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Seminars for postgraduate masters students of the Roads and Bridges Engineering Branch
The Roads and Bridges Engineering Branch in the Civil Engineering Department held seminars for postgraduate master's students majoring in Roads and Transportation Engineering on Wednesday 3/22/2023, under the supervision of the head of the branch, Prof. Dr. Makki Kamel and the Postgraduate Studies Rapporteur in the branch, Dr. Khawla Karim, and on the discussion hall in the department to discuss the students’ research path
The discussion session was attended by the head of the department, Prof. Dr. The honorable Hassan Hamoudi Johnny and a group of branch professors, supervisors and postgraduate students in the department
Where their completed researches were discussed and valuable interventions were presented by the professors to evaluate the path of research by asking accurate scientific questions important and related to research.
Prof. Dr. Jaafar Sadeq Maatooq participated in a Conference
Prof. Dr. Jaafar Sadeq Maatooq, Head of the Water and Hydraulic Structures Engineering Branch in the Civil Engineering Department, participated in the Proceedings of the Expanded Conference No. 39 of the International Organization for Water and Environmental Research, which is currently being held in Granada, Spain, for the period from 19-24 June 2022
His participation in the conference was represented by his presentation of the scientific research tagged
Field Study of the Differential Movements Problems for the Construction Joints of Al-Shamiya Barrage – South of Iraq, Within the focus of hydraulic installations research.
It is worth noting that Prof. Dr. Jaafar Sadeq Maatooq is the only participant from Iraq in this conference.
A Patent in the Civil Engineering Department
The Ph.D. student Riyadh Abdel-Abbas Ali innovated under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ibtisam Raheem Karim from the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Technology and in partnership with Prof. Dr. Saleh Issa Khassaf from the College of Engineering at the University of Basra on the topic (Innovative Intelligent Laboratory System to Simulate the Real Water-Structure-Earthquake Interaction Test (RWSEIT) and Its Influence for Dynamic Response of Marine Concrete Structures).
It is considered the first innovation in the field of civil engineering that has the ability to simulate real earthquakes combined with the water forces represented by currents and waves to discover the effect of these forces on the dynamic behavior of sea bridges.
The work included the manufacture of a laboratory channel with a length of (6) meters, a width of (1.5) meters, and a height of (1.25) meters, which is a contains on a (Biaxial Shaking Table) device to represent the real earthquakes and their actual directions (X&Y) and approved in the international codes (ASTM & ACI), and the channel also contains two technologies to generate waves and currents of water with variable characteristics and controlled electronically through an intelligent control system that designed software for this purpose.
The innovative system was registered as an Iraqi patent approved by the American (University of New Mexico) and under the title:
(Innovative Intelligent Laboratory System to Simulate the Real Water-Structure-Earthquake Interaction Test (RWSEIT) and Its Influence for Dynamic Response of Marine Concrete Structures).
Highway and Bridges Engineering branch held a discussion session
Under the patronage of the Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Professor Dr. Hasan Hamodi Joni. In order to activate and maintain the experience of the visiting professor.
The Branch of Highway and Bridges Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering held a discussion session on (problems of gypsum collapsing soils and modern methods of treating them) on Thursday May, the 19th 2022.
The lecture was given by the expert Dr. Ahmed Abdel Azal Al-Mufti, a consultant in the Canadian Rocscience company and a former teacher at the University of Baghdad.
In the presence of the Administrative Assistant to the President of the University of Technology, Prof. Dr.Hussein Hamid and a number of professors and employees of the department and graduate students, as well as professors and interested people from inside and outside the university.In the seminar, the visiting professor spoke about his long experience in the field of gypsum soils, and touched on basic and modern concepts and theories related to gypsum soils, The seminar attracted great interest from the attendees, and the visiting professor promised to hold other workshops and seminars in the near future.
Cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Civil Engineering Department
In cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Civil Engineering Department - Remote Sensing Research Unit and GIS.
A research team consisting of:-
-Asst. Prof. Dr. Amjad Al-Hamidawi
-Lecturer. Raad Abdul-Khader Suhaib
-Mr. Ahmed Imran
The team was able to Publish a tagged search Ground penetration radar based digital image processing for reinforcement corrosion in concrete
Within the German publishing house springer and the Swiss magazine innovative infrastructure Solution
Indexed in Clarivate and Scopus within the second quartile.
The research deals with the adoption of GPR based on advanced image processing to calculate the degree of corrosion of reinforcing steel in construction.
For more information, please visit the website
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41062-022-00840-w
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.
Preparation course for a chief auditor in accordance with ISO 9001/2015
Under the patronage of the Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Hassan Hamoudi Johnny, the electronic class laboratory members in the department held a course on (Preparation of a Chief Auditor according to ISO 9001/2015) for the period 27-31/3/2022.
This course included the candidate obtaining an international auditor certificate with a membership identity granted by IRCA that qualifies him to lead the audit team within the committees formed at the university or the ministry. The holder of this certificate will have a good experience in completing and achieving the internal audit of the quality management system within the Laboratory Quality Classification Program (G.L.P) and verifying the application of the procedural modalities paragraphs, in addition to obtaining information on how to raise the level of the international classification of the university within the planned standards, and this certificate allows him to be accredited. The audit performed for any college or university.
The lectures were given by:
Prof. Dr. Mazen Badri Ahmed / Quality Systems Consultant
Prof. Majed Ahmed Ali / Quality Systems Consultant / Chief Auditor
A number of the department's laboratories members, the head of the quality assurance and university performance department, and the university's laboratories accreditation official participated in this course.
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A workshop on (accreditation standards and their impact on the development of engineering education outcomes)
Under the attention of the University of Technology President, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Al-Ghabban, and under supervision of the respected Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Hasan Hamodi Joni.
At 10:00 am, Thursday, March 31, 2022, the Construction Engineering and Project Management Branch / Civil Engineering Department held a workshop entitled (Accreditation criteria and their effect on the development of engineering education outcomes) in cooperation with the Iraqi Council for the Accreditation of Engineering Education Programs.
A number of department heads and university staff have been attended to the Civil Engineering Department professors and staff members of the department. The Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Hasan Hamodi Joni opened the workshop and he praised the outstanding work of the professors to set up such scientific workshops to serve the scientific process.
Led the workshop the following proffesors:
1- Prof. Dr. Ziyad Suleiman Muhammad Khalid
2- Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Nagy Attia
3- Prof. Dr. Jalal Muhammed Jalil
The workshop included discussion interventions by the attendees.
In the end, the appreciated certificates were awarded to the guests and participants of the workshop.
The University Of Technology Opens A Branch of Vaccination Against COVID 19 in the Civil Engineering Department
On Tuesday, 17/8/2021, the President of U.O.T., Prof. Dr. Ahmed M. Hassan Al-Ghabban, opened a branch for the COVID 19 vaccine in Civil Engineering Dept. at the university, under the direct supervision of Vice – President of the University for Administrative Affairs, Prof. Dr. Hussein Hamid Karim.
The formation of the branch comes in cooperation between the U.O.T. and the General Directorate of Health in Baghdad.
the Vice–President for Scientific affairs /Prof. Dr. Heider Abed Dhahad has taken Pfizer vaccination during the inauguration campaign against COVID 19.
Prof. Dr. Hussein Karim Hamid, said that according to the directions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and following up by the President of the University of Technology, this procedure, which is part of the cooperation programs between the U.O.T. and the General Directorate of Health in Baghdad. These two institutions are cautious to keep governorate people and university employees safe From the epidemic.
The representative of the General Directorate of Health of Baghdad, based on the care of the Ministry of Health and the General Directorate of Health to fight the epidemic and preserve people's lives, this branch has been allocated at the university, which will provide its services to university employees and students.
the branch of vaccination will be opened from Saturday to Thursday.
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The department awarded a PhD degree in geotechnical engineering to (Ahmed Ali Hussein)
The Department of Civil Engineering awarded a PhD degree in geotechnical engineering to the student (Ahmed Ali Hussein) on 13/9/2021 and to the postgraduate hall in the department for his research tagged:
"Evaluation of the behavior of liquid reservoir foundations on sandy soils under the influence of earthquake".
Evaluation of the behavior of liquid tank foundations on sandy soils under the influence of earthquakes.
An official committee consisted of
1- Prof. Hussein Hamid Karim
2- Prof. Jawdat Kazdem Abbas Member
3- A.M.D. Saad Fayek Abbas is a member
4- A.D. Makki Kamel Hassan is a member
5- A.D. Medhat Shaker Medhat is a member
6- Prof. Mohamed Abdel Latif Mahmoud, member and supervisor
7- A.D. Falah Hassan, the departure of any member and supervisor
Saturated and dry sandy soils of different densities, shaft vibrating table machine with shear box was used Flexible laminate. Simulation of the local earthquake on the western as well as the international earthquake of El Centro and Kobe in this studying. Experimental tests were carried out on two water tank models It consists of a laminate cut box. The first model is a water tank Equivalent holding tank with water pressure to simulate a water storage tank without hydrodynamic pressure. From the results, it was found that the stability and offset in the directions of (x & z) directions significantly compared to the humidifier bent is equivalent in the second model at all acceleration states. Where is the area of subsidence in subsidence Liquid storage due to the hydrodynamic pressure of saturated sand in the case of El Centro 2.3% and 6.2% in Ali Al Gharbi.
Al-Fatlawi Inspect Final Exams in University of Technology
Prof.Dr.Salah Al-Fatlawi, Head of Supervision and Scientific Research Department at Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research accompanied with Prof.Dr.Ahmed Al-Gabban President of University of Technology and vice-president for scientific affairs Prof.Dr.Haider Dahad and vice-president for administrative affairs Prof.Dr.Hussien Hamad inspected on Tuesday the face examinations in the engineering departments and see the procedures and the types of the examination questions, their difficulty and the plans adopted during the exams, the protective actions as social distancing, wearing masks to avoid pandemic breakout.
Al-Fatlawi praised the efforts of the presidency departments and the examination committees to serve the students and provide all their needs, wishing everyone all the success to serve our country.
