people
The Steel Centre is a community of experts in steel design, construction, fabrication, and materials science. Steel Centre faculty members serve on CSA Standards committees and have published extensively in the field. The community also extends far beyond the university to include steel fabrication and erection experts and top-tier design consultants.
researchers
Dr. Robert Driver, P. Eng.
Steel Centre Director
Steel Structures
Dr. Ali Imanpour, P. Eng.
Assistant Professor
Steel Structures
Dr. Roger Cheng, P. Eng.
Professor, C.W. Carry Chair of Steel Structures
Steel Structures
Dr. Leijun Li, P. Eng.
Professor
Welding Metallurgy
Dr. Doug Tomlinson
Assistant Professor
Steel/Concrete Composite Systems
Dr. Yong Li
Assistant Professor
Reliability & Advanced Analysis
Dr. Yasaman Balazadeh Minouei
Post-doctoral Fellow
Steel Structures
Dr. Bo Dowswell, P. Eng.
Consulting Research Engineer - Birmingham, AL
Steel Structures
support
Matt Jeppesen
Programs Administrator
Greg Miller
Structural Engineering Technician
Cam West
Structural Engineering Technician
members
investor members
influencer members
supporter members
Dan Brockerville
Inducted 2017
Lucy Zhang
Inducted 2017
James Koch
Inducted 2017
Jenny Si
Inducted 2017
Mikaela Wrobel
Inducted 2017
The U of A's top steel structures students.
students
Safa Masajedian (Ph.D.)
Supervisors: Dr. Driver, Dr, Imanpour
Progressive Collapse Resistance of Composite Steel Frame Structures
Dimple Ji (M.Sc.)
Supervisors: Dr. Driver, Dr. Imanpour
Lateral-torsional Buckling Tests of Welded Wide-Flange Girders
Michael Manarin (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Driver, Dr. Yong Li
Lateral-Torsional Buckling of Singly Symmetric Welded Three Plate Girders
James Koch (B.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Driver
Asymmetry Factor of Singly-Symmetric Beams in Lateral Torsional Buckling
Daniel Unsworth (M.Sc.)
Supervisors: Dr. Driver, Dr. Leijun Li
Residual Stresses in Welded Girders
Ahmed Mowafy (Ph.D.)
Supervisors: Dr. Imanpour, Dr. Chui
Advanced Hybrid Steel–Timber System for Seismic Applications
Abolfazl Ashrafi (Ph.D.)
Supervisor: Dr. Imanpour
Seismic Response Evaluation and Design of Steel Multi-tiered Eccentrically Braced Frames
Isaac Derakhshan (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Imanpour
Development of Simplified Seismic Design Guidelines for Steel Concentrically Braced Frames in Regions of Low and Moderate Seismicity
Pablo Cano (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Imanpour
Evaluation of Seismic Design Methods for Steel Multi-Tiered Concentrically Braced Frames
Akram Zain (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Imanpour
Seismic Performance and Design of Prefabricated Steel Braced Frames for Industrial Buildings
Daniel Brockerville (B.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Imanpour
Evaluation of Pre-Fabricated Structural Systems in Canada
Ian Chin (M.Sc.)
Supervisors: Dr. Driver, Dr. Tomlinson
Standardization of Embedded Plates for Steel/ Reinforced Concrete Connections
Adam Coleman (M.Eng.)
Supervisor: Dr. Driver
Stability of Extended Shear Tabs
recent alumni
Riley Quintin (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Driver
Complex Load Sharing In Weak-Axis Moment Connections
Victoria Buffam (M.Sc.)
Supervisor: Dr. Driver
Stability of Extended Shear Tabs
Chris DiGiovanni (M.Sc.)
Supervisors: Dr. Driver, Dr. Leijun Li
Cracking in Hot-dip Galvanized Welded Joints of Steel Platform Structures