Prof. Mohammed Hussein

Biography

I am a Professor in Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Qatar University. I joined Qatar University in September 2014 as Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in February 2021. I served as Head of Department from January 2017 to August 2023. My main area of expertise is Structural Dynamics and Vibration with particular interest in Railway Dynamics, Ground-borne Vibration, Soil-Structure interaction, Structural-Health Monitoring and Human-Structure interaction. I am currently a member of the Editorial Board for Transportation Geotechnics Journal. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and served before as Director of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV). Before joining Qatar University, I worked as Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton from July 2013 to August 2014, Lecturer at the University of Nottingham from September 2006 to June 2013, and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge from September 2005 to August 2006. I completed my PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2005. I currently teach a number of courses at Qatar University in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels including a course on Railway Track Engineering. My research work has resulted in more than 140 publications. I am a co-developer of the PiP software and MOTIV software for calculating vibration from railways. I have been recipient of major research grants from the industry, QNRF in Qatar, and previously from EPSRC while at the UK. I have received a number of prestigious awards such as Qatar University Outstanding Faculty Service Award and Qatar University College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Services, both awarded in 2024. I led the team winning the Times Higher Education (THE) MENA award for the best Student Recruitment Campaign, awarded in 2023.

Qualifications

• PGCHE, Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, June 2013.
• PhD, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK, July 2005.
• B.Sc. First Class (Hons), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, July 2000.

Memberships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
• Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Graduate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
• Member of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV).
• Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

Main Administrative Roles

• Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Previously the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering), Qatar University, January 2017 – August 2023.
• Undergraduate Admissions Tutor of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, July 2010 – May 2013.
• Postgraduate Research Admissions Tutor for the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, January 2008 – August 2010.

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