Alaa is a holder of a PhD in Civil Engineering & Sustainable Construction Materials. He is also a holder of an MSc Waste Management and a BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering. Alaa has completed a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Academic Practice in Higher Education.

Alaa started his employment with the University of Wolverhampton in 2010 as a researcher and is currently a Principal Lecturer and Module Leader of several engineering topics including Hydraulics, Fundamentals of Geotechnics, Water Resources & Supply, and Mathematics for Technologists. He is also the Course Leader for the BEng (Hons) Civil and Transportation Engineering Degree Apprenticeship.  

Furthermore, he has an extensive work experience in several Civil Engineering fields  including Water/Wastewater Engineering, Hydraulics, Geotechnics, Building Construction, Structural Analysis & Design, Quality Assurance, Health & Safety, and Finance & Project Management.

• Sustainable utilisation of waste products in construction industry
• Self-curing concrete
• Water and Wastewater Engineering
• Water from air
• Flow in pipes & open channels and sustainable hydraulics

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), PG Cert, FHEA

PhD in Sustainable Construction Materials from the University of Wolverhampton in 2014

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Wolverhampton in 2013

MSc Waste management from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2007

International BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering in 1996

Hamood, A., et al. (2017). "The effectiveness of using Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a water replacement in cement mortar mixes containing Unprocessed Fly Ash (u-FA)." Construction and Building Materials 147: 27-34.

Hamood, A. and J. M. Khatib (2016). Sustainability of sewage sludge in construction. Sustainability of Construction Materials. J. M. Khatib. United Kingdom, Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier: 625-641.

HAMOOD, A. & KHATIB, J. 2012. UTILIZATION OF RAW SEWAGE SLUDGE (RSS) FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. The Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science And Technology (IC EST2012). Houston, Texas, USA.

HAMOOD, A. & KHATIB, J. 2012. Engineering Properties of Cement-Based Materials Incorporating Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement. 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2012). Ankara, Turkey.

HAMOOD, A. & KHATIB, J. 2012. The Use of Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement in Cement-based Mixes. 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction (ICSDEC). Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

HAMOOD, A. & KHATIB, J. 2013. The Use of Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement in Cement-based Materials (365 Days Curing). Asian Conference on Civil, Material and Environmental Sciences (ACCMES). Tokyo, Japan.

HAMOOD, A., KHATIB, J. & WILLIAMS, G. 2013. The Use of Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement in Cement-Based Materials Incorporating High Loss on Ignition (HLOI) Fly Ash (7 Days Curing). II International Workshop on Earthquake and Sustainable Materials. Ankara, Turkey.

HAMOOD, A., KHATIB, J., WILLIAMS, G. & FIRAT, S. 2013. Engineering Properties of Cement-Based Materials Incorporating Large Proportions of High Loss on Ignition (HLOI) Fly Ash and Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement (up to 38 Curing Days). . II International Workshop on Earthquake and Sustainable Materials. Ankara, Turkey.

HAMOOD, A., KHATIB, J. & WILLIAMS, G. 2013. Engineering Properties of Cement-Based Materials Incorporating Raw Sewage Sludge and High Loss on Ignition (High LOI) Fly Ash (365 Days Curing). International Conference and Exhibition on Application of Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies in Low Cost Buildings and Construction RENEWBUILD. Ankara, Turkey.

HAMOOD, A., KHATIB, J., WILLIAMS, G. & FIRAT, S. 2013. The Utilization of Raw Sewage Sludge (RSS) as a Water Replacement in Cement-Based Materials Incorporation Large Proportions of Fly Ash (90 and 180 Curing Days). International Conference and Exhibition on Application of Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies in Low Cost Buildings and Construction RENEWBUILD. Ankara, Turkey.

Alaa has an extensive work experience in several Civil Engineering fields  including Water/Wastewater Engineering, Hydraulics, Geotechnics, Building Construction, Structural Analysis & Design, Quality Assurance, Health & Safety, and Finance & Project Management.

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