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Dr. Girma.T. Bitsuamlak, PEng, is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the WindEEE Research Institute that houses the WindEEE Dome and holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Wind Engineering at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. With a background in building and wind engineering, Dr. Bitsuamlak’s research interest and experience include experimental and computational wind engineering, and science of buildings. He has been educated in Addis Ababa, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and Concordia Universities.

He is recently working on high intensity wind effects (such as tornado and downburst) on buildings; developed numerical models for wind flow simulation in urban environment, preliminary wind load estimation, and aerodynamic and dynamic optimization of tall buildings; developed large scale testing methods for evaluating wind load on cladding and components and roof mounted solar panels etc.

Prior to joining Western, he has worked as an assistant professor at Florida International University in Miami and as senior Wind Engineer with RWDI Inc in Guelph, Ontario. While at FIU, Dr. Bitsuamlak co-developed a hurricane testing facility “Wall of Wind”. While at RWDI he has executed experimental aeroelastic analysis of suppertall buildings such as Freedom Tower in New York and Burj Khalifa in Dubai in a boundary layer wind tunnel.

Dr. Girma.T. Bitsuamlak, PEng, is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the WindEEE Research Institute that houses the WindEEE Dome and holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Wind Engineering at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. With a background in building and wind engineering, Dr. Bitsuamlak’s research interest and experience include experimental and computational wind engineering, and science of buildings. He has been educated in Addis Ababa, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and Concordia Universities.

He is recently working on high intensity wind effects (such as tornado and downburst) on buildings; developed numerical models for wind flow simulation in urban environment, preliminary wind load estimation, and aerodynamic and dynamic optimization of tall buildings; developed large scale testing methods for evaluating wind load on cladding and…

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