This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2024. The contents of this volume focus on the specialty conferences in environmental engineering, etc. This volume will prove a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.

Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng, PhD., P.Eng. is a Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering at University of Regina, Canada. Dr. Ng is interested in the design of a sustainable waste management system (WMS). Ng has authored/coauthored over 180 publications, and he has received both research and teaching awards.. Dr. Ng also serves as a reviewer for several journals and conferences. Kelvin is currently serving as an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for Waste Management (Elsevier), an editor for Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), and an editorial board member for Ecological Informatics (Elsevier). Kelvin is also active in reviewing grants for various Canadian and European funding agencies: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – Discovery Grant, Collaborative Research and Development Grant, Alliance Grant; Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) – College Fund; Mitacs, Canada – Accelerate, Elevate; Research Manitoba; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR, France); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany); Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, United Kingdom). Kelvin’s review decisions on grants grow overseas research enterprises and build research ecosystem at a global level. Kelvin chaired the CSCE Environmental Division from 2018 to 2024 and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan Awards Committee from 2022 to 2024. Kelvin organized and chaired/co-chaired a number of international conferences, including the CSCE General Conference in 2015, and the CSCE Environmental Specialty Conferences from 2019 to 2025. Kelvin has been appointed to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment’s Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee since 2021, contributing to the revision of code chapters. Kelvin is a Professional Engineer with Permission to Consult in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Onita D. Basu, PhD., P.Eng. is a Professor (Civil/Environmental Eng) and Associate Vice-Provost (Graduate Studies) at Carleton University. Dr. Basu obtained her bachelors’ (Chemical Engineering) and masters’ degree (Civil/Environmental Engineering) at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Ph.D (Civil/Environmental Engineering) at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Basu is interested in all aspects of water and wastewater treatment spanning from centralized (turn on the tap) services to point-of-use decentralized options. Embedded in this research is a complex mix of technical, social, and sustainability lenses, as well as experimental design, pilot scale and full scale research. Dr. Basu supports interdisciplinary research and recently has delved into the field of upcycling waste organics in the circular economy through novel hydrothermal polymerization methods. Upcycling of waste organics holds great potential for co-creation of advanced water treatment products. Dr. Basu supports cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary collaborations to bring the best ideas forward in an increasingly dynamic world to develop the best solutions. She strongly promotes the learning and advancement of graduate and undergraduate students through a team environment as well as active assistance in presentation preparation, data analysis, and manuscript writing. Dr Basu received a Carleton Faculty Graduate Mentorship award in 2021, a 2020 Ottawa Chapter Professional Engineers Civics Award and a Carleton Research Award in 2019.

Clare E. Robinson, PhD., P.Eng. is a Canada Research Chair in Water Quality and Professor (Civil and Environmental Engineering) at Western University. She received her BEng and PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia. Before joining Western University in 2009, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at EPFL in Switzerland and worked as a Water Engineer for a water supply and sanitation NGO in Bangladesh. She is a registered professional engineer in Ontario. Dr. Robinson specializes in investigating water-borne contaminants in the environment with a focus on understanding the sources, transport and fate of contaminants in natural and engineered systems. Dr. Robinson’s current research includes evaluating impact of groundwater contaminants on surface water quality, urban stormwater management for water quality control, and determining the impacts of onsite wastewater systems on surface water quality. Dr. Robinson received an Early Research Award from the Ontario Government (2012) and was a member of the International Joint Commission Great Lakes Science Advisory Board from 2014 to 2019. She also was awarded a Western Faculty Scholar (2020-2022) and the Western Green Award (2018). Dr. Robinson has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals and given over 60 invited talks at international conferences, universities, and at government and industry workshops.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2024. The contents of this volume focus on specialty conferences in structural engineering. This volume will prove a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.

Dr. El-Salakawy is a Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and former Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Engineering in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba. He was a Canada Research Chair in Durability and Modernization of Civil Infrastructures (2006-2016) in the same department. He carried out his Ph.D. research work and post-doctoral training in Structural Engineering at the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada (1996-2001) and then worked as a Research Professor at the University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada for five years (2001-2006) before joining the University of Manitoba in 2006. Dr. El-Salakawy is an internationally renowned researcher and world-class leader in the field of structural engineering. Dr. El-Salakawy’s research interests are in the field of concrete structures, particularly the durability, construction, design, seismic performance, large-scale laboratory testing and numerical analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP)-reinforced concrete structures. He has published over 400 research papers in leading journals, international conferences, and book chapters on various aspects of reinforced concrete and composite materials. He supervised and trained more than 100 graduate students and highly qualified personnel (HQP). He is one of the highly cited researchers in his field with h-index of 44 (i10-index of 100) with more than 6,300 citations (on google scholar). Dr. El-Salakawy has also delivered keynote lectures at various national and international conferences.

Dr. Ahmed Elshaer is a faculty member and founder of the Structural and Wind Engineering Research Laboratory (SWERL), specializing in enhancing the resilience and sustainability of built environments against natural hazards, particularly wind and climate impacts. With extensive academic and professional experience across multiple universities and engineering firms in Canada and abroad, Dr. Elshaer leads innovative research on climate impacts on structures, Indigenous housing, modular structures, and the application of AI in structural engineering. As an active contributor to the field, Dr. Elshaer has served as Vice-Chair of the Structures Division at the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), Chair of the CSCE Structures Specialty Conference for more than four years, and as an evaluating committee member for prestigious funding bodies including NSERC, FRQNT, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and the Ministry of Economic Development. He has also served as a board member (Councillor) at Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). Dr. Elshaer’s dedication and achievements have earned him numerous awards, including the Lakehead Merit Award (2024), the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiative Competition (2022), the Year of Climate Action Award (2021), and the Alan Davenport Award of Excellence in Wind Engineering (2016).

Dr. Ayman El Ansary is an Associate Professor and Acting Chair at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University, and a registered professional engineer in Ontario. He is also an executive member of PEO London Chapter and the chair of PEO London Chapter Scholarship Fund committee. He received his BSc and MSc from Alexandria University, Egypt and PhD from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Dr. El Ansary has vast experience in teaching, research, and consulting in the area of structural engineering in Canada and overseas. His main research interests include; finite element analysis, structural dynamics, fluid-structure interaction problems, and optimization techniques in structural design. Dr. El Ansary has several publications in refereed journals and conferences and he serves as a reviewer for several structural engineering journals. He is the recipient of a number of awards including; MITACS Postdoctoral Scholarship Award, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Award, and Graduate Thesis Research Award. He is also an active member of several professional associations including the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers (ESE). He is also a Vice-Chair in the CSCE Steel Structures Committee under the Structures Division.