Md Hasibul Hasan Rahat
About
Md Hasibul Hasan Rahat is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Structural Engineering at NTNU. His research focuses on frost durability and low-temperature transport mechanisms in cementitious materials, as well as the characterization of cementitious materials, with collaborations involving Virginia Tech, Stony Brook University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He holds a PhD and MEng in Civil Engineering and Materials Science from Virginia Tech, an MSc in Construction Management from East Carolina University, an MBA in Human Resource Management from the University of Dhaka, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Rahat’s expertise spans advanced durability testing, freeze–thaw and chloride ingress mechanisms, microstructural characterization (including neutron radiography, transmission x-ray microscopy, isothermal calorimetry, XRD, XRF, TGA, DSC, FTIR, TEM, SEM), and sustainable use of recycled and waste materials in cementitious materials. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, received the prestigious ACI Foundation Fellowship, and earned international recognition for his innovative research into infrastructure durability studies.
Publications
Md.Hasibul Hasan Rahat, James R. Torres, Yuxuan Zhang, Sepehr Akhtarshenas, Dip Banik, Sherif L. Abdelaziz, Stefan Jacobsen, Alexander S. Brand, In-situ neutron radiography of pore-water movement in portland cement mortar under subzero temperature exposure: Insights from D2O-H2O systems, Journal of Building Engineering, 2025, 114156, ISSN 2352-7102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114156.
Rahat, M.H.H. & Brand, A.S. (2025). The combined impact of freeze-thaw cycles and seawater on chloride ingress in concrete. Construction and Building Materials. Volume 489, 2025, 142363, ISSN 0950-0618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142363.
Rahat, M.H.H., Tran, T.Q., Banik, D., & Brand, A.S. (2025). Effects of polyvinyl alcohol fibers and curing duration on chloride ingress in concrete during freeze-thaw cycles, Journal of Building Engineering, 2025, 112930, ISSN 2352-7102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112930.
Rahat, M.H.H., Gunarathne, K., Carnes, T.S., Hsiao, B.S., & Brand, A.S. (2025). Effect of Cellulose Nanofiber Gels on the Chloride Ingress and Freeze/Thaw Properties of Cementitious Paste. Construction and Building Materials. 472, 2025, 140997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.140997
Tran, T.Q., S. Li, B. Ji, X. Zhao, M.H.H. Rahat, T.-N. Nguyen, B.-C. Le, W. Zhang, and A.S. Brand (2024). “Mitigation of zinc and organic carbon leached from end-of-life tire rubber in cementitious composites,” Construction and Building Materials, 432, 2024, 136589. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136589
Thien Q. Tran, Bilin Tong, Shiyu Li, Bin Ji, Md Hasibul Hasan Rahat, Wencai Zhang, Gerardo W. Flintsch, Alexander S. Brand. “Zinc and total organic carbon leachability from end-of-life tire rubber in rubberized asphalt concrete”, Road Materials and Pavement https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2025.2497518.
Massarra, C.C., M., Rahat, H.H., Wang, G. (2022). Evaluating the cost of collection, processing, and application of face masks in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavements. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11239
Wang, G., Li, J., Saberian, M., Rahat, M. H., Massarra, C., Buckhalter, C., Farrington, J., Collins, T., & Johnson, J. (2022). Use of COVID-19 single-use face masks to improve the rutting resistance of Asphalt Pavement. Science of The Total Environment, 154118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154118
Rahat, M. H. H., Karmakar, A., & Madani, M. A. U. Z. (2022). THE EFFECT OF STEEL SLAG POWDER ON HMA STABILITY. Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34(2), 37-43.https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v34.18383
Rahat, M. H. H., Annand, D. M., & Brand, A. S. (2024). Effect of Freeze Thaw and Substrate Moisture Condition on the Concrete Repair-Substrate Interface. Proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Pavements, 13(1), 412-427. https://doi.org/10.33593/vabb8064
Rahat, M. H. H., Tran, T. Q., Love, B. D., Behravan, A., & Brand, A. S. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Freeze-Thaw Damage on Chloride Ingress in Concrete. In Cold Regions Engineering 2024: Sustainable and Resilient Engineering Solutions for Changing Cold Regions (pp. 575-585). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485460.053