Rania Al-Hammoud
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Associate Chair
Research interests
- Rehabilitation and Durability of Concrete Structures
- Advanced Materials such as Fiber Reinforced Polymers
- Design and rehabilitation of infrastructure specifically bridges
- Reliability and Risk Assessment of Structures
- Active Learning in Engineering Education
Education
- 2012, Doctorate, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
- 2006, Master of Applied Science, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
- 1998, Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut
Courses*
- AE 100 - Concepts Studio
- Taught in 2024
- AE 104 - Mechanics 1
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- AE 204 - Solid Mechanics 1
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- AE 310 - Introduction to Structural Design
- Taught in 2022
- CIVE 104 - Mechanics 1
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/recent publications
- Al-Hammoud, Rania and Soudki, Khaled and Topper, Timothy H, Confinement effect on the bond behaviour of beams under static and repeated loading, Construction and Building Materials, 40, 2013, 934 - 943
- Al-Hammoud, Rania, Bond Behaviour of Corroded and CFRP Repaired RC Beams Subjected to Monotonic and Repeated Loading, , 2012
- Al-Hammoud, Rania and Soudki, Khaled and Topper, Timothy H, Bond analysis of corroded reinforced concrete beams under monotonic and fatigue loads, Cement and Concrete Composites, 32(3), 2010, 194 - 203
- Al-Hammoud, Rania and Soudki, Khaled and Topper, Timothy H, Fatigue flexural behavior of corroded reinforced concrete beams repaired with CFRP sheets, Journal of Composites for Construction, 15(1), 2010, 42 - 51
- Soudki, Khaled A and Rteil, Ahmad A and Al-Hammoud, Rania and Topper, Timothy H, Fatigue strength of fibre-reinforced-polymer-repaired beams subjected to mild corrosion, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34(3), 2007, 414 - 421
- Hamad, Bilal S and Al Hammoud, Rania and Kunz, Jakob, Evaluation of bond strength of bonded-in or post-installed reinforcement, ACI Structural Journal, 103(2), 2006
- Wright, Derek and Markoff, Emma and Grove, Jason and Al-Hammoud, Rania and Milne, Andrew and Pirnia, Mehrdad, Surveys for Simultaneous Direct and Indirect Assessment, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), 06 2017
- Al-Hammoud, Rania and Grove, Jason and Milne, Andrew and Pirnia, Mehrdad and Wright, Derek and Sooriyabandara, Samanthi, Building Indicators by Consensus for Common Attributes, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), 06 2017
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.