Biography

Dr. Perry Adebar, PEng, Professor of Structural Engineering is an expert in the design and evaluation of concrete structures, with a particular interest in the seismic design and evaluation of highrise concrete shear wall buildings. Dr. Adebar is chair of the technical committee that writes the National Standard of Canada CSA A23.3 on Design of Concrete Structures and is chair of the technical subcommittee on Seismic Design (Clause 21). Dr. Adebar is a member of the National Model Code Committee (NMCC-SD) that writes the Seismic Design provisions in the National Building Code of Canada, and is chair of the Task Group on Analysis and Design (TG-AD). Dr. Adebar served as Chair of the National Standing Committee on Earthquake Design (SC-ED), the precursor to NMCC-SD, from 2019 to 2024. Since 2014, Dr. Adebar is a structural engineering technical specialist on Canada Task Force 1 (TF-1) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) Team based in the City of Vancouver. Dr. Adebar currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Structural Engineers Association of BC (SEABC). As a specialized engineering consultant, Dr. Adebar has been involved in a number of projects to design, evaluate and repair concrete structures. Dr. Adebar served as the Head of UBC Civil Engineering from 2014 to 2019, and as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science from 1999 to 2008. Professor Adebar received the APEGBC Teaching Award for Excellence in Engineering Education in 2015, the UBC Killam Teaching Prize in 2013, the Meritorious Achievement Award from APEGBC in 2004 and the ACI Structural Research Award in 1998.

Research Interests

Concrete structures: seismic design, high-rise buildings, shear design, evaluation and repair of structures.

Courses

CIVL 430 Design of Concrete Structures

CIVL 433 Advanced Concrete Design

CIVL 513 Concrete Structures