Keynote Speakers
Professor Brahim Benmokrane,
Ph.D., P. Eng.
Brahim Benmokrane is a Professor and Tier–1 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Composite Materials for Civil Structures and the Industrial Research Chair in Innovative FRP Reinforcement for Sustainable Concrete Infrastructures at the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at the University of Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada). He is one of the world’s top and an internationally renowned expert in the field of structural concrete internally reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement. His research has significantly influenced the development of concrete structures reinforced with FRP bars, building codes, design specifications, and its practical use in North America and beyond. He has published over 750 papers, books, and book chapters and delivered over 250 lectures worldwide. He is one of the scientists most cited in the world in the field (26,300+ Citations, h-index=91, by Google Scholar).
Professor Mark Green,
Ph.D., P. Eng.
Mark Green is a professor of Civil Engineering at Queen’s University and NSERC Scholar in Residence with responsibility for providing NSERC with unique and novel viewpoints from the perspective of an Indigenous researcher and a leading international researcher. He studies the structural performance in fire of sustainable concrete structures, applications of fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) in structures, performance in fire of structures containing FRP, and best practices for working with Indigenous communities. Dr. Green sits with the Turtle Clan in the Kenhtè:ke Longhouse in Tyendinaga. His Kanyen'kéha name is Rahswahérha (he builds a bridge).
Professor Fabio Matta,
Ph.D., P.E.
Fabio Matta is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He was educated at the University of Padova, University of California, San Diego, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. Fabio’s group does research on construction materials and their structural performance, ranging from affordable and hazard-resistant earth masonry to advanced cement- and polymer-matrix composites, with an emphasis on extreme stressors. He published less than 50 journal papers in 15 years. Fabio is an active member of ACI and ASCE and serves as the editor-in-chief of the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction.