Raafat El-Hacha

Associate Professor (Structural Engineering)

Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty

P.Eng.

• Phone: (403) 220-4817
• Fax: (403) 282 - 7026
• E-mail: relhacha@ucalgary.ca

B.Sc. (Beirut Arab University, Lebanon) 1990

M.A.Sc. (Concordia University, Canada) 1997

Ph.D. (Queen's University, Canada) 2000

 

 

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Scholarships, Awards, & other Academic Honours

Dr. El-Hacha joined the department in 2004. Prior to his appointment, he was a Research Associate at North Carolina State University (2001-2003) and an NSERC Postdoctoral fellow at the Royal Military College of Canada (2000-2001).

Research Interests

Dr. El-Hacha's research interests include:

• Blast Mitigation and Repair using Innovative Materials
• Assessment, repair and rehabilitation of concrete and steel structures.
• Strengthening concrete and steel structures using externally prestressed and nonprestressed fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets and strips
• Strengthening concrete structures using prestressed FRP cables, prestressed and nonprestressed near-surface-mounted FRP strips and bars.
• FRP hybrid-concrete composites girders for bridge construction
• Using high strength materials (steel, concrete and FRP) in new construction
• Using corrosion Inhibitors as surface treatment onto concrete structures.

 

Teaching

Graduate Courses:

• ENCI 623: Behaviour and Design of Reinforced Concrete Members - (Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, and Fall 2004)
• ENCI 633: Fibre Reinforced Polymers Composite for Construction and Repair of Structures - (Fall 2009, Fall 2006 and Fall 2005, Winter 2008, Winter 2007)
• ENCI 619.20: Infrastructure Assessment and Repair - (Winter 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Winter 2005)

 

Undergraduate Courses:

• ENCI 570 - Group Design Project - (Fall 2008-Winter 2009). Academic Advisor for 13 students worked on project "Design of Stoney Trail Bridge Over Crowchild Trail" 
• ENCI 555: Structural Concrete Design - (Fall 2006, Fall 2005 and Fall 2004)
• ENCI 451: Basic Structural Design – (Winter 2009, Winter 2008, Winter 2007, Winter 2006 Winter 2005, and Winter 2004)
• ENGG 205: Engineering Mechanics - (Fall 2008)

 

Professional Activities/Memberships

Dr. El-Hacha is currently the Faculty representative to the Calgary local chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. He is also an active member in the following organizations and technical committees:

• Member, International Scientific Committee, "The 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Birdiges" (SMBS-8), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, August 3-6, 2010. 
• Chair, "Second Specialty Conference on Disaster Mitigation", (SCDM-2), to be held in conjunction with the CSCE 2010 Annual Conference, Winnipeg,  Manitoba, Canada, June 9 - 12, 2010.
• Member, International Scientific Committee, "Fifth International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering", (CICE 2010), Beijing, China, September 27-29, 2010.
• Member, International Advisory Committee, Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies. Ancona, Italy, June 28 - June 30, 2010.
• Member, International Scientific Committee, The Fifth International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, ACMBS-V, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 22-24, 2008.
• Member, International Scientific Committee, The Fourth International Conference on Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE2008, Zürich, Switzerland, July 22-24, 2008.
• The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
• International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)
• The American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE)
• The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
• The American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI)
• ACI-ASCE Joint Committee 423 "Prestressed Concrete" (Associate Member)
• ACI Committee 440 "Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement", and chair of ACI 440I Subcommittee "FRP-Prestressed Concrete"
• ACI Committee 437 "Strength Evaluation of Existing Concrete Structures" (Associate Member)
• ACI Committee 408 "Bond and Development of Reinforcement" (Associate Member)
• Project Leader in the Intelligent Sensing for Innovation Structures (ISIS) Canada Research Network
• Member of ISIS Canada Education Committee
• Registered as Professional Engineer in Alberta, Canada
• Member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) Investigative Committee
• Registered as Professional Engineer in Lebanon

 

Dr. El-Hacha is participating in organizing the following international conferences as:

• Member, International Scientific Committee, Second Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2009, December 9-11, 2009, Seoul, Korea.
• Member, Technical Committee, First International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, PROTECT2007, August 20-22, 2007, Whistler, Canada
• Member, Organizing Committee, First Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2007, December 12-14, 2007, Hong Kong, China.
• Member, International Scientific Committee, Third International Conference on Advanced Composites in Construction, ACIC 07, April 2-4, 2007, Bath, UK.
• Member, National Organizing Committee, Third International Conference on FRP Durability & Field Applications of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction, CDCC 2007, May 23-25, 2007, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
• Member, Organizing Committee, Third International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2006, Official Conference of the International Institute for FRP in Construction, Miami, Florida, USA, December 13-15, 2006.
• Secretary, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2006 Annual Conference, CSCE 2006 Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 23-26, 2006.
• Chair, First Specialty Conference on Disaster Mitigation, SCDM-1, held in conjunction with the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering CSCE 2006 Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 23-26, 2006.
• Member, International Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Bond Behvaiour of FRP in Structures, BBFS 2005, Organized by the IIFC Working Group on Bond between FRP and Concrete, Hong Kong, China, December 8-10, 2005
• Member, Technical Committee, Third International Conference on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications, ConMat 05, to be held in Vancouver, Canada, August 22-24, 2005.
• Member, Steering Committee, International Conference on Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems, CEIS 2005, Beirut, Lebanon, June 6-8, 2005. (conference postponed to June 12-14, 2006).

 

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