Dr Ahmed Mohamed's Recognition (9)

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
2023

Description	- I have achieved the status of Associate Fellow (AFHEA) In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education. Fellowship reference PR258361 Date of Fellowship 17/02/2023
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Materials Timber engineering
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

The HKIE Structural Division Structural Excellence Award 2022 - Awards Presentation
2023

Description

Award presentation of Structural Excellent Award (SEA) 2022 The research focused on improving the torsion test method widely used to determine the mechanical properties of timber beams. It focused on quantifying the shear/torsional stiffness of the laminated glass beams utilizing The photogrammetry technique. The outcomes of this research will provide better testing technology for industr and lead to the revision of Eurocode BS EN408 (2012).

Research Areas

Civil Engineering

Keynote speaker for the International Forum on Infrastructure and Civil Engineering (ICEFORUM2023)
2022

Description	I was invited as a keynote speaker for the International Forum on Infrastructure and Civil Engineering (ICEFORUM2023), which will be held in Porto, Portugal from February 06-08, 2023. Details can be found in the link provided below: https://www.continuumforums.com/2023/iceforum#speakers
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Materials Timber engineering
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment
URL	https://www.continuumforums.com/2023/iceforum#speakers

Journal: Engineering Future Sustainability - Member of Editorial Board
2022

Research Areas	Civil Engineering Timber engineering Materials
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment
URL	https://uwlpress.uwl.ac.uk/efs/editorialteam/

BE-ST Fest 2022 'Festival of the zero carbon built environment'
2022

Description	Participated in the first annual festival of events showcasing best practice, particularly at SEBE’s INBAR-Napier Bamboo-Timber Grid-shell structure which was previously exhibited at COP26 in Glasgow.
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Timber engineering Materials
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment
URL	https://www.be-st.build/media/o43gc4og/be-st-fest-2022-final.pdf

Bamboo-Timber composite Gridshell Structure Demonstration in COP 26
2021

Description	The bamboo-timber grid shell structure which was built by a team at Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, the UK, showcases has an excellent structural properties and suitable for the construction of large span roof structure. Bamboo is considered as a low-carbon construction material and some of the world’s most valuable non-timber forest products. It has an impressive tensile and compressive strength with strength to weight ratio higher than that of mild steel. This grid shell structure in the showcases, was constructed by combining engineered bamboo and fast-growing locally available low-grade timber which is an effective way of using together, renewable resources to make high-quality structures, take climate action and a source of incomes for local communities. During the construction, the grid was fabricated flat, and later pushing from the two opposite corners the arched with double-curved shape was formed changing the grid pattern into a shell structure with a unique form developing its strength and stiffness. This grid shell structure was assembled for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s COP 26 in Glasgow.
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Timber engineering Materials
Research Themes	Environment
Research Centres/Groups	Engineering Research Group
Projects	Investigation of the Hydromorphic behaviours of wood and modified wood for Jacket Pile Gripper applications
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment
URL	www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ag3VKGk3yE

Invited Speaker for the Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015.
2015

Description	I participated in he Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015. The talk was about paper presentation ‘A Low-Cost Non-Contact and Non-Destructive Method for Evaluating the Variation of the Shear Modulus for Glued Laminated Timber Beams using a Photogrammetric Approach ‘,.
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Materials Timber engineering
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

Invited Speaker for the COST Action FP1004 Conference – Experimental Research in Timber. Prague, Czech Republic., 2014
2014

Description	I participated in the COST Action FP1004 Conference – Experimental Research in Timber. Prague, Czech Republic., 2014. The talk was about paper presentation ‘Performance study of displacement transducers for timber materials under compression tests using photogrammetric approach ‘.
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Materials Timber engineering
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

Invited Speaker for the Fourteenth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Moscow, Russia, 2012.
2012

Description	I participated in the Fourteenth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Moscow, Russia, 2012. The talk was about paper presentation ‘Evaluation of shear constant of timber glulam composite with photogrammetric approach ‘.
Research Areas	Civil Engineering Materials Timber engineering
Research Themes	Culture and Communities
Org Units	School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment