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Denis Mitchell

Title: 
Emeritus Distinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor
Academic title(s): 

Eng, Ph.D.

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Denis Mitchell
Contact Information
Email address: 
denis.mitchell [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
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Areas of expertise: 

Behaviour and design of concrete structures

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Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

2000-Present

  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Gzowski Medal, June 2002
  • CSA-International, 2002 Award of Merit, June 2002
  • Chair appointment, 鈥淛ames 成人VR视频 Professor鈥�, 成人VR视频, January 2004
  • Elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, March 2004
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Gzowski Medal, June 2004
  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, November 2004
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, A.B. Sanderson Award, June 2005
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, National Lecture Tour - The Collapse of the Concorde Bridge, Sept/Oct 2008
  • Institution of Structural Engineers, Henry Adams Award, June 2009
  • Dedicated Service Award, from CSA Standards Association, April 2011
  • Faculty of Engineering, 成人VR视频 "Research Excellence Award", May 2011
  • Induction into "Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction", University of Toronto, November 2011
  • American Concrete Institute, Design Award, March 2012
  • American Society of Civil Engineers, Outstanding Paper Award, 鈥淭he Concorde Overpass Collapse鈥�, Sept. 2012.
  • Concrete Institute of Australia, 鈥淪hear Design and Evaluation of Concrete Structures鈥�, National Lecture Series, March 2014.
  • American Concrete Institute, Design Award, 鈥淭wo-Way Slab Parking Structures in Canada 鈥� Multiple Factors Can Affect Service Lifeand Safety鈥�, April 2015.
  • Elected Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), presented in London, February 2016.
  • Appointed 鈥淒istinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor鈥�, 成人VR视频, May 2019.
  • Elected Fellow of the Euro Academy of Science, December 2019.

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1976-1999

  • American Concrete Institute's Raymond C. Reese Structural Research Medal, April 1976
  • American Concrete Institute's Reese Structural Research Award, February 1981
  • Prestressed Concrete Institute's Martin P. Korn Award, October 1981
  • Elected Fellow of the American Concrete Institute in 1981
  • American Society of Civil Engineers' T.Y. Lin Award, October 1982
  • Engineering Class of '51 Award for Outstanding Teaching, Faculty of Engineering, 1987
  • American Society of Civil Engineers' T.Y. Lin Award, October 1987
  • Elected Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 1987
  • Minister of State (Science and Technology), Networks of Centres of Excellence competition award for research on "High Performance Concrete," November 1989
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Gzowski Medal, May 1992
  • American Society of Civil Engineers' 1996 Moisseiff Award, April 1996
  • American Concrete Institute鈥檚 Structural Research Award March 1998
  • Chair appointment 鈥淭he William Scott Professor of Civil Engineering鈥�, 成人VR视频 January 1999
  • Elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, April, 1999


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Selected publications: 

2012

  • Tehrani, P. and Mitchell, D. "Effects of Different Column Heights on the Seismic Response of Bridges in the Transverse Direction", Can. J. Civil Eng., in press, 2012.
  • Habibi, F., Redl, E., Egberts, M., Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淎ssessment of CSA A23.3 Structural Integrity Requirements for Two-Way Slabs鈥�, Can. J. Civil Eng., in press, 2012.
  • Layssi, H, Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. "Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Poorly Detailed Shear Walls", ASCE J. of Composites for Construction, in press, 2012.
  • Aoude, H., Belghiti, M., Cook, W.D., Mitchell, D. 鈥淩esponse of SFRC Beams with and without Stirrups鈥�, ACI Structural Journal, in press, 2012.
  • Yang, J-M., Lee, J.H., Yoon, Y-S., Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淚nfluence of Steel Fibers and Headed Bars on the Serviceability of High-Strength Concrete Corbels鈥�, ASCE Structural J., in press, 2012.
  • Tehrani, P. and Mitchell, D. "Seismic Response of Bridges Subjected to Different Earthquake Types Using IDA", Journal of Earthquake Eng., submitted, Jan., 2012.

2011

  • Mitchell, D., Marchand, J., Croteau, P. and Cook, W.D. 鈥淭he Concorde Overpass Collapse 鈥� Structural Aspects鈥�, ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Nov/Dec., 2011, pp. 545-553.
  • Layssi, H, Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. "Seismic Retrofit and Repair of Deficient Concrete Shear Walls", ASCE, J. of Composites for Construction, submitted Dec. 2011.
  • Tehrani, P., Goda, K., Mitchell, D., Atkinson, G.M. and Chouinard, L.E. 鈥淪eismic Performance of Bridges on South-Western British Columbia鈥�, J. of Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics鈥�, submitted Mar. 2011.
  • Mitchell, D., Huffman, S., Tremblay, R., Saatcioglu, M., Palermo, D., Tinawi, R. and Lau, D. 鈥淒amage to Bridges due to the February 27, 2010 Chile Earthquake鈥�, submitted to Can. J. Civil Eng., July, 2011.
  • Tremblay, R., Mitchell, D. and Tinawi, R. 鈥淒amage to Industrial Structures due to the February 27, 2010 Chile Earthquake鈥�, submitted to Can. J. Civil Eng., submitted, Nov., 2011

2010

  • Adebar, P., Bazargani, P., Mutrie, J., and Mitchell, D. 鈥淪afety of Gravity-Load Columns in Shear Wall Buildings Designed to Canadian Standard A23.3鈥�, Can. J. Civil Engineering, V 37 N. 11, November 2010, pp. 1451-1461.
  • Mitchell, D., Cook, W.D. and Peng, T. 鈥淐hapter 14 鈥� Importance of Detailing鈥�, ACI SP -273, Further Examples for the Design of Structural Concrete with Strut-and-Tie Models, October 2010, pp. 237-252.
  • Mitchell, D., Paultre, P., Tinawi, R., Saatcioglu, M., Tremblay, R. and Elwood, K. 鈥淓volution of Seismic Design Codes in the National Building Code of Canada鈥�, Can. J. Civil Engineering, V. 37, N9, September 2010, pp. 1201-1211.
  • Yang, J-M., Yoon, Y-S., Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淧unching Shear Behavior of Two-Way Slabs Reinforced with High-Strength Steel鈥�, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 107, No. 4, July/Aug 2010, pp. 468-475.
  • Lee, J.-H., Yoon, Y.-S., Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. "Improving Punching Shear Behavior of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Slabs," ACI Structural Journal, Vol 106, No 4, July-August 2009, pp. 427- 434.

2009

  • Lee, J.-H., Yoon, Y.-S., Cook, W.D. and Mitchell, D. "Improving Punching Shear Behavior of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Slabs," ACI Structural Journal, Vol 106, No 4, July-August 2009, pp. 427- 434.
  • Paultre, P. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淏ackground to Seismic Design Provisions in CSA A23.3-04 for High-Strength Concrete鈥�, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 36, 2009, pp. 565-579.
  • Aoude, H, Mitchell, D. and Cook, W.D. 鈥淏ehavior of Columns Constructed with Fibers and Self-Consolidating Concrete鈥�, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 106, S34, May/June 2009, 9 p.
  • Aoude, H., Cook, W. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淚nfluence of Fibres in Improving Core Confinement and Cover Contribution in Columns鈥�, Paper GC-069, Proceedings CSCE Annual General Conference, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 27-30, 2009, 10 p.

2008

  • Collins, M.P., Mitchell, D. and Bentz, E.C. 鈥淪hear Design of Concrete Structures鈥�, The Structural Engineer, Vol. 86, No. 10, May 2008, pp. 32-39.
  • Lee, J.H., Yoon, Y.S., Lee, S.H., Cook, W.D., Mitchell, D. 鈥淓nhancing the Performance of Slab-Column Connections鈥�, ASCE Structural Journal, March 2008, 448-457.
  • Bentur, A. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淢aterials Performance Lessons鈥�, Journal of Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 38, No. 2, February, 2008, pp. 259-272.
  • Aoude, H., Beghiti, M. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淧redicting the Shear Resistance of SFRC Beams鈥�, Paper GC-623-1, Proceedings CSCE Annual General Conference, Qu茅bec, QC, June 10-13, 2008, 7 p

2007

  • Abrishami, H.H., Elgohary, M., Mitchell, D. Bickley, J.A., Hooton, R.D. and Cook, W.D. 鈥淚mplementation of Continuous-Cast Concrete Base Slab for Future CANDU NPP鈥�, Transactions of International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Toronto, Aug 2007, Paper #H01/5, 8 p
  • Lee, J.H., Yoon, Y.S., Cook, W.D., Mitchell, D. 鈥淏enefits of Using Puddled HSC with Fibers in Slabs to Transmit HSC Column Loads鈥�, ASCE Structural Journal, V. 133, N. 12, Dec 2007, 1843-1847.
  • Aoude, H., Cook, W. and Mitchell, D. 鈥滻nnovative Structural applications using SCC and SFRC, Recent Advances in Concrete Technology (RAC07), Washington, USA, September 19-21 2007, pp 565-572.
  • Aoude, H., Mitchell, D. and Cook, W. 鈥淎xial load response of columns containing SCC and steel fibres鈥�, Proceedings of Fifth International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, Ghent, Belgium, September 3-5 2007, pp 619-624.

2006

  • Tremblay, R. and Mitchell, D. 鈥淐ollapse During Construction of a Precast Girder Bridge鈥�, ASCE Journal of performance of Constructed Facilities, V. 19, N. 2, May, 2006, pp. 259-272.

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Projects: 
  • Heavily involved with development of codes both nationally and internationally
  • Consulting and experience as an expert witness on projects such as the Montreal Olympic Stadium tower and roof structures, theVancouver Rapid Transit structures, the Algerian National Monument Tower, evaluation of cracking in a large concrete dam, seismicevaluation and retrofit of two precast concrete structures, evaluation of large bridge pier and cap beam showing signs of distress,seismic evaluation of two multi-storey shear wall buildings, and the evaluation of the collapses (silo, Souvenir Bridge, Concorde Bridgeand a parking garage slab structure)

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Areas of interest: 
  • Behaviour of high-strength concrete components subjected to reversed cyclic loading
  • Exploring innovative techniques for seismic retrofit of bridges and buildings
  • Use of high-strength concrete in bridge and slab structures
  • Development of code requirements for concrete design and the seismic design of buildings and bridges

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Professional activities: 
  • Chair of Canadian Standards Association Committee A23.3, responsible for the Standard for the Design of Concrete Structures
  • Chair of Sub-Committee on Seismic Design of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code
  • Chair of Subcommittee on Design Provisions of Canadian National Committee on Earthquake Engineering
  • Member of Standing Committee on Structural Design for the National Building Code of Canada
  • Member of American Concrete Institute and American Society of Civil Engineers Committee 445, Shear and Torsion
  • Member of Canadian Standards Association Committee on Repair of Concrete Buildings
  • Member of Canadian Standards Association Steering Committee on Structures (Design)
  • Member of Committee 318B - Building Code Committee of American Concrete Institute
  • Member of Committee 318G - Prestressed Concrete Code Committee of American Concrete Institute
  • Member and former Chair of American Concrete Institute Committee 408, Development of Reinforcement
  • Canadian Delegate to ISO Technical Committee TC71 on Concrete, Reinforcement Concrete and Prestressed Concrete.
  • Canadian Delegate to F茅d茅ration Internationale du B茅ton, Commission 7 on Seismic Design.
  • Program Leader of the Canadian Seismic Research Network
  • Member of Board of Directors of the American Concrete Institute

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