Prof. Roz-Ud-Din Nassar

Dr. Roz-Ud-Din Nassar is an Professor of Civil (Structural) Engineering in the department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at AURAK. Dr. Nassar earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University, USA and Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from NUST, Pakistan. Dr. Nassar’s research focusses on concrete and concrete durability and the use of recycled materials towards production of environmentally friendly, energy efficient and durable concrete materials.

Dr. Nassar has about fourteen years of industry experience of civil engineering projects. Dr. Nassar is a member of American Concrete Institute (ACI) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
• Masters of Structural Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad – Pakistan

Journal Papers

1. Nassar, R. U. D., Balachandra, A., & Soroushian, P., Enhanced mechanical performance of high-early-strength concrete with basalt macro-fibre reinforcement for rapid repair and construction applications in airfield pavements. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2025, 26(1).
2. Amin, M. N., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Arifeen, S. U., Qadir, M., T., Javed, M. F., and Faraz, M., I., AI-powered interpretable models for the abrasion resistance of steel fiber-reinforced concrete in hydraulic conditions. Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol. 22, July 2025, e04755
3. Nassar, R.-U.-D., O. Zaid, and K.M. Elhadi, utilizing carbonated recycled concrete fines to develop sustainable ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete. Journal of Building Engineering, 2025. 99.
4. Nassar, R.-U.-D. and S. Room, Strength, Durability, and Microstructural Characteristics of Binary Concrete Mixes Developed with Ultrafine Rice Husk Ash as Partial Substitution of Binder. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2025. 13(1): p. 595-611.
5. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Spalling behavior and performance of ultra-high-performance concrete subjected to elevated temperature: A review. Construction and Building Materials, 2024. 411.
6. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Development and evaluation of mixture formulations to enhance concrete resistance to microbial-induced corrosion. Results in Materials, 2024. 24.
7. Nassar, R.-U.-D. and O. Sohaib. Prediction of the Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Produced with Powder Glass Using Standalone and Stack Machine Learning Methods. in Communications in Computer and Information Science. 2024.
8. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Heat of hydration, water sorption and microstructural characteristics of paste and mortar mixtures produced with powder waste glass. Cogent Engineering, 2024. 11(1).
9. Nassar, R.-U.-D. A. Balachandra, and P. Soroushian, Mechanochemical processing of landfilled coal fly ash for enhanced CO₂ sequestration and heavy metal immobilization in sustainable hydraulic cements. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, 2024. 44(11): p. 1976-2001.
10. Nassar, R.-U.-D. Balachandra, and P. Soroushian, Formulation of high-recycled-content hydraulic cements based on alkali aluminosilicate chemistry and mechanochemical processing techniques. Construction and Building Materials, 2024. 437.
11. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Performance evaluation of innovative self-healing corrosion protection coatings for prestressing strands. Heliyon, 2024. 10(23).
12. Amin, M.N., Nassar, Al-Naghi, A.A., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Algassem, O., Khan, S. A., and Deifalla, A. F. Investigating the rheological characteristics of alkali-activated concrete using contemporary artificial intelligence approaches. Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 2024. 63(1).
13. Khan, M., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Anwar, W., Rasheed, M., Najeh, T., Gamil, Y., and Farooq, F. Forecasting the strength of graphene nanoparticles-reinforced cementitious composites using ensemble learning algorithms. Results in Engineering, 2024. 21.
14. Amin, M. N., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Qadir, M. T., Ahmad, A., Khan, K., and Javed, M. F. Investigating the compressive property of foamcrete and analyzing the feature interaction using modelling approaches. Results in Engineering, 2024. 24.
15. Amin, M.N., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Khan, M., Arifeen, S., Khan, M., and Qadir, T. M., Integrating testing and modelling methods to examine the feasibility of blended waste materials for the compressive strength of rubberized mortar. Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 2024. 63(1).
16. Alyousef, R., Nassar, R-U-D., Fawad, M., Farooq, F., Gamil, Y., and Najeh, T. Predicting the properties of concrete incorporating graphene nano platelets by experimental and machine learning approaches. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024. 20.
17. Alyami, M., Nassar, R-U-D., Khan, M., Hammad, A., W., Jabbar, H. A., Nawaz, R., Fawad, M., and Gamil, Y. Estimating compressive strength of concrete containing rice husk ash using interpretable machine learning-based models. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024. 20.
18. Zaman, A., M., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Alyami, M., Shah, S., Rehman, M. F., Hakeem, I. Y., and Farooq, F. Forecasting the strength of micro/nano silica in cementitious matrix by machine learning approaches. Materials Today Communications, 2023. 37.
19. Yang, J., Jiang, P., Nassar, R.-U.-D., Suhail, S.A., Sufian, M., and Deifalla, A. F. Experimental investigation and AI prediction modelling of ceramic waste powder concrete – An approach towards sustainable construction. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023. 23: p. 3676-3696.
20. Nassar, R.-U.-D. Saeed, D., and N. Singh, Strategies to enhance the moisture-barrier qualities of concrete mixtures to improve their durability. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023.
21. Nassar, R.-U.-D. and S. Room, Comparison of the performance of class-C and class-F fly ash concrete mixtures produced with crushed stone sand. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023.
22. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Strength, electrical resistivity and sulfate attack resistance of blended mortars produced with agriculture waste ashes. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2022. 16.
23. Nassar, R.-U.-D. et al., Factors influencing strength loss of glass-fiber-reinforced composite bars in highly alkaline environment of concrete. Structural Concrete, 2022. 23(2): p. 1005-1017.

1. Nassar, R.-U.-D., Assessment of the Initial and Life-Cycle Cost, Energy, and Environmental Benefits of Concrete Produced with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag, presented in the "Business management, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Circular Economy” - 1st Edition 4-5th November, 2024 – AURAK
2. Nassar, R.-U.-D. and Abdalgader, K., Machine learning approach for predicting the compressive and flexural strengths of fiber-reinforced concrete mixtures presented at the “1st International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Resilient, Smart and Sustainable Solutions (CEES) 2024, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University AL-Khobar - Saudi Arabia, 3-5 November 2024.
3. Nassar, R.-U.-D. and Sohaib, O., “Prediction of the Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Produced with Powder Glass using Standalone and Stack Machine Learning Methods”, presented at 16th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS), 15-17 April, 2024 held at American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
4. Nassar, R.-U.-D., Sufyan-Ud-Din, M., Nassar, S., “Effect of Recycled Aggregate Content on the Performance of Fly Ash Blended Portland Cement Concrete” Second International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Research, 2023 (ICACCR 2023), Nov 7– 10, 2023 in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
5. Nassar, R.-U.-D., Msabahb, A., Soroushian, P., and Aysha, T. “Impact of Polyvinyl Alcohol Fibers on Mechanical and Durability Characteristics of Concrete Exposed to Aggressive Aging Conditions”, Second International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Research, 2023 (ICACCR 2023), Nov 7– 10, 2023 in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
6. Nassar, R.-U.-D., Participated and presented paper in the 17th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, held on Nov 6 - 10, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus

• Statics
• Mechanics of Materials
• Surveying
• Structural Analysis
• Construction Materials
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Structures for Architecture
• Reinforced Concrete Design
• Structural Steel Design
• Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
• Construction Management
• Senior Design Project-1
• Senior Design Project-2
• Internship Supervision