PAAL RESEARCH GROUP

Welcome to the website for the research group of Dr. Stephanie Paal!

Dr. Stephanie Paal is an Associate Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University and holder of the Williams Brothers Construction Company Career Development Professorship. Her research focus is on mitigating the effects of natural and man-made disasters on our built infrastructure by integrating traditional civil engineering practices with emerging techniques and technologies such as machine vision, machine learning, augmented reality, unmanned aerial systems, and additive manufacturing. This website holds information about her research interests, research group, and ongoing and past projects and publications. 

Research interests aligned with our group:

• Structural and community response and resiliency to natural hazards

• Data-driven science and artificial intelligence 

• Physics-informed machine learning

• Performance-based engineering

• Structural performance prediction

• Infrastructure inspection and structural/safety assessment

• Reinforced concrete structures

• Performance evaluation

• Automation and optimization of CE processes