About the Blogger

Dr Arnold Yuan is currently a professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr Yuan’s research focuses mainly on engineering risk and reliability, infrastructure asset management, structural design theory for extreme loading, and management of large projects.

Dr Yuan’s contact info:

Department of Civil Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON Canada   M5B 2K3
E-Mail: arnold dot yuan at ryerson dot ca

Research Lab: CUI 330 (44 Gerrard Street East)

Office: MON 220 (reet)

Working Experience

  • Professor & Department Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, July 2021 – Present.
  • Associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, May 2013 — July 2021.
  • Executive/Academic Director, Ryerson Institute for Infrastructure Innovation, July 2014 – June 2019.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, August 2008 — April 2013.
  • Analyst, AMEC NSS, Toronto, ON, February 2008 — July 2008.
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Risk Research and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, March 2007–January 2008.
  • Lecturer, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China, July 2000–August 2002.

Education

  • PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. June 2007. Thesis topic: stochastic deterioration modeling for risk-informed life-cycle management of infrastructural systems
  • MASc (Structural Engineering), BASc (Building Structure & Construction), Hunan University, Changsha, China. June 1997 and 2000, respectively.

Family

Dr Yuan is married with two daughters.

Motto

Life is uncertain and dynamic; let’s explore it!

Corollary

Uncertainty is the very guide for research.