Speaker

Dr. Shahria Alam is a Full Professor of Civil Engineering and the Tier 1 Principal’s Research Chair in Resilient & Green Infrastructure at The University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Okanagan campus. He is serving as the Director of the Green Construction Research & Training Center (GCRTC) and acting Director of the Materials & Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) at UBC. Dr. Alam is the Vice President (Technical Program) of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). He was the past Chair of the Engineering Mechanics and Materials Division of CSCE. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Western University in 2008. His research interests include smart and recycled materials and their structural engineering applications. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed articles in these areas and is the recipient of several best paper awards.