Dr. Carlos Lobo Cruz-Noguez is the Director of Masonry Centre and MCAA Endowed Chair in Masonry Systems at the University of Alberta. His expertise is in the analysis and design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures, innovative materials, large-scale testing, and nonlinear modelling. Dr. Cruz-Noguez has participated in several multi-hazard assessment and historic rehabilitation projects in Canada and the U.S. He is a voting member of the TMS 402 Committee for Masonry Structures and ACI 440-H(fibre-reinforced polymer structures).