Dr. Mamdouh El-Badry, PhD, PEng, FCSCE, FEIC

Dr. Mamdouh El-Badry

PhD, PEng, FCSCE, FEIC

Positions

Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Contact information

Email

melbadry@ucalgary.ca

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Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-5819

Location

Office: CNRL Engineering Complex: ENF 246

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Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Structural Engineering, University of Calgary, 1988

Master's of Science Structural Engineering, University of Calgary , 1982

Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering (Distinction with Honours), Cairo University, 1976

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
ENCI 557 Structural Steel Design Winter 2023
ENCI 461 Mechanics of Solids and Structures Fall 2022
ENCI 627 Sustainable Serviceability of Concrete Structures Fall 2022
ENCI 557 Structural Steel Design Winter 2022
ENCI 621 Computer Analysis of Structures Winter 2022
ENCI 461 Mechanics of Solids and Structures Fall 2021
ENCI 557 Structural Steel Design Winter 2021
ENCI 557 Structural Steel Design Winter 2020
ENCI 627 Sustainable Serviceability of Concrete Structures Winter 2020
ENCI 513 Structural Concrete Design Fall 2019

Awards

  • A.B. Sanderson Award in recognition of "Outstanding contributions by a civil engineer to the development and practice of structural engineering in Canada", The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2021
  • Teaching Achievement Award, Schulich School of Engineering, SSE. 2020
  • Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, awarded for “excellence in engineering and services to the profession and to society”, the Engineering Institute of Canada, EIC. 2020
  • Research Achievement Award – Team & Partnership, Schulich School of Engineering, SSE. 2019
  • Nominee for Faculty Research in Sustainability Award, University of Calgary. 2019
  • Invited Panel Member, the 2017 Ontario Research Fund – Large Infrastructure Fund competition, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science (OMRIS) and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 2017
  • Faculty Nominee for The McCaig-Killam Teaching Award, Schulich School of Engineering, SSE. 2016
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Co-Chair of the 9th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB-IX, Calgary, Alberta, July 15-18, 2014, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2014
  • Invited Expert Panel Member at the MAP West (Maintenance, Architecture, Planning) Forum on “Adapting Planning and Development Initiatives to Emerging Climate Change Risks on Infrastructure”, Victoria, British Columbia. 2014
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Chair of the Structures Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (2006-2010), The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2010
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Co-Chair of the 2nd International Structural Specialty Conference, ISSC-II, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 10-12, 2010, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2010
  • Invited Panel Member, British Columbia Natural Resources and Applied Sciences (NRAS) Endowment’s Research Team Program., British Columbia Natural Resources and Applied Sciences (NRAS). 2010
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Co-Chair of the 6th Structural Specialty Conference, SSC-VI, Québec City, Québec, June 10-13, 2008, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2008
  • Elected Member of the College of Reviewers of the NSERC Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2007
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Chair, Technical Program, of the CSCE 2006 Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 23-26, 2006, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2006
  • Elected Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2005
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, in recognition of outstanding achievements and contribution to engineering education and research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, The Arab Republic of Egypt. 2005
  • CSCE Certificate of Appreciation, for serving as Chair of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, ACMBS-IV, Calgary, Alberta, July 23-26, 2004, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2005
  • PCI Award of Excellence, presented to Dr. M. El-Badry and his Engineering Student Team as the National Fourth Place Winners of the PCI Engineering Design Competition - 2005 BIG BEAM Contest, The Prestressed Concrete Institute, PCI. 2005
  • PCI Award of Excellence, presented to Dr. M. El-Badry and his Engineering Student Team as the National Third Place Winners of the PCI Engineering Design Competition - 2004 BIG BEAM Contest, The Prestressed Concrete Institute, PCI. 2004
  • PCI Award of Excellence, presented to Dr. M. El-Badry and his Engineering Student Team as the National Fourth Place Winners of the PCI Engineering Design Competition - 2003 BIG BEAM Contest, The Prestressed Concrete Institute, PCI. 2003
  • Civil Engineering Professor of the Year Award, University of Calgary. 2003
  • The 2000 CSCE P.L. Pratley Award, awarded for the best paper in Bridge Engineering published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering in 2000, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 2001
  • The 1998 CSCE P.L. Pratley Award, Honourable Mention, awarded for 2nd place of best paper in Bridge Engineering published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering in 1998, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 1999
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life, Concordia University, awarded for "an Outstanding Extra-Curricular Contribution to Student Life", Concordia University. 1996
  • The University of Calgary Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, awarded by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 1988
  • The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, the most highly competitive and prestigious graduate award at The University of Calgary (1984-1987), University of Calgary. 1987
  • Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship, awarded for consistent outstanding academic performance in undergraduate studies (1971-1976), Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. 1976

Publications

  • Steel Double-Headed Stud Reinforcement in Beam-Column Joints for Seismic Resistance. Hatem Ibrahim*; Mamdouh El-Badry. Canadian Conference - Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CCEE-PCEE) 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 13 pp. (2023)
  • Design Optimization of Pedestrian Truss Bridges Using Deep Neural Network. Navid Nourian; Mamdouh El-Badry, Maziar Jamshidi. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB XI, Toronto, ON.. (2022)
  • Static and Cyclic Behaviour of Precast Concrete Truss Girder Connection Reinforced with Steel or FRP Double-Headed Bars. Ali Ebrahimi Emamieh, Mamdouh El-Badry, Maziar Jamshidi. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB XI, Toronto, ON.. (2022)
  • Sequential Concrete Crack Segmentation Using Deep Fully Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Fusion. Maziar Jamshidi; Mamdouh El-Badry; Chaobo Zhang. SPIE Symposium on Optical Metrology; Automated Visual Inspection and Machine Vision IV; Munich, Germany. 10 pp. (2021)
  • Performance Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders of Different Spans and Connection Reinforcement. M Aghahassani*; M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 12 pp. (2014)
  • Numerical Modelling of Dapped-Ended Girders Reinforced with Headed Studs. K Yuen*; Mamdouh El-Badry. The Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE. 10 pp. (2018)
  • Static and Fatigue Performance of Hybrid Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Truss Girders. M Moravvej*; M Aghahassani*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 21 pp. (2014)
  • Experimental Fatigue Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders. M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Aghahassani*. 14 pp. (2014)
  • A Hybrid FRP-Reinforced Slab-on-Truss Girder System for Short and Medium SpanBridges. M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry; P Joulani*. American Concrete Institute, ACI. 18 pp. (2017)
  • Effects of Different Levels of Expansive Cement on the Bond Strength of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes. Mamdouh El-Badry; M Moravvej*; M Aghahassani*. 8 pp. (2015)
  • Static Load Behaviour of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Two-Panel Truss Girders Reinforced with Double-Headed GFRP Bars. M Moravvej*; P Joulani*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 11 pp. (2016)
  • Smart Structural Health Monitoring System for Damage Identification in Bridges Using Relative Wavelet Entropy. M Moravvej*; P Joulani*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 6 pp. (2016)
  • Wavelet Entropy-Based Damage Identification Technique for Hybrid FRP-Concrete Structures. M Moravvej*; P Joulani*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 10 pp. (2016)
  • Long-Term Deformations and Stresses. A Ghali; Mamdouh El-Badry; R Gayed*. pp. 166-189. (2007)
  • Effects of Post-tensioning Ducts on Shear Strength of Thin Webs of Bridge Girders. Mamdouh El-Badry; N Ragab*. 16 pp. (2011)
  • Fabrication and Testing of a Full-Scale Hybrid FRP-Reinforced Slab-on-Truss Girder Bridge System. P Joulani*; M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry. The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 11 pp. (2018)
  • Thermal Cracking of Concrete Slabs Reinforced with Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Bars. Mamdouh El-Badry; M Osman*. 4 pp. (2009)
  • Shear Strengthening of Beam-Column Joints Using Steel-Reinforced Polymers. Mamdouh El-Badry; R Izi*. 11 pp. (2008)
  • Control of Displacement-Induced Cracking in FRP Reinforced Concrete. Mamdouh El-Badry; H Mahmood*; A Ghali. 11 pp. (2008)
  • Nonlinear 3D Finite Element Analysis of Exterior Beam-Column Joints Reinforced with Double-Headed Studs for Shear Resistance under Cyclic Loading. H Ibrahim*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 11 pp. (2008)
  • Steel Reinforced Polymers Enhance Strength and Ductility of Beam-Column Joints under Seismic Loads. R Izi*; H Ibrahim*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 10 pp. (2008)
  • Experimental Investigation of the Cyclic Behavior of Concrete Frame Joints Reinforced with Double-Headed Studs. Mamdouh El-Badry; H Ibrahim*. 10 pp. (2008)
  • Evaluating the Capability of Time-of-Flight Cameras for Accurately Imaging a Cyclically Loaded Beam. I Detchev*; H Lahamy*; J Steward*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Moravvej*; X Qi*; Derek Lichti. 11 pp. (2015)
  • Optical Remote Sensing Systems for Structural Deflection Measurement and Crack Characterization. Derek Lichti; Allen Habib; I Detchev*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 11 pp. (2014)
  • Fatigue Behaviour of Precast Concrete Truss Girders Reinforced with Double-Headed Bars: Experimental Assessment. M Aghahassani*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Moravvej*. 11 pp. (2014)
  • Effects of Level of Expansive Cement in the Concrete Mixture on the Compressive Strength of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes. M Aghahassani*; M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 10 pp. (2013)
  • Efficient Shear Reinforcement for Concrete Beam-Column Joints Subjected to Seismic Loads. Mamdouh El-Badry; H Ibrahim*. 12 pp. (2007)
  • Reinforcing Beam-Column Joints with Steel Headed Studs for Seismic Resistance. Mamdouh El-Badry; Mojarrad Bahreh* V. 9 pp. (2013)
  • Fatigue Performance of a Precast Hybrid FRP-Reinforced Bridge Truss Girder System. Mamdouh El-Badry; P Joulani*; M Moravvej*. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE. pp. 2584-2591. (2017)
  • An Algorithm for the Extraction of Cracks in Concrete Beams from Images. I Detchev*; Allen Habib; Mamdouh El-Badry. 8 pp. (2013)
  • Performance of a Hybrid FRP-Reinforced Bridge Truss Girder System – Experimental Assessment. P Joulani*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Moravvej*. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, EMPA. 9 pp. (2017)
  • Effects of Span-to-Depth Ratio on the Behaviour of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders. M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Aghahassani*. 12 pp. (2013)
  • Recent Developments in Optical Systems for Structural Deflection Measurement. X Qi*; Derek Lichti; Mamdouh El-Badry; Allen Habib; I Detchev*. 8 pp. (2013)
  • Experimental Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders of Different Spans. Mamdouh El-Badry; M Aghahassani*; M Moravvej*. 12 pp. (2013)
  • Effects of Out-of-Plane Confinement on the Seismic Response of Beam-Column Joints Reinforced with Double-Headed Studs. Mamdouh El-Badry; Mojarrad Bahreh* V; H Ibrahim*. 11 pp. (2013)
  • Detection of Cracks in a Concrete Beam-Column Joint Using Target Gridding. Mamdouh El-Badry; Allen Habib; Mojarrad Bahreh* V; I Detchev*. 8 pp. (2013)
  • Experimental Evaluation of Connections in Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders. Mamdouh El-Badry; K Schonknecht*; H Abe. 16 pp. (2013)
  • The Effects of Expansive Cement on the Strength of Concrete-Filled Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes. M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry; M Aghahassani*. 12 pp. (2012)
  • Image-Based Deformation Monitoring of Statically and Dynamically Loaded Beams. I Detchev*; Allen Habib; Mamdouh El-Badry. 6 pp. (2012)
  • Innovative Applications of Headed Studs for Sustainable Structures. Mamdouh El-Badry. pp. 57-62. (2012)
  • Deformation Monitoring with Off-the-Shelf Digital Cameras for Civil Engineering Fatigue Testing. I Detchev*; Allen Habib; F He*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 8 pp. (2014)
  • Fatigue Damage Identification in Precast Truss Girders Using Relative Wavelet Entropy. Mamdouh El-Badry; M Moravvej*. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE. pp. 3283-3290. (2017)
  • Design of Concrete Bridges for Sustainability: Deflection Control. R Gayed; Mamdouh El-Badry; A Ghali. pp. 51-56. (2012)
  • Finite Element Analysis of Shear Friction of Concrete Strengthened with External Steel-Reinforced Polymer Composites. M Mahmoodi*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 9 pp. (2012)
  • Extraction of Cracks from Concrete Beam Images. Allen Habib; I Detchev*; Mamdouh El-Badry. 6 pp. (2012)
  • Finite Element Modeling of Push-off Test Specimens Investigating Effects of Posttensioning Ducts in Thin Webs. Mamdouh El-Badry; N Ragab*. 17 pp. (2012)
  • Estimation of Vertical Deflections in Concrete Beams through Digital Close Range Photogrammetry. El-Badry, M.; Detchev*, I.; Habib, A. 6 pp. (2011)
  • Case Study of Beam Deformation Monitoring Using Conventional Close Range Photogrammetry. Habib, A.; Detchev*, I.; El-Badry, M. pp. 93-100. (2011)
  • Identification of Structural Damage in Hybrid Bridge Truss Girders Using Relative Wavelet Entropy. M Moravvej*; Mamdouh El-Badry. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, EMPA. 8 pp. (2017)
  • Structural 3D Monitoring Using a New Sinusoidal Fitting Adjustment. Mamdouh El-Badry; Derek Lichti; Allen Habib; I Detchev*. 8 pp. (2016)
  • Measurement of Deflection in Concrete Beams during Fatigue Loading Test using the Microsoft Kinect 2.0. Mamdouh El-Badry; J Steward*; Derek Lichti; M Moravvej*; H Lahamy*. 7 pp. (2016)
  • Finite Element Analysis of In-Situ Decommissioned Steel Pipelines Subjected to Surface Live Load. Walsh, C.*; El-Badry, M. The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. 12 pp. (2018)
  • Damage Identification in a Beam-Type Structure under Varying Operational and Environmental Conditions. Moravvej, M.*; El-Badry, M. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB X, Quebec City. 10 pp. (1918)
  • Object Space Localization and Characterization of Cracks in Concrete Infrastructure Elements. I Detchev, I.*; Habib, A.; El-Badry, M. 10 pp. (2014)

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