NUST INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Faculty Sara Farooq

Sara Farooq

Assistant Professor
Summary

I have completed PhD in structural engineering in 2024 and have expertise in durability of concrete particularly alkali-silica reaction and delayed ettringite formation.

Academic Background
PhD (Structural Engineering) Nagoya University October 01, 2021 - September 27, 2024
Honours and Awards
Outstanding Paper Fourth International conference for sustainable construction materials and technologies, Award winning paper August 11, 2016
Publications
Estimation of anisotropy of expansion from crack orientation in concrete damaged by alkali–silica reaction under constraint conditions August 29, 2025 Construction and Building Materials - Volume:489, Article Number 142145
Anisotropic expansion behavior and crack orientation of reinforced concrete due to the alkali–silica reaction August 01, 2024 Cement and Concrete Composites - Volume:151, Article Number 105568
Development of elastic and plastic strains in concrete damaged by alkali–silica reaction during various compression loading tests August 22, 2023 Construction and Building Materials - Volume 393, Article Number 132099
Residual mechanical properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete damaged by alkali silica reaction and subsequent sodium chloride exposure September 01, 2022 Ceramics International - Volume:48, Issue:17, Page:24850-24858
Utilization of Solid Waste from Brick Industry and Hydrated Lime in Self-Compacting Cement Pastes February 27, 2021 Materials - Volume 14(5), Article Number 1109
Moving towards resource conservation by automated prioritization of concrete mix design March 10, 2020 Construction and Building Materials - Volume 236, Article Number 117586
Conferences
Mechanical properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete damaged by ASR and subsequent corrosion of steel fiber August 07, 2016 - August 11, 2016 Sara Farooq, Hiroshi Yokota, Katsufumi Hashimoto, Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, SCMT4
Lecturer NICE NUST January 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022
Lecturer NICE, NUST November 14, 2016 - November 05, 2021
Senior Design Engineer New Vision Engineering Consultants April 01, 2014 - August 01, 2014
Design Engineer Arif Consulting Engineers August 01, 2013 - March 31, 2014