this presentation was introduced to students at Suez Canal University to speak about the building materials graduation project to help them understand their duties towards the project
3. When should I Join the Materials Project
• If you are interested in the building materials durability
• If you want to explore and innovate
• If you don’t like the other projects
4. Suez
Canal
University
1. Find a good and suitable research point
2. Have a discussion about the idea with your
supervisor
3. Prepare a proposed plan and present it to
your supervisor
4. Make modifications to the plan
5. Collect the needed materials for the
experiments ” the most difficult stage”.
While collecting you should study
6. Make a schedule
7. Follow the schedule
8. Start writing your thesis book while
working on the experiments
9. Assessment & Thesis Defense Presentation
Prof. Kamal Gad
Sharobim
Prof. Hassan A.
Mohamadien
Prof. Hussien Mokhtar
Eng. Khadija & Eng.
Moustafa
5. Find A Suitable Research Points
• Ask for suggestions from the supervisor professors and engineers.
• Get ideas from research journals (Research Gate, Science Direct, …etc.)
ScienceDirect
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Journal
• Building and Environment
• Case Studies in Construction
Materials
• Construction and Building
Materials
• Journal of Building Engineering
• Journal of Constructional Steel
Research
6. Find A Suitable Research Points
Construction Materials Structure Repair & Strengthening
Steel
• Reinforcing
• Sections
Bricks &
Stones
Wood
Concrete
• Cement
• Aggregate
• Additions
Strengthening a slab with FRP
Repairing concrete with grout
injection
7. Viability of Experiments and Materials
Experiments Raw Materials
You can conduct your experiments in 3
main laboratories, besides other
universities’ laboratories
1. Suez Canal University Laboratory
2. Suez Canal Authority Research
Center
3. National Center for Building and
Housing Research in Cairo
You may be able to find the needed
materials through,
1. Networking
2. Consult the supervisor professors
and engineers
3. Online
8. Prepare A Proposed Project Plan
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Concrete Mix Design and
Materials Quantity evaluation
9. Add To Your Knowledge
Cement Chemistry and Sustainable Cementitious Materials course
• Construction and Building Materials
journal
• American Journal of Construction
and Building Materials
• Cement and Concrete Research
• Research Gate
• Science Direct
• Springer
• Egyptian Standard Codes
• ASTM Codes
• ISO Codes
10. Assessment & Defense Presentation
• Related Questions
• Unrelated Questions
• Comments on language errors
during the presentation
