McGill
12th CEGSS Conference, March 31st, 2005




On March 31st, 2005 we held the 12th Annual CEGSS Conference. We had participants from several universities. The conference covered all areas of Civil Engineering: Geotechnical, Structural, Hydraulics, Hydrology, Environmental, Transportation.

The schedule of event was:

8:30Conference Registration, Breakfast
9:00CONFERENCE OPENING
Prof. D. Mitchell (Department Chair)
9:10Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Flow Around 90o Open-Channel Bends
Sangsoo Han, Pascale M. Biron, and Amruthur S. Ramamurthy
9:30Flow Dynamics And Sediment Transport Around Paired Deflectors For Fish Habitat Enhancement
David M. Carré, Prof. Pascale M. Biron and Prof. Susan J. Gaskin
9:50Photoreactivation Following Combined Peracetic Acid-UV Disinfection of a Physicochemical Effluent
Nicolas Martin and Prof. Ronald Gehr
10:10Application d’un modèle pour l’exploitation d’un plan d’eau par une plante aquatique
Ruben Bodo, Abdelkrim Azzouz, Robert Hausler
10:30- 10:50 -- Refreshments
10:50Peroxidase-Catalyzed Oxidation of Steroid Estrogens
U.Khan, C. Cardinal-Watkins, A. Wojtowicz, and J. Nicell
11:10Depth-Averaged Two Dimensional Modeling of a Modified River
Karen Ng and Prof.Susan J. Gaskin
11:30Fate and Transport of Residual Petroleum Oils under Freeze-Thaw Temperature Cycles using X-Ray Computed Tomography
Sormeh Kashef Haghighi and Subhasis Ghoshal
11:50A database management system for groundwater modeling in the Basin of Mexico
Jaime Carrera-Hernández, and Prof. Susan J. Gaskin
12:10- 13:00 -- Lunch Break
13:00Counter Flowing Wall Jets for Mixing And Dilution
Magdalena Tudor, A.S. Ramamurthy, and Diep Vo
13:20Assessing the Carbonation Behaviour of Cementitious Materials for CO2 Sequestration Purposes
Sean Monkman and Prof. Yixin Shao
13:40Buckling Behavoiur and Nonlinearity of FRP Composite Sheet Piles
Yi Chen and Prof. Yixin Shao
14:00CO2 Uptake Through Carbonation of Concrete Using Simulated And Real Flue Gas
Xudong (Arthur) Zhou and Prof. Yixin Shao
14:20- 14:40 -- Refreshments
14:40Simplified Non-Linear Analysis of Negative Skin Friction On Piles And Pile Groups
Md Ahsan Habib and Prof. A M Hanna
15:00Analysis of Simply-Supported Single Cell Prismatic Box Sections
Sk. Amjad Hossain and Prof. M.S.Mirza
15:20Behaviour and Analysis of Multi-Storey Steel Frame / Wood Panel Shear Walls
Caroline Blais and Colin A. Rogers
15:40Contribution of Non-Structural Elements in Roof Diaphragm of Single Storey Steel Buildings
Simon Mastrogiuseppe and Colin A. Rogers
16:00Shear Lag In Tension Member Welded Connections
Georges Abi-Saad and Dominique Bauer
16:20Development of Statistical Downscaling Methods for Simulating the Daily Precipitation at a Local Site
Siddharth Pharasi and Prof. V.T.V. Nguyen
16:40CONFERENCE CLOSING
David Carré (President of the CEGSS)
16:50Wine and Cheese


The booklet with all the Abstracts (in .pdf, 593 Kb): Here




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