Abir Al-Tabbaa

Al-Tabbaa studied at the University of Bristol.{{Cite web|url=https://www-geo.eng.cam.ac.uk/directory/aa22@cam.ac.uk|title=Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa, CEng, FICE — Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group|last=al326@cam.ac.uk|website=www-geo.eng.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}} She completed her Master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Cambridge, working on the stress-strain responses of Kaolinite. Her Master's research considered the anisotropy of clay.{{Cite web|url=http://publications.eng.cam.ac.uk/332428/|title=Anisotropy of clay|last=A|first=Al Tabbaa|date=1984-09-16|website=publications.eng.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926000137/http://publications.eng.cam.ac.uk/332428/|url-status=dead}} She obtained her PhD in 1987 with a dissertation entitled Permeability and stress-strain response of speswhite kaolin.{{Cite web|url=http://publications.eng.cam.ac.uk/332265/|title=Permeability and stress-strain response of speswhite kaolin|last=A|first=Al Tabbaa|date=1987-09-16|website=publications.eng.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030357/http://publications.eng.cam.ac.uk/332265/|url-status=dead}} After graduating Al-Tabbaa worked at Ove Arup & Partners as a geotechnical engineer. She was involved with the construction of the Charing Cross railway station and Ludgate Hill railway station.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/abir-al-tabbaa/|title=Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy|website=www.csap.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}} In 1991 she joined the University of Birmingham as a lecturer.{{Cite journal|last=Falciglia|first=Pietro Paolo|last2=Al-Tabbaa|first2=Abir|last3=Vagliasindi|first3=Federico G. A.|date=2014-03-19|title=Development of a Performance Threshold Approach for Identifying the Management Options for Stabilisation/Solidification of Lead Polluted Soils |journal=Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management |language=en |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=85–95 |doi=10.3846/16486897.2013.821070|issn=1648-6897|doi-access=free}}

Al-Tabbaa returned to the University of Cambridge in 1997 and was made a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. Her work concentrates on the development and testing of materials for civil engineering. She is interested in low-carbon infrastructure and the remediation of contaminated land.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/aa22|title=Abir Al-Tabbaa {{!}} Department of Engineering|website=www.eng.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/abir-al-tabbaa/|title=Authors|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-11-29}} She also works on soil mix technology and water valorisation.{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/cambridge_eng/docs/issue_18_autumn_2015|title=2015 Newsletter, Autumn|work=Issuu|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en}} She has developed new techniques for the characterisation of soils. She has over 300 publications.{{Cite web|url=http://www3.eng.cam.ac.uk/research_db/publications/aa22|title=Publications by Prof. Abir Al-Tabbaa {{!}} Department of Engineering|website=www3.eng.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001519/http://www3.eng.cam.ac.uk/research_db/publications/aa22|url-status=dead}} In 2003 she was awarded the Institution of Civil Engineers' Mallik Medal for her work on the five-year soil treatment mixing work at West Drayton.{{Cite book|title=Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation: Proceedings of the International Conference on Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation, 12-13 April 2005, Cambridge, UK|date=2005-04-14|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780415374606|editor-last=Tabbaa|editor-first=Abir Al|edition= 1st|location=Leiden|language=English|editor-last2=Stegemann|editor-first2=Julia A.}}

She was part of a £1.67 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council project that established the Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Construction Materials to reduce the cost of infrastructure maintenance of future construction.{{Cite web|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/person/6CD5F6FC-4A0A-4ED4-9346-397EC49B6F65|title=UKRI: Abir Al-Tabbaa|website=UKRI|access-date=2018-11-29}} The project was followed up with an EPSRC Programme Grant on resilient materials for life.{{Cite news|url=http://rm4l.com/pgmb/|title=Programme Grant Management Board - M4L|work=M4L|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-GB}} Amongst other biomimetic materials, the collaboration developed self-healing concrete.{{Cite news|url=https://phys.org/news/2015-03-self-healing-concrete-memory.html|title=Designing self-healing concrete with shape memory|access-date=2018-11-29}} She spoke about their work at the World Economic Forum in 2016.{{Citation|last=World Economic Forum|title=Self-healing concrete for low-carbon infrastructure {{!}} Abir Al-Tabbaa|date=2016-02-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXVwU82wrw|access-date=2018-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-concrete-that-heals-its-own-cracks/|title=The concrete that heals its own cracks|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-11-29}}

She has written for the New Civil Engineer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/abir-al-tabbaa/3642.bio|title=Abir Al-Tabbaa {{!}} Freelance {{!}} New Civil Engineer|website=www.newcivilengineer.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071453/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/abir-al-tabbaa/3642.bio|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=dead}} Al-Tabbaa has served on the British Geotechnical Association Executive Committee, the Institution of Civil Engineers' Geotechnical Advisory Panel and the Grounded Improvement Advisory Panel. In 2014 she became the Director of the Future Infrastructure and Built Environment Doctoral Training Centre. She serves on the editorial board of the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.{{Cite web|url=https://ascelibrary.org/page/jmcee7/editorialboard|title=Aims & Scope and Editorial Board {{!}} Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering|website=ascelibrary.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}} She is also the UK representative for the Self-healing as Preventative Repair of Concrete Structures (SARCOS) European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarcos.eng.cam.ac.uk/About|title=About SARCOS — Self-healing As prevention Repair of COncrete Structures|last=jf368@cam.ac.uk|website=www.sarcos.eng.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}} She was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2014, recognising her significant contributions to both research and education in civil engineering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/institution-of-civil-engineers-honour-for-dr-abir-al-tabbaa/|title=Institution of Civil Engineers honour for Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa|website=Cambridge Network|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030433/https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/institution-of-civil-engineers-honour-for-dr-abir-al-tabbaa/|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=dead}} In 2016 she was part of a group of academics from the University of Cambridge who wrote to The Daily Telegraph to stress the need for European funding for scientific research.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/05/30/letters-senior-members-of-cambridge-university-stress-the-import/|title=Letters: Senior members of Cambridge University stress the importance of EU funding|date=2016-05-30|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} Al-Tabbaa appeared on the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire programme The Naked Scientists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/concrete-can-repair-itself|title=Concrete that can repair itself {{!}} Interviews {{!}} Naked Scientists|website=www.thenakedscientists.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}

• 2010 Rainfall Trends in India and Their Impact on Soil Erosion: Rainfall Trends in India and Their Impact on Soil Erosion{{Cite book|title=Rainfall Trends in India and Their Impact on Soil Erosion: Rainfall Trends in India and Their Impact on Soil Erosion|last=Pal|first=Indrani|last2=Al-Tabbaa|first2=Abir|date=2010-07-29|publisher=LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing|isbn=9783838385709|language=English}}
• 2005 Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation

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