People
Principal Investigator
Abdullahi Salman, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 2016
M.S., Michigan Technological University, 2014
B.Eng., Curtin University, Malaysia, 2011
Bio: Dr. Salman is the founder of the RCIS lab at UAH. He joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UAH as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2018. Prior to joining UAH, he was a Research Associate in the Civil Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University from 2016 to 2018. He was also a Research and Teaching Assistant at Michigan Tech from 2013 to 2016. His research interests include resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems, multi-hazard analysis, structural reliability, risk assessment and management, risk-based & multi-criteria decision making, and infrastructure maintenance. Dr. Salman is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), and the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He is a member of the ASCE Multihazard Mitigation Committee.
Current Students
Muhammad Ahsan Ibrar
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2023 - present)
M.S., Civil Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, 2021
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 2013
Adam Ado Sabari
Ph.D. Student (Summer 2023 - present)
M.S., Civil Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, 2020
B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 2016
Kressida Rice
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2021 - present)
M.Eng., Construction Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2019
B.S., Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2016
Former Students
Babak Salarieh
Ph.D. Student (Graduated Fall 2022)
M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2018
M.S., Civil Engineering - Marine Structures Engineering, University of Tehran, 2016
B.S., Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Khaje Nasir University of Technology, 2013
Dissertation: Climate Change Adaptation and Retrofit Planning for Coastal Residential Buildings Subjected to Hurricanes
Eric Merschman
Ph.D. Student (Graduated Fall 2021)
M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015
B.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2013
Dissertation: Multi-criteria Decision-Making Framework for Roadway Networks Using Resilience-Based Metrics
Izuchukwu Albert Ugwu
M.S. Student (Fall 2019 - Spring 2021)
B.Eng., Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2016
Thesis: Post-Disaster Repair Planning for Interdependent Infrastructure Systems Prioritizing the Recovery of Critical Facilities
Esther Aina
M.S. Student (Fall 2020 - Fall 2021)
Project: Developing Deterioration Models For Bridges In Alabama Using Deterministic and Stochastic Methods
Brandon Bounds
M.S. Student (Spring 2022 - present)
Sarah Puchner
B.S. Student (Fall 2020 - Spring 2022)
Honors project: Seismic Design for New Huntsville ACE Hardware Building
James Seese
Undergraduate Student (Summer 2020)
B.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
RCEU Project: Simulating the Storm Surge from a Category 5 Hurricane Making Landfall in Mobile Bay, Alabama
Heath Rose
Undergraduate Student (Summer 2019 - Fall 2019)
B.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville