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Ali Imanpour
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Research
Latest funding
- $300,000
Promoting Structural Steel in Building Construction through Improving Canadian Seismic Design Provisions for Braced and Moment-Resisting Frames
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $28,000
Standardization of Steel Pipe Rack Structures
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $50,000
Resilient Structural Systems for Multi-Hazard Design of Steel Buildings under Wind and Earthquake
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
Promoting Structural Steel in Building Construction through Improving Canadian Seismic Design Provisions for Braced and Moment-Resisting Frames
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali
Keywords: Construction, transportation and communications; Construction, urban and rural planning
Standardization of Steel Pipe Rack Structures
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali A
Keywords: advanced numerical simulations; energy transportation; experimental testing; industrial structures; steel fabrication; steel pipe racks; steel structures; structural design; structural stability
Resilient Structural Systems for Multi-Hazard Design of Steel Buildings under Wind and Earthquake
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali
Keywords: steel structures; resilient structural systems; multi-hazard design; design methods; surrogate models; earthquake-resistant design; wind performance-based design; experimental testing; numerical simulation; hybrid simulation
A framework for sustainable system and connection selection in steel buildings
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali
Keywords: Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture); Structural engineering
Seismic Retrofit Solutions for Post-disaster Steel Buildings Constructed Prior to the 1990s in Canada
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali AI
Keywords: Advanced numerical simulations; Application of AI in engineering; Existing buildings; Experimental testing; Post-disaster infrastructure; Seismic design and retrofit; Structural analysis; Structural stability
Test-based fracture criteria for pipeline steels
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali A
Keywords: energy resources; finite element analysis method; fracture mechanics; laboratory testing; numerical simulations; pipeline steel
Structural steel project development integrating structural design and construction engineering: quantitative methods and AI-based tools
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali AI
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Constructability; Construction management; Construction projects; Decision-making support tools; Erection of structul steel; Steel construction; Steel fabrication; Steel shop production planning; Structural design
Improving Structural Integrity of Buried Pipelines under Ground Movements by Reducing Strain Demand and Advanced Strain Monitoring
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali A
Keywords: design method; energy resources; field testing; geohazards; geomaterial; ground deformation; numerical simulation; strain monitoring; structural analysis; transmission pipelines
Artificial Intelligence Applications for Advancing the Canadian Steel Construction Industry
Principal investigators: Driver, Robert RG
Innovative modular steel structural system for construction of multi-storey buildings
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali A
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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