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Taher Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud (Assistant Professor)

PhD in Highways Engineering
Engineering Consulting Bureau Maneger
Civil - Engineering
drtaher.ahmed@uoanbar.edu.iq


Biography

Full name: Taher Mahmood Ahmed

Address: 24 - T9, Omar Street, Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq

Nationality: Iraqi

Date and place of birth: 15/08/1975-Iraq

Email: alanitaher2014@gmail.com ; drtaher.ahmed@uoanbar.edu.iq  

Phone Number: +964 780 282 5481

Position:   Prof. Civil Engineering,  Engineering College, University of Anbar

Publication

Ahmed, T.Y., Fadhil, T.H., Mahmoud, A.S., Ahmed, T.M. and Jaafar, Z.F.M., 2025. Rutting performance of asphalt mixture using simplified IDEAL-RT test method. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Construction Materials, pp.1-14.

Ahmed, T.M., Al-Khalid, H. and Green, P.L., 2025. Fatigue Analysis and Predicting of Hot Mix Asphalt Based on a Fracture Mechanics and Damage Density. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, pp.1-16.

Ali, F.H. and Ahmed, T.M., 2025. Enhancing Cold Mix Asphalt Performance With Geopolymer Technology. Kufa Journal of Engineering, 16(1).

Hassan, H.N., Abd, D.M. and Ahmed, T.M., 2024. Rheological and Physical Properties of Aged Bitumen Rejuvenated by Biobitumen. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 36(11), p.04024385.

Hassan, H.N., Abd, D.M. and Ahmed, T.M., 2024. Rheological and Physical Properties of Aged Bitumen Rejuvenated by Biobitumen. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 36(11), p.04024385.

Ali, F.H. and Ahmed, T.M., 2024, October. Influence of fly-ash based geopolymer additives on the preliminary properties of cold asphalt mix. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 3249, No. 1). AIP Publishing.

Ibrahim, A.M. and Ahmed, T.M., 2024, October. Some mechanical properties of cold bitumen emulsion mixes improved by geopolymer. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 3249, No. 1). AIP Publishing.

Kwad, N.F., Abdulkareem, A.H. and Ahmed, T.M., 2024, February. The effect of wetting-drying cycles on durability of RAP-geopolymer materials used for subgrade layers. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 3009, No. 1). AIP Publishing.

Ibrahim, A.M., Ahmed, T.M. and Ahmed, T.Y., 2024. Developing a Novel Cold Bitumen Emulsion Mixes by Adding Geopolymer. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología-Serie de Conferencias, (3), p.864.

Abdulkareem, A.H., Ahmed, T.M. and Kwad, N.F., 2023. Effect of incorporating kaolinite geopolymer on some mechanical properties of subgrade soil. In Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies (pp. 680-690). CRC Press.

Abd, D.M., Ahmed, T.M. and Ahmed, T.Y., 2023. Characterization of rutting resistance of warm-modified asphalt mixtures tested in a dynamic shear rheometer. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 32(1), p.20220277.

Fadhil, T.H., Ahmed, T.M. & Al Mashhadany, Y.I. Application of Artificial Neural Networks as Design Tool for Hot Mix Asphalt. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-021-00065-7.

Hassan, H.N., Ahmed, T.M. and Abd, D.M., 2022. Development of eco-friendly bio-oil-bitumen from local materials. Key Engineering Materials, 915, pp.145-151.

Kwad, N. F., Abdulkareem, A. H., & Ahmed, T. M. (2020). The Effect of Fly Ash Based Geopolymer on the Strength of Problematic Subgrade Soil with High CaO Content. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements—Mairepav9 (pp. 539-551). Springer, Cham.‏

Mahdi, Noor J., Duraid M. Abd, and Taher M. Ahmed. "Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt Produced from Iraqi Materials." Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements—Mairepav9. Springer, Cham, 2020.‏

Ahmed, T. M., Al-Khalid, H., & Ahmed, T. Y. (2019). Review of Techniques, Approaches and Criteria of Hot-Mix Asphalt Fatigue. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 31(12), 03119004.‏

Ahmed, Taher M., Thamer Yousif Ahmed, and Abbas Al-Hdabi. "Evaluating fatigue performance of hot-mix asphalt using degradation parameters." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Construction Materials 173.3 (2020): 111-122.‏

Ahmed, T. M., Green, P. L., & Khalid, H. A. (2017). Predicting fatigue performance of hot mix asphalt using artificial neural networks. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 18(sup2), 141-154.‏

Ahmed, T. M. (2019). Fatigue performance of hot mix asphalt tested in controlled stress mode using dynamic shear rheometer. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 20(3), 255-265.‏

Ahmed, T. M., & Al-Khalid, H. (2016). A simple fracture model for hot mix asphalt based on fundamental fatigue parameters. In 8th RILEM International Conference on Mechanisms of Cracking and Debonding in Pavements (pp. 163-169). Springer, Dordrecht.‏

Ahmed, T. M. (2016). Modelling the hysteresis loops of hot mix asphalt. In 8th RILEM International Conference on Mechanisms of Cracking and Debonding in Pavements (pp. 25-32). Springer, Dordrecht.‏

Taher M. Ahmed and Hussain A. Khalid. “A New Approach in Fatigue Testing and Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt Using a Dynamic Shear Rheometer” accepted in the 6th International Conference Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements, Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-12 June 2015.

Al Ani, T. M. A., Thamer Y. Ahmed, W. M. Mahmood, and S. M. A. Al Ani. "Using Crumb of Tyres in Hot Asphalt Mixture as Part of Aggregate." Al-Rafadain Engineering Journal 19, no. 2 (2011).

Taher M A Al-ani, and Asmiet Ramizy, "Modification Asphalt Mixture Performance by Rubber Silicon Additive.", Al-Anbar Journal of Engineering, (2010).

Taher M.A. Al-ani, Thamer J. Ahmed, Khalil T. Al-Rawi and Salim M. A. Al-ani “study effect of epoxy additives on some physical properties of asphalt cement”, Journal of Anbar University for Pure Science; Volume (3), Number (1), (2009).

Taher M. Ahmed Al-Ani, Ahmed A. J. Al-Heety and Asmiet R. A. Alhadithy “Study the effect of Rubber-Selicon on physical properties of asphaltic cement” Iraqi Journal for Civil Engineering, 11th issue, June (2008).

Taher M. A. Al-Ani “Comparison study between Durah (40-50) and Baiji (40-50) asphalt cement), Journal of Science and Engineering Volume (2), Number (1), 2005.

Taher M. Ahmed Al-Ani “Study the effect of Polyethylene on physical properties of asphaltic cement”, Iraqi Journal for Civil Engineering, 6th issue, June (2005)

Lectures


No. Subjects Lectures Stage File Video
1 Advanced pavement design Principles of Pavement Design Postgraduate
2 Advanced pavement design Types of Pavements Postgraduate
3 Advanced pavement design Flexible Pavement Postgraduate
4 Advanced pavement design types and Analysis of Stresses Postgraduate
5 Advanced pavement design Methods and solutions for flexible pavement Postgraduate
6 Advanced pavement design Layard Systems Postgraduate
7 Advanced pavement design Rigid pavement , Analysis of Stress, Strain and De Postgraduate
8 Advanced pavement design Design of Tie and Dowel bars Postgraduate
9 Advanced pavement design Flexible Pavement Design Method ( AASHTO 1993 Meth Postgraduate
10 Highway Materials Introduction, Physical properties of soils Fourth
11 Highway Materials soil classification Fourth
12 Highway Materials Aggregates, Basic aggregate tests Fourth
13 Highway Materials Blending two or more aggregates Fourth
14 Highway Materials Bitumen, bituminous binders Fourth
15 Highway Materials Superpave Laboratory tests Fourth
16 Highway Materials Flexible Pavement Layers, subbase, base course, bi Fourth
17 Highway Materials Asphalt concrete (AC Fourth
18 Highway Materials job mix design method Fourth
19 Highway Materials Standard Marshall mix design Fourth
20 Highway Materials Superpave mix design Fourth
21 Roads Materials References Fourth
22 Engineering Statistics Data Description Second
23 Engineering Statistics Cumulative Frequency Second
24 Engineering Statistics Normal Distribution Second
25 Engineering Statistics Mean Variance Second
26 Engineering Statistics Sample Space Second
27 Engineering Statistics Random Distribution Second
28 engineering statics Introduction to Statistics Third
29 engineering statics Presentation of A Statistical Data Third
30 engineering statics Chapter Three - Data Descriptions Third
31 engineering statics Probability and Counting Rules Third
32 engineering statics Discrete Probability Distributions Third
33 engineering statics Continuous Probability Distributions Third
34 engineering statics Seven-Confidence Intervals and Sample Size Third
35 engineering statics Hypothesis Testing Third
36 Advanced Pavement Design Advanced Pavement Design Postgraduate
37 Advanced Pavement Design Rigid Pavement Postgraduate
38 Advanced Pavement Design Flexible Pavement Postgraduate
39 Advanced Pavement Design AASHTO 1993 Flexible Pavement Postgraduate
40 Advanced Pavement Design Design of Flexible Pavement Overlays Postgraduate
41 Advanced Pavement Design UK FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN METHOD Postgraduate
42 Statistics Introduction to Statistics Third
43 Statistics Presentation of A Statistical Data Third
44 Statistics Data Descriptions Third
45 Statistics Probability and Counting Rules Third
46 Statistics Discrete Probability Distributions Third
47 Statistics Continuous Probability Distributions Third
48 Statistics -Confidence Intervals and Sample Size Third
49 Statistics Hypothesis Testing Third
50 Highways Engineering Advanced Pavement Design Postgraduate
51 Highways Engineering Flexible Pavement Postgraduate
52 Highways Engineering Rigid Pavement Postgraduate
53 Highways Engineering AASHTO 1993 Flexible Pavement Postgraduate
54 Highways Engineering Design of Flexible Pavement Overlays Postgraduate
55 Highways Engineering UK FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN METHOD Postgraduate

Academic certificates

 

PhD, Civil Engineering, Highway Engineering. University of Liverpool, UK, 2016.

MsC, Civil Engineering, Transportaion Engineering. University of Baghdad, Iraq, 1999.

BsC, Civil Engineering, University of Anbar, Iraq, 1997.

Supervision

Thesis title: Application of Warm Asphalt mixture in Iraq, Noor Jabbar, University of Anbar, Iraq.

Thesis title: Study the performance of incorporation RAP-geopolymer to subgrade layer materials, Nawfal Farooq Kwad, University of Anbar, Iraq.

Thesis title: Producing of Hot Mix Asphalt by Rejuvenating Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Using Bio-Bitumen, Hassan Naje Hassan, University of Anbar, Iraq.

Thesis Title: Study The Potential Of Incorporation The Geopolymer To Cold Bituminous Emulsion Mixtures (Bems), Ahmed M. Ibrahim, University of Anbar, Iraq.

Thesis Title: Effect of Geopolymer Components (Alkaline Solution /Fly ash) on the Performance of Cold Bituminous Emulsion Mixtures (BEMs), Falah Hasan Ali. University of Anbar, Iraq.

Thesis Title: Enhancement Of Mechanical Characteristics Of Cold Asphalt Mixtures Using Different Types Of Fibers Under Various Conditions, Mohamed Z. Mahmood, Near East University, Cyprus.

Thesis Title: Influence Of Re-Densification Of Cold Asphalt Mixture On Mechanical Characteristics, Ibrahim Mohammed Awad, Near East University, Cypru. 

Other

PhD in Civil Engineering – Roads and Airports – University of Liverpool – UK – 2016

Master degree in Civil Engineering –Transportation – Baghdad University – Iraq–1999.

Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering – Anbar University – Iraq–1997.