Dr Ashraf Ahmed Mohamed
Reader in Civil Engineering
Howell Building 248
- Email: ashraf.ahmedmohamed@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266971
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Ashraf is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (FCIWEM), a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (C.WEM). He holds BSc and MEng degrees in Civil Engineering from Egypt and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester. Prior to entering academia, he gained industrial experience in structural and reinforced concrete design, providing a strong foundation for his research-led and practice-informed teaching.Ashraf is a Reader in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brunel University London, having previously held a lectureship at Queen’s University Belfast. He has established an internationally recognised research profile in groundwater hydrology, climate resilience, environmental sustainability and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to water and environmental engineering challenges. His research outputs comprise more than 110 publications, including over 80 peer-reviewed journal papers, generating 4,800 citations and an h-index of 25. In recognition of the international impact of his research, he was included in Stanford University’s World Top 2% Scientists list in both 2024 and 2025.
Ashraf is the developer and course director of the MSc in Water& Environmental Engineering. Externally, he serves as a member of CIWEM accreditation panel and is also an assessor of CEng, and CEnv applications.
Newest selected publications
Guettaia, S., Boudjema, A., Derdour, A., Laoufi, A., Ahmed, AA., Almalki, AS., et al. (2026) 'Hydrogeochemical processes and water quality of the Aïn Taga Karst Spring, Tlemcen, Northwestern Algeria'. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 48 (9). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 0269-4042 Open Access Link
Abotaleb, A., Abdalla, AM., Ahmed, A., Mubarak, MF., Ali, SE., Hosny, S. and et al. (2026) 'Aluminum-doped carbon anodes derived from denim waste for high-performance microbial fuel cells: Electrochemical enhancement and life-cycle sustainability'. Journal of Cleaner Production, 550. pp. 147911 - 147911. ISSN: 0959-6526
Ali, AJ. and Ahmed, AA. (2026) 'Advancing river water quality prediction: a comparative assessment of deep learning models for dissolved oxygen forecasting'. International Journal of River Basin Management, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 1571-5124 Open Access Link
Abotaleb, A., Ahmed, A., Amin, DH., Khairy, T., Abd El-Rahem, KA. and El Shahawy, A. (2026) '“Nickel and cobalt catalysis in biomass carbonization for bio-anodes in microbial fuel cells: Impact on structure and electrochemical performance”'. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 82. pp. 1 - x. ISSN: 2214-7144 Open Access Link
Afify, MM., Abd‐Elaty, I., Ibrahim, AS., Al Zayed, IS., Ahmed, A. and Abdelhaleem, FS. (2025)
'Flood Susceptibility for Storage Dams Locations to Reduce the Risk of Flash Floods and to Harvest Rainfall Utilizing a