CPSSL Group Members

Name: Shiyao Sun

Degree: PhD in Civil Engineering (Fall 2022 - )

College: College of Engineering

Name: Nan Feng

Degree: PhD in Civil Engineering (Fall 2017 - )

College: College of Engineering

Name: Guodong Zhang (Google Scholar)

Degree: PhD in Civil Engineering (Graduated: Fall 2019)

College: College of Engineering 

Thesis: "Topology Optimization of Nonlinear Structural and Material Systems"

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Name: Ryan Alberdi (web) (Google scholar)

Degree: PhD in Civil Engineering (Graduated: Fall 2018)

College: College of Engineering

Thesis: "Computational Methods for Multiscale Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Multifunctional Materials and Structures for Energy Management"

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Sandia National Lab 

Name: Dr. Lei Li  (web) (Google Scholar)

Degree: PhD in Civil Engineering (Graduated: Spring 2018)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Pacific Northwest National Lab   

Winner of CRC Award for Computational Sciences and Visualization, Center for Research Computing, Notre Dame, 2017

Winner of Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2016

Thesis: "Topology Optimization of Structures with Microstructural and Elastoplastic-Damage Effects" (Download)

Name: Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala

Degree: Ph.D in Civil Engineering (Graduated: Fall 2014)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University 

Winner of 2014 O.H. Ammann Research Fellowship in Structural Engineering from the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Runner up in the Computational Mechanics poster competition, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) 2014 conference, McMaster University, Canada

Website: www.ndsu-dams.com 

Thesis: "Micromechanics Based Simulation of Ductile Fracture in Structural Steels" (Download)