Faculty

Dr. Michael Tait

Department Chair

Structural Dynamics; Structural Monitoring; Retrofit of Structures; Rehabilitation of Structures; Tuned Liquid Dampers; Tuned Liquid Column Dampers; Tuned Mass Dampers; Blast Loading

Dr. Georgios Balomenos

Assistant Professor

Structural Engineering; Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure; Multi-hazard Risk Assessment; Resilience-based and Multi-Hazard Design; Risk Analysis of Interdependent Infrastructure; Structural Reliability and Optimization

Dr. Samir Chidiac

Professor

Structural Materials, Concrete, Masonry, Building Science, Numerical Methods

Prof. Cameron Churchill

Assistant Professor (Teaching Professor)

Dr. Paulin Coulibaly

Professor

Hydrologic Modelling; Flood Forecasting; Water Resources; Climate Change Impact, Adaptation; Statistical Hydrology; Hydroinformatics; Remote Sensing Hydrology; Data Assimilation; Hydrometric Network Design

Dr. Sarah Dickson

Associate Professor

Hydrogeology; Fractured Rock; Contaminant Transport; Particulate Contaminants; Pathogen Transport; Point-of-Use Water Treatment; Local Water Security

Dr. Wael El-Dakhakhni

Professor

Complex Interdependent Networks & Systems Simulation; Data-driven Models; Systemic Risk & Resilience Quantification; Performance Prediction under Multi-hazard Scenarios.

Dr. Mohamed Ezzeldin

Assistant Professor

Earthquake Engineering; Reinforced Masonry Systems; Dynamic Testing; Resilient Infrastructure Systems; Risk Assessment; Data Analytics

Dr. Peijun Guo

Professor

Geotechnical Engineering, Geologic Materials, Numerical Modelling, Geotechnical Structures, Geomechanics

Dr. Yiping Guo

Professor

Urban Drainage; Stormwater Management; Water Distribution Network; Frequency and Time Series Analysis; Resilience and Uncertainty Quantification

Dr. Sonia Hassini

Assistant Professor

Water resources systems; Urban stormwater management; Rainfall and runoff data analysis; Hydrological modelling; Analytical flood frequency modelling

Dr. Mohamed Hussein

Assistant Professor

Active modes of travel; enhancing road safety to support sustainability; application of innovation tools; AI; machine learning; computer vision; agent-based modeling to analyze road-user behaviour; Risk-based design of Highways and Transportation networks

Dr. Younggy Kim

Associate Professor

Biological Wastewater Treatment; Water Reuse; Physical/Chemical Water Treatment; Nutrient Recovery; Energy Recovery; Water Quality Sensors; Heavy Metal Removal; Anaerobic Digestion; Sludge Pre/Post-Treatment; Numerical Modeling; Microbial Electrochemistry; Ion Exchange Membrane; Salinity Gradient Energy; Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment

Dr. Zoe Li

Assistant Professor

Uncertainty Analysis; Risk Management; Stochastic Modelling; Water Resources Management; Climate Change Impacts; Environmental Systems Analysis

Dr. Moataz Mohamed

Assistant Professor

Systemic Impacts and Risk Analysis; Electrification of Transit Systems; Optimization Models and Adaptive Systems; Public Transit Modelling and Operation; Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility; Multivariate Data Analysis; Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA); Intelligent Transportation Systems; Transportation Planning and Demand Modelling; Preferences and Choice Modelling

Dr. SeonHong Na

Assistant Professor

Computational Geomechanics; Geotechnical Engineering; Poromechanics; Soil Mechanics; Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) Modelling; Micromechanics; Plasticity; Damage and Fracture Mechanics; Constitutive Laws; Inverse Problem

Dr. Saiedeh Razavi

Associate Professor

Construction; Transportation; Construction Work Zone; Smart Construction; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Safety; Mobility; Connected Vehicle; Autonomous Vehicle; Smart Cities; Infrastructure Management; Logistics; Sensing; Automation; Data Fusion; Risk Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning

Dr. Ken S. (Siva) Sivakumaran

Professor

Structural Engineering, Coldformed Steel Structures

Dr. Lydell Wiebe

Associate Professor

Earthquake Engineering; Structural Dynamics; Seismic Resilience; Self-Centering Systems; Controlled Rocking Systems; Steel Structures; Reinforced Masonry

Dr. Cancan Yang

Assistant Professor

Prestressed Concrete Bridges; Structural Application of Novel Materials; Damage Mitigation; Accelerated Bridge Construction; Seismic Resiliency and Sustainability; Large-scale Structural Testing; Nonlinear Structural Analysis; Reinforced Concrete Structures

Dr. Hao Yang

Assistant Professor

Autonomous Driving; Congestion Mitigation; Urban Transportation; Human Mobility; Energy Efficiency

Dr. Benzhong (Robin) Zhao

Assistant Professor

Climate Change Mitigation; Renewable Energy; Water Security; Energy Storage; Carbon Storage; Multiphase Flow; Porous Media; Electrochemistry

Dr. Brian Baetz

Professor (Emeritus)

Sustainable Infrastructure; Sustainable Communities; Resilient Communities; Municipal Solid Waste Management Planning; Green Buildings; Environmental Systems Analysis; Optimization Modelling; Decision Support Systems; Contemplative Pedagogy

Dr. Robert Drysdale

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Ahmed Ghobarah

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Fred Hall

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Art Heidebrecht

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Bob Korol

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Stanislaw Pietruszczak

Professor (Emeritus)

Mechanics of Solids; Constitutive Relations in Inelastic Range; Numerical Analysis of Structural and Geotechnical Problems

Dr. Ghani Razaqpur

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Alan Smith

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. Dieter Stolle

Professor (Emeritus)

Geotechnical Engineering; Finite Element Modelling; Numerical Modelling; Highway Materials

Dr. Ioannis Tsanis

Professor (Emeritus)

Dr. John Wilson

Professor (Emeritus)