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The Risk-Informed Infrastructure Innovation (RIII) Lab led by Professor Arnold Yuan is looking for one to two exceptional PhD students working in the area of digital twins-enabled bridge asset management. Students are required to have solid background in civil engineering. … Continue reading →

Role and Importance of Resilience and Engineering Asset Management at Times of Major, Large-Scale Instabilities and Disruptions Speaker: Dr. Dragan Komljenovic, Senior Research Scientist, Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ) Time & Date: 14:10-15:30 EST, Friday, February 24, 2023, Location: Online … Continue reading →

Sustainable infrastructure is a two-way street: balancing environmental and condition performance goals Speaker: Dr. Omar Swei, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia Time & Date: 14:10-15:30 EST, Friday, January 27, 2023, Location: Online Zoom Link: Please … Continue reading →

Efficient Scenario Analysis for Optimal Adaptation of Bridge Networks under Deep Uncertainties through Knowledge Transfer Speaker: Dr. Minghui Cheng, Postdoctoral Associate, Systems Engineering, Cornell University Time & Date: 14:10-15:30, Friday, October 28, 2022 Location: Online Zoom Link: https://ryerson.zoom.us/j/4612874120 Abstract Due … Continue reading →

Probability, risk, uncertainty and decisions all are abstract concepts. In CV8311 (Risk and Reliability for Engineers), our study will have to emphasize on engineering applications. However, if you are interested in risk and decision in general, I give below a … Continue reading →

The RILCIE group keep recruiting self-motivated post-doctoral researchers and PhD students from time to time. The recruitment focus for year 2020 is on infrastructure asset management, progressive collapse, and probabilistic structural integrity. If you have a strong background in one … Continue reading →

This book was published in 2011, and I purchased in 2013 for the preparation of CVL609, Civil Engineering Systems. I just read it second time, and I believe it deserves more reading. https://www.amazon.ca/Engineering-Systems-Meeting-Complex-Technological/dp/0262529947 This books is revolutionary. Most of our … Continue reading →

Before you read on, please note that the blog articles published in rilcie.blog.ryerson.ca represent only Dr. Arnold Yuan’s personal view, and do represent neither the position of Ryerson University nor that of the Department of Civil Engineering. Dr. Yuan does … Continue reading →

About six years ago, when I just first came to Ryerson, I observed one thing: too many Ryerson students were interested in only marks, not in knowledge and problem-solving skills.  Unfortunately, I didn’t see this has been changed much.  This … Continue reading →

A recent in-print in the Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, is entitled “Resilience and sustainability of the civil infrastructure: towards a unified approach” by two Lehigh professors (P. Bocchini and D. M. Frangopol) and two German researchers (T. Ummenhofer and … Continue reading →