Profile
Girma T. Bitsuamlak, PhD, P Eng, F CSCE
Education
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India.
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
PhD, Building Engineering (October 2004)
MTech, Civil Engineering (May 1998, first division with honors)
BSc, Civil Engineering (December 1991)
Experience
January 2004- November 2004
Part-time Instructor,
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
May 2001 – November 2004
Data Mining Research Engineer, (in parallel with my PhD studies)
Globvision Inc., Montreal, QC.
May 1998 – December 1998
Structural Engineer,
Hintsawi Consulting Architects Engineers and Town Planners PLC, Asmara, Eritrea.
December 1993 – August 1996
Instructor and Chair,
Construction Technology Department, Adama University,
Adama, Ethiopia.
Jan.1992 – Dec.1993
Construction Engineer,
Ethiopian Power Corporation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 2021-present
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Director WindEEE Research Facilties (The Dome + BLWTL + 3LP)
Site Leader Sharcnet Advanced Research Computing
Western University, London, ON, Canada.
June 2020-May 2021
Full Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Canada Research Chair in Wind Engineering (Tier II),
Director (Research) at Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory,
Director (Research) at WindEEE Research Institute,
Western’s site leader for Sharcnet,
Western University, London, ON, Canada.
January 2012 to June 2020
Associate Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Canada Research Chair in Wind Engineering (Tier II),
Director (Research) at Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory, Director (Research) at WindEEE Research Institute,
Western’s site leader for Sharcnet,
Western University, London, ON, Canada.
August 2007- December 2011
Assistant Professor,
A joint appointment between Civil and Environmental Engineering, and International Hurricane Research Center,
Florida International University, Miami, FL.
November 2004- August 2007
Senior Wind Engineer,
Wind and Microclimate Group, RWDI Inc., Guelph, ON.
Publications
Journal Articles
Conference Articles