Construction & Building Engineering

Postgraduate Research

Objectives

Establishing an excellence center(s) in specific research area;
Serving the local, Arab, and African communities;
Encouraging for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary cooperation between different areas of research; and
Technology transfer.

Research Interests

Construction management improvement
- Project management
- Contracting and specifications
- Quality management
- Inspection, testing and quality control
- Coastal zone management
Infrastructure development
- Roads and highways
- Railways and airports
- Ports
- Water resources
- Evaluation and health monitoring of different structures and infrastructures
- Infrastructure networks (Electricity, water, oil, etc.)
- Serving structures (Bridges, tunnels, electricity power lines towers, etc.)
Green building and sustainable construction
- Materials and structures for sustainable development and green buildings
- Methods and construction engineering
- Irrigation systems
- Energy conservation
- Environmental Impact Assessment