PGR Students Conference 2015

School of Civil Engineering

Venue: Student Union Building, Rooms 5 & 6
Dates: 8th 9th September 2015

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 8th September 2015

Time

Topic

10:50 11:10

Registration
Welcome Speech, Professor Catherine Noakes (Director of Research, School of Civil
Engineering) TBC
Keynote presentation. Dr Pazit Ziv water@leeds: water@leeds: Interdisciplinary
Approaches for Interdisciplinary Challenges
Coffee break

11:10 11:25

Life Cycle of Disaster Relief Shelters - Abdulrahman Bashawri

11:25 11:40

12:25 13:25

Effects of Improper Curing on Concrete Durability - Olusola Idowu

Retrofitting of masonry walls by using a mortar joint technique; experiments and numerical
validation - Chuanlin Wang
An Experimental Study on Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Using Interlocking Bars
under Static Monotonic Loading - Vera A. Noorhidana
Long-Term Behaviour of Debonded Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sustained and Repeated
Loading - Sultan Daud
Lunch

13:25 13:35

Introductory speech Dr Doug Stewart (Director of iPHEE.)

9:00 9:40
9:40 10:00
10:00 10:50

11:40 11:55
11:55 12:10
12:10 12:25

15:30 15:45

Keynote presentation. Dr Isabel Douterelo - University of Sheffield: Methodological approaches

for studying the microbial ecology of drinking water ecosystems
Characterization of the microbial community present in a water distribution network from a tropical
country Carolina Montoya-Pachongo
Coffee break
Effect of sand filtering media thickness on the performance of faecal sludge drying bed - Musa
Manga
Pilot-scale evaluation of wood chip-based biofilters for mitigation of odour, ammonia, hydrogen
sulphide and bioaerosols from enclosed waste management facilities - Ikpe Ibanga
Urbanisation Impact on Runoff and Fluvial Flood Plain Areas - Pelin Sertyesilisik

15:45 16:30

Poster competition (see list of selected posters on the last page)

13:35 14:25
14:25 14:40
14:40 15:00
15:00 15:15
15:15 15:30

PGR Students Conference 2015

School of Civil Engineering
Venue: Student Union Building, Rooms 5 & 6
Dates: 8th 9th September 2015
Wednesday, 9th September 2015

Time

Topic

9:30 9:40

Introductory speech Dr Leon Black (Director of iRI)

9:40 10:30

Keynote presentation. Dr Ral Fuentes Institute of Resilient Infrastructure: Hot

& cold, wet & dry, hard & soft a sensorial introduction to geomechanics

10:30 10:45 Crossrail project: what problems does it solve? - Mohamed H. Elmahroug
10:45 11:05

Coffee break

11:05 11:15 Introductory speech Prof Greg Marsden (Director of ITS)

Keynote presentation. Dr Charisma Choudhury Institute of Transport Studies:
Transport Modelling Using Emerging Data Sources
Eyes Off the Road; a Computational Model of Visual Distraction and its Effects on
12:05 12:20
Driving - Panagiotis Spyridakos
Driver Distraction During Vehicle Automation: How Does Driver Engagement Affect
12:20 12:35
Resumption Of Control? - Tyron Louw
12:35 13:35
Lunch
11:15 12:05

13:35 13:50 PGRT report Dr Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero (PGRT Civil Engineering)
13:50 14:05

Understanding power relations in the development of bus rapid transit in Quito, Ecuador
- Alvaro Guzmn-Jaramillo

14:05 14:20

Road Users Perception and Attitudes as a Barrier to Cycle in Mexico City - Magda
Cepeda-Zorrilla

14:20 14:35 Improving Risk Management in Megaprojects - Mustafa Al-Shammaa

14:35 14:55

Coffee break

Influence of temperature on the reactivity and durability of slag blended cements Okiemute Ogirigbo
Performance of Textile Reinforced Concrete retrofitted RC beams under cyclic loading 15:10 15:25
Georgios Kampisios
15:25 15:40 Coupled SPH-DEM Model for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Ke Wu
14:55 15:10

15:40 15:55 Acoustic emission modelling in a rock sample - Rizgar Maolod

15:55 16:10 Limestone-Slag Interaction in Composite Cements - Samuel Adu-Amankwah
16:10 16:35

Closure speech, Professor P. A. M. Basheer, Civil Engineering Head of the

School (TBC) Awards to best poster and best presentation

--- Note: Changes in this programme may be made on the day ---

Selected posters for exhibition

ID

Institute

Title
Modelling Flow Transition for Intermittent Water Supply with EPA
SWMM 5
A new candidate for low energy nutrient recovery from
wastewater for the UK: a possible alternative to chemical
treatment with added benefits?

iPHEE

iPHEE

iPHEE

iPHEE

iPHEE

iPHEE

iPHEE

iRI

iRI

10

iRI

Microstructure and Phase Assemblage of Low-Clinker Cements

during Early-Stages of Carbonation

Julia Herterich

11

iRI

Initiating civil engineering infrastructure projects: a new approach

Mohamed H. Elmahroug

12

iRI

Electroosmosis treatment on a composite soil

Developing CFD simulations of personalised ventilation systems

Hydrothermal Processes as an Alternative to Conventional
Sewage Sludge Management
Potential Implementation of Heterotrophic and Phototrophic
Microalgae Cultivation for Nutrient Recovery in Wastewater
Treatment Works
Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using Organic Substrates
Multi-composting as a tool to produce compost from olive mill waste
as a substitute for growing strawberries in the UK
Matching the Systemic Organisation Capability of the Public
Sector to the Complexity of the Project or Programme Delivery
Environment
Inadequacies of Existing Techniques for Predicting the Behavior
of Edge Restrained Reinforced Concrete Members

Author
Habeeb Sirajo Muhammad
Jaimie Paterson
Natalie Gilkeson
Christian Israel AragnBriceo
Cigdem Oz
Suha Al-Dmour
Natasha Mortimer
Abdulaziz Alobaid
Muhammad Kashif Shehzad

Maher Z. Mohammed