Note: Registration for this event is now closed.
Please join us on Thursday, February 8, 2018 for the 3rd annual NSERC CREATE Heritage Forum. The day-long event will be held at Carleton Immersive Media Studio, Carleton University from 9:00am to 4:30pm with a catered lunch. This year’s Forum will feature noted Portuguese structural engineer Professor Paulo Lourenço as keynote speaker, speaking on “Preservation of Historic Structures: Methodology and Practice.”
The Forum will be followed by a one-day workshop “Case Studies on Improving the Structural Performances of Historic Constructions: theory and praxis” led by Professor Lourenço and John Cooke on Friday, February 9, 2018.
Although both events are free of charge, you will need to register here, as we can only accommodate a limited number of participants.
Paulo Lourenço is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal. Professor Lourenço is experienced in the fields of non-destructive testing, advanced experimental and numerical techniques, innovative strengthening techniques and earthquake engineering. He is a specialist in structural restoration and has worked as consultant on more than forty monuments, including World Heritage sites such as Cathedral of Porto, Monastery of Jeronimos (Lisbon), and Qutb Minar (New Delhi). Professor Lourenço is the coordinator of the European Erasmus Mundus Advanced Master’s in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC). He is editor of the International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration and coeditor of the Conference Series, Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. He is a Board Member of Committee on Historical Structures / International Council of Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS and participated in technical committees from CEN, CIB and RILEM. Supervisor of 26 Ph.D. students (13 concluded) and coordinator of several national and international research projects. He is author or co-author of more than 400 technical and scientific publications in the fields of masonry, timber and concrete structures. See the SAHC programme at: http://www.msc-sahc.org/index.asp
The Heritage Forum will also include reports from the field – our own student interns and their host organizations speaking about the internship experience and recent developments in the industry. Professors and collaborators will also provide updates on their work in digitization, simulation and rehabilitation.