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Position

Dr. Aftab Mufti is a Professor of Civil Engineering, at the University of Manitoba, Department of Civil Engineering, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as well as being the Program Leader and President of ISIS Canada, and first President of ISHMII (International Society for SHM of Intelligent Infrastructures).

Thèmes de recherche

His research interests include FRPs, FOSs, FEM, bridge engineering, structural health monitoring and civionics.

Mufti has earned an international reputation as a leader in the areas of structural health monitoring and advanced building materials.

He is the holder of several patents on the steel-free bridge deck concept, of which he is the principal developer.

Prix et récompenses

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Institute of FRP (fibre-reinforced polymers) in Construction (IIFC), for his outstanding contributions to the field of fibre-reinforced polymer composites for construction.

2006 CSCE - A.B. Sanderson Award

2005 NSERC Synergy Award

2005 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials, Testing and Research (EMPA) - Mirko-Ros Gold Medal

2005 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba - Award of Merit

2004 Isis Colleagues - Award of Appreciation

2004 Consulting Engineers of Manitoba Inc. - Award of Merit

2003 Consulting Engineers of Manitoba Inc. - Award of Merit

2003 Consulting Engineers of Manitoba Inc. - Award of Excellence

2001 Dalhousie University - Recognition and Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions in Education, Research and Industry-University Partnerships

2000 ASCE/CI Journal of Composites in Construction - Best Applied Research Paper for 2000

2000 NOVA Award, Construction Innovation Forum

2000 Canadian Consulting Engineers - Award of Excellence

1998 American Concrete Institute, Design Award - Salmon River Bridge, NS

1997 International Road Federation World Meeting - Best Paper Award

1997 Lt. Govenor of Nova Scotia Award: Excellence in Engineering

1996 Finalist for the CERF Charles Pankow Award

1996 Canadian Consulting Engineer Magazine - Award of Merit

1996 Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia - Distinction in the Practice of Engineering Award

1996 Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures Network of Canada - Canadian Achievement Award

1993 Pratley Award - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

1990 E. Whitman Wright Award - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 1969 Phelps Johnson Prize - Engineering Institute of Canada

Publications

Dr. Mufti is the author or co-author of nine books. His first book, "Elementary Computer Graphics" published by Reston (Prentice-Hall) was translated into Japanese. His book on, Bridge Superstructures New Developments, co-authored with Dr. Jaeger and Dr. Bakht, was published by the National Book Foundation of Pakistan in 1996. This book contains many of the new developments in bridge structures using advanced materials.

He is also the author or co-author of more than 200 publications in Bridge Engineering, Finite Element Analysis and Computer Graphics, and several Technical Reports. He is currently on the editorial board of the new professional journal, “Structure and Infrastructure Engineering,” and on the international advisory board of International Advisory Board of the journal “Advances in Structural Engineering.” He is a former Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Past Chairman of the computer Application Division of CSCE and Past Chairman of the Computer Applications in Engineering Division of the E.I.C.