Perry Er in Adebar

Professor Perry Erwin Adebar, PEng, of the University of British Columbia's Department of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science, is a leading expert in structural and earthquake engineering. His work focuses on seismic design and evaluation of high-rise concrete shear wall buildings, with significant contributions to Canadian building codes and standards.

• Structural Engineering
• Earthquake Engineering
• Seismic Design
• Concrete Structures
• High-Rise Buildings
• Shear Design

Dr. Adebar chairs the technical committee for the Canadian Standard CSA A23.3 on concrete structures and leads its seismic design subcommittee. He has served on national code-writing bodies since before 2019 and continues as a structural engineering specialist with Canada Task Force 1's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team since 2014. His research investigates nonlinear behavior of concrete components under seismic stress, including shear walls, column anchorage, and diaphragm interactions.

Key scientific recognitions include:

• APEGBC Teaching Award (2015)
• UBC Killam Teaching Prize (2013)
• APEGBC Meritorious Achievement Award (2004)
• ACI Structural Research Award (1998)

He has supervised numerous graduate theses on seismic performance of structural systems, although specific student names are not listed in the source material.