1. Dr. Rishi Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Victoria. He leads the Facility for Innovative Materials and Infrastructure Monitoring (FIMIM) at UVic. He received both a masters and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia. His current research is focused on studying smart self healing cement-based composites containing supplementary cementitious materials and fiber reinforcement. His areas of interest include development of sustainable construction technologies, structural health monitoring, and non-destructive evaluation of infrastructure. He has more than 20 years of combined academic and industry experience. His industry experience includes working as the Director of Research of Octaform Systems Inc in Vancouver.
Rishi is a Fellow of Engineers Canada, the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers, and a past chair of the EGBC’s Burnaby/New West branch. He isthe past Chair of the international affairs committee of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE). He is a long standing member of the American Concrete Institute and is also a voting member of several subcommittees of ASTM C 09.
2. Dr. Min Sun is an Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Program in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Victoria (UVic). His research interests lie primarily in the field of structural engineering. His past research activity has included the development of design rules for hollow structural section connections and fillet welds, which have been incorporated into Canadian and American national steel design standards. From 2018 to 2020, he was the Western Region VP of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). In 2019, he received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at UVic. Before joining UVic, he worked as a structural designer at Read Jones Christoffersen.
3. Dr. Svetlana Brzev is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia. She has more than 35 years of consulting and research experience related to structural and seismic design and retrofitting of masonry structures in Canada and several other countries. Her research has been focused on seismic behaviour and practical design and construction issues related to masonry structures. She has served as a member of the Technical Committee responsible for developing current Canadian masonry design standard CSA S304 since 2009 and is a member of the Technical Committee 250/SC8/WG1 responsible for developing Eurocode 8 provisions for seismic design of masonry buildings. She has been actively involved in several international initiatives related to promoting safe housing in seismically active regions, such as the EERI-sponsored World Housing Encyclopedia and Confined Masonry Network. Dr. Brzev served as a Director and Vice-President of EERI, a Director of the Masonry Society, and is currently a Director of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering. Dr. Brzev has co-authored two books related to design of masonry structures and a textbook on design of reinforced concrete structures and numerous papers and publications.
4. Dr. Shahria Alam is a Professor of Civil Engineering and the Tier 1 Principal’s Research Chair in Resilient & Green Infrastructure in the School of Engineering at The University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Okanagan campus. He is serving as the founding Director of the Green Construction Research & Training Center (GCRTC) at UBC. Dr. Alam is the Vice President (Technical Program) of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and Chair of the Engineering Mechanics and Materials Division of CSCE. He received his PhD in Civil/Structural Engineering from Western University in 2008. His research interests include smart and recycled materials and their structural engineering applications. He has published more than 350 peer-reviewed articles in these areas. He is the recipient of more than forty national and international awards including three best paper awards. Currently, Dr. Alam is serving as an Associate Editor of ASCE’s Journal of Bridge Engineering and Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.
5. Dr. Ng’s major fields of interest are in sustainable waste management system, disposal facility design, and data-driven waste policy. Kelvin has over 120 publications, and his projects have been supported by NSERC, Mitacs, CFI, Innovation Saskatchewan, Ministry of Environment, and other national and provincial sponsors. Kelvin has received both research and teaching awards, including six RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Awards (2018-2022), Elsevier’s Top Reviewer Award - Waste Management (2021), Saskatchewan Innovation Challenge (2019), McMaster Engineering Top 150 Alumni for Canada’s Sesquicentennial
