Modeling of Sulfur Modified Foamed and Emulsified Asphalt Soil Mixes Behavior for Local Road Applications, Gamil Mahyoub Saif Abdullah,2012
7. Improvement of eastern saudi soils utilizing indigenous industrial
by-products, Abdullah Ahmed Al-Homidy,Dec 2011
5.2 M.S. Supervision
a. Chairman (Advisor)
1. “Evaluation of Emulsified Asphalt Treated Sand for Road Bases”, by M. Halhouli, Committee members, A.J. Al‑Tayyib, M.G. Arora, May 1986.
2. “Effect of Degree of Saturation, Air Voids, and Medium of Attack on the Durability of Asphaltic Mix in Jeddah City”, by Javed Hasnain, Members, F. Bayomy, G. Ergun, 1987.
3. “Laboratory Evaluation of Local Mix Design Procedure”, by K. Ziauddin, Committee member, M. Arora, 1987.
4. “Prediction of Pavement Rutting from Laboratory Characterized Tests”, by R. Ramadhan, Committee member, M. Arora, March 1988.
5. “Laboratory Evaluation of Reclaimed Rubber-Asphaltic Concrete Mixes”, by Ghazi M. Al‑Amri, 1989.
6. “Laboratory Study of the Effect of Hedmanite Modification of Asphalt Concrete Mixes”, by Mirza Baig, 1994.
7. “Stabilization of Sabkha Soils for Construction Purposes”, by Imtiaz Ahmed, 1997.
8. “Optimization of Asphalt Concrete Mixes Using Hadeed Slag Aggregate”, by Bagampadde Umaru, 1997.
9. “Performance Modification of Saudi Asphalts Using SABIC Polymers”, by Isam Abaker Mahmoud, 2002.
10. “Performance Modeling of Saudi Aramco Roads Network, April 2008
11. The effect of local
recycled waste materials on the physical behavior and performance of joint
filling and waterproofing Asphalt, Muhammad Abubakar Dalhat, Feb 2012
12 Evaluation of
Sulfur modified Foamed Asphalt for Local Soil Stabilization, Farag Ali
Balbahaith, April, 2012
13 Evaluation of
Sulfur modified Emulsified Asphalt for Local Soil Stabilization, Yasser Mohammad
Ghalib, July 21, 2012
b. Member
1. “Axle Loads and Pavement Performance Indicators for Typical Highway in Eastern Province”, by I. Asi, supervised by M.G. Arora, Committee member, D. Pearson Kirk, May 1986.
2. “Assessment of Road User Charges in Saudi Arabia”, by H.M.H. Al‑Madani, supervised by Fouad Bayomy, Committee member, G. Ergun, May 1986.
3. “Evaluation of Slurry Seal for Road Maintenance in Saudi Arabia”, by Naji Jamil, 1987.
4. “Parking Problem of Arafat”, by Abdullah Hamad Al‑AbdulGader, March 27, 1988.
5. “Effect of Using Geotextiles on the Resilient and Residual Characteristics of the Untreated Bases”, by Abdul‑Karim Al‑Sheikh, 1989.
6. “Factors Affecting the Quality of Asphalt Concrete Pavement in Saudi Arabia”, by Mohammad Al‑Hassan, August 1991.
7. “Characterization and Stabilization of Marl Soils”, by Habib Ur-Rahman, January 1996.
8. “Stabilization of Qurayyah Sabkha Soil”, by Essa Al-Eyedi, August 1996.
9. “Development of Truck Loading for Short Span Highway Bridges in Saudi Arabia”, by Saleem Parves, (Co-Chairman), May 1997.
10. “Effect of Filler on the Engineering Properties of Asphalt Mixes”, by Kalkattawi Husni, Civil Engineering Dept., King Abdulaziz University, External Examiner, January 1993.
11. “Analytic Study for Traffic Safety Level on Jeddah Al-Madinah Freeway”, by Muhammad Al-Balawi , External Examiner, 1995.
12. “Mechanical Soil Stabilization for the Construction of Remote Airstrips”, Master of Engineering Report by Jamal G. Al-Binali, 1989.
13. “Performance Optimization and Modeling of Slurry Seal and Microsurfacing Utilizing Steel Slag Aggregates”, by M. Imran Khan, December 1998.
14. “The Effect of Grain Size on the Load Carrying Capacity of Calcareous Sediments”, by Osman Elhussein Mohammed, February 2001.
15. “Characteristic Study of Catastrophic Tire Failure in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia”, by Syed Anwar Basha (In progress).
16. “Polymer Modification of Saudi Asphalts Using SABIC Polymers”, by Isam Abaker (In progress).
17. " Catastrophic tire failure in the Eastern Province", Anwar Basha, September,2002
18. “Effect of Polymer Type and Structure on The Modification of Saudi Asphalt”, by Mohammad Ha, Chemical Engineering 2003.