Amin Ghali, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Amin Ghali is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Calgary. He holds a Post-Grad Diploma (Cairo 1955), a Ph.D. (Leeds 1957), a M.Sc. (Cairo 1954), and a B.Sc. (Cairo 1950).

He has published over 200 papers and 4 books in the fields of structural analysis and design. His books have been published in seven languages. His research is mainly related to concrete structures. He is co-inventor of Stud Shear Reinforcement (SSR), to increase the shear resistance and the ductility of concrete slabs, footings, rafts and walls. The SSR has been used in hundreds of structures in many countries.

Research topics have been: strength of flat slabs, deflections, time-dependent deformations of reinforced and prestressed structures, partially prestressed structures, componite members, bridges, storage tanks, thermal effects, seismic effects and serviceability of steel or FRP-reinforced concrete structures (deformations and cracking). Research on serviceability is in part included in Ghali, A., Favre, R., and El-Badry, M., Concrete Structures: Stresses and Deformations, 3rd ed., 2002, 605 pp.

Current research is on ultimate strength of prestressed members, external prestressing, stability of continuous frames including effects of cracking, creep, shrinkage and relaxation, ductility and strength of members reinforced with double head studs, seismic behaviour of flat-slab structures and on a new 5th edition of Ghali, A. and Neville, A.M., Structural Analysis, 4th ed., 1997, 854 pp.

Consulting activities on major projects have included three offshore platforms in the North Sea, major bridges in Canada, France and Bahrain and the Northumberland Strait bridge connecting Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

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