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Since September 2004, Dr. Pandey has been Professor and NSERC-UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Risk-Based Life Cycle Management of Engineering Systems in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo. The five-year chair program, currently in it's second five year term, is one of the seven university professorships established by UNENE in Ontario. Funding for the professorship is provided jointly by the National Sciences and Engineering Resource Council of Canada (NSERC) and partners from the Canadian nuclear industry.

Education

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Work Experience

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Major Awards

• Outstanding Performance Award, Univ. of Waterloo, 2004
• Premier's Research Excellence Award, Province of Ontario, 2003
• Distinguished Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, 2002
• Distinguished Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, 1999
• Outstanding Achievement Award (Ph.D.), Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, 1992
• Teaching Assistantship Award, the Sandford Fleming Foundation, Waterloo, 1991
• Henry Adams Award (Diploma), Institution of Structural Engineers, UK, 1989
• Governor General of Canada's Gold Medal (Graduate), Univ. of Waterloo, 1988
• Outstanding M.A.Sc. Thesis Award in Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, 1988

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Research Fellowships

• Visiting Research Fellowship, Tech. Univ. of Delft, The Netherlands, 1998-1999
• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, successful in the year 1994 competition
• Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 1992
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Prov. of Ontario, 1988-1991

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• Reliability of engineering systems
• Structural dynamics and passive control
• Estimation of the life-time distribution of an asset using inspection and surveillance data
• Optimum asset replacement/retirement scheduling
• Modelling of deterioration as a random process to predict failure probability over time
• Derivation of information from a small sample of data
• Maintenance scheduling given the life-time distribution of an asset
• Cost-benefit analysis of risk management programs

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• Member, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
• Member, Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
• Member, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)

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Books

• Nathwani, J.S., Lind, N.C. and Pandey, M.D. (2009). The Engineering of Decisions for Life Quality: How Safe is Safe Enough?. Springer Verlag Publishing Company, London, U.K.

Journal Articles

• Pandey, M.D. and Sahoo, A.K. (2009). A Risk-Informed Approach to Leak Before Break Assessment of Pressure Tubes in CANDU Reactors. Accepted March, 2009 for publication in ASME J. Pressure Vessels and Technology.

• Yuan, X., Pandey, M.D. and Riznic, J. (2009). A Stochastic Model for Piping Failure Frequency Analysis Using OPDE Data. Accepted October 2008 for publication in ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

• Pandey, M.D., Yuan, X.X. and van Noortwijk, J.M. (2009). The Influence of Temporal Uncertainty of Deterioration in Life Cycle Management of Structures. Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, 5(2), 145-156.

• Yuan, X. and Pandey, M.D. (2009). A Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Model for Degradation Data Obtained from In-Service Inspections. Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, 94(2), 509-519.

• Deng, J. and Pandey, M.D. (2009). Estimation of Minimum Cross-Entropy Quantile Function Using Fractional Probability Weighted Moments. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 24, 43-50.

• Deng, J., Pandey M.D. and Gu D. (2009). Extreme Quantile Estimation from Censored Sample using Partial Cross-Entropy and Fractional Partial Probability Weighted Moments. Structural Safety, 31, 43-54.

• Lind, N.C., Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2009). Assessing and Affording the Control of Flood Risk. Int. J. Structural Safety, 31, 143-147.

• Tallavo, F., Cascante, G., and Pandey, M.D., (2008). New methodology for source characterization in pulse velocity testing. Accepted Month 2008 in Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM.

• Pandey, M.D. and Radford, D.D. (2008). A Statistical Approach to the Prediction of Pressure Tube Fracture Toughness. Int. J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238(12), 3218-3226.

• Datla, S.V., Jyrkama, M.I. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Probabilistic Modelling of Steam Generator Tube Pitting Corrosion. Int. J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238(7), 1771-1778.

• Yuan, X., Pandey, M.D. and Bickel, G.A. (2008). A Probabilistic Model of Wall Thinning in CANDU Feeders due to Flow-Accelerated Corrosion. Int. J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238(1), 16-24.

• Deng, J. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Derivation of Sample-Oriented Quantile Function using Maximum Entropy and Self-Determined Probability Weighted Moments. Accepted August 2008 for publication in Environmetrics.

• Deng, J. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Cross Entropy Quantile Function Estimation from Censored Samples Using Partial Probability Weighted Moments. Journal of Hydrology, 363, 18-31.

• Deng, J. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Estimation of the Maximum Entropy Quantile Function using Fractional Probability Weighted Moments. Int. J. Structural Safety, 30(4) 307-319.

• Narasimhan, S., Wang, M. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Principal Component Analysis for Predicting the Response of Nonlinear Base-isolated Buildings. Earthquake Spectra, 25(1), 93-115.

• Tallavo, F., Cascante, G., and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Experimental and Numerical Analysis of MASW tests for Detection of Buried Timber Trestles. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 29(1), 91-102.

• Rabl, A., Nathwani, J., Pandey, M.D. and Hurley, F. (2007). Improving Policy Responses to the Risk of Air Pollution. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 70(3), 316-331.

• Ho. V., Pandey, M.D., Bedi, S. (2008). Effects of Surface Decay on Remaining Strength of Transmission Line Wood Crossarms. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 23(1), 419-424. [Hydro One funding]

• van Noortwijk, J.M., van der Weide, J.A.M., Kallen, M.J. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). Gamma Processes and Peaks-Over-Threshold Distributions for Time-Dependent Reliability. Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, 92(12), 1651-1658.

• An, Y. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). The r-Largest Order Statistics Model for Extreme Wind Speed Estimation. J. Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 95(3), 165-182.

• Pandey, M.D. and An, Y. (2007). The Analysis of Design Wind Speed Estimates Specified in the National Building Code of Canada. Canadian J. of Civil Engineering, 34, 513-524.

• Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2007). Foundational Principles of Welfare Economics Underlying the Life Quality Index for Efficient Risk Management. Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management, 7(6-7), 862-883.

• Datla, S.V. and Pandey, M.D. (2006). Estimation of Life Expectancy of Wood Poles in Electrical Distribution Networks. J. Structural Safety, 28(3), 304-319.

• Yuan, X. and Pandey, M.D. (2006). Analysis of Approximations for Multinormal Integration in System Reliability Computation. J. Structural Safety, 28(4), 361-377.

• Pandey, M.D., Nathwani, J.S. and Lind, N.C. (2006). The Derivation and Calibration of the Life Quality Index (LQI) from Economic Principles. J. Structural Safety, 28(4), 341-360.

• Nathwani, J.S., Lind, N.C. and Pandey, M.D. (2006). The LQI Standard of Practice: Optimizing Engineered Safety with the Life Quality Index. J. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 4(5) 327-334.

• An, Y. and Pandey, M.D. (2005). A comparison of methods of extreme wind speed estimation. J. Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 93, 535-545.

• Pandey, M.D., Ho. V., Bedi, S. and Woodward, S. (2005). Development of a Condition Assessment Model for Transmission Line In-Service Wood Cross-Arms. Canadian J. Civil Engineering, 32(3), 480-489. [Hydro One funding]

• Pandey, M.D., Van Gelder, P.H. and Vrijling, J.K. (2004). Dutch case studies of the estimation of extreme quantiles and associated uncertainty by bootstrap simulations. Environmetrics 15, 687-699.

• Goel, N.K., Burn, D.H., Pandey, M.D. and An, Y. (2004). Wind Quantile Estimation using a Pooled Frequency Analysis Approach. J. Wind Eng. & Industrial Aerodynamics, 92, 509-528.

• Pandey, M.D., Van Gelder, P.H. and Vrijling, J.K. (2003). Dutch Case Studies of the Estimation of Extreme Quantiles and Associated Uncertainty by Bootstrap Simulations. Accepted for publication in Environmetrics (16 November 2003).

• Pandey, M.D. and Sutherland, H.J. (2003). Probabilistic Analysis of LIST Data for the Estimation of Extreme Design Loads for Wind Turbine Components. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 125(4), 531-540.

• Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2003). Canada Wide Standard for Particulate Matter and Ozone: Cost-Benefit Analysis using a Life-Quality Index. Int. J. of Risk Analysis, 23(1), 55-67.

• Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2003). A Conceptual Approach to the Estimation of Societal Willingness-to-Pay for Nuclear Safety Programs. Int. J. Nuclear Eng. and Design, 224(1), 65-77.

• Maes, M.A., Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2003). Harmonizing Structural Safety Levels with Life Quality Objectives. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 30(3), 500-510.

• Pandey, M.D. and Nathwani, J.S. (2003). Life-Quality Index for the Estimation of Societal Willingness-to-Pay for Safety. J. Structural Safety, 26(2), 181-199.

• Pandey, M.D., Van Gelder, P.H. and Vrijling, J.K. (2003). Bootstrap Simulations for Evaluating the Uncertainty with POT Estimates of Extreme Wind Velocity. Environmetrics, 14(1), 27-43.

Technical Reports

• Williams, B.W., Radford, D.D. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). Predictive Model for Pressure Tube Fracture Toughness. CANDU Owners Group Report, COG-07-1062.

• Radford, D.D. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). Variability of Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube Burst Test Fracture Toughness. CANDU Owners Group Report, COG-06-1086.

• Bickel, G.A., Douglas, S.R., Horn, D., Leeman, D.V. and Pandey, M.D. (2005). Feasibility of a Probabilistic Assessment Capability for Feeder Cracking. CANDU Owners Group Report, COG-JP-4107.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Sahoo, A.K. and Pandey, M.D. (2009). A Risk-Informed Approach to the Assessment of DHC Initiation in Pressure Tubes. Accepted March 2009 for publication in CNS Annual Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

• Pandey, M.D., Lu, D. and Komljenovic, D. (2009). The Impact of Probabilistic Modelling on Predicting the Remaining Life of Pipes in Nuclear Plants. Accepted for publication in ASME Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium.

• Pandey, M.D., Jyrkama, M., and Lehockey, E. (2009). The Impact of Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) On Feeder Life Cycle Management. Accepted for publication in ASME Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium.

• Wang, M., Pandey, M.D. and Riznic, J. (2009). Bayesian Analysis of Piping Failure Frequency using OECD/NEA Data. Accepted for publication in ASME Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium.

• Jyrkama, M., Pandey, M.D., and Hess, S.M. (2009). Integration of Degradation Models into Generation Risk Assessment (GRA): Challenges and Modeling Approaches. Accepted for publication in ASME Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 17), July 12-16, Brussels, Belgium. [EPRI funding]

• Williams, B., Veeramany, A. and Pandey, M.D. (2009). Relationship between Burst Specimens, Compact Tension Specimens, Material Chemistry, and Operating Conditions for Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube Material. To appear in Proc. of Int. Conf. Fracture Mechanics, pp.1-10.

• Hazra, B., Narasimhan, S. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Stable Adaptive Control of Seismically Excited Nonlinear Structures. Structures Congress 2008 - 18th A&C Conference, April, Vancouver, Canada.

• Shahi, A., West, J.S. and Pandey, M.D. (2008). Parametric Optimization of the Strengthening of Gulfport 230kv Transmission Structures With Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Wrap. 5th In. Conf. Adv. Composite Materials in Bridges and Struc., pp.10. Winnipeg, September 22 – 24.

• van der Weide, J.A.M., Pandey, M.D. and van Noortwijk, J.M. (2008). A Stochastic Process Model for Computing the Cost of a Condition-Based Maintenance, pp. 1-8. Proc. Annual ESREL Conference, European Safety and Reliability Association, 22-25 September, Valencia, Spain.

• Pandey, M.D., Cheng, T. and Xie, W.C. (2008). Stochastic Renewal Process Model for Infrastructure Asset Management. pp.1-7, Proc. Int. Conf. Engineering Mechanics, ASCE. 18-21 May, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

• Pandey, M.D., Datla, S.V., Tapping, R.L. and Lu, Y. (2008). A Probabilistic Approach to the Estimation of Lifetime Distribution of Alloy 800 SG Tubing. pp.1-10. Proc. of the 29th Annual Canadian Nuclear Society Conference. 1-4 June, Toronto, Canada.

• Sahoo, A.K., Pandey, M.D. and Dubey, R.N. (2008). An Analytical Model of the Threshold Stress Intensity Factor (Kih) for DHC., 3rd Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM), Toronto, June 25-28, pp. 273-282.

• Yuan, X., Pandey, M.D. and Riznic, J. (2008). A Point Process Model for Piping Failure Frequency Analysis using OPDE data. Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering, ASME. Paper No.48078, pp.10. Orlando, FL, May 11-15.

• Pandey, M.D., Datla, S.V. and Komljenovic, D. (2008). The Effect of Inspection Uncertainties in Predicting the Probability of Leak of Steam Generator Tubing Due To Pitting. Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Nuclear Engineering, ASME. Paper No.48729, pp.10. Orlando, FL, May 11-15.

• Tallavo, F., Cascante, G. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). MASW Tests for Detection of Buried Trestle. pp. 8. 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa. October 21-24.

• Yuan, X.X. and Pandey, M.D. (2007). Modeling of Uncertainties Associated with Structural Deterioration. pp.1-8. Proc. 10th Int. Conf. Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Kanda, Takada & Furuta (eds), Taylor & Francis Group, Tokyo, Japan, Jul.31-Aug. 3.

• Jyrkama, M., Pandey, M.D., Maruska, C. and Bruce, G. (2006). Probabilistic Modelling of Pitting Corrosion in Steam Generators, pp.1-10. 5th CNS International Steam Generator Conference, November 26-29, Toronto, ON.

• Yuan, X.X., Pandey, M.D. and Bickel, G.A. (2006). A Probabilistic Degradation Model for the Estimation of the Remaining Life Distribution of Feeders, pp.1-10. Proc. of the 27th Annual Canadian Nuclear Society Conference, 11-14 June, 2006, Toronto, Canada.

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