Civil Engineer specialised in Structural Mechanics. Interests are advanced technology, innovative materials, and automated engineering. Currently lecturing Structural and Building Engineering at Delft University of Technology.

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An earthquake analysis in which a three-storey high building is excited to Soil-Structure-Interaction vibrations.

Finding new shapes of large structures with shape optimisation procedures in order to obtain zero-force actuation.

Scientific work @ TU Delft

E-mail Hoessein Alkisaei at Delft University of Technology

Research

Research Profile @ TU Delft

PhD research: Waste and manufactured building blocks for a circular structural design methodology.

Available MSc thesis topics for students of Structural Engineering

Published Scientific Articles

Reuse of glass bottles for structural columns (conference paper) - H. Alkisaei, Y. Maachi, C. Justino de Lima, C. Noteboom, C. Louter - GPD Glass Performance Days 2023, Tampere, Finland

Resources for students

MSc Theses

Causes of damages in and the assessment of concrete parking garages (working title) - Niels Assendelft (ongoing)
The influence of changes in the applied wind load since TGB1955 for additional layers on existing buildings (working title) - Julia Kloet (ongoing)
A comparison in environmental impact between demountable and non-demountable concrete floor slabs for steel framed high rise buildings (working title) - Duco Hermelink (ongoing)
Exploring the potential reuse of glass bottles in wall structures (working title) - Hanna Heller (ongoing)
Complete Monopile Removal: FEM study of a monopile clamping method - Hidde Timmer (2024)
Upscaling architected metamaterials for applications in civil infrastructure: auxetic lattices for confining concrete - Brian Schagen (2023)
Green facades for a resilient and liveable built environment - Hugo van Reeuwijk (2023)
Structural Optimization of Uniform Strength Noise Barrier - Chia-Yu Chen (2023)
Optimization of Urban Quay Wall Design: A parametric approach to improve the structural efficiency - Sharif Mohamed el Hag (2023)
Structural analysis of CLT walls in façades of a multistory building - Pim Mol (2023)
Exploring the potential reuse of glass bottles in structural columns: Investigating the Structural Behaviour of Glass Columns Containing Glass Bottles through FE-modelling and Physical testing - Younes Maachi (2022)
High-quality reuse of materials in the building sector - Thijs Noordhoek (2022)
Reuse of concrete structural elements in practice: Design of a tool which stimulates structural engineers to reuse concrete structural elements by giving insight in structural safety, environmental impact, and economic impact - Janna Beukers (2022)
Repurposing wind turbine blades as a construction material: A method to extract valuable elements from a decommissioned wind turbine blade for applications in the construction industry - Simon Pronk (2022)
A Circular Approach for the Fire Safety Design in Mass Timber Buildings: Balancing the impact between material use and fire risk - Siri Qvist (2022)
From the Sea into the Sky: A Research into the Feaibility of Floating High-rise Structures - Boris Spiering (2022)
Understanding thermal comfort and heating energy use in Dutch dwellings: Analysis of smart meter data, indoor climate and comfort in 78 Dutch dwellings - Anastasia Petropoulou (2021)
Preliminary guidelines on the design of cable-net stabilized high-rise towers - Alexandru Onitiu (2021)
Circularity in the structural design - Sophie Kuijpers (2021)
Assessment of the reuse potential of existing concrete - Bente Kamp (2021)
Living Trees as Structural Elements for Vertical Forst Engineering - Tessa Lievestro (2020)

BSc Theses

Fracture propagation using lattice models - Isa Ritfeld (2021)
Mechanical equations for porous construction elements - Nils van Rooij (2021)
Knikcapaciteit van een kolom met een honingraatstructuur (Dutch)- Sean Tuinstra (2020)
Bepaling knikcapaciteit van een kolom met interne poreuze structuren (Dutch) - Daan ter Meulen (2020)

Student projects

Feasibility study - CIE5050-09 Additional Research Project: Upscaling architected metamaterials for applications in civil infrastructure: auxetic lattices for confining concrete - Brian Schagen (2023)
Impact Assessment of the Partial Closure of the Ham Luong Estuary - Jasper van Asselt, Hannah Bervoets, Celine Bloem, Vincent Kindermann, Ruben Koopman and Linde Zwaan (2023)