Teaching

CIVL 430: Reinforced Concrete Design (Queen's University)

The course objective is to introduce students to the principles of structural design in reinforced concrete. The course also emphasizes understanding the fundamentals of the behaviour of reinforced concrete and students are strongly recommended to design and analyze sections from first principles. The students will learn the ultimate limit states of reinforced concrete in both flexure and shear using relevant CSA codes. They will be able to calculate the ultimate moment capacity of a reinforced concrete beam, construct and interpret interaction diagrams in order to design and analyze short and slender columns, analyse continuous concrete beams and one-way slabs using moment and shear coefficients, calculate deflection of cracked RC beam using effective moment of inertia, design reinforced concrete members, calculate reinforcement development lengths and detail reinforcement layout, design isolated footings using reinforced concrete considering failure modes and design, construct, and test to failure concrete beams with varying reinforcement ratios. Fall 2019 (Enrollment: 79) Fall 2020 (Enrollment: 87) Fall 2021 (Enrollement: 60)

CIVL 330: Structural Analysis (Queen's University)

The objective of this course is to develop students' understanding of the behaviour of determinate and indeterminate structures. By completing this course, students should be able to analyse a statically determinate structural system using free-body diagrams and applying equations of equilibrium, sketch the deflected shapes of determinate and indeterminate structures and calculate deflections due to flexural, axial and thermal deformations. They will be able to determine the degree of static and kinematic indeterminacy of structures, analyse indeterminate structures using methods such as the force and displacement (slope-deflection) and finally analyse structures using a commercial structural program and the matrix method. Fall 2017 (Enrollment: 113), Fall 2018 (Enrollment: 101), Fall 2019 (Enrollment: 88) Fall 2020 (Enrollment: 86) Fall 2021 (Enrollment: 106)

CIVL 331: Structural Steel Design (Queen's University)

The objective of this course is to provide understanding of the following: Limit States Design, load paths, dead and live loads for design specified in the National Building Code of Canada, design assumptions regarding material properties of structural steel, design of tension members; bolted connections; design of simple columns; design of beams (laterally supported and laterally unsupported) for flexure and shear; design of bearing stiffeners; design of steel-concrete composite beams; stability analysis; design of beam-columns. Finally, concepts of sustainability for building materials and introduction to LEED will be discussed. Winter 2019 (Enrollment: 89)

CIVL 832: Finite Element Analysis (Queen's University)

The objective of this course is to provide understanding of the numerical methods involved in Finite Element Theory. By the end of this course the students will be able to understand global, local and natural coordinates, the role and significance of shape functions for interpolation, the direct and formal (basic energy and weighted residual) methods. The students should be able to understand the formulation of: one-dimensional elements (truss and beams), two-dimensional elements (triangle, quadrilateral and shell), and three-dimensional elements (tetrahedral and brick). The student will be familiar with a commercial finite element analysis software. Winter 2020 (Enrollment: 14), Winter 2022 (Enrollment: 20)

CIVL 834: Advanced Reinforced Concrete (Queen's University)

The objectives of this course are to provide understanding of the behaviour of reinforced concrete under different loading and stress conditions. Reinforced concrete is presented as a composite material, consisting of concrete with nonlinear plastic material properties and reinforcement with linear elastic plastic properties. The topics include both analysis and design of structures based on mechanical principles. The background of the design standards is presented. The students learn the design of reinforced concrete members by strut and tie (truss) models and related design principles according to the design codes and nonlinear constitutive modeling for reinforced concrete. Winter 2018 (Enrollment: 7), Winter 2019 (Enrollment: 11), Winter 2021 (Enrollment: 11)

Teaching Assistant

University of Waterloo

• CivE 414 Structural Concrete Design 2 (S 2014, S 2015)

• CivE 303 Structural Analysis 1 (W 2015)

• CivE 265 Structure and Properties of Materials (F 2012, F 2013, F 2014, F 2015)

• CivE 127 Statics and Solid Mechanics 1 (W 2013, W 2014)

Teaching Awards

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

ASCE ExCEEd Fellow - 2019 ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop, June 2-9, 2019, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

• University of Waterloo

Teaching Assistant Excellence Award - CivE 414 Structural Concrete Design 2 - Spring 2015