Ph.D. Students
Shaghayegh Abtahi
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Office: ICE 6-361
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Education:
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2017 - now, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2014 - 2016, M.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
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2010 - 2016, B.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
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Research Interests:
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Structural reliability and risk analysis
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Uncertainty quantification
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Stochastic modeling of structural deterioration
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System identification
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Damage detection
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Soil-Structure Interaction
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Structural dynamics
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Earthquake Engineering
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Thesis Project:
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Probabilistic seismic performance assessment and retrofit of deteriorated reinforced concrete structures (read more)

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Jiadaren (Jack) Liu
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Office: ICE 6-361
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Email:
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2018 - now, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2015 - 2018, M.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, China
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2011 - 2015, B.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, China
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Research Interests:
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Bridge strucutres
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Nonlinear structural analysis
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Thesis Project:
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Probabilistic capacity assessment of bridge girders with deterioration

Odin Guzman Sanchez
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Office: ICE 6-361
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Education:
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2017 - now, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2008-2011, M.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
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1996-2001, B.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
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Research Interests:
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Masonry structures
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Structural reliability
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Earthquake engineering
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Structural dynamics
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Structural design for industrial facilities
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Thesis Project (co-supervised with Dr. Carlos Cruz Noguez):
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Reliability-based analysis of slender masonry walls
M.Sc. Students

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Liying Huang (Graduated)
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Office: 6-362
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Education:
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2018 - 2020, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2017 - 2018, M.Eng. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2013 - 2017, B.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University, China
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Research Interests:
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Fiber beam-column element
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Finite element modeling
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Shear-critical beams
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Reliability
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Thesis Project:
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Finite element-based parametric and probabilistic analysis of structural deterioration in pre-stressed concrete bridge girders (thesis)

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Michael Manarin (Graduated)
Office: NREF 5-033
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Education:
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2017 - 2019, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2012 - 2017, B.Eng.M., Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
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Research Interests:
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Lateral-torsional buckling (LTB)
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Singly-symmetric girders
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Thesis Project (co-supervised with Dr. Robert Driver):
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Lateral-torsional buckling moment gradient factor for singly-symmetric girders

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Yueying Li
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Office:
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Education:
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2018 - now, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2017 - 2018, M.Eng. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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Research Interests:
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Pipelines
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Gaussian process regression
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Thesis Project (co-supervised with Dr. Samer Adeeb):
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Statistical analytical models for strain analysis of dented pipelines

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Zhenning Liu
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Office: ICE 6-361
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Email:
Education:
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2018 - now, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2017 - 2018, M.Eng. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2013 - 2017, B.Sc., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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Research Interests:​
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Finite element modeling
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Nonlinear system identification
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Bayesian analysis
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Kalman filter
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Thesis Project:
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Bayesian nonlinear finite element model updating for bridge columns with bond-slip and rebar buckling using experimental and simulated data

Durlabh Bartaula
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Office: ICE 6-244
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Education:
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2018 - now, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2011 - 2015, B.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering, Kantipur Engineering College, Nepal
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Research Interests:
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Structural health monitoring
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Reliability analysis and uncertainty quantification
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Machine learning
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Bayesian analysis
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Hybrid prognostics
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Thesis Project:
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Zeyad Nabil Shaban
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Office: N/A
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Education:
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2018 - now, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2004 - 2018, B.Sc., Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
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Research Interests:
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Finite element modeling
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Masonry walls
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Probabilistic analysis
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Thesis Project:
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N/A
M.Eng. Students

Jiaqi Liang (Graduated)
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Office: N/A
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Education:
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2018 - 2020, M.Eng. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2017 - 2018, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2013 - 2017, B.Sc., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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Research Interests:​
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Machine learning
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Thesis Project:
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Inelastic lateral-distortional buckling capacity assessment of steel I-beams using machine learning

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Bowen Zeng
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Office: N/A
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Education:
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2019 - now, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2017 - 2019, M.Sc., Department of Bridge and Tunnel Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), Chengdu, China
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2010 - 2016, B.Sc., Department of Tunnel and Underground Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University (CSU), Changsha, China
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Research Interests:
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Masonry structures
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Computational mechanics
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Thesis Project:
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N/A (read more)

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Ahmed K. Abdelmoety
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Office: ICE 6-361
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Education:
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2019 - now, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2012 - 2017, M.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
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2007 - 2012, B.Sc., Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
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Research Interests:
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Computational Mechanics
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Structural Reliability
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Boundary Element Method
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Finite Element Method
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Isogeometric Analysis
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Thesis Project (co-supervised by Dr. Samer Adeeb):
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N/A

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Wanyan Liu
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Office: N/A
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Education:
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2019 - now, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
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2015 - 2018, M.Sc. student, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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Research Interests:​
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Finite element modeling
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Bayesian analysis
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Masonry structures
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Thesis Project:
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N/A

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