Rania Al-Hammoud

Associate Professor - Teaching Stream

Research Interests:

  • Rehabilitation and Durability of Concrete Structures
  • Advanced Materials such as Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP)
  • Design and rehabilitation of infrastructure specifically bridges
  • Reliability and Risk Assessment of Structures
  • Active Learning in Engineering Education

Current Sources of Research Funding:

  • University of 蓝莓视频 Start-up fund

Selected Publications:

  1. AL-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K., Topper, T., (2013) 鈥溾 Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 40, March, pp. 934 鈥 943.
  2. AL-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K., Topper, T. (2011) 鈥淔atigue Flexural Behaviour of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams Repaired with CFRP Sheets鈥 ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 15, No. 1, January - February, pp. 42 - 51.
  3. Al-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K., Topper, T., (2011) 鈥淪tructural Health Monitoring of Corroded Steel Reinforcement in FRP Repaired Beams Using Multiplexed Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors鈥 The Fourth International Conference on Durability and Sustainability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction and Rehabilitation, proceedings on CD ROM, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, July 20 鈥 22, CDCC.
  4. AL-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K., Topper, T., (2010) 鈥淏ond Analysis of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Monotonic and Fatigue Loads鈥 Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 32, No. 3, March, pp. 194 鈥 203.
  5. Soudki, K., Rteil, A., Al-Hammoud, R., Topper, T., (2007)鈥淔atigue strength of fibre-reinforced-polymer-repaired beams subjected to mild corrosion鈥 Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 34, No.3, March, pp. 414-421.
  6. B.S. Hamad, R. Al-Hammoud, and J. Kunz, (2006) 鈥淓valuation of Bond Strength of Bonded-In or Post-Installed Reinforcement鈥 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Structural Journal, Vol. 103, No. 2, March 鈥 April, pp. 207 鈥 218.
  7. Kudsi, T., Al Hammoud, R.,Chung, F., (2003) 鈥淩isk Assessment of an Existing Concrete Structure; A System Reliability Approach鈥 The Fourth International Symposium on Uncertainty in Modeling and Analysis, College Park, Maryland, USA, Sep 21-24, ISUMA 2003, pp.442-450.

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Concrete Institute
  • Professional Engineers Ontario

Courses Taught:

  • 鈥 Statics and Solid Mechanics 2
  • 鈥 Advanced Calculus
  • 鈥 Structures and Materials Properties
  • 鈥 Engineering Economics
  • 鈥 Advanced Mathematics for Civil Engineers
  • 鈥 Engineering Project 1
  • 鈥 Structural Analysis 2
  • 鈥 Structural Systems
  • 鈥 Rehabilitation of Concrete Structure