Research Interest: Preparation, Self-Assembly, and Application of Functionalized Nanomaterials; Supramolecular Assembly; Organized Molecular Films; Supramolecular Gels.

Research Interest: Vibration Utilization; Ultrasound; Energy Harvesting.

Xu Fu, associate professor, School of Architectural Engineering, Beichina Institute of Aerospace Technology, master tutor, and famous teacher of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Hebei Province. In July 2005, he graduated from the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Central South University, and in June 2012, he received his Ph. D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has presided over and participated in more than 60 teaching and research projects including 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects. He is mainly engaged in the teaching and research of multi-field coupling theory, risk management and intelligent design methods in environmental geotechnical and underground engineering. In recent years, he has published 66 papers and granted 43 patents in the field of civil engineering.

Research Interest: Multi-field coupling theory, risk management and intelligent design method in environmental geotechnical and underground engineering

Research Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Computing in Mathematics, Natural Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Khalid Hashim is a doctor of advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies and a lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has extensive research interests covering a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and practice of advanced hybrid technologies in water and wastewater treatment. He has published well over 30 peer reviewed scientific publications in multidisciplinary research areas including: waste management, water treatment, wastewater treatment, air pollution, soil pollution, treatment reactors, pollution of construction materials, design and modelling of electrochemical reactors, concrete additives, and soil additives.

Khalid has been actively involved as a member of editorial board and review committee for a number peer reviewed international journals, and is on program committee or as a chair for a number of ranked international conferences.

He has been awarded various, national and international, research grants. Additionally, Khalid won different national and international academic awards such as the medal of excellence that awarded by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Iraq.

Khalid is a member of the IEEE DeSE International Conference Series on Developments in eSystems Engineering (www.dese.org.uk). He has a large number of international contacts and leads or participates in several international committees in his research fields.

Research Interest:  Water and wastewater treatment

URL: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-engineering-and-technology/department-of-civil-engineering/khalid-hashim

Heah, Cheng Yong serves as Associate Professor in University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) and currently a fellow researcher at Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGEOGTECH). His research interests focuses on materials engineering, geopolymers, construction materials, materials characterization, materials processing, and materials characteristic. Besides, he actively acts as reviewer for impact factor journal publish by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley or Nature. Besides, he is appointed as several international editorial board members by multidiscipline journal. Currently, He is ranked as World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University.

Research Interest(s): Materials Engineering, Geopolymer, Cement, Concrete, Materials Science, Construction Materials

Chung-Hsin WU received a Doctorate in Environmental Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1999 and he joined the faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST) in 2010 as a Professor. He was the head of the department during 2015-2019 and he was the dean of the college of engineering now. Prof. WU directed the Lab. of Environmental Physiochemical Treatment in NKUST. He was a registered professional engineer (P.E., Taiwan) in environmental engineering. His research interest included treatment processes for contaminated waters and hazardous chemicals, for which seven Taiwan patents have been issued. He was currently working on the synthesis of novel photocatalysts. Prof. WU had authored over 110 SCIE journal papers and 85 conference presentations and seminars.

Research Interest: Water and Wastewater Treatment, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Toxic Chemical Treatment, Waste Treatment.

URL:  http://www.coe.nkust.edu.tw/files/11-1009-1720.php

Number of publications: 121

Skype ID:   chunghsinwu

Research Interest: Heavy Metals, Environmental Toxicology, Environment, Land Degradation,  Satellite Data,  Soil, Time Series, Correlation, Multivariate Statistics, Vegetation, Climate,  Atmosphere 

Research Interest: Artificial Photosynthesis for Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation Air monitoring and Pollution Control Heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis Nano-technology for Environmental Applications Science and Environmental Education

Francesca Ciampa is an Architect, Ph.D. in Sustainable Technology, Regeneration and Representation of Architecture and the Environment, and Master Expert in the Maintenance and Sustainable Regeneration of the Built Environment. She is abilitate as Associate Professor in Italy. She is also Subject Expert in Architectural Technology (ICAR/12), Lecturer of Master's degree program in Architecture & Heritage at the University of Naples Federico II, holder of the course Design studio for Architectural Heritage - technological design for Architecture module - Academic year 2024/2025; and Research Fellow in Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society,  for Historical Landscapes, Traditions and Cultural Identities in the section of “Innovative maintenance for the enhancement of Archaeological Heritage in the Campi Flegrei” at the Department of Architecture (DiARC) at the University of Naples Federico II. She carried out research abroad at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University, investigating the integration between technological innovation and vulnerable settlements; and at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Bath in the United Kingdom, experimenting, prototyping and testing innovative biocomponents for the design of building elements in the landscape and built environment renovation processes. Winner of the “Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2024” grant by the British Academy fund with the selected project proposal “AREE_Adapting, re-using and enhancing the European rural heritage buildings: new technological solutions with rooted local materials”. A three-time winner of the COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology. She also wins, as a project manager, the “Horizon 2020 Public Consultation for the collection of proposals for the adaptive reuse of buildings in a perspective of circular economy”. She ranked as a finalist with the ExtrArtis project both at the “Horizon CLIC Startup competition on circular models of cultural heritage reuse and creative enterprise development” and at the “Association of Women Inventors and Innovators Award”.

Research Interest: Creative regeneration process based on the engagement of stakeholders and communities involvement; and innovative renovation building for

the integration of bio-component technologies

Research Interest: Water Pollution Control and treatment Technology; Environment Technology Assessment.

Research Interest: Characterizing the mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of biomaterials Mechanical surface treatments (shot peening and ball-burnishing) of metals and alloys. Coatings prior and after mechanical surface treatments  Evaluating the effects of Severe Plastic Deformations (SPD) on the materials characteristics Evaluation of surface layer properties (surface roughness, micro-hardness and residual stresses) of metals and alloys. Fatigue, corrosion fatigue and stress corrosion cracking of metals and alloys.  Corrosion monitoring by electrochemical techniques. Analytical assessments by SEM and EDX. Analytical assessments by spectrophotometer and atomic absorption.

Muhammad Ali Musarat is a Civil Engineer, having specialization in Construction Engineering and Management. He has good experience in academia and published several articles journals and conferences. He served as Coordinator and Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Pakistan. Currently he is pursuing his PhD in Civil Engineering at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.

Research Interest: Construction management, Construction materials, Sustainability.

URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=usIi0c4AAAAJ

List of Publications:
1.    Bukhari, H., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Akram, S., Tabassum, I., & Altaf, M. (2021). Materializing Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Residential Utility through Effective Space Design and Masonry Technique - A Practical Approach. Civil Engineering and Architecture 9(2), 357-374.
2.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Haruna, S., Tayeh, B., & Norizan, M. N. B. (2021). Chemical attack on concrete containing a high volume of crumb rubber as a partial replacement to fine aggregate in engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, (ja).
3.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Liew, M. S., Qureshi, A. H., & Maqsoom, A. (2021). Investigating the impact of inflation on labour wages in Construction Industry of Malaysia. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
4.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Maqsoom, A., & Qureshi, A. H. (2021). The Effect of Inflation Rate on CO2 Emission: A Framework for Malaysian Construction Industry. Sustainability, 13(3), 1562.
5.    Tjaronge, M. W., Musarat, M. A., Law, K., Alaloul, W. S., & Ayub, S. (2021). Effect of Graphene Oxide on Mechanical Properties of Rubberized Concrete: A Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 484-492). Springer, Singapore.
6.    Jaya, I., Alaloul, W. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2021). Role of Inflation in Construction: A Systematic Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 701-708). Springer, Singapore.
7.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., & Hui, C. J. (2021). Impact of Elevated Temperature on Rubberized Concrete: A Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 421-427). Springer, Singapore.
8.    Abdullah, M. S., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2021). Delay and Cost Overrun of Palm Oil Refinery Construction Projects: Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 580-589). Springer, Singapore.
9.    Maqsoom, A., Khan, K., Musarat, M. A., Mubasit, H., Umer, M., Influence of Internal Workforce Diversity Factors on Labor Productivity in Construction Projects: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
10.    Bukhari, H., Musarat, M. A., & Alaloul, W. S. (2020, November). Rat Trap Bond: A state of review. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-3). IEEE.
11.    Altaf, M., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Bukhari, H., Saad, S., & Ammad, S. (2020, November). BIM Implication of Life Cycle Cost Analysis in Construction Project: A Systematic Review. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
12.    Maqsoom, A., Arif, U., Ejaz, A., Musarat, M. A., Aslam, I., & Zubair, S. (2020, November). Factors influencing the Pro-Environmental Behavior of Construction Workers. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
13.    Rafiq, W., Humair, M., Napiah, M. B., Sutanto, M. H., Musarat, M. A., & Memon, A. M. (2020, November). Performance Evaluation of Rutting and Moisture Damage containing Warm Mix Asphalt Mixtures with Recycled Asphalt pavement. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
14.    Qureshi, A. H., Alaloul, W. S., Manzoor, B., Musarat, M. A., Saad, S., & Ammad, S. (2020, November). Implications of Machine Learning Integrated Technologies for Construction Progress Detection Under Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0). In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
15.    Maqsoom, A., Khan, K., Musarat, M. A., Mubasit, H., & Shaheen, I. (2020, November). Influence of External Workforce Diversity Factors on Labor Productivity in Construction Projects: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 768-772). IEEE.
16.    Farooq, W., Musarat, M. A., & Alaloul, W. S. (2020, November). Computational Modelling and Analysis of Fullerene Based Polymer Solar Cell. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 391-394). IEEE.
17.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Qureshi, A. H., & Altaf, M. (2020, November). Inflation Rate and Construction Materials Prices: Relationship Investigation. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 387-390). IEEE.
18.    Aslam, B., Maqsoom, A., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Jabbar, T., & Zafar, A. (2020). Soil erosion susceptibility mapping using a GIS-based multi-criteria decision approach: Case of district Chitral, Pakistan. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
19.    Rafiq, W., Bin Napiah, M., Hartadi Sutanto, M., Salah Alaloul, W., Nadia Binti Zabri, Z., Imran Khan, M., & Ali Musarat, M. (2020). Investigation on Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Device Stripping Performance Properties of Recycled Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures. Materials, 13(21), 4704.
20.    Alaloul, W. S., John, V. O., & Musarat, M. A. (2020). Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Interlocking Bricks Utilizing Wasted Polyethylene Terephthalate. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 14, 1-11.
21.    Alaloul, W. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2020). Impact of Zero Energy Building: Sustainability Perspective. In Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management and Resource Efficiency. IntechOpen.
22.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., & Liew, M. S. (2020). Impact of inflation rate on construction projects budget: A review. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
23.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Tayeh, B. A., Sivalingam, S., Rosli, M. F. B., Haruna, S., & Khan, M. I. (2020). Mechanical and deformation properties of rubberized engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Case Studies in Construction Materials, e00385.
24.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Maqsoom, A., & Qureshi, A. H. (2020). Investigating the impact of inflation on building materials prices in construction industry. Journal of Building Engineering, 101485.
25.    Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Zawawi, N. A. W., Mohammed, B. S., Adamu, M., & Musharat, M. A. (2020). Structural equation modelling of construction project performance based on coordination factors. Cogent Engineering, 7(1), 1726069.
26.    Altaf, M., Musarat, M. A., Khan, A., Shoukat, Z., & Salahuddin, U. (2019, August). Change Order Impact on Construction Industry of Pakistan. In AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering (pp. 391-402). Springer, Cham.
27.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Liew, M. S., & Zawawi, N. A. W. A. (2019, August). Influential Safety Performance and Assessment in Construction Projects: A Review. In AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering (pp. 719-728). Springer, Cham.
28.    Nafeesa Shaheen, Anam Fatima, Muhammad Ali Musarat (2017). Phase change materials (PCMs) application in building envelop (A REVIEW), Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 5, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
29.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Aaqib Junaid, Rahmat Ali (2017). Evaluate the use of recycled aggregate in concrete, International journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET), Vol. 7, No. 9, ISSN: 2049-3444.
30.    M. Ali Musarat, M. Zeeshan Ahad (2016). Factors affecting the success of construction projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, KICEM Journal of Construction Engineering & Project Management, Vol. 6, No. 4, ISSN: 2233-9582.
31.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Sanaullah, Sikandar Hayat khan & kifayat Ullah (2016). Effect of bentonite on fresh and hardened property of self compacting concrete, Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 4, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
32.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Omair Inderyas, Sheharyar Khan & Dr. Abid Ali Shah (2016). Causes of delay in the execution phase of construction projects in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Pakistan, Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 4, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
33.    Aaqib Junaid, Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Ali Musarat (2016). Evaluating the effect of Nylon fibers In Self-Compacting Concrete, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
34.    Shamshad Ali, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Islam (2016). Lack of Plant/Equipment Problems in Construction Industry of KP Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
35.    Hussain Ali Khan, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Isar Ahmad (2016). Poor workmanship problems in Construction Industry of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
36.    Asad Masroor, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Hussain Ali Khan (2016). Benchmarking the current state of construction safety practices in KP, Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.

Skype ID: muhammadalimusarat

Research Interest: Groundwater and Soil Investigation and Remediation, Natural Treatment on Waste Treatment, Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites, Water Resource and Watershed Management, Water Quality Modeling, Water and Wastewater Treatment.

Research Interest: Investigation The Fate of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants In The Water, Air and Soil Environments, Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation of Water, Groundwater and Soils Contaminated With Hazardous Pollutants, Assessing The Fate of The Disinfection By-Products (Dbps) Formed When Disinfecting Water Using Chlorine, Ozone and Chlorine Dioxide, The Treatment Of Groundwater Contaminated With MTBE, BTEX and Other Vocs Using Advanced Oxidation Processes (I.E. The Combination of Ultraviolet Light (UV), Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2), Chlorine (Cl2) and Ozone (O3)), Adsorption of Heavy Metals From Water By Novel Nano Adsorbents and Natural Material Such As Fly Ash, Removal of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants By Phytoremediation, Assessing The Management Policy of Drilling Wastes In The Environment, Also Doing Intensive Research on The Treatment Of Contaminated Water Using Nano-Scale Photo-Catalytic Degradation By Carbon Nanotubes (Cnts), Titanium Dioxide (Tio2) And N-Doped Titania.