Structures, Mechanics, and Construction Engineering

castle Structures, Mechanics, and Construction Engineering includes areas of study such as applied mechanics, structural mechanics, steel and concrete structures, structural reliability, properties of materials, experimental mechanics, stochastic systems, building science and building performance. Current research includes studies in structural stability, static and dynamic response of structures, propagation of elastic disturbances in solids, stability of elastic and inelastic continua, structural response to random excitation, nonlinear stochastic processes, hydroelasticity, analysis and design of steel, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures, building enclosure performance, structural optimization, conceptual design, computer-aided design of structures, strength and safety of structures, strength of pressure vessels, plastic behaviour of shells, mechanisms of fatigue failure in materials, structural model mechanics, experimental stress analysis, development of hybrid-experimental techniques for complex stress concentration regions, shape optimization, fluid flow theories and techniques of advanced experimental mechanics, principles of modelling reality, rheological responses of engineering materials, 3-D mechanics of composite structures and of contact problems, fracture mechanics, optical methods in mechanics, isodyne and strain-gradient stress analysis, experimental testing of analytical models and solutions in mechanics, wall and roof performance.

Research Websites

Biomechanics - research by Dr. G.W. Brodland, Professor
Building Engineering Group (BEG) - Dr. John Straube, Assistant Professor
Canadian Cold Formed Steel Research Group (CCFSRG) - Dr. Reinhold Schuster, Director
Construction Management - research by Dr. Tarek Hegazy, Associate Professor
Rehabilitation of Structures - research by Dr. Khaled A. Soudki, Associate Professor
Risk and Life-Cycle Management - research by Dr. Mahesh D. Pandey