1. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo 11535, Egypt; formerly, Research Associate, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 2W1.
2. Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 2W1 (corresponding author). ORCID: .