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Research areas

• Numerical and experimental modeling of the dynamic behavior of structures (Dams, Bridges, and Buildings)
• Earthquake engineering (Investigation of ground motions and modeling of structural response)
• Analysis and design of hydraulic structures (Simplified methods and advanced techniques using finite elements, finite volumes and boundary elements)
• Modeling of structural response considering fluid-structure, soil-structure, and ice-structure interactions
• Mathematical and numerical modeling of structural response (Closed-form formulations, Finite Element Method, Finite Difference Schemes, Finite Volumes (CFD), Boundary Element Method, etc.)

Research centers and networks

• Member of the Group for Research in Structural Engineering (GRS)
  Web site: http://www.polymtl.ca/structures/
• Member of the CEISCE, a research center dedicated to the behavior of structures subjected to extreme loads
  Web site: http://www.civil.usherbrooke.ca/CEISCE/
• Member of the Canadian Network for Seismic Research (CNSR)
  Web site: http://csrn.mcgill.ca/

Professional memberships

• Member of the Seismic Effects Committee - Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member of the committee on the Design and Construction of Dams of the Canadian Dam Association (CDA)
• Member of the CSRN - CSA S6-14 subcommittee on Seismic Isolation of Bridges
• Member of the Engineering Mechanics and Materials Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
• Membre of: Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE), American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Seismological Society of America (SSA), American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Review of research work

• Editorial boards: International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Frontiers in Earthquake Engineering.
• Reviewer for several journals, including: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis & Design, Journal of Sound & Vibration, Journal of Computers & Structures, Journal of Engineering Structures, ACI Structural Journal, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling, Journal of Cold Regions Science & Technology, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Water Management, Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering, Journal of Engineering Mathematics.
• External reviewer for research funding programs such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

Awards and honors

• Merit nominations by Civil Engineering students for excellence in teaching (2004, 2008, 2010, 2015). Elected as the best civil engineering professor in graduate studies in 2010 and 2015.
• Recipient of the Gold Medal of Canada’s Governor General for Academic Excellence (2003).
• Recipient of the first prize for the best paper and presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering at Montreal (2002).

Main publications

Papers in refereed publications

• Renaud S., Bouaanani N., Miquel B. 2015. Critical appraisal of common simplified assumptions in seismic stability analyses of gravity dams. ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 30, No. 5, 1–13. [Download preprint] [Online version]
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N., Goda K., Atkinson G. 2015. Damping reduction factors
  for crustal, inslab, and interface earthquakes characterizing seismic hazard in South-Western British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Earthquake Spectra, 32(1): 45-74. [Download]
• Wei K., Bouaanani N., Yuan W. 2015. Simplified methods for efficient seismic design and analysis of water-surrounded composite axisymmetric structures. Journal of Ocean Engineering, Vol. 104, 617-638. [Download]
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N. 2015. Prediction of high-damping spectral displacements in Eastern North America. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 19, 701-730. [Download]
• Bouaanani N., Miquel B. 2015. Efficient modal dynamic analysis of flexible beam-fluid systems. Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 1, 99-116. [Download]
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N., Godia A. 2015. On computation of conditional mean spectrum in Eastern Canada. Journal of of Seismology, Vol. 19, 443-467. [Download]
• Bartosh I., Bouaanani N. 2014. Effect of horizontal component definition on the characterization of vertical ground motions: Application to eastern Canada. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 6, 831-852. [Download]
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N., Léger P. 2014. Application of conditional mean spectra for evaluation of a building's seismic response in Eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 8, 769-773.
• Bouaanani N., Renaud S. 2014. Effects of fluid-structure interaction modeling assumptions on seismic floor acceleration demands within gravity dams. Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol. 67, 1-18. [Download]
• Lefrançois A., Léger P., Bouaanani N. 2014. Finite element seismic safety assessment of water intake structures. Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 83, 1-9.
• Miquel B., Bouaanani N. 2013. Accounting for earthquake-induced dam-reservoir interaction using modified accelerograms. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 9, 1608-1617.
• Bouaanani N., Frasson-Botton C. 2013. Correlations of three-component ground motions from the 23 June 2010 Val-des-Bois, Québec, Earthquake. Journal of Seismology, Vol. 17, No. 3, 861-881. [Download]
• Wei K., Yuan W., Bouaanani N. 2013. Experimental and numerical assessment of the three dimensional modal dynamic response of bridge pile foundations submerged in water. ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 10, 1032-1041. [Download]
• Goulmot D., Bouaanani N. 2013. Seismic analysis of rectangular water-containing structures with floating ice blocks. Journal of Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 90-91, 22-32. [Download]
• Bouaanani N., Goulmot D., Miquel B. 2012. Seismic response of asymmetric rectangular liquid containing structures. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 138, No. 10, 1288-1297. [Download]
• Wei K., Yuan W., Bouaanani N., Chang C.C. 2012. An improved HSFR method for natural vibration analysis of an immersed cylinder pile with a tip mass. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2:023002.
• Dion C., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R., Lamarche C-P. 2012. Real-time dynamic sub-structuring testing of a bridge equipped with friction-based seismic isolators. ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1, 4-14.
• Bouaanani N., Ighouba M. 2011. A novel scheme for large deflection analysis of suspended cables made of linear or nonlinear elastic materials. Journal of Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 42, No. 12, 1009-1019. [Download]
• Dion C., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R., Lamarche C-P, Leclerc M. 2011. Real-time dynamic substructuring testing of viscous seismic protective devices for bridge structures. Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, No. 12, 3125-3764.
• Miquel B., Bouaanani N. 2011. Practical dynamic analysis of structures laterally vibrating in contact with water. Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 89, No. 23-24, 2195-2210.
• Bouaanani N., Marcuzzi P. 2011. Finite difference thermoelastic analysis of suspended cables including extensibility and large sag effects. Journal of Thermal Stresses, Vol . 34, No. 1, 18-50.
• Miquel B., Bouaanani N. 2010. Simplified evaluation of the vibration period and seismic response of gravity dam-water systems. Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, No. 8, 2488-2502. [Download]
• Bouaanani N., Miquel B. 2010. A new formulation and error analysis for vibrating dam-reservoir systems with upstream transmitting boundary conditions. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 329, No. 10, 1924-1953.
• Bouaanani N., Perrault C. 2010. Practical formulas for frequency domain analysis of earthquake-induced dam-reservoir interaction. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 136, No. 1, 107-119. [Download]
• Paultre P., Eid R., Robles H. I., Bouaanani N. 2009. Seismic performance of circular high-strength concrete columns. ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 106, No. 4, 395-404.
• Bouaanani N., Lu F. 2009. Assessment of potential-based fluid finite elements for seismic analysis of dam-reservoir systems. Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 87, No. 3-4, 206-224.
• Fuamba M., Bouaanani N., Marche C. 2007. Modeling of dam break wave propagation in a partially ice-covered channel. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 30, No. 12, 2499-2510.
• Bouaanani N. 2006. Numerical investigation of the modal sensitivity of suspended cables with localized damage. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 292, No. 3-5, 1015-1030.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P. 2005. A new boundary condition for energy radiation in covered reservoirs using BEM. Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 29, No. 09, 903-911.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P., Proulx J. 2004. Dynamic response of a concrete dam impounding an ice-covered reservoir; Part I: Mathematical modelling. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 06, 956-964.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P., Proulx J. 2004. Dynamic response of a concrete dam impounding an ice-covered reservoir; Part II: Parametric and numerical study. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 06, 965-976.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P., Proulx J. 2003. A closed-form formulation for earthquake- induced hydrodynamic pressure on gravity dams. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.261, No. 03, 573-582.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P., Proulx J. 2002. Two-dimensional modelling of ice-cover effects for the dynamic analysis of concrete gravity dams. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 12, 2083-2102.

Papers and presentations in conferences

• Renaud S., Bouaanani N. 2015. Efficiency and limits of the progressive approach to assess the seismic stability of gravity dams: Case study of a stepped dam-rock foundation. Canadian Dam Association, Annual Conference, 3-8 October, Mississauga, Canada.
• Tanji J., Zakikhani K., Bouaanani N., Miguel R., Vittecoq S. 2015. Development of practical tools for efficient design of a medium height arch dam. Canadian Dam Association, Annual Conference, 3-8 October, Mississauga, Canada.
• Tremblay R., Atkinson GM., Bouaanani N., Daneshvar P., Leger P., Koboevic S. 2015. Selection and scaling of ground motion time histories for seismic analysis using NBCC 2015. 11th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria, Canada.
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R. 2015. Méthodologie pratique pour évaluer la performance et l'endommagement sismiques des ponts au Québec. 22e Colloque sur la progression de la recherche québecoise sur les ouvrages d'art, Québec, QC, May 5-6.
• St-Onge B., Courcelles B., Bouaanani N. 2015. Interaction sol-structure entre un sol biocalcifié et une fondation superficielle. 83e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université du Québec à Rimouski, May 25-29.
• Bouaanani N., Renaud S. 2014. Sensitivity of seismic demands within gravity dams to reservoir modeling assumptions. Canadian Dam Association, Annual Conference, October 4-9, Banff, Alberta.
• Bouaanani N., Goulmot D., Miquel B. 2014. Efficient seismic analysis of navigation locks. PIANC World Congress, June 1-5, San Francisco, California.
• Bouaanani N. 2014. New methods to include fluid-structure interaction effects in seismic assessment of civil engineering infrastructure. Sixth Kwang-Hua Forum, Shanghai, China, December 12-14.
• Bouaanani, N., Bartosh, I. 2013. On inter-component correlations of ground motions from eastern Canada. Annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America, 6-8 October, La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.
• Miquel, B., Lefrançois A., Bouaanani, N., Léger, P. 2013. Simplified seismic safety assessment of a concrete gravity dam using time history analysis. Canadian Dam Association, Annual Conference, October 5-10, Montreal, Quebec.
• Gazarian-Pagé, C., Bouaanani, N. 2013. Characterization of 3D fluid-structure interaction effects in civil engineering applications. 3rd Specialty Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Materials, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, May 29 to June 1, Montréal, Canada.
• Bartosh, I., Bouaanani, N. 2013. Investigation of the vertical component of recent earthquakes in Québec. 3rd Specialty Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, May 29 to June 1, Montréal, Canada.
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N. 2012. Seismic displacement demands for performance-based design and rehabilitation of structures in North America. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 24-28 September.
• Bouaanani N., Goulmot D., Miquel, B. 2012. New efficient seismic analysis of structures interacting with water: Application to asymmetric rectangular tanks and navigation locks. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 24-28 September.
• Bouaanani N. 2012. Performance-based assessment of isolated bridges. Joint CSRN–NEES Workshop on the seismic isolation and damping of bridge structures. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, April 30.
• Samrani A., Bouaanani N., Koboevic S. 2012. Comportement sismique bidirectionnel des murs de refend en C. 80e Congrès de l'Acfas, Palais des congrès de Montréal, May 7-11.
• Bouaanani N., Ighouba M. 2011. A novel numerical procedure to couple suspended cable large displacements, extensibility and cross-sectional deformations. Sixth M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Focus: Advances in Solids & Structures, Boston, USA, 15-17 June.
• Bouaanani N., Miquel B. 2011. An error estimator for transmitting boundary conditions in fluid-structure interaction problems. Fluid-Structure Interaction VI, Orlando, USA, 9-11 May.
• Leclerc M., Molinari M., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R., Leger P., Bursi, O. S. 2011. Effective strategies for real time hybrid simulation of near seismic collapse response of moment resisting frames. American Control Conference, 29 June-01 July, San Francisco, USA.
• Dion C., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R. 2011. Hybrid simulations on isolated and damped bridges. CSRN Workshop on the Seismic Isolation and Damping of Bridge Structures, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, May 26.
• Daneshvar P., Bouaanani N. 2011. Towards performance-based design of seismically isolated bridges in eastern North America. CSRN Workshop on the Seismic Isolation and Damping of Bridge Structures, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, May 26.
• Miquel B., Bouaanani N. 2011. Méthode pratique pour l'étude des structures vibrant en interaction avec un fluide. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, May 9-13.
• Miquel B., Bouaanani N. 2010. Simplified evaluation of the earthquake response of dam-water systems. Canadian Dam Association 2010 Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, 2-7 October.
• Bouaanani N., Miquel B. 2010. A new simplified method for earthquake analysis of gravity dams. 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, 25-29 July.
• Dion C., Bouaanani N., Tremblay R., Lamarche C-P., Leclerc M. 2010. Real-Time hybrid testing of seismic protective systems for bridge structures. 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, 25-29 July.
• Carlos M., Stefan L., Léger P., Pedroso L., Bouaanani N. 2010. Seismic safety evaluation of gated spillways: Modelling hydrodynamic pressures on gates. 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, 25-29 July.
• Tremblay R., Bouaanani N., Dion C., Lamarche C-P., Leclerc M. 2010. Simulations hybrides en temps réel sur ponts équipés de systèmes de protection sismique fabriqués au Québec. 17e Colloque sur la progression de la recherche québecoise sur les ouvrages d'art, Québec, QC, May 10-11.
• Tremblay R., Léger P., Rogers C., Bouaanani N., Massicotte B., Khaled A., Lamarche C-P. 2009. Experimental testing of large scale structural models and components using innovative shake table, dynamic, real-time hybrid simulation and multi-directional loading techniques. 3rd International Conf. on Advances in Experimental Structural Eng., San Francisco, 15-16 October.
• Bouaanani N., Lu F., Perrault C., Chagnon M-A., Gogoi I. 2008. Novel developments and findings for the safety assessment of earthquake-excited dam-reservoir systems. 14thWorld Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Bejing, China, 12-17 October.
• Tremblay R., Poirier L-P., Bouaanani N., Leclerc M., Rene V., Fronteddu L., Rivest S. 2008. Innovative viscously damped rocking braced steel frames. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Bejing, China, 12-17 October.
• Lamarche C-P., Leclerc M., Tremblay R., Léger P., Bouaanani N., Koboevic S., O.Bursi. 2008. Comparison between real time nonlinear seismic hybrid and shake table testing techniques. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Bejing, China, 12-17 October.
• Tremblay R., Ghorbanirenani I, Velev N., Léger P., Leclerc M., Koboevic S., Bouaanani N., Galal K., Palermo D. 2008. Seismic response of multi-storey reinforced concrete walls subjected to Eastern North America high frequency ground motions. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Bejing, China, 12-17 October.
• Tremblay R., Poirier L-P., Bouaanani N., Leclerc M., Fronteddu L., Rivest S. 2008. Seismic response of viscously damped controlled rocking braced steel frames for building structures. Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference, Québec, 10-13 June.
• Crestel B., Bouaanani N. 2007. Earthquake response of short to medium span cable-stayed bridges. 9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, 27-29 June.
• Gogoi I., Bouaanani N. 2006. Analytical expressions for hydrodynamic pressure for dam-reservoir systems. International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, Guwahati, India, 8-10 December.
• Bouaanani N., Alexieva K. 2006. Displacement-based seismic design of shear walls submitted to Eastern Canada seismic hazard. 1st International Structural Specialty Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Calgary, 23-26 May.
• Bouaanani N., Chagnon, M-A. 2006. Seismic analysis of Ice-Dam-Reservoir systems. 1st International Structural Specialty Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Calgary, 23-26 May.
• Bouaanani N. and Crestel B. 2006. Multi-component response spectra of Eastern North America earthquakes. Annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America, Ottawa, 1-4 October.
• Bouaanani N. 2005. Free vibrations of damaged suspended cables including sag and bending stiffness effects. Sixth European Conference on Structural Dynamics EURODYN2005 (Paris), édité par Soize C. et Schueller G.I., Millpress, Vol. 03, 1929-1934.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P. Proulx J. 2004. Analytical and numerical investigation of dynamically excited dams with ice-covered reservoirs. 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 1-6 August. Paper no. 1862.
• Paultre P., Proulx J. Bouaanani N. 2003. The use of forced vibration testing for seismic safety evaluation of concrete dams. International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) - Montreal Congress 2003. Q. 83 - R. 49. 871-901.
• Bouaanani N., Paultre P., Proulx J. 2002. Two-dimensional investigation of the effect of an ice-cover on the dynamic behaviour of gravity dams. Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Structural Dynamics EURODYN 2002 (Munich), edited by Grundmann H. et Schueller G.I., Balkema, Vol. 02, 1197-1202.