Girma Bitsuamlak, Western University

Research

CFD Downburst Wind loading hurricane tornado Energy infrastructure Ice loading Lattice structure

Latest papers

The ERIES-BOLT project: Behaviour of Telecommunication Lattice Towers under Thunderstorm Winds.
Scientific data · 2026 · senior author
Aerodynamic dataset for selected doubly curved membrane canopy structures.
Scientific data · 2025 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

AI-Infused Digital Twin for Enabling Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Design for the Built Environment
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$80,000
Reliability Analysis of Transmission Line Structures Incorporating Site-Specific Synoptic and Non-Synoptic Wind Loads
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$112,000
Numerical modelling of indoor environment for energy-efficient bio-manufacturing facilities
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$30,000

All 20 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

The ERIES-BOLT project: Behaviour of Telecommunication Lattice Towers under Thunderstorm Winds.

Calotescu I, Coșoiu CI, Hangan H, Adamek K, Birhane T, Bitsuamlak G

Scientific data2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-06727-0 PMID: 41644589

02

Aerodynamic dataset for selected doubly curved membrane canopy structures.

Kodakkal A, Adamek K, Goldbach AK, Birhane T, Castedo-Hernandez R, Martínez-López G, Péntek M, Bletzinger KU, Wüchner R, Bitsuamlak G

Scientific data2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-06046-w PMID: 41062485

AI-Infused Digital Twin for Enabling Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Design for the Built Environment

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

Keywords: wind loading; hurricane; tornado; downburst; wind tunnel; cfd; ai; advanced research computing; performance based wind design; building science

$80,000

Reliability Analysis of Transmission Line Structures Incorporating Site-Specific Synoptic and Non-Synoptic Wind Loads

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma GTB

Keywords: cfd; downburst; energy infrastructure; ice loading; lattice structure; reliability; structural design; topography effect; wind engineering; wind loading

$112,000

Numerical modelling of indoor environment for energy-efficient bio-manufacturing facilities

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$30,000

Novel computational and experimental wind engineering approaches for community level performance assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$120,000

Novel computational and experimental wind engineering approaches for community level performance assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2018DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplement

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$120,000

Novel computational and experimental wind engineering approaches for community level performance assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

Keywords: aerodynamics; boundary layer wind tunnel; building; computational fluid dynamics; hurricane; structural dynamics; structural engineering; tornado; turbulence; wind load

$312,000

Drones for enabling computational environmental flow dynamics studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$140,756

Modelling the effect of natural hazards on the build environment

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Connect Grants Level 2

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$2,835

Wind Engineering

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$100,000

Wind Engineering

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bitsuamlak, Girma

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Horia Hangan

Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: CFD Dear Professor Bitsuamlak, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The ERIES-BOLT project: Behaviour of Telecommunication Lattice Towers under Thunderstorm Winds." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "AI-Infused Digital Twin for Enabling Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Design for the Built Environment" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]