11th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE 2026)

Dr. Khaled Sennah

Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Conference Chair

Dr. Khaled Sennah is a Professor of Structural Engineering at 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 380 publications and 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 for 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), and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). He is a member of a few Canadian Standards Association’s 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), Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering, an Editorial Board Member, Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development (Chinese Edition), and an Editorial Board member of the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction and Associate Editorof the International Journal of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer. He is the Vice President of the International Association of Jointless Bridges.