2021

10/2021: New Publication in Elsevier's Journal of Engineering Structures: Experimental and Computational Investigation of a Load-Posted Steel Beam Bridge. Read it here!

10/2021: New Publication in Earthquake Spectra: Data-driven seismic response prediction of structural components. Paal Research Group recent Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Huan Luo, is the first author on the paper. Read it here!

09/2021: Dr. Paal was awarded a grant from the NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems for work towards the Infusion of Data Science and Computation into Engineering Curricula. This is a collaborative grant through the HDR program with researchers at Penn State University.

09/2021: Dr. Paal was elected to serve as a committee member on the NHERI User Forum.

05/2021: Dr. Paal was invited to give a Tech Talk at Thornton Tomasetti. She spoke about Leveraging existing knowledge and AI to enhance our understanding of structural performance under small data scenarios.

This Spring and Summer, the Paal Research Group also welcomed several new members! Welcome PhD students Yanmo Weng and Jangjae Lee, MS student Jacob Pavelka, and undergraduate students Jacob Murphy and Thomas Warnasch! Check out our group page to see more about what they are all working on!

05/2021: New Publication in ASCE's Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities: Data Augmentation for Improving Deep Learning Models in Building Inspections or Postdisaster Evaluation. Paal Research Group Ph.D. student, Samuel Leach, is the first author on the paper, and this work is a product of the collaboration between the Paal Research Group and colleagues and researchers in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Read it here!

05/2021: New Publication in Elsevier's Journal Structures: Metaheuristic Least Squares Support Vector Machine-Based Lateral Strength Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Earthquake Loads. Paal Research Group recent Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Huan Luo, is the first author on the paper. Read it here!

03/2021: Dr. Paal was awarded a T3-grant from TAMU towards A Human-Centered Decision Support System for Improving Urban Resilience in Disaster Management. Dr. Zhang from Geography is the PI. Dr. Paal is a Co-PI on the project along with Dr. Gharaibeh from CVEN.

03/2021: Dr. Paal gave a virtual presentation at Purdue University for their graduate seminar on her work towards enhancing the understanding of structural performance under natural hazards by leveraging existing knowledge and AI.

03/2021: Dr. Paal was invited to speak on the Disaster Prediction Panel at the Identifying Data Guideline Needs for Community and Regional Resilience Modeling Workshop. The workshop was hosted by the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning.

01/2021: New Publication in Elsevier's Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics: Advancing post-earthquake structural evaluations via sequential regression-based predictive mean matching for enhanced forecasting in the context of missing data. Paal Research Group recent Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Huan Luo, is the first author on the paper. Read it here!