Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Refereed Journals

1. Ellis J, Schwartz J, Mora R (2016). Study on the effectiveness of strategies and technologies to leverage natural ventilation in residential housing, accepted for publication at the International Journal of Ventilation, Ventilation Energy and Environment Technology (VEETECH) UK.
2. Romero D, James J, Mora R, Hays C (2013). Study on the Mechanical and Environmental Properties of Concrete Containing Cathode Ray Tube Glass Aggregate, accepted for publication at the Journal of Waste Management, Elsevier, in press.
3. Mora R, Bitsuamlak G, and Horvat M (2011). Integrated Life-Cycle Design of Building Enclosures, Journal of Building and Environment, Elsevier, 46 (7): 1469-1479.
4. Mora R, Bédard C, and Rivard H (2008). Modeling and Reasoning for Conceptual Structural Design from Preliminary Architectural Models, Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 22 (2): 254-270
5. Mora R, Rivard H, and Bédard C (2006). A Computer Representation for Integrated Conceptual Structural Design, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 20 (2): 76-87.
6. Rivard H, Froese T, Waugh L M, El-Diraby T, Mora R, Torres H, Gill S M, O’Reilly T (2004). Case studies on the use of information technology in the Canadian Construction industry, Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Vol. 9, pg. 19-34.
7. Mora R, English M, and Athienitis A (2001). Assessment of Thermal Comfort During Surgical Operations, in ASHRAE Transactions, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Eng., Inc, 107 (1): 52-62.Conference Proceedings
8. Yan D, Mora R (2014).Condensation risk assessment of window-wall facades under the effect of various heating systems, proc. 14th Canadian Conference of Building Science and Technology, Toronto, ON, Canada.
9. Atwal L, Mora R, Mustapha G (2014). Ventilation for a house as a system. Proceedings of Indoor Air 2014, International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Hong Kong.
10. Atwal L, Mustapha G, Mora R (2013), Sensitive Homes: Remote Sensing and Monitoring Integral to HomesASHRAE IAQ 2013 Proceedings: Environmental Health in Low Energy Buildings, 1-8, ASHRAE.
11. Mora R, Croft D (2013). Building Science Integrated Systems – Methodological Framework, Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Conference, April 3-5, ASCE, Penn State University, USA.
12. Romero D, Mora R, James J, Hays C (2013). Evaluating the Use of Potentially Hazardous Secondary Aggregates in Concrete based on Life-Cycle Effects on Water Pollution, The 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A, March 10-13, 2013.
13. Mora R, Tariku F, Bitsuamlak G (2012). Performance-risk analysis for the design of high-performance affordable homes, 3rd Building Enclosure Science and Technology conference BEST3, National Institute of Building Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA.
14. Mora R, Bitsuamlak G, and Horvat M (2010). Building Science for Building Sustainability, 1st International High-Performance Buildings Conf., Purdue University, IN, USA, pp. 1-8.
15. Mora R (2008), SuPr-Integrator: Sustainable Project Integrator, Intelligent Computing in Engineering, EG-ICE, ASCE, pp. 260-269.
16. Mora R (2008),Computer-Integrated Early Decision Making for Sustainable and Financially Viable Building Projects, ASCE-AEI’08 National Conference: Building Integration Solutions, Denver, Colorad.o
17. Mora R, Juchmes R, Rivard H, and Leclercq P (2006), From Architectural Sketches to Feasible Structural Systems, Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, Eindhoven Netherlands, John S. Gero (Ed.), Springer, pp. 675-694.
18. Mora R, Rivard H, Parent S, and Bédard C (2006). Interactive Knowledge-based Assistance for the Conceptual Design of Building Structures, Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction, Springer, Pandey, M., Xie, Wei-Chau; Xu, Lei (Eds.); proceedings of an International Conference held in Waterloo, ON, Canada.
19. Mora R, Rivard C, and Bédard C (2004). Computer-aided Conceptual Design of Building Structures: Modeling the Synthesis Process, Proceedings of the first International Conference of Design Computing and Cognition, MIT, Cambridge, pp. 37-55.Other Publications
20. Mora R, Rivard H, and Bédard C (2006). Added Value for Collaborative Conceptual Structural Design, Canadian Civil Engineer, CSCE, 23.1: 16-19.

Selected Publications

Conference Proceedings

1. Ge, H. and Simpson, W.Y. (2011). Influence of under-cooling on the wetting and drying of rainscreen walls in cold and humid climates. Accepted by 12th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Porto, Portugal, April 14-15, 2011
2. Simpson, Y., Ge,H., and FazioP. (2010). Influence of cavity ventilation on the thermal and moisture performance of panel type rainscreen walls in the coastal climate of British Columbia. 1st Central European Symposium on Building Physics. Cracow, Poland, September 13-15, 2010
3. Ye,Y.,Ge,H.,and Fazio,P. (2009). Influence of cavity ventilation on the drying and wetting of plywood sheathing in the rainscreen walls in the coastal climate of British Columbia. Accepted for the 4th International Conference in building Physics (IBPC4), Istanbul, Turkey, June 15-18, 2009
4. Ge, H., Ye,Y., and Fazio ,P. (2009). Field investigation of the impact of cavity ventilation on the wetting and drying of brick veneer wall systems in the costal climate of British Columbia. Accepted for the 12th CanadianBuilding Science and Technology Conference. Montreal,QC, Canada, May 7-8, 2009
5. Ge, H., Krpan, R, Fazio, P. and Ye, Y. (2008). A Two-storey Field Station for Investigation of Building Envelope Performance in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia. Building Proceedings of Physics Symposium, the KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven, Belgium. October 29-31, 2008
6. Ge, H., and Ye. Y, (2007). Investigation of Ventilation Drying of Rainscreen Walls in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia. The Buildings X Conference – Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings, Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA, December 2-7, 2007

Selected Publications

Conference Proceedings

1. “Increased severity of the CHIMERA model induces acute vascular injury, sub-acute deficits in memory recall, and chronic white matter gliosis”, Journal of Experimental Neurology, Nov. 2019, 113116
2. “An automated kinematic measurement system for sagittal plane murine head impacts”, Journal of Biomechanics Engineering, 2019
3. “A Novel Technique for Improving the Accuracy of Head Kinematics Measurements in Mice Using High-Speed Videography”, IRCOBI, Short Communication, Sep. 2019
4. “Technique and preliminary findings for in vivo quantification of brain motion during injurious head impacts”, Journal of Biomechanics, July 2019
5. “Quantifying in vivo brain motion during injurious head impacts – A pilot study”, IROCBI conference 2018, IRC-18-67
6. “Defining the biomechanical and biological threshold of murine mild traumatic brain injury using CHIMERA (Closed Head Impact Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration)”, Experimental neurology 292 (2017): 80-91
7. “Advanced spraying task strategy for bicycle-frame based on geometrical data of workpiece”, International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2015. IEEE, 2015
8. “Autonomous Path Planning of Spray Painting Application for Bicycle-frame”, 14th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Karlstad University, Sweden June 2014
9. “Nonlinear, Visual Servoing based Controller Design and Implementation for Restaurant Robot with Landmark based Self-localization”, 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechatornics (ICMEM), Toronto Canada, Aug 2013

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

• Tariku, F., Shang, Y, & Molleti, S. (2023). Thermal performance of flat roof insulation materials: A review of temperature, moisture and aging effects. Journal of Building Engineering, 76, 107142 
• Shang, Y and Tariku, F. (2021). Hempcrete building performance in mild and cold climates: Integrated analysis of carbon footprint, energy, and indoor thermal and moisture buffering, Building and Environment, Volume 206. 

Peer-Reviewed Conference Articles:

• Shang, Y. & Tariku, F. (2023). Evaluation of Artificial Neural Network and Multiple Linear Regression Models for Indoor RH Prediction of a Residential Building in a Marine Climate [Accepted by RBDCC 7] 
• Shang, Y., & Tariku, F. (2022). Performance of Relative Humidity-Controlled Ventilation in Buildings with Moisture Buffering Finishing Materials. 2022 Buildings XV Conference.