Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Journal of Civil Engineering Research is an open access scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of civil engineering around the world. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in civil engineering and thus advancement of civil engineering sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems in different areas of civil engineering.

Shaikh Ahmed

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Australia

Research Areas

Development of High Performance Fiber Reinforced cementitious Composites (HPFRCC), Durability of Reinforced Concrete, Utilization of HPFRCC in Concrete Structures Utilization of Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete

Education

2004Ph.DCivil Engineering, National University of Singapore
1998MasterStructural Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
1993BachelorEng. (Civil), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Experience

2009-presentLecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Perth
2007-2009Senior Structural Engineer, Connell Wagner Pty. Ltd., Perth
2005-2007Post-doctoral research fellow, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
2003-2005Senior Engineer, R.J. Crocker Consultants, Pte. Singapore, and SA&P Associates, Singapore
1999-2003Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore
1998-1999Visiting research scholar, Nihon University, Japan
1994-1996Lecturer, Khulna University, Bangladesh

Academic Achievement

Awarded Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) post-doctoral fellowship to pursue post-doctoral research at Tohoku University, Japan
Awarded NUS Graduate Research Scholarship to pursue doctoral study at the National University of Singapore (NUS)
Cited biography in the 18th edition of the Marquis' Who's Who in the World
Awarded Netherlands Government Scholarship to pursue master's study at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand
Awarded Japanese Govt. (Monbusho) Scholarship to pursue graduate research at Nihon University, Japan
Awarded Merit scholarship to pursue undergraduate study

Membership

Member, Institute of Engineers, Australia
Member, Concrete Institute of Australia

Publications: Journals

[1]  Mihashi, H., Ahmed, S.F.U. and Kobayakawa, A., (2011) Corrosion of reinforcing steel in fiber reinforced cementitious composites, Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 9 No 2, pp 159-167.
[2]  Ahmed, S.F.U. (2011) Mechanical and durability properties of combined polymer and supplementary cementitious materials modified mortars, ASCE, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 9, pp.1-9.
[3]  Ahmed, S.F.U., and Mihashi, H. (2010) Strain hardening behavior of lightweight hybrid polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber reinforced cement composites, Materials and Structures, Vol. 44, pp 1179-1191.
[4]  Ahmed, S.F.U., and Mihashi, H. (2010) "Corrosion durability of strain hardening fiber reinforced cementitious composites" Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 8, No 1, pp.27-39.
[5]  Ahmed, S.F.U., and Maalej, M. (2009) Tensile strain hardening behaviour of hybrid steel-polyethylene fibre reinforced cementitious composites. Journal of Construction and Building Materials Vol. 23, No.1, pp.96-106.
[6]  S.F.U. Ahmed and H. Mihashi, (2009) Restrained Shrinkage-Induced Cracking of Light Weight High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 2 (4), pp. 775-780.
[7]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M. and Mihashi, H. (2007) Cover cracking of RC beams due to corrosion of steel. ACI Materials Journal. Vol. 104, No. 2, pp.153-161.
[8]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M. and Paramasivam, P., (2007) Analytical model for tensile strain-hardening and multiple-cracking behaviour of hybrid fiber engineered cementitious composites. ASCE, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Vol. 19, No. 7, pp.527-539.
[9]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M. and Paramasivam, P, (2007) Flexural responses of hybrid steel-polyethylene fiber reinforced cement composites containing high volume fly ash. Journal of Construction and Building Materials. Vol. 21, No. 5, pp.1088-1097.
[10]  S.F.U. Ahmed, and H. Mihashi, (2007) A Review on Durability Properties of Strain Hardening Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites (SHFRCC). Journal of cement and concrete composites. Vol. 29, No. 5, pp.365-376.
[11]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Maalej, M., (2007) Fracture toughness of cement mortar containing high volume fly ash, ACI Special Publication, SP-242, pp 321-332.
[12]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M., Paramasivam, P. and H. Mihashi, (2006) Assessment of corrosion-induced damage and its effect on the structural behavior of RC beams containing supplementary cementitious materials. Journal of Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp.69-77.
[13]  H. Mihashi, S.F.U. Ahmed, T. Mizukami and T. Nishiwaki, (2006) Quantitative analysis of crack formation using image analysis and its relationship with permeability, International Journal for restoration of building and monuments, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp.335-348.
[14]  Maalej, M., Ahmed, S.F.U. Kuang, K.S.C. and Paramasivam, P., (2004) Fiber optic sensing for monitoring corrosion induced damage. Journal of Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 3, No.2, pp.165-176.
[15]  Maalej, M., Ahmed, S.F.U. and Paramasivam, P., (2003) Corrosion durability and structural response of functionally graded concrete beams. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 1 No 3, pp 307-316.
[16]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M. and Paramasivam, P., (2003) Strain-hardening Behaviour of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites. Journal of Ferrocement, Vol.33, No.3, pp 172-182.
[17]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Nimityongskul, P., (1998) Improvement of punching shear Resistance in ferrocement slabs. Journal of Ferrocement, Vol.28, No.4, pp.325-336.
[18]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Y. Ohama, (2001) Properties of polymer modified mortar. Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, Vol. 3, pp. 49-53.
[19]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Nimityongskul, P., (2000) Experimental behavior of simply supported ferrocement slabs under punching shear load. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), Vol.25, No.1 (B), pp. 3-13.
[20]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Y. Ohama, (2000) Properties of Silica Fume and Polymer modified mortars. The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol.74, No.8, pp. 467-470.
[21]  Ahmed, S.F.U., (1999) Prospects of ferrocement as low-cost housing elements in Bangladesh. Journal of Ferrocement, Vol.29, No.4, pp.287-291.
[22]  Shaikh Faiz Uddin Ahmed, Yoshihiko Ohama and K. Demura, (1999) Comparison of mechanical properties and durability of mortar modified by silica fume and finely ground blast furnace slag, Journal of civil engineering, Vol. CE27, No. 2, pp.143-154.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  S.F.U. Ahmed, H. Mihashi and A. Kobayakawa, Influence of crack widths on corrosion of Reinforcing Steel bar in Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites, In the proceedings of RILEM conference on Advances in construction materials through science and engineering, Hong Kong, 2011. (Accepted for inclusion in the proceedings).
[2]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Mechanical properties of concrete containing recycled coarse aggregates and fly ash, In the proceedings of RILEM conference on Advances in construction materials through science and engineering, Hong Kong, 2011. (Accepted for inclusion in the proceedings).
[3]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Mechanical properties of concrete containing recycled fine aggregates and fly ash, In the proceedings of Concrete 2011, annual conference of concrete institute of Australia, Perth, Australia, 2011. (Accepted for inclusion in the proceedings).
[4]  Mali, S., Ahmed, S.F.U. and Nikraz, H., Properties of plastic concrete reuse using extended set-retarding admixtures, In the proceedings of Concrete 2011, annual conference of concrete institute of Australia, Perth, Australia, 2011. (Accepted for inclusion in the proceedings).
[5]  S.F.U. Ahmed and H. Mihashi, Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Strain Hardening Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites, In the proceedings of 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2010, Sydney, Australia, 2010.
[6]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Maalej, M., Corrosion induced damage model for ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites, In the proceedings of international conference on Computational Design in Engineering (CODE), Seoul, Korea, 2009. (4 pages) (Invited presentation).
[7]  S.F.U. Ahmed, H. Mihashi, S. Suzuki and T. Nishiwaki, Experimental study on restrained shrinkage-induced cracking of mortars with different toughness, In the proceedings of fifth international conference on concrete under severe conditions: Environment and loading, Tours, France, 2007.
[8]  S.F.U. Ahmed, H. Mihashi, T. Mizukami, K. Shimozawa and M. Nagayama, Experimental study on the corrosion durability of cracked high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites, In the proceedings of 2nd ACF (Asian concrete federation) international conference, Bali, Indonesia, 2006, pp. DCS83-DCS92.
[9]  S.F.U. Ahmed, H. Mihashi and S. Suzuki, Mechanical properties of hybrid PVA fiber reinforced cementitious composites under bending, In the proceedings of 1st international structural specialty conference, CSCE annual conference, Calgary, Canada, 2006, pp ST011-1-10.
[10]  S.F.U. Ahmed, M. Maalej, P. Paramasivam and H. Mihashi, Corrosion durability and structural responses of RC beams containing supplementary cementing materials, In the proceedings of 1st international structural specialty conference, CSCE annual conference, Calgary, Canada, 2006, pp ST003-1-10.
[11]  H. Mihashi, T. Mizukami, S.F.U. Ahmed and T. Nishiwaki, A Study on the quantification of crack formation, In the proceedings of the international workshop on durability of reinforced concrete under combined mechanical and climatic loads (CMCL), Qingdao, China, 2005, pp 243-249.
[12]  Maalej, M., Ahmed, S.F.U. and Paramasivam, P., Corrosion durability and structural response of functionally graded concrete beams. In the proceedings of the international workshop on ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites, Takayama, Japan, 2002, pp 161-170.
[13]  Ahmed, S.F.U., Maalej, M. and Paramasivam, P., Strain-hardening Behaviour of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites. In the proceedings of the seventh International symposium on Ferrocement and thin reinforced cement composites, Singapore, 2001,pp 215-226.
[14]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Sikder, M.E., Comparison of two and three-dimensional elastic analyses of a sixteen storied tall building subjected to wind load. In the proceedings of the fifth International conference on tall buildings, Hong Kong, 1998,Vol.2, pp.545-55.
[15]  Ahmed, S.F.U. and Nimityongskul, P., Improvement of punching shear Resistance in ferrocement slabs. In the proceedings of the sixth International symposium on Ferrocement, Michigan, USA, 1998, pp. 203-218.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Ahmed, S. F.U., (2011) Corrosion resistance of strain hardening fiber reinforced cementitious composites, In Wythers, M.C. (eds) Advances in materials science research, Volume 3, Nova Publishers, New York, USA. pp 205-220.