Dr. Muhammad Nasir Amin

 


mgadir@kfu.edu.sa
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

RANK: Assistant Professor

 

EDUCATION:

 

·      Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejon, South Korea,  2010.

  

·      M.Sc. Civil  Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon,  South Korea,  2006.

 

·      B.Sc.  Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore (Pakistan). 2003.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

·     Early-age and long-term mechanical properties of concrete
·     Mathematical modeling of mechanical properties of concrete
·     Fire resistance analysis and design of concrete structures
·     Hydration heat
·     Creep and shrinkage of concrete
·     Cracking control in concrete structures
·     Performance evaluation of high strength high performance concretes (bridge applications)
 

 

Publications:

  ·     Inyeop Chu, Seung Hee Kwon, Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jin-Keun Kim, “Estimation of temperature effects on autogenous shrinkage of concrete by a new prediction model”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 35, pp. 171–182, (2012).
 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, “Time-Temperature Dependent Activation Energy Based Prediction Model to Evaluate the Temperature Effects on Autogenous Shrinkage of Concrete”, “Advanced Concrete Technology & Its Applications (ACTA-2012)”, 6–7 Nov. 2012, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, Jin-Keun Kim, “Application of the stress measuring device to measure hydration-induced stresses in a dam structure”, Construction and Building Materials” (Under Review).

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, and Jin-Keun Kim, “Estimation of temperature effects on drying shrinkage of concrete”, Cement and Concrete Research (full text submitted).

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, and Jin-Keun Kim, “Thermal dilation coefficient of old and young hardening concrete”, Materials and Structures (Under Review).

 ·     M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, M.N. Amin & M. Y. Han (2012), "Cost-effective and sustainable solutions to enhance the solar disinfection efficiency for improving the microbiological quality of roof-harvested rainwater", Desalination and Water Treatment (Accept with Revision: TDWT-2013-0220)

 ·     M.T. Amin, Tschung-il Kim, M.N. Amin & M.Y. Han (Dec. 2012), "Effects of catchment, first flush, storage conditions and time on microbial quality changed in Rainwater Harvesting Systems", Water Environment Research (Accepted: WER-D-12-00064)

 ·     M. T. Amin, M.Y. Han, Tschung-il Kim, A. A. Alazba & M.N. Amin (2013), "Developing correlation equations for converting among total & fecal coliforms, E. coli and HPC for rainwater disinfection by using sunlight", Sains Malaysiana (Accepted: 2012/06/13(280)).

 ·     M.T. Amin, A. A. Alazba,  M.N. Amin & M.Y. Han (2012), "Radiations and Heating effects in Solar Disinfection of Stored Rainwater for Potable Water Supplies", Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Accept with Revision:12_Amin_12)

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Musaad Zaheer, and Jin-Keun Kim, “Evaluation of Heat Generation Models to Predict Hydration-Induced Stresses in Dam Structures”, “International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (ICEES – 2011)”, 25–26 April 2011, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 320-331.

 ·     Musaad Zaheer and Muhammad Nasir Amin, “Usage of Concrete Mix Characteristic Length (lch) as a Design Parameter instead of f’c”, “International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (ICEES – 2011)”, 25–26 April 2011, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 332-338.

 ·     Jin-Keun Kim, Muhammad Nasir Amin, and In-Yeop Chu “The application of a stress device for the prediction of stresses due to hydration heat in a dam structure”, Keynote Lecture in “Asian Conference on Ecstasy in Concrete 2010”, 5–9 Dec. 2010, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, Tran Thanh Dat, Jin-Keun Kim, “Improving Test Methods to Measure Early Age Autogenous Shrinkage in Concrete Based on Air Cooling,” IES Journal Part A: Civil & Structural Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 244–256, (Nov 2010).

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, and Jin-Keun Kim “Assessment of cracking in concrete due to hydration heat and autogenous shrinkage”, International Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 145–159, 2010.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, and Jin-Keun Kim, “Cracking in Concrete due to Hydration Heat and Autogenous Shrinkage”, International Seminar on Advances in Cement Based Materials, January 21-22, 2010, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin (2010), Hydration-induced Thermal Stress and Autogenous shrinkage in Early Age Concrete, Doctoral Thesis, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Text in English.

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, and Jin-Keun Kim, “An improvement of the test method to measure autogenous shrinkage in concrete at early-age”, Proceedings of the KCI Spring 2009 Convention, May 7-8, 2009, BEXCO, Busan, Korea, pp. 569-570.

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, and Jin-Keun Kim, “Assessment of Cracking in Concrete due to Hydration Heat and Autogenous Shrinkage”, Nov. 26-27, 2009, TU Delft, Netherlands.

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, Yun Lee, Jin-Keun Kim, “Simulation of the Thermal Stress in Mass Concrete using a Thermal Stress Measuring Device”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 154–164, (Mar 2009).

 ·     Jin-Keun Kim, Muhammad Nasir Amin and Jeong-Su Kim, “Assessment of cracking in concrete due to hydration heat and autogenous shrinkage”, International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Nov.26-27, 2008, Hangzhou, P.R. China.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin, Jeong-Su Kim, and Jin-Keun Kim, “An Experimental Approach for Simulation of Thermal Stress in Mass Concrete”, The 2nd KAIST-UTiM Symposium on Urban Engineering and Sustainability, March 30th – April 1st, 2008, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, pp. 297-313.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin and Jin-Keun Kim, “An Experimental Approach for the Simulation of the Thermal Stress in Mass Concrete by Considering the Uncertain Early-Age Properties of Concrete”, Proceedings of International Conference on “Advances in Cement Based Materials and Applications in Civil Infrastructure (ACBM-ACI)”, Dec.12-14, 2007, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 817-827.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin and Jin-Keun Kim, “Development of a New Device for the Measurement of Stress Generated due to Hydration Heat of Cement”, Asian Special Workshop on Concrete Technology in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Prof. Z. P. Bažant in Collaboration with the 2007 Annual Conference of Taiwan Concrete Institute (TCI), November 2, 2007, Taipei 116, Taiwan.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin and Jin-Keun Kim, “Thermal Stress Simulation of Mass Concrete Using Thermal Stress Device”, Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute (ISSN 1738-298X), Vol. 18 No.1, May 11-12, 2006, ICC JEJU, Korea, pp. 474-477.

 ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin (2006), Simulation of Thermal Stress in Mass Concrete by Thermal Stress Measuring Device, Master’s Thesis, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Text in English.

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin and Jin-Keun Kim, “Simulation of the Thermal Stress in Mass Concrete by Thermal Stress Measuring Device”, Proceedings of the Eighteenth KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering (ISBN 986-80222-3-1), Dec. 18-21, 2005, Ambassador Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, pp. 765-774.

  ·     Muhammad Nasir Amin (2004), A Review of Soil Classification Systems, BSc. Thesis, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan, Text in English.