Academic Positions
09/15-Present: Assistant Professor (Visiting), Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE.
2011-2015: Academic/PhD Scholar, School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Australia.
2008-2011: Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE.
2006-2008: Lab Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Research Associate / Research Assistant, Asian Center for Engineering Computation and Software (ACECOMS), School of Engineering and Technology , Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (January 2006 to March 2006 and August 2001 to October 2004)
Administrative Positions
Department Academic Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, 2008 to 2011
College Financial Officer, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, 2009 to 2010
Member, Program Assessment Unit, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, 2008 to 2011
Member, Department Website and Publicity Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, 2008 to 2011
Member Local Organizing Committee, Tenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-10), Bangkok Thailand, 2006
Journal Papers
1. MT Junaid, A Elbana, S Altoubat, “Flexural response of geopolymer and fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete beams reinforced with GFRP bars and strengthened using CFRP sheets”, Structures 24, 666-677, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.02.003
2. A Elbana, MT Junaid, “Determination of flexural capacity for GFRP-reinforced concrete beams retrofitted using external CFRP sheet” Structures 27, 1384-1395, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.07.003
3. S Altoubat, AS Karzad, M Maalej, S Barakat, MT Junaid “Experimental study of the steel/CFRP interaction in shear-strengthened RC beams incorporating macro-synthetic fibers” Structures 25, 88-98, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.02.027
4. Junaid MT, Elbana A, ,Altoubat S, Al-Sadoon Z, “Experimental Study on the Effect of Matrix on the Flexural Behavior of Beams Reinforced with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars”, Composite Structures, 2019. Volume 222, 2019, 110930 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.110930
5. P Parveen, BB Jindal, MT Junaid, S Saloni “Mechanical and microstructural study of rice husk ash geopolymer paste with ultrafine slag”, Advances in concrete construction 8 (3), 217-223, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2019.8.3.217
6. Singhal D, Junaid MT, Jindal B, Mehta A “Mechanical and microstructural properties of fly ash based geopolymer concrete incorporating Alccofine at ambient curing”, Construction and Building Materials, 180 pp298-307, 2018
7. Junaid MT, Kayali O, Khennane A, “Response of Alkali Activated Low Calcium Fly-Ash based Geopolymer Concrete Under Compressive load at Elevated Temperatures”, Materials and Structures, 50(1) 50, 2017. doi:10.1617/s11527-016-0877-6
8. Altoubat S, Rieder KA, Junaid MT, “Short- and long-term restrained shrinkage cracking of fiber reinforced concrete composite metal decks: an experimental study”, Materials and Structures, 50: 140, 2017. doi:10.1617/s11527-017-1011-0
9. Altoubat S, Junaid MT , Leblouba M, Badran D, “Effectiveness of fly ash on the restrained shrinkage cracking resistance of self-compacting concrete”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 79, pp 9–20, 2017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2017.01.010
10. Leblouba M., Junaid MT, Barakat S, Altoubat S, Maalej M, “Shear buckling and stress distribution in trapezoidal web corrugated steel beams”, Thin-Walled Structures, Volume 113, pp 13–26, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2017.01.002
11. Leblouba M., Barakat S, Altoubat S, Junaid MT, Maalej M, “Normalized shear strength of trapezoidal corrugated steel webs”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2017.
12. Altoubat S, Badran D, Junaid MT , Leblouba M, “Restrained shrinkage behavior of Self- Compacting Concrete containing ground-granulated blast-furnace slag”, Construction & Building Materials Volume 129, 30, pp 98–105, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.115
13. Junaid MT, Khennane A, Kayali O, “Performance Of Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete Made Using Non-Pelletized Fly Ash Aggregates”, Materials and Structures vol 48 (10) pp: 3357-3365, 2015 doi:10.1617/s11527-014-0404-6
14. Junaid MT, Kayali O, Khennane A, “A Mix Design Procedure for Low Calcium Alkali Activated Fly Ash-based Concretes”, Construction & Building Materials, vol79, pp 301-310, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.01.048
15. Junaid MT, Khennane A, Kayali O, Sadaoui A, Picard D, Fafard M, "Aspects Of The Deformational Behaviour Of Alkali Activated Fly Ash Concrete At Elevated Temperatures," Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 60, pp. 24-29, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2014.01.026
Conference Papers
1. Junaid MT, Elbana A, Altoubat S, “Stress-strain behaviour and strength properties of ambient cured geo-polymer concrete”, Materials Science and Engineering Conference, Malaysia, 2020. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/839/1/012005
2. Junaid MT, Karzad AS, Elbana A, “Experimental study on the shear behavior of GFRP reinforced concrete beams strengthened using CFRP sheets”, Materials Science and Engineering Conference, Malaysia, 2020. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/839/1/012018
3. Bara Jarah, Mohamed G. Arab, MT Junaid, Maher Omar “Effect of Alkali Activator Type on the Local UAE Sand Treated with Alkali Activated Binders” 5th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE'20) October 18 - 20, 2020 | Lisbon, Portugal
4. Junaid MT, Elbana A, Altoubat S, “Predicting Flexural Capacity of Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Strengthened with CFRP Sheets”, in Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE’19), Rome, Italy
– April 7-9, 2019 (peer reviewed)
5. Yousuf, F., Junaid, MT, Altoubat, S. “Drying Shrinkage Performance of Ambient Cured Blended Alkali-Activated Concrete”, Defect and Diffusion Forum, 394, 109–114, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.394.109
6. Shweiki A, Junaid MT ,Barakat S, “Flexural Characteristics of Mortar Cement Reinforced with 3D-Printed Polymer”, in Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE’19), Rome, Italy – April 7-9, 2019 (peer reviewed)
7. Junaid MT, Maalej M, “Stain Hardening Characteristics of Blended Alkali Activated Binders Cured At Ambient Temperatures”, SynerCrete’18 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Cement-based Materials and Structural Concrete, pp 999- 1004, 24-25 October 2018 Portugal (peer-reviewed)
8. Elbana A, Junaid MT, Altoubat S, “Flexural behavior and strengthening of Geopolymer concrete beams reinforced with GFRP bars using CRPP sheets”, SynerCrete’18 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Cement-based Materials and Structural Concrete, pp 449-454, 24-25 October 2018 Portugal (peer-reviewed)
9. Arab M, Junaid MT, Omar M, Zeiada W, Shanableh A, Rammal R, “Using Alkali-Activated Binders to Improve UAE Dune Sand”, Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Civil,
Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE’19) Rome, Italy – April, 2019 (peer reviewed)
10. Junaid MT, Properties of ambient cured blended alkali activated cement concrete, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 264 (1), 012004, 2017 (peer reviewed)
11. Junaid MT, “Deformational Behaviour of Fly-Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete at Temperatures of up to 150oC”, International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials & Civil Engineering Systems (ASCMCES-17) University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 18-20 April 2017 (peer reviewed)
12. Junaid MT, Siddique M, and Venkatachalam S, “Multiple-Choice Versus Descriptive Exams for Direct Evaluation of Engineering Courses at University Of Sharjah”, Proceedings of the joint 8th IFEE2017 and 3rd TSDIC2017 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, April 18 – 20, 2017 (accepted-peer reviewed)
13. Junaid MT, Khennane A, and Kayali O, “Stress-Strain Behaviour of Alkali Activated Fly Ash Concrete at Elevated Temperatures”, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa, Page 301-308, January 27-29, 2016, Tanzania (peer reviewed)
14. Junaid MT, Khennane A, Kayali O, “Investigation into the Effect of the Duration of Exposure on the Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete at Elevated Temperatures” Matec Web of Conferences Journal, International Congress on Materials & Structural Stability, volume 11, 2014 doi: 10.1051/matecconf/20141101003
15. Junaid MT, Kayali O, and Khennane A, “Properties Of Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete Made Using Special Fly Ash Aggregates” Proceedings of the 7th RILEM International Conference on Self-Compacting Concrete and 1st RILEM International Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials, Page 381-388, September 2-4, 2013 Paris France (peer reviewed)
