Civil Engineering

Arnold Yuan, PhD OFFICE:  MON305 TELEPHONE:  416-979-5000 ext 6463 EMAIL:   arnold.yuan@ryerson.ca WEBSITE:  http://rilcie.blog.ryerson.ca/

EDUCATION

PhD, University of Waterloo, Civil Engineering, 2007
MASc, BAsc, Hunan University, China, Civil Engineering, 2000, 1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Yuan's research mainly focuses on risk-informed infrastructure engineering, which specifically includes structural reliability, life-cycle infrastructure management, risk-informed decision making, inspection and maintenance optimization, and project risk management. His research interests extend to concrete structures, structural health monitoring, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering.

PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS

 

Yuan, X.-X. (2012). Bayesian method for the correlated competitive bidding model. Construction Management and Economics.  in print.

Yuan, X.-X. (2011). A correlated bidding model for markup size decisions. Construction Management and Economics.  29:11, 1101-1119.

Yuan, X.-X., Mao, D. and Pandey, M. D. (2009). A Bayesian approach to modeling and predicting pitting flaws in steam generator tubes. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 94: 1838–1847.

Pandey, M. D., Yuan, X.-X. and van Noortwijk, J. M. (2009).  The influence of temporal uncertainty of deterioration in life-cycle management of structures. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 5(2): 145-156.

Yuan, X.-X. and Pandey, M. D. (2009). A nonlinear mixed-effects model for degradation data obtained from in-service inspection. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 94: 509-519.

TEACHING FIELDS

Civil engineering Systems (undergraduate)
Construction Project Management (undergraduate and graduate)
Risk and Reliability for Engineers (graduate)

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