Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering/ Construction Materials concentration-United Arab Emirates University

M.Sc. Structural Engineering Concentration -Abu Dhabi University

B.Sc. Civil Engineering - Abu Dhabi University

Research Interests

• Sustainable Materials in Concrete Industry.
• Alkaline Activated Materials.
• Microstructural Analysis on Concrete Materials.
• Fiber Reinforced Concrete.
• Optimization Methods in Various Engineering Applications.
• Progressive Collapse and Structural Resisting Systems.

Selected Publications

1. A. El-Mir, O. Najm, H. El-Hassan, A. El-Dieb, and A. Alzamly, “Enhancing the electrical conductivity of concrete using metal-organic frameworks,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 425, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136061.
2. O. A. Mohamed, O. Najm, and H. A. Zuaiter, “Setting time, sulfuric acid resistance, and strength development of alkali-activated mortar with slag & fly ash binders,” Results in Engineering, vol. 21, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2023.101711.
3. O. A. Mohamed, O. Najm, and E. Ahmed, “Alkali-activated slag & fly ash as sustainable alternatives to OPC: Sorptivity and strength development characteristics of mortar,” Cleaner Materials, vol. 8, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.clema.2023.100188.

4. Omar F. Najm, Osama A. Mohamed, Mohammed H. Alzard, The efficiency of statistical and artificial neural network techniques on evaluating and predicting compressive strength of sustainable SCC with basalt fibers, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023,ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.185.

5. Esraa Sami Hijah, Omar Najm, Osama Mohamed, Effect of basalt fiber on self-consolidating concrete with fly ash replacement,
   Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.197.

6. Osama Mohamed, Eman Ahmed, Omar Najm, Khaled Al-Aribe, Esraa Hijah, Water absorption characteristics and rate of strength development of mortar with slag-based alkali-activated binder and 25% fly ash replacement, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.411.

7. O. Najm, H. El-Hassan, and A. El-Dieb, ‘Ladle slag characteristics and use in mortar and concrete: A comprehensive review’, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 288, p. 125584, Mar. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125584.
8. O. Najm, H. El-Hassan, and A. El-Dieb, ‘Optimization of alkali-activated ladle slag composites mix design using taguchi-based TOPSIS method’, Construction and Building Materials, vol. 327, p. 126946, Apr. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126946.
9. O. Najm, H. El-Hassan, A. El-Dieb, and H. Aljassmi, ‘Utilization of a Bayesian Network Algorithm to Predict the Compressive Strength of Concrete’, IJCI, 2021, https://doi.org/110.11159/ijci.2021.005.

Teaching Courses

1. Reinforced Concrete Design I

2. Steel Design

3. Surveying 

4. Engineering Drawing

5. Transportation Engineering

6. Highway Engineering

7. Fluid Mechanics

8. Water Resources

9. Soil Mechanics

10. Geology

11. Capstone 

12. Construction Materials Lab

13. Environmental Engineering Lab

12. Civil Engineering Internship Coordinator 

Memberships

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

 

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