Mujib is a Chartered Civil Engineer and academic leader with over twenty years’ experience across research, higher education and professional engineering practice. His career began in multidisciplinary research in the late 1990s and has since been shaped by sustained engagement with both academia and industry. This combination continues to inform his approach to leadership, research, and education, particularly in addressing societal challenges related to sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

At Aston University, Mujib has contributed to the strategic development of civil engineering. As the founding Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, he worked closely with colleagues to establish the department from a zero base and support its growth into a research-active and externally engaged academic unit. This has included strengthening academic capacity, expanding provision to support more than 650 students, and developing a balanced portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate, and international programmes aligned with university priorities.

A key focus of his leadership has been the development of departmental governance, research infrastructure and culture. Drawing on experience from externally funded research and industry-led projects, he has overseen the creation of modern teaching and research laboratories, supported through external funding, industry collaboration and philanthropic contributions. He has also led to establish coherent research themes and to support early career academics and doctoral researchers in building sustainable research trajectories.

Alongside his research leadership, Mujib places strong emphasis on high-quality, research-informed teaching, promoting pedagogic approaches that integrate real-world engineering challenges, research-led content and evidence-based practice to enhance student learning and student outcomes.

His research focuses on pavement engineering, infrastructure materials and asset management, with particular emphasis on advanced material characterisation, non-destructive evaluation techniques and the performance and durability of civil infrastructure systems. Over the course of his career, he has secured and delivered more than £15 million in externally funded research and consultancy projects, reflecting sustained success in attracting competitive funding and translating research into practice.

His work has been supported by leading national and international funders, including EPSRC, the European Commission, the Department for Transport, National Highways, and industry partners, and has informed both policy and professional practice. Through a substantial body of peer-reviewed publications, doctoral supervision and service in editorial and professional leadership roles, he contributes actively to shaping research agendas at national and international levels.

Underpinning this work is a strong commitment to inclusive, values-driven leadership and to the delivery of high-impact research and education that address pressing challenges in sustainability, decarbonisation, and infrastructure resilience, in direct support of Aston University’s mission and long-term strategic objectives.

Professional Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer
• Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Fellow of Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)
• Senior Fellow, AdvanceHE (formerly the Higher Education Academy), UK
• Fellow of Institute of Asphalt Technology (FIAT)

Services

• Chairman of Editorial board, ICE Transport, 2017-
• Editorial Board Member, ICE Transport, 2015-
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Pavement- 2016-
• Editorial board member- Journal of Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015-
• Member of RILEM Cold mix asphalt committee
• Member of EPSRC peer review college
• Committee Member - Pavement Monitoring and Evaluation, AFD20, Transportation Research Board, USA, 2013-
• Member of Advisory Council, Department of Civil Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh, 2013-
• Committee Member, CIHT South East Branch, 2015-
• Invited peer reviewer for more than 20 international journals., 2009-
• Member of scientific committee, and session chairs in several international conferences
• External PhD Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham,2014,2015, 2016,2017,2019,2020
• External Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, 2017
• External Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, Liverpool University, 2017
• External PhD advisor, University of  Sicily., 2016-
• External PhD Supervisor, University of Free State, South Africa, 2016-2020
• Honorary Secretary, Midland Branch, CIHT, 2010-2013

Teaching Experience

• Developed five new MSc and four undergraduate modules on structural engineering, pavement engineering, asphalt material, construction and sustainability and health monitoring and rehabilitation of surface structures and infrastructure management
• High student satisfaction with average student evaluation above 90%
• Nominated for student lead teaching award as an Inspirational Tutor/Supervisor for three successive years.
• Developed two state-of-the-art labs from scratch; pavement engineering laboratory and concrete protection & durability laboratory
• Played a key role in increasing recruitment and retention of student in civil engineering programmes
• Enhanced student learning experience by bringing industrial sponsorship to final year projects, adding field trips and residential field course within the scope of the teaching.
• Promoting engineering education to wider community including underrepresented and ethnic minority

Research Experience

• PI/Co-PI/researcher for nearly 30 academic and industrial research projects
• ~120 refereed publications, 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 55 refereed conference papers including best paper awards
• Over 100 design, consultancy and technical reports.
• Supervised 15 PhD to completion, 75 MSc dissertations
• Developed a strong, nationally and internationally recognised research programme in Pavement Engineering and Concrete Protection & Durability.
• Partnered and collaborated with 15 universities internationally
• ~70 presentations at national and international conferences, and at invited seminars and workshops

Programme Management Experience

• Director of Teaching and Learning, 2018-2020
• Level 6 Year Tutor, 2010-2013
• Level 7 Year Tutor, 2019-2020
• Programme director for MSc Structural Engineering with Management and MSc Structural Engineering with Material, 2011-2013
• Course Director for Civil Engineering undergraduate programmes, 2015-2018
• Admissions Tutor, 2014-2018

Design and Consultancy Experience (selected projects)

• Lead Engineer and Project Manager, TRL limited, Pavement Engineering supports for Highway Agency (Highways England) Area 8, Client: Carillion-URS and Highways England, Project Value: £200k/year
• Lead Pavement Engineer and Pavement Design Team Coordinator, Jacobs UK Ltd, A2/A282 Dartford Improvement, Principal Contractor: COSTAIN, Principal designer: Jacobs UK Ltd, Client: Highways England, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Scheme. Project Value: £125m
• Lead Pavement Engineer and Pavement Design Team Coordinator, Jacobs UK ltd, M25 Junction1b-3 Widening Scheme, Principal Contractor: COSTAIN, Principal designer: Jacobs UK Ltd, Client: Highways Agency, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Scheme. Project Value: £63m
• Lead Pavement Engineer, M4 Jct 29 to Jct 32 Widening, Principal contractor: Carillion, Principal designer: Jacobs UK Ltd, Client: Welsh Assembly, ECI contract, Project Value: £60m
• Project Engineer, Dublin Port Pavement Maintenance Guidelines, (Client: Dublin Port Authority)
• Lead Pavement Engineer, BEAR Scotland: Pavement Investigation Reports, Client: Scottish Executive, Project value: approximately £120k/year)
• Project Manager and Lead Engineer, Edge Lane Drive Pavement Investigation, Client: Liverpool City Council, Project value: £25,000
• Project Manager and Lead Engineer, Paradise Street Pavement Evaluation and Design, Client: Enterprise Liverpool, project value: £25,000
• Project Engineer, Ground floor failure investigations- Disney world distribution centre, Magna Park – Lutterworth, Leicester, Client: Walt Disney, £15,000

Award

• Highly Commended Award 2018, Remediation and protection of masonry structures with crystallising moisture blocking treatment, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Emerald
• Best Paper, 'THERMAL SEGRAGATION OF ASPHALT MATERIAL IN ROAD REPAIR'. 8th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV8), Singapore, 27 -29 July 2016.
• Performance of asphalt patch repair, ICE East-midland merit award on research and innovation, 2012
• Conference "Paper of Excellence" 'The Influence of Crude Source and Penetration Grade on the Interaction of Crumb Rubber and Bitumen', Asphalt Rubber 2003 Conference, Brasilia, Brazil 2003.
• MSc scholarship, City University, London, 1998
• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Merit Scholarship, Dhaka, 1989-1994
• Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) Merit Gold Medal, 1986
• Primary and Junior Level Merit Scholarship, Bangladesh, 1984

 Invited Speaker

• Road Ahead-How Technology is Shaping Pavement Engineering, International Symposium on Innovations in Civil Engineering and Technology, Turkey, 2019
• The High Hidden Costs of Potholes, Festival of Maintenance, Liverpool, UK, 2019
• Rethinking Pothole, Surrey County Council, UK, 2019
• Enhancing road repair, National Asphalt Research Consortium (NARC), Nottingham University, February 2019
• Smart highway and asset management- the role of investigation, maintenance and rehabilitation, De La Salle University, Manila, January 2019
• Enhancing road repair, National Asphalt Research Consortium, Nottingham University, February 2019
• Pothole formation: tyre-water- pavement interaction, Pothole: Bridging Science and Engineering, 26th September, Brunel University London, 2018
• The Influence of Near Surface Moisture and Specimen Thickness on Concrete Protection Treatment', 98th TRB annual meeting, Washington D.C, January 2018
• Resilient Infrastructure, MASDAR Institute, Abu Dhabi, April 2017
• Moisture blocking in masonry arch structures, 96th TRB annual meeting, January 2016
• The role of maintenance and rehabilitation in resilience in infrastructure, Researcher link programme, British Council, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, March 2016
• Thermal segregation in hot mix asphalt patch repair" and " 'Distress Based Pavement Performance Prediction Models', 8th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV8), Singapore, 27 to 29 July 2016
• Resilient Infrastructures-the role of protection, maintenance and rehabilitation "- 1st International Workshop on Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Existing Buildings and Structures-17-21 October 2016, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
• Concrete Protection by Dual Crystalline Technology, Industry Research Seminar, International Chem-crete and Logan construction, Iowa, USA, October 2015
• Moisture blocking in masonry arch structures, 95th TRB Annual meeting, January 2015
• Technology based pavement distress measurement, The first Brunel symposium in highway maintenance, March 2015
• Invited presentation at 6th International Conference 'Bituminous Mixtures & Pavements', Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-12 June 2015
• Seminar presentation on Research into Pavement investigation and maintenance, Institute of Energy future, Brunel University London
• Pavement Evaluation and Maintenance at Tongi University, July 15-19, 2015
• The new approach to managing potholes & vital new research, The 15th Annual surveyor Highway Maintenance Conference and Exhibition, 2013
• New approach to managing potholes, Institute of Highway Engineers, 2013
• How many men does it take to fill a hole? An academic study of potholes, APSE, 2013
• The Influence of Thermal Segregation on Asphalt Pavement Compaction, Nottingham Asphalt Research Consortium, 2012
• Application of Texture Analysis and the Kohonen Map on pavement images for Region Segmentation in Crack Detection, 91st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 2012
• Energy efficient Highway Junction design, The seventh international conference on road and airfield pavement technology, Bangkok, 2011
• Structural assessment of in-service doweled concrete pavement joints, 5th international conference bituminous mixtures and pavements, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011
• Self-organising map (SOM) based concrete pavement joint evaluation, Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG), 90^th Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, 2011
• EC3 for dummies, The Institution of Structural Engineers, 2010
• 11^th International Conference on Asphalt Pavement, Nagoya, Japan, 2010
• Redefining research, The Nottingham Trent University, 2010
• 89^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 2010
• The sixth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, Turin, Italy, 2009
• Highway Engineering Workshop, Nottingham Trent University, 2005
• International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management, Kingston University, 2004
• Seminar presentations on various pavement related topic, at Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering, 2000 to 2003
• WMR3 Seminar, London, 2001

 Media Coverage of Research

• Stronger concrete developed for use in extreme conditions, New Civil Engineers, https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/stronger-concrete-developed-for-use-in-extreme-conditions-04-10-2019/
• Researchers develop a stronger, salt-resistant concrete, 8th August, 2019, https://www.equipmentworld.com/researchers-develop-a-stronger-salt-resistant-concrete/
• Scientists Create New Salt-Resistant Concrete , 31st July 2019, https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1837386/scientists-create-new-salt-resistant-concrete
• Researchers on the path toward developing salt-resistant pavement, 29th July, https://insights.globalspec.com/article/12333/researchers-on-the-path-toward-developing-salt-resistant-pavement
• Researchers pave the way to salt-resistant concrete, 26th July, https://techxplore.com/news/2019-07-pave-salt-resistant-concrete.html
• Researchers develop a stronger, salt-resistant concrete, 8th August, 2019, https://www.equipmentworld.com/researchers-develop-a-stronger-salt-resistant-concrete/
• Scientists Create New Salt-Resistant Concrete , 31st July 2019, https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1837386/scientists-create-new-salt-resistant-concrete
• Researchers on the path toward developing salt-resistant pavement, 29th July, https://insights.globalspec.com/article/12333/researchers-on-the-path-toward-developing-salt-resistant-pavement
• Researchers pave the way to salt-resistant concrete, 26th July, https://techxplore.com/news/2019-07-pave-salt-resistant-concrete.html
• Pothole, the road to the future, Radio 4, documentary, Broadcasted January 10^th, 2019
• Potholes: how engineers are working to fill in the gaps, the conversation, 19th September 2018, https://theconversation.com/potholes-how-engineers-are-working-to-fill-in-the-gaps-102055
• Infrared puts the heat on potholes, The Engineers, 24th January 2017, https://www.theengineer.co.uk/infrared-heat-could-improve-pothole-repair/
• Road scanners to find future potholes developed by UK researchers, FT, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/426e4ace-a569-11e4-bf11-00144feab7de.html#axzz3dJpcJ5fY, 2015
• Potential potholes detected by smart scanner, BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31001119, 2015
• Pothole update, Radio Ireland, 2015
• 3D imaging estimates pothole volume, Vision system design, http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/print/volume-19/issue-4/departments/technology-trends/3d-imaging-3d-imaging-estimates-pothole-volume.html, 2014
• Pothole severity in London, LBC radio London, February 2014
• Pothole problems is UK, Sky news live, March 14, 2012
• Pothole research, BBC East-midland news, 15^th December, 2011
• BBC radio Nottingham Drive time live programme, 14^th December 2011, interview on pothole repair performance.
• Nottingham Post, 13^th December 2011, Researchers look at road potholes
• Fleet news, 13^th December 2011, University researchers awarded funding for potholes
• BBC , 12^th December 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-16144626, report on pothole research
• New civil engineer, December 2011, http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/university-researchers-to-investigate-perfermance-of-pothole-repairs/8623774.article, report on pothole research.
• Nottingham Trent University E-news, 14^th December 2011, pothole research, http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/News/116226- 15/University_experts_awarded_funding_for_pothole_research.aspx
• Magazine of Institution of structural engineers, September 2011, NDT based evaluation of CFRP retrofitting in concrete structures
• Highways, 16^th December, http://www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/?p=1413,  Pothole repair study launched.
• Construction managers, How many holes it takes to fill the albert hall?, January 2012, http://construction-manager.co.uk/features/have-you-thought-jan-12/
• BBC Breakfast, UK pothole problems, 9th February 2013
• BBC Radio Nottingham, 12th December 2011 and 8th February 2013
• BBC East-midland, Field trials of pothole repair, May 2012
• Sky news live, Pothole problems is UK, March 14, 2012
• BBC East-midland news, 15th December 2011, Pothole research,
• BBC radio Nottingham Drive time live programme, 14th December 2011, interview on pothole repair performance
• New civil engineer, December 2011, report on pothole research.