Biography summary
Mahmud is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering in Deakin University (Waurn Ponds Campus). He also holds a visiting Associate Professorial role in UNSW Canberra and has been appointed as a Distinguished Professor at Nanjing Forestry University since 2019. Mahmud also held academic and research roles at Imperial College London (UK), University of Queensland (Australia), University of New South Wales (Australia) and in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Mahmud obtained his PhD in structural engineering from Imperial College London as a Commonwealth Scholar. He won university gold medal as an undergraduate student, won the best speaker award at the Young Researcher Conference (IStructE) during his PhD, and was awarded various research awards/ fellowships including William Mong Fellowship (Hong Kong) and Confucius Fellowship (China).
He is currently working closely with a number of key stakeholders in the Australian timber industry including AKD Softwoods, XLam Australia, CLOS and few others to promote use of engineered timber and mass timber products in construction. He also has close relationship with INBAR (International Network for Bamboo and Rattan) and has been working in collaboration with Nanjing Forestry University, China to develop design rules for structural use of bamboo and engineered bamboo products. Although his recent research interests are primarily focussed on renewable bio-composite materials and structures, Mahmud contributed significantly in the field of thin-walled metallic structures especially stainless steel and high strength steel structures. He is also keen to explore innovative structural uses of 3D printed materials including metallic micro-lattice materials and bio-composite materials. He has published over 100 technical papers, some of which are heavily cited in the relevant field.
Mahmud is also a very passionate lecturer and have won numerous recognitions for his teaching innovations and efforts at Deakin University, UNSW Canberra and University of Queensland.
Research interests
- Stability and design of mass timber and other engineered timber products in construction
- Behaviour and design of thin-walled metallic structures including stainless steel, high strength steel, aluminium and other high strength alloys
- Numerical analysis of complex structural problems
- 3D printed metallic and bio-composite structural components for engineering applications
Knowledge areas
Structural analysis and design; Mechnaical behaviour of various construction materials including engineered timber and mass timber, bamboo and engineered bamboo, metallic alloys such as stainless steel, steel and aluminium; Beahviour of special types of concrete; Composite materials such as steel-concrete composite and steel-timber composite; Structural integrity of 3D printed components; FE simulation of structural behaviour under various types of loading.
Media appearances
Create Digital | August 2020 | Design-based teachning at Deakin University prepares work-ready civil engineers
Engineers Australia Webinar | 27 July 2020 | Infrastructure Thought Leaders Series: Innovations and Challenges in Modern Civil Infrastructure
Deakin Research | July 2020 | Experience a PhD with Xin Li and supervisor Mahmud Ashraf
Pint of Science Geelong | 2019 | Would you fancy printing your home?
CLT research collaboration with XLam | 2019 | How cross-laminated timber could change how Australian homes are built | AUSTRALIAN-MADE MASS TIMBER PUT TO THE TEST | Deakin Uni team to push timber limits | Deakin Uni investigating CLT properties
Research groups
Leader | Engineered Timber Research Group | Infrastrcuture and Environemnt Research at Deakin University
Leader | Computational Structures Lab | 3DEC - Deakin Digital Design and Engineering Centre
Founding Co-Director | International Research Center for Bio-composite Building Materials and Structures (IRCBBMS) | Nanjing Forestry University | Nanjing | China
Awards
2019 - Faculty Award for Teaching and Learning (Faculty of SEBE, Deakin University)
2011 - Confucius Fellowship, The University of Queensland and Tianjin University China
2009 - William Mong Visiting Fellowship, University of Hong Kong
2003 - 2006 Commonwelath Scholarship for PhD at Imperial College London
Publications
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf, W Hutchison, M Hossain
(2020), Vol. 232, pp. 1-12, Construction and building materials, Netherlands, C1
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf, W Hutchison
(2020), Vol. 239, pp. 1-15, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
X Li, M Ashraf, H Li, X Zheng, S Al-Deen, H Wang, P Hazell
(2020), Vol. 242, pp. 1-11, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Xin Li, Mahmud Ashraf, Mahbube Subhani, Paul Kremer, Bidur Kafle, Kazem Ghabraie
(2020), Vol. 247, pp. 1-14, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf, M Hossain
(2020), Vol. 252, pp. 1-10, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Mechanical behaviour of steel timber composite shear connections
Ruyuan Yang, Haitao Li, Rodolfo Lorenzo, Mahmud Ashraf, Youfu Sun, Quan Yuan
(2020), Vol. 258, pp. 1-19, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Consequences of aircraft operating conditions at military airbases: degradation of ordinary mortar and resistance mechanism of acrylic and silica fume modified cement mortar
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf, M Rashed, W Hutchison
(2020), Road Materials and Pavement Design, C1
Haitao Li, Jingwen Su, Zhenhua Xiong, Mahmud Ashraf, Ileana Corbi, Ottavia Corbi
(2020), Vol. 28, pp. 1572-1579, Structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Evaluating Timoshenko Method for Analyzing CLT under Out?of?Plane Loading
M Rahman, Mahmud Ashraf, Kazem Ghabraie, Mahbube Subhani
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. 1-21, Buildings, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Resistance of Cross Laminated Timber Members Under Axial Loading-A Review of Current Design Rules
Xin Li, Mahmud Ashraf, Mahbube Subhani, Bidur Kafle, Paul Kremer
(2020), pp. 179-184, CIGOS 2019, Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure, Hanoi, Vietnam, E1
Xin Li, M Subhani, Mahmud Ashraf, Bidur Kafle, Paul Kremer
(2020), pp. 185-190, CIGOS 2019, Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure, Hanoi, Vietnam, E1
A Ameri, A Brown, M Ashraf, P Hazell, M Quadir, J Escobedo-Diaz
(2019), Vol. 5, pp. 39-50, Journal of dynamic behavior of materials, Cham, Switzerland, C1
Behaviour of top-seat double web angle connection produced from austenitic stainless steel
M Hasan, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2019), Vol. 155, pp. 460-479, Journal of constructional steel research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Ameri, Z Quadir, M Ashraf, C Logos, J Escobedo-Diaz
(2019), Vol. 752, pp. 24-35, Materials Science and Engineering A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The longitudinal shear bond behavior of an innovative laminated fiber reinforced composite slab
X Li, X Zheng, M Ashraf, H Li
(2019), Vol. 215, pp. 508-522, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Structural behavior of intermediate length cold-formed steel rack columns with C-stitches
M Anbarasu, Mahmud Ashraf
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 937-949, Frontiers of structural and civil engineering, [Berlin, Germany], C1
Sukanta Kumer Shill, Safat Al-Deen, Mahmud Ashraf
(2019), Vol. 215, pp. 765-776, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
X Li, M Ashraf, H Li, X Zheng, H Wang, S Al-Deen, P Hazell
(2019), Vol. 228, pp. 1-17, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Behaviour of parallel bamboo strand lumber under compression loading - an experimental study
Xin Li, Mahmud Ashraf, Haitao Li, Xiaoyan Zheng, Ali Ameri, Safat Al-Deen
(2019), pp. 1-7, MATEC Web of Conferences : ACEM2018 and SBMS1 : Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering and Materials and 1st World Symposium on Sustainable Bio-composite Materials and Structures, Nanjing, China, E1
Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of mechanical properties of CLTs
Xin Li, M Ashraf, Mahbube Subhani, Paul Kremer
(2019), pp. 1725-1730, SEMC 2019 : Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2019), September 2-4, 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, E1
Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of mechanical properties of CLTs
X Li, M Ashraf, M Subhani, P Kremer
(2019), pp. 1725-1730, SEMC 2019 : Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications : Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Structural, Engineering, Mechanics and Computation 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, E1
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2018), Vol. 160, pp. 240-251, Construction and Building Materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Flexural shear behaviour of reinforced crumbed rubber concrete beam
A Mendis, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2018), Vol. 166, pp. 779-791, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
The continuous strength method for lateral-torsional buckling of stainless steel I-beams
M Anwar-Us-Saadat, M Ashraf
(2018), Vol. 130, pp. 148-160, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Design rules for stainless steel welded I-columns based on experimental and numerical studies
S Ahmed, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2018), Vol. 172, pp. 850-868, Engineering structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The effect of loading direction on the dynamic damage in lean duplex stainless steel 2101
A Ameri, J Escobedo-Diaz, M Quadir, A Brown, M Ashraf, P Hazell
(2018), Vol. 1979, pp. 1-6, AIP 2017 : Proceedings of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, St. Louis, Missouri, E1
Strain rate effect on the mechanical response of duplex stainless steel
A Ameri, J Escobedo-Diaz, M Quadir, M Ashraf, W Hutchison
(2018), Vol. 1979, pp. 1-5, Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, St. Louis, Missouri, E1
Bending resistance of stainless steel I-sections about minor axis
Mohammad Anwar-Us-Saadat, Mahmud Ashraf
(2018), pp. 1-19, ICTWS 2018 : Proceedings of International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Lisbon, Portugal, E1
M Hasan, M Ashraf, B Uy
(2017), Vol. 136, pp. 149-161, Journal of constructional steel research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Numerical investigation on buckling resistance of stainless steel hollow members
S Ahmed, M Ashraf
(2017), Vol. 136, pp. 193-203, Journal of constructional steel research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Interaction of local-flexural buckling for cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel hollow columns
M Anbarasu, M Ashraf
(2017), Vol. 112, pp. 20-30, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Behaviour of similar strength crumbed rubber concrete (CRC) mixes with different mix proportions
A Mendis, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2017), Vol. 137, pp. 354-366, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
X Li, X Zheng, M Ashraf, H Li
(2017), Vol. 156, pp. 599-610, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Effect of rubber particles on the flexural behaviour of reinforced crumbed rubber concrete beams
A Mendis, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2017), Vol. 154, pp. 644-657, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
General methodology to estimate the dislocation density from microhardness measurements
A Ameri, N Elewa, M Ashraf, J Escobedo-Diaz
(2017), Vol. 131, pp. 324-330, Materials characterization, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Pressure-impulse response of semi-rigidly connected steel plates under blast loading
X Lin, M Ashraf
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 25-57, International journal of protective structures, London, Eng., C1-1
Estimation of dislocation density in metals from hardness measurements
A Ameri, N Elewa, M Ashraf, J Escobedo-Diaz, P Hazell
(2017), pp. 441-449, TMS 2017 : Proceedings of the The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society 2017 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, Calif., E1-1
Investigating the anisotropic behaviour of lean duplex stainless steel 2101
A Ameri, J Escobedo-Diaz, M Ashraf, M Quadir
(2017), pp. 181-190, TMS 2017 : Proceedings of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society 2017 146th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, Calif., E1-1
Thermal and chemical degradation of Portland cement concrete in the military airbase
S Shill, S Al-Deen, M Ashraf
(2017), pp. 43-50, CRIOCM 2017 : Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, Melbourne, Victoria, E1-1
Analytical prediction of moment-rotation behaviour of austenitic stainless steel bolted connections
Mohammad Hasan, Mahmud Ashraf, Brian Uy
(2017), Vol. 1, pp. 766-775, Eurosteel 2017 : Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Copenhagen, Denmark, E1-1
Ali Ameri, Juan Escobedo-Diaz, Mahmud Ashraf, Andrew Brown, Paul Hazell, Hutchison Wayne, Zakaria Quadir
(2017), Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, St. Louis, Mo., E1-1
A Mendis, Safat Al-Deen, Mahmud Ashraf
(2017), pp. 1-8, Proceedings of the 2017 Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia & International Congress on Durability of Concrete. Combined Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, E1-1
Safat Al-Deen, B Duanne, S Shill, Mahmud Ashraf
(2017), pp. 1-9, Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia & International Congress on Durability of Concrete. Combined Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, E1-1
M Rashed, M Ashraf, R Mines, P Hazell
(2016), Vol. 95, pp. 518-533, Materials & design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Mechanical properties of laminated bamboo lumber column under radial eccentric compression
H Li, G Chen, Q Zhang, M Ashraf, B Xu, Y Li
(2016), Vol. 121, pp. 644-652, Construction and building materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
The continuous strength method for slender stainless steel cross-sections
S Ahmed, M Ashraf, M Anwar-Us-Saadat
(2016), Vol. 107, pp. 362-376, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Behaviour and design of stainless steel slender cross-sections subjected to combined loading
M Anwar-Us-Saadat, M Ashraf, S Ahmed
(2016), Vol. 104, pp. 225-237, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Behaviour and design of cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel lipped channel columns
M Anbarasu, M Ashraf
(2016), Vol. 104, pp. 106-115, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Rashed, Mahmud Ashraf, P Hazell
(2016), Vol. 853, pp. 394-398, ISSI2016 : Testing and evaluation of structural integrity : Proceedings of the 2016 International Symposium on Structural Integrity, Tianjin, China, E1-1
E Mitra, P Hazell, M Ashraf
(2015), Vol. 50, pp. 7742-7751, Journal of materials science, New York, N.Y., C1-1
Compression capacity of slender stainless steel cross-sections
S Ahmed, M Ashraf
(2015), pp. 119-124, ISEC 2015 - 8th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: Implementing Innovative Ideas in Structural Engineering and Project Management, Parramatta, New South Wales, E1-1
Behavior of stainless steel lipped channel sections subjected to eccentric compression
M Anwar-Us-Saadat, S Ahmed, M Ashraf
(2015), pp. 131-136, ISEC 2015 - 8th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: Implementing Innovative Ideas in Structural Engineering and Project Management, Parramatta, New South Wales, E1-1
Tests of cold-formed duplex stainless steel SHS beam-columns
W Lui, M Ashraf, B Young
(2014), Vol. 74, pp. 111-121, Engineering Structures, Oxford, Eng., C1-1
Informational and hybrid-informational modelling of yielding shear panel device
M Hossain, M Ashraf
(2014), Vol. 18, pp. 1119-1124, KSCE journal of civil engineering, Seoul, South Korea, C1-1
A new damage index for reinforced concrete structures
V Cao, H Ronagh, M Ashraf, H Baji
(2014), Vol. 6, pp. 581-609, Earthquake and Structures, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, C1-1
Fire performance curves for unprotected HSS steel columns
M Alam, A Billah, S Quayyum, M Ashraf, A Rafi, A Rteil
(2013), Vol. 15, pp. 705-724, Steel and composite structures, [Korea], C1-1
Risk-based seismic performance assessment of Yielding Shear Panel Device
M Hossain, M Ashraf, J Padgett
(2013), Vol. 56, pp. 1570-1579, Engineering structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Ashraf, M Hossain
(2013), pp. 111-112, SEMC 2013 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, E1-1
Performance of reinforced concrete structures in post-earthquake fire
B Behnam, H Ronagh, M Ashraf
(2013), pp. 727-728, SEMC 2013 : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, E1-1
Flexural strengthening of code-compliant RC beam-column joints using CFRP
A Eslami, H Ronagh, M Ashraf
(2013), pp. 1-6, APFIS 2013 : Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, Melbourne, Vic., E1-1
Mathematical modelling of yielding shear panel device
M Hossain, M Ashraf
(2012), Vol. 59, pp. 153-161, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Eccentric compression tests on high strength duplex stainless steel columns
W Lui, B Young, M Ashraf
(2012), pp. 431-438, Tubular Structures XIV - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2012, E1-1
Numerical modelling of yielding shear panel device for passive energy dissipation
M Raquibul Hossain, M Ashraf, F Albermani
(2011), Vol. 49, pp. 1032-1044, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Design formulations for non-welded and welded aluminium columns using Continuous Strength Method
M Ashraf, B Young
(2011), Vol. 33, pp. 3197-3207, Engineering structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Elevated temperature material properties of stainless steel alloys
L Gardner, A Insausti, K Ng, M Ashraf
(2010), Vol. 66, pp. 634-647, Journal of constructional steel research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Compression resistance of aluminium stub columns using Continuous Strength Method
M Ashraf, B Young
(2010), pp. 257-263, Tubular Structures XIII - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, E1-1
Structural stainless steel design: resistance based on deformation capacity
M Ashraf, L Gardner, D Nethercot
(2008), Vol. 134, pp. 402-411, Journal of structural engineering, Reston, Va., C1-1
Resistance of stainless steel CHS columns based on cross-section deformation capacity
M Ashraf, L Gardner, D Nethercot
(2008), Vol. 64, pp. 962-970, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Sway of semi-rigid steel frames, part 2: Irregular frames
M Ashraf, D Nethercot, B Ahmed
(2007), Vol. 29, pp. 1854-1863, Engineering Structures, C1-1
Local buckling of cold-formed steel lipped Z section beams under pure bending
M Haidarali, D Nethercot, M Ashraf
(2007), Vol. 3, pp. 474-480, ICASS 2007 : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, Singapore, E1-1
Structural design for non-linear metallic materials
L Gardner, M Ashraf
(2006), Vol. 28, pp. 926-934, Engineering structures, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1
Finite element modelling of structural stainless steel cross-sections
M Ashraf, L Gardner, D Nethercot
(2006), Vol. 44, pp. 1048-1062, Thin-walled structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Strength enhancement of the corner regions of stainless steel cross-sections
M Ashraf, L Gardner, D Nethercot
(2005), Vol. 61, pp. 37-52, Journal of constructional steel research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Sway of semi-rigid steel frames - part 1: regular frames
M Ashraf, D Nethercot, B Ahmed
(2004), Vol. 4, pp. 403-418, Steel and composite structures, Daejeon, Korea, C1-1
A simplified method to predict sway of rigid multi-storey steel frames
M Ashraf, D Nethercot, B Ahmed
(2004), Vol. 4, pp. 317-331, Steel and Composite Structures, C1-1
Sway of semi-rigid steel frames: part 1: regular frames
M Ashraf, D Nethercot, B Ahmed
(2004), Vol. 26, pp. 1809-1819, Engineering structures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Research Study: Product Fraud Impacts on Australian Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Industries.
Mr Michael Smith, Prof Chris Austin, Dr Mahmud Ashraf, Miss Brodie Lamb
- 2020: $45,000
Industry and Other Funding
Prefabricated composite panels, beams and footing systems for housing construction.
Dr Kazem Ghabraie, Dr Mahbube Subhani, Dr Mahmud Ashraf, Dr Estela Oliari Garcez
- 2020: $20,228
- 2019: $48,550
Experimental analysis of FormFlow's new structural panel.
Dr Riyadh Al-Ameri, Dr Mahmud Ashraf, Dr Matthias Weiss
- 2020: $5,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report