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Dr Jamal Khatib has more than 20 years of research, consultancy and teaching experience in the field of civil engineering materials and construction.

After coming to Britain with a BEng in Civil Engineering, he went on to obtain an MSc in Structural Engineering from the University of Liverpool and a PhD in Construction Materials from the University of Aberdeen. After successful research collaboration with the Inner Mongolia University of Iron and Technology (IMUIT) in China, Jamal is now an Honorary Professor of IMUIT. In addition, he is a Chartered Engineer, a member of the Institution of Engineer of Ireland and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Before joining Wolverhampton, Jamal was a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering and construction at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to that, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glamorgan. The work involved research, teaching and consultancy.

Teaching

Jamal taught different modules in Civil Engineering and Construction including:

· Mechanics of Materials

· Engineering Materials

· Structural Analysis and Design

· Design of Structural Elements

· Fluid Mechanics

· Field Surveying

· Engineering Studies

- Construction Process

· Measurement of Quantities (SMM7)

· Construction Cost Studies

· Traditional Drawing Practice

· Construction Professional Studies

Research interests

Research interests are mainly in the area of sustainable construction/structural materials subjected to different environmental conditions, and the use of waste materials and novel materials in construction applications. Waste materials include industrial by-products such as coal fly ash (pulverised fuel ash - pfa), ground granulated blastfurnace slag, silica fume, sludges, Desulphurised waste, recycled brick and concrete and municipal solid waste incineration ash. Novel materials include metakaolin (e.g calcined clay). Jamal was one of early researchers in the UK to study the engineering properties of concrete containing such a material. Other research interests include pavement engineering and the use of waste in the bound layer of pavement, Environmental impact (behaviour) of construction materials containing wastes, lime/cement stabilisation of contaminated land, behaviour of structural elements and development of new non-cement based composite materials with large content of industrial wastes/by-products.

Also Research involves studying the rheology, physical, mechanical, durability properties and structural behaviour of construction materials. These include, compressive & flexural strength, Load/deflection characteristics, non-destructive testing, chemical attack, prediction of chloride penetration into concrete and its effect on reinforcement corrosion, carbonation, porosity and pore size distribution, capillary water absorption, chemical shrinkage (total and external) & plastic shrinkage using novel techniques, products of hydration using TG analysis and SEM, leaching characteristics of heavy elements and other elements (i.e. environmental impact) using ICP.

Jamal has more than 60 publications, mainly in refereed academic journals & conference proceedings, and successfully supervised 7 PhD students. He reviews articles for leading international academic journals including; Cement and Concrete Research, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Materials Journal, Construction and Building Materials, Cement and Concrete Composites, Materials and Structures (RILEM), Journal of Materials, Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Applied Clay Science and ICE Proceedings-Journal of Construction Materials. He acts as a member of technical/organising committees of International Conferences and was invited to present keynote papers at International venues. He established research links with International Institutions including Universities in Australia, China, Algeria and India.

Jamal was a co-investigator in a £105K research grant awarded by the EPSRC on the use of fly ash and metakaolin to produce high performance construction materials and took an active part in €500K European funded projects on the use of industrial waste product (e.g. desulphurised waste) in construction. He also supervised two teams of undergraduates who were awarded two prizes in the nationwide (UK) Sandberg Trophy in the 2000 and 2001 Competition for achieving high strength concrete. Concrete with a strength of 120 N/mm2 was achieved using normal aggregates and standard curing method

Consultancy carried out included the structural assessment of super-tram track (bond between the track and the adjacent concrete), deterioration causes of reinforced concrete pipes and assessment of new construction/roofing materials.

Selected Publications

1. “Influence of Fly Ash, Silica Fume and Slag on Sulphate Resistance of Concrete”, American Concrete Institute-Materials Journal, No.5, Vol.92, 1995, pp 542-552

Authors: P S Mangat and J M Khatib

2. “Relative Strength, Pozzolanic Activity and Cement Hydration in Superplasticised Metakaolin Concrete”, Cement and Concrete Research Journal, Vol.16, No.10, 1996, pp 1537-1544. [Cited 83 times in journal articles as per google scholar]

Authors: S Wild, J M Khatib and A Jones

3. “Pore Size Distribution of Metakaolin Paste”, Cement and Concrete Research Journal. Vol.26, No.10, 1996, pp 1545-1553. [Cited 50 times in journal articles as per google scholar]

Authors: J M Khatib and S Wild

4. “Sulphate Resistance of Metakaolin Mortar”, Cement and Concrete Research Journal, 1998, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp 83-92. [Cited 45 times in journal articles as per google scholar]

Authors: J M Khatib and S Wild

5. “Chemical and Autogenous Shrinkage of Metakaolin Paste”, Advances in Cement Research Journal, 1998, Vol 10, No 3, 1998, pp 1-11.

Authors: S Wild, J M Khatib and L Roose

6. “Influence of High Temperature and Low Humidity Curing on Chloride Penetration in Blended Cement Concrete”, Cement and Concrete Research Journal, Vol 32, 2002, pp 1743-1753.

Authors: J M Khatib and P S Mangat

7. “Properties of Concrete Containing Fine Recycled Aggregates”, Cement and Concrete Research Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4, April 2005, pp 763-769. [Rated top 25 (6/25) articles in a 3 months periodAuthor: J M Khatib

8. "Optimum Utilisation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) Waste in Blended Binder for Concrete", Construction Materials Journal - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Vol 1, No. 2, August 2006, pp 60-68

Authors: P S Mangat, J M Khatib and L Wright

 

9. “Metakaolin Concrete at a Low Water to Binder Ratio”, Construction and Building Materials Journal, August 2008, Vol 22, Issue 8, pp 1691-1700

Author: J M Khatib

10. “Performance of Self-Compacting Concrete Containing Fly Ash”, Construction and Building Materials Journal, September 2008, Vol 22, Issue 9, pp 1963-1971 [Rated top 25 (11/25) articles in a 3 months period]

Author: J M Khatib

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