Dr. Ahmed Elshaer, P.Eng.
Title
Assistant Professor & Graduate CoordinatorCampus
Thunder BayOffice
Centennial Building (CB) 4100Phone
(807) 343-8010 ext. 7210Biography
Dr. Ahmed Elshaer, P.Eng. is an Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering and the Coordinator of the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Lakehead University. Dr. Elshaer is a structural/wind researcher who has participated in many mega-scale projects in Canada and overseas.
Dr. Elshaer’s research laboratory included 4 Ph.D. students, 5 MSc students and 10 undergraduate research students. He has extensive experience with structural dynamics, wind engineering and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
His research work aims at addressing the sustainability and resiliency challenges facing our built environment through experimental and numerical approaches. He was the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Alan Davenport Award of Excellence, Contribution to Teaching (CTA) award, and the Lakehead Merit Award.
Academic Qualifications
University of Western Ontario, Canada
PhD
Cairo University, Egypt
M.Sc.
Cairo University, Egypt
B.Sc.
Research Interests
- Wind Engineering (wind-structure interaction, aerodynamics and wind load evaluation)
- (Artificial Intelligence)-based optimization
- Finite element and applied element methods
- Multihazard risk assessment and mitigation of structures and cities
- Structural dynamics and wind flow simulations using High-performance computing (HPC)
Recent Publications
Ghazal, T., Elshaer, A., Aboshosha, H., 2022. Wind load evaluation on storm shelters using wind tunnel testing and North American design codes.
Eng. Struct. 254, 113821.Khaled, F., Aly, A.M., Elshaer, A., 2021. Computational Efficiency of CFD Modeling for Building Engineering: An Empty Domain Study. J. Build. Eng
Eng. 42, 102792.Brown, T., Elshaer, A., 2022. Pounding of structures at proximity: A state-of-the-art review. J. Build.
Eng. 48, 103991.Ah Chin, J., Garcia, M., Cote, J., Mulcahy, E., Clarke, J., Elshaer, A., 2022. Structural performance of an electricity tower under extreme loading using the applied element method - A case study.
Wind Struct. 34, 313–319.Chen, J., Gianfelice, M., Izukawa, N., Elshaer, A., Aboshosha, H., 2021. Run-Time and Statistical Pedestrian Level Wind Map for Downtown Toronto. Front.
Built Environ. 7, 1–16.Suleiman, M., Elshaer, A., Billah, M., Bassuony, M., 2021. Propagation of Mouth-Generated Aerosols in a Modularly Constructed Hospital Room.
Sustainability 13, 11968.Koppula, R., Salem, O., Elshaer, A., 2022. Experimental determination of the residual compressive strength of fire-damaged concrete columns retrofitted using CFRP wrapping.
Can. J. Civ. Eng. 49, 318–329.Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., Abdallah, H., 2019. Variation in wind load and flow of a low-rise building during progressive damage scenario.
Wind Struct. 28, 389–404.Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., 2018. Multiobjective Aerodynamic Optimization of Tall Building Openings for Wind-Induced Load Reduction.
J. Struct. Eng. 144.Adamek, K., Vasan, N., Elshaer, A., English, E., Bitsuamlak, G., 2017. Pedestrian level wind assessment through city development: A study of the financial district in Toronto. Sustain.
Cities Soc. 35.Elshaer, Ahmed, Aboshosha, H., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., Dagnew, A., 2016. LES evaluation of wind-induced responses for an isolated and a surrounded tall building.
Eng. Struct. 115, 179–195.Elshaer, Ahmed, Mostafa, H., Salem, H., 2016. Progressive collapse assessment of multistory reinforced concrete structures subjected to seismic actions.
KSCE J. Civ. Eng. 21.Aboshosha, H., Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2015. Consistent inflow turbulence generator for LES evaluation of wind-induced responses for tall buildings.
J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 142, 198–216.Al-Chalabi, R., Elshaer, A., 2021. Aerodynamic mitigation of low-rise building roofs
CSCE Annual ConferenceAlanani, M., Elshaer, A., 2021. Improving wind performance of structural systems of tall buildings using topology modifications
CSCE Annual ConferenceSuleiman, M., Elshaer, A., Billah AHM, M., 2021a. Covid-19 modular construction
CSCE Annual ConferenceBrown, T., D’Ottavio, M., Renout, K., Elshaer, A., 2020. Aerodynamic Wind Load Analysis towards Array mounting of Solar Panels
Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, & Materials Research, Seoul, South Korea.Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., Abdallah, H., 2018. Progressive collapse of low-rise buildings under wind loads.
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Conference, Fredericton, Canada.Geleta, T., Elshaer, A., Melaku, A., Bitsuamlak, G., 2018. Computational Wind Load Evaluation of Low-Rise Buildings with Complex Roofs Using LES,
7th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering.Elshaer, Ahmed, Bitsuamlak, G., El Ansary, A., Sobhy, M., 2018. Alteration of wind load on tall buildings due to fluid structure interaction,
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Conference. Fredericton, CanadaElshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., 2017. Aerodynamic Mitigation of Tall Buildings Using Local and Global Shape Optimization
14th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Montreal, CanadaMelaku, A., Bitsuamlak, G., Elshaer, A., Aboshosha, H., 2017. Synthetic inflow turbulence generation methods for LES study of tall building aerodynamics
Americas Conference on Wind Engineering.Elshaer, A., Mostafa, H., Salem, H., 2017. Progressive collapse assessment of multistory reinforced concrete structures subjected to seismic actions.
KSCE J. Civ. Eng. 21.Elshaer, A., Aboshosha, H., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2016. Numerical evaluation of wind loads on a tall building located in a city centre
Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. London, Canada.Elshaer, Ahmed, Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2016. Aerodynamic shape optimization of tall buildings using twisting and corner modifications
8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Boston, USA.Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2016. Aerodynamic optimization to reduce wind loads on tall buildings
Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. London, CanadaHajra, B., Bitsuamlak, G.T., Aboshosha, H., Elshaer, A., 2016. Large eddy simulation of wind induced loads on a low rise building with complex roof geometry
Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. London, CanadaElshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2015. Vibration control of tall buildings using aerodynamic optimization
25th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics. London, CanadaElshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., El Damatty, A., 2015. Aerodynamic shape optimization for corners of tall buildings using CFD
The 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering. Porto Alegre, Brazil.Hajra, B., Aboshosha, H., Bitsuamlak, G., Elshaer, A., 2015. Large eddy simulation of wind-induced pressure on a low rise building
Proceedings of the 25th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM), May.Elshaer, A., Bitsuamlak, G., El-Damatty, A., 2014. Wind Load Reductions due to Building Corner Modifications
22nd Annu. Conf. CFD Soc. Canada 1–5.Awards
2022
Lakehead Merit Award
2021
Contribution to Teaching (CTA) Award
2016