Dr Seyed Ghaffar BEng (Hons.), PhD, CEng, FICE, FHEA, MICT

Dr Seyed Ghaffar

Dubai Campus
Head of Engineering (Dubai)
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Contact details

Email
s.h.ghaffar@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Department of Civil Engineering
School of Engineering

Dr Seyed Ghaffar is the Head of Engineering at the University 麻豆精选, Dubai, and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng, FICE).

Qualifications

  • PhD in Civil Engineering, Brunel University London
  • BEng (Hons.), in civil Engineering with Sustainability, Brunel University London
  • Fellow member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng, FICE)
  • Member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (MICT)
  • Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng)
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and a Chartered Civil Engineer. I am also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng, FICE), a Member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (MICT), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Prior to joining the University 麻豆精选, I held the position of Reader in Civil Engineering at Brunel University London from 2017 to 2023. At Brunel, I completed my Civil Engineering with Sustainability degree in 2012 and earned my Ph.D. in Sustainable Engineering Materials in 2016, fully sponsored by the Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science & Technology.

Over the years, I have taken on various academic roles, including Industrial Placement Coordinator, Admissions Tutor, and Senior Tutor for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

I also serve as the Executive Editor for an Elsevier Journal, (IF of 5).

I recently edited a book titled .

Book cover

I am a Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and have been appointed as an expert evaluator for the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the office of the Government of the Slovak Republic, and the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Additionally, I have served as an expert evaluator for Horizon Europe on the projects HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12: Breakthrough technologies supporting technological sovereignty in construction (RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-16: Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resource-efficient management (IA), HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, and HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01.

Postgraduate supervision

Low-carbon engineering materials; 3D printing of geopolymers and LC3; Valorisation of waste; Construction and demolition waste management; Circular construction

Research

I conduct research spanning various construction materials, with a specific emphasis on advancing low-carbon technologies suitable for both new construction and retrofitting applications. My work combines materials science with innovative technologies such as 3D printing, including the valorization of construction and demolition waste for formulating and optimizing 3D printable mixes.

I have served as PI or Co-I for 8 grants, secured from prominent funding bodies including EPSRC, the British Council, and the EU H2020. Noteworthy among my projects are:

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Publications

Recent publications

Article

Shabanlou, M, Meghdadi, Z & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Results in Engineering, vol. 25, 104229.

Al-Noaimat, YA, Chougan, M, Sambucci, M, Valente, M, Tirill貌, J, Albar, A, Nematollahi, B & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Cleaner Engineering and Technology, vol. 27, 100991.

Nassrullah, G, Ali, MM, Abu Al-Rub, RK, Cho, CS, El-Khasawneh, B, Ghaffar, SH & Kim, TY 2025, '', Case Studies in Construction Materials, vol. 22, e04579.

Albayati, AH, Mohammed, AM, Al-Kheetan, MJ, Al-ani, AF, Oukaili, NK, Moudhafar, MM, Sukhija, M, Jweihan, YS & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Cleaner Waste Systems, vol. 11, 100261.

Abdallah, S, Rees, DWA, Hilal, AA, Fan, M, Ghaffar, SH & Ali, HA 2025, '', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 471, 140744.

Al-Noaimat, YA, Sambucci, M, Chougan, M, El-Seidy, E, Biblioteca, I, Valente, M, Tirill貌, J, Al-Kheetan, MJ & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 491, 144862. ,

Al-Raqeb, H & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Technologies, vol. 13, no. 2, 65.

Al Ja鈥檉ari, MS, Al-Adaileh, MM, Al-Adayleh, AK, Al-Kheetan, MJ, Jweihan, YS, Albayati, AH, Rabi, M, Alrwashdeh, SS, Al-Noaimat, YA & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 20, 9034.

Al-Noaimat, YA, Chougan, M, El-Seidy, E, Albar, A & Ghaffar, SH 2025, '', Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 106, 112634.

Al-Raqeb, H & Ghaffar, SH 2024, '', Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 1, 200.

Chougan, M, Skibicki, S, Al-Noaimat, YA, Federowicz, K, Hoffmann, M, Sibera, D, Cendrowski, K, Techman, M, Nuno Pacheco, J, Ghaffar, SH & Sikora, P 2024, '', Developments in the Built Environment.

Al-Kheetan, MJ, Jweihan, YS, Rabi, M & Ghaffar, SH 2024, '', Buildings, vol. 14, no. 2, 353.

Ali, MM, Nassrullah, G, Abu Al-Rub, RK, El-Khasawneh, B, Ghaffar, SH & Kim, TY 2024, '', Developments in the Built Environment, vol. 18, 100415.

Chapter

Hamidreza Ghaffar, S, Al-Noaimat, Y, Chougan, M & Al-Kheetan, M 2024, . in A Ashour, X Wang & B Han (eds), Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures. 1st edn, Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering, Elsevier, pp. 371-397.

Review article

Nasare, R, Shah, V, Joshi, T, Dave, U & Ghaffar, SH 2024, '', International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.