Hossein Kabir

Hossein Kabir

PostDoc |  UIUC

CV & Google Scholar

 

Academic Bio

 

Hossein Kabir is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working under the mentorship of Bill King. He received his Ph.D. from UIUC, where his research under Nishant Garg focused on vision-based durability assessment of cementitious materials, and his M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto, where he worked with Doug Hooton on infrastructure materials durability. His research spans advanced manufacturing and computer vision, with a focus on high-precision inspection, automation, and intelligent quality assessment. He has received recognition for his research contributions, including the prestigious S. P. Shah Fellowship from the ACI Foundation.

 

Degrees

  • (2025) Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign

  • (2019) M.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

  • (2016) B.S. in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

 

Selected Publications

 

  • Kabir, H., Wu, J., Dahal, S., Joo, T., & Garg, N. (2024). "Automated estimation of cementitious sorptivity via computer vision". Nature communications, 15(1), 9935: DOI. The computer vision model and dataset is open-source and can be publicly accessed via GitHub.

 

  • Kabir, H., & Garg, N. (2023). "Rapid prediction of cementitious initial sorptivity via surface wettability". npj Materials Degradation, 7(1), 52: DOI

 

  • Kabir, H., Hooton, R. D., and Popoff., N. J. (2020). "Evaluation of cement soundness using the ASTM C151 autoclave expansion test". Cement and Concrete Research 136: 106159: DOI

 

  • Min, Y., Kabir, H., Kothari, C., Iqbal, M. F., & Garg, N. (2025). "UR2: Ultra-rapid reactivity test for real-time, low-cost quality control of calcined clays". Cement and Concrete Research, 191, 107806: DOI