Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2024, Volume 13: Structural Engineering
暫譯: 2024年加拿大土木工程學會年會論文集，第13卷：結構工程

本書包含2024年加拿大土木工程學會年會的會議紀錄。本卷的內容專注於結構工程的專題會議。這本書將成為學術界和業界人士的重要資源。

Dr. El-Salakawy is a Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and former Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Engineering in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba. He was a Canada Research Chair in Durability and Modernization of Civil Infrastructures (2006-2016) in the same department. He carried out his Ph.D. research work and post-doctoral training in Structural Engineering at the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada (1996-2001) and then worked as a Research Professor at the University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada for five years (2001-2006) before joining the University of Manitoba in 2006. Dr. El-Salakawy is an internationally renowned researcher and world-class leader in the field of structural engineering. Dr. El-Salakawy's research interests are in the field of concrete structures, particularly the durability, construction, design, seismic performance, large-scale laboratory testing and numerical analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP)-reinforced concrete structures. He has published over 400 research papers in leading journals, international conferences, and book chapters on various aspects of reinforced concrete and composite materials. He supervised and trained more than 100 graduate students and highly qualified personnel (HQP). He is one of the highly cited researchers in his field with h-index of 44 (i10-index of 100) with more than 6,300 citations (on google scholar). Dr. El-Salakawy has also delivered keynote lectures at various national and international conferences.

Dr. Ahmed Elshaer is a faculty member and founder of the Structural and Wind Engineering Research Laboratory (SWERL), specializing in enhancing the resilience and sustainability of built environments against natural hazards, particularly wind and climate impacts. With extensive academic and professional experience across multiple universities and engineering firms in Canada and abroad, Dr. Elshaer leads innovative research on climate impacts on structures, Indigenous housing, modular structures, and the application of AI in structural engineering. As an active contributor to the field, Dr. Elshaer has served as Vice-Chair of the Structures Division at the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), Chair of the CSCE Structures Specialty Conference for more than four years, and as an evaluating committee member for prestigious funding bodies including NSERC, FRQNT, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and the Ministry of Economic Development. He has also served as a board member (Councillor) at Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). Dr. Elshaer's dedication and achievements have earned him numerous awards, including the Lakehead Merit Award (2024), the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiative Competition (2022), the Year of Climate Action Award (2021), and the Alan Davenport Award of Excellence in Wind Engineering (2016).

Dr. Ayman El Ansary is an Associate Professor and Acting Chair at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University, and a registered professional engineer in Ontario. He is also an executive member of PEO London Chapter and the chair of PEO London Chapter Scholarship Fund committee. He received his BSc and MSc from Alexandria University, Egypt and PhD from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Dr. El Ansary has vast experience in teaching, research, and consulting in the area of structural engineering in Canada and overseas. His main research interests include; finite element analysis, structural dynamics, fluid-structure interaction problems, and optimization techniques in structural design. Dr. El Ansary has several publications in refereed journals and conferences and he serves as a reviewer for several structural engineering journals. He is the recipient of a number of awards including; MITACS Postdoctoral Scholarship Award, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Award, and Graduate Thesis Research Award. He is also an active member of several professional associations including the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers (ESE). He is also a Vice-Chair in the CSCE Steel Structures Committee under the Structures Division.

El-Salakawy 博士是曼尼托巴大學土木工程系的結構工程教授，並曾擔任研究生院自然科學與工程的副院長。他在同一系所擔任了加拿大研究主席，專注於土木基礎設施的耐久性與現代化（2006-2016）。他於1996年至2001年間在加拿大安大略省的滑鐵盧大學進行結構工程的博士研究及博士後訓練，隨後在2001年至2006年間擔任加拿大魁北克省舍布魯克大學的研究教授，並於2006年加入曼尼托巴大學。El-Salakawy 博士是國際知名的研究者及結構工程領域的世界級領導者。他的研究興趣集中在混凝土結構，特別是纖維增強聚合物（FRP）加固混凝土結構的耐久性、施工、設計、抗震性能、大型實驗室測試及數值分析等方面。他在各大期刊、國際會議及書籍章節上發表了超過400篇研究論文，涵蓋了鋼筋混凝土及複合材料的各個方面。他指導並培訓了超過100名研究生及高素質人員（HQP）。他是該領域中被引用次數極高的研究者，h-index 為44（i10-index 為100），引用次數超過6,300次（根據 Google Scholar）。El-Salakawy 博士還在各種國內外會議上發表了主題演講。

Ahmed Elshaer 博士是結構與風工程研究實驗室（SWERL）的教職員及創始人，專注於提升建築環境對自然災害的韌性與可持續性，特別是風及氣候影響。Elshaer 博士在加拿大及國外的多所大學和工程公司擁有豐富的學術及專業經驗，並領導有關氣候對結構影響、原住民住房、模組化結構及人工智慧在結構工程中應用的創新研究。作為該領域的活躍貢獻者，Elshaer 博士曾擔任加拿大土木工程學會（CSCE）結構部門的副主席，並擔任 CSCE 結構專題會議的主席超過四年，還擔任過包括 NSERC、FRQNT、加拿大創新基金會（CFI）及經濟發展部等著名資助機構的評估委員會成員。他還曾擔任安大略省專業工程師協會（PEO）的董事會成員（議員）。Elshaer 博士的奉獻與成就為他贏得了多項獎項，包括湖頭大學優秀獎（2024）、公平、多樣性與包容性（EDI）倡議競賽（2022）、氣候行動年度獎（2021）及艾倫·達文波特風工程卓越獎（2016）。

Ayman El Ansary 博士是西安大略大學土木與環境工程系的副教授及代理系主任，並且是安大略省的註冊專業工程師。他也是 PEO 倫敦分會的執行委員會成員及倫敦分會獎學金基金委員會的主席。他在埃及亞歷山大大學獲得學士及碩士學位，並在加拿大西安大略大學獲得博士學位。

El Ansary 博士在加拿大及海外的結構工程領域擁有豐富的教學、研究及顧問經驗。他的主要研究興趣包括有限元素分析、結構動力學、流體-結構相互作用問題及結構設計中的優化技術。El Ansary 博士在經過審核的期刊及會議上發表了多篇論文，並擔任多個結構工程期刊的審稿人。他獲得了多項獎項，包括 MITACS 博士後獎學金、安大略省研究生獎學金及研究生論文研究獎。他也是多個專業協會的活躍成員，包括加拿大土木工程學會（CSCE）、美國土木工程師學會及埃及工程師工會（ESE）。他還是 CSCE 結構部門鋼結構委員會的副主席。