Barney H. Miao

Assistant Professor

Dr. Barney H. Miao is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary. He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University in 2026 with a PhD minor in Computer Science. He earned an MS in Structural Engineering from Stanford University in 2023 and a BSc in Civil Engineering in 2021 from the University of Calgary.

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Education

April 2023 - June 2026
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
Minor in Computer Science
Advisor: Michael D. Lepech
September 2021 - April 2023
M.S. in Structural Engineering
Stanford University
September 2017 - May 2021
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
University of Calgary
Minor in Structural Engineering

Work Experience

Aug 2026 – Present
Assistant Professor
University of Calgary
Department of Civil Engineering
2021 – 2026
Graduate Student Researcher
Stanford University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Michael D. Lepech (2023-2026), Prof. Hae Young Noh (2021-2022), and Prof. Jack Baker (2022)
2020 – 2021
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Calgary
Department of Civil Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Qi Zhou and Prof. Saeid Saidi

Awards & Scholarships

Awards

2026 Craig F. Bohren Best Student Presentation Award (1st Place), SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation
2024 Best Poster Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Research Review
2024 Leavell Fellowship on Sustainable Built Environment, Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022 Best Poster (Runner-Up), 9th ACM International Conference for Energy Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys '22)
2021 School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Stanford Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
2020 NSERC Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Scholarships

2020 Louise McKinney Scholarship, Government of Alberta
2020 Alex Bakshan Memorial Scholarship, Alberta Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI)
2020 Japex/Jacos Scholarship in Engineering, Japex
2019 Calgary Construction Association (CCA) Member's Scholarship, Calgary Construction Association (CCA)
2019 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Scholarship, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (Calgary Section)
2018 TransAlta Corporation Memorial Scholarship, TransAlta
2018 Jason Lang Scholarship, Government of Alberta
2017 Alexander Rutherford Scholarship, Government of Alberta

Service & Leadership

Journal Peer Review

Cleaner Materials [IF: 12.7.0]
Cleaner Environmental Systems [IF: 5.3]
Construction Innovation, Process, Management [IF: 3.9]
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy [IF: 5.1]
Scientific Reports [IF: 4.9]
Discovery Sustainability [IF: 5.2]