Ahmed M. Elkady Ph.D. Candidate McGill University Department of Civil Engineering Advisor: Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos

Contact Information:

Address: Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 165

817 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C3, CANADA

email address

Current Research Summary:

My research involves the study of deep slender steel columns, as a part of special moment resisting frames, in terms of their stability and strength deterioration rate when subjected to large drift demands during seismic events.

Education:

• B.Sc., (w/ Honors) Alexandria University, Egypt, June 2006
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Major: Steel Structures and Bridges
  

• M.Sc., McGill University, Canada, May 2011
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Concentration: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
  Advisor: Prof. Luc E. Chouinard

• Ph.D., McGill University, Canada, 2012-till now
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Concentration: Deterioration and Stability of Deep Steel Columns
  Advisor: Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos

Practice:

• Senior Structural Engineer (Full time), 2006-2007
  Employer: Center of Design & Engineering Consultations (CDEC), Alexandria, Egypt

Teaching:

• Design of Steel Structures and Bridges (2007-2009), Alexandria University, Egypt.

• Computer Applications in Civil Engineering (2007-2009), Alexandria University, Egypt.

• CIVE 302 - Probabilistic Systems (Winter 2011) ‎, McGill University, Canada.‎

• CIVE 320 - Numerical Methods (Fall 2012) ‎‎, McGill University, Canada.‎

Publications:

1. Elkady, A. and Chouinard, L.E. 2012. Calculating Modal Target Epsilons from multiple GMPE models: A case study for Montreal. Proceedings 15th WCEE, Lisbon, Portugal.

2. Elkady, A. and Lignos, D.G. 2012. Dynamic Stability of Deep Slender Steel Columns as Part of Special MRFs Designed in Seismic Regions-Finite Element Modeling. Proceedings First International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering (PLSE), Hong Kong, China.

3. Elkady, A. and Lignos, D.G. 2013. Effect of Composite Action on the Dynamic Stability of Special Steel Moment Resisting Frames Designed in Seismic Regions. Proceedings of AISC Structures Congress, Pittsburg, PA.