GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Completed recent projects
| Mohamed El Taher | Muge Balkaya |
| Name | Degree | Topic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Simpson | MSc | Performance of repaired culverts | in progress |
| P. Oghabi | MSc | Performance of design methods for laterally loaded piles | in progress |
| H. Swartz (supervised with Filion) | MSc | Water pipe repair to limit energy usage | in progress |
| V. Mai (supervised with Hoult) | MSc | Performance of corroded metal culverts | in progress |
| Y. Wang | MSc | Analysis and design to prevent joint leakage | in progress |
| D. Becerril | PhD |
Design methods for culvert joints | in progress |
| T. Elshimi (supervised with Brachman) |
PhD |
The behavior of long span deeply corrugated metal culverts | 2011 |
| M. Almahakeri (supervised with Fam) |
PhD |
Strength of buried composite pressure pipes | in progress |
K. Rahman |
PhD |
Three dimensional finite element analysis of pipe bursting | in progress |
M. Brown |
PhD |
Polymer liners for repair of buried waterpipes | in progress |
| M. Saiyar Sarai (supervised with Take) (C-CORE, St John's, NL) |
PhD |
Behaviour of buried pipelines subject to normal faulting | 2011 |
| M. Balkaya (visiting student from ITU, Turkey) (Istanbul Technical University) |
PhD |
Investigation of the Pipe-Soil Interaction around Continuous and Jointed Pipes | 2010 |
| J. Cholewa (supervised with Brachman) (Houle Chevrier Eng, Ottawa) |
PhD |
Ground displacements and pipe response during pulled-in-place pipe installation | 2009 |
| M. El Taher (Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Co., Egypt) | PhD |
Stability of damaged culverts | 2009 |
| H. Xia (EBA Engineering) |
PhD |
Hydraulic fracturing and loss of drilling mud during horizontal directional drilling | 2008 |
| J. Ye (KGS Group, Winnipeg) |
PhD |
Effect of axial loads on vertical risers attached to polymer sewers | 2008 |
| N. Ampiah (supervised with Fam) |
MSc |
Strength of composite pressure pipe liners considering imperfections | 2008 |
| D. Elwood (Thurber Engineering) |
MSc |
Hydraulic fracture experiments in a frictional material and approximations for maximum allowable mud pressure | 2008 |
| A. Lougheed-Mak (supervised with Brachman) (Thurber Engineering, BC) |
MSc |
Strength and performance of deep corrugated metal culvert | 2008 |
| A.G. Chehab (NSCC, Abu Dhabi) |
PhD |
Soil-pipe interaction for pulled in place HDPE pipe | 2008 |
| H. McLeod (supervised with Brachman) (Golder Associates, Kelowna, BC) |
MSc |
Pipe bursting experiments in clay | 2008 |
| M. Nkemitag (TTC, Toronto) |
PhD |
Numerical modeling of static pipe bursting | 2007 |
| Z. Tan (SNC Lavalin) |
MSc |
Effect of soil voids on sewer repaair using liners | 2007 |
| S. Munro (supervised with Brachman) (Stantec, NS) |
MSc |
Local bending in thermoplastic pipes | 2006 |
| S. Trickey (Golder Associates, Ottawa) |
MSc |
Three dimensional finite element modeling of buried pipes including frost action | 2005 |
| H.Y. Jeong (unknown) |
PhD |
Numerical simulations of stresses under stockpiled mass over ground with and without loadout tunnels | 2005 |
| M. Law (Mueser, Rutledge, NYC) |
PhD |
Behaviour of tight fitting flexible pipe liner under earth loads | 2004 |
| M. Kennedy (Golder, Burnaby, BC) |
MSc |
Finite element calculations of hydraulic fracturing during horizontal directional drilling | 2004 |
| K. Mwang'Onze (Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd) |
MSc |
Thermal Response of HDPE pipes | 2004 |
| B. Lapos (supervised with Brachman) (Golder, Mississauga) |
MSc |
Ground response during pipe bursting | 2004 |
| M. Baumert (BCIT, Vancouver) |
PhD |
Installation Loads on pipes installed using horizontal directional drilling | 2003 |
| V. Fernando (Golder Associates, Burnaby, BC) |
MESc |
Mechanical response of HDPE pipe during pipe bursting | 2002 |
| A. Dhar (Associate Professor Bangladesh UEngTech) |
PhD |
Stability limit states and thermoplastic pipe design | 2002 |
| S. Wong (Cambridge Pipe) |
MESc |
Behaviour of reinforced concrete pipes in Class IV bedding | 2002 |
| J. Chan (Maunsel, Hong Kong) |
MEng |
Finite element analysis of thermoplastic pipe joints | 2002 |
| J. Lee (Thurber Engineering, Oakville, Ont) |
MEng |
Response of fractured concrete Pattern III pipes under ground disturbance | 2002 |
| B. Taleb (formerly Acres International, Niagara Falls, Ont) |
PhD |
Limit states for long span culverts | 2001 |
| M.T. Abdel-Fattah (Asst Prof. Egypt) |
PhD |
Non-linear buckling of silos under bulk solid loading | 2001 |
| R. Brachman (Associate Professor Queen's University) |
PhD |
Mechanical performance of landfill leachate collection pipes | 1999 |
| A. Tognon (Mueser Rutledge, NYC) |
MESc |
Laboratory testin of geosynthetic landfill components | 1999 |
| J. Zhou Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto) |
MESc |
Investigation of nonlinear elasticity and analysis of silo filling | 1999 |
| T. Laidlaw (Trow Consulting Engineers, London, Ont) |
MESc |
Ground support for profiled HDPE pipe | 1999 |
| C. Zhang (Motorola, Chicago, IL, USA) |
PhD |
Non-linear mechanical response of HDPE in gravity flow sewers | 1996 |
| K. El Sawy (Assistant Professor , The United Arab Emirates University) |
PhD |
Analysis of liners for rigid pipe rehabilitation | 1996 |
| C. Brown (Terra Incorporated, Vancouver, BC) |
MESc |
Seepage-induced consolidation of bentonite slurries during laboratory permeability/compatibility testing | 1996 |
| F. Hu (Colt Engineering, Sarnia, Ont) |
MESc |
Time dependent behaviour of gravity flow HDPE pipe | 1994 |
| N. Purushothaman (rubber tire industry) |
PhD |
Numerical analysis of sliding of rubber over triangular and rectangular grooved asperities - tyre pavement interaction. | 1988 |
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