STUDENTS

Demewoz Menna (May 2024-current) 

Ph.D. Research: Constitutive modeling of smart concrete materials 

Education:

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2023)

• M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia (2016)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Mekelle University, Ethiopia (2012)

Daniel Vargas (September 2023- Aug. 2025) Co-advisor: Prof. Joshua Woods

Ph.D. Research: Slab-column connections with UHPC: Experimental and numerical research

Education:

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2019)

Tadele Getu (Sept. 2022-present) Co-advisor: Prof. Mark Green

Ph.D. Research: Enhancing structural resilience in Indigenous communities in Canada

Education:

• M.Sc. Civil Architectural Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (2019)

• B.Sc. Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Gondar, Ethiopia (2016)

Russell Jackson (September 2020-present) Co-advisor: Prof. Ian Moore

Ph.D. Research: Experimental and numerical study on the behaviour of reinforced concrete pipes

Education:

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2020)

Demewoz Menna (Sept. 2018-June 2023) Co-advisor: Prof. Mark Green

Ph.D. Research: Application of shape memory alloys in reinforced concrete structures

Education:

• M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia (2016)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Mekelle University, Ethiopia (2012)

Hadi Panahi (May 2019-April 2023) 

Ph.D. Research: Seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete slab-column connections

Education:

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2023)

• M.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2017)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran (2014)

Philopateer Boules (Sept. 2017-Oct. 2022) Co-advisor: Prof. Amir Fam

Ph.D. Research: Experimental and numerical investigation of the structural performance of reinforced concrete slabs with stay-in-place GFRP forms and beams

Education:

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2022)

• M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (2017)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (2013)

Joseph Flint (September 2021- Aug. 2023) 

M.Sc. Research: Finite Element Analysis of structural elements under fire

Education:

• MASc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2023)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, York University, Canada (2021)

James Pelaia (Sept. 2019-April 2022)

M.Sc. Research: Experimental investigation of retrofitted slab-column connections using UHPC

Education:

• MASc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2022)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2019)

Amira Gill (May 2019-April 2021)

M.Sc. Research: Building resilience to natural disasters

Education:

• MASc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2021)

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2019)

Priyanshu Sharma (May 2024-August 2024) 

Internship Research:, Program: Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, Queen's University, Canada (2024)  

Education:

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering,, India. in progress

Achhar Sharma (May 2023-August 2023) 

Internship Research: Finite element analysis of UHPC, Program: Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, Queen's University, Canada (2023)  

Education:

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. in progress

Shannen Krost (September 2021-present) Co-advisor: Prof. Mark Green

M.Sc. Research: Experimental and numerical study of slab-column connections retrofitted with UHPC

Education:

• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Canada (2021)

Ryan Soroka (Sept. 2020-Apr. 2021)

Research thesis: Finite element analysis of Punching Shear of RC slabs using shell elements

Alp Turkmen (Sept. 2020-Apr. 2021)

Research thesis: Finite element analysis of UHPC and FRC

Ryan Collison (Sept. 2019-Apr. 2020)

Research thesis: Finite element analysis of UHPC

Ranlin Qiu (May 2019-Apr. 2020)

Research thesis: ACI 318-19 design provisions for concrete beams 

Russell Jackson (May 2019-Apr. 2020)

Research thesis: Modeling and analysis of reinforced concrete water tanks

Milena Stevanov (Sept. 2019-Dec. 2019)

Research thesis: Energy-efficiency in residential buildings

Ali Haidar (Sept. 2018-Apr. 2019)

Research thesis: Membrane action in reinforced concrete slabs 

Jordan Carter (Sept. 2017-Apr. 2018)

Research thesis: Finite Element Analysis of Basalt FRP reinforced concrete members

Gabriella Vojtila (Sept. 2017-Apr. 2018) Co-advisor: Prof. Colin MacDougall

Research thesis: Finite element modeling of large self-tapping screws for timber connections