People

Bozhou Zhuang, Ph.D. (bozhou.zhuang@utrgv.edu)

Assistant Professor (8/2026-), The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

Postdoctoral Scholar (8/2025-8/2026), Sensing and Robotics for Infrastructure Lab, UCLA 

Postdoctoral Fellow & Instructor (9/2024-8/2025), Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (8/2021-8/2024), University of Southern California (USC)

Md A Rahman

Ph.D. Student, Graduate Research Assistant (8/2026-)

Department of Computer Science

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

Website: https://www.whoismdarahman.com/

Research Topic: Multimodal AI for remote sensing and construction information retrieval.

Muhammad Ubair Javed

M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant (8/2026-)

Department of Civil Engineering

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

Research Topic: UHPC applications for resilient railway infrastructure.

Yuying Huang, AICP

M.S. Student (9/2025-)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Supervising Transportation Planner, California High-Speed Rail

Research Topic: Computer vision for UAV-based construction status tracking.

Sagana Chattanathan

B.S. Student (9/2025-)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Research Topic: AI-based satellite sensing for earthquake displacement estimation.

Alessandra Diaz

B.S. Student (8/2025-)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rice University

Research Topic: Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and cost analysis of UHPC railway ties.