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Dr. Mohamed Ajmal

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering
17876909
S41-2056
majmal@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

Finite Element Method of Structural Systems and Components, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Optimization and Machine Learning, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Testing of Reinforced Concrete Structural Members, Large-scale Structural Experimentations, Structural Behavior of Hybrid and Composite buildings

Education

  • PhD (2016), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • M.Sc. (2013), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • B.Sc. (with Honors) (2009), University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Bahrain. He joined the University of Bahrain in 2020. He has been involved in higher education teaching and research since 2010. He has also acquired a fellowship from HEC (UK). His major expertise is in the area of Reinforced concrete structural mechanics & earthquake engineering. Before joining UOB, he worked in different industrial and academic institutions.

Achievements

  • UOB Outstanding Faculty Award, 2024
  • UOB Outstanding Performance Award for Scheduling Timetable, 2022

Affiliations

  • Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan
  • ACI – Middle East
  • FHEA Fellowship
  • Saudi Council of Engineers

Grants & Contracts Awarded

  1. Team member of project entitled “Investigation on efficacy of shape Memory alloys (SMAs) for strengthening and retrofitting of Beam-Column Joints (BCJs)”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.
  2. Team member of project entitled “Retrofitting of Exterior Beam-Column Joints in Reinforced Concrete Buildings”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.
  3. Team member of project entitled “Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Assessment of Multi-Storey Structures Using Push over Analysis”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.

Publications & Presentations

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS & CONFERENCES

  1. R. Ismaeel, M. Ajmal and U. Ghazder, “What demographic and contextual factors predict drivers’ turn signal usage at junctions?” Advances in Transportation Studies: an international journal, Volume 65, pg.303-318, (2025) https://doi.org/10.53136/97912218174919
  2. M. Ajmal, D. Ahmed, M.H. Baluch, M.K. Rahman and T. Ayadat, “Consistent choice for cohesion and internal friction for concrete constitutive models”, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 8, 43 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00976-9
  3. T. Ayadat, A. Noui, L. Jradi, D. Ahmed, M Ajmal, and A. Asiz, “Stabilization of expansive soils using nontraditional chemical additives”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2023.2224802
  4. M. Ajmal, M.K. Rahman and M.H. Baluch, “Seismic Vulnerability of RC Shear Wall Building with a Dome Roof in Moderate Seismic Region of Saudi Arabia”, Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering (AJSE), Saudi Arabia (2015) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-015-1882-8
  5. M. Ajmal, R. Ismaeel, M. Ismail, D. Ahmed and T. Ayadat, “Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Building Strengthened with CFRP Sheets using Non-Linear Static Approach, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 123-130, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-14
  6. N. Mohammed, M. Ajmal, H. Mewada, D. Ahmed D, T. Sultana, “Characterization and performance of sustainable concrete using Box Behnken design approach”, IET Conference Proceedings, 2025;2024(37):844-849 https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2025.0909
  7. N. Mohammed, S. Abdulla, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, A. Asiz, “Analyzing the differences between the impacts of Wind and Earthquakes on base shear and drift in diagrid structures”, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 11-19, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-2
  8. D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, T. Ayadat and A. Asiz, “Parametric Study of Footing on Sandy Slope Soil, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 448-455, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-49
  9. N. Mohammed, D. Ahmed, T. Ayadat, F. Ahmed, D Balakrishnan, H. Mewada, M. Ajmal and T. Sultana, “Application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to evaluate centrifugal pump characteristics” Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 883-891, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-96
  10. D. Ahmed, S. TAIB, T. Ayadat, A. Hassan, M. Ajmal, “Review of stone columns, piled raft foundations, and combined stone columns and piles under raft as a ground improvement technique for soft clay soils”, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 306-315, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-34
  11. T. Ayadat ,A. Noui, L. Jradi, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, and A. Asiz, “Stabilization of a Swelling Soil using three different Chemical Additives”, International Conference on Advanced Topics in Mechanics of Materials, Structures and Construction, AToMech1, 2023 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902592-51
  12. S. Dernayka, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, A. Asiz and T. Ayadat, “Comparison of wind induced response of high-rise buildings with reinforced concrete and cross laminated timber”, The Fourth European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, 2022 https://www.doi.org/10.14455/ISEC.2022.9(1).STR-21
  13. M.K. Rahman, M. Ajmal, M.H. Baluch and A.A. Gadhib, “Retrofitting of Concrete Exterior Beam-Column Joints using NiTi-SMA Sheets”, SMAR 2019-Fifth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and rehabilitation of Civil Structures, 2019

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Dr. Mohamed Ajmal

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering
17876909
S41-2056
majmal@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

Finite Element Method of Structural Systems and Components, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Optimization and Machine Learning, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Testing of Reinforced Concrete Structural Members, Large-scale Structural Experimentations, Structural Behavior of Hybrid and Composite buildings

Education

  • PhD (2016), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • M.Sc. (2013), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • B.Sc. (with Honors) (2009), University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Bahrain. He joined the University of Bahrain in 2020. He has been involved in higher education teaching and research since 2010. He has also acquired a fellowship from HEC (UK). His major expertise is in the area of Reinforced concrete structural mechanics & earthquake engineering. Before joining UOB, he worked in different industrial and academic institutions.

Achievements

  • UOB Outstanding Faculty Award, 2024
  • UOB Outstanding Performance Award for Scheduling Timetable, 2022

Affiliations

  • Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan
  • ACI – Middle East
  • FHEA Fellowship
  • Saudi Council of Engineers

Grants & Contracts Awarded

  1. Team member of project entitled “Investigation on efficacy of shape Memory alloys (SMAs) for strengthening and retrofitting of Beam-Column Joints (BCJs)”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.
  2. Team member of project entitled “Retrofitting of Exterior Beam-Column Joints in Reinforced Concrete Buildings”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.
  3. Team member of project entitled “Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Assessment of Multi-Storey Structures Using Push over Analysis”, Funded by DSR KFUPM.

Publications & Presentations

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS & CONFERENCES

  1. R. Ismaeel, M. Ajmal and U. Ghazder, “What demographic and contextual factors predict drivers’ turn signal usage at junctions?” Advances in Transportation Studies: an international journal, Volume 65, pg.303-318, (2025) https://doi.org/10.53136/97912218174919
  2. M. Ajmal, D. Ahmed, M.H. Baluch, M.K. Rahman and T. Ayadat, “Consistent choice for cohesion and internal friction for concrete constitutive models”, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 8, 43 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00976-9
  3. T. Ayadat, A. Noui, L. Jradi, D. Ahmed, M Ajmal, and A. Asiz, “Stabilization of expansive soils using nontraditional chemical additives”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2023.2224802
  4. M. Ajmal, M.K. Rahman and M.H. Baluch, “Seismic Vulnerability of RC Shear Wall Building with a Dome Roof in Moderate Seismic Region of Saudi Arabia”, Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering (AJSE), Saudi Arabia (2015) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-015-1882-8
  5. M. Ajmal, R. Ismaeel, M. Ismail, D. Ahmed and T. Ayadat, “Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Building Strengthened with CFRP Sheets using Non-Linear Static Approach, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 123-130, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-14
  6. N. Mohammed, M. Ajmal, H. Mewada, D. Ahmed D, T. Sultana, “Characterization and performance of sustainable concrete using Box Behnken design approach”, IET Conference Proceedings, 2025;2024(37):844-849 https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2025.0909
  7. N. Mohammed, S. Abdulla, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, A. Asiz, “Analyzing the differences between the impacts of Wind and Earthquakes on base shear and drift in diagrid structures”, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 11-19, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-2
  8. D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, T. Ayadat and A. Asiz, “Parametric Study of Footing on Sandy Slope Soil, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 448-455, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-49
  9. N. Mohammed, D. Ahmed, T. Ayadat, F. Ahmed, D Balakrishnan, H. Mewada, M. Ajmal and T. Sultana, “Application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to evaluate centrifugal pump characteristics” Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 883-891, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-96
  10. D. Ahmed, S. TAIB, T. Ayadat, A. Hassan, M. Ajmal, “Review of stone columns, piled raft foundations, and combined stone columns and piles under raft as a ground improvement technique for soft clay soils”, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 306-315, 2025 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903414-34
  11. T. Ayadat ,A. Noui, L. Jradi, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, and A. Asiz, “Stabilization of a Swelling Soil using three different Chemical Additives”, International Conference on Advanced Topics in Mechanics of Materials, Structures and Construction, AToMech1, 2023 https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902592-51
  12. S. Dernayka, D. Ahmed, M. Ajmal, A. Asiz and T. Ayadat, “Comparison of wind induced response of high-rise buildings with reinforced concrete and cross laminated timber”, The Fourth European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, 2022 https://www.doi.org/10.14455/ISEC.2022.9(1).STR-21
  13. M.K. Rahman, M. Ajmal, M.H. Baluch and A.A. Gadhib, “Retrofitting of Concrete Exterior Beam-Column Joints using NiTi-SMA Sheets”, SMAR 2019-Fifth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and rehabilitation of Civil Structures, 2019

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