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Lect. Dr. Ahmed Ali Hussein Waiss
Position
Senior Engineer Head
Position
Senior Engineer Head
General Specialization
Civil Engineering
General Specialization
Civil Engineering
Subspecialty
Structural
Subspecialty
Structural
Education
- Earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Construction in 2021 from University of Arkansas, USA
- Earned his Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Construction in 2011 from Al-Mustansiriya, Iraq
- Earned his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering in 2007 from Al-Mustansiriya in Iraq
Experience
•Testing concrete for: Compressive Strength, Elastic Modulus, Unite Weight, Air Content, Creep, and Shrinkage.
•Design of Normal and Ultra High Strength Concrete mixtures.
•Design of Ultra-High Performance Concrete mixtures with compressive strength up to 26 ksi
•Analysis and design of prestress concrete bridge girders.
•Design of Normal and Ultra High Strength Concrete mixtures.
•Design of Ultra-High Performance Concrete mixtures with compressive strength up to 26 ksi
•Analysis and design of prestress concrete bridge girders.
Publications
1- “Practical Ultra High Strength Concrete for Precast Concrete Applications.” PCI Journal V. 67, No. 3, May–June (2022)
2- Analytical model for predicting prestress transfer bond-related parameters of 18 MM prestressing strands, Journal of Building Engineering, 2022, 104709, ISSN 2352-7102,
3- “Investigation of measured prestress losses compared with design prestress losses in AASHTO Types II, III, IV, and VI bridge girders.” PCI Journal 66, No. 3 May–June (2021).
4- Enhanced camber and deflection estimation for AASHTO prestressed concrete girders." PCI Journal 67, no. 6 (2022).
2- Analytical model for predicting prestress transfer bond-related parameters of 18 MM prestressing strands, Journal of Building Engineering, 2022, 104709, ISSN 2352-7102,
3- “Investigation of measured prestress losses compared with design prestress losses in AASHTO Types II, III, IV, and VI bridge girders.” PCI Journal 66, No. 3 May–June (2021).
4- Enhanced camber and deflection estimation for AASHTO prestressed concrete girders." PCI Journal 67, no. 6 (2022).
