Dr. Ali Rahman

Profile

Ali Rahman is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of  Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK. Prior to that, he worked within the School of Civil Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), China as an Assistant Professor and was a member of the Key Laboratory for Highway Engineering of Sichuan Province. He completed his BSc in Civil Engineering at Islamic Azad University, Iran, in 2006, followed by an MSc in Road & Transportation Engineering from Shahid Chamran University, Iran, in 2010. Dr Rahman received his Ph.D. in Road & Railway Engineering from SWJTU in 2019, where his research focused on interlayer bonding behaviour between pavement structure layers. Before pursuing doctoral studies, Ali was a lecturer at Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Iran, and collaborated with several consulting engineering firms as a Highway Construction Engineer.

Dr Rahman's research interests include sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructures, pavement materials and technologies, nondestructive testing and evaluation, and the application of data science for transportation infrastructures. He is the (co)author of over 40 SCI-indexed articles in international peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals.  He is also a member of several professional organizations, including the RILEM Union, the International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP), the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE).

Qualifications

• BSc in Civil Engineering (Islamic Azad University, Iran)
• MSc in Road and Transportation Engineering (Shahid Chamran University, Iran)
• PhD in Road and Railway Engineering (Southwest Jiaotong University, China)

Research groups and institutes

• Cities, Infrastructure and Energy
• Materials and Structures