Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Research Manager at Fast+Epp, Vancouver.
Experimental, numerical, and analytical investigations on cross-laminated timber lateral load resisting systems.
• Developing Displacement-based Design provisions for lateral load resisting hybrid timber-steel systems for tall buildings. • Experimental Investigations on hybrid timber-steel systems • Numerical modelling of hybrid systems
• Developed Finite Element (FE) models of complex civil engineering structures • Analyze rail tracks, columns, kickers and connections under static and dynamic loading • Design and check for different structural components including member and connections • Developed design, drafting and structural analysis using ANSYS, SAP2000 • Conducted construction review and coordinated with engineers, technologists, drafters and contractors • Supervised in preparing shop drawing, construction monitoring, and preparation of field reports • Managed project schedules and deliverables • Planning and prioritizing projects; preparing technical specifications and scope of work • Provide recommendations and administered structural design • Writing and reviewing technical design reports • Review shop drawings • Conducting meeting with clients, suppliers, and consultants
• Assisted over 800 students in and out of classrooms and tutorials. • Taught as a guest lecturer in graduate courses and lectured when professor was unavailable. • Instructed Lab and Tutorial classes. • Supervised student’s projects and design competitions. • TA Courses: CIVL 516 Behaviour of Timber Structures; CIVL 439 Design of Timber Structures; CIVL 331 Steel and Timber Design; APSC 150 Engineering Case Studies; ENGR 326 Structural Analysis; APSC 256 Numerical Methods for Analysis; and APSC 180 Statics
• Finite element (FE) modelling and analysis • Seismic analysis of structures • Sensitivity analysis and model optimization • RC building reinforced with super-elastic shape memory alloy • Optimization of shear equation for FRP reinforced RC beams • Numerical modelling and reliability analysis of timber-steel hybrid systems • Perform tests on Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels • Numerical and analytical modelling of CLT panels with and without openings • Numerical and analytical modelling of CLT connections and their assembly • Numerical modelling and parameter study on shear walls with various assembly • Develop models to estimate the stiffness, deflections and capacity of CLT shear walls Projects Completed: 1) Cross-Laminated Timber Shear Walls 2) FRP reinforced beams 3) Timber-Steel Hybrid Structure 4) Smart Material 5) Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) 6) RC Deep Beams
• Project proposal writing • Perform tests on wood I-joist with opening at web and flange notch • Develop reinforcement techniques • Prepare technical reports