Khalid Al Haj

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Khalid M. A. Alhaj Abdalla is a civil engineering academic and researcher with more than 20 years of teaching experience and extensive research and industry expertise. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, unsaturated soil mechanics, expansive soils, highway and pavement engineering, and sustainable construction materials. He has undertaken research at leading UK universities, including the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, and his recent work covers sustainable bioconcrete and self-healing concrete alongside investigations into soil behaviour and infrastructure foundations. He is actively involved in teaching, postgraduate supervision and research, with a commitment to advancing sustainable and innovative engineering solutions.