Conference Proceedings (*supervised students) 

  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Advanced lead rubber bearing analytical model for seismic performance evaluation of bridges. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, July 2024. 
  1. Mohammadgholipour, A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Optimal intensity measure and fragility analysis of bridges under long-duration ground motions. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, July 2024. 
  1. Chowdhury, A.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2024). Performance-Based Seismic Retrofitting of Bridge Bents with Engineered Cementitious Composites. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, July 2024. 
  1. Nayeem, M.B. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Effect of Local Climate Conditions on the Thermal Response of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridge Girder. 4th International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE) – 2024, Victoria, BC, Canada. 
  1. Mohammadgholipour, A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Numerical investigation of low cycle fatigue response of NiTi SMA rebar. CSCE 2024 Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, June, 2024. 
  1. Das, D.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Axial Capacity Prediction of Helical Screw Piles -A state of Art Review. CSCE 2024 Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, June, 2024. 
  1. Das, D.*, Roy, D*. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2024). Axial Capacity prediction of Concrete filled stainless-steel circular tubular columns using Ensemble Machine Learning Models. CSCE 2024 Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, June, 2024. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Shape memory alloy for multihazard resiliency of highway bridges. Second International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26-28, 2023. (Invited paper). 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Effect of LRB constitutive models on the seismic response of an LRB-isolated highway bridge. Second International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26-28, 2023. 
  1. Mohammadgholipour, A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Constitutive Models of Shape Memory Alloys for Structural Engineering Applications. Second International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26-28, 2023. 
  1. Roller, K.*, Billah, A.H.M.M., Iqbal, A. and Elshaer, A. (2023). Experimental investigation of exposed column base plate connections subjected to combined axial and bi-directional lateral loading. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Seismic resilience assessment of bridges equipped with different isolation bearings under long-duration ground motions. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Rahman, J.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Bridges Subjected to Tsunami Loading. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Mohammadgholipour, A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Selection of optimal intensity measure for probabilistic seismic demand analysis of highway bridges under long duration ground motions. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). An advanced lead rubber bearing analytical model under low and high shear strain level. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Mohammadgholipour, A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Seismic performance evaluation of PBPD designed Chevron Braced Steel Frames considering the effect of aftershocks. Canadian Conference – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25th – June 30th, 2023. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Multi-hazard resilience assessment of base-isolated bridges. ASCE Structures Congress 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3 – 6, 2023. 
  1. Rahman, J.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Resiliency assessment of coastal bridges under extreme wave loads. CSCE 2023 Annual Conference, Moncton, NB, Canada, May 24-27, 2023. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2023). Seismic resilience assessment of highway bridges equipped with shape memory alloy isolation bearings. CSCE 2023 Annual Conference, Moncton, NB, Canada, May 24-27, 2023. 
  1. Khan, M.S.A.*, Kabir. G., Billah, A.H.M.M. and Dutta, S. (2023) Computation of Bridge Infrastructure Resilience for Earthquake Hazard using Bayesian Belief Network. CSCE 2023 Annual Conference, Moncton, NB, Canada, May 24-27, 2023. 
  1. Rahman, J.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Developing Performance Limit States for Medium Span Coastal Bridges Subjected to Wave Loads. 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB-XI Toronto, Canada, July 19-22, 2022. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Seismic resilience assessment of isolated bridges equipped with different isolation systems. 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB-XI Toronto, Canada, July 19-22, 2022. 
  1. Arafin, P.*, and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Bridge Surface Damage Detection using Convolutional Neural Network. 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB-XI Toronto, Canada, July 19-22, 2022. 
  1. Ghollipour, G.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Performance of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Subjected to Vehicle Collision. 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB-XI Toronto, Canada, July 19-22, 2022. 
  1. Rahman, J.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Interpretable ensemble machine learning models for shear strength prediction of reinforced concrete beams externally bonded with FRP. CSCE 2022 Annual Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, May 25-28, 2022. 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Effect of isolation bearing types on the seismic response of base-isolated bridges subjected to mainshock-aftershock sequences. CSCE 2022 Annual Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, May 25-28, 2022. 
  1. Arafin, P.*, and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2022). Gusset Plate Compression Capacity Prediction Using Ensemble Machine Learning Models. CSCE 2022 Annual Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, May 25-28, 2022. 
  1. Rahman, J.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. and Iqbal, A. (2021). “Performance of Bridges in Cold Regions with Sliding Seismic Isolation Bearings.” 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. October 24-29, 2021, Online Conference. (received best paper award) 
  1. Todorov, B.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Aftershock Seismic Capacity Assessment of Concrete Bridge Piers Considering Post-Mainshock Strength Degradation.” International Conference on Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications (ASMA-2021). October 6-8, 2021, Online Conference. (received best paper award) 
  1. Aghaeidoost, V.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2021). “Effect of Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB) modeling technique on the seismic response of base-isolated bridges.” 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 27-30 June 2021, Athens, Greece. 
  1. Kabir, M.A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2021). “parametric study of steel column-base connection subjected to bidirectional bending and axial compression.” 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 27-30 June 2021, Athens, Greece. 
  1. Rahman, J.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2021). “Wave Loading on Bridges: A State-of-The-Art Review.” Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021, Paper # STR-178. 
  1. Hassan, A.L.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2021). “Reducing Concrete Drying Shrinkage Using Superabsorbent Cellulose Fiber.” Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021, Paper # MAT-204. 
  1. Kabir, M.A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2021). “Data-Driven Failure Mode Prediction of Exposed Column Base Plate Connection: A Machine Learning Approach.” Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021, Paper # STR-341. 
  1. Khan, M.S.A.*, Kabir. G., Billah, A.H.M.M. and Dutta, S. (2021). “Bridge Infrastructure Resilience Analysis against Seismic Hazard using Best-Worst Methods.” The Second International Workshop on Best-Worst Method. Delft, The Netherlands (and online), 10-11 June 2021. 
  1. Todorov, B.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Identifying seismic performance limit states of circular concrete bridge piers using machine learning techniques. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sept 13-18, 2020, Sendai, Japan. 
  1. Todorov, B.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Mainshock-aftershock damage assessment of concrete bridge reinforced with shape memory alloy rebar.” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sept 13-18, 2020, Sendai, Japan. 
  1. Todorov, B.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. and Iqbal, A. (2020). “Combination of steel plate shear walls and timber moment frames for improved seismic performance.” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sept 13-18, 2020, Sendai, Japan. 
  1. Chowdhury, A.*, Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2020). “Finite element modeling and development of performance-based damage states for retrofitted multi-column bridge bent.” IABSE-JSCE Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-IV, Aug 26-27, 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  1. Hassan, A.L.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Seismic performance of lead-rubber bearing isolated bridge under long-duration ground motion.” IABSE-JSCE Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-IV, Aug 26-27, 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  1. Mia, M.*, Islam, K., and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “A state-of-the-art review on application of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete in bridge engineering.” IABSE-JSCE Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-IV, Aug 26-27, 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  1. Todorov, B.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Mainshock-aftershock residual capacity assessment of concrete bridge reinforced with shape memory alloy rebar. Structures Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, May 27-30, 2020, Saskatoon, Canada.  
  1. Kabir, M.A.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Finite element modelling of exposed column-base connection under axial load and bi-axial bending.” Structures Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, May 27-30, 2020, Saskatoon, Canada.  
  1. Mia, M.*, Islam, K. and and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Finite element modeling of composite beam with inverted–T steel girder and ultra–high performance concrete slab.” Structures Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, May 27-30, 2020, Saskatoon, Canada.  
  1. Ahmad, K.S., Islam, K., Islam, M*. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2020). “Investigation of compressive bond behavior of smooth stainless-steel rebar embedded in concrete.” Structures Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, May 27-30, 2020, Saskatoon, Canada. 
  1. Shahjalal, M.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2019). “Seismic performance of base isolated bridge at subfreezing temperature.” 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 17-20, 2019, Quebec City, QC, Canada. 
  1. Nahar, M.* and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2019). “Seismic collapse safety assessment of concrete beam column joints reinforced with different shape memory alloy rebars.”  7th International Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Materials 2019, CSCE, Laval, Canada. 
  1. Nahar, M*., Billah, A.H.M.M., Kamal, H.R. and Islam, K. (2019). Performance assessment of RC-beam-column joint reinforced with different types of super elastic shape memory alloy. The Tenth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, May 20-25, 2019, Chicago, United States 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M., Hilbig C., Haque ABMR and Schueller, M. (2018). “Redefining Simplicity – A New Perspective on FE-Modelling of Bridges”. 10th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, July 31 – August 3, 2018, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M., and Alam, M.S. (2018). “Mainshock-aftershock (MS-AS) fragility analysis of shape memory alloy reinforced concrete bridge pier”. 10th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, July 31 – August 3, 2018, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2018). “Residual Drift Based Seismic Design of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier.” 6th International Structural Specialty Conference, CSCE-2018, June 13-16, 2018, Fredericton, NB, Canada. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M. and Taylor, R. (2017). “Seismic and Wind Vulnerability Assessment for Pattullo Bridge”. 6th International Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Materials, CSCE- 2017, May 31-June 3, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2017). “Performance Based Seismic Design of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier.” 39th IABSE Symposium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 19-23, 2017. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M., Kabir, M.R.* and Alam, M.S. (2017). “Comparative Collapse Performance Assessment of Bridge Pier under Near-Fault and Long Duration Ground Motions.” 16 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, January 2017, Chile, Paper ID: 1315. 
  1. Quadir, U. M. T*., Islam, K., Billah, A. H. M. M. and Alam, M. S. (2016). “Mechanical Behaviour of Concrete using Recycled Granulated Steel as a Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate”, 2nd International Conference on Concrete Sustainability – ICCS16, June 13-15, 2016, Madrid, Spain. 
  1. Quadir, U. M. T*., Islam, K., Billah, A. H. M. M. and Alam, M. S. (2016). “Sulphate Resistance of Concrete using Recycled Granulated Steel as a Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate”, 2nd International Conference on Concrete Sustainability – ICCS16, June 13-15, 2016, Madrid, Spain. 
  1. Murtuz, A.K.M.G*., Islam, K. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2015). “Sway Behavior and Seismic Performance of Semi-rigid Moment Resisting Frame Subjected to Near Fault and Far Field Ground Motion.” In 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December, 14-15, 2015. 
  1. Murtuz, A.K.M.G*., Islam, K. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2015). “Seismic Performance evaluation of Concentrically-Braced Steel Frames.” In 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December, 2015. 
  1. Quadir, U.M.T*., Islam, K., Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2015). “Flexural Response of Concrete prepared with Recycled Granulated Steel as partial replacement of Natural Fine Aggregate.” In 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December, 14-15, 2015. 
  1. Quadir, U.M.T*., Chowdhury, I., Islam, M.M., Islam, K., Billah, A.H.M.M. (2015). “Mechanical behavior of concrete prepared with Saw Dust as partial replacement of fine aggregate.” In 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December, 14-15, 2015. 
  1. Nahar, M*., Islam, K. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2015). “Seismic Performance Evaluation of RC Beam-Column Joint Reinforced with different types of Shape Memory Alloy Rebar.” In 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December, 14-15, 2015. 
  1. Billah A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2015). “Seismic performance evaluation of bridge pier reinforced with different types of shape memory alloy rebar.” In 11th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria, BC, Canada, July 21-24, 2015. 
  1. Kabir, M.R.*, Alam, M.S. and Billah A.H.M.M. (2015). “Seismic vulnerability assessment of a typical three span highway bridge in Bangladesh.” In IABSE-JSCE Advances in Bridge Engineering-III Conference, 21-22 August 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2015). “Damping-Ductility relationship for performance based seismic design of shape memory alloy reinforced concrete bridge pier.” in ASCE Structures Congress, 2015, Portland, Oregon. 
  1. Alam. M.S. and Billah, A.H.M.M. (2014). “Utilizing Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for safer and sustainable civil infrastructures.” In World Research & Innovation Convention on Engineering & Technology 2014, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 25-26 November 2014. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2014). “Effect of Bidirectional Earthquake on Performance of Hybrid Concrete Columns Reinforced with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) and FRP Bars.” in The 7th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering. Vancouver, BC, August 20-22, 2014, Canada, paper no-267. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2014). “Development of Plastic Hinge Length Expression for Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier.” in 9th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Calgary, AB, July 15-18, 2014, Canada, paper no-261. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2014). “Seismic Collapse Safety of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier.” in 4th International Structural Specialty Conference, CSCE- 2014, May 28-31, 2014, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, paper no-CST-163. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2013). “Seismic vulnerability assessment of SMA reinforced concrete bridge bents under near fault ground motions,” in Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment, and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures, Turkey, September 9-11, 2013, paper no: 300 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2013). “Performance-based fragility assessment of highway bridges in British Columbia,” in 3rd Specialty Conf. on Engineering Mechanics and Materials, Montreal, QC, May 29-June1, 2013, paper no: MEC-50. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2012). “Seismic fragility assessment of concrete bridge pier reinforced with Shape Memory Alloy considering residual displacement”, in SPIE Conference on “Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems VI”, 11-15 March, San Diego, California, USA. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2012). “Seismic performance evaluation of multi-column bridge bent retrofitted with composite materials”, in 3rd International Structural Specialty Conference, CSCE-2012, 6-9 June 2012, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2012). “Development of fragility curves for retrofitted multi- column bridge bent subjected to near fault ground motion”, in 15 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 24-28 September 2012, Lisbon, Portugal. 
  1. Bhuiyan, A.R., Billah, A.H.M.M. and Alam, M.S. (2011) “Seismic fragility assessment of SMA- bar restrained multi-span continuous highway bridge isolated by high damping rubber bearings in medium to strong seismic risk zones”. 4th Annual Paper Meet and 1st Civil Engineering Congress, December 22-24, 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh ISBN: 978-984-33-4363-5. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M., Alam, M.S. and Bhuiyan, A.R. (2010) “Seismic performances of a Medium Span RC Bridge fitted with Different Isolation Devices,” in 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges Niagara Falls, Canada 2010. 
  1. Billah, A.H.M.M., Alam, M.S. and Bhuiyan, A.R. (2010). “Seismic Performance of a multi-span bridge fitted with Superelastic SMA based isolator,” IABSE-JSCE Joint Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-II, August 8-10, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  1. Alam, M.S., Billah, A.H.M.M., N. Sakib and M. Moni, (2010). “Seismic performance of bridge piers reinforced with SMA spliced steel rebar,” in 3rd International Earthquake Symposium, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-6 March, 2010. 

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