Seminars

To receive credit for attending a seminar, please complete and submit the seminar tracking form each time you attend a seminar.

Degree Requirements

  • MASc students are required to attend 10 seminars for degree completion
  • PhD students are required to attend 20 seminars for degree completion

PhD Defenses

Mohammad Oyarhossein

Supervisors: M. Dusseault
Date: Monday, April 20th, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: REMOTE 
Title: Probabilistic Modeling for Fracture Height Measures to Assess Groundwater Contamination Risk

Yutong Chai

Supervisors: S. Yin
Date: Friday, May 8th, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: REMOTE 
Title: In-situ Stress Characterization, Geothermal Energy Exploitation, and Risk Mitigation at Mount Meager

PhD Comprehensive Examinations

Ehsan Akbari

Supervisors: C. Kapsis
Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: E2 2350
Title: A Surrogate Modeling Framework for Time Resolved Energy Prediction in High Performance Office Buildings

MASc Defenses

Marley Dowling

Supervisors: K.E. Kim & M. Polak
Date: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Prospective Consequential Life Cycle Assessment for the Build Environment: A Framework with Explicit Eng-of-Life Modelling and Application to a Mass Timber Curtain Wall

Saida Rezaee

Supervisors: T. Hrynyk
Date: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: E2 3356
Title: Utilization of Steel Fibres in Top Mat of Bridge Decks to Improve Serviceability and Reduce Reinforcement Requirements