SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Fellow, American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineers (CAE)
  • Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
  • Fellow, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • Past President, Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE)
  • Former Director, Ottawa-Carleton Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (OCEERC)
  • Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APEO)
  • Member, Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  • Former Director, International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)

Membership in Technical Committees 

  • Member, Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee on Design of Concrete Structures, CSA A-23.3. (2020 – present).
  • Member, NSERC Discovery Grant Selection Committee (2009 – 2013 and 2017-2018).
  • Member, Standing Comm. on Earthquake Design for the National Building Code of Canada (1996 – 2014).
  • Member of the organizing committee for Bacon and Egghead Parliamentary Information Sessions under the auspices of the Royal Society of Canada (2010 – 2013).
  • Member, CSA Technical Committee on Blast Resistant Design of Buildings S850; also Chair of the Subcommittee on Design (2008 – Present).
  • Member, CSA Technical Committee on FRP Structural Components and Materials for Use in Buildings, S806; also Chair of the Subcommittee on Seismic Design (1995–Present).
  • Member, Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Seismic Risk Reduction of Operational and Functional Components of Buildings, S832 (2008 – Present).
  • Chair, Technical Committee on Design of Blast Resistant Window Anchor Systems, CSA S852 (2014 – present). 
  • Member, American Concrete Institute Committee 374, Performance Based Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings (1998 – present).
  • Member, American Concrete Institute – American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee ACI-ASCE 441 on Concrete Columns (1986 – present)
  • Chair, ACI Committee 374, Task Group 2 on Testing Protocol (2000 – present).
  • Member, American Concrete Institute Committee 369 on Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation (2002 – Present).
  • Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (2003 – 2006).
  • Chairman, American Concrete Institute Committee ACI 340 on Design Aids for ACI 318 Building Code (1998 – 2004).
  • Member, American Concrete Institute Committee ACI 340 on Design Aids for ACI 318 Building Code (1979 – 2004).
  • Member, American Concrete Institute – American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee ACI-ASCE 442 on Lateral Loads (1983 – 1998).
  • Member, American Concrete Institute Committee 368 on Earthquake Resistant Systems and Components (1994 – 1998).
  • Member, American Concrete Inst., Lunar Concrete Committee, ACI 125 (1986 – 1992).