PhD Candidate Tahreer Fayyad (Abdalqader)

Tahreer graduated from the Islamic University of Gaza with a first class degree in Civil Engineering where Tahreer’s research interests were in the analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures.   Tahreer got a Master degree in Civil engineering in 2010 focusing on the optimizing the schedule of resource-constrained construction projects using Genetic Algorithms.  In parallel with her study, and having the knowledge in the technical and managerial parts of projects, Tahreer worked in different construction and humanitarian projects.

Tahreer joined the Concrete & Composite Structures Group in the  Structures Research Group  in October, 2012 as a PhD candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Janet Lees. Her research focuses on the crack analysis of reinforced concrete.

Tahreer is a member of Churchill College.