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Selected Publications (Centre for Sustainability & Innovation Research Groups)

LRU–UdS–CUD Strategic Academic and Research Partnership

  1. A. Bahar, A. Hamami, F. Benmahiddine, S. Belhabib, R. Belarbi and S. Guessasma, The Thermal and Mechanical Behaviour of Wood-PLA Composites Processed by Additive Manufacturing for Building Insulation, Polymers 2023, 15, 3056.
  2. A. Charaka, J. Berger, F. Benmahiddine, R. Belarbi, On the development of accelerated aging design: assessment of its effects on a bio-based material, Journal of Porous Media, 2026, ISSN Online:1934-0508.
  3. A. Charaka, J. Berger, F. Benmahiddine, R. Belarbi, Experimental assessment of the similarity law for a one-dimensional coupled heat and water vapor diffusion in hemp concrete, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2023).
  4. Akli Younsi, Armelle Nouviaire, Rafik Belarbi, Effect of recycled waste cardboard chips on the physico-thermal-hygric properties of hemp-lime biocomposites, Results in Engineering, Volume 29, 2026, 109773, ISSN 2590-1230.
  5. A Younsi, M. Mahi, A. Hamami, R Belarbi, E Bastidas-Arteaga, High-Volume Recycled Waste Glass Powder Cement-Based Materials: Role of Glass Powder Granularity, Buildings 13 (7), 1783, 2023.
  6. Boumlik, Karim, Rafik Belarbi, Mohammed Ahachad, Mustapha Mahdaoui, Hassan Radoine, and Moncef Krarti. 2024. “Design Optimization of Energy-Efficient Residential Buildings in Morocco,” Buildings 14, no. 12: 3915.
  7. Charaka, J. Berger, R. Belarbi, Critical assessment of an aging phenomenological model for building materials, Journal of Building Physics, 2025, Vol.48(6), p.889-921, ISSN: 1744-2591, 1744-2583.
  8. Deeb, O. Kalaoun, R. Belarbi Proper Generalized Decomposition using Taylor expansion for non-linear diffusion equations, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, V. 208, pp.71-94, 2023, ISSN 0378-4754.
  9. El Bachawati, Makram, Yassine Elias Belarbi, Henri El Zakhem, and Rafik Belarbi. 2026. “Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Materials: A Comprehensive Analysis of Methodological Asymmetries and Environmental Trade-Offs” Buildings 16, no. 7: 1385.
  10. F. Benmahiddine, F. Bennai, A. Charaka, A.E.A Hamami, A. Tahakourt, R. Belarbi, Multi-scale analysis of the effects of hysteresis on the hydrothermal behaviour of bio-based materials: Application to hemp concrete, Construction and Building Materials, V. 411, 134107, ISSN 0950-0618, 2024.
  11. F. Benmahiddine, R. Belarbi, A. Tahakourt (2023). Effect of the Formulation on the Hydric and Mechanical Properties of Flax Concrete: Comparison with Hemp Concrete. In: Escalante-Garcia, J.I., et al. (eds) Proceedings of the 75th RILEM Annual Week 2021. RILEM Bookseries, vol 40. Springer, Cham.
  12. F Mobasheri, M Hosseinpoor, A Yahia, F Pourkamali-Anaraki, (2025) Machine Learning as an Innovative Engineering Tool for Controlling Concrete Performance: A Comprehensive Review, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering.
  13. Makram El Bachawati, Yassine Elias Belarbi, Henri El Zakhem and Rafik Belarbi Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Materials: A Comprehensive Analysis of Methodological Asymmetries and Environmental Trade-Offs, 2026, Buildings, 16, 1385.
  14. M. Baba, S. Bourbia, R. Belarbi, A. Yahia, From aggregate to composite: Design of flax-based concretes through thermal treatment and hemp synergy for controlled construction practices, Materials & Design, Volume 264, 115701, 2026, ISSN 0264-1275.
  15. M Kohandelnia, M Hayek, K Bouarab, A Yahia, (2025) New perspectives into the rheology of earth suspensions modified with algae-derived biopolymers, Construction and Building Materials 503, 144523.
  16. M Kohandelnia, A Yahia, (2025) From dry flowability to rheology: advancing earth-based paste optimization, ACI Materials Journal 122 (6).
  17. M Kohandelnia, M Zerzouri, A Yahia, KH Khayat, (2025) Treatment and Activation Effects on Kaolinite-Based Earth Concrete, Construction and Building Materials 478, 141380.
  18. M Zerzouri, R Hamzaoui, L Ziyani, A Yahia, S Alehyen, (2025) Enhancing Illitic-Clay Geopolymer Production: A Comparative Study of Conventional Method and Mechanosynthesized Pre-geopolymer Powder, Applied Clay Science.
  19. M. Sawadogo, F. Benmahiddine, A. Godin, M. Duquesne, R. Belarbi, A. Hamami Development and hygrothermal performance analysis of a novel eco-friendly insulating wall under various climatic conditions, Building & Environment, (2023), Volume 245, 110841, ISSN 0360-1323.
  20. M. Sawadogo, A. Godin, M. Duquesne, E. Lacroix, A. Veillère, AEA. El Hamami, R. Belarbi Investigation of eco-friendly and economic shape-stabilized composites for building walls and thermal comfort, Building and Environment, Volume 231, 2023, 110026, ISSN 0360-1323.
  21. M. Kohandelnia, M. Hosseinpoor, A. Yahia, R. Belarbi, New insight on rheology of self-consolidating earth concrete (SCEC), Powder Technology, Volume 424 (2023) 118561, ISSN 0032-5910.
  22. M. Kohandelnia, M. Hosseinpoor, A. Yahia, R. Belarbi, Hygrothermal and microstructural characterization of self-consolidating earth concrete, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 69 (2023), 106287, ISSN 2352-7102.
  23. M. Kohandelnia, M. Hosseinpoor, A. Yahia, R. Belarbi, Multiscale investigation of self-consolidating earthen materials using a novel concrete-equivalent mortar approach, Construction and Building Materials (2023) Volume 370, 2023, ISSN 0950-0618.
  24. Salah-Eddine Ouldboukhitine, Amer Bakkour, Sofiane Amziane, Rafik Belarbi, A comparative study of energy performance of Green, White, and gravel roofs in a temperate climate through In-Situ measurement and dynamic simulation, Energy and Buildings, Volume 320, 2024, 114630, ISSN 0378-7788.
  25. Salah-Eddine Ouldboukhitine, Amer Bakkour, Seif Khiati, Rafik Belarbi, (2025) Insights into the Thermal Performance of Green Walls as a Passive Cooling Solution in Oceanic Climates. Elsevier, Energy and Buildings, Volume 342, 1 September 2025, 115850. ISSN 0378-7788.
  26. Seif Khiati, Rafik Belarbi, Ammar Yahia (2023). Sustainable Buildings: A Choice, or a Must for Our Future? Energies 2023, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-5, March.
  27. S. E. Ouldboukhitine, A. Bakkour, S. Khiati, R. Belarbi, Modular green walls: A sustainable architectural solution for energy efficiency in oceanic climates, Energy and Buildings, 2025, Volume 342, 115850, ISSN 0378-7788.
  28. Sofiane Bourbia, Habiba Kazeoui, Abdelfetah. Zenati, Rafik Belarbi Thermo-Hygro-Mechanical Behavior of an Innovative Bio-Based Building Material Incorporating Date Palm Shives, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 123, 2026, 115967, ISSN 2352-7102.
  29. Sofiane Bourbia, Habiba Kazeoui, & Rafik Belarbi. A review on recent research on bio-based building materials and their applications, Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 12, 117–139 (2023).
  30. Sultan Alpar, Julien Berger, Rafik Belarbi, Shape Optimisation of the Energy Efficiency of Building Retrofitted Façade, 31ème Congrès Français de Thermique et Agroressources, Reims 30/05-02/06/2023.
  31. Y. Nasr, H El Zakhem, AEA Hamami, M El Bachawati, R Belarbi, Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of Green Roofs and Walls on Building Energy Performance: Scientific Review, Energies (2024), 17 (20), 5160.
  32. Yara Nasr, Makram El Bachawati, Ameur Hamami, Henri El Zakhem, Rafik Belarbi, Composition Effects on Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Lightweight Cementitious Mortars Incorporating Recycled Glass Powder, Developments in the Built Environment, Accepted 07 April 2026.

Digital Transition, Low-Carbon Construction and Net Zero Built Environment

  1. Boukhatem, M. Hayek, Y. Boutouam, K. Bouarab, A. Yahia (2026) Ion-Dependent Rheological and Hydration Behavior of (κ)-Carrageenan Biopolymer in Cement Suspensions. Journal Advances in Cement Research. (Accepted for publication).
  2. JV González-Aviña, M Hosseinpoor, A Yahia, M Kohandelnia, A Durán-Herrera, (2025) Anionic biopolymers to enhance concrete rheological properties for 3D printing applications, Journal of Building Engineering 114, 114493.
  3. BS Aouichat, M Hosseinpoor, A Yahia, M Dupuis, (2025) Dispersion of cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers in aqueous suspensions: synergistic effect of concrete superplasticizers, Materials and Structures 58 (9), pp. 1-19.
  4. I Harbouz, A Yahia, E Roziere, A Loukili, (2025) Squeeze test: A toolkit for assessing the printability of stiff cement-based materials, Construction and Building Materials 491, 142521.
  5. M Hayek, Y El Bitouri, K Bouarab, A Yahia, (2025) Structural Build-Up of Cement Pastes: A Comprehensive Overview and Key Research Directions, Construction Materials 5, 31.
  6. JV González-Aviña, M Hosseinpoor, A Yahia, A Durán-Herrera, (2024) Synergistic effects of superplasticizers and biopolymer-based viscosity-modifying admixtures on the rheology of cement-based systems, Cement and Concrete Composites 154, 105807.

Climate Research Lab

Fenech, A., D. Scott, X. Wand R. Gordon. In preparation. Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action: Advances, Methodologies, Governance, and Policy Pathways for Global and National Climate Strategies.

Submitted Papers

  1. Sultan Alpar, Julien Berger & Rafik Belarbi, Influence of shape parametrization techniques on the solution of thermal design problem for facade energy optimization, Computational Thermal Sciences journal, May 2026.
  2. Yara Nasr, Ameur Hamami, Henri El Zakhem, Makram El Bachawati, Rafik Belarbi, Interaction between microstructure and hygrothermal behavior of lightweight mortars containing glass waste powder, Journal of Building Engineering, May 2026.

School of Engineering: Safe and Sustainable Transport

  1. Ullah, I., Khalil, I., Bai, X., Garg, S., Kaddoum, G., & Hossain, M. S. (2025). An ensemble-based hybrid model for the detection of attacks in the internet of vehicular things. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(10), 17914-17927.
  2. Dai, C., Zhu, T., Xiang, S., Xie, L., Garg, S., & Hossain, M. S. (2025). Psfl: Personalized split federated learning framework for distributed model training in intelligent transportation systems. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  3. Dai, C., He, G., Guo, B., Garg, S., Kaddoum, G., & Hassan, M. M. (2025). Position-aware structural knowledge sharing-based federated graph learning for intelligent transportation systems. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  4. Dai, C., Xiang, S., Xie, L., Garg, S., Kaddoum, G., & Hassan, M. M. (2025). An improved nonlinear precoding scheme in multicarrier signaling optimization for transportation networks applications. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  5. Elgazwy, A., Elgazzar, K., & Khamis, A. (2025). Predicting pedestrian crossing intentions in adverse weather with self-attention models. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  6. Aissa, M., Bouhdid, B., Ben Mnaouer, A., Belghith, A., & AlAhmadi, S. (2022). SOFCluster: Safety‐oriented, fuzzy logic‐based clustering scheme for vehicular ad hoc networks. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 33(3), e3951.

School of Engineering: Sustainable Medical AI and Digital Health

  1. Zhang, R. H., Feng, J., Li, H., El‑Messiry, H., & Xu, Z. (2025). Unsupervised trajectory optimization for 3D registration in serial section electron microscopy using neural ODEs. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025).
  2. Elmoghazy, S., Elgazzar, S., Badawi, A., Elgazzar, K., & Burhan, A. M. (2025). Combining Video‐Based Skeletal and Wearable Physiological Data for Early Detection of Agitation in Dementia Using Deep Learning. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 21, e105825.
  3. Moore, D. E., Tao, S., Moore, S. R., Morgan, B., Tadin, D., Tadin, C. S., & Murnane, E. L. (2025). CareInsights: AI-enabled Infrastructure for Person-centered Dementia Care in Resource-constrained Facilities. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 9(4), 1-42.
  4. Kamalov, F., Pourghebleh, B., Gheisari, M., Liu, Y., & Moussa, S. (2023). Internet of medical things privacy and security: Challenges, solutions, and future trends from a new perspective. Sustainability, 15(4), 3317.
  5. Zgheib, R., Chahbandarian, G., Kamalov, F., El Messiry, H., & Al-Gindy, A. (2023). Towards an ML-based semantic IoT for pandemic management: A survey of enabling technologies for COVID-19. Neurocomputing, 528, 160-177.
  6. Rajab, K., Kamalov, F., & Cherukuri, A. K. (2022). Forecasting COVID-19: vector autoregression-based model. Arabian journal for science and engineering, 47(6), 6851-6860.