Assistant Professor Oct 2018 – Present
The University of Petra, Department of Civil Engineering, Amman, Jordan
· Courses taught: Building Materials, Statics, Strength of Materials, Structural Analysis I, Structural analysis II, Survey, Building Materials Laboratory, Strength of Materials Laboratory, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Reinforced Concrete.
· Supervised many structural graduation projects.
Graduate Research Assistant Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Civil Engineering, Arlington, TX
• Actively participated in various Department of Transportation projects including ‘‘Hydrocarbon Pool Fire Performance of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Retrofitted Bridges’’, ‘’Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
Strengthening and NDE Evaluation of Concrete Bridges.’’, ‘’Monitoring and Load rating of highway bridges’’, and
FEMA project ‘’Strengthening of Elevated Slabs on Ground with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Systems’’.
• Received a Ph.D. while studying the in-service behavior of deteriorated bridge bent caps. A 78-year-old reinforced concrete was repaired and evaluated through live load testing. The bridge bent caps had a significant deterioration exhibiting spalling concrete and exposed rebar. The study involved three phases: load testing of deteriorated bent caps before repair, repair/strengthening of the bent caps using an epoxy mortar and longitudinal/transverse CFRP laminates, and follow-up load testing after CFRP repair/strengthening.
• Used ABAQUS to perform full-scale finite element analysis of bridge bent caps.
• Conference Presentation: ‘In situ Evaluation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Strengthening for Deteriorated Bridge Bent Caps’’, ACI Convention 2018
Site Engineer April 2014 - Nov2014
AlKhaldi Construction Engineering, Amman, Jordan.
· Collaborated with the geotechnical, electrical, plumbing, mechanical engineers to complete the construction work in time.
Site Engineer Jun 2013 – Aug 2013
AbuRukba Construction Company, Amman, Jordan
• Overlooked the day to day of construction activities of a five-storey building.