PAAL Research Group

Current Graduate Students

Samuel Leach

Ph.D. Student [Fall 2018 - Present]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018

Project: Enhanced understanding of disaster response and community resilience via machine learning strategies

*Awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship*

Yanmo Wang

Ph.D. Student [Spring 2021 - Present]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Sci & Tech, 2018

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2020

Project: Few-shot learning as an approach to extrapolate within the wind engineering domain

Hongrak Pak

Ph.D. Student [Fall 2018 - Present]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Hongik University, 2015

M.S., Civil Engineering, Hongik University, 2017

Project: Data-driven co-design of materials and structures for optimal, unique retrofit solutions

Nipun Nath

Ph.D. Student [Fall 2017 - Present]; M.S., Computer Science [Fall 2018 - Present]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2012

M.S., Project Management, Missouri State University, 2017

Project: Rapid bench-marking and improving construction safety and progress monitoring using artificial intelligence and distributed sensing (Co-chair: Amir Behzadan, Construction Science)

Jacob Pavelka

M.S. Student [Spring 2021 - Present]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2020

Project: Hybrid AI-physics based approaches in natural hazards engineering

Past Graduate Students

Huan Luo

Ph.D. Student [Fall 2017 - December 2020]

B.S., Civil Engineering, Huanghe Science and Technology College, 2014

M.S., Structural Engineering, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, 2017

Project: Data-driven prediction of post-earthquake structural performance

Where is he now: China Three Gorges University

Emily Miller

B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2015

M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018

Project: Automated, real-time routine bridge inspections via unmanned aerial systems

Asim Bashir

Graduate research assistant [Fall 2017 - Spring 2018]

B. Tech, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India, 2013

M. Tech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India, 2016

Past Undergraduate Students

Brian Welsh

B.S. Honors Student [Spring 2017 - December 2019]

Project: Database generation for machine learning-based structural performance prediction models | See a TAMU College of Engineering pice on Brian here!

Katie Kirk

B.S. Student [Spring 2018]