Faculty, Staff, and Students list

Our faculty consists of over thirty full time professors, part-time professors, associate members, and staff committed to innovation in education, excellence in research, and quality of student life.

The following is a list of people in the department. Click on a persons name to view their contact information and to learn more about them.

Professors

Dr. Brian. W. Baetz, Professor and Chair, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. Toronto, Ph.D. Duke, P.Eng., FCSCE;

Dr. Samir E. Chidiac, Professor and Director, School of Engineering Practice, Chair in Effective Design of Structures, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. McMaster, P.Eng.;

Cameron Churchill, Assistant Professor, B.Eng., M.Eng. McMaster;

Dr. Paulin Coulibaly, Associate Professor, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. Nice, Ph.D. Laval, P.Eng.;

Dr. Sarah E. Dickson, Associate Professor, B.A.Sc., Ph.D. Waterloo, P.Eng.;

Dr. Wael El-Dakhakhni, Associate Professor, Martini, Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry Design, B.Sc. (Ain-Shams, Egypt), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Drexel, USA), P.Eng.;

Dr. Peijun Guo, Associate Professor, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., SWJTU, PhD., Calgary, P.Eng.;

Dr. Yiping Guo, Associate Professor, B.Sc., Zhejiang, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto, P.Eng.;

Dr. Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Assistant Professor, B.S., M.S, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, USA

Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Professor, Civil Engineering and Director, Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, School of Engineering Practice, B.Sc. McGill, M.Sc./M.E.S., Ph.D. Toronto;

Dr. Stan Pietruszczak, Professor, B. Eng., M.Sc, Warsaw, Ph.D. Polish Academy of Science;

Dr. Ghani Razaqpur, Professor, B.Sc. Beirut, M.Sc. Hawaii, Ph.D. Calgary; P.Eng., FCSCE, FEIC, FCAE;

Dr. Saiedeh Razavi, Assistant Professor, Chair in Heavy Construction, B.Sc. Sharif, Iran, M.Sc. Iran, Ph.D. Waterloo;

Dr. K.S. (Siva) Sivakumaran, Professor, B. Eng. (C.Eng.) Sri Lanka, M.Eng. Asian Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Calgary; P.Eng.

Dr. Dieter F.E. Stolle, Professor, B. Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng.

Dr. Michael Tait, Associate Professor, Joe Ng/JNE Consulting Chair in Design, Construction and Management in Infrastructure Renewal, B.E.Sc., Ph.D. Western; P.Eng.

Dr. Ioannis Tsanis, Professor, Dipl. Eng. Thessaloniki, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto; P.Eng.

Dr. John C. Wilson, Professor, B.Eng., M.Eng. McMaster, Ph.D. Caltech.; P.Eng.

Professor Emeriti

Dr. Robert G. Drysdale, B.Sc. Manitoba, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto; P.Eng.

Dr. Ahmed Ghobarah, B.Sc. Cairo, M.Eng., Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng.

F. L. Hall, A.B. Amherst,
M.S. M.I.T., Ph.D. Chicago

A. C. Heidebrecht, Ph.D. Northwestern; P.Eng.

R. M. Korol, Ph.D. Waterloo; P.Eng.

G. AE. Oravas, Ph.D. Michigan;

A.A. Smith, Ph.D. Strathclyde; P.Eng.

W. K. Tso, Ph.D. CalTech;

Adjunct / Part-Time Faculty Members

Dr. Z. Adeel, Professor (Adjunct), (United Nations University International Network on Water Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH))

Dr. Tarek S. Aziz, Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. M.I.T.; P.Eng. (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.)

Dr. Tai Bui, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. Idaho, (Weslake Inc.)

Dr. Moe Cheung, Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. Calgary; P.Eng. (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Dr. J.J. Emery, Professor (Adjunct), (Shiloh Canconstruct Limited)

Dr. Bassam Halabieh, Associate Professor (Adjunct), B.Sc. Louisiana, M.Sc. UC Berkeley, Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng. (JNE Consulting)

Dr. Diana Hurdowar-Castro, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng. (Hatch Ltd.)

Dr. Dean Inglis, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. McMaster

Dr. Waleed Mekky, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng. (AMEC NSS)

Dr. Syed Moin, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. McMaster; P.Eng. (Manager, Geomatics & Systems, Inland Waters Directorate, Environment Canada)

Dr. Susan Masten, Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. Harvard; P.Eng. (Michigan State University)

Dr. Laila Raki, Professor (Adjunct), Ph.D. Ottawa, (Institute for Research in Construction, NRC)

Associate Members

Dr. A. Arain, Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Geography and Earth Sciences

Dr. Carlos Filipe, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. A. Paez, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.; School of Geography and Earth Sciences

Dr. James Smith, Associate Professor, Ph.D.; School of Geography and Earth Sciences

Dr. Spencer Smith, Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.; Department of Computing and Software

Staff

Tatiana Dobrovolska, Administrator, JHE 301/A, 24746

Peter Koudys, Technician, JHE 113, 24839

David Perrett, Technician, ADL 105, 22031

Anna Robertson, Technician, Environmental Lab, JHE 223/A, 27074

Carol Robinson, Administrative Secretary, JHE 301, 24287

Kent Wheeler, Technician, ADL 105, 22031

Rebecca Woodworth, Administrative Secretary, JHE 301, 24315

Visiting Scientists/ Post-Doctoral Fellows

Manuel Campidelli

Lidia Rizzuti

Jos Samuel

Hamid Toopchinezhad

Graduate Students

Sommer Abdel-Fatthah, Ph.D. (Krantzberg)

Sadik Ahmed, Ph.D. (Tsanis)

Jessica Aird, M.Eng. (Dickson)

Abbas Akhavan, M.A.Sc. (Razaqpur)

Shamarokh Arjumand, M.A.Sc. (Coulibaly, Tsanis)

Bennett Banting, Ph.D. (El-Dakhakhni)

Hilary Barber, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

Maggie Burke, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

Ryne Cameron, M.A.Sc. (Razaqpur)

Sean Cianflone, Ph.D. (Dickson)

Anthony Cupido, Ph.D. (Baetz)

Amit Dar, M.Eng. (El-Dakhakhni, Konstantinidis)

Hitesh Doshi, Ph.D. (Baetz)

Omar El-Azizy, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Amr ElRodesly, Ph.D. (Razaqpur)

Mostafa Elsayed, Ph.D. (El-Dakhakhni)

Xiao Fan, M.Eng. (Sivakumaran)

Lisa Federico, Ph.D. (Chidiac)

Carly Forsythe, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Barry Foster, M.A.Sc. (Tait)

Sonia Hassini, Ph.D. (Y. Guo)

Mark Hayman, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni, Razavi)

Paul Heerema, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni, Konstantinidis)

Saeedeh Heydari Asl, Ph.D. (Tait)

Wendy Huang, M.A.Sc. (Baetz)

Savitri Jetoo, Ph.D. (Krantzberg)

Brandon Karchewski, M.A.Sc. (Stolle, P. Guo)

Miqdad Khalfan, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Youngwon Kim, M.Eng. (Pietruszczak, Sivakumaran)

Margaret Kirnbauer, Ph.D. (Baetz)

Vick Lakhian, Ph.D. (Dickson)

Joel Linde, M.A.Sc. (Tait, Razavi)

Yaqian Liu, Ph.D. (P. Guo)

J. Shayne Love, Ph.D. (Tait)

Cong Luo, M.A.Sc. (P. Guo)

Naomi Mahaffy, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

Kyle Maitland, M.A.Sc. (Stolle)

Tashnuva Masud, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Sylvia Mihaljevic, Ph.D. (Chidiac)

Peyman Moghimi Osgooei, Ph.D. (Tait)

Saied Mojiri, Ph.D. (El-Dakhakhni)

Khaled Nasef, Ph.D. (Baetz)

Amr Nassr, Ph.D. (Tait, Razaqpur)

Jesse Newton, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

Marjan Oboudi, Ph.D. (Pietruszczak, Razaqpur)

Arash Olia, Ph.D. (Razavi)

Barry Palynchuk, Ph.D. (Y. Guo)

Peter Peng, M.Eng. (Stolle)

Glen Prevost, M.A.Sc. (Baetz)

Zahra Razavi, Ph.D. (Coulibaly)

Sandrina Rodrigues, Ph.D. (Dickson)

Anna-Krystyna Rzezniczak, M.A.Sc. (Chidiac)

Michael Schutten, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

J. Graham Seggewiss, M.A.Sc. (Dickson)

Wael Shabana, M.Eng. (El-Dakhakhni)

Kevin Simonds, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Mustafa Siyam, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Arina Sporova, M.Eng. (Pietruszczak)

Harris Switzman, M.A.Sc. (Coulibaly)

Tharani Thanga, Ph.D. (Sivakumaran)

Eric Tiedje, Ph.D. (P. Guo)

Mark Torrie, M.Eng. (Tait)

Niel Van Engelen, M.A.Sc. (Tait)

Aleksandar Vesovic, M.Eng. (Coulibaly)

Qamber Wadia, M.Eng. (Y. Guo)

Brent Wybenga, M.A.Sc. (El-Dakhakhni)

Xiaomeng Xiong, M.Eng. (Sivakumaran)

Sarah Young, M.A.Sc. (Chidiac)

Shouhong Zhang, Ph.D. (Y. Guo)