Publications

PhD Dissertation 

• "Effect of Glass Powder as a Binder Cementitious Material on the Flexural and Shear Strength Behaviour of R.C.        Beams" 

MSc Thesis

• "Analysis and Optimisation of Simply Supported Column with Creep Buckling"

Journal Papers: 

[1]

Omer, B. (2025). Predictive modeling of concrete properties with waste glass powder as a partial cement replacement. Structural Concrete. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.70086

[2]

Omer, B., & Saeed, J. (2024b). Evaluating the shear performance of reinforced concrete beams using waste glass powder as a sustainable cement substitute. Structural Concrete. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202301002

[3]

Omer, B., & Saeed, J. (2024a). Investigating the flexural strength characteristics of reinforced concrete beams utilising waste glass powder as a sustainable cement alternative. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-024-01500-x

[4]

Omer, B., Jaf, D. K. I., Abdalla, A., Mohammed, A. S., Abdulrahman, P. I., & Kurda, R. (2024). Advanced modeling for predicting compressive strength in fly ash-modified recycled aggregate concrete: XGboost, MEP, MARS, and ANN approaches. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-024-01365-0

[5]

Omer, B., Jaf, D. K. I., Malla, S. K., Abdulrahman, P. I., Mohammed, A. S., Kurda, R., & Abdalla, A. (2024). Exploring the potential of soft computing for predicting compressive strength and slump flow diameter in fly ash-modified self-compacting concrete. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-024-00910-z

[6]

Omer, B., & Saeed, J. (2021). Effect of water to binder ratio and particle size distribution of waste glass powder on the compressive-strength and modulus of elasticity of normal-strength concrete. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 26(11), 5300–5321. https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2021.1893227

[7]

Omer, B., & Saeed, J. (2020a). Long-Term effect of different particle size distributions of waste glass powder on the mechanical properties of concrete. Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, 13(4), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2020-030

[8]

Omer, B., & Saeed, J. (2020b). Characterizations and modeling the influence of particle size distributions (PSD) of glass powder on the mechanical behavior of normal strength concrete. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 8(5), 993–1005. https://doi.org/10.13189/cea.2020.080526