Presentations

Invited Keynote Papers

No	Article
1.	“Innovative use of FRP for Precast Concrete” 10th Austroads Bridge conference, 3-6 April 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
2.	“Effective Use of FRP for strengthening Steel Structures and Bridges,” 9th Alexandria International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt, December 19-21, 2016.
3.	“Effective and Economical Use of FRP for Civil Structures,” Innovation Day, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 26, 2016.
4.	“Advancements in the Design and Construction of Precast Concrete members for buildings,” The Sixth Annual Conference for the Structural Engineers Association of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 9-10, 2014.
5.	“Innovative use of FRP for Precast Concrete Structures,” ASCE North Carolina Second annual meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, September 11,-12, 2014.
6.	“Structural Engineering Research at NCSU, The Annual meeting of Georgia/Carolina PCI, Hilton Head, South Carolina, June 12-15, 2014.
7.	“Effective Research through Industry/University Collaboration,” The Eight Alexandria International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt, April 14-16, 2014.
8.	“Use of FRP Sustainable Precast Concrete Structure,” CSI 2013 Symposium on Innovations in Construction, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, December 10, 2013.
9.	“Behavior and Analysis of Precast Prestressed Concrete Sandwich Wall Panels reinforced with CFRP Grid,” Federal University of San Carlos (UFS Car), July 10, 2013.
10.	“Analytical and Rational Modeling of Precast Slender Spandrel Beams,” Federal University of San Carlos (UFS Car), July 10, 2013.
11.	“FRP for Sustainable Precast Products,” the 3rd Brazilian Conference on the Integration of Research Design Production in the Field of Precast Concrete, San Carlos, Brazil, July 8-9, 2013.
12.	“Advancing Eco-Concrete Technology for a Lifetime Sustainability,” the 3rd International Seminar on Concrete Technoloy Green Concrete Technology Innovation, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia, June 4, 2013.
13.	“Innovative Use of FRP for Sustainable Precast Concrete Structures,” 2013 Tulane Engineering Forum, New Orleans, LA, April 5, 2013.
14.	“Use of FRP for Sustainable Precast Stuctures,”ACUN-6 International Composites Conference: Composites Nanocomposites in Civil, Offshore, and Mining Infrasturcture, Monash Univeristy, Melbourne, Australia, November 14-16, 2012.
15.	Invited Keynote Presentation for the Lecture Series of the PCI – Foundation, “Innovative Use of FRP for Precast Concrete,” University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, February 9, 2011.
16.	“Meeting Engineering Needs through the Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Materials,” Bridges 2010 Conference, Raleigh, NC, February 22, 2010.
17.	Current and Future Vision of the use of FRP for Civil Infrastructures, International Conference of Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Reinforced Concrete Structures, FRPRCS-I to be held in Sydney, Australia, July 2009.
18.	Understanding Design Basics with CFRP, Carolina Spring Conference of the International Concrete Repair Institute, Durham, North Carolina, March 27, 2009.
19.	Innovative Use of FRP for the Precast Concrete Industry, Workshop on Concrete Advances & Challenges, Cairo, Egypt, February 14, 2009.
20.	Use of CFRP for Strengthening Steel Structures and Bridges, The 21st Session of the Japan Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Association, Tokyo, Japan, February 18-19, 2008.
21.	Applications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer in Infrastructure, International Construction Innovations Conference (ICIC 2006), Peoria, Illinois, October 30-31, 2006.
22.	High Modulus Carbon Fiber Materials for Retrofit of Steel Structures and Bridges, co-authored with Dawood, M., ACUN-5 International Composites Conference, Developments in Composites: Advanced, Inrastructural, Natural and Nanno-composites, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, July 11-14, 2006.
23.	Repair and Strengthening of Highway Bridges with FRP, co-authored with Dawood, M. and Rosenboom, O., International Conference on Bridge Management Systems – Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation, Cairo, Egypt, March 21-23, 2006.
24.	Strengthening of Scaled Steel-Concrete Composite Girders and Steel Monopole Towers with CFRP, International Conference on Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development, Cairo, Egypt, December 20-22, 2004.
25.	Static and Fatigue Performance of 40-year old Prestressed Concrete Girders Strengthened with various CFRP Systems, International Conference: Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development, Cairo, Egypt, December 20-24, 2004.
26.	Strengthening of Steel Structures and Bridges with FRP, COMPOSITES 2004 Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 8, 2004.
27.	Strengthening of Steel Structures and Bridges with FRP, Innovative Materials and Technologies for Construction and Restoration, University of Leece, Leece, Italy, June 6-9, 2004.
28.	FRP Composite Solutions for Civil Infrastructure – A World Perspective, 2003 Technical Conference on Construction, Corrosion and Infrastructure, Las Vegas, April 22, 2003.
29.	Guide Specifications from the American Concrete Institute, Technical Conference on Construction, Corrosion and Infrastructure, Las Vegas, April 22, 2003.
30.	NCSU’s Constructed Facilities Laboratory (CFL) – Fulfilling The Needs of the Construction Industry Through Innovative Research and Product Development/Certification/Training Programs, Lunch Meeting of the Triangle Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association, NCSU Centennial Campus, January 31, 2003.
31.	State-of-the-Art of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubular Structural Members, 3rd Middle East Symposium on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Application (MESC-2), Aswan, Egypt, December 17-20, 2002.
32.	FRP: Solution for Infrastructure, University of Minnesota, Civil Engineering Seminar Series, Minneapolis, MO, November 15, 2002.
33.	ACI Code Activities on Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for Construction with Concrete, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, DC, November 2, 2002.
34.	Strengthening of Concrete Structures with FRP, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Wilmington, NC, October 2002.
35.	Evaluation of ISIS Canada 1995-2002, Structural Health Monitoring Workshop, ISIS Canada Research Network, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 19-20, 2002.
36.	Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures with FRP, 3rd International Conference on the Behavior of Damaged Structures, (DAMSTRUC 2002), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 29-31, 2002.
37.	Cost-Effectiveness of Various FRP Strengthening Techniques for Concrete Structures, International Composites Conference on Composite Systems: Macrocomposites, Microcomposites and Nanocomposites, Sydney, Australia, July 21-25, 2002.
38.	Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures with FRP, Jornadas Sul-Americanas De Engenharia Estrutural, Brasilia, Brazil, June 27-31, 2002.
39.	ACI Design Guidelines on FRP Reinforcements, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2002.
40.	FRP Solutions for Civil Engineering Infrastructures, American Society of Civil Engineers Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, September 27, 2001.
41.	ACI Guidelines for the Use of FRP for Concrete Structures, International Workshop on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications, Cairo, Egypt, May 23-30, 2001.
42.	FRP for Infrastructure: The Canadian Perspective, ACUN-2 (Australian Conference on Composites), Sydney, Australia, February 14 to 18, 2000.
43.	Rehabilitation of Structures and Bridges, ACUN-1 (Australian Conference on Composites), Sydney, Australia, February 23 to 25, 1999.
44.	FRP for Innovative Structures, ACUN-1 (Australian Conference on Composites), Sydney, Australia, February 23 to 25, 1999.
45.	ACI Activities Related to FRP, ACUN-1 (Australian Conference on Composites), Sydney, Australia, February 23 to 25, 1999.
46.	Advanced Materials for the New Millennium, 48th Annual Concrete Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 3, 1998.
47.	Smart Bridges and Structures for the New Millennium, ACI Symposium on High Performance Concrete – A Look Back, A Look Ahead, A Tribute to Paul Zia, Houston, Texas, March 24, 1998.
48.	Design of Concrete Members Prestressed by FRP, co-authored by A. Abdelrahman, Second International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure, Tucson, Arizona, January 3 to 6, 1998.
49.	A New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures and Bridges, Al-Azhar Engineering Fifth International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, December 19 to 22, 1997, pp. 89-102.
50.	Headingley Smart Bridge – A New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures, Western Canada Water and Wastewater Association 49th Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, November 16 to 19, 1997.
51.	A New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures and Bridges, Third International Symposium on Non-metallic (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Sapporo, Japan, October 14 to 16, 1997, pp. 113-128.
52.	Application and Current International Development of the Use of Carbon Fibre Composites in Infrastructure Repair, ICRI/SAMPE Seminar, Newark, New Jersey, October 23, 1997.
53.	FRP for Large Span Highway Bridge in Canada, co-authored by E. Shehata, A Abdelrahman and G. Tadros, US-Canada-Europe Workshop on Bridge Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, July 11 to 15, 1997, pp. 247-254.
54.	Shear Strengthening Using CFRP Sheets for a Prestressed Concrete Highway Bridge in Manitoba, Canada, co-authored by R. Hutchinson and A. Abdelrahman, US-Canada-Europe Workshop on Bridge Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, July 11 to 15, 1997, pp. 99-106.
55.	A New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures and Bridges, Structural Faults and Repair ’97, July 8 to 10, 1997, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 11-19.
56.	Advanced Composites for Infrastructure Applications, ASCE Structures Congress XV, 1997, Portland, Oregon, April 13 to 16.
57.	Canadian Centre of Excellence (ISIS Canada), ACI Convention, Denver, Colorado, March 14, 1996.
58.	Prestressed Concrete with FRP, co-authored by Abdelrahman, A., First International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure, Tucson, Arizona, January 15 to 17, 1996.
59.	Analysis and Design of FRP Prestressed Concrete Structures, ACI Convention, Québec City, Canada, November 10 to 12, 1995.
60.	FRP for the 21st Century, Association Internationale Des Pont Et Charpentes, Groupement belge, Belgische Vereniging, Gent, Belgium, March 23, 1995.
61.	FRP Reinforcement for Two Bridges in Canada, Transportation Research Board, 74th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 22 to 28, 1995.
62.	Bolted Connections for GFRP Laminated Structural Members, co-authored by N. K. Hassan, C. H. Rosner., American Society of Civil Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, November 13 to 16, 1994.
63.	Fibre Optic Structurally Integrated Sensing of a New Highway Bridge, co-authored by Measures, Alavie, Maaskant, Ohn, Huang, Tadros, American Concrete Institute Fall Convention, Tapron Spring, Florida, October 1994.
64.	Horizontal Connections for Precast Concrete Load-Bearing Shear Walls in Seismic Zones, American Concrete Institute Spring Conference, San Francisco, California, March 21 to 28, 1994.
65.	National Lecture Tour – Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures Network of Canada, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Canada, February to March 1994.
66.	National and International Activities on the Use of Advanced Composite Materials for Civil Engineering Applications, Canadian Institute of Industrial Technology, Winnipeg, Canada, May 11, 1993.
67.	Behavior of the Connection for Precast Concrete Shear Wall Load Bearing Subjected to Seismic Loads, co-authors J. West and K. Soudki, American Concrete Convention, Vancouver, Canada, March 31, 1993.
68.	Use of Advanced Composite Material for Civil Engineering Application, General Lecture, International Colloquium on Structural Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 1992 and Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, April 21, 1992.
69.	Use of Advanced Composite Materials for Civil Engineering Application, Emerging Technologies Workshop organized by Canadian Institute of Industrial Technology, Winnipeg, Canada, April 2, 1992.
70.	Joints, Connections and Anchorages of Advanced Composite Bridge Materials, CSCE Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 29, 1991.
71.	Durability of Concrete, Annual Meeting of the External Advisory Committee of the Transport Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, May 16, 1991.
72.	Evaluation of Linseed Oil as a Concrete Sealer, co-authored by J. Wright and Zhenjia Shen, 82nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Oil Chemists Society, Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 1991.
73.	Horizontal Post-tensioned Connections for Precast Concrete Load-bearing Shear Wall Panels, co-authored by R. L. Hutchinson, M. Lau and S. Heuvel, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1990.
74.	Advances in Construction Materials, A Half-day Forum on New Materials Technologies and their Application in Canadian Industry, organized by the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Research Council and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, October 17, 1989.
75.	Behavior and Design of the Connection of Shear Wall Load-bearing Panels, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, October 6, 1988.
76.	Post-tensioned Connections for Precast Load-bearing Shear Wall Panels, co-authored with R. Hutchinson, ACI Annual Convention, San Diego, California, October 1989.
77.	Connections for Precast Load-Bearing Shear Wall Panels, School of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, September 7, 1989.
78.	Canadian Standard and Design of Concrete Structures in Canada, Taisei Corporation, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 1988.
79.	Behavior of the Shear Connections Typically used for Load Bearing Wall Panels, Kajima Institute of Construction Technology, Chofu-Shi, Tokyo, Japan, June 23, 1988.
80.	Trends in Engineering Education in Canada, Yamanashi University, Kufo, Japan, June 17, 1988.
81.	Trends in Engineering Education in Canada, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan, June 8, 1988.
82.	Welded Wire Fabric as Shear Reinforcement under Static and Cyclic Loading Conditions, Nuclear Power Engineering Test Centre, Abiko, Japan, June 2, 1988.
83.	Welded Wire Fabric as Shear Reinforcement under Static and Cyclic Loading Conditions, Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 1988.
84.	Behavior of the Connections used for Precast Concrete Highrise Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, March 11, 1988.
85.	University/Industrial Research Interaction in Canada, School of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, March 9, 1988.
86.	Behavior of the Connections used for Precast Concrete Highrise Structures, School of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, March 8, 1988.
87.	Limit States Behavior of the Connections used for Precast Concrete High Rise Structures, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, March 3, 1988.
88.	Movement of House Foundations on Winnipeg Clay, co-authors L. Domaschuk and D. Flatt, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Winnipeg Branch, Living with Soil Movement, Winnipeg, Canada, February 1986.
89.	Behavioral Load Testing of the Disraeli Facility, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Local Chapter, Winnipeg, Canada, April 2, 1985.
90.	Loading Facility Erected in 60 Hours, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institution Convention, Chicago, Illinois, November 3, 1983.
91.	Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Containment Structures Due to Overpressure, University of Queensland and New South Wales University, Australia, March 1981.
92.	Air Leakage Characteristics in Reinforced Concrete, The American Concrete Institute Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1980.

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