Research Interest: Tio2 Nanofibe/Tube Membrane For Water and Energy (H2 And Solar Cell) Production, Membrane Fouling Mechanism, Control and Prevention, Novel Multifunctional Membrane Designs, Membrane Bioreactor, Nano Composite Membranes and Its Modules For Environmental Applications, Nanofiber Forward Osmosis Membranes and Nano Draw Solution, Reutilization of Waste Into Value-Added Product.

Research Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Computing in Mathematics, Natural Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Research Interest: Investigation The Fate of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants In The Water, Air and Soil Environments, Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation of Water, Groundwater and Soils Contaminated With Hazardous Pollutants, Assessing The Fate of The Disinfection By-Products (Dbps) Formed When Disinfecting Water Using Chlorine, Ozone and Chlorine Dioxide, The Treatment Of Groundwater Contaminated With MTBE, BTEX and Other Vocs Using Advanced Oxidation Processes (I.E. The Combination of Ultraviolet Light (UV), Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2), Chlorine (Cl2) and Ozone (O3)), Adsorption of Heavy Metals From Water By Novel Nano Adsorbents and Natural Material Such As Fly Ash, Removal of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants By Phytoremediation, Assessing The Management Policy of Drilling Wastes In The Environment, Also Doing Intensive Research on The Treatment Of Contaminated Water Using Nano-Scale Photo-Catalytic Degradation By Carbon Nanotubes (Cnts), Titanium Dioxide (Tio2) And N-Doped Titania.

Research Interest: Microparticles, Crosslinking,Biomaterials, Liposomes,Polymers, Polymer Chemistry,Hydrogel, Materials Chemistry,Nanobiotechnology, Nanotechnology,Nanoparticles, Functionalization,Polymerization, Materials,Polysaccharide, Composites,Derivatives, Membranes,Polyurethane, Hydrolysis.

Dr. Kang Hou completed his M.S. and Ph.D. at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China in July 2011 and October 2017 respectively. He joined in Xi'an polytechnic University as an Associate Professor in January 2018. Until now, he has published 14+ papers and Impact Factor of published papers (first and corresponding author) over 5 (IF>5). His current research is focused on ecological assessment and model, remote sensing inversion, terrain analysis and applications of GIS in environment science in the arid and semi-arid regions.

Research Interest: Ecological assessment and model, remote sensing inversion, terrain analysis and applications of GIS in environment science in the arid and semi-arid regions.

List of Publications:
1.    Hou K, Tao WD,ChangY, Li X X*. A feasible method for the Division of Ecological Vulnerability and Quantitative Study of Its Driving Forces in the upper reaches of the Water Source- Southern Shaanxi. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018. (Accept)  (IF=5.651)
2.    Hou K, Li X X*, jing Wang J, et al. An analysis of the impact on land use and ecological vulnerability of the policy of returning farmland to forest in Yan’an, China[J]. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23(5): 4670-4680.（SCI）(IF=2.8)
3.    Hou K, Li X X*, Zhang J. GIS Analysis of Changes in Ecological Vulnerability Using a SPCA Model in the Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi, China[J]. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015, 12(4): 4292-4305.（SCI）(IF=2.101)
4.    Hou K, Zhou J, Li X X*, et al. Study on GIS Visualization in Evaluation of the Human Living Environment in Shenyang-Dalian Urban Agglomeration [J]. Scientifica, 2016, 2016.（ESCI）
5.    Hou K, Li X X*, Wang J, et al. Evaluating ecological vulnerability using the GIS and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method in Yan’an, China[J]. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2016, 25(2). （SCI）(IF=1.120)
6.    Hou K, Li X X*, Wang J, et al. Quantitative Evaluation System of Habitat Environmental Quality in Yellow River Deltas [J]. FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN.  2016, 25(12): 5291-5295.（SCI）(IF=0.673)
7.    Hou K, Zhang J, Li X X*. The assessment of eco-environmental vulnerability in Yulin, China[C]//Environment, Energy and Applied Technology: Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Frontier of Energy and Environment Engineering (ICFEEE 2014), Taiwan, December 6-7, 2014. CRC Press, 2015: 129. (EI)
8.    Zhang Y, Hou K, Chang Y, et al. Assessment of human settlements and associated influential factors in Weihe River Plain[J]. Indoor and Built Environment, 2018: 1420326X18761113. (IF=1.158)
9.    Chen P, Hou K, Chang Y, et al. Study on the Progress of Ecological Fragility Assessment in China[C]//IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. IOP Publishing, 2018, 113(1): 012088.
10.     HOU K, ZHANG Yue, LI Xu-xiang et al. Analysis of Land Use Classification and Urbanization Process in Chengguan District of Lhasa [C]. The Second National Symposium of Natural Resources Society of Resources Recycling and Natural Resource Circulation and Global Environmental Change Academic Seminar Abstracts, 2016: 65-66. (In Chinese)
11.    Ge Shengbin, Li Xuxiang, Hou K and so on. WebGIS - based urban climate map information system design, mapping and spatial geographic information, 2017,11. (In Chinese)
12.    Zhang Jing, kang Hou, Xuxiang Li. Assessment of the Land-using of Yan’anand Ecological Vulnerability Based on Remote-sensing Dynamic Monitoring. GEOMATICS ＆ SPATIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2015, 5: 26-31. (In Chinese)
13.    Deng Wenbo， Kang Hou，Li Xuxiang. The study on living environment of typical urban agglomerations in North China. China Engineering Science and Technology Forum - Workshop on Sustainable Development of Cities, 2010, 60: 1693-1699. (In Chinese)
14.    LI Xiaoping， NAN Xiaojuan， HOU Kang， CHEN Cong. Mobility of Heavy Metals and the Leaching Characteristics with Ascorbic Acid from Urban Soil in Tongchuan City. Arid area research, 2012, 29(5): 878-882 (In Chinese).

Research Interest: Atmospheric Environment pollution control, Photo Chemistry & Catalysis, Nano Structures and Catalysis Science, Super Capacitor Materials and Energy.

Research Interest: Heavy Metals, Environmental Toxicology, Environment, Land Degradation,  Satellite Data,  Soil, Time Series, Correlation, Multivariate Statistics, Vegetation, Climate,  Atmosphere 

Research Interest: Design and synthesis of novel porous nanomaterials with applications towards artificial photosynthesis (photocatalytic splitting of water), Solar fuel generation (photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide), Degradation of organic (dyes, herbicides, and pesticides) and Inorganic pollutants (nitrates and nitrites) in aqueous media and gases (removal of NOx), Energy storage (lithium-ion batteries), catalysis (synthesis of fine chemicals), and Drug delivery to the brain.

Research Interest: Environmental and Energy-Related Catalytic Materials, Synchrotron Based In Situ Techniques.

Research Interest: Behavioural Research In Management, Accounting ,Incentive, Systems, Performance Evaluation, Management, Control Systems, Game Theory and Experimental Economics.

Research Interest: Sample Pre-treatment Techniques and Chromatographic Analysis of Environmental Pollutants. In Recently Years, He Shows Great Interest In Emerging Contaminants Such As Polybrominateddiphenylethers (Pbdes), Hexabromocyclododecanes (Hbcds), Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (Ppcps).

Research Interest: Wastewater Resource Treatment; Zeolite Adsorption; Phosphate and Ammonia Recovery; Wastewater Treatment Plant Design.

Research Interest: Physicochemical Process on Water and Wastewater Treatment By Incorporation of Membrane.

Research Interest: Soil and groundwater remediation - In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), In situ chemical reduction (ISCR), Physical and chemical treatment processes, Advanced Oxidation Technologies for treatment of water contamination, Synthesis of nano materials for environmental remediation, Development of physical/chemical technologies for environmental remediation and restoration, Analysis of environmental contaminants and biological acute toxicity.

Muhammad Ali Musarat is a Civil Engineer, having specialization in Construction Engineering and Management. He has good experience in academia and published several articles journals and conferences. He served as Coordinator and Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Pakistan. Currently he is pursuing his PhD in Civil Engineering at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.

Research Interest: Construction management, Construction materials, Sustainability.

URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=usIi0c4AAAAJ

List of Publications:
1.    Bukhari, H., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Akram, S., Tabassum, I., & Altaf, M. (2021). Materializing Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Residential Utility through Effective Space Design and Masonry Technique - A Practical Approach. Civil Engineering and Architecture 9(2), 357-374.
2.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Haruna, S., Tayeh, B., & Norizan, M. N. B. (2021). Chemical attack on concrete containing a high volume of crumb rubber as a partial replacement to fine aggregate in engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, (ja).
3.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Liew, M. S., Qureshi, A. H., & Maqsoom, A. (2021). Investigating the impact of inflation on labour wages in Construction Industry of Malaysia. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
4.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Maqsoom, A., & Qureshi, A. H. (2021). The Effect of Inflation Rate on CO2 Emission: A Framework for Malaysian Construction Industry. Sustainability, 13(3), 1562.
5.    Tjaronge, M. W., Musarat, M. A., Law, K., Alaloul, W. S., & Ayub, S. (2021). Effect of Graphene Oxide on Mechanical Properties of Rubberized Concrete: A Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 484-492). Springer, Singapore.
6.    Jaya, I., Alaloul, W. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2021). Role of Inflation in Construction: A Systematic Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 701-708). Springer, Singapore.
7.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., & Hui, C. J. (2021). Impact of Elevated Temperature on Rubberized Concrete: A Review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 421-427). Springer, Singapore.
8.    Abdullah, M. S., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2021). Delay and Cost Overrun of Palm Oil Refinery Construction Projects: Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (pp. 580-589). Springer, Singapore.
9.    Maqsoom, A., Khan, K., Musarat, M. A., Mubasit, H., Umer, M., Influence of Internal Workforce Diversity Factors on Labor Productivity in Construction Projects: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
10.    Bukhari, H., Musarat, M. A., & Alaloul, W. S. (2020, November). Rat Trap Bond: A state of review. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-3). IEEE.
11.    Altaf, M., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Bukhari, H., Saad, S., & Ammad, S. (2020, November). BIM Implication of Life Cycle Cost Analysis in Construction Project: A Systematic Review. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
12.    Maqsoom, A., Arif, U., Ejaz, A., Musarat, M. A., Aslam, I., & Zubair, S. (2020, November). Factors influencing the Pro-Environmental Behavior of Construction Workers. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
13.    Rafiq, W., Humair, M., Napiah, M. B., Sutanto, M. H., Musarat, M. A., & Memon, A. M. (2020, November). Performance Evaluation of Rutting and Moisture Damage containing Warm Mix Asphalt Mixtures with Recycled Asphalt pavement. In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
14.    Qureshi, A. H., Alaloul, W. S., Manzoor, B., Musarat, M. A., Saad, S., & Ammad, S. (2020, November). Implications of Machine Learning Integrated Technologies for Construction Progress Detection Under Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0). In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs (51154) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
15.    Maqsoom, A., Khan, K., Musarat, M. A., Mubasit, H., & Shaheen, I. (2020, November). Influence of External Workforce Diversity Factors on Labor Productivity in Construction Projects: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 768-772). IEEE.
16.    Farooq, W., Musarat, M. A., & Alaloul, W. S. (2020, November). Computational Modelling and Analysis of Fullerene Based Polymer Solar Cell. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 391-394). IEEE.
17.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Qureshi, A. H., & Altaf, M. (2020, November). Inflation Rate and Construction Materials Prices: Relationship Investigation. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 387-390). IEEE.
18.    Aslam, B., Maqsoom, A., Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Jabbar, T., & Zafar, A. (2020). Soil erosion susceptibility mapping using a GIS-based multi-criteria decision approach: Case of district Chitral, Pakistan. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
19.    Rafiq, W., Bin Napiah, M., Hartadi Sutanto, M., Salah Alaloul, W., Nadia Binti Zabri, Z., Imran Khan, M., & Ali Musarat, M. (2020). Investigation on Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Device Stripping Performance Properties of Recycled Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures. Materials, 13(21), 4704.
20.    Alaloul, W. S., John, V. O., & Musarat, M. A. (2020). Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Interlocking Bricks Utilizing Wasted Polyethylene Terephthalate. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 14, 1-11.
21.    Alaloul, W. S., & Musarat, M. A. (2020). Impact of Zero Energy Building: Sustainability Perspective. In Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management and Resource Efficiency. IntechOpen.
22.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., & Liew, M. S. (2020). Impact of inflation rate on construction projects budget: A review. Ain Shams Engineering Journal.
23.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Tayeh, B. A., Sivalingam, S., Rosli, M. F. B., Haruna, S., & Khan, M. I. (2020). Mechanical and deformation properties of rubberized engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Case Studies in Construction Materials, e00385.
24.    Musarat, M. A., Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Maqsoom, A., & Qureshi, A. H. (2020). Investigating the impact of inflation on building materials prices in construction industry. Journal of Building Engineering, 101485.
25.    Alaloul, W. S., Liew, M. S., Zawawi, N. A. W., Mohammed, B. S., Adamu, M., & Musharat, M. A. (2020). Structural equation modelling of construction project performance based on coordination factors. Cogent Engineering, 7(1), 1726069.
26.    Altaf, M., Musarat, M. A., Khan, A., Shoukat, Z., & Salahuddin, U. (2019, August). Change Order Impact on Construction Industry of Pakistan. In AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering (pp. 391-402). Springer, Cham.
27.    Alaloul, W. S., Musarat, M. A., Liew, M. S., & Zawawi, N. A. W. A. (2019, August). Influential Safety Performance and Assessment in Construction Projects: A Review. In AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering (pp. 719-728). Springer, Cham.
28.    Nafeesa Shaheen, Anam Fatima, Muhammad Ali Musarat (2017). Phase change materials (PCMs) application in building envelop (A REVIEW), Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 5, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
29.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Aaqib Junaid, Rahmat Ali (2017). Evaluate the use of recycled aggregate in concrete, International journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET), Vol. 7, No. 9, ISSN: 2049-3444.
30.    M. Ali Musarat, M. Zeeshan Ahad (2016). Factors affecting the success of construction projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, KICEM Journal of Construction Engineering & Project Management, Vol. 6, No. 4, ISSN: 2233-9582.
31.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Sanaullah, Sikandar Hayat khan & kifayat Ullah (2016). Effect of bentonite on fresh and hardened property of self compacting concrete, Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 4, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
32.    Muhammad Ali Musarat, Omair Inderyas, Sheharyar Khan & Dr. Abid Ali Shah (2016). Causes of delay in the execution phase of construction projects in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Pakistan, Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (SUIJBAS), Vol. 4, No. 1, ISSN: 2307-552X.
33.    Aaqib Junaid, Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Ali Musarat (2016). Evaluating the effect of Nylon fibers In Self-Compacting Concrete, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
34.    Shamshad Ali, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Islam (2016). Lack of Plant/Equipment Problems in Construction Industry of KP Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
35.    Hussain Ali Khan, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Isar Ahmad (2016). Poor workmanship problems in Construction Industry of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.
36.    Asad Masroor, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Hussain Ali Khan (2016). Benchmarking the current state of construction safety practices in KP, Pakistan, proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan, December 28-30, 2016 (ICETEMS-2016) Peshawar, Pakistan. ISBN No: 978-969-23044-2-9.

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