Key details
Dr Reginald Kogbara
Course Leader for Water, Waste and Environmental Engineering, MSc
Dr Reginald Kogbara joined the University of Greenwich in November 2023. He was previously an Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey (July 2022 – December 2023) and Associate Research Scientist at Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar (April 2012 – July 2022). He holds a B.Tech. degree in Agricultural & Environmental Engineering from Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (2005) and a Ph.D. in Engineering (Geotechnical & Environmental Group) from the University of Cambridge, UK (2011).
Dr Kogbara’s research interests are in the areas of geo-environmental engineering and infrastructure materials, revolving around contaminated land remediation technologies; utilisation and characterisation of cementitious and polymeric materials, non-destructive evaluation, sustainable construction materials involving construction, demolition and industrial wastes, beneficial reuse of industrial wastes and materials as resources, geopolymers and 3D concrete printing, etc.
He has published about 45 journal articles in Web of Science and Scopus-indexed journals and several conference papers and has acquired research funding totalling over US$6.8 million as a principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI. As of March 2024, his published work has garnered an h-index of 23 in Scopus. Based on citations to his publications, he has been listed in Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists in the World in the Environmental Sciences field for Years 2020 – 2022. He is a top peer reviewer for over 50 journals from leading publishers (Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, etc.), an Academic Editor / Editorial Board Member of PLOS ONE journal and has served as an Advisory Board member of Materials Open Research, an F1000/Taylor & Francis Publishing Platform.
Responsibilities within the university
Course Leader
- Water, Waste and Environmental Engineering, MSc
Module leader
- Water and Wastewater Engineering
- Hydrosystems Engineering and Management
Module contributor
- Environment and Earth Materials
- Information Technologies for Environmental Engineering
Awards
- Listed in Stanford University / Elsevier's Top 2% Scientists in the World in the Environmental Sciences Field for Citation Years 2020 – 2022.
- Springer Best Paper Award in the Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Geoecology, Geoagronomy Track of the 2nd Mediterranean Geosciences Union (MedGU) Annual Meeting, Morocco, 2022.
- Research Fellow Excellence Award ($1,500), Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2021.
- Best Researcher Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2018.
- Publons Peer Review Award 2018 - Top 1% of reviewers in Environment/Ecology field.
- Publons Peer Review Award 2017 - Top 1% of reviewers in Multidisciplinary field.
- Reviewer Excellence Award – Chemosphere Journal (Elsevier), 2016.
Recognition
- Academic Editor / Editorial Board Member, PLOS ONE Journal (Aug. 2020 – Present). Publisher: Public Library of Science.
- Member, Advisory Board, Materials Open Research (Feb. 2022 – Present), F1000 / Taylor & Francis Publishing Platform.
- Life Fellow, Cambridge Philosophical Society (FCPS).
Research / Scholarly interests
Dr Kogbara’s research interests are in the areas of geo-environmental engineering and infrastructure materials. His research seeks to create inhabitable places and beneficial resources from problematic spaces and materials. His research over the years has revolved around contaminated land remediation technologies; utilisation and characterisation of cementitious and polymeric materials, non-destructive evaluation, sustainable construction materials involving construction, demolition and industrial wastes, beneficial reuse of industrial wastes and materials as resources, geopolymers and 3D concrete printing, etc. His expertise in these areas is summarised below:
Geo-environmental engineering: Contaminated land remediation and hazardous waste treatment technologies – bioremediation, composting, phytoremediation, stabilisation/solidification using a range of cementitious materials, combination of remediation technologies, beneficial reuse of industrial wastes and materials as resources, and environmental monitoring and modelling.
Infrastructure materials: Concrete for severe environments and durability of concrete structures – concrete behaviour at cryogenic temperatures, characterisation and microstructural analyses of materials, non-destructive evaluation, skid resistance of asphalt pavements, subgrade soil stabilisation, sustainable construction materials utilising C&D and industrial wastes, low-carbon concrete, geopolymers and 3D concrete printing.
Key funded projects
1. Proactive resilience plan (PReP): An integrated framework applied to critical economic sectors
Duration: January 2023 – January 2028.
Role: Principal Investigator {The grant involves collaboration between TAMU-Qatar, Qatar University, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar, and University of Georgia, USA, with industry support from Qatar Petrochemical Company, Ashghal – The Public Works Authority in Qatar, The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), andAl Bayan LED Co., Qatar}.
Total project budget: US$4,311,396; Sponsor: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
2. Innovative techniques for stabilization of Qatari soils and petroleum drill cuttings using organic polymers
Duration: May 2021 – October 2024.
Role: Principal Investigator (The grant involves collaboration between TAMU-Qatar, TAMU, College Station, USA and The University of Kansas, USA with industry support from Ashghal – The Public Works Authority in Qatar, Al Jaber Trad. & Cont. Co. and Seero Engrg. Consulting, Qatar).
Total project budget: US$509,983; Sponsor: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
3. Industrial crop production in Qatar with biosolids and treated sewage effluent and industrial water
Duration:April 2020 – April 2024.
Role: Principal Investigator (The grant involves collaboration between Shell Qatar, Ministry of Municipality & Environment, Qatar and several institutions in Qatar and The Netherlands).
Total project budget: US$698,643; Sponsor: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
4. Additive manufacturing of concrete for sustainable construction using locally developed materials
Duration: July 2020 – October 2023.
Role: Principal Investigator {The QNRF-TUBITAK joint funded grant involved collaboration between universities in Qatar (TAMUQ and HBKU) and Turkey (Hacettepe University) and industrial partners (i.e., construction and manufacturing companies) in both countries}.
Total project budget: US$623,998; Sponsor: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
5. Constitutive modelling and investigation of bond-slip relationship in concrete for direct liquefied natural gas containment
Duration: August 2016 – December 2019.
Role: Lead Principal Investigator (Collaboration between TAMU-Qatar & TAMU, College Station, USA).
Total project budget: US$567,708; Sponsor: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).
6. Feasibility studies on use of Pearl GTL bio-sludge as soil conditioner for fodder production in Qatar
Duration: December 2015 – December 2022; January 2022 – April 2022.
Role: Lead Principal Investigator (The grant involves collaboration between TAMU-Qatar, Shell Qatar and the Ministry of Municipality & Environment, Qatar).
Total project budget: US$170,000; Sponsor: Qatar Shell Research & Technology Center (QSRTC).
Recent publications
Article
Kogbara, Reginald B. , Al-Zubi, Abdelrahman, Masad, Eyad A. (2024), Dataset on early-age strength of ambient-cured geopolymer mortars from waste concrete and bricks with different alkaline activators. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Data in Brief, 56: 110800 2352-3409 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110800).
Kogbara, Reginald , Al-Zubi, Abdelrahman, Mortada, Youssef, Hammoud, Ahmad , Masad, Eyad A. , Khraisheh, Marwan K. (2023), Lime-activated one-part geopolymer mortars from construction, demolition and industrial wastes. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Results in Engineering, 21: 101739 . pp. 1-13 2590-1230 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2023.101739).
Mabrouk, Oumaima , Hamdi, Helmi, Sayadi, Sami, Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A. , Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed , Kogbara, Reginald , Al-Sharshani, Ali , Abdalla, Osman , Solim, Sabah , Zouari, Nabil (2023), Recycling of gas-to-liquid sludge as a potential organic amendment: effect on soil and cotton properties under hyperarid conditions. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, 348: 119319 ISSN: 0301-4797 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119319).
Huang, Jianxin , Makhatova, Ardak, Kogbara, Reginald, Masad, Eyad , Sukhishvili, Svetlana , Little, Dallas (2023), Mechanical properties of palygorskite clay stabilized with polyelectrolytes. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Transportation Geotechnics, 43: 101124 2214-3912 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.101124).
Mortada, Youssef , Masad, Eyad, Kogbara, Reginald, Mansoor, Bilal , Seers, Thomas , Hammoud, Ahmad , Karaki, Ayman (2023), Development of Ca(OH)2-based geopolymer for additive manufacturing using construction wastes and nanomaterials. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 19: e02258 . pp. 1-18 ISSN: 2214-5095 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02258).
Huang, Jianxin , Mohomad, Yosef, Kogbara, Reginald, Masad, Eyad , Sukhishvili, Svetlana , Little, Dallas (2023), Stabilization of calcareous subgrade soils with polyelectrolytes: mechanisms and mechanical properties. Taylor and Francis Group - Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Taylor and Francis Group - Taylor and Francis, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 24: 2190976 (1) . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 1029-8436 (Print), 1477-268X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2023.2190976).
Huang, Jason , Kogbara, Reginald, Hariharan, Narain, Masad, Eyad A. , Little, Dallas N. (2021), A state-of-the-art review of polymers used in soil stabilization. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Construction and Building Materials, 305: 124685 ISSN: 0950-0618 (Print), 1879-0526 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124685).
Kogbara, Reginald , Seong, Myungjin, Zollinger, Dan G., Iyengar, Srinath R. , Grasley, Zachary C. , Masad, Eyad A. (2020), Insights from bond-slip investigations in different reinforced concrete mixtures for LNG containment. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 23: 100812 . pp. 1-9 ISSN: 2214-157X (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2020.100812).
Kogbara, Reginald , Yiming, Wubulikasimu, Iyengar, Srinath R., Onwusogh, Udeogu C. , Youssef, Karim , Al-Ansary, Marwa , Sunifar, Parilakathoottu A. , Arora, Dhruv , Al-Sharshani, Ali , Abdalla, Osman A.E. (2020), Dataset comparing the growth of fodder crops and soil structure dynamics in an industrial biosludge amended arid soil. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Data in Brief, 32: 106088 . pp. 1-10 2352-3409 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106088).
Kogbara, Reginald , Yiming, Wubulikasimu, Iyengar, Srinath R., Onwusogh, Udeogu C. , Youssef, Karim , Al-Ansary, Marwa , Sunifar, Parilakathoottu A. , Arora, Dhruv , Al-Sharshani, Ali , Abdalla, Osman A.E. (2020), Recycling industrial biosludge for buffel grass production in Qatar: impact on soil, leachate and plant characteristics. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Chemosphere, 247: 125886 ISSN: 0045-6535 (Print), 1879-1298 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.125886).
Kogbara, Reginald , Yiming, Wubulikasimu, Iyengar, Srinath R., Onwusogh, Udeogu C. , Youssef, Karim , Al-Ansary, Marwa , Sunifar, Parilakathoottu A. , Arora, Dhruv , Abdalla, Osman A.E. , Al-Wawi, Hayel M. (2020), Dataset on the influence of gas-to-liquid biosludge on arid soil properties and growth performance of alfalfa. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Data in Brief, 28: 105074 . pp. 1-13 2352-3409 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.105074).
Kogbara, Reginald , Yiming, Wubulikasimu, Iyengar, Srinath R., Abdalla, Osman A.E. , Al-Wawi, Hayel M. , Onwusogh, Udeogu C. , Youssef, Karim , Al-Ansary, Marwa , Sunifar, Parilakathoottu A. , Arora, Dhruv (2019), Effect of gas-to-liquid biosludge on soil properties and alfalfa yields in an arid soil. Elsevier Ltd.. In: , , , . Elsevier Ltd., Journal of Cleaner Production, 250: 119524 ISSN: 0959-6526 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119524).
Book section
Kogbara, Reginald , Hamdi, Helmi, Al-Sharshani, Ali, Abdalla, Osman , Onwusogh, Udeogu , Solim, Sabah (2024), Degraded arid soil reclamation for cotton cultivation using organic waste amendments. Springer. In: , , In: Haroun Chenchouni, Zhihua Zhang, Deepak S. Bisht, Matteo Gentilucci (eds.), Recent Advancements from Aquifers to Skies in Hydrogeology, Geoecology, and Atmospheric Sciences. Proceedings of the 2nd MedGU, Marrakesh 2022. Springer, Cham, Switzerland , 1 (1st) . pp. 125-128 . ISBN: 9783031470783; 9783031470790 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47079-0_28) NB Item availability restricted.