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Mustafa Gül, PhD, PEng
Associate Professor Office: 7-257 Donadeo Innovation Cntr for Engineering Phone: 780 492 3002 Email: mustafa.gul@ualberta.ca |
Current Students
Structural Health Monitoring Research Group
Qipei Mei - PhD student
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Qipei Mei is currently a PhD student of the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering with a focus on SHM under the supervision of Dr. Mustafa Gül at the University of Alberta in 2014. The title of his thesis was “Investigation of Time Series Analysis Based Damage Detection Methodologies for Structural Health Monitoring”. In 2011, he got his Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. He is currently working on bridge health monitoring using mobile sensor network.
His research interests mainly lie in:
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Haiyang Zhang - PhD student
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Haiyang Zhang is a Ph.D. student and working as a research assistant on structural health monitoring (SHM), at the University of Alberta, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Mustafa Gül. He is currently working on experimental setups and numerical simulation of girder-type bridge structures, and developing damage detection techniques. Particularly Haiyang’s work is on investigating the effects of environments on structures and on the SHM techniques, as well as eliminating the environmental effects for SHM. The method he proposed can successfully remove the temperature effects for a three-span bridge type structure, which is going to be verified in the experiment structure under construction.
He got his bachelor degree in microelectronics from Nankai University and master degree in bridge engineering from Chongqing University, China. During those period, he worked as research assistant in long-term monitoring the creep of a large span railway bridge and design of a management system used in university campus based on radio frequency techniques. |
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Ngoan Do - PhD student
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I am currently a PhD student of the Structural Health Monitoring group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta. I earned my Master degree in 2015 under the supervision of Dr. Mustafa Gul at the University of Alberta. My master thesis was focused on the effects of operational factors, i.e. additional mass from traffic and human loadings on the structural damage detection process since damage detection outcome can be masked because of the present of additional mass. The method has successfully eliminated these factors and addressed the actual structural damage by incorporating time series analysis into the equation of motion of multi-degree of freedom systems. Overall, my research interests include:
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Md Riasat Azim - PhD Candidate
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Md Riasat Azim is a Ph.D. candidate of Civil & Environmental Engineering from Bangladesh conducting research on Structural Health Monitoring since January 2016 at The University of Alberta. Working under the supervision of Dr. Mustafa Gul, Riasat’s research focus is on structural health monitoring strategy formulation of Canadian railway infrastructure. He will investigate the structural problems faced by various types of aging railway infrastructures (e.g. bridges) and develop damage identification and rehabilitation techniques. Therefore, his research is expected to benefit the Canadian railway industry.
Riasat obtained Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering (M.A. Sc.) degree in 2014 from The University of British Columbia- Vancouver, Canada. His master’s thesis was on the numerical and experimental investigation of connection for timber-steel hybrid structures. Riasat completed B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology in 2011. His undergraduate thesis was titled “An analytical investigation on bolt tension of steel pipe joint subjected to bending moment.” Upon completion of his Bachelor’s degree, Riasat worked as Lecturer of Civil Engineering at Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and then at The Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh, before coming to Canada to pursue graduate studies in 2012. Riasat is an avid follower of cricket and football and likes to lift weights in the gym. He also enjoys travelling and hiking in his free time. |
Nima Shirzad - PhD student
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Research Interests:
Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification, Damage Detection, Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis, Uncertainty Quantification, Earthquake Engineering. Read more |
Energy Performance Monitoring Research Group
Hadia Awad - PhD candidate
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Hadia graduated from the faculty of Engineering in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2008. She then worked as an assistant lecturer for 4 years while completing her Master’s degree in architectural acoustics in educational facilities. She moved to Canada in 2012 and commenced PhD studies at the University of Alberta in 2013. She has worked on several projects related to energy efficiency of innovative wall systems funded by Landmark Group of Builders and the NSERC NEWBuildS network. In late-2013, Hadia was selected as the NEWBuildS Network representative as well as one of five FIBRE Network HQPs out of 400 delegates to represent Canadian graduate students at the Marcus Wallenberg Ceremony MWP 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. Hadia also holds a degree in piano performance from the Trinity College of London, and another diploma in solo piano performance from the Conservatoire de Musique d’Alexandrie in Egypt.
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Xinming (Sherry) Li - Postdoctoral Fellow
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Xinming's current research seeks production line improvement by identifying ergonomic risks and investigating corresponding corrective measures to improve the productivity of the production line. The outcomes of this research will help to reduce workplace injury and increase productivity. In current industry practice, most offsite construction operations are not fully automated, so, due to highly labour-intensive operations in the plant, labour personnel are at a high risk of sustaining injuries or experiencing pain after a period of work. Through time studies and 3D animation, body posture data can be collected for the purpose of ergonomic analysis. The working hours and shifts can be rescheduled and the working process reorganized in order to reduce body fatigue and thereby improve safety and productivity in the plant.
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Lana Secchi - MSc student
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Current Research:
Lana is currently involved in projects pertaining to energy efficiency in the Canadian housing market. Her research includes the evaluation of hygrothermal field testing of multi-functional wood fibre panels for residential buildings. Read more |
Regina Ferreira - PhD student
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Regina graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2013, and completed her MSc in construction engineering and management under Dr. Al-Hussein's supervision in December, 2016. Her research interests include energy-efficiency, daylighting, high performance buildings, sustainable buildings, and sustainable architecture design. Her MSc studies involved research in collaboration with the Product Development department at Civeo, a modular manufacturer with operations in Edmonton, as well as research with Landmark Group of Companies, a major Edmonton-based home builder using a panelized building approach. Her thesis research explored the impact of building codes on energy performance and construction cost for new housing by developing a methodology to identify least-construction-cost approaches to achieve higher energy-efficiency requirements of building codes. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree under the supervision of Dr. Al-Hussein and Dr. Yuxiang Chen.
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Yaqing (Emily) Chen - MSc student
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