Omar Elfarouk

Research Interests
Pavement Materials and Design

Supervisors
Prof. Hassan Baaj, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography
Omar is a PhD student at the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His work focuses on sustainable pavement materials and design, building on his Master of Applied Science at Alexandria University (2024), where he explored innovative asphalt technologies using alternative and waste materials. At CPATT, he continues to advance this interest through research on improving the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in Canada. Before joining CPATT, Omar gained several years of practical experience through involvement in major road construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance projects in Egypt.