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Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cambridge, specializing in intelligent, sustainable, and low-carbon infrastructure materials. She leads major research initiatives including the EPSRC Programme Grant 'Resilient Materials for Life (RM4L)', the 'Digital Roads of the Future' initiative, and two EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (FIBE CDT and FIBE2 CDT). Her work spans ground improvement, land remediation, self-healing concrete, carbon capture, and biomimetic infrastructure systems.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng)
- Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE)
- Visiting Professor at Nanjing Tech University
- Guest Professor at Southeast University
Her research focuses on:
- Development of smart low-carbon materials for geo-environmental engineering, road transport, and construction
- Biomimetic infrastructure materials with self-healing, self-sensing, and self-diagnosing properties
- Integration of digital twins, robotics, and data science for resilient road networks
- Thermal capacity optimization for thermoactive geo-structures (SaFEGround project)
Major grants and projects include:
- TSB SMiRT Project (£1.24M)
- EPSRC M4L Project (£1.67M)
- EPSRC RM4L Programme Grant (£4.9M)
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (FIBE CDT: £5M, FIBE2 CDT: £6.7M)
- Digital Roads of the Future (£15M)
- SaFEGround Project (EPSRC collaboration)
Scientific awards:
- Reed and Mallik Medal (2003)
She supervises numerous PhD and MRes students and collaborates with institutions like Imperial College London, Cardiff University, and Bath University. Her research team includes senior researchers such as Dr. Damian Palin and Dr. Sripriya Rengaraju.
