Fouad Elazaka

Academic Degrees

• M.Sc., Material and Structures, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Perak, Malaysia, 2022.
• B.Sc. Eng., Civil Engineering – Structures, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, 2013.

Employment History

• Graduate Research Assistant, Civil and Envronmental Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln – USA, (January 2023 – Present).
• Assistant Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo – Egypt, (April 2022 – December 2022).
• Graduate Research Assistant, Civil and Envronmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak, Malaysia, (July 2020 – July 2022).
• Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo – Egypt, (May 2019 – March 2022).
• Senior Technical Office Engineer, Egyco General Contracting L.L.C, Abu Dhabi – UAE, (November 2018 – May 2019).
• Technical Office Engineer, Future Builders Engineering & General Contracting Est., Abu Dhabi – UAE, (June 2015 – October 2018).
• Structural Design Engineer, Abdul Rahman Al-Jaafari Consulting Engineers, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, (January 2014 – May 2015).

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Nanomaterials applications in structural elements.
• Structural strengthening, retrofitting, and rehabilitation.
• Numerical analysis & simulation by FE analysis.
• Fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) reinforcement applications.
• Usage of new materials to strengthen the RC structures.
• Applications of by-products in structural elements.
• Sustainable construction materials

Research Experience

• “Mass-Scale Treatment of Recycled Concrete Aggregate using CO2”, Nebraska Department Economic Development and Hawkins Construction Company, Graduate Research, (January 2023 – Present).
• “Investigation & preparation of smart material for upgrading and retrofitting of aging concrete foundations for support equipment and pipelines in the O&G sector”, Yayasan Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, (April 2021 – October 2022).
• “Investigation the functional characteristics of a hybrid mixture of graphene and graphene oxide nanoplates as an additive in the geopolymer paste for protecting the offshore structure”, Yayasan Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, (July 2022 – March 2022).

Teaching Experience

• GTA for Material Testing and Reinforced Concrete Design – UTP, Malaysia, (2020 – 2022).
• GTA for Reinforced Concrete Design (1 & 2) – Al Azhar University, Egypt, (2019 – 2020).

Publications and Conferences

-          Ismail, F. I., Shafiq, N., Abbas, Y. M., Zahid, M., Bheel, N., Benjeddou, O., & Abdulkadir, I. (2023, January). The behavior of graphene-nanoplatelets-based high-performance concrete under ambient curing. In Structures (Vol. 47, pp. 694-708). Elsevier.

-          Ismail, F. I., Shafiq, N., Abbas, Y. M., Bheel, N., Benjeddou, O., Ahmad, M., & Sabri, M. M. (2022). Behavioral assessment of graphene nanoplatelets reinforced concrete beams by experimental, statistical, and analytical methods. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 17, e01676.

-          Ismail, F. I., Abbas, Y. M., Shafiq, N., Fares, G., Osman, M., Hussain, L. A., & Khan, M. I. (2021). Investigation of the Impact of Graphene Nanoplatelets (GnP) on the Bond Stress of High-Performance Concrete Using Pullout Testing. Materials, 14(22), 7054.

-          Ismail, F. I., Farhan, S. A., Shafiq, N., Husna, N., Sharif, M. T., Affan, S. U., & Veerasenan, A. K. (2021). Nano-porous silica-aerogel-incorporated composite materials for thermal-energy-efficient pitched roof in the tropical region. Applied Sciences, 11(13), 6081.

-          Farhan, S. A., Ismail, F. I., Kiwan, O., Shafiq, N., Zain-Ahmed, A., Husna, N., & Hamid, A. I. A. (2021). Effect of roof tile colour on heat conduction transfer, roof-top surface temperature and cooling load in modern residential buildings under the tropical climate of Malaysia. Sustainability, 13(9), 4665.

-          Ismail, F. I., Farhan, S. A., Husna, N., Shafiq, N., Wahab, M. M. A., & Abd Razak, S. N. (2021, December). Influence of Graphene Nanoplatelets on the Compressive and Split Tensile Strengths of Geopolymer Concrete. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012060). IOP Publishing.

-          Abd Razak, S. N., Shafiq, N., Guillaumat, L., Wahab, M. M. A., Farhan, S. A., Husna, N., & Ismail, F. I. (2021, December). Fire performance of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete: Effect of burning temperature. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012062). IOP Publishing.

-          Abd Razak, S. N., Shafiq, N., Guillaumat, L., Wahab, M. M. A., Farhan, S. A., Husna, N., & Ismail, F. I. (2021, December). Effect of heating duration at high temperature on the strength and integrity of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012063). IOP Publishing.

-          Husna, N., Farhan, S. A., Wahab, M. M. A., Shafiq, N., Sharif, M. T., Abd Razak, S. N., & Ismail, F. I. (2021, December). Building-Information-Modelling-Based Thermal-Energy Performance Evaluation of Silica-Aerogel-Incorporated Rigid Board Roof Insulation Material for Residential Buildings in the Tropical Climate of Malaysia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012066). IOP Publishing.

-          Abd Razak, S. N., Shafiq, N., Guillaumat, L., Wahab, M. M. A., Farhan, S. A., Husna, N., & Ismail, F. I. (2021, December). Fire performance of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete: Effect of burning temperature. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012062). IOP Publishing.

-          Husna, N., Farhan, S. A., Wahab, M. M. A., Shafiq, N., Sharif, M. T., Abd Razak, S. N., & Ismail, I. F. (2021, December). Effect of granular silica aerogel as filler on tensile and flexural strengths and moduli of stone-wool-fibre-reinforced composite as rigid board roof insulation material. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012061). IOP Publishing.

-          Farhan, S. A., Shafiq, N., Husna, N., Zain-Ahmed, A., Wahab, M. M. A., Abd Razak, S. N., & Ismail, F. I. (2021, December). Thermal-Energy Performance of High-Albedo Roof Tiles and Bulk Rafter Insulation in Residential Roof in the Tropical Climate. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 945, No. 1, p. 012067). IOP Publishing.