Principal Investigator
Dr. Cristiano Loss
Assistant Professor in Timber Engineering
Associate Chair in Wood Building Design and Construction
Graduate Students – Ph.D. Program
David Owolabi
Ph.D. Student
September 2019 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Novel prefabricated steel-timber composite assemblies for multi-story buildings
Blériot Feujofack
Ph.D. Student
May 2020 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Developing a novel high-performance hybrid steel-grout hold-down connection for mass timber panels
Yue Diao
Ph.D. Student
September 2020 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Developing sustainable connection solutions for long-span CLT-ribbed composite flooring systems
Mohammad Shekarchi
Ph.D. Student
May 2022 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
In-plane behavior of Hybrid Steel–Cross-Laminated Timber Floor Diaphragms
Graduate Students – MASc and MSc Programs
Chaoyue Zhang
MASc Student
September 2019 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Performance-based tuning of innovative mass-timber hybrid buildings under seismic loads
Arezoo Rezaei Sabzevar
MASc Student
January 2020 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Ehsan Ferdosi
MASc Student
September 2021 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss & Dr. Carlos Ventura
ALY AL SAMOULY
MASc Student
September 2021 – present
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
Developing an innovative CLT-steel hybrid coupled wall system for tall balloon-type mass timber buildings
Alumni
Samuel Shulman
MASc Student
September 2019 – October 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss
A Deconstructable Grout-Reinforced Hybrid Shear Connector for Tall Cross-Laminated Timber Buildings
Sara Bottaro
MSc Student
2019 -2020
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss and Prof. Maurizio Piazza (University of Trento)
Comfort assessment for serviceability limit state design of timber-steel hybrid floors
Andrea Roncari
MSc Student
2019- 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss and Prof. Maurizio Piazza (University of Trento)
Davide Moretti
MSc Student
2019 – 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Cristiano Loss and Prof. Maurizio Piazza (University of Trento)
Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of timber buildings: Canadian Vs Eurocode
Visiting International Researchers
- Asghar AmaniDashlejeh, Assistant Professor, Ardabil (Iran) University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, June 2021- Present. Profile
- Maxime Vanherzeeke, BEng Student, Lyon (France) ECAM Graduate School of Engineering, January – May 2020
- Paul Bacher, BSc Student, Salzburg (Austria) University of Applied Science, February – June 2020
- Viola Pernthaner, BSc Student, Salzburg (Austria) University of Applied Science, January – April 2020