Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Conference Chair
Dr. Khaled Sennah is a Professor of Structural Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Sennah’s core area of expertise includes design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of bridges, for which he has more than 390 publications and has supervised over 100 graduate students. He has demonstrated numerous pieces of evidence of impact and contribution to economic design and sustainable construction that led to field applications and standards. Dr. Sennah’s research achievements have been recognized by international awards such as the 1999 Arthur Wellington Prize for best journal paper in transportation-related infrastructure and the 2002 State-of-the-Art in Civil Engineering award for best journal paper, both from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Also, he received the 1998 and 2020 P.L. Pratley Award for best paper in bridge engineering, the 2025 Horst Leipholz Medal, and the 2013 A.B. Sanderson Award for “Outstanding Contributions by a Civil Engineer to the Development and Practice of Structural Engineering in Canada,” all from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. In recognition of his long-term achievements, he was elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Fellow of the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE). He is a member of a few Canadian Standards Association Technical Subcommittees for the development of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, as well as the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Dr. Sennah has a long history of significant contributions to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) through committee membership, chairing scientific committees of conferences, Chairing International conferences, and chairing the CSCE Structures Division and others. He is currently an Honorary Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development (English Edition), Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering, and Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction. He is the Vice President of the International Association of Jointless Bridges.