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Mostafa Mohamed

Head of School - BEACI

Area
School of BEACI
Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
E-mail
M.H.A.Mohamed@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274233856
Mostafa Mohamed
25 publications

Biography

Mostafa is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Mostafa is currently the Head of School of Built Environment, Architecture and Creative Industries and was the former Head of Civil and Structural Engineering Department (2018-2022) and Head of Civil Engineering Discipline (2014-2018).

Mostafa’s research focuses on innovative solutions for sustainable construction and utilisation of infrastructure. Currently, Mostafa focusses his research on temperature driven processes in saturated and partially saturated soils and utilisation of waste materials to stabilise weak and problematic subsurface soils. Some of Mostafa’s research work has developed methods to enhance geothermal energy recovery.

Mostafa has successfully supervised 12 PhD students to completion and is currently supervising 9 PhD students investigating innovative techniques to enhance the geothermal energy recovery using geo-energy structures, stabilisation of soils using lignosulfonate and oil shale ash based geopolymers and reinforcement of soils for sustainable infrastructures. Mostafa published extensively in the area of geotechnical engineering, is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Advances in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering and was the guest editor for Minerals Special Issue on "Stabilisation and Reinforcement of Clays with Environmentally Friendly Materials”

Research interests:

-          Geothermal energy storage and recovery from shallow soil layers

-          Stabilisation and reinforcement of weak and problematic soils

-          Modelling of soil-structure interaction

Research

Dr Mohamed's research interests are;
i. Heat recovery from shallow soil layers,
ii. Reinforcement of weak soils ,
iii. Modelling of soil-structure interaction.
iv. Constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils
v. Consolidation of soft heterogeneous soils
vi. Experimental and numerical analysis for the patterns and mechanisms of contaminants transport in porous media. Soil Aquifer Treatment.

Research Groups: Bradford Centre for Sustainable Environments 

Teaching

Teaching Duties: 
1. Soil Mechanics (CSE5009-B)
2. Geotechnical and Civil Engineering (CSE6009-B)
3. Advanced Geotechnics (CSE7009-B)
In addition he contributes to the teaching of several design modules. 

Professional activities

  • Graduate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK
  • Member of the Engineering Syndicate, Egypt

  • University of Bradford - PGCHEP (15 September 2003)
  • University of Bradford - PhD (1 October 1999)
  • Cairo University - Egypt - MSc (1 October 1992)
  • Cairo University - Fayoum Campus - Egypt - BSc (Hons) (1 October 1986)

  • Journal Referee: Refereeing of Journals ASCE, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Water Research. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (GEGE). International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. Materials - Open Access Materials Science Journal. Journal of Water and Climate Change. ICE journal - Energy. Environmental Technology. Journal of Zhejiang University-Science Applied Physics and Engineering. Geomechanics and Engineering.
  • Fellow: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK

Publications