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Maher Shakir Mahmood Faraj (Assistant Professor)

PhD in Roads and Airports Engineering
Lecturer
Civil - Engineering
maher.mahmood@uoanbar.edu.iq


Biography

Position: Assistant Professor in Highway Engineering

Affiliation: Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar.

Address: Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq.

E-mail: maher.mahmood@uoanbar.edu.iq, maher78_2004@yahoo.com.

Career

No.

Career

Workplace

From -To

1.

Assistant Engineer

Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar

2001 to 2003

2.

Assistant Lecturer

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar

2003-2016

3.

Assistant Head of the Civil Engineering Department

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar

2004-2010

4.

Lecturer

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar

2016-2023

 

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Anbar

2023-until now

Research Area(s) :-

  • Pavement Management System.
  • Transportation Planning.
  • Traffic and Highway Engineering.
  • Surveying Engineering.
  • Optimization.
  • Artificial Intelligence Techniques.

Publication

Journal Articles

  1. Mahmood, M. Sh., and Abid, A. N., 2004. Building of mathematical model for forecasting of future Land Use – case study Ramadi city. Iraqi Journal for Civil Engineering, 5.
  2. Mahmood, M. Sh., 2007. “Building of mathematical model for forecasting of Production Trips – case study Ramadi city”. Iraqi Journal for Civil Engineering, 9, pp. 32-44.
  3. Mahmood, M. Sh., Abid, A. N., and Mehdi, W., 2008. Building Mathematical Model of mode choice for Attracted Trips to Ramadi City. Iraqi Journal for Civil Engineering, 11, pp. 17-26.
  4. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., Nolle, L., and Mathavan, S., 2013. A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Pavement Section Classification. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 6(5), pp. 620-626.
  5. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., and Mathavan, S., 2017. A multi-input deterioration-prediction model for asphalt road networks. Transport, DOI:10.1680/jtran.16.00170.
  6. Ahmed, K., Al-Khateeb, B., Mahmood, M., 2018. A chaos with discrete multi-objective particle swarm optimization for pavement maintenance. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 96(8), pp. 2317-2326.
  7. Mahmood, M., Mathavan, S., Rahman, M., 2018. A parameter-free discrete particle swarm algorithm and its application to multi-objective pavement maintenance schemes. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, DOI:10.1016/j.swevo.2018.03.013.
  8. Ahmed, K., Al-Khateeb, B., Mahmood, M., 2018. Application of chaos discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm on pavement maintenance scheduling problem. Cluster Computing, DOI:10.1007/s10586-018-2239-3.
  9. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., Mathavan, S., 2019. A multi-input deterioration-prediction model for asphalt road networks. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport, 172 (1), February, pp. 12-23, https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.16.00170.
  10. Ahmed, K., Al-Khateeb, B., Mahmood, M., 2019. A Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization for Pavement Maintenance with Chaos and Discrete. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, https://doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.54.3.5.
  11. Abid, A., Mahmood, M., Fateh, M., 2019. Trip Production Modeling Using Fuzzy Inference System for Kirkuk City, AUS.
  12. Mahmood, M., Anuraj, U., Mathavan, S., Rahman, M., 2020. A unified artificial neural network model for asphalt pavement condition prediction, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport, https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.19.00111.
  13. Fauzia, S., Rahman, M., Mahmood, M., 2020. Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predicting Surface Damage Due to Repeated Dynamic Loading on Submerged Asphalt Pavement. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering.
  14. Fauzia, S., Rahman, M., Mahmood, M., 2020. A fuzzy inference system for predicting pavement surface damage due to combined action of traffic loading and water. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 23(2), pp. 261-269, https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1742333.
  15. Maher Mahmood, and Nazhon Ismael Khaleel. "Developing a Prediction Model of Present Serviceability Index Using Fuzzy Inference System." Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineering, volume 16, issue 1, 2022.
  16. Maher Mahmood, Uthayasooriyan Anuraj, Senthan Mathavan, and Mujib Rahman. "A unified artificial neural network model for asphalt pavement condition prediction." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport, volume 176, issue 1, 2023.

 

Conference Proceedings

  1. Mahmood, M., 2013. Pavement Section Classification by Using Fuzzy Rule-Based System. Research and the Researcher, Fifth Annual Research Practice Course Conference, Nottingham Trent University, pp. 58-63.
  2. Mahmood, M., 2014. Cross Validation of Multi Input Deterioration Prediction Model (MID-PM) for Network Level Pavement Management. Proceedings of the Inaugural College of Art, Design & Built Environment Doctoral Conference, Nottingham Trent University, 9th-10th June, Nottingham, UK.
  3. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., and Mathavan, S., 2015. Pavement Management: Data Centric Rules and Uncertainty Management in Section Classification by a Fuzzy Inference System. 6th International Conference Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  4. Mahmood, M., Mathavan, S., and Rahman, M., 2016. Pavement Maintenance Decision Optimisation Using A Novel Discrete Bare-Bones Particle Swarm Algorithm. In: 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C.
  5. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., and Mathavan, S., 2016. Distress Based Pavement Performance Prediction Models. 8th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV8), Singapore.
  6. Fauzia, S., Rahman, M., Mahmood, M., Collins, P., 2019. A Fuzzy Inference System Based Asphalt Surface Deterioration Prediction Model Due to Combined Interaction of Dynamic Loading-Water-Pavement. 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C.
  7. Mahmood, M., Rahman, M., and Mathavan, S., 2020. Multi-Types of Flexible Pavement Deterioration Prediction Models. 6th International Engineering Conference “Sustainable Technology and Development"(IEC). Erbil – Iraq.
  8. Hamid Ahmed Awad, Talal Hussien Fadhil, Maher Shaker Mahmmod. "Evaluation of asphalt concrete mixture stiffness based on multi-criteria decision making (AHP method)" In 2nd International Conference on Environment and Sustainability Technologies (ICEST_2025), Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 2025.
  9. Zeena Arif Lateef, Maher Mahmood. "Establishing a Comprehensive Priority Framework for Pavement Maintenance in the Anbar Road Network: A Network-Level Approach" In fifth International Conference on Sustainable Engineering Technologies (ICSET 2024), Duhok, Iraq, 2024.
  10. Zeena Arif Lateef, Maher Mahmood. "Developing a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process for Prioritizing Pavement Maintenance at the Network Level" In 3rd International Conference on Advances in Engineering Science and Technology (AEST-2024), Babylon, Iraq, 2024.

Lectures


No. Subjects Lectures Stage File Video
1 CalCulus III Rectangular Coordinate Systems In 3-Space, Vectors Second
2 CalCulus III Rectangular Coordinate Systems In 3-Space, Vectors Second
3 CalCulus III Dot product Second
4 CalCulus III Cross Product Second
5 CalCulus III Planes In 3-Space, Quadric Surfaces Second
6 CalCulus III Quadric Surfaces, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordi Second
7 CalCulus III Vector-Valued Functions Second
8 CalCulus III calculus of Vector-Valued Functions Second
9 CalCulus III Change of Parameter; Arc Length Second
10 CalCulus III Curvature, Motion along a Curve Second
11 CalCulus III Partial Derivatives, Functions of Two or More Vari Second
12 CalCulu Partial Derivatives, Differentiability, Differenti Second
13 CalCulus III Directional Derivatives and Gradients, Maxima and Second
14 CalCulus III Lagrange Multipliers, Double Integrals Second
15 CalCulus III Double Integrals Second
16 Calculus 3 References (text book) Second

Academic certificates

Ph.D.

(Highway Engineering)

Nottingham Trent University

School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment

2011-2015

PGDip.

(Professional Research Practice)

Nottingham Trent University

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2011-2014

M.Sc.

(Transportation Planning)

University of Anbar

Engineering

2000-2003

B.Sc.

(Civil Engineering)

University of Anbar

Engineering

1996-2000

Supervision

Thesis Title

Department- College - University

Year

A Discrete Chaos Particle Swarm Optimization for Multi-Objective Pavement Maintenance Decision Problem

Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Anbar

2017

Pavement Maintenance Programming at Network Level Using Meta-Heuristic Algorithm

Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Anbar

2023

Development of a Pavement Management System at Network Level for Ramadi Highway Network

Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Anbar

2025

Other

Training Courses

  • Participated in Remote sensing course, GORS, 2006, Syria.
  • Participated in OJT on Road Construction Technology training program, KOICA and Korea Expressway Corporation (EX), 2008, South Korea.
  • Participated in Effective Researcher workshops, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2011.
  • Participated in Initial Teaching Professional Development Programme, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2013.
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  • Membership:-
  • Member of Iraqi Engineers Union, 2000, Iraq. 
  • Member of Iraqi Teachers Union, 2001, Iraq. 
  • Member of the Chartered of Institution of Highways and Transportation CIHT, 2011, UK. 
  • Member of Transportation Planning Society TPS, 2015, UK.