Engr. Prof. Dr. Manthar Ali Keerio
Pozzolanic Materials, Fiber reinforced concrete, Self-compacted concrete, Geo-polymer concrete, Supplementary Cementitious Materials, Geopolymer concrete
Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology and Dean, Faculty of Engineering Technology, the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology, and Skill Development (BBSUTSD), Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan.
He did Ph.D in Civil Engineering from Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah. M.E in Hydraulics & Irrigation from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro. Dr. Keerio did B.E in Civil Engineering from Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah, with 1st class, 1st Position (Silver Medalist). He has more than 20 years of field, teaching, and research experience.
Before joining the Academics, Dr. keerio was Executive Engineer in Water Wing WAPDA and worked in Mega Projects of Irrigation and Drainage Projects like RBOD project Larkana and Neelum-Jhelum Hydro-Power projects, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. Dr. Keerio published more than 43 research papers in International Repute Journals and presented more than 25 papers at National and International conferences. Dr. Keerio has supervised 02 PhDs and (02 PhDs are in progress) and more than 12 master’s students. He remained Professor and Head of Department of Civil Engineering in QUEST, Campus Larkana.
Lifetime membership in Pakistan Engineering Council Civil/24231
1. Jamali, M. Z., Solangi GS, Keerio M.A. "Assessing and mapping the groundwater quality of Taluka Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, using water quality
indices and geospatial tools." International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (2022): 1-14
2. Keerio, M.A, et al. "Effect of local metakaolin developed from natural material soorh and coal bottom ash on fresh, hardened properties and
embodied carbon of self-compacting concrete." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (2021): 60000-60018.
3. Bheel , Montasir Osman Ahmed Ali , Tafsirojjaman , Shabir Hussain Khahro & Keerio M.A. "Experimental study on engineering properties of
cement concrete reinforced with nylon and jute fibers." Buildings 11.10 (2021): 454
4. Bheel , Montasir Osman Ahmed Ali , Tafsirojjaman , Shabir Hussain Khahro & Keerio M.A "Experimental study on fresh, mechanical
properties and embodied carbon of concrete blended with sugarcane bagasse ash, metakaolin, and millet husk ash as ternary cementitious material."
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29.4 (2022): 5224-523.
5. Abdullah Saand · Keerio, M.A · Daddan khan bangwar, "Development of metakaolin as a pozzolanic material from local natural material, soorh."
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 41 (2016): 4937-4944.
6. Nariandas Bheel, Keerio M.A, Aneel Kumar, Jam Shahzaib, Zohaib Ali, Mouzzam Ali, Samiullahsohu
"An investigation on fresh and
hardened properties of concrete blended with rice husk ash as cementitious ingredient and coal bottom ash as sand replacement material." Silicon (2021):
1-12.
7. Keerio, M.A, et al. "The effect of local metakaolin developed from natural material soorh on selected properties of concrete/mortar." Silicon
(2021): 1-10.
8. Keerio, M.A, et al. "Effect of silica fume as cementitious material and waste glass as fine aggregate replacement constituent on selected
properties of concrete." Silicon 14.1 (2022): 165-176.
9. Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, Samiullah Sohu, and Keerio.,M.A "The impacts of operational risks in the supply chain of construction
projects in Malaysia." Tehnički vjesnik 27.6 (2020): 1887-1893.
10. Alaskar, A., Shah, S. N. R., Keerio, M. A., Phulpoto, J. A., Baharom, S., Assilzadeh, H., ... & Mohamed, A. M."Development of
Pozzolanic material from clay." Advances in concrete construction 10.4 (2020): 301-310.
11. Saand, A., Zardari, M. A., Keerio, M.A., Shaikh, S. H., & Bangwar, D. K. "Suitability of brick kiln waste as a stabilizer for clayey
soils." Scientia Iranica 27.5 (2020): 2258-2263.
12. Bangwar, D. K., Saand, A., Keerio, M.A., & Zardari, M. A "A new approach to improving durability of rice husk ash blended concrete
with re-dispersible polymer powder." Scientia Iranica. Transaction A, Civil Engineering 27.4 (2020): 1858-1865.
13. Bangwar, D. K., Saand, A., Bhutto, M. A., Zardari, M. A., & Keerio, M. A "Reducing the Effect of Carbonation and Corrosion in Rice
Husk Ash Concrete by Incorporating Polymer." Tehnički vjesnik 26.3 (2019): 881-884.
14. Keerio M.A, Saand Adullah, Aneel Kumar & Narian Das "Effect of metakaolin developed from natural material Soorh on fresh and
hardened properties of self-compacting concrete." Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 6 (2021): 1-10.
15. Saand, Abdullah, Keerio M.A, and Daddan khan bangwar. "Effect of metakaolin developed from local natural material soorh on
workability, compressive strength, ultrasonic pulse velocity and drying shrinkage of concrete." Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
10.2 (2017): 115-122.
16. Saand, Abdullah, Keerio M.A, and Daddan khan bangwar. "Effect of metakaolin developed from local natural material soorh on
workability, compressive strength, ultrasonic pulse velocity and drying shrinkage of concrete." Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
10.2 (2017): 115-122.
17. ul karim Bhatti, N., Samo, S. R., Keerio, M. A., Ahsan, A., & Ansari, A. A. "An analysis of diurnal air temperature range
change and its components in shaheed benazir abad sindh." Civil Engineering Journal 2 (2019).
18. Saand, A., Ali, T., Keerio, M. A., & Bangwar, D. K.. "Experimental study on the use of rice husk ash as partial cement
replacement in aerated concrete." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 9.4 (2019): 4534-4537
19. Soomro, M. A., Bangwar, D. K., Soomro, M. A., & Keerio, M. A.. "3D Numerical Analysis of the Effects of an Advancing
Tunnel on an Existing Loaded Pile Group." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 8.1 (2018): 2520-2525.
20. Samo, S. R., Saand, A., Keerio, M. A., & Bhuriro, A. A. "Ground Water Quality Assessment of Daur Taluka, Shaheed
Benazir Abad." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 8.2 (2018): 2785-2789.
