Dr. Taha Ahmed

Civil Engineering

Associate Professor

Qualification: Ph. D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, USA

  • Transportation Infrastructure Systems.
  • Pavement/Materials Engineering.
  • Asphalt Mixtures.
  • Transportation Demand Analysis.
  • Recycled Construction Materials.

Journal Papers

  • Saad, Ahmad S., Taha A. Ahmed, and Ali I. Radwan. “In-Plane Lateral Performance of AAC Block Walls Reinforced with CFPR Sheets,” Buildings 12, no. 10, October 2022, 1680. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101680
  • Waly, M.M., Ahmed, T., Abunada, Z., Mickovski, S.B., Thomson, C. “Constructed Wetland for Sustainable and Low-Cost Wastewater Treatment: Review Article,” Land, August 2022, 11, 1388. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091388
  • Rana Ezzdine Lakys, Ahmad Saad, Taha Ahmed, Mohammad Hany Yassi, “Investigating the drivers and acceptance of sustainable materials in Kuwait: A case study of CEB,” Case Studies in Construction Materials, Volume 17, December 2022, e01330.
  • Mohamed. A. Mabrok, Ahmad Saad, Taha Ahmed and Hamad Alsayab, “Modelling and simulations of Water Network Distribution to Assess Water Quality: Kuwait as a Case Study,” Alexandria Engineering Journal, Volume 61, Issue 12, December 2022, Pages 11859-11877.
  • A. S. Saad, T. A. Ahmed, M. H. Yassin, A. I. Radwan, and A. I. Ezzedine, “Out-of-Plane Structural Performance of Compressed Earth Block Walls Subject to Quasistatic Loading,” Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20210038
  • Taha Ahmed, Elie Y. Hajj, Dawoud S. Bahzad, Murugaiyah Piratheepan and Ahmed Warrag. Investigation of the Rheological and Bonding Characteristics of Crumb Rubber- Modified Asphalt Binders Mixed with Warm Mix Asphalt Additive and Antistrip Agent. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-021-00033-1
  • Taha Ahmed, Elie Y. Hajj, Ahmed Warrag and Murugaiyah Piratheepan. “Postmortem Evaluation of Accelerated Rate of Raveling of In-service Asphalt Pavements in Arid Climatic Conditions-Case of Kuwait,” Case Studies in Construction Materials Journal, Volume 14, June 2021, e00533.
  • Taha Ahmed, Mohamed Salem, S Ahmad Saad, Abdel Rahman Alaqqad. “Improving the Traffic Flow in Hot Arid Climate Areas by Implementing a Monorail Light Rail Transit System: Case of Kuwait,” American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 14 January 2021, pp 103-111.
  • Osama Dawoud, Taha Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, Ziyad Abunada. “A spatial Multi- Criteria Analysis Approach for Planning and Management of Community
    -Scale Desalination Plants,” Desalination Journal, Volume 485, 1 July 2020, 114426.
  • Taha A. Ahmed, Hosin “David” Lee, R. Christopher Williams. “Using a modified asphalt bond strength test to investigate the properties of asphalt binders with polyethylene wax- based warm mix asphalt additive,” International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 28-37, ISSN 1996-6814,”
  • Can Chen, R. Christopher Williams, Taha Ahmed, and Hosin Lee. “Quality Control/Quality Assurance Testing for Joint Density and Segregation of Asphalt Mixtures,” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 47 May 2013, pp 80-85.
  • Hosin “David” lee, Thomas Glueckert, Taha Ahmed, Yongjoo Kim, Cheolmin Baek, and Sung-Do Hwang, “Laboratory Evaluation and Field Implementation of Polyethylene Wax- Based Warm Mix Asphalt Additive in USA,” International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol.6 No.5, Sep. 2013, pp. 547-553.
  • T. Ahmed, E. Hajj, P. Sebaaly, and N. Majerus. “Influence of Aggregate Source and Warm- Mix Technologies on the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Mixtures,” Advances in Civil Engineering Materials 2, no. 1 (2013): 400 417. https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20130072.

Book Chapters

  • Taha Ahmed, Dawoud Bahzad, Abdullah Al-Marshed, Zein-Eddine Merouani and Mohamed Omar, “Evaluating the Characteristics of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Binders Produced with Neat Bitumen-Case of Kuwait,” Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 76, Chapter 39, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV9), Zurich Switzerland, 1-3 July 2020.
  • T. Ahmed, and M H. Yassin. “Modeling the Rutting Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures Obtained by Accelerated Testing Device,” Proceedings of the Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, March 2019, Kuwait, pp. 109-121.
  • M. Salem, T. Ahmed, A. Al-Sarmini, and S. El-Azzeh. “Exploiting Technologies in Facilities Management Operations of an Educational Facility,” Proceedings of the Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, March 2019, Kuwait, pp. 501-514.
  • Muhannad Ismeik and Taha Ahmed. “Prediction of Geotechnical Properties of Lime-Stabilized Soils: Ongoing Research and Preliminary Results,” Proceedings of the 3rd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, November 2019, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 150-157.
  • Taha Ahmed, Hosin “David” Lee. “Evaluation of Laboratory and Field Warm Mix Asphalt Mixtures with High Contents of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements,”” In: A.F. Nikolaides (ed). Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements VI, 1st Edition, PP 623-628, CRC Press, June 2015. ISBN: 9780429225840. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18538

Teaching courses and labs within the department of civil engineering:

  • Traffic Engineering (21SCVE421).
  • Traffic Engineering Lab (21SCVE425).
  • Roadway Design (15FCVE211).
  • Engineering Design Planning (project-based learning) (21SMCE323).
  • Engineering Design Management (project-based learning) (21SMCE324).
  • Technology Project Planning (Senior Project) (21SCVE410).
  • Technology Project Implementation (Senior Project) (21SCVE420).