**Acknowledgements**

This work was financially supported by the UAEU-UPAR2 Research Grant # 31 N2018. Also, the donation of the ceramic waste powder for the study by PORCELLAN (ICAD II MUSSAFAH—ABU DHABI, UAE) is much valued. The help of master students Dima M. Kanaan and Sama T. Aly is highly appreciated. Support to the second author by Southern Plains Transportation Centre (SPTC) to University of New Mexico is much appreciated.
