The Department awarded a Ph.D. degree in building materials engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering awarded a Ph.D. degree in the field of building materials engineering to the student (Iman Kattoof Harith) on 24/5/2022 at the postgraduate hall in the department for her tagged research:

“Innovative of nano-modified concrete mixed, placed and cured at hot/dry application in summer periods”

The discussion committee consisted of:

1- Prof. Dr. Wasan Ismail Khalil President

2- Prof. Dr. Nada Mahdi Fawzy Member

3- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mansour Kazem Member

4- Asst. Prof. Dr. Qais Jawad Frayyeh Member

5- Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Attiea Jaber Member

6- Prof. Dr. Maan Salman Hassan Member and Supervisor

7- Asst. Prof. Dr. Shatha Sadiq Hasan Member and Supervisor

One of the most problems that face concrete production in Iraq and various countries in the Middle East is hot weather concreting. For example, in Iraq, the temperature reached 50°C in the summer season, therefore, the construction season is shortened by at least two months (July-August). Several international standards have recommended specific precautionary cooling measures to reach the maximum acceptable temperature of recently mixed concrete, in target to avoid adverse effects on concrete. The main objective of the study is to reveal the effects of cooling via using liquid nitrogen on the soft and hardening properties of concrete as well as the microstructure of hardened concrete. Multiple concrete mixtures with different pozzolanic materials were produced, poured, and cured at high temperatures (40 - 45oC) pointing to uses in hot summer periods in most regions of Iraq. The design of the experiment's approach was followed to evaluate the efficiency of liquid nitrogen in improving the properties of fresh and hardened concrete against other alternatives. Considered independent variables were fly ash, nano-silica, and liquid nitrogen. Pouring concrete at high temperatures weather requires the use of up to 276 liters / m3 of liquid nitrogen to reduce the concrete temperature by 20 degrees Celsius. The results showed that liquid nitrogen considerably improved the whole fresh and hardened properties of concrete mix produced at high temperatures.

Seminars for postgraduate students of the Water and Hydraulic Structures Engineering Branch

The Water and Hydraulic Structures Engineering Branch in the Civil Engineering Department held seminars for doctoral graduate students on 4/4/2022 in the discussion room in the department to discuss the students’ researches path

The discussion session was attended by the Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Hassan Hamoudi Johnny, and the Head of the Water Engineering and Hydraulic Facilities Branch, Prof. Dr. Jaafar Sadiq Maatouk, a group of the branch staff, supervisors, and postgraduate students in the department :.

- Alaa Hassan Nima Hussein

Ruaa Khaled Hamdan Abdullah

Riyadh Abdel-Abbas Ali Kazem

Zainab Kazem Jabal Obaid

Abdul Razzaq Khader Abdul Wahed

Fouad Hussein Saeed Manea

Nour Sabah Abbas Khalaf

Jawad Kazem Muhammad

Zeinab Deccan Abbas

Fatima Habib Kazem

Mahmoud Jassim Muhammad

- Nasser Khalaf Muhaisen

Nour Qassem Sabri

During the seminars, the researches were discussed and valuable interventions were presented by the professors to evaluate the research path by asking accurate scientific questions related to the research.

Workshop on (Graduation requirements for postgraduate students)

With the presence of the Head of the Water and Facilities Engineering Branch, Prof. Dr. Jaafar Sadiq Maatouk,the branch rapporteur, and the department's director of graduate studies, the branch held a workshop titled: "Graduation requirements for postgraduate students."

Several graduate students working on the branch's research project participated in the session. The keynote speaker was Dr.Ahmed Shamkhi Jabr, (Director of the Graduate Studies Division). The workshop's subjects included the following:

1-Important details concerning the electronic citation program are listed on the first axis (Turnitin).

2-Microsoft Word usage in thesis and dissertation.

3-Graduation and publication requirements in Scopus and Clarivate.

Scientific Visit to Al- Nakhla Residential Towers project

Within the scientific activities conducted by the Civil Engineering Department, the Highway and Bridges Engineering Branch in the department had a scientific trip to one of the investment projects, which is Al- Nakhla Residential Towers project / Al-Muthanna Airport Road for the students of the fourth stage of Roads and Bridges Engineering Branch with the students of the Building Engineering and Project Management branch on Thursday, 31 /3 / 2022.

A group of Civil Engineering Department staff went on the trip also, headed by the Head of the Roads and Bridges Engineering Branch, Dr. Makki Kamel Mohsen, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif Mahmoud, and Lec. Humam Hassan Mohammed and Lec. Almas Faraj Muhammad with a number of fourth-year students of the roads and bridges engineering, construction, and project management branches.

The trip was made to see the methods of implementation of the various work paragraphs, to deepen the practical and practical side, and to develop the practical spirit to realize the information and knowledge that students receive theoretically at the university.

During the scientific trip, the university staff and project management adequately explained and answered all the students’ questions. The students interacted in a very good way and benefited from the information they received on the site. Thanks were given to the project management for giving our students this opportunity to visit the project and see most of the implementation details.