Engr. Muhammad Saad Ifrahim
Biography
Muhammad Saad Ifrahim is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, and is currently enrolled in PhD programme. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with distinction and his Master’s degree in Structural Engineering. His research focuses on sustainable alternatives to conventional steel reinforcement, emphasizing the use of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars in concrete structures. He has investigated both experimentally and numerically the flexural behavior of GFRP-reinforced beams and the confinement performance of GFRP spirals in circular columns. His ongoing work includes moment redistribution in GFRP-reinforced continuous beams, bond and durability studies of GFRP bars, and the application of machine learning for predicting the behavior of GFRP-reinforced concrete members. He also attended the 11th LC3 Doctoral School at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he received training in advanced material characterization techniques for supplementary cementitious materials.
Area of Specialization
Structural Engineering
Research Interests
FRP reinforced concrete, Supplementary Cementitious Material, Finite Element Modelling
Selected Publications
- Ifrahim, M. S., Sangi, A. J., & Ahmad, S. H. (2023, October). Experimental and numerical investigation of flexural behaviour of concrete beams reinforced with GFRP bars. In Structures (Vol. 56, p. 104951). Elsevier.
- Ifrahim, M. S., Sangi, A. J., & Ahmad, S. H. (2023). Numerical modelling of circular reinforced concrete columns confined with GFRP spirals using fracture-plastic model. Computers and Concrete, 31(6), 527.
