People
Director
Dr. Guirong (Grace) Yan
Director of Wind Hazard Mitigation (WHAM) Laboratory
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO, 65409
Tel: +1 (573) 341 6280
Email: yang@mst.edu
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Bella Yuan
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO, 65409
Email: yynxz@umsystem.edu
Post-doc Researcher
Yi Zhao
PhD 2022, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 2014, Structural Engineering, Tongji University, China
WHAM Lab: January, 2016 – Present
Email: yzvxd@mst.edu
PhD Student
Jiamin Dang
MS 2021, Civil Engineering, Chang'an University, China
WHAM Lab: August, 2021-Present
Email: jdtbk@mst.edu
PhD Student
Hunter C. Boswell
MS 2021, Aerospace Engineering, Missouri S&T
WHAM LAB: January, 2022- Present
Email: hcbxtd@mst.edu
PhD Student
Jiaming Li
MS 2021, Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, China
WHAM LAB: August, 2022- Present
Email: jlbdc@umsystem.edu
Alumni
PhD Student
Ronald Adomako
MS 2021, Data Science Engineering, The City College of New York
WHAM Lab: June 2022 – Present
Email: rarqp@mst.edu
Master Research Assistant
Raymond Helmig
BS 2022, Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
WHAM Lab: May, 2021 - Present
Email: rlhyyb@mst.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Fink Caleb
Current: Missouri University of Science and Technology
WHAM Lab: May, 2021 - Present
Email: cjfcb9@mst.edu
Post-doc Researcher
Fan Zhang
PhD 2022, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 2015, Structural Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, China
WHAM Lab: August, 2022 – January, 2023
Email: fzbn7@mst.edu
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Tiantian Li
PhD 2019, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 2013, Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, China
WHAM Lab: May, 2019 – December, 2020
Email: tl9t2@mst.edu
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Yao Cheng
PhD 2017, Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 2013, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
WHAM Lab: September, 2017 - August, 2018
Email: fy337@mst.edu
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Fangping Yuan
PhD 2016, Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 2012, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics Shanghai University, China
WHAM Lab: September, 2016 - August, 2017
Email: fy337@mst.edu
PhD 2019
Tiantian Li
MS 2013, Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, China
WHAM Lab: January, 2017 – May, 2019
Email: tl9t2@mst.edu
PhD 2021
Zhi Li
MS 2015, Structural Engineering, Hunan University, China
WHAM Lab: August, 2016 – August, 2021
Email: zlnwf@mst.edu
PhD 2021
Ryan Honerkamp
BS 2018, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
WHAM Lab: May, 2016 - May 2021
Email: rh7v7@umsystem.edu
PhD 2021
Yunyue Cong
Visiting Scholar from Hunan University
WHAM Lab: May, 2019 - November, 2020
Email: congyunyue@hnu.edu.cn
PhD Candidate
Jiahao Zu
Graduate Research Assistant
MS 2015, Bridge Engineering, Southwest Transportation University, China
WHAM Lab : August, 2015 – August, 2016
Email: jzfx7@mst.edu
Master Research Assistant
Niyonzima Etienne
WHAM Lab: May, 2016 - December, 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alvarado, Maria
WHAM Lab:Jan, 2022 - May, 2022
Undergraduate Reaserch Assistant
Xiang Zhao
WHAM Lab:Jan, 2022 - May, 2022
Undergraduated Research Assistant
Deshaun Arrington
WHAM Lab: Jan, 2020 - May, 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Skouby, Henry
WHAM Lab:Jan, 2022 - Jan, 2023
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Celena M. McElroy
WHAM Lab: May, 2016 - May, 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Scott T Jemison
WHAM Lab: October, 2014 - June, 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Melissa Morrison
WHAM Lab: January. 2015 - June, 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Mckenna Harnacke
WHAM Lab: January, 2021 -May, 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Victor Rios
WHAM Lab: March, 2021 - May, 2022
Current: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Craig Dunn
WHAM Lab: April, 2021 - August, 2021
Current: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Honorary WHAM Lab Researchers
Eva Liu (Daughter of Prof. Yan)
WHAM Outreach Representative
Born in Sydney, Australia on August 1st, 2012
WHAM Lab: Founding – Present
Contributions: Since the founding of WHAM, I have been working very hard for WHAM to outreach the communities. I brought my peers from Presbyterian Preschool and the first graders from Wyman Elementary School to the WHAM lab, to show them how violent the tornadoes are, how significant the tornado-induced losses are, and how to protect themselves under impending tornadoes. Now my peers know them, their parents and siblings know them, and their neighbors know them. The entire community know them! My dream is to facilitate the entire community to work together to build tornado-ready, tornado-resilient communities. If you are interested in knowing about tornadoes, please do not hesitate to call me at (915) 841-8074.
Alex Liu (Son of Prof. Yan)
Helpful Research Assistant
Born in Rolla, Missouri on October 28, 2016
WHAM Lab: October, 2016 – Present
Contributions: I am excited to join WHAM! I am contributing the WHAM lab by making the Director (my mom) feel better. Although I am almost three years old, I am still drinking out of bottle (my mom often gives me a bottle and goes back to her work, without worrying about me spilling milk). Although my mom wants me to have healthy food, sometimes she does not have time to cook. We have to eat at McDonald’s. My mom feels sorry about these. When I told her I do enjoy using bottles and eating at McDonald’s (with toys and playground), my mom feels better.