About Professor Rajai Zuheir Al-Rousan
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, December 2008.
- MS. Structural Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, JORDAN, March 2003.
- BS. Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, JORDAN, June 2000
RESEARCH INTEREST:
• Instrumentation and Full-Scale Testing of Reinforced Concrete Members
• Strengthening/Repairing of Reinforced Concrete Members such as Beams, Columns, Beam-Column Joints, and Slabs with CFRP-Composites.
• In Place Repair of Damaged Precast/Prestressed Concrete Girders with CFRP-Composites.
• Strength and durability assessment of advanced composite materials, such as Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) for the rehabilitation of bridges
• Good Experience with the Analysis and Design of Buildings and Bridges according to the ACI Code and AASHTO Standards.
• Simulating the behavior and response of the testing full-scale concrete members, full-scale bridges, steel members, and strengthened concrete members with CFRP composite using ANSYS Package.
• Good Experience with the Analysis and Design of Buildings and Bridges according to the Sap 2000 and Staad Pro, Prokon
• Analysis, design, and testing of structural models and prototypes subjected to static, fatigue, and simulated seismic loading.
• Durability and structural behavior of advanced composite materials, such as Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) for rehabilitation of structural members (bridges and buildings).
COMMITTEES/COMMISSOINS At the National level:
• Presentation in workshops for Engineers in the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in bridge inspection, rating, rehabilitation
• Member of the Jordanian Association of Engineers
• Web administrator for the department of Civil engineering at JUST (2010)
• Supervisor of the structural Engineering lab of Civil engineering at JUST (2010)
• Member of ABET Committee for Civil Engineering Program, 2013-present
• Member of the Scientific Research Committee of Civil engineering at JUST (2018)
• Member of the Graduate Studies Committee of Civil engineering at JUST (2009)
• Member of Laboratories and Bids Committee of Civil engineering at JUST (2010)
• Member of Social Committee of Civil engineering at JUST (2010, 2011)
• Member of Structure Specialization Coordinator Committee of Civil engineering at JUST (2010, 2011, 2013, 2016)
• Engineering Training Supervisor of Civil engineering at JUST (2014)
• Member of the Technical Committee for Bridge Inspection and Maintenance Code, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Amman-Jordan. November. 2010-2017.
• Bridge inspection, rating, rehabilitation; and finite element modeling, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Amman-Jordan. November. 2010-Until Now.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
1. Listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the last three years (2020 and 2021) in the World, identified by Stanford University and Elsevier using Scopus data.
2. Honorary Award by the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), 2015.
3. AAAEA Scholarship, 2007.
CONSULTATIONS:
Working in the general area of the structural design of buildings and bridges, bridge inspection and rating, fracture critical bridges, bridge and building investigations, actual bridge testing, damage assessment, concrete materials, and strengthening of structural elements of buildings and bridges with CFRP
EU Projects:
• ADDitively Manufactured OPTimized Structures by means of Machine Learning, ADDOPTML
• Optimization Driven Architectural Design of Structures
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