Dr Ahmad El Hajjar
MSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Ahmad El Hajjar is currently a Post-doctoral Researcher within the ROBOCONE project (2022-25) at the University of Bristol, UK. The ROBOCONE is an innovative robotic site investigation tool for intelligent ground characterization, capable of applying complex load histories to support the whole-life design of offshore piled foundations.
Before joining the University of Bristol, Ahmad contributed as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the BIOFIS project (2020-22) at the Normandy University, France. His research was primarily concerned with Unsaturated Soil Mechanics focusing on the cracks repair in clays through the MICP process (Bio-Geotechnics). He received his PhD in 2020 from the Normandy University, having developed a novel device, DIC-CRT, for quantifying mechanical stresses and local strains leading to desiccation cracking in clay soils.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ROBOCONE: intelligent robotic geotechnical characterisation for next generation site investigation and design
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/06/2022 to 31/12/2025
Publications
Recent publications
07/06/2024Development and Preliminary Testing of a New Robotic Tool for Direct Determination of ‘P-Y’ Soil Reaction Curves for Offshore Geotechnical Applications
Improvement of the Mechanical Properties of P300 Kaolinite Using MICP in the Low Water Content Range
RILEM Bookseries
Motivation and demonstration of robotic tooling for ground characterisation: the ROBOCONE
p-y curves from in-situ ROBOCONE tests: a similarity approach for laterally loaded piles in clay
Experimental characterization of desiccation cracking mechanisms in clayey soils
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Related people
Dr Andrew Conn
Associate Professor of Robotics
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Professor Erdin Ibraim
Professor of Experimental Geomechanics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Andrea Diambra
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor George Mylonakis
Chair in Geotechnics and Soil-Structure Interaction
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Mr James Creasey
Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering