personal information name: Mazin Abdulimam Ahmed sex: Male Date: 1972 place of birth:Basrah, Iraq phone: +9647710831635 emall:mazin.ahmed@uobasrah.edu.iq education and qualification PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Basrah major: structural engineering thesis subject: improving the shear strength capacity for plate girders by strengthening the slender webs with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) plats