Home

Andrew Boyd

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

Ph.D., P.Eng., FACI

Andrew Boyd
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-6967
Fax number: 
514-398-7361
Email address: 
andrew.boyd [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Professor Boyd’s research interests lie in the areas of construction materials and sustainability, particularly as they relate to transportation infrastructure. Specific fields of research include durability, non-destructive testing & evaluation, standards & specifications, repair & rehabilitation, recycling, and hazardous waste reduction & mitigation. He joined the department in September 2006.

Link(s): 
website
Degree(s): 

B.Sc.Eng. (UNB)
M.A.Sc. (Toronto)
Ph.D. (UBC)

Areas of expertise: 

Infrastructure materials and sustainability

Courses: 

  • CIVE 202. Construction Materials.

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 4
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Classification of materials; atomic bonds; phase diagrams; elementary crystallography;imperfections; engineering properties, uses and durability of metals, concrete, wood, polymers, composites and asphalt; sustainable development; group laboratory projects.
    • (4-2-6)
    • Prerequisite: CIVE 290

    Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

    Launch Visual Schedule Builder

  • CIVE 527. Renovation and Preservation: Infrastructure.

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Maintenance, rehabilitation, renovation and preservation of infrastructure; infrastructure degradation mechanisms; mechanical, chemical and biological degradation; corrosion of steel; condition surveys and evaluation of buildings and bridges; repair and preservation of materials, techniques and strategies; codes and guidelines; case studies, sustainable development; group project.
    • (3-2-4)
    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): CIVE 202 and CIVE 318

    Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

    Launch Visual Schedule Builder

  • CIVE 623. Durability of Construction Materials .

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 4
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Graduate Studies)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Durability-related deterioration mechanisms relevant to construction materials with an emphasis on promoting sustainability in the construction industry. Portland cement concrete, asphalt cement concrete, masonry, steel, wood, and fibre reinforced composites. Factors affecting durability, service life prediction, diagnosis, remediation, and protective measures. Introduction to relevant standards, specifications, guides, and design codes.

    Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

    Launch Visual Schedule Builder
Position: 
Associate Professor
Office: 
Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 482
Research areas: 
Construction Materials
TISED
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • 2010 - Engineering Class of 1944 Teaching Award (McGill Faculty of Engineering)
  • 2008 - Elected Fellow of the American Concrete Institute
  • 2006 - 11th International Conference on Structural Faults & Repair, ASCE, Edinburgh, UK - Best Paper
  • 2001 - 9th International Conference on Structural Faults & Repair, ASCE, London, UK - Best Paper
Selected publications: 

2011

  • J.A. Hartell, A.J. Boyd & C.C. Ferraro, 2011. Sulfate Attack on Concrete: Effect of Partial Immersion. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp 572-579.

2012

  • B. Kim, R. Roque & A.J. Boyd, 2012. Influence of transport properties on the determination of conditioning and thickness to obtain uniformly damaged FRC specimens, Journal of Construction & Building Materials, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp 334-340.
  • V. Rostami, Y. Shao, A.J. Boyd & Z. He, 2012. Microstructure of cement paste subject to early carbonation curing. Cement & Concrete Research, Elsevier, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp 186-193.
  • V. Rostami, Y. Shao & A.J. Boyd, 2012. Carbonation Curing versus Steam Curing for Precast Concrete Production. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp 1221-1229.

2013

  • Y. Shao, V. Rostami, Z. He & A.J. Boyd, 2013. Accelerated Carbonation of Portland Limestone Cement. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp 117-124.
  • C.C. Ferraro, A.J. Boyd & G.R. Consolazio, 2013. Evaluation of damage to bridge piers using pulse velocity tomography. Journal of Construction & Building Materials, Elsevier, Vol. 38, pp 1303-1309.

2015

  • B. Kim, A.J. Boyd, H.-S. Kim & S.-H. Lee, 2015. Steel and Synthetic Types of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Exposed to Chemical Erosion, Journal of Construction & Building Materials, Elsevier, Vol. 93, pp 720-728.
  • M. Nunes, C. Ormsby, V. Patel, T. Peng & A.J. Boyd, 2015. Paraffin Wax as a Sealant in Sorptivity Testing, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp 04014218 (1-8).

2016

  • A. Fathi, Z. Moradian, P. Rivard, G. Ballivy & A.J. Boyd, 2016. Geometric Effect of Asperities on Shear Mechanism of Rock Joints. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Springer, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp 801-820.
  • A.J. Boyd, Y. Liu, O. Shaikhon & A.J.K. Komar, 2016. The Implementation of Surface Resistivity in Field Applications. Structural Faults & Repair - 2016, ASCE, Edinburgh, UK, 9 pp, CD-ROM.

2017

  • R. Enjil, P.F. de Jesus Cano Barrita, A. Komar, A.J. Boyd & B.J. Balcom, 2017. Monitoring Steady State Moisture Distribution during Wick Action in Mortar by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Materials and Structures, RILEM, Vol. 50, pp 151-162.
  • A.J.K. Komar & A.J. Boyd, 2017. Evaluating freeze-thaw deterioration with tensile strength. 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science, Seoul, South Korea, 6 pp.
  • S.M. Soleimani, A.J. Boyd & A.J.K. Komar, 2017. Pressure-tension test for assessing fatigue in concrete. Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure 2017, SPIE, Portland, OR, USA, 7 pp.
Professional activities: 
  • Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB)
  • Editor Advisory Board – Journal of Construction & Building Materials
  • American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • Committee 201: Durability of Concrete
  • Committee 228: Non-destructive Testing of Concrete (Chair)
  • Committee 236: Materials Science of Concrete
  • Advisor: McGill Student Chapter
  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Committee C01: Cement
  • Committee C09: Concrete and Agregates
  • Subcommittee C09.42: Fiber Reinforced Concrete
  • Subcommittee C09.64: Non-destructive and In-Place Testing (Chair)
  • Advisor: McGill Student Chapter
  • Committee AFN30: Durability of Concrete
  • Subcommittee AFF40 (1): Non-destructive Evaluation of Bridges
  • American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineers (CSCE)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
Back to top