Dr. J. J. Roger Cheng is the C.W. Carry Chair in Steel Structures and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. Dr. Cheng is an international leader and expert in steel and cold-formed steel structures, rehabilitation of structures using fiber reinforced composite materials, structural health monitoring, and design and behaviour of steel energy pipelines. He is the author of more than 90 refereed journal publications and more than 150 refereed conference publications. His expertise has led him to be a highly sought after member of technical communities. He was the recipient of the 2016 APEGA Centennial Leadership Award and was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) in 2004.