Moncef Nehdi
Contact
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Spencer Engineering Building,
Room SEB 3083
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 88308
Fax: 519-661-3779
mnehdi@eng.uwo.ca
Research
Reserach Interests
- Knowledge based systems in concrete infrastructures
- Assessment of aging concrete infrastructure and design of rehabilitation strategies.
- Structural performance of special concretes.
- Early age behaviour of cement-based materials.
- Recycling and stabilization of industrial and mining by-products in cement-based composites.
- Development of environmentally efficient composite cements.
- Rheology, microstructure and performance of cement-based materials.
- Design and construction procedures of structural and geotechnical projects involving special concretes such as high performance concrete, self-compacting concrete, cellular concrete, fibre reinforced concrete, and polymer modified concrete.
- Design, construction and repair of building envelopes.
Reserach Supporters
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Ontario Innovation Trust
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- The University of Western Ontario
- The Product Care Association
- Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE)
- The Cement Association of Canada
- The Lindbergh Foundation
- The City of London
- Hassan Steel Limited
- Cellufoam Concrete Systems
- Thiessen Team Manufacturing
- Lafarge Cement
- St Lawrence Cement
- Blue Circle Cement
- Master Builders
Reserach Facilities
- Modern concrete lab (renovated in 2001).
- Large structural testing frame capable of full-scale testing of beam-column connections and other structural elements.
- MTS testing machine with tri-axial cell testing capability.
- Freeze-thaw cabinet.
- Rapid chloride permeability test set-up.
- BET Surface area test set-up.
- Laser diffraction particle size analysis state-of-the-art equipment.
- State-of-the-art low inertia stress- and strain-controlled rheometer with oscillatory and dynamic shear testing capability.
- Combined differential scanning calorimetry and thermo-gravimetric analysis equipment.
- Mercury intrusion porosity equipment.
- Reflected light state-of-the-art microscopy equipment with modern image analysis system.
- Concrete and mortar mixing and testing equipment.
- Self-compacting concrete testing equipment, including segregation, surface settlement, L-box flow and other equipment.
- High shear mixer and foam generator for making cellular concrete.
- Access to the most versatile electron microscopy and surface characterization laboratory in Canada (Surface Science Western).
- Access to a state-of-the-art environmental testing laboratory.
- Access to one of the best geotechnical testing laboratories in Canada.
Graduate Student Supervision
Name | Degree | Topic | Enrolled/ Awarded |
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L. Zhang (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Topic being developed | 2017 - |
S. Wong (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Development of Novel Fibre Reinforced Lined Precast Pipe | 2017 - |
Zaynab Rahal | MESc | Splitting tensile strength of hybrid steel-synthetic fiber reinforced concrete | 2016 - 17 |
G. El Sayed (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Framework for precast-wall building design and system optimization. | 2014 - |
T. Omar (Chief Advisor |
Ph.D | Management system for ageing bridges using infrared thermography | 2014 - |
A. Suleiman (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Self-healing ecological cementitious composites | 2015 - |
M.A. Seyed (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Impact behaviour of engineered cementitious composites with shape memory alloys | 2014 - 17 |
D. Provost | MESc | Exploring connections in precast concrete walls | 2014- 16 |
S. Alfayez | MESc | Novel green pavements with high recycled content | 2014- |
M. Najjar (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Pre-placed concrete for green pavements | 2012 - 2016 |
A. Suleiman | MESc | Combined damage mechanisms in offshore concrete structures | 2012- 14 |
M. Nedal (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Fibre-reinforced concrete pipes | 2011- 2015 |
S. Abbas (Chief Advisor) |
Ph.D | Durability of concrete tunnel lining segments | 2011- 2014 |
M. Delavar | MESc | Mitigating strength decay in high-alumina cements | 2011-12 |
S. Black | MESc | High alumina cements | 2011-12 |
J. Camiletti | MESc | Nano-limestone in concrete | 2010-11 |
S. Kanani | MESc | Green roofing membranes | 2010-11 |
M. Mogaddas | MESc | FRP rebar development length | 2009-10 |
A. Arif | MESc | Green roofing membranes | 2008-09 |
N. Mohamed (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | 2010 | |
A. Soliman (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Early-age behaviour of ultra high-performance concrete | 2007 |
H. Nikopur (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Novel smart and green materials | 2007 |
T. Greenough (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Shear capacity of SCC slender beams. Student is an NSERC scholar | 2006 |
M.S. Alam (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Use of shape memory alloys in seismic rehabilitation of RC frams | 2005 |
Yamen El Bahy (Co-Advisor) |
MESc | Behaviour of RC with new corrosion resistant reinforcement | 2006 |
A. Shahriar (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Development of high-performance oil well cements | 2005 |
I. Hussein (Co-Advisor) |
MESc | Microstructure and development of a pozzolan from rice straw ash | 2006 |
M.T. Bassuoni (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Integrated durability testing for sulphate attack in concrete | 2004 |
S. Al Martini (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Rheology of SCC in hot weather and effective use of admixtures | 2004 |
Z. Omeman (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Shear behaviour of FRP-reinforced deep beams | 2005-2007 |
M. Abdul-R (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Recycling waste latex paint in concrete: performance and durability | 2005-2007 |
A. Tariq (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Stabilizing sulphidic mine tailings using cement kiln dust | 2004-2006 |
M. Amin (Chief Advisor) |
MEng | Durability of SCC to sulphuric acid | 2005-2006 |
H. El Chabib (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Artificial intelligence modeling of properties of special concretes | 2002-2005 |
Esam Hewayde (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Durability of concrete pipes to sulphuric acid | 2002-2004 |
A. Said (Chief Advisor) |
PhD | Rehabilitation of RC beam-column joints | 2001-2004 |
M. Sakr (Co-Advisor) |
PhD | Drivability and performance of FRP-concrete hybrid piles | 2000-2003 |
J. Duquette (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Fibre-reinforced self-consolidating concrete | 2002-2003 |
A. Rahman (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Rheology of cement pastes | 2002-2003 |
M. Elhayek (Chief Advisor) |
MEng | Sulphate attack in concrete | 2002-2003 |
R. Rehan (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | System dynamics model for sustainable cement and concrete | 2001-2003 |
A. Khan (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Flexible interface materials for precast tunnel linings | 2000-2002 |
H. El Chabib (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | Self-consolidating concrete confined in FRP tubes | 2000-2002 |
R. Rahimi (Chief Advisor) |
MESc | High-performance concrete with rice husk ash | 2000-2002 |