Theresa Holden is a Master's student working under the supervision of R. Cheng at the University of Alberta.  Theresa will be researching the effectiveness of fatigue repair of steel bridge girders using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs).  The test program will include full-scale tests of cracked girders repaired using CFRP patches.  The girders will contain typical flame cut details from existing North American steel bridge girders.  They will be pre-fatigued then repaired and tested under cyclic loading until failure.  The repaired girders will be tested against a control group of un-repaired specimens.  The use of CFRP repair as a rehabilitation scheme for steel structures subject to light to moderate fatigue damage is considered a cost-effective method to extend the life of the structure.