Journal Publications

• Haj Chhadeh, R., Chehab, G., & Abdul-Malak, M. A. (2023). Avoiding Disputes in PPP Road Contracts: Quantifying Impacts of Increased Allowable Truck Loads. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 15(2), 04523003.
• Al Basiouni Al Masri, Z., Daou, A., Haj Chhade, R., & Chehab, G. (2018). Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Behavior of Geogrid-Reinforced Concrete and Its Application in Concrete Overlays. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30(12), 04018332.
• Haj Chhade, R., Mrad, R., Houssami, L., & Chehab, G. (2018). Formulation of traffic inputs required for the implementation of the ME PDG in data-scarce regions: Lebanon case study. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30(9), 04018198.
• Meheddene M. Machaka, Hisham S. Basha, Hadi Abou Shakra, Adel M. ElKordi, (2014), “Alkali Treatment Of Fan Palm Natural Fibers For Use In Fiber Reinforced Concrete”, European Scientific Journal, April 2014 edition, vol.10, No.12 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431
• Hadi Abou Shakra, Meheddene Machaka, (2015), “Allocation Solutions For Recycled Municipalwaste Aggregates”, European Scientific Journal, September 2015 edition vol.11, No.26 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431.
• Reslan N, Masri A, Machaka M (2018),” Composite Shear Walls an Efficient Seismic Resistant System for Multi-Story Buildings”. J Steel Struct Constr 4: 140. Doi: 10.4172/2472-0437.1000140.
• Machaka, M., Khatib, J., Baydoun, S., Elkordi, A., & Assaad, J. J. (2022). The Effect of Adding Phragmites australis Fibers on the Properties of Concrete. Buildings, 12(3), 278.
• Mrad, M., & El-Samra, R. (2020). Waste tire management: Lebanon case study. Journal of Waste Management and Disposal, 3(1), 101.
• Al Wardany, R., Ballivy, G., Rivard, P., “Condition Assessment of Concrete Hydraulic Structures by Surface Wave Nondestructive Testing,” Materials and Structures, pp. 29, 2008.
• Al Wardany, R., Ballivy, G., Gallias, J-L., Saleh, K., Rhazi, J., “Assessment of Concrete Slab Quality and Layering by Guided and Surface Wave Testing,” ACI Materials Journal, 104, (3), pp. 268-275, 2007.

Conference Proceedings

• AL MASRI, Z. A. B., CHHADE, R. H., & CHEHAB, G. (2018). EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE BEAMS REINFORCED WITH STIFF BIAXIAL GEOGRID.
• Al Masri, Z. A. B., Chhade, R. H., Daou, A., & Chehab, G. R. (2018, July). Experimental and numerical assessment of the behavior of GRC overlays. In Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction: Papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction (AM3P 2018), April 16-18, 2018, Doha, Qatar (p. 481). CRC Press.
• Chehab, G. R., Chehade, R. H., Houssami, L., & Mrad, R. (2017, July). Implementation initiatives of the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide in countries with insufficient design input data–the case of lebanon. In International Congress and Exhibition" Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Innovative Infrastructure Geotechnology" (pp. 147-167). Springer, Cham.
• Basha H., Temsah, Y.A., Masri, A.C.,and Mashaka, M.M., (2010), “Optimization of Wall-Frame Resisting System in Buildings Subjected to Seismic Loads”, Seventh Alexandria International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, 7AICSGE, pp. ST121-ST138, 27 th-29th December 2010, Alexandria, Egypt.
• Meheddene M. Machaka, Hisham S. Basha, Adel M. ElKordi, (2014), “The Effect of Using Fan Palm Natural Fibers on the Mechanical Properties and Durability of Concrete”, 2014 International Conference on Material Science and Engineering, (ICMSE 2014), March 17-18/2014, paper ID ICMSE2014-2-008, Published International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 76-80, December 2014. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.2.2.76-80.
• Meheddene M. Machaka, and Adel M. ElKordi, (2017), "The Effect of Using Fan Palm Natural Fibers on the Impact Resistance of Concrete.", Proceeding of the 1st International Turkish World Engineering and Science Congress in Antalya, December 7-10, 2017, Turkey, pp 472-479.
• Meheddene M. Machaka, Adel M. ElKordi, (2017), "Experimental Study of the Effect of Adding Fan Palm Fibers on Concrete Durability Exposed to Severe Environments." 2nd International Conference on Bio-based Building Materials & 1st Conference on ECOlogicalvalorisation of GRAnular and Fibrous materials, June 21th-23th, Clermont-Ferrand, France. 2017.
• Meheddene Machaka, Jamal Khatib, Adel Elkordi, Hassan Ghanem, Oussama Baalbaki (2019), “Selected properties of concrete containing Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI-BA)”, Paper No. IDSCMT5099, 5th International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), Kingston University London (in Partnership with Coventry University), UK, 14 – 17 July 2019, Vol. 1, (Editors: E Ganjian, M Limbachiya, N Ghafoori, P Claisse, M Bagheri), pp 305-317, ISBN-10: 1078314438 ISBN-13: 978-1078314435.
• Hassan Ghanem, Meheddene Machaka, Jamal Khatib, Adel Elkordi, Oussama Baalbaki (2019), “Effect of palm fibers addition on absorption characteristics and mechanical properties of concrete”, Paper No. IDSCMT5098, 5th International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), Kingston University London (in Partnership with Coventry University), UK, 14 – 17 July 2019, Vol. 1, (Editors: E Ganjian, M Limbachiya, N Ghafoori, P Claisse, M Bagheri), pp 287-304, ISBN-10: 1078314438 ISBN-13: 978-1078314435.
• Ghanem, M. Machaka, J. Khatib, A. Elkordi, O. Baalbaki (2019), “Effect of partial replacement of cement by MSWIBA on the properties of mortar”, 3rd ICBBM2019 International Conference On Bio-Based Building Materials, 26-28 June 2019, Queens’ University of Belfast, UK, pp. 82-89. http://qub.ac.uk/sites/ICBBM2019.
• Machaka, A. Elkordi, H. Ghanem, J. Khatib, O. Baalbaki (2019), “Selected properties of concrete containing palm fibers”, 3rd ICBBM2019 International Conference On Bio-Based Building Materials, 26-28 June 2019, Queens’ University of Belfast, UK, pp. 279-286. http://qub.ac.uk/sites/ICBBM2019.
• Baalbaki, A. Elkordi, H. Ghanem, M. Machaka, J. Khatib (2019), “Properties of concrete made of fine aggregates partially replaced by incinerated municipal solid waste bottom ash”, 3rd ICBBM2019 International Conference On Bio-Based Building Materials, 26-28 June 2019, Queens’ University of Belfast, UK, pp. 532-538. http://qub.ac.uk/sites/ICBBM2019.
• Ismail, S., Al Wardany, R., Hajj-Chehade, F., “A Finite Difference Study on the Use of Inclined Micropiles for Soil Slope Stabilization under Seismic Loading,” Proceedings of the 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), GeoOttawa 2017, Ottawa, Canada, September 2017.
• Younes, D., Meshaymesh, A., Al Wardany, R., “Effect of BASALT & LIMESTONE Powders on the Workability of SCC”, 10th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete, Montreal, Canada, September 2017.
• Condition Assessment of Large Diameter Seawater Concrete Pipes, Mediterranean Gas and Oil International Conference (IEEE Conference), Beirut, Lebanon, April 2015.
• Younes, D., Meshaymesh, A., Al Wardany, R., “Effect of Basalt and Limestone on SCC Properties,” Proceedings of the 21st LAAS (Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science) International Science Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, April 2015.
• Toghlby, R., Jbara, B., Kammouni, R., Meshaymech, A., Al Wardany, R., “Effectiveness of Epoxy Resin and Latex bonding agents in Concrete Repair,” Proceedings of the 21st LAAS (Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science) International Science Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, April 2015.
• Ismail, S., Al Wardany, R., Hajj-Chehade, F., “Stability Analysis of Silty-Sandy Earth Slopes Subjected to Earthquake Loading,” Proceedings of the 67th Canadian Geotechnical Conference of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), GeoRegina 2014, Regina, Canada, September 2014.
• Ismail, S., Hajj-Chehade, F., Al Wardany, R., “Slope Stability Analysis under Seismic Loading,” Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2014.
• Ismail, S., Hajj-Chehade, F., Al Wardany, R., “Non Linear Numerical Modeling of Earth Slopes under Seismic Loading,” Proceedings of the 20th LAAS (Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science) International Science Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, March 2014.
• Al Wardany, R., Gallias, J-L., “ Évaluation de la qualité du béton en fonction de la profondeur par des méthodes acoustiques,” Colloque semaine de la recherche et d’innovation en Val-d’Oise : Bâtiments et ouvrages en béton, Application en sécurité incendie, control non destructif, 2011.
• Al Wardany, R., Ballivy, G., Gallias, J-L., Saleh, K., “Nondestructive Evaluation of Bonding Quality Between Concrete Layers Using Surface Waves,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Nondestructive Testing in Civil Engineering, Nantes, France, 2009.
• Al Wardany, R., “Condition Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Cylindrical Water Pipes,” WCWWA 60th Anniversary Conference, Regina, Canada, 2008.
• Rivard, P., Saint-Pierre, F., Al-Wardany, R., Kodjo, S., Ballivy, G., “The Use of Nondestructive Techniques for the Evaluation of Concrete Deterioration Due to Alkalis-Aggregate Reaction in Hydraulic Structures,” Proceedings of Diagnobeton 2007, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2007.
• Al Wardany, R., “Nondestructive Characterization of Concrete Structures,” Conference of the Centre for Research on Concrete Infrastructures (CRIB), Université de Laval, Canada, 2005.
• Al Wardany, R., “Condition Assessment of In-Service Hydraulic Structure by the FK Multi-channel Method,” Proceedings of the 10th Annual Urban Infrastructure Week INFRA2004, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
• Al Wardany, R., Rhazi, J., Ballivy, G., Gallias, J.L., Saleh, K., “Use of Rayleigh Wave Methods to Detect Near-Surface Concrete Damage,” Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
• Al Wardany, R., Ballivy, G., Saleh, K., Rhazi, J., Gallias, J.L., “Near-Surface Characterization of Concrete Structures Using Rayleigh Waves,” Proceedings of the 2004 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
• Al Wardany, R., Gallias, J.L., Rhazi, J., Ballivy, G., “Evaluation of Concrete Young’s Modulus by Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Concrete Repair, St-Malo, France, pp. 373-380, 2003.
• Rhazi, J., Dous, O., Al Wardany, R., Ballivy, G., Saleh, K., “Detection of Near-Surface Damage and Cracks in Mass Concrete by Acoustical and Electromagnetic NDT Techniques,” Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering, Berlin, Germany, 2003.
• Rivard, P., Ballivy, G., Rhazi, J., Al Wardany, R., Guissi, G., Dous, O., “Monitoring and Characterization of Alkalis-Aggregate Reaction by Nondestructive Evaluation Methods,” Proceedings of the 10ème Colloque sur la Progression de la Recherche Québécoise Portant sur les Ouvrages d'art, Laval, Canada, 2003.
• Ballivy, G., Rhazi, J., Al Wardany, R., Guissi, G., Dous, O., Rivard, P. “Correlation between Physical and Mechanical Properties of Concrete,” 4th Edition of French Scientific Days on Research and Education in Concrete, Sherbrooke, 2003.

Book Chapters

• Khatib, J. M., Machaka, M. M., & Elkordi, A. M. (2021). Natural fibers chapter 5. Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management: Recycled and Artificial Aggregate, Innovative Eco-friendly Binders, and Life Cycle Assessment, 85.