Multi-scale Wind Tunnel Facility for Structural and Nature Inspired Systems

About the Event

This interesting talk will delve into a successfully awarded CFI JELF grant establishing a world leading wind tunnel facility for structural and mechanical engineering. The multiscale concept offers novel flow control and realism, enabling nature inspired systems, advanced testing, resilient structures, and transformative research collaboration at Lakehead University Canada.

Dr. Ahmed Elshaer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Lakehead University and the founder of the Structural and Wind Engineering Research Laboratory (SWERL). A Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, he serves as Vice-Chair for the Structural Specialty and sits on the Board of Professional Engineers Ontario. With over 100 publications in top-tier journals and peer-reviewed conferences, Dr. Elshaer is a recognized leader in wind and structural engineering. His research combines wind effects on structures, machine learning, and high-resolution flow modelling, driving advances in structural safety, resilience, and innovative engineering solutions worldwide.

Dr. Muhammad Khalid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the founder of Nature-Inspired Engineering Research Lab (NIERL) at Lakehead University. His areas of research include bio-inspired engineering, fluid-structure interactions, multi-physics computational modeling, and nonlinear dynamics. He has experience of more than 15 years of teaching and research in different institutions in Canada (Lakehead University, University of Alberta), U.S. (University of Virginia), China (Peking University and Jiangsu University), and Pakistan (National University of Sciences & Technology). Thus far, he has published over 85 journal articles and peer-reviewed conference papers on reputed national and international forums.