Ph.D, Civil Engineering, Structures, intelligent systems and earthquake resistance in civil Structures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, U.S.A. November 1998*Dissertation: Analytical and Experimental Study of Nonlinear Structural Control Using Neural Networks.
M.S, Civil Engineering, Structures, Dam EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 1994.
B.S, Civil Engineering, Structures, Jordan University of Science and Technology, August 1991.

Refereed Journals

1. Mohammad N Akhtar, Omar Albatayneh, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Abdallah I Malkawi, “Performance of modified desert sand concrete: An experimental case study”, Case Studies in Construction Materials, P03465, 21, 2024/12/1 

2. Mohammad N Akhtar, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Dima H Malkawi, Omar Albatayneh,” Suitability of sustainable sand for concrete manufacturing-A complete review of recycled and desert sand substitution” Results in Engineering, Elsevier 102478, 2024/6/27

3. Abdallah I Malkawi, Dima H Malkawi, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, “Thermal-Structural Modelling and Temperature Control of Roller-Compacted Concrete Gravity Dam: A Parametric Study”, International Conference" Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience" May 2024, Romania, Springer Nature Switzerland, P82:91

4. Mohammad Nadeem Akhtar, Mohammed Jameel, Zainah Ibrahim, N Muhamad Bunnori, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, “Development of sustainable modified sand concrete: An experimental study” Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 15 (1), 102331, 2024/1/1

5. Mohammad N Akhtar, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Dima H Malkawi, Abdallah I Malkawi, “Porous Asphalt Mix Design Pavement by Incorporating a Precise Proportion of Recycled Coarse Aggregate”, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1-12, 2023/12/29 

6. Mohammad N Akhtar, Dima H Malkawi, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Abdallah I Malkawi,” Durability Assessment of Sustainable Mortar by Incorporating the Combination of Solid Wastes: An Experimental Study” Civil Engineering Journal 9 (11), 2770-2786, 2023/11/1

7. Muath A. Bani-Hani, Dima A. Husein Malkawi, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Sallam A. Kouritem, ” Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Rainfall Impact Force Piezoelectric Sensing Device, Analytical and Finite Element Investigation”, Materials 16 (3), 2023/1/18

8. Dima A Husein Malkawi, Abdallah Husein Malkawi, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, “Slope Stability Analysis for the Phosphogypsum Stockpiles: A Case Study for the Sustainable Management of the Phosphogypsum Stacks in Aqaba Jordan”,  Sustainability 14 (23), 15763, 2022

9. Mohammad N. Akhtar, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani,  Jan N. Akhtar, Khansa Zaidi “ Flyash-based bricks: an environmental savior—a critical review” Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 24(5), May 2022

10. Dima A. Malkawi; Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi; Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani.” Geotechnical Properties and Slope Stability Analysis for the Stacking of Phosphogypsum in Aqaba Jordan”, Natural Hazards, submitted 2021

11. Ahmad Y. Rababah, Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Wasim Baraham. “Adaptive Neural Network Controller for Nonlinear Highway Bridge Benchmark” Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering 13 (2),April,  2019.

12. KM Abdalla, RZ Al-Rousan, MT Obaidat, OK Nusier, K Bani-Hani,”The Impact of Asphalt Wearing Surface Thickness on Response of Two-Span Continuous Cast-in-Place Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Highway Bridge”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 12 (1), 173-177, 2019.

13. Mohamed Mohsen, Ramzi Taha, Ala G. Abu Taqa,  Nasser A. Alnuaimi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, and Khaldoon A Bani-Hani: Effect of Nanotube Geometry on the Strength and Dispersion of CNT-Cement Composites. in Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2017(Article ID 6927416) · July 2017. DOI: 10.1155/2017/6927416

14. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Abdallah I. Malkawi: A Multi-step approach to generate response-spectrum-compatible artificial earthquake accelerograms. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 06/2017; 97(6): 117-132., DOI:10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.03.012

15. Ala G. Abu Taqa, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Ahmed Senouci, Anton Popelka, Nasser Al-Nuaimi, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani: Experimental Prediction of the Elastic Properties of Nanocomposite Cementitious Materials Based on Nanoindentation Measurements. Science of Advanced Materials 05/2017; 9(5):830–846.

16. Mohamed Mohsen, Nasser A. Alnuaimi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Ahmed Senouci, and Khaldoon A Bani-Hani: Effect of mixing duration on flexural strength of multi walled carbon nanotubes cementitious composites. Construction and Building Materials 11/2016; 126(C):586-598., DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.09.073

17. Khaldoon A Bani-Hani, Mohammad R. Irshidat, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Nasser A. Al-Nuaimi, Ala’a T. Talleh: Strength optimisation of mortar with CNTs and nanoclays. ICE Proceedings Structures and Buildings 05/2016; 1400106(5):1-17., DOI:10.1680/jstbu.14.00106

18. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Ahmed Senouci: Using Waste Tire Crumb Rubber As an Alternative Aggregate for Concrete Pedestrian Blocks. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering 06/2015; 9(3): 400-409., DOI:10.14525/jjce

19. Ala G. Abu Taqa, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Ahmed Senouci, Nasser Al-Nuaimi, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani: The Effect of Interfacial Transition Zone Properties on the Elastic Properties of Cementitious Nanocomposite Materials. Journal of Nanomaterials 04/2015; 2015(6):1-13., DOI:10.1155/2015/258384

20. Ala G. Abu Taqa, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Ahmed Senouci, Nasser Al-Nuaimi, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani: The Effect of Fiber Geometry and Interfacial Properties on the Elastic Properties of Cementitious Nanocomposite Material. Journal of Nanomaterials 04/2015; 2015(6):1-14., DOI:10.1155/2015/283579

21. Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Sun-Myung Kim, Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Nasser Al-Nuaimi, Ahmed Senouci: Finite element simulation of single carbon nanotube pull-outs from a cementitious nanocomposite material using an elastic-plastic-damage and cohesive surface models. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics 08/2014; 3(1):31-57., DOI:10.1504/IJTAMM.2014.069448

22. Antonio Capsoni, Giovanni Maria Vigano, and Khaldoon Bani-Hani: On damping effects in Timoshenko beams. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 08/2013; 73:27-39., DOI:10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2013.04.001

23. Hisham T. Eid, Khaldoon Bani-Hani: Settlement of axially loaded piles entirely embedded in rock – analytical and experimental study. Geomechanics and Geoengineering 01/2011; 7(2):1-10., DOI:10.1080/17486025.2011.578675

24. H. Abu Qdais, K. Bani Hani, N. Shatnawi: Modeling and optimization of biogas production from a waste digester using artificial neural network and genetic algorithm. Resources Conservation and Recycling 04/2010; 54(6): 359–-363 ,DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.08.012

25. Omer S. Mughieda, Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Bayan F. Abu Safieh: Liquefaction assessment by artificial neural networks based on CPT. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 04/2009; 3(2):289-302., DOI:10.3328/IJGE.2009.03.02.289-302

26. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Hazem S. Zibdeh, and Karim Hamdaoui: Health monitoring of a historical monument in Jordan based on ambient vibration test. SMART STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS 03/2008; 4(2):195-208., DOI:10.12989/sss.2008.4.2.195

27. Omer S. Mughieda, Khaldoon Bani-Hani: Cracking of RC School Building Due to Soil Expansion. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering 12/2007; 1(4):393-408.

28. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Musa R. Alawneh: Prestressed active post‐tensioned tendons control for bridges under moving loads. Structural Control and Health Monitoring 04/2007; 14(3):357 - 383., DOI:10.1002/stc.162

29. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani: Vibration control of wind‐induced response of tall buildings with an active tuned mass damper using neural networks. Structural Control and Health Monitoring 02/2007; 14(1):83 - 108., DOI:10.1002/stc.85

30. Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Samer Barakat: Analytical evaluation of repair and strengthening measures of Qasr al-Bint historical monument—Petra, Jordan. Engineering Structures 08/2006; 28(10):1355-1366., DOI:10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.10.015

31. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Mashal A. Sheban: Semi‐active neuro‐control for base‐isolation system using magnetorheological (MR) dampers. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 07/2006; 35(9):1119 - 1144., DOI:10.1002/eqe.574

32. Samer Barakat, Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Mohammed Q. Taha: Multi-objective reliability-based optimization of prestressed concrete beams. Structural Safety 07/2004; 26(3-26):311-342., DOI:10.1016/j.strusafe.2003.09.001

33. Khaldoon Bani-Hani: Experimental study of identification and control of structures using neural network. Part 2: control. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 09/1999; 28(9):1019–1039., DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199909)28:9<1019::AID-EQE852>3.0.CO;2-X

34. Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Jamshid Ghaboussi, Stephen P. Schneider: Experimental study of identification and control of structures using neural network. Part 2: Control. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 09/1999; 28(9):1019-1039., DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199909)28:93.3.CO;2-O

35. Khaldoon Bani–Hani, Jamshid Ghaboussi, Stephen P. Schneider: Experimental study of identification and control of structures using neural network. Part 1: Identification. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 09/1999; 28(9):995 - 1018., DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199909)28:9<995::AID-EQE851>3.0.CO;2-8

36. Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Jamshid Ghaboussi: Neural networks for structural control of a benchmark problem, active tendon system. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 11/1998; 27(11)., DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(1998110)27:113.0.CO;2-T

37. Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Jamshid Ghaboussi: Nonlinear Structural Control Using Neural Networks. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 03/1998; 124(3)., DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:3(319)

Selected Conference Proceedings

1. W Barham, K Bani-Hani, M Mohammad, “Derivation of the Governing Differential Equation of Vibrating Host Plate with Two Piezoelectric Patches”, Qatar Univesrity Press, 2020

2. Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, and Mu'ath I. Abu Qamar, “Artificial Earthquake Record Generation Using Cascade Neural Network”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials & Civil Engineering Systems (ASCMCES-17), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, April 18 – 20, 2017. doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201712001010 

3. Omer Mughieda1, Kenan Hazirbaba, Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Waseem Daoud. “Numerical Modeling of Sliding Stability of  RCC Dam“, The Second International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science (ICCEMS 2017), Seoul, Korea May 26-28, 2017. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/216/1/012023

4. Hamdaoui Karim, khaldoon bani-hani, Zibdeh Hazim: Structural health monitoring of a historical monuments based on ambient vibration tests. 11th Arab Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC11), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 10/2009 

5. K. Bani-Hani, "Seismic Analysis and Retrofitting of Qasr Al-Bint", The Fourth Jordanian International Mining Conference, Amman, Jordan, September 2004. 

6. K.A. Bani-Hani, A.T. Obaidat: A Genetic Evolution Algorithm for Structural Optimization. The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology; Lisbon, B.H.V. Topping (Editor), Civil-Comp ,2004, DOI:10.4203/ccp.80.96

7. M.A. Gharaibeh, K.A. Bani-Hani: Prediction of Phytotoxicity of Metal Uptake in Plants using Artificial Neural Networks. The Seventh International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering; 01/2003, Civil-Comp Ltd., Stirling, Scotland, B.H.V. Topping (Editor), 2003. DOI:10.4203/ccp.78.56

8. K.A. Bani-Hani: Artificial Neural Networks Based Control Method for Wind-Excited Buildings. The Seventh International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering; , Civil-Comp Ltd., Stirling, Scotland, B.H.V. Topping (Editor), 2003 , DOI:10.4203/ccp.78.47 

9. Khaldoon Bani-Hani, Jamshid Ghaboussi, Stephen P Shneider: Experimental Study Of The Parametric And Non-Parametric System Identification Using Neural Networks. 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, 30/1/1999 – 4/2/ 2000.  Publisher: Upper Hutt, N.Z.  ISBN:0958215448

10. K. Bani-Hani, J. Ghaboussi and S. P. Schneider "Experimental Study of Neural Network Based Structural Control”, EERI ’98, UIUC, U.S.A, May 31st –June 4th, 1998

11. K. Bani-Hani, J. Ghaboussi and S. P. Schneider "Experimental Study of Structural Control Using Neural Networks", The Second World Conference on Structural Control, Kyoto, Japan, 28 June- 1 July 1998. 

12. J. Ghaboussi, K. Bani-Hani, ‘Neural Network based nonlinear structural control methods”, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Structural Control, Hong Kong, 18-21, Dec, 1996: pp 198-220.

13. Khaldoon Bani-Hani: Neural Network Based Nonlinear Structural Control Methods. 2nd International Workshop on Structural Control, Hong Kong; 12/1996