1. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2. Director, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar Univ., P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
3. Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Mining Engineering, Univ. of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia (corresponding author).
4. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar Univ., P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.