Professor Mohamed Saafi

Professor

Research Overview

Mohamed Saafi, Professor and Chair in Structural Integrity and Materials. His research focuses on the development of Functional Materials and Smart Sensors for Energy and Civil Infrastructure. He developed several structural integrity monitoring tools using MEMS, graphene and carbon nanotubes. Professor Saafi holds a USA patent (Smart Paint) for structural integrity monitoring of civil infrastructure. He also has a pending UK patent "Smart Aggregates", wireless embeddable sensors for chloride monitoring in concrete structures. Professor Saafi is currently conducting research activities in the following areas:

  • Functional Materials for Demanding Environments
  • Smart Materials for Energy and Civil Infrastructure
  • Durability of Cementitious Materials
  • Structural Health Monitonitoring using Smart Sensors
  • Bridge Scour Monitoring
  • Graphene and other 2D material-based cement nanocomposites
  • Big Data and Cyber Physical Nuclear-Civil Infrastructure Systems
  • Effect of Climate Change on Critical Infrastructure

Structural integrity monitoring of onshore wind turbine concrete foundations
Currie, M., Saafi, M., Tachtatzis, C., Quail, F. 11/2015 In: Renewable Energy. 83, p. 1131-1138. 8 p.
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Hybrid optical-fibre/geopolymer sensors for structural health monitoring of concrete structures
Perry, M., Saafi, M., Fusiek, G., Niewczas, P. 24/02/2015 In: Smart Materials and Structures. 24, 4, 8 p.
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Enhanced properties of graphene/fly ash geopolymeric composite cement
Saafi, M., Tang, L., Fung, J., Rahman, M., Liggat, J. 01/2015 In: Cement and Concrete Research. 67, p. 292-299. 8 p.
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Graphene/fly ash geopolymeric composites as self-sensing structural materials
Saafi, M., Tang, L., Fung, J., Rahman, M., Sillars, F., Liggat, J., Zhou, X. 2014 In: Smart Materials and Structures. 23, 6, 10 p.
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