Husham Almansour, Ph.D., P.Eng. is a Senior Research Officer in the Sustainable Resilient Infrastructures and Communities Research Unit, the Construction Research Centre (CRC), National Research Council Canada (NRCC), and an Adjunct Professor in the area of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Ottawa, and Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto. Dr. Almansour’s expertise is in the area of structural mechanics with a focus on the performance, protection, and rehabilitation of aging structures and infrastructure against extreme loads and the area of innovative structural systems using advanced materials. He is leading the NRC research teams in the area of climate resilience of infrastructure and the area of innovative high-performance structural systems using advanced materials. Dr. Almansour co-supervised more than twenty Ph.D. and M.A.Sc research theses. Dr. Almansour is a member of NRC-NBC, CSA committees S6 (Canadian Bridge Design Code), S 850 (Design and assessment of buildings subjected to blast loads), S806 (Design and Construction of Building Components with Fiber-Reinforced Polymers), ASCE-11, Guideline for Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Buildings, ASCE Blast and impact loads on structures; ASCE Resilience and bridge design, TAC Structure Standing Committee, and CSCE Committee on Education and Research.