Ottawa-Carleton Joint Program

Established in 1984, the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Civil Engineering (OCICE) combines the research strengths and resources of the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University with that of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa.

The Institute offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science (MASc), Master of Engineering (MEng) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering.

The professors included in the list below are members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This means that they are authorized to supervise or co-supervise theses. A complete list of the faculty and staff members associated with the program can be found at http://www.ocice.ca/index.shtml

ADAMOWSKI, Kazimierz, Adjunct Professor
Regional flood and low-flow analysis; space-time modelling of precipitation; regional ranifall intensity frequency analysis; effect of global warming on hydrology; hydrological modelling using remotely sensed observations

ALIZADEH, Rouhollah, Adjunct Professor

ALMANSOUR, Husham, Adjunct Professor

AOUDE, Hassan, Assistant Professor

BASKARAN, Appupillai, Adjunct Professor
Aeroelasticity; wind tunnels; buildings--aerodynamics--data processing; wind-pressure; roofs--aerodynamics; roofs--design and construction; waterproofing

BEAUDOIN, James, Adjunct Professor
Structural engineering; smart structures (advanced materials)

BO, Myint Win, Adjunct Professor

CHEUNG, Mo, Adjunct Professor
Composite materials and fibre-reinforced plastics; behaviour and design of building envelopes; seismic resistant design and retrofit of buildings; dynamic responses of buildings and bridges, structural engineering; finite strip analysis of highway bridges; durability of parking garages; experimental investigation and field monitoring of bridges; reliability-based life cycle prediction and management of structures

CORNETT, Andrew, Adjunct Professor

DANESHFAR, Bahram, Adjunct Professor
Quantitative spatial data analysis related to environmental and engineering datasets

DELATOLLA, Robert, Assistant Professor

DOUDAK, Ghasan, Assistant Professor
Propagation of load (Load paths) in wood structures; Behaviour of Mid-Rise Light-Frame Wood Buildings; Structural performance of wood buildings subject to wind loads; Structural performance of wood buildings subject to earthquake loads, Performance of wood structures under blast loading; Full-scale and field testing of wood structural systems

DRAGOMIRESCU, Elena, Assistant Professor

DROSTE, Ronald, Adjunct Professor
Water resources and supply; water resources management; biological wastewater treatment; water supply and sanitation in developing countries

EVGIN, Erman, Adjunct Professor
Investigation into the effect of climate change on geotechnical engineering problems; numerical simulation of ice-ship interaction problems, development of a stochastic finite element code to obtain probabilistic answers to geotechnical engineering problems, modelling the behaviour of interfaces using two different approaches: (a) an elasto-plastic Cosserat continuum model, (b) a distinct element model

FALL, Mamadou, Associate Professor
MineFill Technology/Mine Waste Management; Underground Disposal of Nuclear Waste; Carbon Sequestration Technology; Coupled Processes in Porous Media and Application to Geotechnical Systems; Landfill/Solid Waste Management

GARDNER, Noel, Adjunct Professor
Structural engineering: reinforced concrete structures

INFANTE, Jules-Ange, Assistant Professor

JRADE, Ahmad, Assistant Professor
Life cycle cost analysis for conventional and sustainable projects; Renewable energy to forecast costs of projects; Integrating Building Information Modeling and Virtual Reality towards Sustainable Universal Design; Zero energy buildings; Optimizing

KENNEDY, Kevin, Full Professor
Environmental engineering, Development of expert systems for anaerobic reactor control; application of the sewer as a biological reactor, industrial waste water treatment; biological wastewater treatment; environmental and biochemical microbiology; advanced anaerobic reactor design

LAROSE, Guy, Adjunct Professor

MANSARD, Etienne, Adjunct Professor

MARTIN-PEREZ, Beatriz, Assistant Professor
Structural engineering

MOHAMMADIAN, Abdolmajid, Assistant Professor
Computational fluid dynamics, shallow water flows, large scale turbulence modeling, finite volume methods, Fourier analysis, numerical modeling of flow and sediment in dam reservoirs, rivers and hydraulic structures

MOHAREB, Magdi, Associate Professor
Structural engineering; development of advanced finite elements for steel member; development of interaction relations for steel sections; lateral buckling of planar frames, full-scale testing of steel pipes under combined loads; finite element analysis and behavior of steel pipes under combined loads

MURTY, Tad, Adjunct Professor
Numerical methods; applied mathematics; climatology; global warming; climate change; hydrodynamics

NARBAITZ, Roberto, Full Professor
Water and wastewater treatment by physicochemical processes; activated carbon adsorption; air stripping of volatile compounds from groundwater via packed towers; industrial waste minimization, membrane separation processes

NGUYEN, Thanh, Adjunct Professor

NISTOR, Ioan, Associate Professor
Hydraulic engineering; Coastal Engineering: Surf Zone Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport, Tsunamis, Coastal Structures, Contaminated Sediments

PALERMO, Dan, Assistant Professor
Structural engineering; concrete structures; hysteretic modeling of reinforced concrete; assessment; repair and strengthening of concrete structures; nonlinear finite element modeling

PATRY, Gilles, Full Professor
Environmental engineering; knowledge based engineering; water resources engineering

RAKI, Laila, Adjunct Professor

RENNIE, COLIN, Associate Professor
Water resources engineering; river engineering; environmental hydraulics; sediment transport; turbulence; and aquatic habitat

SAATCIOGLU, Murat, Full Professor
Structural engineering; smart structures; earthquake engineering

SARTAJ, Majid, Assistant Professor
Municipal and Industrial/Hazardous Solid Waste Management; Simulation and Modeling of Contaminants Transport and Fate in Environment; Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters and Reduction and Removal of Contaminants.

SEIDOU, Ousmane, Assistant Professor
Statistical hydrology/fluvial hydraulics; Climate change; Statistical methods; Dam safety; Sediment transport; Urban hydraulics; Lake and river ice models

TANAKA, Hiroshi, Emeritus Professor
Structural engineering; bridge engineering; building science

TIKKA, Timo, Adjunct Professor
Structural engineering

TOWNSEND, David, Emeritus Professor
Hydraulic engineering; the physical and mathematical modelling of fluid and sediment transport processes in open channels; hydraulics of bridge waterways; hydraulic structures; hydraulics of urban drainage systems

VANAPALLI, Sai K., Assistant Professor
Unsaturated soil technology; geo-environmental engineering studies (soil liners and soil covers); pavement design; critical state soil mechanics; freeze-thaw and wetting-drying behaviour of compacted soils

WANG, Baolin, Adjunct Professor

WARITH, Mostafa, Adjunct Professor
Landfil design; waste management; soil remediation; leachate treatment; GHG emsssion reduction from landfills

To be considered for admission, applicants must:

• Hold an honours bachelor’s degree with specialization or a major in civil engineering, or in the sub-disciplines normally considered to be part of civil engineering;
• Have a minimum average of B (70%) in their bachelor's degree;
• Demonstrate strong academic performance in previous studies as shown by official transcripts, research reports, abstracts or any other documents demonstrating research skills;
• Provide at least two confidential letters of recommendation from professors who are familiar with the applicant’s work;
• For admission to the MASc, identify at least one professor who is willing and available to act as thesis supervisor;
• Be proficient (understand, speak and write) in English. Most of the courses in these programs are offered in English. Research activities can be conducted either in English, French or both, depending on the language used by the professor and the members of his or her research group.

Applicants holding an honours bachelor’s (or major) degree in an engineering discipline other than civil engineering or in science may be considered for admission to a qualifying program with the following conditions:

• Graduates from honours engineering or science programs with a mathematics content equivalent to that of the civil engineering undergraduate program will have to take a minimum of four undergraduate civil engineering courses in their area of graduate specialty.
• Graduates from other science programs (i.e. those without the mathematical content covered in a civil engineering undergraduate program) will have to take all the core engineering undergraduate mathematics courses in addition to four qualifying undergraduate civil engineering courses in their area of specialty.

In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have a right to produce their work, their thesis, and to answer examination questions in French or in English.

A. Master of applied science (MASc)

• 18 course credits
• CVG5366 Master's seminar in civil engineering
• CVG 7999 Presentation and defense of a thesis based on original research carried out under the supervision of a research faculty member in the Department

B. Master of engineering (MEng) (30 credits)

• Completion of 24 course credits ;
• (CVG6000) Completion of a 6 credit civil engineering project.

• Completion of 30 course credits.

Duration of Program

The requirements of the program are usually fulfilled within two years of full-time studies.

Residence

All students must complete a minimum of three sessions of full-time registration. The maximum time permitted is four years.

Minimum Standards

The passing grade in all courses is B. Students who fail six credits, or the thesis proposal, or whose research progress report is deemed unsatisfactory are required to withdraw from the program.

Génie géotechnique / Geotechnical Engineering

Génie des structures / Structural Engineering

Génie des transports / Transportation Engineering

Génie des ressources de l'eau / Water Resources Engineering

Génie de l'environnement / Environmental Engineering

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