SDG 15.2.4
Educational programmes on sustainable management of land
Research collaboration with Eskan Bank on Two Projects
ASU’s College of Engineering and Eskan Bank are collaborating on two research projects using three villa types from the Danat Al Barakah Project in Bahrain as case studies. The first project aims to reduce energy consumption by analyzing and implementing sustainable resources and materials in residential design. The second project focuses on improving acoustic conditions in residential buildings through detailed analysis and proposing methods to enhance sound insulation, ultimately promoting sustainability and better living environments. The two projects resulted in the International Conference on Green Engineering Material and Technology (ICGEMaT 2023) conference papers:
- Energy Analysis in Housing Units
- Acoustic Performance of Buildings as a Tool to Save Economic Resources
- Noise Reduction in Housing Projects
Graduation Projects:
- Using Crumb Rubber To Improve Problematic Soil Generally & Sabkha Soil Specifically In Gulf & Bahrain, Hussain Hubail, Link
- Dune: Reviving Tree Of Life Site, Lalian Jasim Abuidrees, Link
- Improving Soil Using The Vibro-Replacement Technique, Omar Yousif Al Hadi, Link
- The Hybrid Project, Aysha AlNoaimi, Link
- Wave Mixed Used Buidling, Areej Hozayen, Link
- Nexus Bayview, Akhyar Ahmed, Link
The Graduation Project course of the Architectural Engineering program focuses on student projects that aim to promote conservation and sustainable utilization of land. The assessment of this course involves evaluating and optimizing student design ideas to select the most sustainable and practical idea for land conservation and preservation. Each student then proceeds to detail their selected design idea. In addition, there are two research projects related to sustainability and energy analysis/environmental design:
For Sustainability:
The research project titled “Sustainable Building Components for Innovative Environmentally Friendly Construction: Graphene-based Concrete in Construction” involves collaboration with London South Bank University (LSBU) and industry partners through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Almanarateen Company. The authors from ASU are Dr. Wael Abdelhameed, Dr. Mohamed Salama, Dr. Faiza Zitouni, and Mr. Yusuf Buzaboon, while the authors from LSBU are Prof. Udeaja Emmanuel Chika, Dr. Suela Kellici, and Dr. Lucy Ogbenjuwa.
A paper from this research project titled “Decarbonisation of Concrete Using Graphene-based Materials in the Cementitious Mix Design” is currently under evaluation. The conference link for this paper can be found here: https://bse.bh/en/conferences/2379/
For Energy Analysis and Environmental Design:
The research project titled “Reducing Energy Consumption through Resources and Materials: A case study of residential projects’ design in Bahrain” is authored by Dr. Wael Abdelhameed. It involves collaboration with Eskan Bank on their housing projects.
A paper from this research project titled “Economic Environmental Approach in Energy Consumption of Houses” is also under evaluation. The conference link for this paper can be found here: https://bse.bh/en/conferences/2379/
These research projects and papers contribute to supporting land ecosystems through the education of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.
The Graduation Project course of Civil Engineering program consists of students’ projects related to:
Ecosystem improvement and preservation.
The students learn and apply how to improve the quality and preserve the resources for human health and welfare, as well as the marine life:
From students’ projects:
1. Assessment of urban flood risk potential and design of storm water system
2. Flood inundation modelling of natural channels for different probabilities of occurrence
3. Design of water supply system for an urban area
4. Design of sewage water network for an urban area.
5. Design of rainwater harvesting system.
6. Grey water treatment system in the household and design of storm water system.
In Addition to the following research activities:
1- Sustainability and Environmental Design papers:
Hdeib, R., Aouad, M. 2023. Rainwater harvesting systems: An urban flood risk mitigation measure in arid areas, Water Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2023.04.004
Hdeib R., Abdallah C., Colin F., Brocca L., Moussa R., 2018. Constraining coupled hydrological-hydraulic flood model by past storm events and post-event measurements in data-sparse regions. Journal of Hydrology, October 2018, Volume 565, pages:160-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.08.008
Hdeib R., Moussa R., Colin F., Abdallah C., 2020. A new cost-performance grid to compare different flood modelling approaches. Hydrological Sciences Journal, Feb. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.1873346
Abdelhameed, Wael, and Housein, Esam. Reducing Energy Demand Between Actual and Digital: A study case of BIM analysis of a housing unit. In IDoBE International Conference. Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University, UK, 22-24 November 2021. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=VYhpN2cAAAAJ&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=VYhpN2cAAAAJ:hMod-77fHWUC
Al Kuheji, Mohammed, and Abdelhameed, Wael, Acoustic Simulation in School Architectural Design, 8th International Conference on Modelling Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2019, Bahrain, IEEE, IET, 14-17 April 2019. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8880455
Abdelhameed, Wael, Industrial Revolution Effect on the Architectural Design, International Conference on the 4th Industrial Revolution, Bahrain, IEEE, 19-21 February 2019. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8894774
Abdelhameed, Wael. Is BIM Too Detailed for Conceptual Designing? A Case Study. In Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, pp. 686-701. Springer, Cham, 2021. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-89912-7_53
2- Sustainability and Environmental factors on Urban and Neighbourhood levels
Abdelhameed, Wael. Socioeconomic Concept in Neighbourhood Planning: A case study. In International Conference in Emerging Technologies for Sustainability and Intelligent Systems, ICETSIS Conference, Applied Science University ASU, Bahrain. IEEE, June 22-23, 2022. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9888882
Abdelhameed, Wael A. VR in Heritage Documentation: Using Microsimulation Modelling. In Intelligent Computing, pp. 1115-1123. Springer, Cham, 2021. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80126-7_78 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-80126-7_78