Prof. Hakim Salem Abdelgader Abdelgader

Hakim S. Abdelgader - is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya. He received his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in 1990 and 1996 respectively from Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland. His research interests include pre-placed aggregate concrete, self-consolidating concrete, concrete with recycled materials, utilization of pozzolanic materials, underwater concreting, concrete durability, and concrete casting in fabric forms. He has authored or co-authored over 70 professional technical papers and reports. He was been involved in organization of several International Conferences and member of Scientific Committees. He is a associate member and voting member of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committees 221, Aggregates; 237, Self-Consolidating Concrete; 304, Measuring, Mixing, Transporting, and Placing Concrete; 444, Structural Health Monitoring and Instrumentation; and 555, Concrete with Recycled Materials. He is an Editorial Board member of more than four academic Journals. He is reviewer and contributor to ACI, Construction & Building Materials and Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE). Prof. Abdelgader was elected fellow of ACI in 2019. He has been a keynote speaker at several international conferences in North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Japan, Iran, and India. https://www.concrete.org/aboutaci/honorsandawards/fellows.aspx