Memberships

Memberships on scholarly societies

Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE)

International Network on Timber Engineering Research (INTER)

Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia (SEABC)

Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies (PWIAS)

Int. Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials and Structures (RILEM)

Memberships on scholarly committees

Standards Council of Canada mirror committee, MC/ISO/TC 165 – Timber structures, since 2018

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant Review committee, since 2018

Canadian Advisory Committee CEN TC124 and CEN TC165 for developing ISO standards, since 2016

Voting Member Technical Committees Canadian Standard Association (CSA); CSA-O86 “Engineering design in wood”, since 2016

ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Technical Activities Division “Design of Wood Structures Committee” of the Technical Administrative Committee on Wood, since 2016

ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Technical Activities Division “Wood Research Committee” of the Technical Administrative Committee on Wood, since 2016

Sub-Committee “Fasteners” CSA-O86 “Engineering design in wood”, since 2012

Sub-Committee “Lateral Design” CSA-O86 “Engineering design in wood”, since 2012

Canadian Advisory Committee to International Standards Organization (ISO) for TC 165, and WG 7 Connections/Assemblies, since 2016

Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Technical Activities Division (TAD) Design of Wood Structures Committee of the Technical Administrative Committee (TAC) on Wood, since 2016

Previous memberships

Swiss Engineering Association, committee Swiss Timber Engineers (STV)

Team-Based-Learning Collaborative (TBL)

Int. Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Int. Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB W18)

Low Impact Materials and innovative Engineering Solutions research Network (LimesNet)

RILEM Technical Committee RTE: “Reinforcement of timber in existing structures”, Chair 2012-2013, TC member since 2013

RILEM Technical Committee AST: “In-situ assessment of structural timber”, Secretary 2010-2012

Proposer Cost Action FP1101 “Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber”

Member of RILEM Technical Committee MMB “Methods of measuring moisture in building materials and structures”

Non-COST country institution participant in COST Action FP1402 “Basis of Structural Timber Design – From Research to Standards”

Non-COST country institution participant in COST Action FP1101 “Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures”

Non-COST country institution participant in COST Action FP1004 “Enhance Mechanical Properties of Timber, Engineered Wood Products and Timber Structures”

Conference Scientific Committees

  • Member Scientific Committee, World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023) Oslo, Norway, June 22-25 2023
  • Member Scientific Committee, 5th Int. Conference on Adhesive Bonding (AB2023). Porto, Portugal, July 8-10 2023
  • Member Scientific Committee, 14th Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP14) Dublin, Ireland, July 9-13 2023
  • Member Scientific Committee, 6th Conference on structural health assessment of timber structures (SHATIS ‘22), Prague, Czech Republic, September 7-9 2022
  • Proposer and chair Special Session on “Innovative Mass-timber and Hybrid-timber Structures” at ASCE Structures Congress, Atlanta, USA, April 19-21 2022
  • Member Scientific Committee, 5th Conference on Adhesive Bonding (AB2021). Porto, Portugal, July 8-10 2021
  • Member Scientific Committee World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2021) Santiago, Chile, August 2021
  • Member Scientific Committee, 5th Conference on structural health assessment of timber structures (SHATIS ‘19), Guimaraes, Portugal, September 25-27 2019
  • Member Scientific Committee, 4th Conference on Adhesive Bonding (AB2019). Porto, Portugal, July 11-12 2019
  • Member Scientific Committee, 13th Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP13) Seoul, South Korea, May 26-30 2019
  • Member Scientific Committee Wood track at Modular and Offsite Construction Summit (MOC) May 21-24 2019, Banff, Canada
  • Session moderator at International Wood Construction Forum (IHF) 2018 December 4-6, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  • Member Scientific Committee, 3rd Conference on Adhesive Bonding (AB2017). Porto, Portugal, July 6-7 2017
  • Member Scientific Committee, IUFRO 2017 All Division 5 Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 12-16 2017
  • Proposer Special Session on “Innovative Mass Timber and Timber Hybrid Structural Systems” at IUFRO 2017 All Division 5 Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 12-16 2017
  • Chair Special Session on “Progress in Innovative Mass Timber and Timber Hybrid Structural Systems” at ASCE Structures Congress, Denver, USA, April 6-8 2017
  • Member Organizing Committee, Holzbau Pacific Northwest. Vancouver, Canada, February 23-24 2017
  • Co-Chair Special Session on “Structural performance and seismic design of wood constructions” at World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2017) Santiago, Chile, January 9-13 2017
  • Member Scientific Committee World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) Vienna, Austria, August 22-25 2016
  • Co-Chair Mini-Symposium on “Teaching timber design” at Committee World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) Vienna, Austria, August 22-25 2016
  • Member Scientific Committee, 7th Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, ACMBS-VII, Vancouver, Canada, August 22-24 2016.
  • Member Scientific Committee, 12th Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP12) Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15 2015
  • Member Scientific Committee, 2nd Conference on Adhesive Bonding (AB2015). Porto, Portugal, July 2-3 2015
  • Member Organizing and Scientific Committee, 7th Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2014) Vancouver, Canada, August 20-22 2014
  • Member Scientific Committee World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2014) Quebec City, Canada, August 10-14 2014
  • Member Scientific Committee, Materials and Joints in Timber Structures – Recent Advancement of Technology (RILEM conference), Stuttgart, Germany, October 8-10 2013
  • Member Scientific Committee, 2nd Conference on structural health assessment of timber structures (SHATIS ‘13), Trento, Italy, September 4-6 2013
  • Member Scientific Committee, World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2012) Auckland, New Zealand, July 16-19 2012
  • Member Scientific Committee, Int. Conference Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2012) Wroclaw, Poland, October 15-17 2012
  • Member Scientific Committee, 1st Conference on structural health assessment of timber structures (SHATIS ‘11), Lisbon, Portugal, June 16-17 2011