Qualifications: Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Research Interests: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Numerical Modeling of Structures, Seismic Hazard Analysis of Structures considering Spatially Variable Earthquake Ground Motions (SVEGM), Structural Health Monitoring, Bridge Engineering, Design and Analysis of Structures.
Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering 2018–2021
University: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis Title: Seismic Performance Evaluation of a Cable-stayed Bridge under Probabilistic Multiple Support Excitation
M.E., Civil Engineering 2016–2018
University: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis Title: Malfunction identification of steel bridge bearing and evaluation of its effects under service conditions
B.E Civil Engineering 2011–2015
University: University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan
Publications
- Waqas, H.A., Waseem, M., and Ilyas, M., “Assessment of Influence of Reinforcement
Detailing on Blast Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Beam-column Connections”. Journal
of Materials and Engineering Structures, 2023. (Accepted) - Khan, A., Ullah, A., Moiz Tariq, M., Waqas, H. A., Khan, A., Khan, J.S., “Response of shear
critical RC beam under transverse impact using improved linear complementarity”. Structures,
2023, 54, 1520-1540. - Khan, Z., Ullah, A., Naveed, M. and Waqas, H. A., “Seismic Performance Assessment of
Deteriorating Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert”. Sustainable Structures and Materials, An
International Journal, 2023, 6(1), 44-48. - Joyklad P., Waqas, H.A., Hafeez A., Ali N., Ejaz A., Hussain Q., Khan K., Sangthongtong
A., Saingam P., “Experimental Investigations of Cement Clay Interlocking Brick Masonry
Structures Strengthened with CFRP and Cement-Sand Mortar”. Infrastructures. 2023; 8(3):59.
https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8030059. - Waqas, H.A., Waseem M., Riaz A., Ilyas M., Naveed M., Seitz H., “Influence of Haunch
Geometry and Additional Steel Reinforcement on Load Carrying Capacity of Reinforced
Concrete Box Culvert”. Materials. 2023; 16(4):1409. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041409. - Waqas, H. A., Su, D., “Effect of variations in foundation soil parameters on the seismic
response of a cable-stayed bridge”. The 2nd ZHITU Symposium on Advances in Civil
Engineering, Ulsan, Korea, September 28-29, 2021. - Waqas, H. A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Response variation phenomena in long span
bridges considering multiple support excitations of different scenario earthquakes”.
Proceeding of the 23rd international summer symposium of Japan Society of Civil Engineers
(JSCE), Hiratsuka, Japan, September 9-10, 2021. - Waqas, H. A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Response variations of a cable-stayed bridge under
SVEGM”. Proceeding of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
(IABSE) conference – Risk Intelligence of infrastructures, Seoul, Korea, November 9-10,
2020. https://doi.org/10.2749/seoul.2020.066, ISBN: 978-1-7138-2355-1 - Waqas, H. A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Response amplification due to anti-symmetric
modes excitation in a cable-stayed bridge under multiple support excitations”. 75th annual
meeting of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Nagoya, Japan, September 9, 2020. - Waqas, H. A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Numerical and experimental study of stick-slip
Publications Page 3 of 3 behavior in malfunctioned steel bridge bearings”. 12th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Japan Society of steel construction, Tokyo, Japan, November 09-11, 2019. - Waqas, H.A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Bearing malfunction identification of steel
bearings from response measurement”. The 20th International Summer Symposium, Annual
meeting of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Sapporo, Japan, August 29-31, 2018. - Waqas, H.A., Su, D., and Nagayama, T., “Feasibility of in situ displacement and acceleration
measurements to identify bridge steel bearing malfunction”. The 7th World Conference on
Structural Control and Monitoring (7WCSCM), Qingdao, China, July 22-25, 2018.
