Syed Yasir Alam

Position

  • Associate Professor
  • Head Engineering program through apprenticeship, specializing in Civil Engineering / Construction, Building and Public Works (ITII-BTP)

Contact

Phone :
+33 (0) 2 40 37 16 61
Email :
Syed-Yasir.Alam1280e7c9-a590-4463-97b8-4f62c5f9526a@ec-nantes.fr
Office :
Office 224, Building F

Research institute

Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)

Research

Current Research topics:

Cracking in concrete and reinforced concrete
Mechanical behavior and durability of high-performance and low-carbon cementitious materials
Experimentation and multi-scale modeling
Coupling transport cracking
Sustainable design of reinforced concrete structures
Development of non-destructive testing and methods

Current research projects:

2014 - ongoing: Edycem Chair, PhD thesis co-director ongoing since 2022
2021 - ongoing: ADEME PhD thesis grant, PhD thesis director
2024 - ongoing: MESRI PhD thesis grant, PhD thesis director
2024 - ongoing: Carnot Mers (70 k €), Principal Investigator 
2024 - ongoing: ANR Sci-ty HELECTRIC (50 k €), Principal Investigator 
2024 - ongoing: ANR Sci-ty ECOCIM (50 k €), Principal Investigator 

Completed research projects:

2014 - 2018: EU-Metalic, PhD thesis co-supervisor
2015 - 2018: Edycem Chair, PhD thesis co-supervisor
2018-2019: Research project with McGill University as part of IRN GeoMech
2018 - 2022: France Ciment, Industrial PhD thesis co-supervisor
2020 - 2023: ANR e-Warning, PhD thesis co-supervisor
2017 - 2023: MESRI two PhD thesis grants, PhD thesis co-supervisor
BAckground
BAckground
Since 2015: Associate Professor, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France.
2021: Research Habilitation in Civil Engineering, University of Nantes, France.
2013 - 2015: Postdoc, GeM - Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France.
2012 - 2013: Assistant Professor, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan.
2011-2012: Assistant Professor, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan.
2010-2011: ATER, GeM - Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Teaching activities
Teaching activities

Mechanics and physics of materials, Design of structures, Modelling in civil engineering, Building Information Modelling, Modelling of the behaviour of structures, Reinforced and prestressed concrete, Mechanics of continuous media, Strength of materials, Structural mechanics
Master's courses: Linear and non-linear fracture mechanics, Multi-physics modelling, Non-destructive testing and methods

Supervision
Supervision PhD supervision: 7 completed, 3 in progress
Postdoc supervision: 3 completed, 2 in progress.
Member fib CEB-FIP Commission 2 TG2.1 - Serviceability models since 2023.
Member of the Technical Committee RILEM 287-CCS: Early age and long-term crack width analysis in RC Structures.
Member of the Technical Committee RILEM DCS: Data-driven concrete
Expert ANRT SERVICE CIFRE
Reviewer of 46 international interdisciplinary journals, reviewed more than 160 scientific articles.
Visiting Professor McGil University in 2019
30 (Q1, WoS) articles in international peer-reviewed journals
4 external participations in thesis jury as Reviewer
Allocation of RIPEC C3 Grade A for the period Oct 2023 – Sept 2026
Young Researcher Award 2013 of the IA-FraMCoS (International Association for Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures).
Published on September 13, 2023 Updated on September 4, 2024