Faculty Accolades, April 2014

A study funded by Infrastructure Canada and published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, found that snowplows are the biggest culprit in erasing roadway markings. Using data from the ministries of transportation in Ontario and Quebec and the municipalities of Montreal and Ottawa, Tarek Zayed of the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering measured the relationship between materials used in pavement markings, and their age and durability.

Ted Stathopoulos from the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering and PhD student, Mauricio Chavez were featured by Télé-Quebec, explaining the research they do into the effects of wind on buildings. The original television segment was broadcast March 18, 2014. Watch the video online (en français).

Télé-Québec also produced a television segment that was aired on March 25, 2014, about research conducted in the Environmental Chamber. Master's students Ahmad Kayello and Daniel Baril, supervised by Paul Fazio from the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, are testing structures that are designed to withstand the frigid cold of Canada's North. Watch the video online (en français)

Radu Zmeureanu, Associate Dean for Student Academic Services and professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering was featured in Le Devoir. Zmeureanu discussed research into smart buildings. He and his colleagues are testing a new system at the Concordia Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics that will evaluate the performance of building components as ventilation, heating and electricity in order to enable measures that can improve efficiency.