Lan Lin
Associate Professor
Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Lin joined the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University in 2011. She received her M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in structural engineering from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Her Ph.D. thesis was nominated for Governor General’s Gold Medal as the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Her research is in the fields of structural and earthquake engineering, and focuses on the improvement of the seismic design and performance of buildings, bridges and infrastructure systems. Dr. Lin has published about 40 technical publications. In addition to her research expertise, she has extensive practical experience in the design of buildings and bridges. Dr. Lin has received a number of prestigious awards including the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Visiting Researcher Fellowship at Stanford University.
Research Interest
Dr. Lin's research is in the fields of structural and earthquake engineering, and focuses on the improvement of the seismic design and performance of buildings, bridges and infrastructure systems.
Publications
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Lin L, Naumoski N, Saatcioglu M, Foo S, Edmund B, et al. (2013) Selection of seismic excitations for nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete frame buildings. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 40(5): 411-426.
