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Ahmed Hilal Farhan (Assistant Professor)
PhD in Civil Engineering / Highways and Airports Eng.
Lecturer
Civil - Engineering
ahmed.farhan_ce@uoanbar.edu.iq
Biography
Ahmed Hilal Farhan
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Contact
Room 4, Civil Engineering Building
University of Anbar
University Main Campus
Anbar
IRAQ
Email: ahmed.farhan2010@yahoo.com
ahmed.farhan_ce@uoanbar.edu.iq
Qualifications
PhD Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
MSc Highways and Airports Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, IRAQ.
BSc Civil Engineering, University of Anbar, Anbar, IRAQ.
Research summary
1. Behaviour of Cement-bound materials (CBAMs) including reinforced stabilized mixtures.
2. Characterization of highway materials (both bound and unbound) under static and dynamic loading.
3. Advanced testing of cementitious and asphaltic mixtures.
4. Pavement analysis and design (flexible, rigid and semi-rigid).
5. Quantification of damage for construction materials.
6. Geometric design of highways and streets.
Expertise summary
1. Structural design and constuction of pavements (both flexible and rigid).
2. Highway geometric design (including intersections, roundabouts, over and underpasses).
3. Design and construction of civil engineering structures.
3. Design of highway and railway culverts.
4. CAD related tasks (workshop, construction, reinforcement, and topographical drawings).
Teaching summary
Several subjects were taught. These include:
Postgraduate
1. Advanced geometric design of HWY (MSc).
2. Research Methodology ( PhD & MSc).
3. Airport Engineering.
Undergraduate
1. Highway Engineering (4th year).
2. Computer Applications (4th years).
3. Numerical Methods (3rd Year).
4. Programming (2nd year).
4. Mathematics (1st year).
ٍSoftwares and Programming
1. AutoCAD.
2. Autodesk Civil 3D .
3. Autodesk infrawork.
4. Twinmotion.
5. Visual Basic programming language.
6. Staad Pro, KenPave.
7. Grapher, Microsoft office, ImageJ.
Publication
Farhan, A. H., Al-Hadithi, A.I. and Ali, D.H. (2024). "Investigating mechanical properties of SIFCONs with PET fibers" Construction and Building Materials 448: 138220.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2020). "Compressive behaviour of rubberized cement-stabilized aggregate nixtures" Construction and Building Materials 262: 120038.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2020). "Effect of Rubber Incorporation on the Behavior of Pavement Cemented Mixtures under Cyclic Flexural Loading: A Preliminary Study." Journal of Testing and Evaluation 48(4).
Farhan, A. H., A. Dawson and N. Thom (2019). "Behaviour of rubberised cement-bound aggregate mixtures containing different stabilisation levels under static and cyclic flexural loading." Road Materials and Pavement Design: 1-20.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2018a). "Recycled hybrid fiber-reinforced & cement-stabilized pavement mixtures: Tensile properties and cracking characterization." Construction and Building Materials 179: 488-499
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2018b). "Damage propagation rate and mechanical properties of recycled steel fiber-reinforced and cement-bound granular materials used in pavement structure." Construction and Building Materials 172: 112-124.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2016a). "Characterization of rubberized cement bound aggregate mixtures using indirect tensile testing and fractal analysis." Construction and Building Materials 105: 94-102.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2016b). "Effect of cementation level on performance of rubberized cement-stabilized aggregate mixtures." Materials & Design 97: 98-107.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson, N. H. Thom, S. Adam and M. J. Smith (2015). "Flexural characteristics of rubberized cement-stabilized crushed aggregate for pavement structure." Materials & Design 88: 897-905.
Farhan, A. H., A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thom (2015). "Rubber modification of cement-stabilized aggregate delivering more sustainable pavement mixes". 9th international conference on road and airfield pavements (ICPT2015). Dalian, China.
Farhan, A. H., (2008). "Effect of wind pressure on horizontal alignments of highways". Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineerng. University of Anbar. Issue 11. Pages 88-98.
Farhan, A. H., (2008). "Estimation of suitable grade valaue for stopping sight distance computation on vertical curves" Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineering. University of Anbar.Issue 10, Pages 90-101
Lectures
Academic certificates
Qualifications
PhD Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
MSc Highways and Airports Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, IRAQ.
BSc Civil Engineering, University of Anbar, Anbar, IRAQ.
Supervision
1. Investigating mechanical properties of waste plastic fiber-reinforced cement base course mixtures, Student name: Omar Ibrahim Dulaimi, Program: M.Sc. ,Year of completion: 2025
2. Tensile behavior of slurry inflitrated fibrous concrete mixtures, Student name: Dheyaa Hassan Ali, Program: M.Sc., Year of completion: 2023
Other
I am a reviewer for many journals. Some of them are:
1. Construction and Building Materials Journal. Elsevier.
2. Testing and Evaluation Journal, ASTM.
3. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Springer.
4. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, SAGE.
5. Transport, ICE Proceeding.
6. International Journal of Pavement Engineering.