Research Coverage:

• Chemical Soil Improvement
• Physical Improvement
• Sustainable Improvement
• Byproduct Improvement

Relevant Research Publications:

• An innovative application of fine marble dust for the construction industry to mitigate the piping, internal erosion and dispersion problems of sodium-rich clays December 08, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Alshameri, Zain Maqsood , Abbas Haider, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Hassan Mujtaba, Construction and Building materials – Volume 408, Article Number 133834
• A novel technique for the construction industry to mitigate dispersibility and internal erosion problems of Sodium rich clays by using Water-Soluble Potassium Rich Ions Material October 12, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Abbas Haider, Zain Maqsood, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Arfan Shahzad, Construction and Building Materials – Volume 400, Article Number 132780
• Incorporating potassium-rich waste material in a sustainable way to stabilize dispersive clay: A novel practical approach for the construction industry October 12, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Zain Maqsood, Abbas Haider, Arfan Shahzad, Construction and Building Materials – Volume 400, Article Number 132717
• PET Waste Management in Pakistan Through use of PET Shreds as Additive in Backfill Soil September 22, 2023 Fawad Sheikh, Badee Alshameri, Zain Maqsood , Abbas Haider, Jawad Hassan, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment – Volume 195, Article Number 1239
• Sustainable incorporation of Plaster of Paris kiln dust for stabilization of dispersive soil: A potential solution for construction industry September 15, 2023 Bushra Fatima, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Waqas Hassan, Zain Maqsood , S. Muhammad Jamil, Aziman Madun , Construction and Building Materials – Volume 397, Article Number 132459
• Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Behavior of Geosynthetics in Different Soil Plasticity Indexes March 01, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Khalid Farooq, Hassan Mujtaba, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Arfan Shahzad , Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz, Marc Azab , Transportation Geotechnics – Volume 39, Article Number 100935
• Effect of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) on Mechanical Properties of Gypsum-treated Soil September 25, 2022 Bilawal Hussain, Faisal Raza, Badee Alshameri, Muhammad Hamza Khalid, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering – Volume 8, Article Number: 60
• Strength evaluation of Cement-Treated Sand-Expanded Polystyrene Bead Lightweight Fill November 03, 2021 – November 05, 2021 Khola Iqbal, Hammad Siddique, Waleed Iqbal, Taro Uchimura, Zain Maqsood, 11th International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials & Environment, GEOMATE 2021
• Swelling and strength characteristics of sand treated with paper sludge ash-based stabilizer July 25, 2022 Maliki Otieboame Djandjieme, Kimitoshi Hayano, Hiromoto Yamauchi, Zain Maqsood, Construction and Building Materials – Volume 341, Article Number 127849
• Experimental study on hardening characteristics and loading rate dependent mechanical behaviour of gypsum mixed sand November 30, 2020 Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Masum Shaikh, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Construction and Building Materials – Volume 262, Article Number 119992
• Experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of bounded geomaterials under creep and cyclic loading considering effects of instantaneous strain rates October 01, 2020 Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Yukika Miyashita, Jiren Xie, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Engineering Geology – Volume 276, Article Number 105774
• Influence of salinity exposure on the mechanical properties of cement-treated sand September 21, 2020 Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Masum Shaikh, Dipankar Chandra Barman, Zain Maqsood, Geotechnical Research – Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 161-172