Faculty

Rania Al-Hammoud

Graduate Attributes Lecturer

Research Interests:

  • Rehabilitation and Durability of Concrete Structures
  • Advanced Materials such as Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP)
  • Design and rehabilitation of infrastructure specifically bridges
  • Reliability and Risk Assessment of Structures
  • Active Learning in Engineering Education

Current Sources of Research Funding:

  • University of Waterloo Start-up fund

Selected Publications:

  1. AL-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K., Topper, T., (2013)

Dr. John Straube

P. Eng., Associate Professor

John Straube is an Associate Professor joint-appointed to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. He is also the Principal at RDH Building Science Inc., where he leads forensic investigations, hygrothermal measurement and analysis research projects, and design projects in the areas of low energy building design, highly durable building enclosures, new building materials and systems, and extreme climate buildings.

Dr. Mahesh Pandey

P. Eng., Professor, Industrial Research Chair

Selected Publications:

  1. Mishra, A., Pandey, M.D., Knochenhauer, M., (2010). Probabilistic Safety Criteria and Core Degradation Mechanism. Int. J. Performability Engineering, 6(1), 3-18.
  2. Deng, J., Pandey, M.D., (2009). Using partial probability weighted moments and partial maximum entropy to estimate quantiles from censored samples. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 24, 404-417.
  3. Pandey, M.D., Datla, S.V., Tapping, R.L., Lu, Y., (2009). The Estimation of Lifetime Distribution of Alloy 800 Steam Generator Tubing.

Dr. Sriram Narasimhan

P. Eng., Professor, Canada Research Chair

Research Interests:

  • Structural Dynamics
  • Structural Identification and Control
  • Vibration based Signal Processing
  • Earthquake Engineering

Current Sources of Research Funding:

NSERC, OCE and various industrial partners