5th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'20)
November 12, 2020 - November 14, 2020 | Niagara Falls, Canada
Due to COVID'19 pandemic it held VIRTUALLY
The 5th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'20) held Virtually on November 12-14, 2020. ICCSTE'20 has been completed with great success and this would not have been possible without the dedication and help of the organizers, the chairs and keynote speakers, scientific committee members, and all participants. Many thanks for their continuous support.
Submissions
Submissions were in the form of extended abstracts, short papers, and full manuscripts.
- all submitted papers were peer-reviewed
- the conference proceedings were published under an ISSN and ISBN number
- each paper were assigned a unique DOI number by Crossref
- the conference proceedings were indexed by Scopus and Google Scholar
- the proceedings were permanently archived in Portico (one of the largest community-supported digital archives in the world).
Congress Chair

Keynote Speakers




Scientific Committee Members
Dr. Francis Au, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Ashutosh Bagchi, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Susan A. Bernal, University of Leeds, UK
Dr. Muntasir Billah, Lakehead University, Canada
Dr. Mohamed Boulfiza, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Rifat Bulut, Oklahoma State University, USA
Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, Kansas State University, USA
Dr. Massimo Fragiacomo, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Dr. Christoph Gehlen, Technische Universität Münich, Germany
Dr. Rajeshwar Goodary, Université des Mascareignes, Mauritius
Dr. Sean He, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Dr. Jianwei Huang, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Dr. Ying Huang, University of North Dakota, United States
Dr. Reza Kianoush, Ryerson University, Canada
Dr. Mohamed Lachemi, Ryerson University, Canada
Dr. Elżbieta Macioszek, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Fadi Oudah, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Seunghee Park, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Dr. Bhuwani Paudel, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Gianluca Ranzi, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Aleksandar Stevanovic, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Dr. Thanos Tzempelikos, Purdue University, USA
Dr. Sai Vanapalli, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Maged A. Youssef, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Symposium
Workshop: Design Of RC Elements For Structural Fire Safety
We are pleased to announce a dedicated half-day Workshop entitled, “Design Of RC Elements For Structural Fire Safety,” which will take place during the course of the 5th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'20). The workshop will be instructed by Prof. Maged A. Youssef and Dr. Salah El-Fitiany from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Best Paper Award Winners
We would like to congratulate the following authors for winning the Best Paper Award:
- Dr. Liang Cui for the paper entitled: "Mechanical Properties and Behavior of Early-Age Fiber-Reinforced Cemented Paste Backfill "
- Mohammed Alzard for the paper entitled: "Development of a Life Cycle Inventory Dataset for Recycled Concrete Aggregates in the City of Abu Dhabi "
- Ahmed Hassan for the paper entitled: "Mechanical Properties Of Geopolymer Concrete: Statistical Analysis And Prediction Models "
- Dr. Khaled Sennah for the paper entitled: "Development of Graphical Computer Software for the Design of Composite Steel I-Girder Bridges per the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code "
- Dr. Lan Lin for the paper entitled: "Performance of Pile Cap Foundation with Respect to Cap Thickness "