Dr. Ashraf El Damatty is a Professor, and Research Director of Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Research Institute, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University. El Damatty also holds honorary professorships at four international universities. A research pioneer in the stability of water structures and the effects of severe wind events on power lines, Dr. El Damatty is one of Canada’s top structural engineering researchers and an engineer whose work has found practical applications across several industries.

Dr. El Damatty has conducted groundbreaking research on the stability and seismic behaviour of elevated conical water tanks. Two of El Damatty’s major career accomplishments in software development have shed light on the performance of structures in severe windstorms and earthquakes. His research work has also protected precious water reservoirs from natural disasters across the world. His work has led to the development of innovative design methodologies for managing hydrostatic and earthquake loads that have been used in Canada, the US, Mexico and Japan. 

His approach in writing directly to a design engineering audience allows for the easy application of his cutting-edge research.

Dr. El Damatty is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, which include most recently the 2018 Ontario Professional Engineers Engineering Medal for Research and Development, and the 2020 Changjiang Scholar Award, which is the highest academic award in China offered to renowned international scholars including Nobel Prize Laureates. Western Engineering awarded Dr. Damatty the Engineering Award for Excellence in Research for his internationally leading expertise in the area of Structural and Wind Engineering.