Adjunct Faculty

Shirin Bahrami

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Environmental, Civil and Chemical/Biochemical engineering and biology
Western University, University of Guelph
sbahram2@uwo.ca

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Damien Batstone

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Wastewater Management
Advanced Wastewater Management Centre, The University of Queensland
d.batstone@awmc.uq.edu.au

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Jonathan A. Black

PhD, PGCert.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical Engineering
The University of Sheffield
j.a.black@sheffield.ac.uk

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Storer Boone

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical engineering in regards to foundations, tunneling & excavation, transportation, infrastructure, and risk analysis.
Ground Rules Engineering Inc.

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Amy B. Cerato

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical engineering, prediciting expansive soil behaviour using microscale properties and foundation design for alternative energy.
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma
acerato@ou.edu

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Hany El Naggar

PhD., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical Engineering, soil structure interaction and dynamic behavior of geomaterials
Dalhousie University

Elsayed Elbeshbishy

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Anaerobic digestion, Pretreatment of municipal solid wastes, Co-digestion, Biohydrogen and biomethane production, Nutrients recovery from waste and wastewater Microbial melectrolysis cell and microbial fuel cell, Anaerobic embrane bioreactor (AnMBR)

Salah El-Din El-Fitiany

PhD., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: structure retrofitting, seismic analysis, and foundation assessment/upgrade; Specialized in nonlinear thermal analysis and fire analysis to ensure structural integrity and safety
WorleyParsons, Sarnia, ON
selfitia@alumni.uwo.ca

Mahmoud (Meckkey) Elsharnouby

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical Engineering, marine terminal infrastructure, linear infrastructure, surface mining, machine foundations, shallow and deep foundations, geotechnical engineering, geo-dynamic engineering, and computational geomechanics
Atlantic Industries Limited, Ayr, Ontario

Michael Etezad

PhD, PEng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical Engineering within the mining and hydropower business sectors
Golder Associates, Mississauga, Ontario
metezad@golder.com

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Hisham Hafez

PhD, P.Eng., MBA

Research Interests / Specializations: Environmental Engineering: Water/wastewater treatment
Greenfield Global Inc.

Ahmed Hamada

Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.CSCE

Research Interests / Specializations: Structural and Wind Engineering, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Heavy Timber and Light-Framed Wood Structures, Artifical Intelligence in Structural Engineering
Teaching: Western University
Intelligent Engineering Design Ltd. Canada
ahamada@uwo.ca

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Dwight Houweling

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Water resource recovery engineer; Wastewater treatment; Biological nutrient removal, MABR, Anammox, Process Modelling/Optimization
Suez Watre Technologies & Solutions, Oakville, ON

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Chowdhury Jubayer

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Wind engineering
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants
cjubaye@uwo.ca

Jidong Kang

PhD, PEng, I.W.E.

Research Interests / Specializations: Experimental studies and modeling in mechanical behavior of structural materials, physical metallurgy, welding mechanics, and stress corrosion cracking of pipelines.
Natural Resources Canada, CanmetMATERIALS, Hamilton, ON
jidong.kang@canada.ca

Peter King

PhD, PEng

Research Interests / Specializations: Structural Engineering with emphasis on the dynamics and wind effects on bridges.
Consulting Director. Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, Western University

Thomas G. Mara

PhD, P.Eng

Research Interests / Specializations: Structural Engineering, Wind Engineering

Silvana Micic

PhD., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Geotechnical Engineering
Exp Services Inc.
smicic2@uwo.ca

Ashraf Nassef

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms, Structural Optimization, Shape and Topology Optimization
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The American University in Cairo
nassef@aucegypt.edu

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Denis O'Carroll

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Environmental and Geoenvironmental
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales
d.ocarroll@unsw.edu.au

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Maryam Refan

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Wind Engineering
International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University
mrefan@fiu.edu

Djordje Romanic

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Boundary-Layer, Applied, and Dynamic Meteorology
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Faculty of Science, McGill University
djordje.romanic@mcgill.ca

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Diego Rosso

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Environmental process engineering; water and wastewater engineering; carbon and energy footprints; energy conservation
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California, Irvine
bidui@uci.edu

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James W. Roy

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: multiphase and single-phase fluid flow through geologic materials, fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface and their interaction with surface water bodies and their ecosystems; impact of contaminants and nutrients in groundwater on aquatic ecosystems of rivers and lakes (with specific focus on oil sands, urban contamination, and phosphorus), and monitoring gas behaviour in groundwater (with implications for unconventional gas impacts and contaminated site natural attenuation).
WHERD, WS&T, Environment and Climate Change Canada Burlington, ON, Canada
jim.roy@canada.ca

Imtiaz Shah

PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Water Resources Management, Floodplain Management, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, Low Impact Development, Climate Change Resiliency, Stomrwater quality
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, Environmental Planning & Regulations Unit
ishah5@uwo.ca

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David Sills

PhD

Research Interests / Specializations: Severe Weather Science
Northern Tornadoes Project, Western Engineering
dsills3@uwo.ca

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Christine Switzer

PhD, MInstP

Research Interests / Specializations: Fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment; rehabilitation of formerly contaminated soils; combustion and pyrolysis processes
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
christine.switzer@strath.ac.uk

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Fitsum Tariku

PhD.

Research Interests / Specializations: Building Science
School of Construction and the Environment British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Fitsum_Tariku@bcit.ca