Md Abdul Hamid Mirdad

Awards

• NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa/Canada 2021

• Mitacs Accelerate Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Mitacs, Canada, 2021

• Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Wood Council, Ottawa/Canada, 2019

• Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Travel Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton/Canada, 2019

• Graduate Student Travel Grand, University of Alberta, Edmonton/Canada, 2018/19

• University Award of Merit, Top 4%, Department of Civil Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong/Bangladesh, 2011

• Government Merit Scholarship, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Bangladesh, 2007– 2011

Current Research

• Design Provision for Timber-Concrete-Composite Floor System

• Framework for Timber Braced Frame Analysis and Design

• Dimensional Stability and Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Mass Timber Panel

Research Interests

• Hybrid Gravity Load Resisting Systems (e.g., Timber-Concrete or Steel Deck-Concrete or Cold Form Steel or Aluminum)

• Hybrid Lateral Load Resisting Systems (e.g., Timber Braced Frame & Shear Wall)

• Seismic Performance and Resilience of Tall Mass Timber Buildings

• Mechanics and Performance of Innovative Structural Connections

• Large-Scale Testing of Different Assemblies for Tall Mass Timber Structures

• Advanced Numerical and Analytical Modeling of the Structural Connections and Systems

• Retrofitting and Strengthening of Mass Timber Elements for Structures and Infrastructures (with FRPs & SMAs)

• Long-Span Hybrid Mass Timber-Concrete Bridges

• Innovative Engineered Mass Timber Products 

Publications

Dissertations

• Mirdad, M. A. H. (2020). Structural Performance of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete (MTPC) Composite Floor System with Inclined Self-Tapping Screws and an Insulation Layer. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Y. H. Chui)

Articles

• Mirdad, M. A. H., Chui, Y. H., Tomlinson, D., & Chen, Y. (2021). Bending Stiffness and Load-Deflection Response Prediction of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete Composite Floor System with Mechanical Connectors. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 35(5): 04021052,. [Link]

• Mirdad, M. A. H., Daneshvar, H., Joyce, T., & Chui, Y. H. (2021). Sustainability Design Considerations for Timber-Concrete Composite (TCC) Floor System. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2021: 6688076. [Link]

• Mirdad, M. A. H., Chui, Y. H., & Tomlinson, D. (2021). Capacity and Failure Mode Prediction of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete Composite Floor System with Mechanical Connectors. Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(2): 04020338

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Strength Prediction of Mass-Timber Panel Concrete-Composite Connection with Inclined Screws and a Gap. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(8): 04020140

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Stiffness Prediction of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete (MTPC) Composite Connection with Inclined Screws and a Gap. Engineering Structures, 207:110215

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2019). Load-Slip Performance of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete (MTPC) Composite Connection with Self-Tapping Screws and Insulation Layer. Construction and Building Materials, 213: 696-708

• Mirdad, M.A.H., & Palit, S. K. (2014). Investigation of Ground Water Table in the South-East (Chittagong) Part of Bangladesh. American Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 53-59, New York, USA

Conference Papers

• Moar, F., Vanzo, S., Mirdad, M. A. H., Chui, Y. H., & Steige, Y. (2019). Influence of Self-Tapping Screw Inclination and Soundproofing Resilient Interlayer on Timber-Concrete Composite Slab. For Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures (SHATiS), Guimaraes, Portugal.

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2018). Behaviour of Mass Timber Panel-Concrete Connections with Inclined Self-Tapping Screws and Insulation Layer. For World Conference on Timber Engineering 2018, Seoul, Rep. of Korea.

• Mirdad, M. A. H., Kainat, M., Abdulhameed, D., El-Rich, M., Martens, M., Adeeb, S., & Cheng, R. (2015). Investigation of the Behavior of Pipe Elbows due to the Bourdon Effect for Different Boundary Conditions. For Proceedings of General Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

 Accepted & Submitted Papers

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Mass Timber Panel-Concrete Composite Floor Behaviour with Inclined Self-Tapping Screws and Insulation Layer. For World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Accepted.

• Mirdad, M. A. H., Li, J., & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Development of Span Tables for Mass Timber Panel-Concrete Composite Floors. For World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Accepted.

• Mirdad, M. A. H., & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Analytical Procedure for Timber-Concrete Composite (TCC) System with Mechanical  Connectors. Manuscript submitted for publication.