Messaoud is Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Research), Chartered Structural Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He obtained a PhD in civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham. He has over 30 years of teaching and research experience in a range of structural engineering problems. Messaoud is the author of over 150 papers and technical documents. He is member of editorial boards of a number of journals.