Academic Profile

Honors and Awards

September 2009  English Language Course Prize, School of English Language, IPLC, at Brunel University - London, UK (September 2009).

June 2012          1st prize Awarded for my oral presentation in Research Student Conference, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University - London, UK (ResCon12, 20-22 June 2012), The seminar title: Stability of Dams Constructed on Problematic Substrates.

December 2017      10th Place Awarded of Excellent Paper Award of 2017, in recognition of my paper entitled “Characterizing and Modelling of Long-Term Stress-Strain Behavior of Water Confined Pre-Saturated Gypsum Rock in Kurdistan Region, Iraq”, awarded from KSCIEN (Organization for Scientific Research), Sulaymaniyah City, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Training Courses and Workshops (Selected)

• “Fundamental of Academic Writing” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (19 - October - 2011).

• “The Influence of UK Geology in Geotechnics”, Workshop, Brunel University, London, UK (21 - September - 2010).

•  “Spotlight on Patents and Standards” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (18 - November - 2010).

• “Research in Global Context” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (26 - November - 2010).

• “Technical Writing” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (03 - December - 2010).

• “Dealing with Difficult People and Situations” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (08 - December - 2010).

• “Time Management” Training Course, Brunel University, London, UK (04 - February - 2011).

• “Bueller Microscope Devices and Sample Preparation” Training Course, Civil Engineering Lab, Brunel University, London, UK (04-05/April/2011).

• “Global Water Scarcity” Workshop, Brunel University, London, UK (08 - February - 2012).

• “Scour Features” Workshop, British Geological Society, Central London, UK (22 - January - 2013).