Faculty profile
Robert Driver
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Research
Latest funding
- $108,000
Generative Design for a New Generation of Resilient Steel Structures
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $177,000
Structural steel project development integrating structural design and construction engineering: quantitative methods and AI-based tools
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $50,000
Artificial Intelligence Applications for Advancing the Canadian Steel Construction Industry
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
Generative Design for a New Generation of Resilient Steel Structures
Principal investigators: Driver, Robert
Keywords: steel structures; resilient structures; disproportionate collapse; generative design; collapse arrest; steel connections; extreme loading event; design optimisation
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
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
Development of Design Guidelines for Steel Cantilever Beams in Canada
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali A
Standardization of embedded plates for steel-concrete connections in builinds
Principal investigators: Tomlinson, Douglas
Development of stability design guidelines for modern I-shaped welded steel girders in Canada
Principal investigators: Imanpour, Ali
The increasingly common case of weak-axis end moments - - eliminating unnecessary joint stiffeners
Principal investigators: Driver, Robert
Development of generalised design procedures for steel extended shear tab connections
Principal investigators: Driver, Robert
Steel plate shear walls for economical industrial protective structures
Principal investigators: Driver, Robert
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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