No longer experimental - FRPs are REAL
ISIS Canada 12th Annual Conference
May 2-4, 2007
Delta Hotel
St. John's, Newfoundland
Program
Scholarship and Competition Winners
Delegates from the ISIS Canada Research Network, industry and government participated in this highly successful conference which outlined the contribution ISIS is making through:
- New design concepts and applications for concrete bridge deck slabs and pavements
- Durability and service life predictions of bridge deck slabs
- Recent provisions in the CHBDC for use of FRPs (fibre reinforced polymers) for strengthening and repairs of structures
- Blast technology advancements
- Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) with wireless technology
- Education modules for educators and practicing engineers
- Life Cycle Engineering and Costing of bridge deck slabs
Other highlights of the Conference:
ISIS Canada 11th Annual Conference
May 3-5, 2006
Marriott Hotel
Calgary, Alberta
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Program
Almost 200 delegates from the ISIS Canada Research Network, industry and government participated in this highly successful conference which outlined the contribution ISIS is making through the:
- application of new technology for the benefit of industry and government, particularly in Alberta
- employment of the ISIS Canada Winnipeg Principles by using arching action to design concrete bridge decks
- provision of Product Certification for the manufacture of FRP (fibre reinforced polymer) materials for use in civil infrastructure
- focus of the 2006 to 2009 ISIS research program on the needs of the user sector, including the application of Structural Health Monitoring as a management tool
- planned establishment of a post-2009 ISIs Canada Network Association to continue the transfer of ISIS technologies to the user sector
- web-based education training modules outlining the application and benefits of ISIS technologies for civil infrastructure
Highlights of the Conference:
- Student Poster Competition
- Scholarship awards
- Student Award of Merit
- Awards for best student presenters
- Annual Students Meeting and election of Student Committee President and representatives
The Conference wrapped up with a visit to Banff National Park.
 Keynote Speaker
Mr. Jac van Beek
Director, Planning and Performance Management
Strategy, Development and Relations
National Research Council Canada
Mr. van Beek is responsible for planning and performance management at the NRC, including preparation and submission of annual reports on performance to Canadian Central Agencies and development of a decision-support capability based upon performance metrics. As a planner, he recently directed the development of a science community foresight process as a starting point for the emergent strategy of the National Research Council of Canada. He continues to build upon this work, directing the formulation and implementation processes for NRC’s inaugural corporate strategy. Some of the insights gained from this unique work has been outlined in a chapter of a forthcoming book being edited by Carleton University’s Bruce Doern.
He is an active member of both the federal government planning and evaluation communities, eminently qualified to contribute a Canadian perspective on science futures, science management and regional innovation based upon his current responsibilities and his twenty years of experience in leading or enabling the management of industry and science-based public organizations.
Mr. van Beek has developed over 300 strategic plans with organizations in the Canadian innovation system (including government and private sector firms) and not-for-profit sector. Mr. van Beek has also developed and implemented performance measurement systems in several organizations, thus offering insight into the basic issues of performance assessment as well as those peculiar to science-related activity. He offers insight to the innovation process through hands-on strategic and business planning with research-based organizations in the fields of biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, environmental technology, chemical processing, construction, information management and aerospace. His experiences include hands on assessments and development work with regional innovation systems throughout Canada’s Atlantic Provinces and throughout Western Canada. His experiences are being integrated into cluster-related assessment processes and enabling tools that he has commissioned on behalf of NRC.
Mr. van Beek holds an MBA based upon studies at Carleton and York Universities with subsequent work at Duke University’s Advanced Management Program and is an adjunct professor of strategy at the University of Ottawa.
ISIS Canada 10th Annual Conference
May 4-6, 2005
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Ottawa, Ontario
Program
Over 170 delegates from the ISIS Canada
Research Network, industry and government participated in
this highly successful conference on "Challenging the Status Quo for
Design of Civil Engineering Structures". The Conference outlined
the remarkable advances in:
- Repair and
strengthening of existing bridges and structures with fibre reinforced
polymers (FRPs)
- Durability and
performance of glass FRPs (GFRPs) in extreme conditions of alkalines,
salts and fire
- Innovative/hybrid
bridge deck designs for the future
- Structural Health
Monitoring of infrastructure for design and management using new sensor
systems and instrumentation
- Utilization of
Life Cycle Engineering and Costing to reap the benefits of new materials
and technologies
- Design code
revisions to facilitate the widespread utilization of ISIS technologies
Highlights of the
Conference:
- Student Poster
Competition
- Scholarship awards
- Student Award of
Merit
- Essay Competition
winner award
- Awards for best
student presenters
- Annual Students
Meeting and election of Student Committee
President and representatives
The Conference
wrapped up with a tour of the National Research Council fire testing
facilities.
Keynote
Speaker
Cécile Cléroux, P. Eng.
Assistant Deputy Minister,
Program Operations,
Infrastructure Canada
Ms. Cléroux is a civil engineer specializing in project management and
a
seasoned manager who has a range of experience with service
organizations,
in both the public and private sectors. She is currently
Assistant Deputy
Minister, Program Operations, for Infrastructure Canada,
a new federal
department created in August 2002, whose mandate is to
work with various
orders of government, the private sector, and other
partners to strengthen
collective infrastructure management in Canada.
A key member of the
Infrastructure Canada executive team, Ms. Cléroux
is actively involved in
defining new approaches to managing public
infrastructure assets.
She
joined the federal Public Service in early 2003, bringing with her a
wealth of knowledge and skills acquired through many executive roles over
nearly twenty-five years. During her career, she has served in particular
as city manager of the Town of Saint-Basile Le Grand, Quebec; Assistant
Deputy Minister of Operations, Environment Quebec; Assistant Deputy
Minister of Administration and Assets for Health and Social Services
Quebec; the first Executive Director of the Centre hospitalier de
l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Quebec; and President and CEO of
Cifra Médical, a private Canadian telemedicine company.
She has
also served on numerous executive boards and committees, including: President of the Fonds
d'assurance-responsabilité professionnelle de l’Ordre
des pharmaciens du Québec;
member of the Canadian Health Network Advisory Board; member of the board
for Cliniglobe; member of the executive committee of the Montreal chapter,
International Women’s Forum; and member of the advisory board to Quebec’s
auditor general, auditing and resource optimization (information
technology/electronic communications).
Special Presentation: Overview of NCE Program
Dr. Tom Brzustowski
President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Dr. Tom Brzustowski is President of NSERC
since 1995. An engineer, he graduated with a B.A.Sc. in Engineering
Physics from the University of Toronto in 1958, and a Ph.D. in
Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton in 1963. He was a professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo from
1962 to 1987, teaching and carrying out research in thermodynamics and
combustion. He served as Chair of Mechanical Engineering from 1967 to 1970
and as Vice-President, Academic of the University from 1975 to 1987. After
that he served as deputy minister in the Government of Ontario from 1987
to 1995, first in the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, and later in
the Premier's Council. He was appointed President of NSERC in October
1995, and reappointed in 2000. Dr. Brzustowski holds honorary doctorates from
several institutions, namely, Alberta, Concordia, École Polytechnique de
Montréal, Guelph, McMaster, Ottawa, Royal Military College of Canada,
Ryerson, and Waterloo, and received the Engineering Alumni Medal from the
University of Toronto. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a
fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society of
Canada.
ISIS Canada 9th Annual Conference
April 28-30, 2004
The Westin Nova Scotian
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Program
ISIS Canada's 9th Annual Conference was held
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 28-30, 2004. Over 170
delegates from the ISIS Canada Research Network, industry and government participated in
this presentation of smart, alternative solutions for
replacement and maintenance of civil infrastructure. They learned about the latest advances in research and application of
fibre reinforced polymers and structural health monitoring from ISIS
Canada researchers as well as guest speakers who are putting these
technologies to work right now. Highlights of the Conference were the
Student Poster Competition, the award of two scholarships, announcement of
the winner of the Essay Competition, and awards for best student
presenters at the Conference. A tour of the Confederation Bridge
provided an exciting finale.
Keynote
Speaker
Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, B.Eng., Ph.D.
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Teng's research interests
include the application of FRP composites in civil engineering, steel and steel-concrete composite structures, shell and spatial structures, and
nonlinear and buckling behaviour of structures. He is the author/co-author
of some 220 papers and book chapters, including over 100 refereed journal
papers. In addition, he is the lead author of the book “FRP-Strengthened
RC Structures” and the lead editor of the book “Buckling
of Thin Metal Shells”.
Prof. Teng is the inventor of the
steel-concrete composite shell roof system (the Comshell roof), a new
structural system for enclosing large spaces. The Comshell roof consists
of a thin steel base shell formed from modular units in the form of
open-topped boxes connected by bolts and cast in-situ concrete.
Prof. Teng is also the founding President of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC),
established in 2003. The aim of the Institute is to advance the
understanding and the application of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP)
composites in the civil infrastructure, in the service of the engineering
profession and society.
ISIS Canada 8th Annual Conference
April 30 - May 2, 2003
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia
ISIS Canada's 8th Annual Conference was held
in Vancouver, British Columbia, on April 30 to May 2, 2003. Over 170
delegates from the ISIS Canada Research Network, industry and government participated in
this presentation of smart, alternative solutions for
replacement and maintenance of civil infrastructure. They learned about the latest advances in research and application of
fibre reinforced polymers and structural health monitoring from ISIS
Canada researchers as well as guest speakers who are putting these
technologies to work right now. Highlights of the Conference were the
Student Poster Competition, the award of two scholarships, announcement of
the winner of the Essay Competition, and awards for best student
presenters at the Conference.
Program
Keynote
Speakers
Peter Buckland graduated
from Cambridge University in 1960. He worked for consultants for fiv5e
years, and a steel fabricator for five years before founding the firm that
became Buckland & Taylor Ltd. Mr. Buckland has worked on bridge projects
for most of his working life, including the reconstruction of the Lions
Gate Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia and as Independent Engineer for
the Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.Dr. Venkatesh Kodur is a Senior Research
Officer at the Institute of Research in Construction at the National
Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. He received his B.E. from Bangalore
University, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Queen's University at Kingston,
Canada. His expertise includes laboratory testing and numerical modelling
for the evaluation of fire resistance of structural members and non-linear
design and analysis of structures. He has published over 125 papers in
structural and fire resistance areas. He is an adjunct Professor at
Queen's University, Canada, Chairman of the ASCE Committee on Structural
Fire Protection, member of ACI Fire Resistance Standards, CSA Committee on
FRP Structural Components for Buildings, AISC Steering committee on fire
safety. He is also co-project leader of ISIS Project 2.1.5 “Fire
Resistance of FRP Systems”, which is being undertaken as NRC-ISIS-Industry
collaborative project.Dr. Kodur is a leading world expert in the areas of fire resistance and
the effect of fire on building materials. He has led international
collaborative research projects with Taiwan, UK, Belgium, Malaysia and
USA. He has delivered invited keynote presentations at international
conferences in Canada, USA, Taiwan, Malaysia, UK, and Spain and has won
many awards including the "NATO Award for Collaborative Research" and "NRC
Presidents Award" for Outstanding Achievements. Dr. Kodur was part of the
"Experts Team" established to investigate the WTC disaster as a result of
September 11 incidents. He was the only non-American expert invited to
join the high profile and biggest-ever building investigations. The
report, including recommendations, from this investigation has been
submitted to US Congressional committees.
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