BILAL ALI IBRAHIM ABU ALFOUL

Bilal Ali Ibrahim Abu Alfoul	Associate Professor
Civil Engineering	Constructions
Faculty of Engineering	Department of Civil Engineering
BilalA@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/bilal
ORCID ID : 236946952
Office No. : 4896	EXT : 4896

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Ph.D.	The University of Akron	The United States of America,2004
Master	Jordan University of Science & Technology	Jordan,2000
Bachelor	Jordan University of Science & Technology	Jordan,1997

Incorporating different types of waste materials, fibers, admixtures, coatings in the concrete matrix to produce durable, sustainable, light weight concrete with acceptable levels of strength.

• Al-Akhras, Nabil M., Abu Alfoul, Bilal A. “Effect of Wheat Straw Ash on Mechanical Properties of Autoclaved Mortar”2002. Cement and Concrete Research. Vol. 32, issue 6, pp 859 – 863.

• Robert Y. Liang, Bilal A. Abu Alfoul, Mohammad Khasawneh “Laboratory Investigation of Anisotropic Behavior of HMA” 2006. Conference Proceeding of 2006 International Conference on Perpetual Pavement.

• Robert Y. Liang, Atef Saleeb, Husam Al Qablan, Bilal Abu Alfoul, Dave Powers, and Roger Green “Mechanistic Evaluation of Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester and Its Implications” 2003. International Conference on Highway Pavement (ICHP) Data, Analysis and Mechanistic Design Applications. 7 – 10 Sep. Vol. I, pp. 115 – 130.

• Hussein Aldeeky, Omar Al Hattamleh & Bilal Abu Alfoul “Effect of Sand Placement Method on the Interface Friction of Sand and Geotextile” 2016. International Journal of Civil Engineering. Vol. 14, issue 2.

• Bilal Abu Alfoul, Omar Al Hattamleh & Hussein Aldeeky “Investigating the effects of disc shaped thumb tacks as a “fiber” reinforcement on various concrete properties” 2019. Case studies in Construction Materials. Vol. 11.

? Husam Al Qablan, Samer Rabab’ah, Bilal Abu Alfoul, and Omar Al Hattamleh “Semi-empirical buckling analysis of perforated composite panel” 2020. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines. Vol. 50, issue 8, pp 2635 - 2652

? Samer Rabab’aha, Omar Al Hattamleh, Hussein Aldeeky, Bilal Abu Alfoul “Effect of glass fiber on the properties of expansive soil and its utilization as subgrade reinforcement in pavement applications” 2021, Case studies in Construction Materials. Vol. 14.
? Abu Alfoul, B., Dwairi, H., Alqablan, H., Rababah, S. “Investigating the Effect of Waste Polystyrene Dissolved in Paint Thinner Product as an Admixture and Coating Sealer on Concrete Properties” 2021. International Review of Civil Engineering (IRECE). Vol 12, issue 5, pp. 305-313.

? Bilal Abu Alfoul, Taleb Al-Rousan, Maha Alkasasbeh, Samer Rababah, and Yahia Khalayleh “Strength and strain sustainability of concrete reinforced with Fort A – Fi fiber” 2021. The 3rd International Conference on Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering. ICCME 2021. AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 2441, issue 1

? Al-Kasasbeh, M.; Abudayyeh, O.; Olimat, H.; Liu, H.; Al Mamlook, R.; Abu Alfoul, B. “A Robust Construction Safety Performance Evaluation Framework for Workers’ Compensation Insurance: A Proposed Alternative to EMR” 2021. Buildings. Vol. 11, issue 10, pp. 434. 

? Al-Rousan, T., Al Hattamleh, O., Abu Alfoul, B. et al. “Investigating the Variations in Crushers’ Daily Production Using Imaging Technique” 2021. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. Vol. 15, issue 3.

• Al-Rousan, T., Al Hattamleh, O., Abu Alfoul, B. “Examining the Influence of Aggregate Shape Properties Measured Using Imaging Technique on the Flexural Strength of Concrete” 2022. International Review of Civil Engineering (IRECE). Vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 99.

Grape bark as a raw material for sustainable concrete

 October 2022 – October 2023: Department Head, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Running the civil engineering department with 28 faculty members, 7 engineers and approximately 800 students. Leading strategic planning and vision for the department, managing the budget and staff, ensuring technical excellence, managing personnel through development, and maintaining compliance with safety and quality standards.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Structural Steel Design, Graduation Projects 1 and 2, Advanced Engineering Dynamics for Master’s Program students.


June 2022 – Current: Associate Professor, Structures Division, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Reinforced Concrete I, Reinforced Concrete II, Steel Structures Design, Graduation Projects 1 and 2, Advanced Engineering Dynamics for Master’s Program students.
?	ABET Accreditation Program Coordinator for the 2023/2024 Cycle. Coordinate all required ABET accreditation material through the department and the college. Coordinate meetings and correspondence with Alumni, Advisory and Employer Boards. Coordinate meetings, correspondence and site visits for the ABET Accreditation team. 
?	Research Advisor for 6 graduate students at the Master’s Degree Program.
?	Advisory Board Committee for the Built Environment and Structural Systems Center.


Feb 2010 – June 2022: Assistant Professor, Structures Division, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Reinforced Concrete I, Reinforced Concrete II, Structures Steel Design, Strength of Materials, Statics, Structural Analysis I, Structural Analysis II, Manual Engineering Drawing, Computer Aided Engineering Drawing and Graduation Projects 1 and 2.
?	Being a member in different engineering committees on university level, college level and department level. Some of these committees include:
?	ABET Accreditation Committee: Civil Engineering Department ABET Coordinator for 2017/2018 cycle; coordinate all required ABET accreditation material through the department and the college. Coordinate meetings and correspondence with Alumni, Advisory and Employer Boards. Coordinate meetings, correspondence and site visits for the ABET Accreditation team.
?	College of Engineering Committee: to oversee the design plans, provided by an engineering company, for two major buildings inside The Hashemite University.
?	University Committee: to study financially all construction proposals provided by different contracting companies to build and construct to major buildings inside The Hashemite University.
?	Advisory Board Committee for the Built Environment and Structural Systems Center.


Dec 2007 – July 2009: Project Manager, Resource International, LTD (Engineers, Scientists, Surveyors, Planners) Ashland, Virginia, USA.
?	Commercial, residential and mixed use development plans in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
?	Perform initial site visits and investigations to determine any possible issues that could affect the development plan constructability or its approval process through DOT’s and other localities.
?	Schedule and attend pre and post plan submission and design meetings with clients, DOT’s and local agencies personnel to point out or resolve any design issues related to the projects.
?	Preliminary site plans
?	Perform site topographic grading, site design and layout; including roadway layout and design.
?	Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Stormwater Management (SWM) and Best Management Practices (BMP) analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Conduct multiple drainage and flood plain studies on multiple projects with large watersheds. Major tasks involved in these studies included: Evaluation of the pre – and post – development runoff conditions. Engineering of the necessary SWM and BMP facilities. Writing drainage analysis reports to present the study findings and analysis. Proposing recommendations for future designs and/or alternatives for existing in – default drainage structures. Findings of some of these studies were presented in court as an engineering witness on failure of existing structures.  
?	Design of erosion and sediment control measures for development plans.
?	Coordinate with clients, contractors and builders from the conceptual development to final construction.
?	Project management and budget control.
?	Training entry level engineers and designers.

Aug 2005 – Nov 2007: Project Manager, Huntley, Nyce & Associates, LTD (Surveying, Civil Engineering, Land Planning) Leesburg, Virginia, USA.
?	Commercial, residential and mixed use development plans in the states of Virginia and West Virginia.
?	Perform initial site visits and investigations to determine any possible issues that could affect the development plan constructability or its approval process through DOT’s and other localities. 
?	Perform site topographic grading, site design and layout; including roadway layout and design and pavement design.
?	Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Design of erosion and sediment control measures for development plans.
?	Coordinate with multiple DOT’s and local agencies personnel to get the development plans approved per their standards and regulations.
?	Coordinate with clients, contractors and builders from the conceptual development to final construction.
?	Project management and budget control.
?	Training entry level engineers and designers.

Feb 2005 – Aug 2005: Project Manager, Crawford Associates, LLC (Home Improvement Contractor). Washington DC, USA.
			• Manage the office team through multiple home improvement projects.
• Coordinate with clients to provide them with the best quality and coordinate and schedule the daily team tasks to meet the projects’ deadlines.
• Work as the company’s engineering advisor on any existing or possible future structural deficiencies, and provide alternative solutions when needed.  

2001 – 2004: Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
• Present a comprehensive Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) test program and test results. In particular, emphasis is placed on rutting behavior of various mixtures as determined by the APA, and the various factors affecting the rutting behavior of HMA mixtures as exhibited by the APA results.
• Investigate the mechanical properties of HMA in terms of the compressive stress – strain curves, and compressive strength of HMA specimens with initial anisotropy, tested under the effects of different deformation rates and different confining pressures.
• Evaluate the response of HMA specimens to repeated load testing, while the specimens’ orientations are varied from the vertical to the horizontal directions.
• Develop empirical modeling techniques of the permanent strains accumulated in asphalt concrete pavements, as a function of stress level, number of load repetitions, and confining pressure.
• Assist in multiple projects including: field monitoring and instrumentation of moisture variations under flexible pavements, field monitoring and instrumentation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls, field analysis and investigation of laterally loaded drilled shafts, durability and performance characteristics of polymer modified asphalt concrete, and writing quarterly reports for Ohio DOT.
• Teaching and grading home works and laboratory reports for undergraduate students. Some of the courses taught included: soil mechanics, materials and lab, survey and lab.

1996 – 2000: Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, Jordan University of Science and Technology     
• Conduct an experimental program to study the influence of wheat straw ash on the mechanical properties of mortar under different curing regimes, in conjunction with the effect of water to cement ratio and aggregate type. 
• Teaching and grading home works and laboratory reports for undergraduate students. Courses taught included Structural and Materials courses.

Reinforced Concrete I
Reinforced Concrete II
Steel Structures
Structural Analysis
Strength of Materials
Statics
Manual Engineering Drawing
Computer Aided Engineering Drawing
Concrete and steel structures for Architectural students
Graduation Project 1 & 2.

October 2022 – October 2023: Department Head, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Running the civil engineering department with 28 faculty members, 7 engineers and approximately 800 students. Leading strategic planning and vision for the department, managing the budget and staff, ensuring technical excellence, managing personnel through development, and maintaining compliance with safety and quality standards.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Structural Steel Design, Graduation Projects 1 and 2, Advanced Engineering Dynamics for Master’s Program students.


June 2022 – Current: Associate Professor, Structures Division, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Reinforced Concrete I, Reinforced Concrete II, Steel Structures Design, Graduation Projects 1 and 2, Advanced Engineering Dynamics for Master’s Program students.
?	ABET Accreditation Program Coordinator for the 2023/2024 Cycle. Coordinate all required ABET accreditation material through the department and the college. Coordinate meetings and correspondence with Alumni, Advisory and Employer Boards. Coordinate meetings, correspondence and site visits for the ABET Accreditation team. 
?	Research Advisor for 6 graduate students at the Master’s Degree Program.
?	Advisory Board Committee for the Built Environment and Structural Systems Center.


Feb 2010 – June 2022: Assistant Professor, Structures Division, Civil Engineering Department, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
?	Teaching the following courses at the Civil Engineering Department: Reinforced Concrete I, Reinforced Concrete II, Structures Steel Design, Strength of Materials, Statics, Structural Analysis I, Structural Analysis II, Manual Engineering Drawing, Computer Aided Engineering Drawing and Graduation Projects 1 and 2.
?	Being a member in different engineering committees on university level, college level and department level. Some of these committees include:
?	ABET Accreditation Committee: Civil Engineering Department ABET Coordinator for 2017/2018 cycle; coordinate all required ABET accreditation material through the department and the college. Coordinate meetings and correspondence with Alumni, Advisory and Employer Boards. Coordinate meetings, correspondence and site visits for the ABET Accreditation team.
?	College of Engineering Committee: to oversee the design plans, provided by an engineering company, for two major buildings inside The Hashemite University.
?	University Committee: to study financially all construction proposals provided by different contracting companies to build and construct to major buildings inside The Hashemite University.
?	Advisory Board Committee for the Built Environment and Structural Systems Center.


Dec 2007 – July 2009: Project Manager, Resource International, LTD (Engineers, Scientists, Surveyors, Planners) Ashland, Virginia, USA.
?	Commercial, residential and mixed use development plans in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
?	Perform initial site visits and investigations to determine any possible issues that could affect the development plan constructability or its approval process through DOT’s and other localities.
?	Schedule and attend pre and post plan submission and design meetings with clients, DOT’s and local agencies personnel to point out or resolve any design issues related to the projects.
?	Preliminary site plans
?	Perform site topographic grading, site design and layout; including roadway layout and design.
?	Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Stormwater Management (SWM) and Best Management Practices (BMP) analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Conduct multiple drainage and flood plain studies on multiple projects with large watersheds. Major tasks involved in these studies included: Evaluation of the pre – and post – development runoff conditions. Engineering of the necessary SWM and BMP facilities. Writing drainage analysis reports to present the study findings and analysis. Proposing recommendations for future designs and/or alternatives for existing in – default drainage structures. Findings of some of these studies were presented in court as an engineering witness on failure of existing structures.  
?	Design of erosion and sediment control measures for development plans.
?	Coordinate with clients, contractors and builders from the conceptual development to final construction.
?	Project management and budget control.
?	Training entry level engineers and designers.

Aug 2005 – Nov 2007: Project Manager, Huntley, Nyce & Associates, LTD (Surveying, Civil Engineering, Land Planning) Leesburg, Virginia, USA.
?	Commercial, residential and mixed use development plans in the states of Virginia and West Virginia.
?	Perform initial site visits and investigations to determine any possible issues that could affect the development plan constructability or its approval process through DOT’s and other localities. 
?	Perform site topographic grading, site design and layout; including roadway layout and design and pavement design.
?	Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design for commercial, residential and mixed used developments.
?	Design of erosion and sediment control measures for development plans.
?	Coordinate with multiple DOT’s and local agencies personnel to get the development plans approved per their standards and regulations.
?	Coordinate with clients, contractors and builders from the conceptual development to final construction.
?	Project management and budget control.
?	Training entry level engineers and designers.

Feb 2005 – Aug 2005: Project Manager, Crawford Associates, LLC (Home Improvement Contractor). Washington DC, USA.
			• Manage the office team through multiple home improvement projects.
• Coordinate with clients to provide them with the best quality and coordinate and schedule the daily team tasks to meet the projects’ deadlines.
• Work as the company’s engineering advisor on any existing or possible future structural deficiencies, and provide alternative solutions when needed.  

2001 – 2004: Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
• Present a comprehensive Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) test program and test results. In particular, emphasis is placed on rutting behavior of various mixtures as determined by the APA, and the various factors affecting the rutting behavior of HMA mixtures as exhibited by the APA results.
• Investigate the mechanical properties of HMA in terms of the compressive stress – strain curves, and compressive strength of HMA specimens with initial anisotropy, tested under the effects of different deformation rates and different confining pressures.
• Evaluate the response of HMA specimens to repeated load testing, while the specimens’ orientations are varied from the vertical to the horizontal directions.
• Develop empirical modeling techniques of the permanent strains accumulated in asphalt concrete pavements, as a function of stress level, number of load repetitions, and confining pressure.
• Assist in multiple projects including: field monitoring and instrumentation of moisture variations under flexible pavements, field monitoring and instrumentation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls, field analysis and investigation of laterally loaded drilled shafts, durability and performance characteristics of polymer modified asphalt concrete, and writing quarterly reports for Ohio DOT.
• Teaching and grading home works and laboratory reports for undergraduate students. Some of the courses taught included: soil mechanics, materials and lab, survey and lab.

1996 – 2000: Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, Jordan University of Science and Technology     
• Conduct an experimental program to study the influence of wheat straw ash on the mechanical properties of mortar under different curing regimes, in conjunction with the effect of water to cement ratio and aggregate type. 
• Teaching and grading home works and laboratory reports for undergraduate students. Courses taught included Structural and Materials courses.

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