Dr Hussameldin Abdalgadir Taha

Research Interests

Hussameldin research is interested in cementitious material durability, early hydration kinetics and smart cementitious materials for self-healing and self-sensing. His research interests extend to include non-destructive testing techniques and structural health monitoring methods for cementitious structures using advanced characterization techniques such as: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Electromechanical impedance (EMI), Active piezoceramic sensing. Hussameldin also interested in geopolymers and low carbon cementitious mixes for pavement

Strategic Themes

• Smart cementitious materials for self-healing and self-sensing
• Non-destructive testing for cementitious structures. 
• Low carbon cementitious materials and geopolymers.

Research Project

Digital Roads of the Future Initiative. The initiative is a University of Cambridge-industrial collaboration exploring how digital twins, smart materials, data science, and robotics can work together to develop a connected physical and digital road infrastructure system. Damian is a lead for the Smart Materials aspect of the initiative.

Biography

Hussameldin M. Taha. is an industrial research fellow at Costain plc based at the University of Cambridge/ UK. Hussameldin obtain his PhD in 2018 from Heriot-Watt university / Scotland /UK in civil engineering. After that Hussameldin worked as a research associate in the University of Bath through the period between 2018 to 2022. His work focused on developing self-sensing cementitious materials which can sense damage and repair by using different extrinsic and intrinsic sensing methods. In addition, Hussameldin has extensive experience in the construction industry particularly in highways construction and pavement materials.