Hesham Marzouk
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Department of Civil Engineering
Toronto, Ontario
hmarzouk@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 6451
Expert In
Concrete research
Concrete structural elements rehabilitation
Fibre optic sensing for bridge applications
Fibre-reinforced plastics and steel plates
Heritage buildings
High performance concrete for structural applications
Offshore design
Steel rehabilitation of columns
Stress analysis
Structural health monitoring
Sustainable infrastructure
Technological and industrial innovation
Technology and intelligent systems
Theme: Climate, environment and sustainability
Ultra high-strength concrete design
Bio/Research
Before his keen interest in research pushed him toward an academic career, Hesham Marzouk worked as an engineering consultant for several multinational corporations. One such job took him to the Hibernia oil platform, a $6-billion project off the coast of Newfoundland. “I was focused on ensuring ...
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Bio/Research
Before his keen interest in research pushed him toward an academic career, Hesham Marzouk worked as an engineering consultant for several multinational corporations. One such job took him to the Hibernia oil platform, a $6-billion project off the coast of Newfoundland. “I was focused on ensuring that the concrete gravity platform could resist massive forces such as icebergs,” he says.
Marzouk has transitioned from work mainly in the oil and gas sectors to a primary focus on structural health monitoring. “For example, bridges that were designed to last about 50 years are standing for more like 100 years. They suffer from fatigue from sustained stress, so we use sensors that send information to a device that tells you what changes are occurring.” He also conducts research into ultra-high-strength concrete, which is very light and strong.
Marzouk sees structural engineering as a creative endeavour that calls on knowledge from the past through to the present. “Great engineering students like tough challenges and draw on both wide technical knowledge and creative thinking to resolve them.”
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Marzouk has transitioned from work mainly in the oil and gas sectors to a primary focus on structural health monitoring. “For example, bridges that were designed to last about 50 years are standing for more like 100 years. They suffer from fatigue from sustained stress, so we use sensors that send information to a device that tells you what changes are occurring.” He also conducts research into ultra-high-strength concrete, which is very light and strong.
Marzouk sees structural engineering as a creative endeavour that calls on knowledge from the past through to the present. “Great engineering students like tough challenges and draw on both wide technical knowledge and creative thinking to resolve them.”
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