Dr. Ying Hei Chui is one of Canada’s foremost researchers in timber engineering and engineered wood products, with over 30 years of research experience. He has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Chui is a key figure in the field of advanced wood construction and currently holds the Nasseri Senior University of Alberta Engineering Research Chair in Advanced Wood Construction and previously served as the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Engineered Wood and Building Systems at the University of Alberta.

He earned his BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Southampton and his PhD in Timber Engineering from the University of Brighton, both in the UK. Before joining the University of Alberta, Dr. Chui was the New Brunswick Innovation Research Chair in Advanced Wood Products and Director of the Wood Science and Technology Centre at the University of New Brunswick.

His research focuses on the structural and dynamic performance of timber building systems, timber connections, non-destructive evaluation of timber members, and engineered wood products. He currently serves as the Scientific Director of the NSERC Strategic Research Network on Canadian Wood Construction Research Network (CWCRN), which brings together 33 professors from 16 Canadian universities (2022–2027). He previously led the NSERC NEWBuildS network between 2010 and 2015.

Dr. Chui contributes extensively to building codes and design standards at both national and international levels. He is a member of the Standing Committee on the National Building Code of Canada, serves on several CSA technical committees for timber structures and wood products, and is Vice-Chair of ASTM Technical Committee D07 on Wood. He also represents Canada as Head of Delegation to the ISO Technical Committee TC165 on Timber Structures.

• Timber-steel hybrid lateral load-resisting systems

• Timber connections

• Timber-concrete composite floor systems

• Engineered wood products and composites

• Wood quality and lumber properties

• Structural dynamics

• Non-destructive evaluation of timber member