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Christian Viau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University. He specializes in structural engineering with a focus on wood-based composite structural elements. His research interests include Mechanically-laminated timber (MLT), Cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued-laminated timber (glulam), and finite-element modelling of wood structural members using software such as ABAQUS and LS-DYNA. Viau's work also addresses the behavior of mass-timber structures under various impacts, including blast loads and earthquakes, contributing to the development of multi-hazard design frameworks for built infrastructure. He is actively involved in teaching courses related to structural analysis and design, where he trains the next generation of civil engineers.
Includes MEng and MASc options.