Joanna NSEIR YARED

Instructor

School of Engineering of Beirut – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 joanna.nseir1@usj.edu.lb

Joanna Nseir is an assistant professor at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, specializing in steel structures concrete behavior. She holds a PhD in civil engineering from the University of Liège and has made significant contributions to research on the stability and optimization of structures.

Education

Degree	University	Country	Year
Phd	Université de Liège	Belgium	2015
Master	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2011
Engineer	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2010

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ	Country	Institution	Start date	End date
Supervising Master thesis and helping with ex	Switzerland	Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)	03/01/2012	01/01/2016

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience	Organisation	Start date	End date
Structural engineer	Achkar consulting	03/06/2012	30/10/2012
training	MATTA enterprise	03/08/2009	28/08/2009
training	Bureau Choueiri et associés	01/07/2009	31/08/2009
training	MAN Enterprise	01/07/2009	31/08/2009

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

Techniques avancées de conception, doptimisation et danalyse dans le génie civil, en particulier pour les matériaux en acier et en béton.

Publications and communications

- Boissonnade, N., Nseir, J., Somja, H. (2024). “Design of cellular steel beams subjected to lateral torsional buckling.” Thin-Walled Structures, 2024, 197, 111604- Boissonnade, N., Nseir, J., Somja, H. (2024). “Experimental numerical investigations towards the lateral torsional buckling of cellular steel beams.” Thin-Walled Structures, 2024, 195, 111388- Mourad, L., Bleyer, J., Mesnil, R., Nseir, J.Sab, K., Raphael, W. (2021) “Topology optimization of load-bearing capacity.” Structural Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2021, 64(3), pp. 1367–1383- Redaelli, D., Nseir, J.Y. (2020) “Structural behavior of prestressed Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete beams with and without openings: Comparison between experimental results and finite element modelling techniques.” American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication, 2020, SP-343, pp. 474–483- Saloumi, E., Hayeck, M., Nseir, J., Boissonnade, N. (2020) “Slenderness-based design criteria to allow for the plastic analysis of tubular beams” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2020, 167, 105788