Publications

Books:

  1. Abi Shdid, C. 2009. Advanced Project Planning for Civil Engineers. New York (NY): Person Custom Publishing. ISBN 978-0-558-27418-4.
  2. Abi Shdid, C. 2009. Reinforced Concrete Mechanics. New York (NY): Person Custom Publishing. ISBN 978-0-5582-9156-3.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:

  1. Younes, C., Abi Shdid, C., and Bitsuamlak, G., "Air Infiltration in Building Envelopes: A Review". Journal of Building Physics. In press.
  2. Abi Shdid, C., Mirmiran, A., and Wang, T., "Uplift Capacity and Impact Testing of Roof Tiles". Practice Periodicals on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, 16, No. 3, pp. 121-129, August 2011.
  3. Huang, P., Mirmiran, A., and Abi Shdid, C., "Performance of Tile Roofs Under Simulated Hurricane Impact". Journal of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, 15, No. 1, pp. 26-34, March 2009.
  4. Flood, I., and Abi Shdid, C., "Rapid Multi-Dimensional Simulation of Transient Heat-Flow in Buildings Using Neural Network-Based Coarse-Grain Modeling". Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, AI-EDAM, Cambridge University Press, pp. 18, November, 2007.
  5. Flood, I., and Abi Shdid, C., "Developments in Coarse-Grain Modeling of Transient Heat-Flow in Buildings." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 21, pp. 379-382, September 2007.
  6. Abi Shdid, C., Ansley, M., and Hamilton, H.R., "Visual Rating and Strength Testing of 40-Year Old Precast, Prestressed Concrete Piles." Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, 1975, pp. 3-9, 2006.
  7. Flood, I., and Abi Shdid, C., "Simulating the Thermal Behavior of Buildings Using an Artificial Intelligence Modeling Approach". Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 18, pp.207-214, July, 2004.

In Review

  1. Abi Shdid, C., and Flood, I., "Energy Efficient Building Design Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Thermal Simulation". Journal of Architectural Engineering, ASCE. In review.
  2. Younes, C., Abi Shdid, C., and Bitsuamlak, G., "The DOE-2 Approach to the Thermal Simulation of Commercial Buildings", Journal of Computer Aided Design. In review.

Peer-Reviewed Conference proceedings:

  1. Hajali, M. and Abi Shdid, C., "Evaluation of Highway Sign Structures and Modeling on SAP2000 for Wind Loading". Proceedings of the ACI Convention, Spring 2011.
  2. Flood, I., Abi Shdid, C., and Issa, R., "Course-Grain Method for Simulating the Thermal Behavior of Buildings". Proceedings of the ASCE Fourth Joint International Symposium on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, ASCE, pp 14, 2003.
  3. Flood, I., and Abi Shdid, C., "Dynamic-Neural Modeling of Heat Transfer in Structures". Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, pp12, November 2003.

Research Reports

  1. Mirmiran, A., Wang, T., and Abi Shdid, C., "Performance of Roof Tiles Under Static Uplift". Final Report CSL-060701, Florida Department of Community Affairs, through Florida International University International Hurricane Research Center, July 2006.
  2. Abi Shdid, C., Mirmiran, A., and Wang, T., "Performance of Roof Tiles Under Hurricane Impact". Final Report CSL-070801, Florida Department of Community Affairs, through Florida International University International Hurricane Research Center, August 2007.