Civil Engineering

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Nov. 3, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Nahla Hussein Aswad
Nahla Hussein Aswad (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Roads & Bridges Engineering

Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
[email protected]
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  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 2012–2016.
  • M.Sc. in Transportation and Bridge Engineering, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 2001–2003.
  • B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 1996–1999.

I served at the Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, from 1999 to 2012. In 2003, I obtained my Master's degree in Transportation and Bridge Engineering from the Civil Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, University of Salahaddin - Erbil. In December 2016, I earned my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology in Victoria, Australia. I worked as a lecturer from January 2017 to October 2023, and I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor (since October 2023) at the Civil Engineering Department, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

  • Highway Engineering
  • Pavement Management 
  • Pavement Design
  • Traffic Engineering

Research

  1. Aswad*, N. H. 2003. Parking Characteristics Study and their Effects in Dohuk City Center, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, Kurdistan region, Iraq.
  2. Ali, N. S. and Aswad*, N. H. 2004. Parking Planning Program for Dohuk City Center, Journal of Duhok University, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 14-22.
  3. Aswad*, N. H., Abdulrazaq, B. N. and Hussein, N. A. 2005. Influence of Zones Characteristics on the CBD Parking in Dohuk City, Journal of Duhok University, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 143-151.
  4. Al-Taei, A. M., Aswad*, N. H., and Hussein, N. A. 2012. Characteristics of Parking Garages within Multi-story Building in Duhok CBD Area, Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal (AREJ), 2012, Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 155-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.33899/rengj.2012.50488.
  5. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R. and Evans, R. 2015. Effect of Traffic and Environmental Factors on Roughness Progression Rate of Sealed Low Volume Arterials. In: proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (ICMPA9), 18-21 May, 2015, Virginia, Washington DC. USA. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56389.
  6. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R. and Evans, R. 2015. Absolute Deterministic Based Models for Pavement Deterioration of Low Volume Arterials in Victoria/ Australia. Presented in Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR), February, 2015, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia.
  7. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R., Meyer, D. and Mohammed, B. 2016. An Absolute Deterministic Model for Permanent Deformation of Low Volume Flexible Pavements. In: proceedings of the 27th ARRB conference, November, 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. An absolute deterministic model for permanent deformation of low volume flexible pavements (trb.org). An absolute deterministic model for permanent deformation of low volume flexible pavements | Semantic Scholar.
  8. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R. and Mohammed, B. 2016. A New Approach for Estimating Pavement Rutting Progression. In: proceedings of the 2nd IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition, October 16-20, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ISBN: 978-0-692-84440-3. Papers access link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbt0mltnuwceqbk/2016-ASRC2-Proceedings.pdf?dl=0.
  9. Mohammed, B., Hassan, R. & Alaswadko, N., 2016. Age models for rural arterials. In: proceedings of the 27th ARRB conference, November, 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/436271.
  10. Mohammed, B., Hassan, R. & Alaswadko, N., 2016. Calibration of HDM-4 road deterioration models for rural arterial in Victoria/Australia. In: proceedings of the 2nd IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition, October 16-20, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ISBN: 978-0-692-84440-3. Papers access link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbt0mltnuwceqbk/2016-ASRC2-Proceedings.pdf?dl=0.
  11. Alaswadko, N., 2016. Deterioration Modelling of Granular Pavements for Rural Arterial Roads. PhD thesis, December, 2016, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. [PDF] Deterioration modelling of granular pavements for rural arterial roads | Semantic Scholar.
  12. Alaswadko, N. 2017. Prediction Modelling Approach for Crack Progression of Heavy Duty Flexible Pavements. Journal of University of Duhok (JDU): Special Issue of the 2nd International Conference of the College of Engineering-University of Duhok: Recent Innovations in Engineering (ICRIE), Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 307-318, July 2017. ISSN 2521-4861. https://doi.org/10.26682/sjuod.2017.20.1.28. PREDICTION MODELLING APPROACH FOR CRACK PROGRESSION OF HEAVY DUTY FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS | Journal of Duhok University (uod.ac).
  13. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R. and Mohammed, B. 2017. Multilevel modelling of Rutting Progression for Low Volume Roads. RTR, Road & Transport Research: A Journal of Australian and New Zealand Research and Practice Vol. 26, No 2, July, 2017. https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary; dn=024886407636418;res=IELNZC. Multilevel modelling of rutting progression for low-volume roads | Road & Transport Research (informit.org).
  14. Alaswadko, N. and Hassan, R. 2018. Rutting Progression Models for Light Duty Pavements. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan., 2018), pp. 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2016.1155123. Rutting progression models for light duty pavements: International Journal of Pavement Engineering: Vol 19, No 1 (tandfonline.com).
  15. Mohammed, B., Hassan, R. & Alaswadko, N., 2018. The effect of traffic data source on deterioration rates of heavy - duty flexible pavements, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 19, no. 12 (Dec., 2018), pp. 1096-1110. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2016.1240562. The effect of traffic data source on deterioration rates of heavy-duty flexible pavements: International Journal of Pavement Engineering: Vol 19, No 12 (tandfonline.com).
  16. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R. and Mohammed, B. 2018. Empirical Roughness Progression Models of Heavy Duty Rural Pavements. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1316111. Empirical Roughness Progression Models of Heavy Duty Rural Pavements (waset.org).
  17. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R., Meyer, D. and Mohammed, B. 2019. Probabilistic Prediction Models for Crack Initiation and Progression of Spray Sealed Pavements. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jan., 2019), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2016.1244437. Probabilistic prediction models for crack initiation and progression of spray sealed pavements: International Journal of Pavement Engineering: Vol 20, No 1 (tandfonline.com).
  18. Alaswadko, N., Hassan, R., Meyer, D. and Mohammed, B. 2019. Modelling Roughness Progression of Sealed Granular Pavements: A New Approach. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 20, no. 2 (Feb, 2019), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2017.1283689. Modelling roughness progression of sealed granular pavements: a new approach: International Journal of Pavement Engineering: Vol 20, No 2 (tandfonline.com).
  19. Alaswadko, N. and Hassan, R. 2020. The performance evaluation of heavy and light duty pavements in Victoria/Australia. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2020.1784893. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1784893. The performance evaluation of heavy and light duty pavements in Victoria/Australia: International Journal of Pavement Engineering: Vol 0, No 0 (tandfonline.com) .Volume 23, 2022 - Issue 4.
  20. Alaswadko, N. 2021. Empirical Parking Study in University of Duhok Campus. Journal of Duhok University, Vol. 23 (No. 2), 584-600, (Special Issue) 3rd International Conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering (ICRIE) 2020, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 9-10 September 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/csjuod.2020.23.2.46. EMPIRICAL PARKING STUDY IN UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK CAMPUS | Journal of Duhok University (uod.ac).
  21. Alaswadko, N. and Hwayyis, Kh. 2023. An approach to investigate the supplementary inconsistency between time series data for predicting road pavement performance models. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2045017. 2023, VOL. 24, NO. 2, 2045017
  22. Abdulmajeed, A. I. and Alaswadko, N. H. 2023. Evaluating Pavement Surface Condition for Urban Network Using MICRO PAVER and ArcGIS Software. Journal of Duhok University, 26(2), 347-366. https://doi.org/10.26682/sjuod.2023.26.2.31.
  23. Alaswadko, N. H. (2025) “Predictive Logistic Models for Off-Street Parking Policy: Controlling Traffic Volume and Movement”, ARO-THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF KOYA UNIVERSITY, 13(1), pp. 1-9. doi: 10.14500/aro.11851

  • Road Asset Management
  • Pavement Materials Characteristics
  • Pavement Deterioration Modelling
  • Pavement Construction Materials
  • Traffic Engineering Systems
  • Road Pavement Systems
  • Transportation Engineering Systems
  • Road Geometric Characteristics
  • Parking Characteristics