Program
ISIS Canada 11th Annual Conference
May 3-5, 2006
Marriott Hotel
Calgary, Alberta |
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| Tuesday, May 2
Student Poster Set-up
Posters can be set up any time after 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2nd
Network Reception
All ISIS participants are expected to join this informal gathering of the Network on the evening of Tuesday, May 2nd, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. |
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Public Forum
Wednesday, May 3 |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Coffee and Muffins |
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| 8:30 - 8:35 |
Welcome |
Dr. Aftab Mufti, President, ISIS Canada |
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| 8:35 - 8:45 |
Opening Remarks |
Mr. Don Whitmore, Chair, ISIS Canada
President, Vector Construction Group,
Winnipeg, MB |
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| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Keynote Address
Growth and Prosperity: Opportunities for Science and Technology
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Mr. Jac van Beek, Director, Planning and Performance Management, Strategy, Development and Relations, National Research Council Canada |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Municipal Infrastructure - "The Big Picture" |
Mr. Konrad Siu, Director of Infrastructure Planning, City of Edmonton |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Chair: Dr. J.J. Roger Cheng |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Application of GFRPs on Winnipeg Floodway Structures |
Ms. Ruth Eden, Manitoba Transportation and Government Services / Mr. Rick Haldane-Wilsone, Wardrop Engineering |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Using Life Cycle Engineering Analyses to Establish 100 Year Service Life for GFRPs |
Dr. Gordon Sparks, University of Saskatchewan |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Evidence that Glass FRPs Perform Well in Concrete Structures |
Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, University of British Columbia |
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| 12:00 - 1:20 |
Student Awards Luncheon |
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Chair: Dr. Gamil Tadros |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Innovation and Infrastructure: Building a Better Alberta
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Mr. Rob Penny, Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Transportation, Transportation and Civil Engineering Division |
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| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project |
Mr. Peter Milburn, Project Director and Assistant Deputy Minister, BC MOT Highways Department |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Enabling Engineers to Use Advance Design Concepts for Future Infrastructure |
Dr. Aftab Mufti, President, ISIS Canada |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Chair: Dr. Kenneth Neale |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 |
International Use of ISIS Canada's Educational Modules |
Dr. Luke Bisby, Queen's University |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
ISIS Canada Certification Guidelines for FRP Materials |
Dr. Brahim Benmokrane, Université de Sherbrooke |
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| 4:30 |
Wrap Up |
Dr. Lloyd McGinnis, CEO, ISIS Canada |
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| 6:30 - 9:30 |
Students Dinner Meeting
Project Leaders Dinner Meeting |
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Network Conference
Thursday, May 4 |
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| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Coffee and Muffins |
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| 8:45 - 9:20 |
POSTER JUDGING by all delegates |
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Chair: Dr. Nemkumar Banthia |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 |
Spun Cast Concrete Filled FRP Tubes for Hydro Poles |
Yazan Qasrawi (M.Sc.), Queen's University |
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| 9:40 - 10:00 |
Identification of Novel Events for Structural Health Monitoring Systems |
Nishant Dhruve (M.Sc.), University of Manitoba |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 |
The Application of CFRP Plates in Retrofit of Constructed Deep masonry Beams |
Zhangcheng Hao (M.Sc.), University of Alberta |
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| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Coffee Break |
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Chair: Dr. John Newhook |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Reliability-based Load Management of the Red Deer River Bridge |
Kris Jackson (M.Sc.), University of Saskatchewan |
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| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Static and Fatigue Investigation of a Second Generation Steel-Free Bridge Deck |
Chad Klowak (M.Sc.), University of Manitoba |
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| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Predicting the Service Life of FRP and Steel RC Bridge Decks under Variably Saturated Conditions |
Ajeet Kumar (M.Sc.), University of Saskatchewan |
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| 12:00 - 1:20 |
Poster Awards Luncheon |
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Chair: Dr. Xiaoyi Bao |
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| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Wireless Strain Sensing Using Resonant RF Cavities |
Rajat Jayas (M.Sc.), University of Manitoba |
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| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Slenderness Effects on Circular FRP-Wrapped Reinforced Concrete Columns |
Jason Fitzwilliam (M.Sc.), Queen's University |
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| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Application of Vibration Based Damage Detection Methods to Multi-Girder Steel-Free Bridge Decks |
Yufeng Wang (M.Sc.), University of Saskatchewan |
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| 2:30 - 2:50 |
A Study of Stress Distribution of Cracked Steel Plate with Single Sided CFRP Material Patching |
Angus Lam (Ph.D.), University of Alberta |
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| 2:50 - 3:20 |
Coffee Break |
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Chair: Dr. Douglas Thomson |
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| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Intelligent Data Management and Interpretation for SHM of an Oil Sand Crusher |
Ved Prakash Sharma (Ph.D.), University of Alberta |
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| 3:40 - 4:00 |
Non-Metallic Anchor System for Strengthening RC Beams with Prestressed CFRP Sheets |
Jimmy Kim (Ph.D.), Queen's University |
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| 4:00 - 4:20 |
Fatigue Performance of Glass FRP-Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck Slabs |
Amr El Ragaby (Ph.D.), Université de Sherbrooke |
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| 4:20 - 4:40 |
Distributed Brillouin Sensor Signal Processing Based on a Phenomenological Approach for Accurate Strain Detection and Localisation |
Fabien Ravet (Ph.D.), University of Ottawa |
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| 4:40 |
Wrap Up of the Day |
Dr. Lloyd McGinnis |
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Evening free for everyone |
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| Friday, May 5 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Coffee and Muffins |
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Chair: Dr. Gamil Tadros |
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| 9:00 - 9:20 |
Demonstration Project with Embedded Sensors at the ChemBioE Building, UBC |
Rishi Gupta (Research Assoc.), University of British Columbia |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 |
Improvement on Fire Endurance of FRP/Concrete System |
Lixin Wu (Research Assoc.), Concordia University |
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| 9:40 - 10:00 |
Bond Behaviour of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Structures |
Usama Ebead (Post-doc), Université de Sherbrooke |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Behaviour of Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns Confined with Transverse Steel Reinforcement and Fiber-Reinforced Composite Sheets |
Rami Eid (Post-doc), Université de Sherbrooke |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:40 - 11:15 |
Annual General Meeting
- Student Committee Report
- Speaker Awards
- Conference Wrap-up
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| 11:30 |
Bus leaves for Banff National Park
Sandwich lunch on bus, snack during return trip
Will return to Calgary around 8:00 p.m. |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Sandwich lunch (for those not going on bus tour) |
