Dan Palermo, P.Eng., Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Structural Engineering
Degrees: B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Tel: (613) 562-5800
x6141
Fax: (613) 562-5173
Email:
palermo@eng.uottawa.ca
| Research | Publications | Teaching | Experience | Affiliations | Awards |
NEWS & UPDATES
17 June 2011
Ph.D. student Zaid Al-Sadoon receives the best graduate student paper award at the 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference at the 2011 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference for his paper, "Seismic Retrofitting of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frame Structures," supervised by Drs. Saatcioglu and Palermo.
16 March 2011
Dr. Palermo is the recipient of the 2011 Faculty of Engineering John V. Marsh Award for Excellence in Teaching (http://www.engineering.uottawa.ca/en/news_articles/view/Marsh_Award_for_Excellence/).
15 March 2011
Tsunami research at the University of Ottawa directed by Drs. Palermo and Nistor and graduate students Taofiq Al-Faesly and Philippe St-Germain was featured on CBC's All in a Day (http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/2011/03/15/how-to-create-a-tsunami-resistant-building/).
25 June 2010
Dr. Palermo is quoted in the Daily Commercial News (http://dcnonl.com/article/id39443) regarding the 23 June 2010 earthquake in the Ottawa region.
23 April 2010
4th year undergraduate students Rebecca Etches, Robert Freel, Mustapha Zayoun, Nicolas Dubus, and Yuri Bartzis are Co-Winners of the Mike Sheflin Student Paper Luncheon organized by Ontario Public Works Association Ottawa Valley Branch for their capstone design project, "Redesign and Relocation of the New Canadian Museum of Science and Technology," supervised by Dr. Palermo.
09 March 2010
Dr. Palermo joins the CAEE Reconnaissance Team to Chile to survey damaged caused by 27 February 2010 earthquake and tsunami.
17 February 2010
Ph.D. candidate Alaa Abdulridha receives 1st Place at the 2010 Graduate Studies and Engineering Research Day Poster Competition in Civil Engineering for his paper, "Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Reinforcement for Seismic Applications," supervised by Dr. Palermo.
Ph.D. student Zaid Al-Sadoon receives 2nd Place at the 2010 Graduate Studies and Engineering Research Day Poster Competition in Civil Engineering for his paper, "Seismic Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames with Concrete Filled Steel Tubes as Diagonal Bracing Elements," supervised by Drs. Saatcioglu and Palermo.
RESEARCH
Seismic design of concrete structures
Seismic repair and retrofit of concrete structures
Tsunami-resistant design of concrete structures
Performance of concrete structures under
blast loading
Nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete
Shape memory alloys for
seismic applications
Large-scale testing and design of structural walls
(DP
Shear Wall Series)
Hysteretic modeling of reinforced concrete
Shear wall website
(Wall Database)
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Nouri, Y., Murty, T., and Saatcioglu, M., “Tsunami-Induced Forces on Structures,” Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, World Scientific, 2009. (http://www.worldscibooks.com/engineering/6914.html).
JOURNAL PAPERS
Cortes, L., and Palermo, D., “Modelling of RC Shear Walls Retrofitted with Steel Plates or FRP Sheets,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, in press, July 2011.
Cortes, L., and Palermo, D., “Modelling of Seismically Repaired and Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls,” Computers and Concrete, V. 8, No. 5, October 2011, pp. 541-561.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., Cornett, A., and Al-Faesly, T., “Tsunami Impact on Near-Shore Infrastructure: Challenges and Solutions,” Canadian Civil Engineer, CSCE, Spring 2011, V.28.2, pp. 12-15.
Lloyd, A., Jacques, E., Saatcioglu, M., Palermo, D., Nistor, I., and Tikka, T., “Capabilities and Effectiveness of Using A Shock Tube to Simulate Blast Loading on Structures and Structural Components,” ACI Special Publication, Behavior of Concrete Structures Subjected to Blast and Impact Loadings, accepted February 2011.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Tsunami Loading of Near-Shoreline Infrastructure,” Canadian Civil Engineer, CSCE, Summer 2010, V. 27.3, pp. 11-13.
Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Cornett, A, “Experimental Investigation of Tsunami on Free Standing Structures,” Coastal Engineering Journal, V. 52, No. 1, 2010, pp.43-70.
Palermo, D., Nistor, I., Nouri, Y., and Cornett, A, “Tsunami Loading of Near-Shoreline Structures: A Primer,” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, V. 36, No.11, 2009, pp.1804-1815.
Ghorbani, I., Velev, N., Tremblay, R., Palermo, D., Massicotte, B., and Leger, P., “Modeling and Testing of Influence of Loading History and Scaling Effects on the Inelastic Response of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 106, No. 3, May-June 2009, pp. 358-367.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Understanding Tsunami Risk to Structures: A Canadian Perspective,” Science of Tsunami Hazard: The International Journal of the Tsunami Society, V. 27, No. 4, 2008, pp. 1-11.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Tsunami-Induced Loading on Structures: Beyond Hollywood’s Scenarios,” Structures Magazine, NCSEA/CASE/SEI, March, 2008, pp. 10-13.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Simulation of Cyclically Loaded Concrete Structures Based on the Finite Element Method,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, V. 133. No. 5, May 2007, pp. 728-738.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Compression Field Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Subjected To Reversed Loading: Verification,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 101, No. 2, March-April 2004, pp 155-164.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Compression Field Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Subjected To Reversed Loading: Formulation,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 100, No. 5, Sept-Oct. 2003, pp. 616-625.
Vecchio, F. J., Haro de la Peña, O. A., Bucci, F., and Palermo, D., “Behavior of Repaired Cyclically Loaded Shear Walls,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 99, No. 3, May-June 2002, pp. 327-334.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Behavior of Three-Dimensional Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 99, No. 1, Jan-Feb. 2002, pp. 81-89.
Vecchio, F. J., and Palermo, D., “NLFEARC – Look Both Ways Before Crossing,” ACI Special Publication, Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures, SP 205-01, Jan. 2002, pp. 1-14.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Behaviour of Cyclically Loaded Shear Walls,” ASCE Special Publication, Modeling of Inelastic Behaviour of RC Structures Under Seismic Loads, Publication No. 0-7844-0553-0, 2001, pp. 562-579.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Nistor, I, Palermo, D., Al-Faesly, T., and Cornett, A.,“Investigations and Experimental Modelling of the Tsunami-Induced Extreme Hydrodynamic Forces on Structures,” 34th International Association of Hydraulic Engineering (IAHR) Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July, 2011.
St-Germain, P., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Townsend R., “SPH Modeling of Extreme Hydrodynamic Forces on Slender Structures,” 34th International Association of Hydraulic Engineering (IAHR) Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July, 2011.
Abdulridha, A., Palermo, D., and Foo, S., “Superelastic SMA Reinforced Concrete Elements: Applicability and Practicality," fib Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, June, 2011.
Cortes-Puentes, W.L., and Palermo, D., Foo, D., “Numerical Assessment of Seismically Retrofitted Low-Rise Shear Walls using Shape Memory Alloys,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Cortes-Puentes, W.L., Almansour, H., and Palermo, D., “Towards Improved Shear Design for Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Externally Bonded Fibre Reinforced Polymers,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Al-Sadoon, Z., Saatcioglu, M., and Palermo, D., “Seismic Retrofitting of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frame Structures,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Imbeau, P., Palermo, D., and Almansour, H., “State-of-the-Art Review of Retrofit Methodologies for Concrete Elements Subjected to Impact Loading,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Kadhom, B., and Palermo, D., “Post-Peak Response of Plain Normal Strength Concrete Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Al-Faesly, T., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Cornett, A., “Simulated Tsunami Bore Impact on an Onshore Structure,” Canadian Society for Civil Engineers 20th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June, 2011.
Caron, F., Palermo, D., and Saatcioglu, M. “Compression Bracing for Seismic Retrofitting of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames,” 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ohrid, Macedonia, August, 2010.
Abdulridha, A., and Palermo, D., “Seismic Behaviour of SMA Reinforced Concrete Beams,” 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, Toronto, Canada, 2010.
Caron, F., and Palermo, D., “Repair and Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames,” 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, Toronto, Canada, 2010.
Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Saatcioglu, M., and Murty, T., “Estimation of Tsunami Forces on Infrastructure: Field Investigations and Physical and Numerical Modeling,” Fourth International Tsunami Symposium of Tsunami Society International, 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Cornett, A., “Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Loading on Structures,” 32st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Shanghai, China, June, 2010.
Lloyd, A., Saatcioglu, M., Nistor, I., and Palermo, D., “New Shock Tube Testing Facilities for Simulated Blast Loading of Structural and Non-Structural Components.” 2nd International Workshop on Performance, Protection, and Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Hayama, Japan, August, 2009.
Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Al-Faesly, T., and Cornett, A., “Modelling of Tsunami-Induced Hydrodynamic Forces on Buildings,” 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2009.
Cortes, L., and Palermo, D., “Numerical Modelling of Repaired and Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls for Seismic Applications,” WCCE-ECCE-TCCE Earthquake & Tsunami, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2009.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Quantifying Tsunami Loads for Design and Assessment of Infrastructure,” WCCE-ECCE-TCCE Earthquake & Tsunami, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2009.
Cortes, L., and Palermo, D., “Modeling of Seismic Repair and Retrofit of Concrete Shear Walls,” 38th Canadian Society for Civil Engineers Annual Conference, St. John’s, Canada, May, 2009.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Understanding Tsunami Risk to Structures: A Canadian Perspective,” 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October, 2008.
Tremblay, R., Ghorbani-Renani, I., Velev, N., Léger, P., Leclerc, M., Koboevic, S., Bouaanani, N., Galal, K., and Palermo, D., “Seismic Response of Multi-Storey Reinforced Concrete Walls Subjected to Eastern North America High Frequency Ground Motions,” 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October, 2008.
Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Cornett, A, “Experimental Investigation of the Impact of a Tsunami-Induced Bore on Structures,” 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2008.
Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., “Structural Failure Mechanisms and Forces Associated with Tsunami Loading,” 37th Canadian Society for Civil Engineers Annual Conference, Quebec City, Canada, June, 2008.
Ghorbani-Renani, I., Tremblay, R., Léger, P., and Palermo, D., “Inelastic Seismic Evaluation of Slender Shears Walls Designed According to CSA A23.3-04 and NBCC 2005,” 37th Canadian Society for Civil Engineers Annual Conference, Quebec City, Canada, June, 2008.
Cornett, A., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Nouri, Y., “Hydrodynamic Forces on Coastal Infrastructure during Tsunami,” Coastal Zone Canada 2008 and the Canadian Coastal Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May, 2008.
Palermo, D., Nistor, I., Nouri, Y., and Cornett, A., “Tsunami-Induced Impact and Hydrodynamic Loading of Near-Shoreline Structures,” Protect (First International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures Under Extreme Loading, Whistler, Canada, 2007.
Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Cornett, A., “Structural Analysis For Tsunami-Induced Force and Debris Impact,” Coastal Structures 2007, Venice, Italy, 2007.
Palermo, D., Abdulridha, A., and Charette, M., "Flange Participation for Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls," 9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, 2007.
Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., and Saatcioglu, M., "Tsunami-Induced Hydrodynamic and Debris Flow Force on Structural Elements," 9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, 2007.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Behaviour and Analysis of Cyclically Loaded Shear Walls,” Seminar on Post-Peak Behaviour of RC Structures Subjected to Seismic Loads-Recent Advances and Challenges on Analysis and Design. Japan Concrete Institute Committee on Post-Peak Behaviour of RC Structures, Vol. 1, 1999, pp 189-203.
CONFERENCE PAPERS READ
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F.J., “Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls Based on the Disturbed Stress Field Model,” ACI Technical Session on FEM Application to RC Walls, ACI Fall Convention, San Francisco, 2004.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Compression Field Modeling of Walls Subjected to Reversed Cyclic Loading,” US-Japan: Cyclic Constitutive Laws, ASCE/SEI 2002 Structures Congress & Exposition, Denver, US, April, 2002.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Testing of a 3-D Shear Wall Before and After Repair Under Cyclic Loading,” Research in Progress, ACI Spring Convention, Chicago, US, 1999.
INVITED SEMINARS
Palermo, D., "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete", University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, July 14, 2004.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Imbeau, P., Cortes, L., Abdulridha, A., and Palermo, D., “Investigating Emerging Seismic Mitigation Technology for Improving the Seismic Behaviour and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Members,” Report Submitted to Public Works and Government Services Canada, March 2010, pp.154.
Abdulridha, A., and Palermo, D., “Pilot Study of the Seismic Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Beams and the Potential Application in Seismic Retrofit of Buildings,” Report Submitted to Public Works and Government Services Canada, March 2008, pp.53.
El-Hacha, R., Brown, T. G., and Palermo, D., “Aurora 2 – Steel Connection”, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, 2004, 30 pp.
Palermo, D., and Vecchio, F. J., “Behavior and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Walls Subjected to Reversed Cyclic Loading,” ISBN 0-7727-7553-02, Publication No. 2002-01, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2002, 351 pp.
TEACHING
CVG3148 Reinforced
Concrete Design I
CVG4145 Reinforced
Concrete Design II
CVG4001 Introduction to Civil Engineering Project
CVG4907 Civil Engineering Design Project
CVG6313 Seismic Analysis and
Design of
Reinforced Concrete Structures
EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC
| July 2011 - present | Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies | University of Ottawa |
| 2011 - present | Associate Professor | University of Ottawa |
| 2005 - 2011 | Assistant Professor | University of Ottawa |
| 2004 | Assistant Professor | University of Calgary |
| July - Dec 2002 | Visiting Assistant Professor | University of Toronto |
| Jan - Sept 2003 | NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow | McMaster University |
| 1999 - 2003 | Special Lecturer | University of Toronto |
| Jan - May 2002 | Lecturer | McMaster University |
| 2000 - 2001 | Lecturer | Professional Development Centre, University of Toronto |
| May - Sept 1994 | Research Assistant | University of Toronto |
INDUSTRIAL
| 1997 - 1998 | Structural Engineer | Yolles Partnership Inc, Toronto, Canada |
AFFILIATIONS
Associate Member of ASCE 7 (Standard, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures)
Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee
Co-Chair of 2nd International Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Materials, Canadian Society for
Civil Engineering Annual
General Meeting and
Conference, Ottawa, 2011
(CSCE 2011)
Member of the Canadian
Seismic Research Network
(CSRN)
Member ACI Committee 447 Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Associate Member ACI
Committee 369 Seismic
Repair and Rehabilitation
Member of the American
Concrete Institute (ACI)
Member of the Canadian
Society for Civil
Engineering (CSCE)
Member of the Professional
Engineers Ontario (PEO)
Member of Canadian
Association for Earthquake
Engineering (CAEE)
Member of the Organizing and
Technical Committee of the
9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
Ottawa, 2007
AWARDS
Faculty of Engineering John V. Marsh Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011)
Faculty of Engineering Dean's Commendation Letters: CVG3148 (2006, 2008, 2009), CVG4001 (2008, 2009), CVG6313 (2009)
Government of Italy
Scholarship 2003-2004
NSERC
Postdoctoral Fellowship
2002-2004
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Zaid Al-Sadoon, "Seismic Retrofitting of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frame Structures," Best Graduate Student Paper Award - 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference (2011 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference), Ottawa, 2011
Abdulridha, A., “Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Reinforcement for Seismic Applications,” 1st Place - Research Poster Competition in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Research Day, University of Ottawa, 2010
Al-Sadoon, A., “Seismic Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames with Concrete Filled Steel Tubes as Diagonal Bracing Elements,” 2nd Place - Research Poster Competition in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Research Day, University of Ottawa, 2010
Nouri, Y., “The Impact of Hydraulic Bores and Debris on Free Standing Structures,” Nominated for Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) M.A.Sc. thesis award, University of Ottawa, 2008
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Etches, R., Freel, R., Zayoun, M., Dubus, N., and Bartzis, Y., "Redesign and Relocation of the New Canadian Museum of Science and Technology," Co-Winners of the Mike Sheflin Student Paper Luncheon - Ontario Public Works Association Ottawa Valley Branch, 2010
Sabri, A., Kudeih, M., Kovalchuk, O., and Balima, N., “Design of an Underwater Restaurant,” Best Original Idea and Concept, Ottawa Chapter of Professional Engineers Ontario Student Paper Night, 2008
Last Updated: November 2008