The Risk, Reliability, and Resilience (R3) Research Group advances knowledge and methods that help civil infrastructure remain safe, functional, and sustainable under uncertainty. Our research addresses pressing challenges such as aging and deterioration, extreme events, and multi-hazard effects, with a focus on enabling risk-informed decisions that are transparent, defensible, and practical for infrastructure owners.
R3 integrates advanced mechanics-based computational modeling with risk and reliability analysis, and leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision to learn from structural data, inspection imagery, and sensing technologies. We work across bridges, buildings, pipelines, energy systems, and other critical infrastructure to support condition assessment, damage identification, performance-based evaluation, and post-disaster functionality, including digital-twin concepts.
If you are an industry partner looking to strengthen infrastructure performance, prioritize investments, or translate data into reliable decisions, we welcome collaboration.
If you are a student excited about combining structural engineering with computation, uncertainty quantification, and AI-enabled assessment, R3 is the right place to build meaningful expertise and contribute to high-impact research.
PhD Students
Mohammad Khani Dehaj
2024-Present
Resilience-Informed Maintenance Optimization of Structural Systems under Aging and Multiple Hazards using Reinforcement Learning
Shuhui Tao
2023-Present
Risk Assessment of Bridges subjected to Scour Effect
Mohamed (Magdy) Elgammal
2024-Present
Advancing Bridge Formula through Integration of All-Terrain Cranes in Canada
Sadegh Heidari
2025-Present
Reliability-Based Design
Framework for Flood-Resistant Timber Buildings Considering Long-Term Moisture-Induced
Borhan Gerami
2026-Present
TBD
MSc Students
Mariam Soliman
2024-Present
FE Modeling of Lap-Splices in Reinforced Concrete Structures
Muhammad Faizan Tariq
2024-Present
Investigating Creep Behavior in Cured-in-Place Pipe Composites using DIC
Shan Li
2024-Present
Investigating freeze-thaw effect on nonlinear behavior of reinforce concrete columns
Rawad Chahla
2024-Present
Dynamic Behavior of Bridges subjected to All-Terrain Cranes
Seyyed Mohammad Haeri
2024-Present
Present / Reliability-based Evaluation of Burst Pressure in Pipelines corrosion
Yuhui Song
2025-Present
TBD
MEng Students
Brian Saks
2025-Present
Maintenance Strategies for Aged Reinforced Concrete Bridges
Kehinde Yusuff
2024-2025
Influence of Time-Varying Frequency Content in Earthquake Ground Motionson Seismic Response of Nonlinear Systems
BSc Students
Fernando David Del Pino Rayme
2025-2026
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC)
Thesis/Project Title: Experimental Study of Creep-Rupture Behavior of Cured-In-Place Pipeline Composite
Present Position: Visiting Student
Carmen Lydia Aza Jimenez
2025-2025
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Thesis/Project Title: Investigating Freeze-thaw effects on concrete behavior
Present Position: Visiting Student, University of Alberta
Jeferson Antuann Pereda Purizaga
2024-2025
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC)
Thesis/Project Title: Finite Element Modeling of Steel Bar Lap Splice in Reinforced Concrete Structures
Present Position: Visiting Student, University of Alberta
Yuhui Song
2024-2024
China University of Petroleum
Thesis/Project Title: A Comparative Study of Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches for Cracked Pipeline Reliability Using CorLAS TM while Considering ILI Uncertainties and Model Error
Present Position: Visiting Student, University of Alberta
Other Supervisors: Co-Supervisor – Adeeb, Samer
Adam Tanouti
2024-2025
University of Alberta
Thesis/Project Title: Assessing Steel Bar Slippage along Anchorage in Reinforced Concrete Columns, University of Alberta